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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2007
Rolf E. Swenson, Princeton, NJ (US);
Philippe Bussat, Feigeres, FR;
Bernard Lamy, Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, FR;
Sibylle Pochon, Troinex, CH;
Kondareddiar Ramalingam, Dayton, NJ (US);
Rolf E. Swenson, Princeton, NJ (US);
Philippe Bussat, Feigeres, FR;
Bernard Lamy, Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, FR;
Sibylle Pochon, Troinex, CH;
Kondareddiar Ramalingam, Dayton, NJ (US);
Bracco Suisse S.A., Manno, CH;
Abstract
New targeting or therapeutic compounds which can be incorporated into a composition of gas-filled microvesicles. The invention further relates to gas-filled microvesicles for diagnostic and/or therapeutic use comprising said compounds and to their method of use. The new compounds are compounds of formula M-S-T, wherein: M represents a component capable of associating with an envelope of a gas-filled microvesicle; T represents a component comprising a targeting ligand or a therapeutic agent; and S represents a component comprising at least two bissulfone groups.