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Drohan

Marian J. Drohan, Germntown, MD US

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20100081187RECOMBINANT VITAMIN K DEPENDENT PROTEINS WITH HIGH SIALIC ACID CONTENT AND METHODS OF PREPARING SAME - Methods of isolating highly sialylated recombinant vitamin K dependent proteins, particularly Factor IX, by chromatographic methods are described. The highly sialylated recombinant proteins are characterized. The improved Factor IX has at least 62% N-glycosylation with 3 or 4 sialic acid residues and improved bioavailability and pharmokinetic properties.04-01-2010

William Drohan, Germantown, MD US

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20090214382Methods of sterilizing biological mixtures using alpha-keto acids - Methods are disclosed for sterilizing biological materials to reduce the level of one or more biological contaminants or pathogens therein, such as viruses, bacterial (including inter- and intracellular bacteria, such as mycoplasmas, ureaplasmas, nanobacteria, chlamydia, rickettsias), yeasts, molds, fungi, single or multicellular parasites, and/or prions or similar agents responsible. These methods involve the use of alpha-keto acids in methods of sterilizing biological materials with irradiation.08-27-2009
20110039302Method of Producing Factor VIII Proteins by Recombinant Methods - Provided herein are methods and compositions for producing Factor VIII proteins. Such methods include introducing into a cell a nucleic acid molecule encoding a Factor VIII protein operably linked to a promoter, wherein the promoter is characterized by the ability to produce commercially viable Factor VIII protein; and incubating the cell under conditions for producing commercially viable Factor VIII protein. Also provided are nucleic acid molecules which encode a Factor VIII protein operably linked to a Chinese hamster elongation factor 1-α (CHEF1) promoter, which may be used in the methods provided herein.02-17-2011

Patent applications by William Drohan, Germantown, MD US

William N. Drohan, Springfield, VA US

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20090202039Methods for Sterilizing Biological Materials Containing Non-Aqueous Solvents - Methods are disclosed for sterilizing biological materials to reduce the level of one or more active biological contaminants or pathogens therein, such as viruses, bacteria (including inter- and intracellular bacteria, such as mycoplasmas, ureaplasmas, nanobacteria, 08-13-2009
20090221492EXPRESSION OF ACTIVE HUMAN FACTOR IX IN MAMMARY TISSUE OF TRANSGENIC ANIMALS - Recombinant Factor IX characterized by a high percentage of active protein can be obtained in the milk of transgenic animals that incorporate chimeric DNA molecules according to the present invention. Transgenic animals of the present invention are produced by introducing into developing embryos DNA that encodes Factor IX, such that the foreign DNA is stably incorporated in the DNA of germ line cells of the mature animal. Particularly efficient expression was accomplished using a chimeric construct comprising a mammary gland specific promoter, Factor IX cDNA that lacked the complete or any portion of the 5′-untranslated and 3′-untranslated region, which is substituted with a 5-′ and 3′-end of the mouse whey acidic protein gene. In vitro cell cultures of cells explanted from the transgenic mammal of the invention and methods of producing Factor IX from such said culture and methods of treating hemophilia B are also described.09-03-2009
20110091353Methods for Sterilizing Tissue - Methods are disclosed for sterilizing tissue to reduce the level of one or more active biological contaminants or pathogens therein, such as viruses, bacteria, (including inter- and intracellular bacteria, such as mycoplasmas, ureaplasmas, nanobacteria, chlamydia, rickettsias), yeasts, molds, fungi, prions or similar agents responsible, alone or in combination, for TSEs and/or single or multicellular parasites. The methods involve sterilizing one or more tissues with irradiation.04-21-2011

Patent applications by William N. Drohan, Springfield, VA US

William N. Drohan, Gemantown, MD US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100081187RECOMBINANT VITAMIN K DEPENDENT PROTEINS WITH HIGH SIALIC ACID CONTENT AND METHODS OF PREPARING SAME - Methods of isolating highly sialylated recombinant vitamin K dependent proteins, particularly Factor IX, by chromatographic methods are described. The highly sialylated recombinant proteins are characterized. The improved Factor IX has at least 62% N-glycosylation with 3 or 4 sialic acid residues and improved bioavailability and pharmokinetic properties.04-01-2010