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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:
Feb. 03, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey M Blaney, Oakland, CA (US);
Fred Cohen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 852 ; 424 854 ; 514 11 ; 514 16 ; 514262 ; 514274 ; 514335 ; 514368 ; 514421 ; 514423 ; 514460 ; 514471 ; 514567 ; 514568 ; 514571 ; 514620 ; 514626 ; 514737 ; 514772 ; 514776 ;
Abstract
Compositions and methods are provided for increasing the serum half-life of a pharmacologically active agent. The novel compositions are covalent conjugates of the selected pharmacologically active agent and a transthyretin-binding ligand such as tetraiiodothyroacetic acid, 2,4,6-triiodophenol, flufenamic acid, or the like.