** Shares in OSE Immunotherapeutics OSE.PA soar more than
11% after the U.S. Patent And Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a
first notice of allowance for the company's patent application
on OSE-279 antibody to treat cancer urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASM0004DY
** "We look forward advancing our anti-PD1 backbone
development with Phase 1 clinical trial planned to start in
2022," the biotechnology group's CEO said
** The patent will strengthen the global intellectual
property of OSE-279 and provide the product a protection until
2039
** All seven analysts covering the stock rate it "strong
buy" or "buy"
(Reporting by Olivier Cherfan)
((olivier.cherfan@thomsonreuters.com))