Method of assaying CD4 glycoproteins by using certain azo dyes

US5650441A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services · US

Inventors

• Adorjan Aszalos · Princeton, US
• James C. Weaver · Sudbury, US
• P. Scott Pine · Rockville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 11, 1994
• Grant date: Jul 22, 1997
• Expiry date: Oct 11, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61K31/655
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Antiviral compositions useful for the inhibition of HIV include various azo dye compounds which have the ability of inhibiting the binding of HIV rgp120 to CD4 cells on peripheral blood lymphocytes and affecting HIV replication. Also disclosed are methods for treating HIV viral infections with these compositions.