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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2015
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA (US);
Benjamin Sullivan, San Diego, CA (US);
Tannin A. Schmidt, Calgary, CA;
David A. Sullivan, Boston, MA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition, and methods of use thereof, for treating ocular boundary deficiency, symptoms associated therewith, or an undesired condition that is associated with or causes discomfort at the ocular surface. The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention comprises a human PRG4 protein, or a lubricating fragment thereof, suspended in an ophthalmically acceptable vehicle. The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention may also comprise one or more ophthalmically acceptable agents selected from the group consisting of an ophthalmically acceptable demulcent, excipient, astringent, vasoconstrictor, emollient, sodium hyaluronate, hyaluronic acid, and surface active phospholipids, in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier for topical administration.