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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 6/300 ; A61K 4/800 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 6/300 ; A61K 4/800 ;
Abstract
Helper dependent adenoviral vectors encoding erythropoietin (epo) provide high levels of epo to achieve a long-term therapeutically effective dosage, and allow for repeat administration to patients with disorders such as anaemia of Chronic Renal Failure (CFR), anaemias due to beta-thalassaemia, and sickle cell anaemia (SCA).