Contrast agent

US7919071B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GE HEALTHCARE AS · NO

Inventors

• Magne Solbakken · Oslo, NO
• Torgrim Engell · Oslo, NO
• Harry John Wadsworth · Norton, GB
• Colin Mill Archer · Aylesbury, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 9, 2004
• Grant date: Apr 5, 2011
• Expiry date: Jun 12, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D495/04
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a contrast agent of Formula I V-L-Z Formula I where V is a non-peptidic vector having affinity for the Angiotensin II receptor, L is a bond, a spacer or a linker moiety and Z represents a moiety detectable in an in vivo imaging procedure of a human or animal body.