Article: Liponex announces U.S. patent allowance and Phase I trial results for drug that boosts good cholesterol - Early results indicate CRD5 increases HDL levels by an average of 18% in two weeks.

OTTAWA, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Liponex Inc., a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of charge regulating drugs (CRD), today announced that it has been granted a U.S. patent allowance for its first product, CRD5, a novel drug in development for the treatment of cholesterol and atherosclerosis. The company also announced the results of Phase I human trials of CRD5.

The Phase I trials, conducted at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute on 56 volunteers over a two-week dosing period, were designed to test the safety of CRD5. No negative health effects were observed and the trial results confirmed that the drug is safe and well-tolerated.

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