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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2004
Applicants:
Adrian Whitty, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Laura Runkel, Cambridge, MA (US);
Margot Brickelmaier, Boxford, MA (US);
Paula Hochman, Newton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Adrian Whitty, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Laura Runkel, Cambridge, MA (US);
Margot Brickelmaier, Boxford, MA (US);
Paula Hochman, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Biogen Idec MA Inc.,, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/21 (2006.01); C12N 21/04 (2006.01); A61K 38/00 (2006.01); A61K 38/21 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fusion polypeptide is described having the amino acid sequence X-Y-Z, or portion thereof, comprising the amino acid sequence of a glycosylated interferon-beta (X); Y is an optional linker moiety; and Z is a polypeptide comprising at least a portion of a polypeptide other than glycosylated interferon-beta. It is preferred that X is human interferon-beta-1a. Mutants of interferon-beta-1a are also described.