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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2003
Stephen Randall Holmes-farley, Arlington, MA (US);
Pradeep K. Dhal, Acton, MA (US);
John S. Petersen, Acton, MA (US);
Stephen Randall Holmes-Farley, Arlington, MA (US);
Pradeep K. Dhal, Acton, MA (US);
John S. Petersen, Acton, MA (US);
Genzyme Corporation, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for removing bile acids from a patient and certain polymers of use in the method. The method comprises the step of administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a polymer composition which includes a a poly(diallylamine) polymer which is substituted with hydrophobic groups. The hydrophobic groups can be a substituted or unsubstituted, straight chain or branched C–C-alkyl group, an aralkyl group or an aryl group.