Method for inhibiting growth hormone action
US6004931A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 24, 1998 |
| Grant date | Dec 21, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 24, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S930/12
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Human growth hormone variants are disclosed having enhanced affinity for the growth hormone receptor. Also disclosed are human growth hormone variants conjugated to one or more chemical groups, such as poly(ethylene glycol), which is believed to prolong the in vivo half-life of the variants.
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