October 2008 - USDA Conditional License
October 2008 - USDA Agrees to Grant Conditional License to Sass & Sass, Inc. for its Polyprenyl Immunostimulant.
On October 9, 2008, Sass & Sass, Inc., a research-driven biotechnology company, received notice from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that the latest data for its trials of Polyprenyl Immunostimulant in cats with feline rhinotracheitis (herpes virus) are “suggestive of reasonable expectation of efficacy” and, along with earlier data, “provide adequate support for the efficacy aspect necessary for a conditional license” which will be granted upon completion of field safety trials and other standard compliance requirements. The conditional license, when granted, will provide the Company full access to the U.S. market.
Polyprenyl Immunostimulant is a veterinary biologic with immunomodulatory properties capable of controlling a variety of viral diseases and immune disorders, including herpes and others. Sass & Sass, Inc. holds a US Patent for the composition and methods and another patent application pending. Sass & Sass, Inc. has developed process and manufactures Polyprenyl Immunostimulant from domestic raw materials; all phases of manufacturing, packaging and control are conducted by Sass & Sass, Inc. at its facility in Oak Ridge, TN . The company has been working with the University of Tennessee Veterinary Teaching Hospital on animal trials for herpes, feline infectious peritonitis, and for other diseases.
