Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Remedies for arthritis
- Patent Title (中): 治疗关节炎
-
Application No.: US10500207Application Date: 2002-12-26
-
Publication No.: US07708999B2Publication Date: 2010-05-04
- Inventor: Tadafumi Tamura , Masako Uchii , Toshio Suda , Ichiro Miki , Akira Tanaka
- Applicant: Tadafumi Tamura , Masako Uchii , Toshio Suda , Ichiro Miki , Akira Tanaka
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.
- Priority: JP2001-400677 20011228
- International Application: PCT/JP02/13650 WO 20021226
- International Announcement: WO03/057251 WO 20030717
- Main IPC: A61K39/395
- IPC: A61K39/395 ; A61K39/00

Abstract:
The invention provides an agent for preventing or treating arthritis, a cartilage protecting agent, a joint destruction inhibitor and a synovial membrane growth inhibitor comprising an anti-FGF-8 neutralizing antibody as an active ingredient, as well as a diagnostic agent of arthritis comprising an anti-FGF-8 antibody as an active ingredient and a method for judging arthritis using the antibody.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050175608A1 Remedies for arthritis Public/Granted day:2005-08-11
Information query