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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2003
Gary Borodic, Canton, MA (US);
Gary Borodic, Canton, MA (US);
Botulinum Toxin Research Associates, Quincy, MA (US);
Abstract
toxin, a well know systemic poison, produces favorable therapeutic effect by virtue of regionally attaching to nerves within the myoneural junction and possibly other tissues in a target region of a particular tissue. The present invention provides compositions oftoxin and a sequestration agent that increase sequestration and delivery of thetoxin to neural and associated tissues, as compared with available formulations oftoxins, and thereby produce a beneficial clinical effect. The sequestration agents of the present invention include proteins, lipids and carbohydrates. A preferred composition of the present invention comprises atoxin and an albumin. The present invention also provides methods of treating neuromuscular diseases and pain using the disclosed compositions and methods of making the disclosed compositions.