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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2007
Tetsuhiro Harakawa, Kumamoto, JP;
Hirotoshi Nakano, Kumamoto, JP;
Yasushi Torii, Kumamoto, JP;
Yoshitaka Goto, Kumamoto, JP;
Miho Shinmura, Kumamoto, JP;
Sachio Okuda, Kumamoto, JP;
Ryuji Kaji, Naruto, JP;
Shunji Kosaki, Tondabayashi, JP;
Tetsuhiro Harakawa, Kumamoto, JP;
Hirotoshi Nakano, Kumamoto, JP;
Yasushi Torii, Kumamoto, JP;
Yoshitaka Goto, Kumamoto, JP;
Miho Shinmura, Kumamoto, JP;
Sachio Okuda, Kumamoto, JP;
Ryuji Kaji, Naruto, JP;
Shunji Kosaki, Tondabayashi, JP;
THE CHEMO-SERO-THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Kumamoto, JP;
TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY, Tokushima, JP;
Abstract
A novel type Atoxin preparation is provided. A neuromuscular transmission blocking agent comprising as an active ingredient a highly purified type Atoxin fromas infant botulism pathogen and a medicament for treating a disease with a muscle overactivity comprising as an active ingredient said toxin. In particular, the medicament of the present invention, as compared to the conventional knowntoxin preparations, has rapid efficacy of potential and is less diffusive and thus, having a broader safety margin, may be used as therapeutic medicament for decreasing local, muscle overactivity in a disease with a muscle overactivity.