Anti-procalcitonin antibodies and the preparation and use thereof

US6451311B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Dade Behring Marburg GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Harald Althaus · Wetter, DE
• Gotz Walter · Kirchhain, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 22, 2000
• Grant date: Sep 17, 2002
• Expiry date: Dec 22, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S435/81
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to anti-procalcitonin antibodies, their preparation and use, in particular in therapy and diagnostics. The antibodies comprise binding to procalcitonin but not to free calcitonin, free katacalcin and free N-procalcitonin.