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Patent No.:

US 7189697 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007

Filed:

Apr. 13, 2005

Compositions and uses of a galectin for treatment of dry eye syndrome

Applicant:

Noorjahan Panjwani, Medford, MA (US);

Inventor:

Noorjahan Panjwani, Medford, MA (US);

Assignee:

Trustees of Tufts College, Boston, MA (US);

Attorneys:

Lawson & Weitzen, LLP

Sonia K. Guterman

Adam M. Schoen

Primary Examiner:

Robert A Wax

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods for the therapeutic treatment of dry eye in mammals comprising administering to a mammal afflicted with an epithelial wound a therapeutically effective amount of a galectin-1 protein, a galectin-3, a galectin-7 protein and/or a galectin-8 protein are provided. Pharmaceutical and ophthalmic compositions and kits, comprising a pharmaceutically an active agent which is a galectin-1 protein, a galectin-3 protein, galectin-7 protein and/or a galectin-8 protein, and a suitable carrier or a diluent, are provided.

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Panjwani, Noorjahan. (2007). Compositions and uses of a galectin for treatment of dry eye syndrome (U.S. Patent No. 7189697). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7189697

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