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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
David J Baylink, Redlands, CA (US);
Assignee:
British Biotechnology Ltd., , US;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 12 ; 514-2 ; 514-8 ; 514 21 ; 424562 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an improved method of treating osteopenias, particularly osteoporosis, in mammals comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical formulation agent comprising the polypeptide Insulin-like Growth Factor II or an osteoblastic stimulating fragment thereof, either alone or in the presence of a potentiating amount of fluoride ion, and in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The invention further relates to a method of preventing osteopenias in a susceptible population of mammals consisting of administering a prophylactically effective amount of the pharmaceutical agent described above.