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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2005
Applicants:
Caroline Isabelle Bacon Kurtz, Sudbury, MA (US);
Richard Fitzpatrick, Marblehead, MA (US);
Inventors:
Caroline Isabelle Bacon Kurtz, Sudbury, MA (US);
Richard Fitzpatrick, Marblehead, MA (US);
Assignee:
Genzyme Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of inhibiting a toxin in an animal, such as a human, by administering to the animal a therapeutically effective amount of a polymer having a plurality of pendant acid functional groups which are directly attached to the polymer backbone or attached to the polymer backbone by a spacer group. The spacer group can have a length in the range from 0 to about 20 atoms. The toxin is, typically, an exotoxin secreted by a pathogenic microorganism, such as a bacterium.