Patent ID: 8568736

Claim:
A PTH(1-20) polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence AlaValAlaGluIleGlnLeuMetHisX 01 ArgAlaLysX 02 (SEQ ID NO:2), wherein: X 01 is Ala, Asp, or Gln; and X 02 is absent, Trp, or His, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a fragment of said PTH(1-20) polypeptide truncated at the C-terminus, wherein said fragment comprises amino acids 1-10 of SEQ ID NO:2, wherein said SEQ ID NO:2 is located at the N-terminus of said PTH(1-20) polypeptide, and wherein said PTH(1-20) polypeptide or said fragment of said PTH(1-20) polypeptide binds a PTH-1 or PTH-2 receptor.