Patent attributes
The present invention is directed toward a method for preparing and purifying a conjugate of a radioiodinated aminopolycarboxylate-appended peptide and a targeting agent. The method involves (A) providing a solution comp rising (i) unbound radioiodine (ii) a radioiodinated aminopolycarboxylate-appended peptide that is not conjugated to a targeting agent (iii) and a radioiodinated aminopolycarboxylate-appended peptide that is conjugated to the targeting agent; (B) contacting the solution with an anion-exchange resin; and (C) passing the anion-exchange resin and solution together through a filter capable of trapping anion-exchange resin particles.