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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroaki Ito, Ashiya, JP;
Mitsunari Yamamoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Tadamitsu Kishimoto, Tondabayashi-shi, Osaka 584-0021, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/9395 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/9395 ;
Abstract
A preventive or therapeutic agent for treating bowel disease, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, where the agent has as an active ingredient an antibody directed against IL-6 receptor which is an interleukin-6 antagonist.