Methods of treating viral infections

US6685950B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC · DE

Inventors

• Olaf Weber · Wülfrath, DE
• Tobias Schlapp · Goch, DE
• Angela Siegling · Brunn am Gebirge, AT
• Andreas Knorr · Erkrath, DE
• Claudia Hirth-Dietrich · Wuppertal, DE
• Gudrun Theiss · Wuppertal, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 11, 2001
• Grant date: Feb 3, 2004
• Expiry date: Jul 11, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N2710/24232
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to the use of strains of Parapoxvirus ovis as immunotherapeutic agents for immunodeficiencies of an infectious or non-infectious nature, and to the use of strains of Parapoxvirus ovis for treating tumor diseases and viral infections, and diseases which accompany them, and the use of strains of Parapoxvirus ovis for producing medicaments for use in humans and animals.