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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Charles Hider, St. Osyth, GB;
Brian Leonard Goodwin, Hampton, GB;
Assignee:
BTG International Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 7808 ; 424 7811 ; 424 7812 ; 424 7816 ; 424 7835 ;
Abstract
A polystyrene polymer crosslinked by 1.5% to 8% with divinylbenzene based on the total weight of the polymer and having a minimum weight average molecular weight of 10000 wherein 50 to 100% of the aromatic groups of the polystyrene are substituted by at least one --(R.sup.1).sub.n --NHR.sup.2 group wherein R.sup.1 represents a straight or branched chain alkylene or cycloalkylene group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms and n is 0 or 1 and NHR.sup.2 represents a guanidino group of formula --NH--C(.dbd.NH)NH.sub.2 or a biguanidino group of formula --NH--C(.dbd.NH)--NH--C(.dbd.NH)--NH.sub.2 for use in therapy.