THE GMP-BASED DRUG SUBSTANCE SCTL DEVELOPMENT AIMING AT PREVENTION OF OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS AFTER X-RAY- AND CHEMOTHERAPY OF CANCER. A SYNTHETIC COMBINATORIAL TETRAPEPTIDE LIBRARY SUBSTITUTION FOR CALF THYMUS EXTRACT

SCTL is the fully synthetic correlate of an enzymatic partially hydrolyzed extract from calf thymus. To exclude completely the transmission of bovine spongiformic encephalitis by the bovine thymus product a fully synthetic correlate of the active principles in the thymus tissue hydrolysate has been developed, namely SCTL. This synthetic peptide library has meanwhile substituted calf thymus extract preparations in several cosmetics and drug products. The active principles of SCTL have been invented by the author but the application of the drug substance in cosmetic and pharmaceutical products has been exploited by others. For SCTL only limited pharmacological and toxicological data are available. Some interesting biological activities, though, have been shown for SCTL which might explain to some extend the modes of action and its clinical effectiveness.