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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2000
Filed:
May. 16, 1998
Paul W Wedeking, Pennington, NJ (US);
Ruth E Wager, Rockville, MD (US);
Thangavel Arunachalam, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Kondareddiar Ramalingam, Dayton, NJ (US);
Karen E Linder, Kingston, NJ (US);
Ramachandran S Ranganathan, Princeton, NJ (US);
Adrian D Nunn, Lambertville, NJ (US);
Natarajan Raju, Kendall Park, NJ (US);
Michael F Tweedle, Princeton, NJ (US);
Bracco Research USA Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
Diagnostic and therapeutic compositions in the form of complexes for enhancing transmembrane transport of a diagnostic or therapeutic agent and methods for their use. The complexes contain the .alpha., .gamma., or bis isomers of folate receptor-binding analogs of folate, a metal chelated by a ligand, and in one embodiment, a chemotherapeutic agent.