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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:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Arthur J. Sytkowski, Arlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/818 ; C12N 1/500 ; C07K 1/4505 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/818 ; C12N 1/500 ; C07K 1/4505 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to novel recombinant fusion proteins comprising two or more erythropoietin molecules. The fusion proteins can be linked by a peptide linker. The fusion proteins can be used, for example, to treat or prevent anemia in a mammal. Also disclosed are nucleotide sequences encoding the fusion proteins vectors comprising the nucleic acid sequences of the fusion proteins and host cells transfected with the vectors.