Farmitalia Carlo Erba

Farmitalia Carlo Erba S.r.l.

Guy Mazue

Paolo Carminati

Carlo Battistini

Paolo Sarmientos

Antonella Isacchi

Domenico Ungheri

Romeo Roncucci

Luisa Garofano

Laura Bergonzoni

The present invention provides a polypeptide which is capable of binding specifically human basic fibroblast growth factor and human acidic fibroblast growth factor, a DNA sequence which encodes the polypeptide of the invention and a vector which incorporates a DNA sequence of the invention and which is capable, when provided in a transformed host, of expressing the polypeptide of the invention encoded by the DNA sequence. A host transformed with such a vector forms part of the invention also.

Extracellular form of the human fibroblast growth factor receptor

A pharmaceutcial composition is provided for use in the prevention or treatment of viral infections caused by enveloped viruses. The composition comprises a fibroblast growth factor, a sulfated polysaccharide with antiviral activity, and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers. The fibroblast growth factor may be a basic fibroblast growth factor or an analogue thereof, and the polysaccharide may be a carrageenan, heparin, dextran sulfate, pentosan polysulfate or a sulfated polysaccharides produced by marine algae belonging to the class of Rhodophyceae.

Synergistic composition comprising a fibroblast growth factor and a

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