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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2000
Paul Elvin, Macclesfield, GB;
Philip Edwin Pinder, Macclesfield, GB;
Paul Elvin, Macclesfield, GB;
Philip Edwin Pinder, Macclesfield, GB;
AstraZeneca AB, Sodertalje, SE;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for the measurement of the activity of a plasminogen activator, such as urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) or tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) in a biological sample using an assay method characterized by the inclusion of an elastase inhibitor in the assay mixture. The invention also provides a diagnostic kit for the measurement of a plasminogen activator using said method and a method of determining the effective therapeutic dose of a plasminogen activator inhibitor using said method. Also provided is a method of preparing a pharmaceutical composition.