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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
W. Harry Mandeville, III, Lynnfield, MA (US);
Stephen Randall Holmes-Farley, Arlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Genzyme Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ; C08G 7/300 ; A01N 3/318 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ; C08G 7/300 ; A01N 3/318 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for removing bile salts from a patient in need thereof and compositions useful in the method. The method comprises administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a salt of an alkylated and crosslinked polymer. The alkylated and crosslinked polymer salt comprises the reaction product of crosslinked polymers, or salts and copolymers thereof having amine containing repeat units, with at least one aliphatic alkylating agent.