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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:
Jan. 02, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Samuel, Edmonton, CA;
Glen Kwon, Waunakee, WI (US);
Assignee:
University of Alberta, Edmonton, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/127 ; A61K 3/900 ; A61K 4/500 ; A61K 4/744 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/127 ; A61K 3/900 ; A61K 4/500 ; A61K 4/744 ;
Abstract
A method is provided for treating a Th1 mediated disease state by administration to a subject of a slow release vehicle such as a liposome or microsphere formulation containing an antigenic peptide and a Th1 specific immunomodulator wherein the antigenic peptide contains a T cell epitope and is released from the vehicle at a rate in the range from about 10 to 2 weight percent of the peptide in 24 hours at 37° C.