Glucose dependent release of insulin from glucose sensing insulin derivatives
US7316999B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 31, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jan 8, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07K14/62
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Insulin derivatives having a built-in glucose sensor, capable of delivering insulin from a depot as a function of the glucose concentration in the surrounding medium (e.g. tissue), such that the rate of insulin release from the depot increases with an increased glucose concentration and decreases with a decreased glucose concentration.
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