Clostridial toxin derivatives and methods for treating pain
US6500436B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 3, 2001 |
| Grant date | Dec 31, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 3, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07K2319/00
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Agents for treating pain, methods for producing the agents and methods for treating pain by administration to a patient of a therapeutically effective amount of the agent. The agent can include a clostridial neurotoxin, or a component or fragment or derivative thereof, attached to a targeting moiety, wherein the targeting moiety is selected from a group consisting of transmission compounds which can be released from neurons upon the transmission of pain signals by the neurons, and compounds substantially similar to the transmission compounds.
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