Mixtures of insulin drug-oligomer conjugates comprising polyalkylene glycol, uses thereof, and methods of making same
First Claim
1. A liquid solution formulated for oral delivery in a subject comprising a substantially monodispersed mixture of conjugates, wherein each conjugate comprises human insulin covalently coupled at LysB29 of the human insulin to the carboxylic acid moiety of a carboxylic acid, which is covalently coupled at the end distal to the carboxylic acid moiety to a methyl terminated polyethylene glycol moiety having 7 polyethylene glycol subunits, wherein said mixture has a molecular weight distribution with a standard deviation of less than about 22 Daltons.
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Abstract
A mixture of conjugates in which each conjugate in the mixture comprises an insulin drug coupled to an oligomer that includes a polyalkylene glycol moiety is disclosed. The mixture may exhibit higher in vivo activity than a polydispersed mixture of similar conjugates. The mixture may also be more effective at surviving an in vitro model of intestinal digestion than polydispersed mixtures of similar conjugates. The mixture may also result in less inter-subject variability than polydispersed mixtures of similar conjugates.
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1. A liquid solution formulated for oral delivery in a subject comprising a substantially monodispersed mixture of conjugates, wherein each conjugate comprises human insulin covalently coupled at LysB29 of the human insulin to the carboxylic acid moiety of a carboxylic acid, which is covalently coupled at the end distal to the carboxylic acid moiety to a methyl terminated polyethylene glycol moiety having 7 polyethylene glycol subunits, wherein said mixture has a molecular weight distribution with a standard deviation of less than about 22 Daltons.
- 2. A liquid solution formulated for oral delivery in a subject comprising a substantially monodispersed mixture of conjugates, wherein each conjugate comprises human insulin covalently coupled at LysB29 of the human insulin to the carboxylic acid moiety of a carboxylic acid, which is covalently coupled at the end distal to the carboxylic acid moiety to a methyl terminated polyethylene glycol moiety having a number of polyethylene glycol subunits selected from the group consisting of 4 units, 7 units and 10 units, wherein said mixture has a molecular weight distribution with a standard deviation of less than about 22 Daltons wherein the conjugates are suspended in an aqueous or non-aqueous solution, said mixture having an in vivo activity that is greater than the in vivo activity of a polydispersed mixture of insulin drug-oligomer conjugates having the same number average molecular weight as the substantially monodispersed mixture.
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