Patent ID: 8193149

Claim:
A method of treatment of Hepatitis B Virus infection, the method comprising, administering to a patient in need thereof, a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a peptide consisting of the sequence Tyr-Pro-Ile-Lys-Pro-Glu-Ala-Pro-Gly-Glu-Asp-Ala-Ser-Pro-Glu-Glu-Leu-Asn-Arg-Tyr-Tyr-Ala-Ser-Leu-Arg-His-Tyr-Leu-Asn-Leu-Val-Thr-Arg-Gln-Arg-Tyr-NH2 (SEQ ID NO:1) or a salt or hydrate thereof, wherein administration of the pharmaceutical composition treats said diseases.