Process for the production of human interferon

US4266024A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Peter Swetly · Wien, AT
• Gunther Adolf · Wien, AT
• Gerhard Bodo · Wien, AT
• Silvia J. Lindner-Frimmel · Perchtoldsdorf, AT
• Peter Meindl · Wien, AT
• Hans Tuppy · Wien, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: May 14, 1979
• Grant date: May 5, 1981
• Expiry date: May 14, 1999

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S530/808
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

This invention is directed to a process of producing interferon which comprises incubating permanent cell lines of lymphoblast origin or human fibroblast cells with interferon inducers and stimulator substances and recovering the interferon produced.