Patent 7189827 was granted and assigned to Amgen on March, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention concerns fusion of Fc domains with biologically active peptides and a process for preparing pharmaceutical agents using biologically active peptides. In this invention, pharmacologically active compounds are prepared by a process comprising:a) selecting at least one peptide that modulates the activity of a protein of interest; andb) preparing a pharmacologic agent comprising an Fc domain covalently linked to at least one amino acid of the selected peptide.