Treatment of obesity
AssigneeMetabolic Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.
InventorsFrank Ng, Siria Helens Natera, Woei-Jia Jiang
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Abstract
A method for the treatment of obesity in an animal such as a human, comprises administering to the animal an effective amount of a peptide which comprises the carboxyl-terminal sequence of a growth hormone, particularly the carboxyl-terminal sequence of human growth hormone containing amine acid residues 177-191. A pharmaceutical composition for use in the treatment of obesity is also disclosed.
Claims14
A pharmaceutical composition for treating obesity in a mammal, comprising one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers and/or diluents, and an effective amount of a peptide, wherein the amino acid sequence of said peptide comprises the carboxyl-terminal sequence of a growth hormone, and wherein said peptide is not the intact, full-length growth hormone.
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