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Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014

Filed:

Apr. 01, 2010
Applicants:

Andrea Pfeifer, St.-Légier, CH;

Andreas Muhs, Pully, CH;

Fred Van Leuven, Linden, BE;

Maria Pihlgren, Mont-sur-Lausanne, CH;

Inventors:

Andrea Pfeifer, St.-Légier, CH;

Andreas Muhs, Pully, CH;

Fred Van Leuven, Linden, BE;

Maria Pihlgren, Mont-sur-Lausanne, CH;

Assignees:

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, BE;

AC Immune S.A., Lausanne, CH;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/385 (2006.01); A61K 38/10 (2006.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01); A61K 9/127 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention is related to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with neurofibrillary tangles. In particular, the invention relates to pharmaceutical composition comprising an antigenic peptide, particularly an antigenic phospho-peptide mimicking a major pathological phospho-epitope of protein tau, for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of tauopathies including Alzheimer's Disease.


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