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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2014
Rheinische Friedrich-wilhelms Universität Bonn, Bonn, DE;
Universität Zu Köln, Köln, DE;
Harald Neumann, Bonn, DE;
Jens Kopatz, Bonn, DE;
Anahita Shahraz, Bonn, IR;
Marcus Karlstetter, Köln, DE;
Thomas Langmann, Frechen, DE;
RHEINISCHE FRIEDRICH-WILHELMS UNIVERSITÄT BONN, Bonn, DE;
UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN, Köln, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a branched or unbranched free or glycosidically bound polysialic acid according to general formula (1) as given as follows poly-(α(2→8 or 2→9)Neu5Ac)(1) wherein Neu5Ac is N-acetylneuraminic acid, and n is an integer in the range from 14 to 26 and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, a polysaccharide composition comprising the polysialic acid (1), and the use as a medicament, particularly in the therapeutic and/or prophylactic treatment of degenerative, demyelinating and inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system, and degenerative or inflammatory retinal diseases.