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Last Updated: April 26, 2024

Patent: 5,116,615

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Summary for Patent: 5,116,615

Title:	Method for treating benign prostatic hypertrophy
Abstract:	The invention provides a composition and method for treating benign prostatic hypertropy in mammals so as to cause the dissolution and regression of hypertrophied prostatic tissue and thereby provide relief from the obstructive symptoms associated with the disease. The present composition preferably comprises a sterile pyrogen-free solution of the hydrolytic enzymes collagenase and hyaluronidase, a nonionic surfactant, and an antibiotic; all provided, in a pharmaceutically acceptable, buffered, isotonic, aqueous carrier. The present method preferably comprises the direct intraprostatic injection of a safe and therapeutically effective dose of the composition via the transurethral route of administration.
Inventor(s):	Gokcen; Muharrem (Minneapolis, MN), Guy; Terry J. (Chaska, MN)
Assignee:	Immunolytics, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN)
Application Number:	07/707,628
Patent Claims:	see list of patent claims

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Applicant	Tradename	Biologic Ingredient	Dosage Form	BLA	Approval Date	Patent No.	Expiredate
Discure Medical, Llc	CHYMODIACTIN	chymopapain	For Injection	018663	11/10/1982	⤷ Try a Trial	2009-05-26
Discure Medical, Llc	CHYMODIACTIN	chymopapain	For Injection	018663	08/21/1984	⤷ Try a Trial	2009-05-26
Bausch & Lomb Incorporated	VITRASE	hyaluronidase	Injection	021640	05/05/2004	⤷ Try a Trial	2009-05-26
Bausch & Lomb Incorporated	VITRASE	hyaluronidase	Injection	021640	12/02/2004	⤷ Try a Trial	2009-05-26
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	AMPHADASE	hyaluronidase	Injection	021665	10/26/2004	⤷ Try a Trial	2009-05-26
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