VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Algernon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the “Company” or “Algernon”) (CSE: AGN) (FRANKFURT: AGWO) (OTCQB: AGNPF), a Canadian clinical stage pharmaceutical development company, is pleased to announce that it has been issued a patent from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”), No. 3101853, for the treatment of interstitial lung disease with NP-120 (“Ifenprodil”), entitled “Compositions and Methods for Treating Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.”