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Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011

Filed:

Feb. 08, 2008
Applicants:

David M Holtzman, St. Louis, MO (US);

Ronald Demattos, Noblesville, IN (US);

Kelly R. Bales, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Steven M. Paul, Carmel, IN (US);

Naoya Tsurushita, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Maximiliano Vasquez, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

David M Holtzman, St. Louis, MO (US);

Ronald DeMattos, Noblesville, IN (US);

Kelly R. Bales, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Steven M. Paul, Carmel, IN (US);

Naoya Tsurushita, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Maximiliano Vasquez, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignees:

Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Washington University, St. Louis, MO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/395 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method to treat conditions characterized by formation of amyloid plaques both prophylactically and therapeutically is described. The method employs humanized antibodies which sequester soluble Aβ peptide from human biological fluids or which preferably specifically bind an epitope contained within position 13-28 of the amyloid beta peptide Aβ.


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