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Epidermal growth factor receptor targeted molecules for treatment of inflammatory arthritis

US5906820A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 5, 1997
Grant dateMay 25, 1999
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Expiry dateMay 5, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07K2319/75
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention features a method for treating a patient having inflammatory arthritis, the method includes administering to the patient a molecule which is capable of specifically binding to an epidermal growth factor receptor expressed on a cell of the patient which contributes to the inflammatory arthritis of the patient, the molecule being capable of decreasing the viability of the cell.

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