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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2006
Applicants:
Yves Sagot, Beaumont, FR;
Yolande Chvatchko, Confignon, CH;
Anne Corbaz, Lausanne, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Merck Serono SA, Coinsins, Vaud, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/395 (2006.01); A61K 38/17 (2006.01); A61K 38/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to the use of an IL18-BP isoform that does not bind to IL18, or of an agonist thereof, for treatment or prevention of a neurological and/or inflammatory disease. Preferred isoforms for use in the frame of the invention include IL-18BPb and IL-18BPd.