Patents by Inventor Annamaria Coscarella

Annamaria Coscarella has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5916773
    Abstract: It is described a hybrid molecule of formula GM-CSF-L-EPO or EPO-L-GM-CSF useful for the stimulation of hematopoiesis, comprising GM-CSF and EPO molecules fused together by means of a linker L having a variable length of amino acids, GM-CSF and EPO molecules being either complete molecules or fragments thereof. Such hybrid molecules exhibit a higher specifity of action on erythroid differentiation if compared to that of an equimolar mixture of not-linked GM-CSF and EPO molecules. Further, the present invention describes: DNA sequences encoding such hybrid molecules, which stimolate the hematopoiesis; plasmid vectors containing the genes encoding hybrid molecules and directing their synthesis in host cells; the use of such hybrid molecules for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition and such pharmaceutical composition useful for stimolation of hematopoiesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Menarini Ricerche S.p.A.
    Inventors: Antonio Mele, Rita De Santis, Cristina Carloni, Annamaria Coscarella