Patent · US Expired

Use of plasminogen activators to stimulate local bone growth

US5888967A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Boehringer Mannheim GmbH · DE

Inventors

Konrad Honold · Penzberg, DE
Lothar Kling · Mannheim, DE
Kurt Lang · Penzberg, DE
Ulrike Leser · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 9, 1998
Grant date	Mar 30, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 9, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61P43/00
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Described herein is a method of promoting osteogenesis in a patient in need thereof by administering a plasminogen activator which activates the zymogen plasminogen by cleavage between arginine 506 and valine 561 to form the serine protease plasmin.

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