Abstract: A process for purifying fibrinogen from a fibrinogen containing source by precipitation of fibrinogen by a precipitating agent from a fibrinogen containing solution in the presence of one or more chelating agent(s) and removal of the supernatant from the fibrinogen paste, characterised in that fibrinogen is extracted from the paste forming a liquid fraction containing fibrinogen, and an undissolved residue, which is separated from the liquid.

Abstract: A process for purifying fibrinogen from a fibrinogen containing source by precipitation of fibrinogen by a precipitating agent from a fibrinogen containing solution in the presence of one or more chelating agent(s) and removal of the supernatant from the fibrinogen paste, characterised in that fibrinogen is extracted from the paste forming a liquid fraction containing fibrinogen, and an undissolved residue, which is separated from the liquid.

Abstract: A process for purifying fibrinogen from a fibrinogen containing source by precipitation of fibrinogen by a precipitating agent from a fibrinogen containing solution in the presence of one or more chelating agent(s) and removal of the supernatant from the fibrinogen paste, characterized in that fibrinogen is extracted from the paste forming a liquid fraction containing fibrinogen, and an undissolved residue, which is separated from the liquid.

Abstract: A process for purifying fibrinogen from a fibrinogen containing source by precipitation of fibrinogen by a precipitating agent from a fibrinogen containing solution in the presence of one or more chelating agent(s) and removal of the supernatant from the fibrinogen paste, characterised in that fibrinogen is extracted from the paste forming a liquid fraction containing fibrinogen, and an undissolved residue, which is separated from the liquid.

Abstract: A blood plasma for human use pooled from donors which belong to 10% or more to a non-Caucasian population, the plasma obtainable by mixing blood or blood plasma of blood groups A and B, optionally AB without admixing substantial amounts of blood or blood plasma of blood group 0 characterized in that four to eight parts of blood or blood plasma from donors having the blood group A, more than three parts to seven parts of blood or blood plasma from donors having the blood group B, zero to two parts of blood or blood plasma from donors having the blood group AB.

Abstract: This application describes methods of treatment involving a protease for activating the blood clotting factor VII, which (a) activates blood clotting factor VII, (b) is inhibited by the presence of aprotinin, (c) is increased in its activity by the presence of at least one of the following: calcium ions, heparin, or heparin related substances, and (d) in SDS-PAGE, on subsequent staining in the non-reduced state, has one or more bands in the molecular weight range from 50 to 75 kDa, and in the reduced state has a band at 40 to 55 kDa and one or more bands in the molecular weight range from 10 to 35 kDa, and a band, which corresponds to a proenzyme, in the molecular weight range from 60 to 65 kDa.

Abstract: A method of determining a patient's susceptibility for NK cell modulation by immunoglobulins in response to a treatment of a disease or prophylaxis of a disease with immunoglobulins wherein a modulation of natural killer cells caused by said immunoglobulins is determined.

Abstract: A method of preparing a purified, virus inactivated and virus safe antibody preparation from a starting solution comprising antibodies and contaminants, the method comprising the steps of: (a) adjusting the pH of the starting solution to about 4.6 to about 4.95 in particular to about 4.8 to about 4.95 to produce an intermediate solution; (b) adding caprylate and/or heptanoate ions to the intermediate solution and maintaining the pH at about 4.6 to about 4.95 in particular pH at about 4.8 to about 4.

Abstract: A protease for activating the blood clotting factor VII is described, which (a) is inhibited by the presence of aprotinin, (b) is increased in its activity by calcium ions and/or heparin or heparin-related substances, and (c) in SDS-PAGE, on subsequent staining in the non-reduced state, comprises one or more bands in the molecular weight range from 50 to 75 kDa; and in SDS-PAGE, on subsequent staining in the reduced state, comprises a band at 40 to 55 kDa, one or more bands in the molecular weight range from 10 to 35 kDa, and a band, which corresponds to a proenzyme, in the molecular weight range between 60 and 65 kDa.

Abstract: A method of preparing a purified, virus inactivated and virus safe antibody preparation from a starting solution comprising antibodies and contaminants, the method comprising the steps of: (a) adjusting the pH of the starting solution to about 4.6 to about 4.95 in particular to about 4.8 to about 4.95 to produce an intermediate solution; (b) adding caprylate and/or heptanoate ions to the intermediate solution and maintaining the pH at about 4.6 to about 4.95 in particular pH at about 4.8 to about 4.

Abstract: A stabilized liquid preparation of a protease which activates blood coagulation Factor VII or of its proenzyme is herein described. The preparation also contains one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of ornithine, diaminopimelic acid, agmatine, creatine, guanidinoacetic acid, acetylornithine, citrulline, arginoinosuccinic acid, tranexamic acid and epsilon-aminocaproic acid or their salts and has a pH of 2–8.

Abstract: A blood plasma for human use pooled from donors which belong to 10% or more to a non-Caucasian population, the plasma obtainable by mixing blood or blood plasma of blood groups A and B, optionally AB without admixing substantial amounts of blood or blood plasma of blood group 0 characterized in that four to eight parts of blood or blood plasma from donors having the blood group A, more than three parts to seven parts of blood or blood plasma from donors having the blood group B, zero to two parts of blood or blood plasma from donors having the blood group AB.

Abstract: The invention relates to a therapeutically usable virus-inactivated albumin, and to a process for the preparation of a therapeutically usable virus-inactivated albumin, characterized by the combination of the following steps: (a) subjecting a first aqueous albumin solution to a treatment for virus inactivation by the SD method by contacting it with SD reagents at a temperature of below 45° C.

Abstract: A process for preparing A1AT from A1AT-containing solutions, comprising the following steps: (a) subjecting an A1AT-containing solution to ion-exchange chromatography; (b) adding detergents and optionally a solvent for inactivating lipid-enveloped viruses; (c) followed by increasing the salt concentration to salt out the detergents. A1AT having a purity of >90% with an activity of ?0.8 PEU/mg in its active form.

Abstract: A protease for activating the blood clotting factor VII is described, which (a) is inhibited by the presence of aprotinin, (b) is increased in its activity by calcium ions and/or heparin or heparin-related substances, and (c) in SDS-PAGE, on subsequent staining in the non-reduced state, has one or more brands in the molecular weight range from 50 to 75 kDa and kDa in the reduced state has a band at 40 to 55 kDa and one or more bands in the molecular weight range from 10 to 35 kDa. The proenzyme of this protease is also characterized. Further, a process for obtaining this protease and its use in hemorrhage prophylaxis or hemostasis is described. Moreover, a test system for the qualitative and quantitative detection of a protease which activates the blood clotting factor VII is described.

Abstract: A protease for activating the blood clotting factor VII is described, wherein the protease is inhibited by the presence of aprotinin and is increased in its activity by calcium ions and/or heparin or heparin-related substances, and wherein in SDS-PAGE, on subsequent staining in the non-reduced state, the protease has one or more brands in the molecular weight range from 50 to 75 kDa, and in the reduced state, the protease has a band at 40 to 55 kDa and one or more bands in the molecular weight range from 10 to 35 kDa. The proenzyme of this protease is also characterized. Further, a process for obtaining this protease and its use in hemorrhage prophylaxis or hemostasis is described. Moreover, a test system for the qualitative and quantitative detection of a protease which activates the blood clotting factor VII is described.

Abstract: A process for the partial or complete separation of glycosylated and nonglycosylated proteins is described, in which: a) a triazine dye immobilized on a matrix is incubated with a mixture of glycosylated and nonglycosylated proteins, b) the matrix is then washed to remove the unbound proteins, and c) the proteins are eluted by means of a stepwise or continuous increase in the ionic strength or in the pH, nonglycosylated proteins and proteins having an increasing degree of glycosylation being collected separately from one another in the eluate fractions obtained. By means of the use of this process it is possible, for example, to prepare a human albumin which is free of glycoside bonds and is expressed in yeast cells.

Abstract: A monoclonal antibody has been developed which only specifically binds activated factor VII, and not factor VII, and which does not bind to an activated factor VII which is complexed with antithrombin III. This monoclonal antibody is isolated from the hybridoma cell line DSM ACC 2332. It can be used for qualitatively and quantitatively detecting factor VIIa in body fluids, blood coagulation preparations or the intermediate stages in the production of these preparations, on cell surfaces or in tissues, and can also be used as a humanized monoclonal antibody in therapeutic preparations.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical preparation is described while is useful for the treatment of inflammatory processes being accompanied by an increased distribution of cytokines and/or tissue factor in the human body, which preparation contains Antithrombin III as active ingredient.

Abstract: A modified C1 esterase inhibitor is described which on the one hand binds to the surface of HIV, but on the other hand not to human cell membranes. This modified C1 esterase inhibitor can be used in vivo and in vitro for blocking the infectiousness of HIV.