Patents Assigned to SmithKline Beechman
  • Lipoprotein associated phospholipase A2, inhibitors thereof and use of the same in diagnosis and therapy
    Patent number: 6177257
    Abstract: The enzyme Lp-PLA2 in purified form, an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding Lp-PLA2, the use of an inhibitor of the enzyme Lp-PLA2 in therapy and a method of screening compounds to identify those compounds which inhibit the enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: SmithKline Beechman
    Inventors: Colin Houston Macphee, David Graham Tew, Christopher Donald Southan, Deirdre Mary Bernadette Hickey, Israel Simon Gloger, Geoffrey Mark Prouse Lawrence, Simon Quentyn John Rice