Factor viii conjugates
AssigneeBayer HealthCare LLC
InventorsClark Q Pan, John E. Murphy, Baisong Mei, Jonathan S. Strauss, Hendri Tjandra, Jianmin Chen, Thomas Barnett, Liang Tang, Deqian Wang
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Abstract
This invention relates to Factor VIII muteins that are covalently bound, at a predefined site that is not an N-terminal amine, to one or more biocompatible polymers such as polyethylene glycol. The mutein conjugates retain FVIII procoagulant activity and have improved pharmacokinetic properties.
Claims21
A conjugate having factor VIII procoagulant activity comprising a functional factor VIII polypeptide covalently attached at one or more predefined sites on the polypeptide to one or more biocompatible polymers, wherein the predefined site is a not an N-terminal amine.
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