04.14.10
Burcon NutraScience Corporation, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, has received confirmation from the Division of Biotechnology and GRAS Notice Review of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition at FDA that it has received Burcon’s GRAS notification. Burcon’s GRAS notification was filed in January 2010 and in response to comments from the agency. It was modified and resubmitted in February 2010. In a letter dated April 1, 2010 FDA formally acknowledged receipt of the GRAS notification. Five previously announced notices of allowance received with respect to the company’s U.S. patent applications have also proceeded to grant as U.S. patents by the Patent and Trademark Office. Burcon now holds a total of 17 U.S. patents over its protein extraction technology and protein product uses.