Patent ID: 7141544

Claim:
A method of parenteral administration comprising administering a stable pharmaceutical composition to a patient by parenteral injection, wherein the composition comprises erythropoietin and a peptide stabilizer selected from the group consisting of Gly-Gly, Gly-Gly-Gly, Gly-Tyr, Gly-Phe, Gly-His, Gly-Asp, Gly-Ala, Ala-Gly, Ala-Ala, derivatives thereof and mixtures thereof, the composition is free of serum albumin and the derivatives are acylated, fluorinated, alpha-keto or salt forms of said peptide stabilizers, or include nitro Phe or p-amino Phe in place of Phe, or cyclohexyl Ala in place of Ala.