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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2003
Applicants:
J. Milton Harris, Huntsville, AL (US);
Xuan Zhao, Huntsville, AL (US);
Inventors:
J. Milton Harris, Huntsville, AL (US);
Xuan Zhao, Huntsville, AL (US);
Assignee:
Debio Recherche Pharmaceutique S.A., Martigny, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 47/48 (2006.01); C12N 11/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/543 (2006.01); C07K 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A heterobifunctional poly(ethylene glycol) is provided having a hydrolytically degradable linkage, a first terminus comprising an acrylate group, and a second terminus comprising a target such as a protein or pharmaceutical agent or a reactive moiety capable of coupling to a target. Hydrogels can be prepared. The hydrogels can be used as a carrier for a protein or a pharmaceutical agent that can be readily released in a controlled fashion.