Patent · US Expired

Aptamers to von Willebrand Factor and their use as thrombotic disease therapeutics

US7566701B2 · kind B2 · utility

25Cited by
124References
19Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateSep 7, 2005
Grant dateJul 28, 2009
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 4, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC12N2330/30
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates generally to the field of nucleic acids and more particularly to aptamers capable of binding to von Willebrand Factor useful as therapeutics in and diagnostics of thrombotic diseases and/or other diseases or disorders in which von Willebrand Factor mediated platelet aggregation has been implicated. The invention further relates to materials and methods for the administration of aptamers capable of binding to von Willebrand Factor.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.