Australia's Island Pharma hits 6-1/2-month high on Canadian patent
** Shares of Australia's Island Pharmaceuticals Ltd ILA.AX
rise as much as 7.9% to A$0.205, highest since May 2
** Anti-viral drug developer says co has been granted patent
relating to drug ISLA-101 by the Canadian Intellectual Property
Office
** ISLA-101 is an anti-viral drug used to treat different
mosquito bone virus
** ILA stock had fallen 25.5% this year, as of last close
(Reporting by Nausheen Thusoo)
((Nausheen.Thusoo@thomsonreuters.com;))
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