Aruna Bio, Inc., a leader in the development of neural exosome-based therapeutics for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, today announced that the Japan UPSC UENO Patent Office has issued a patent, No. 7075594, to Aruna Bio and the University of Georgia Research Foundation allowing broad claims on the composition of neural exosomes and their use as a therapeutic for neurological diseases and disorders.

The Japanese patent further strengthens Aruna Bio's position in the global exosome and CNS therapeutics arena and enables the Company to aggressively advance its proprietary NEUR-Ex™ therapeutic development in the world's second largest and rapidly growing pharmaceutical market.

"Neural stem cell-derived exosomes have specific traits that lend nicely to applications in a wide range of neurological disorders, including combination products. Our strategy not only includes exploiting the therapeutic capabilities of AB126™, Aruna's native neural exosomes, as a standalone biologic, but also combining AB126™ with other therapeutic agents such as small molecules, proteins, and oligonucleotides leveraging our NEUR-Ex™ platform," said Steven Stice, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer.