Abstract: The invention provides a process for the production of a very low molecular weight heparin (VLMWH) composition having a VLMWH content, relative to total heparin content, of at least 10% wt, said process comprising chromatographically or chemically or by filtration reducing the relative proportion of heparin having a molecular weight above 8000 Da in a heparin composition extracted from a non-mammalian, vascularised marine animal.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 9, 2006
Publication date:
April 23, 2009
Applicant:
UNIVERSITETET FOR MILJO-OG BIOVITENSKAP