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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2007
Filed:
May. 07, 1999
Applicants:
Burkhard Göke, Marburg, DE;
Maria Byrne, Munster-Hiltrup, DE;
Thomas R. Coolidge, Lincoln, NE (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/00 (2006.01); A61K 38/28 (2006.01); C07K 16/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A composition for the treatment of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) including a compound which binds to a receptor for glucagon-like peptide-1, and a pharmaceutical carrier. The amount of the compound present is an effective amount to improve pancreatic β-cell sensitivity to blood glucose levels in a human with IGT. Also, a method for improving the pattern of insulin secretory responses in a human with IGT by administering to the human a composition comprising a compound which binds to a receptor for glucagon-like peptide-1 and a pharmaceutical carrier.