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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
May. 13, 2008
Mark G. Currie, Sterling, MA (US);
Shalina Mahajan-miklos, Stanford, CA (US);
Angelika Fretzen, Somerville, MA (US);
LI Jing Sun, New York, NY (US);
Thea Norman, San Diego, CA (US);
G. Todd Milne, Brookline, MA (US);
Mark G. Currie, Sterling, MA (US);
Shalina Mahajan-Miklos, Stanford, CA (US);
Angelika Fretzen, Somerville, MA (US);
Li Jing Sun, New York, NY (US);
Thea Norman, San Diego, CA (US);
G. Todd Milne, Brookline, MA (US);
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention features compositions and related methods for treating IBS and other gastrointestinal disorders and conditions (e.g., gastrointestinal motility disorders, functional gastrointestinal disorders, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), duodenogastric reflux, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, Inflammatory bowel disease, functional heartburn, dyspepsia (including functional dyspepsia or nonulcer dyspepsia), gastroparesis, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (or colonic pseudo-obstruction), and disorders and conditions associated with constipation, e.g., constipation associated with use of opiate pain killers, post-surgical constipation (post-operative ileus), and constipation associated with neuropathic disorders as well as other conditions and disorders using peptides and other agents that activate the guanylate cyclase C (GC-C) receptor.