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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Alderbio Holdings Llc, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Inventor:
Jeffrey T. L. Smith, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
VITAERIS, INC., Vancouver, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/395 (2006.01); C07K 16/24 (2006.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 16/248 (2013.01); A61K 39/3955 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); A61K 2039/505 (2013.01); C07K 2317/33 (2013.01); C07K 2317/34 (2013.01); C07K 2317/41 (2013.01); C07K 2317/51 (2013.01); C07K 2317/515 (2013.01); C07K 2317/52 (2013.01); C07K 2317/56 (2013.01); C07K 2317/565 (2013.01); C07K 2317/76 (2013.01); C07K 2317/92 (2013.01); C07K 2317/94 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to therapeutic methods using IL-6 antagonists such as antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for IL-6 to prevent or treat thrombosis in diseases associated with abnormal blood coagulation or fibrinolysis. In preferred embodiments these patients will comprise those exhibiting elevated D-dimer or other coagulation cascade related proteins and optionally will further exhibit elevated C reactive protein prior to treatment. The subject therapies also may include the administration of other actives such as chemotherapeutics, anti-coagulants, statins, et al.