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Liposomal agents

US6045821A · kind A · utility

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16Claims
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Filing dateMay 29, 1997
Grant dateApr 4, 2000
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Expiry dateMay 29, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K51/1234
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a liposomal agent comprising liposomes having bound to a membrane thereof a chelated diagnostically or therapeutically effective metal ion. The chelating agent binding the metal ion has a macrocyclic chelant moiety with, attached to a single ring atom thereof, a lipophilic membrane associating moiety.

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