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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2008
F. Nicholas Franano, Kansas City, MO (US);
Kimberly S. Bland, Kansas City, MO (US);
Marco D. Wong, Overland Park, KS (US);
Bee C. Ding, Overland Park, KS (US);
F. Nicholas Franano, Kansas City, MO (US);
Kimberly S. Bland, Kansas City, MO (US);
Marco D. Wong, Overland Park, KS (US);
Bee C. Ding, Overland Park, KS (US);
Proteon Therapeutics, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods for the manufacture, purification, formulation, and use of biologically active recombinant elastase proteins. Described are recombinant methods for producing therapeutically useful elastase proteins, as are pharmaceutical compositions comprising said elastase proteins. Novel recombinant elastase proteins and protein preparations are also disclosed. Methods are described for treating and preventing diseases of biological conduits using pharmaceutical compositions containing the elastase proteins of the invention.