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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Patrick Anthony Riley, London, GB;
Andrew Photiou, London, GB;
Tariq Hussain Khan, Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire, GB;
Helen Mary Osborn, Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire, GB;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/144 ; A61K 3/127 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/144 ; A61K 3/127 ;
Abstract
Novel pro-drugs and assay reagents are provided which are useful as therapeutic agents especially for delivery and targetting therapeutically active agents to melanoma cells. The pro-drugs and assay reagents are substrates for tyrosinase and may be represented by the formula TyrX—B—ThrAg*. The compounds of formula TyrX—B—ThrAg* are capable of releasing a therapeutically active agent or assayable substance (ThrAg) at a desired location. TyrX— being a residue of an optionally substituted tyrosine analogue.