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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles R Maliszewski, Seattle, WA (US);
Fred D Finkelman, Rockville, MD (US);
Assignees:
Immunex Corporation, Seattle, WA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 852 ; 514-2 ; 514-8 ; 514 12 ; 514885 ;
Abstract
The biological activity of exogenous ligand proteins is enhanced by intravenously co-administering to a mammal the ligand and a soluble receptor protein that binds thereto. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising a ligand protein complexed with a soluble receptor protein are provided. In certain embodiments, the ligand is selected from the group consisting of interleukins, colony stimulating factors, and tumor necrosis factor.