Abstract:
A validatable method for determining a photochemically effective dose for inactivating pathogens in a fluid sample is described herein. In particular, the instant invention covers methods for determining a photochemically effective doses sufficient to inactivate pathogens in a biological sample while leaving biologically active substances of interest unaffected. A batch irradiation reactor effective for inactivating pathogens in biological samples is also described.
Abstract:
The invention relates to materials and methods of conjugating a water soluble polymer to an oxidized carbohydrate moiety of a blood coagulation protein comprising contacting the oxidized carbohydrate moiety with an activated water soluble polymer under conditions that allow conjugation. More specifically, the present invention relates to the aforementioned materials and methods wherein the water soluble polymer contains an active aminooxy group and wherein an oxime linkage is formed between the oxidized carbohydrate moiety and the active aminooxy group on the water soluble polymer. In one embodiment of the invention the conjugation is carried out in the presence of the nucleophilic catalyst aniline. In addition the generated oxime linkage can be stabilized by reduction with NaCNBH3 to form an alkoxyamine linkage.
Abstract:
The present invention provides long-term stable pharmaceutical formulations of recombinant von-Willebrand Factor (rVWF) and methods for making and administering said formulations.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a chemically modified FIX, wherein the activation peptide region contains a covalently coupled water-soluble hydrophilic polymer.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a proteinaceous construc (also designated as polymer-VWF-conjugate) comprising plasmatic and/or recombinant von Willebrand factor (VWF), said VWF being bound to at least one physiologically acceptable polymer molecule, as well as to a complex said proteinaceous construc and at least one factor VIII (FVIII) protein. The physiologically acceptable polymer molecule can be, for instance, polyethylene glycol (PEG) or polysialic acid (PSA). Further the present invention relates to methods for prolonging the in vivo-half-life of VWF or FVIII in the blood of a mammal having a bleeding disorder associated with functional defects of or deficiencies of at least one of FVIII or VWF.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for the purification of alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor (a1PI) from protein fractions. More specifically, the invention relates to an improved method for the purification of alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor (a1PI), wherein the yield of a1PI can be increased by thawing the starting material and incubating it for several hours before subjecting it to a washing step.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for determining an effective dose of monochromatic or polychromatic light from one or more light sources to inactivete microorganisms present in a biological fluid, preferably a non-trannsparent fluid. Moreover, there is provided a method for the inactivation of microorganism in a biological fluid in a flow-through-reactor. Moreover, the invention advantageously provides a flow-through-reactor with one or more thermostated light sources. The invention further provides a method of controlling the light sum dose of monochromatic or polychromatic light emitted from one or more light sources to effectively inactivate microorganisms present in a biological fluid in a batch reactor.
Abstract:
The invention provides a kit for measuring the thrombin generation in a sample of a patient's blood or plasma, or in a sample of clotting factors. The kit contains lyophilized tissue factor/phospholipid-complex and a lyophilized mixture containing a thrombin-substrate and CaCl2. The invention also provides processes for preparing the reagents for the kit. The kit can be used in a method for measuring the thrombin generation in a sample, wherein it is possible to detect changes in thrombin generation kinetics, for example after administration of inhibitor bypassing agents to a patient who has developed inhibitors to an exogenous clotting factor such as Factor VIII.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for the detection of neurological disorders in patient comprising (a) measuring the concentration of PrP protein in a biological fluid sample of said patient; and (b) determining whether said concentration of said PrP protein is above or below a predetermined threshold value, whereby the concentration above said predetermined threshold value identifies a patient with a neurological disorder, a method for the detection and quantification of PrP protein and pathogenic PrP protein in a sample, and a kit comprising a set of reagents to determine the concentration of PrP protein and pathogenic PrP protein in a sample.
Abstract:
A water soluble polymer, in particular polysialic acid (PSA) or a modified PSA (mPSA), is conjugated to an oxidized carbohydrate moiety of a glycoprotein other than a blood coagulation protein or to a ganglioside or drug delivery system by contacting the oxidized carbohydrate moiety with the water soluble polymer, wherein said water soluble polymer contains an aminooxy group and an oxime linkage is formed between the oxidized carbohydrate moiety and the aminooxy group on the water soluble polymer or wherein said water soluble polymer contains a hydrazide group and a hydrazone linkage is formed between the oxidized carbohydrate moiety and the hydrazide group on the water soluble polymer. Conjugates of aminooxy- or hydrazide-water soluble polymer, such as PSA and mPSA, are thus obtained in which the PSA or mPSA is attached via a carbohydrate moiety.