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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2012
Applicant:
Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Antoni Kozlowski, Huntsville, AL (US);
Remy F. Gross, III, Petaluma, CA (US);
Samuel P. McManus, Guntersville, AL (US);
Assignee:
Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/77 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides water-soluble, polymer derivatives having a thiol-selective terminus suitable for selective coupling to thiol groups, such as those contained in the cysteine residues of proteins, as well as methods for preparing the water-soluble, polymer derivatives having a thiol-selective terminus.