Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of at least one protease for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment and/or prevention of benign prostate hypertrophy/hyperplasia, wherein the medicament is adapted for enteral administration, the at least one protease is selected from the group consisting of plant, non-mammalian animal and microbial proteases and the at least one protease is administered in an amount of 1 to 100 mg/kg body weight.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 3, 2008
Date of Patent:
July 31, 2012
Assignee:
Volopharm GmbH
Inventors:
Lucia Desser, Bernhard Lotz, Thomas Mohr
Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of at least one protease for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment and/or prevention of benign prostate hypertrophy/hyperplasia, wherein the medicament is adapted for enteral administration, the at least one protease is selected from the group consisting of plant, non-mammalian animal and microbial proteases and the at least one protease is administered in an amount of 1 to 100 mg/kg body weight.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 3, 2008
Publication date:
October 7, 2010
Applicant:
Volopharm GmbH
Inventors:
Lucia Desser, Bernhard Lotz, Thomas Mohr