Australian Patent Office Grants Acurx Patent for DNA Polymerase IIIC Inhibitors

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y., Oct. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACXP) ("Acurx" or the "Company"), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of small molecule antibiotics for difficult-to-treat bacterial infections, today announced that a new patent has been granted by the Australian Patent Office. This patent relates to DNA Polymerase IIIC Inhibitors, including compositions-of- matter. This is the latest in the series of granted patents and pending patent applications that Acurx has filed to protect its proprietary technologies in the field of antimicrobials. To date, Acurx has obtained three U.S. patents, one Israeli patent, one Japanese patent, one Indian patent, and now an Australian patent, in each case, which cover the ACX-375C program, relat