Patents Assigned to The Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service
  • Use of platelet glycopeptide IIIa epitopes in the treatment of immune thrombocytopenic purpura
    Patent number: 8398987
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for treating diseases associated with autoantibodies specific for platelet proteins, in particular autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura. The composition, comprising an epitope of a platelet protein, treats diseases by tolerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignees: The University Court of the University of Aberdeen, The Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service
    Inventors: Stanislaw Joseph Urbaniak, Robert Norman Barker, Hosea Sukati