Fibrinolysis

US5236705A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The University of Melbourne · AU

Inventors

• John Allan Hamilton · Melbourne, AU
• Prudence H. Hart · Adelaide, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 18, 1991
• Grant date: Aug 17, 1993
• Expiry date: Sep 18, 2011

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N9/6456
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method for degrading fibrin deposits and preventing such deposits associated with pathological conditions is described, which comprises administering to a subject in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of IL-4 activity, optionally in association with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or excipients. There is also described thrombolytic compositions which comprise IL-4 or a derivative thereof possessing IL-4 activity together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient.