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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2000
Torgny Svensson, Lidingo, SE;
Anette Johansson, Jarlasa, SE;
Independent Pharmaceutica AB, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A 5- or 6-nicotinyl-linker-carrier protein compound and immunogen having formula (a) wherein X is —NH—CO— or NH— or —C≡C— or —C═C— or CH —; Y is —(CH ) — or —(CH ) —C H —(CH ) — or (CH ) —C H —(CH ) — when Z is —NH—, with the proviso that X is not —NH—CO— when Y is (CH ) and Z is —NH—, and X is —NH—CO— or —C≡C— or —C═C— or CH —, Y is —(CH ) —C H —(CH ) — or —(CH ) —C H —(CH ) —, when Z is —CO—, and X is —C≡C— or —C═C—, Z is —CO—, when Y is (CH ) —, is disclosed. The compound may be used as a medicament, suitably in the form of a pharmaceutical composition. Additionally, a method of prophylactic and/or therapeutic immunological treatment of nicotine dependence from tobacco products to achieve harm reduction is described.