Patent · US Expired

Anti-TNF antibodies and methotrexate in the treatment of arthritis and crohn's disease

US6270766A · kind A · utility

130Cited by
6References
30Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateAug 1, 1996
Grant dateAug 7, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 1, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07K2319/00
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Methods for treating and/or preventing a TNF-mediated disease in an individual are disclosed. Also disclosed is a composition comprising methotrexate and an anti-tumor necrosis factor antibody. TNF-mediated diseases include rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, and acute and chronic immune diseases associated with transplantation.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.