Stabilized exendin-4 compounds
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- ZEALAND PHARM AS
- Publication Date
- 2009-08-20
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10 / 529,858, filed Apr. 26, 2006, which is the national phase of International Application No. PCT / DK2003 / 000651, filed Oct. 2, 2003, which, in turn, claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 415,626, filed Oct. 2, 2002. Each of these applications is hereby incorporated by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to stabilized Exendin-4 compounds and related molecules. In one aspect the invention provides stabilized Exendin-4 agonists that include at least one modified amino acid residue particularly at positions Gln13, Met14, Trp25, or Asn28 of the Exendin-4 (1-39) molecule. Preferred modifications are deaminated, hydrolyzed, oxidized, or isomerized reaction products of the specified amino acid residues corresponding to the same positions in the Exendin-4 (1-39) molecule. Also provided are methods of making and using the stabilized E...