Patent ID: 9333260
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: A61K,A61P,C12Y

Claim Text:
1. A therapeutic composition consisting essentially of: (a) a peroxidase enzyme being present in a sufficient quantity such that a biocide is produced in a therapeutically effective concentration; (b) a salt wherein the salt is an alkali metal salt of an anion of thiocyanate, iodate and chlorate; (c) an aqueous medium in which the peroxidase enzyme and the salt that acts as an oxygen acceptor are stable; (d) a quantity of an aminohexose; and (e) an effective amount of each of lysozyme, lactoferrin and a steroid wherein the composition is formulated for administration to the lungs to treat an infection or condition therein selected from the group consisting of pneumonia, acute respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome in such a way that the ingredients of the composition reach the lungs and generate the biocide within the lungs, further wherein the hydrogen peroxide is a byproduct of the infection.