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Patent: 6,296,847


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Summary for Patent: 6,296,847
Title: Composition for treating benign prostatic hypertrophy
Abstract:The invention provides a composition and method for treating benign prostatic hypertrophy 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:08/154,158
Patent Claims:see list of patent claims

Details for Patent 6,296,847

Applicant Tradename Biologic Ingredient Dosage Form BLA Approval Date Patent No. Expiredate
Bausch & Lomb Incorporated VITRASE hyaluronidase Injection 021640 05/05/2004 ⤷  Try a Trial 2018-10-02
Bausch & Lomb Incorporated VITRASE hyaluronidase Injection 021640 12/02/2004 ⤷  Try a Trial 2018-10-02
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. AMPHADASE hyaluronidase Injection 021665 10/26/2004 ⤷  Try a Trial 2018-10-02
Akorn, Inc. HYDASE hyaluronidase Injection 021716 10/25/2005 ⤷  Try a Trial 2018-10-02
Smith & Nephew, Inc. SANTYL collagenase Ointment 101995 06/04/1965 ⤷  Try a Trial 2018-10-02
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