WO2007028633A3 - Treatment of diabetes related obesity - Google Patents
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- WO2007028633A3 WO2007028633A3 PCT/EP2006/008780 EP2006008780W WO2007028633A3 WO 2007028633 A3 WO2007028633 A3 WO 2007028633A3 EP 2006008780 W EP2006008780 W EP 2006008780W WO 2007028633 A3 WO2007028633 A3 WO 2007028633A3
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Abstract
Priority Applications (3)
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| EP06805676A EP1943274A2 (en) | 2005-09-08 | 2006-09-08 | Treatment of diabetes related obesity |
| US11/991,639 US20090170762A1 (en) | 2005-09-08 | 2006-09-08 | Treatment of Diabetes Related Obesity |
| CA002622069A CA2622069A1 (en) | 2005-09-08 | 2006-09-08 | Treatment of diabetes related obesity |
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| US71533605P | 2005-09-08 | 2005-09-08 | |
| US60/715,336 | 2005-09-08 |
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| WO2007028633A2 WO2007028633A2 (en) | 2007-03-15 |
| WO2007028633A3 true WO2007028633A3 (en) | 2007-06-07 |
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| PCT/EP2006/008780 Ceased WO2007028633A2 (en) | 2005-09-08 | 2006-09-08 | Treatment of diabetes related obesity |
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| US (1) | US20090170762A1 (en) |
| EP (1) | EP1943274A2 (en) |
| CA (1) | CA2622069A1 (en) |
| WO (1) | WO2007028633A2 (en) |
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2006
- 2006-09-08 EP EP06805676A patent/EP1943274A2/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2006-09-08 CA CA002622069A patent/CA2622069A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2006-09-08 WO PCT/EP2006/008780 patent/WO2007028633A2/en not_active Ceased
- 2006-09-08 US US11/991,639 patent/US20090170762A1/en not_active Abandoned
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| GAULT V A ET AL: "Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP): anti-diabetic and anti-obesity potential?", NEUROPEPTIDES, XX, XX, vol. 37, 2003, pages 253 - 263, XP002348873, ISSN: 0143-4179 * |
| GAULT VICTOR A ET AL: "Chemical ablation of gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor action by daily (Pro(3))GIP administration improves glucose tolerance and ameliorates insulin resistance and abnormalities of islet structure in obesity-related diabetes", DIABETES, vol. 54, no. 8, August 2005 (2005-08-01), pages 2436 - 2446, XP002428432, ISSN: 0012-1797 * |
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| IRWIN N ET AL: "A NOVEL, LONG-ACTING AGONIST OF GLUCOSE-DEPENDENT INSULINOTROPIC POLYPEPTIDE SUITABLE FOR ONCE-DAILY ADMINISTRATION IN TYPE 2 DIABETES", JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS, AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PHARMACOLOGY AND, US, vol. 314, no. 3, September 2005 (2005-09-01), publicly available on-line on 27.05.2005, pages 1187 - 1194, XP008052103, ISSN: 0022-3565 * |
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| US9150632B2 (en) | 2009-06-16 | 2015-10-06 | Indiana University Research And Technology Corporation | GIP receptor-active glucagon compounds |
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| US9127088B2 (en) | 2010-05-13 | 2015-09-08 | Indiana University Research And Technology Corporation | Glucagon superfamily peptides exhibiting nuclear hormone receptor activity |
| US9249206B2 (en) | 2010-12-22 | 2016-02-02 | Indiana University Research And Technology Corporation | Glucagon analogs exhibiting GIP receptor activity |
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| US9340600B2 (en) | 2012-06-21 | 2016-05-17 | Indiana University Research And Technology Corporation | Glucagon analogs exhibiting GIP receptor activity |
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| Publication number | Publication date |
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| EP1943274A2 (en) | 2008-07-16 |
| WO2007028633A2 (en) | 2007-03-15 |
| CA2622069A1 (en) | 2007-03-15 |
| US20090170762A1 (en) | 2009-07-02 |
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