Patent ID: 7169814
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A compound having the formula: wherein the subscript m is an integer of from 6 to 25; T is a member selected from the group consisting of a protected or unprotected first terminal functional group, a protected or unprotected linking group, and a linking group having an attached therapeutic agent; W is a member selected from the group consisting of a protected or unprotected second terminal functional group, a protected or unprotected linking group, and a linking group having an attached therapeutic agent, with the proviso that T and W do not simultaneously contain an attached therapeutic agent; each X  wherein the superscript i is an integer of from 1 to m and denotes the position downstream of W; each Y each Z the attached therapeutic agent is different from each Z and the subscript n is 0, 1 or 2, indicating the absence or presence of one or two Z guanidinium moieties at each i position; with the proviso that the compound has at least 4 guanidinium moieties that can be the same or different and the portion of the compound joining W and T is not a polypeptide.