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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2019
Applicant:
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Louis Anthony Tartaglia, Newton, MA (US);
Bart Henderson, Belmont, MA (US);
Leonardus H. T. Van Der Ploeg, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/00 (2006.01); C07K 5/08 (2006.01); A61K 38/08 (2019.01); C07K 14/68 (2006.01); C07K 14/72 (2006.01); C07K 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 5/0802 (2013.01); A61K 38/08 (2013.01); C07K 7/06 (2013.01); C07K 14/68 (2013.01); C07K 14/723 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of treating a disorder in a subject. The method comprises administering to said subject an effective amount of an agonist of the melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R). The subject is a heterozygous carrier of an MC4R mutation, and the disorder results from an attenuated response of MC4R to α-melanocortin stimulating hormone (α-MSH).