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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Howard L Weiner, Brookline, MA (US);
Ahmad Al-Sabbagh, West Roxbury, MA (US);
Patricia A Nelson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Autoimmune Inc., Lexington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4241841 ; 424810 ; 514-2 ; 514-3 ; 514-4 ; 514 21 ; 514826 ; 514866 ; 514885 ; 514903 ; 514253 ;
Abstract
A combination of a mucosally administrable bystander antigen and an orally, enterally, or parenterally administrable methotrexate is employed to make a pharmaceutical formulation and to treat or prevent autoimmune disease. The amounts of bystander antigen and methotrexate are effective in combination to suppress autoimmune response associated with the autoimmune disease