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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2002
Applicants:
Tadafumi Tamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Masako Uchii, Mishima, JP;
Toshio Suda, Fukuoka, JP;
Ichiro Miki, Mishima, JP;
Akira Tanaka, Tochigi, JP;
Inventors:
Tadafumi Tamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Masako Uchii, Mishima, JP;
Toshio Suda, Fukuoka, JP;
Ichiro Miki, Mishima, JP;
Akira Tanaka, Tochigi, JP;
Assignee:
Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/395 (2006.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides an agent for preventing or treating arthritis, a cartilage protecting agent, a joint destruction inhibitor and a synovial membrane growth inhibitor comprising an anti-FGF-8 neutralizing antibody as an active ingredient, as well as a diagnostic agent of arthritis comprising an anti-FGF-8 antibody as an active ingredient and a method for judging arthritis using the antibody.