Abstract: Provided are uses of erythropoietin, or a derivative or functional analogue thereof, for the production of a medicament for the preventive or curative treatment of patients suffering from, or at risk of suffering from, cardiac failure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 9, 2003
Date of Patent:
February 26, 2008
Assignees:
Crucell Holland B.V., Stichting Klinische Farmacologie Groningen
Inventors:
Wiekert Hendrikus Van Gilst, Ronald Hendrik Peter Brus, Dirk Jan Van Veldhuisen, Robert Henk Henning, Rudolf Allert De Boer