The basis for the inventions described in the patent applications and patents issued which are owned by LICA Pharmaceuticals is a very large number of experiments carried out by the inventors during the past 15 years and described in the issued patents and filed patent applications.  The important findings described in these applications, and protected by approval of these patent applications, demonstrate the genuine and realistic potential for developing drugs for treating and/or preventing severe diseases killing millions of people each year. The broad and solid basis of the company’s issued patents and patent applications provides us the freedom to operate and prevents our competitors from entering this field.