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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2010
Applicants:
Yolande Chvatchko, Paris, FR;
Alain Tedgui, Paris, FR;
Ziad Mallat, Herbeville, FR;
Inventors:
Assignees:
MERCK SERONO SA, Vaud, CH;
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/1709 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to the use of an inhibitor of IL-18 in the preparation of a medicament for treatment and/or prevention of peripheral vascular diseases. The invention further relates to the use of an IL-18 inhibitor for prevention of limb amputation.