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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Henry B Abajian, Hillsdale, NJ (US);
John F Noble, Pomona, NY (US);
Joseph J Hlavka, Tuxedo Park, NY (US);
Assignee:
Innapharma, Inc., Suffern, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; C07K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
530329 ; 514 17 ; 514 18 ; 530330 ;
Abstract
The present invention discloses novel peptides utilized to treat patients suffering from depression. These novel peptides are modifications of the tripeptide hormone MIF, including modification of amino terminus residues, carboxyl terminus residues and internal residues, including addition and substitution of amino acid residues and modification of the peptide bonds and functional side groups of respective amino acid residues. The tri-, tetra-, penta-, peptides and polypeptides of the present invention may be utilized alone or in combination to treat patients suffering from depression.