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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
David C Heimbrook, Ringoes, NJ (US);
Allen I Oliff, Gwynedd Valley, PA (US);
Steven M Stirdivant, Warrington, PA (US);
Janet Ahern, Horsham, PA (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 945 ; 435 697 ; 514 12 ; 530412 ; 530413 ; 530418 ;
Abstract
Methods and compositions for treating bladder cancer using TGF-alpha or EGF fused to PE.sub.40 or cysteine modified derivatives are taught. Also, a method of producing TGF-alpha-PE.sub.40 derivatives of enhanced potency is described.