Hormones

Introduced: January 1995

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Medicinal preparations containing peptides > Peptides having more than 20 amino acids; Gastrins; Somatostatins; Melanotropins; Derivatives thereof > from animals; from humans > Hormones

Classification Context

Section:: HUMAN NECESSITIES
Class:: MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
Subclass:: PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES

Related Keywords

medical preparations of HORMONE(S)

10 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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A61K 38/23 Calcitonins
A61K 38/24 Follicle-stimulating hormone [FSH]; Chorionic gonadotropins, e.g. HCG; Luteinising hormone [LH]; Thyroid-stimulating hormone [TSH]
A61K 38/25 Growth hormone-releasing factor [GH-RF], i.e. somatoliberin
A61K 38/26 Glucagons
A61K 38/27 Growth hormone [GH], i.e. somatotropin
A61K 38/28 Insulins
A61K 38/29 Parathyroid hormone, i.e. parathormone; Parathyroid hormone-related peptides
A61K 38/3 Insulin-like growth factors, i.e. somatomedins, e.g. IGF-1, IGF-2
A61K 38/31 Somatostatins
A61K 38/32 Thymopoietins

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A61, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 18,523
NOVARTIS CH 14,253
COVIDIEN US 13,953
ROCHE CH 12,005
CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 11,955
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 11,692
HARVARD UNIVERSITY US 11,596
L'OREAL FR 11,593
P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 11,297
OLYMPUS CORPORATION JP 9,594