Process for producing immunolobulins for intravenous administration and other immunolobulin products
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Current Assignee / Owner
- CSL BEHRING AG
- Publication Date
- 2001-09-05
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
Abstract
Description
Field of the invention
[0001] The present invention relates to a method for purifying immunoglobulin, ie immunoglobulin G (IgG), from crude plasma or crude plasma protein components. The invention also relates to an immunoglobulin product and the medical use of such an immunoglobulin product. Background of the invention
[0002] Human normal immunoglobulin (HNI) was introduced in the late 1940s for the prevention and treatment of some infectious diseases. By Cohn & Oncley's refrigerated ethanol fractionation (Cohn E et al., (1946), J. ACS., 68, 459-475), (Oncley et al., (1949), J. ACS., 71, 541-550), and later Kistler And Nitschmann also carried out the improved method and prepared HNI, which proved to be safe and effective when administered subcutaneously or intramuscularly, avoiding the spread of viral infection.
[0003] Congenital or acquired complete or partial absence of immunoglobulins (primary and secondary immunodeficiency syndromes, respectively) manifests in fre...