Encapsulated cells producing cytochrome P450

US6893634B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignees

• GSF FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FUR UMWELT UND GESUNDHEIT GMBH · DE
• Bavarian Nordic A/S · DK

Inventors

• Walter Gunzburg · Schwanenstadt, AT
• Peter Karle · Wien, AT
• Robert Saller · Egglkofen, DE
• Brian Salmons · Singapore, SG
• Matthias Löhr · Weinheim, DE
• Peter Giørtz Müller · Princeton Junction, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 24, 1998
• Grant date: May 17, 2005
• Expiry date: Sep 24, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N2740/16043
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to capsules encapsulating cytochrome P450 producing cells and cytochrome P450 producing retroviral packaging cells. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the treatment of cancer or any other relevant disease with said capsules and to the use of said capsules for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for said treatment.