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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul C. Grint, San Diego, CA (US);
David R. Nelson, Gainesville, FL (US);
Gary L. Davis, Gainesville, FL (US);
Assignee:
Schering Corporation, Kenilworth, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/820 ; A61K 3/821 ; A61K 3/800 ; A01N 2/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/820 ; A61K 3/821 ; A61K 3/800 ; A01N 2/500 ;
Abstract
The hepatoprotective effect of IL-10 is described, in particular, the use of interleukin-10 in the treatment of liver damage (e.g. fibrosis or cirrhosis) in a difficult-to-treat patient afflicted with chronic hepatitis C virus infection who has failed to respond to, or achieve a sustained virologic response to an anti-HCV therapy(e.g., interferon-&agr; in combination with ribavirin).