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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2008
Applicants:
Annick Mercenier, Bussigny, CH;
Marie-claire Fichot, Blonay, CH;
Adrian Zuercher, Bern, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nectec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/18 (2006.01); A61P 17/00 (2006.01); A61P 37/08 (2006.01); C07K 14/495 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A nutritional composition comprising a partially hydrolysed milk protein having a degree of hydrolysis between 15 and 25% and 50 to 1000 nanograms of TGF-β per 100 ml of ready to consume composition and methods for the primary prevention of allergic reactions to newly introduced dietary protein at weaning and the prevention of development of atopic diseases in a young mammal at weaning comprising feeding to the young mammal a therapeutic amount of the composition are disclosed.