| abstract |
This invention relates to chymopapain, improved pharmaceutical compositions containing chymopapain and to methods of treating damaged, herniated or otherwise abnormal intervertebral mammalian spinal discs which comprise injecting into said discs a solution of the improved composition. The invention further relates to processes for preparing the chymopapain of the invention, to inhibitory peptides and affinity chromatography matrices of use in such processes, and to monospecific antibody preparations raised against chymopapain. |