Horizon Pharma plc announced the issuance of a Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for U.S. patent application number 14/954,082, entitled “Pharmaceutical Compositions for the Coordinated Delivery of NSAIDs” that covers the U.S. approved medicine VIMOVO® (naproxen/esomeprazole) delayed release tablets.

This Notice of Allowance concludes the substantive examination of the patent application and will result in the issuance of a U.S. patent after administrative processes are completed. The U.S. patent scheduled to issue from this application will expire May 31, 2022. After issuance, Horizon and Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ARLZ) (TSX: ARZ) plan to list the patent in the FDA’s Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations, or Orange Book.

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