Patent 6953840 was granted and assigned to Esperion Therapeutics on October, 2005 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The invention provides methods and compositions for treating disorders using non-human animal Apolipoprotein A-I (ApoA-I) protein. The invention provides methods and compositions for treating disorders in animals, including humans, associated with dyslipidemia, including hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoproteinemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hypercholesterolemia, HDL deficiency, ApoA-I deficiency, cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis, restenosis, and other disorders such as septic shock and viral infections.