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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christopher F. Toombs, Camarillo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/37 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/37 ;
Abstract
A method is provided for the localized intravascular administration of a fibrinolytic metalloproteinase to a human subject in amounts that are both safe and effective to lyse an occluding fibrin-containing blood clot, while also avoiding the neutralizing effects of &agr; -macroglobulin in the circulating blood.