Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Labelled adrenomedullin derivatives and their use for imaging and therapy
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Application No.: US12149989Application Date: 2008-05-12
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Publication No.: US08475764B2Publication Date: 2013-07-02
- Inventor: Jocelyn Dupuis , Alain Fournier
- Applicant: Jocelyn Dupuis , Alain Fournier
- Applicant Address: CA Montreal
- Assignee: Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal
- Current Assignee: Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal
- Current Assignee Address: CA Montreal
- Main IPC: A61M36/14
- IPC: A61M36/14 ; A61K51/00

Abstract:
The present invention relates to an adrenomedullin derivative including an adrenomedullin peptide, or a fragment thereof chelated or otherwise bound to at least one active agent. Examples of active agents include a paramagnetic element, a radioactive element and a fibrinolytic agent, among others. Paramagnetic agents have a distribution that is relatively easily shown through Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Radioactive agents have applications in imaging and delivery of radiations, depending on the specific element included in the active agent. Delivery of fibrinolytic agents mainly to a specific organ, such as for example to the lungs, allows to substantially improve the specificity and efficacy of thrombolytic therapy by allowing local delivery of the fibrinolytic agent, thereby reducing the risks of major bleeding in the therapy of the organ. If the organ is the lungs, a non-limiting example of pathology treatable with the fibrinolytic agent is pulmonary embolus.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090028790A1 Labelled adrenomedullin derivatives and their use for imaging and therapy Public/Granted day:2009-01-29
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