Patents Represented by Attorney Virgina C. Bennett
  • Patent number: 6083913
    Abstract: Receptors are peptides and peptide mimetics that bind to and activate the thrombopoietin receptor. Such peptides and peptide mimetics are useful in methods for treating hematological disorders and particularly, thrombocytopenia resulting from chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or bone marrow transfusions as well as in diagnostic methods employing labeled peptides and peptide mimetics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Glaxo Wellcome Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Dower, Ronald W. Barrett, Steven E. Cwirla, David J. Duffin, Christian M. Gates, Sherril S. Haselden, Larry C. Mattheakis, Peter J. Schatz, Christopher R. Wagstrom, Nicholas C. Wrighton