Treatment of allergy

US4740371A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• International Institute of Cellular and Molecular Pathology · BE

Inventors

• Jean-Marie St. Remy · Grez-Doiceau, BE
• Philippe Lebrun · Vieusart, BE
• Serge Lebecque · Écully, FR
• Pierre L. Masson · Brussels, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 17, 1984
• Grant date: Apr 26, 1988
• Expiry date: Sep 17, 2004

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S530/868
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

In the treatment of allergy, desensitization is effected by administering the allergen in admixture with an antibody thereto, the antibody being present in a molar excess. The antibody is preferably one raised in the patient.