Patents by Inventor Peter Schaefer Price, JR.

Peter Schaefer Price, JR. 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).

  • ABBREVIATED HCV THERAPY FOR HCV INFECTED PATIENTS WITH IL28B C/C GENOTYPE
    Publication number: 20120107278
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for administering an abbreviated hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment regimen for an HCV-infected, rs12979860 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) (C/C) patient, which comprises: administering to said patient an effective amount of each of a direct-acting antiviral, pegylated interferon alfa-2a, and ribavirin; wherein the abbreviated HCV treatment regimen is less than 48 weeks. Also disclosed herein is a method of detecting an rs12979860 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in a hepatitis C virus (HCV) infected patient comprising: detecting the rs12979860 SNP of chromosome 19 in a biological sample from a patient, wherein an rs12979860 SNP C/C patient is administered an abbreviated treatment regimen with a direct-acting antiviral agent in combination with peginterferon alfa-2a and ribavirin; and wherein the abbreviated HCV treatment regimen is less than 48 weeks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Pharmasset, Inc.
    Inventors: MIRIAM MICHELLE BERREY, Peter Schaefer Price, JR., William T. Symonds