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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Johan Hendrikus Verheijen, Berkel en Rodenrijs, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 9463 ; 424 943 ; 424 9464 ; 435212 ; 435219 ; 514925 ; 514928 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of non-bacterial plasminogen activators in the manufacture of a topical medical preparation for the treatment of slow- or non-healing wounds. In addition, the present invention relates to a composition comprising a physiologically acceptable carrier and an effective amount of a non-bacterial plasminogen activator, with the exclusion of t-PA. Finally, the present invention is directed to a method of treatment of slow- or non-healing wounds comprising the topical application of a non-bacterial plasminogen activator to the site of a wound.