(19)
(11) EP 4 583 973 A2

(12)

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.08.2024

(43) Date of publication:
16.07.2025 Bulletin 2025/29

(21) Application number: 23908267.0

(22) Date of filing: 18.12.2023
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61P 19/00(2006.01)
A61L 27/36(2006.01)
A61K 38/48(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
C12Y 304/24034; A61K 38/4886; A61P 19/00; A61K 45/06; A61K 9/0085; A61K 9/06; A61K 47/36
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2023/084643
(87) International publication number:
WO 2024/137513 (27.06.2024 Gazette 2024/26)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 19.12.2022 US 202263433641 P

(71) Applicant: The Regents of University of California
Oakland, CA 94607-5200 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • FIELDS, Aaron
    San Francisco, California 94143 (US)
  • LOTZ, Jeffrey
    San Francisco, California 94143 (US)
  • SZOKA, Frank
    San Francisco, California 94143 (US)
  • DOLOR, Aaron
    San Francisco, California 94143 (US)
  • HABIB, Mohamed
    San Francisco, California 94143 (US)

(74) Representative: Williams Powell 
330 High Holborn
London WC1V 7QH
London WC1V 7QH (GB)

   


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