Factor VII fragment 82-128 and its use in blood-clotting disorders

US5948759A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• NYCOMED IMAGING AS · NO

Inventors

• Mette Husbyn · Oslo, NO
• Peter Fischer · Oslo, NO
• Lars Orning · Oslo, NO

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 27, 1997
• Grant date: Sep 7, 1999
• Expiry date: Aug 27, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61K38/00
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to peptide of the amino acid sequence of formula (I): 82 85 90 Glu Thr His Lys Asp Asp Gln Leu Ile 95 100 Cys Val Asn Glu Asn Gly Gly Cys Glu Gln 105 110 Tyr Cys Ser Asp His Thr Gly Thr Lys Arg 115 120 Ser Cys Arg Cys His Glu Gly Tyr Ser Leu 125 128 Leu Ala Asp Gly Val Ser Cys Thr (SEQ ID NO. 1) and functional equivalents thereof in which amino acids in the above stated sequence are modified or absent and wherein at least one of the cysteine residues may be blocked or replaced and wherein any cysteine residues which remain unblocked or unreplaced may be present in a disulphide bonded state. The invention also includes slats and derivatives of said peptides. The peptides and their salts and derivatives are useful in the treatment of blood clotting disorders.