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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2003
John S. Patton, Los Altos, CA (US);
Mei-chang Kuo, Palo Alto, CA (US);
J. Milton Harris, Huntsville, AL (US);
Chester Leach, El Granada, CA (US);
Kimberly Perkins, Belmont, CA (US);
Blaine Bueche, Castro Valley, CA (US);
John S. Patton, Los Altos, CA (US);
Mei-Chang Kuo, Palo Alto, CA (US);
J. Milton Harris, Huntsville, AL (US);
Chester Leach, El Granada, CA (US);
Kimberly Perkins, Belmont, CA (US);
Blaine Bueche, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Nektar Therapeutics, San Carlos, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides active, hydrophilic polymer-modified derivatives of insulin. The insulin derivatives of the invention are, in one aspect, suitable for delivery to the lung and exhibit pharmakokinetic and/or pharmacodynamic properties that are significantly improved over native insulin.