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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:
Aug. 03, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald W Barrett, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
William J Dower, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Steven E Cwirla, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Sherril S Johnson, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Nicholas C Wrighton, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David J Duffin, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Christopher R Wagstrom, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Glaxo Wellcome Inc., RTP, NC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; C07K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 14 ; 514 12 ; 514 13 ; 514 15 ; 530323 ; 530324 ; 530325 ; 530326 ; 530327 ; 530328 ;
Abstract
Described are peptides and peptide mimetics that bind to and activate the thrombopoietin receptor. Such peptides and peptide mimetics are useful in methods for treating hematological disorders and particularly, thrombocytopenia resulting from chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or bone marrow transfusions as well as in diagnostic methods employing labeled peptides and peptide mimetics.