Patents Assigned to Biogen N.P.
  • Products displaying the antigenicity of hepatitis B virus e antigens and methods of producing those antigens
    Patent number: 4758507
    Abstract: Polypeptides displaying the antigenicity of hepatitis B virus e antigens, DNA sequences coding for those polypeptides, antibodies to those polypeptides and methods of producing and using those polypeptides, antibodies and DNA sequences. The polypeptides and antibodies of this invention are characterized by their use in compositions and methods for detecting hepatitis B virus infective carriers and in evaluating the course of HBV-related active liver disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1988
    Assignee: Biogen N.P.
    Inventors: Kenneth Murray, Patricia MacKay