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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Louis G. Lange, III, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Curtis A. Spilburg, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dayton T. Reardan, Excelsior, MN (US);
Assignee:
CV Therapeutics, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1715 ; C08B 7/00 ; C07H 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1715 ; C08B 7/00 ; C07H 1/100 ;
Abstract
A method and composition for inhibiting human cholesterol absorption comprising ingesting a therapeutic amount of an inhibitor of human cholesterol esterase comprising very high molecular weight sulfated polysaccharide having a sulfate to monomer ratio of from 1.0 to 3.0, containing less than about 5.0 wt. percent of sulfated polysaccharides having a molecular weight less than 75,000 Daltons, and containing less than 0.5 weight percent of inorganic sulfate.