Disclosed is a novel use of an immunoglobulin Fc fragment, and more
particularly, a pharmaceutical composition comprising an immunoglobulin
Fc fragment as a carrier. The pharmaceutical composition comprising an
immunoglobulin Fc fragment as a carrier remarkably extends the serum
half-life of a drug while maintaining the in vivo activity of the drug at
relatively high levels. Also, when the drug is a polypeptide drug, the
pharmaceutical composition has less risk of inducing immune responses
compared to a fusion protein of the immunoglobulin Fc fragment and a
target protein, and is thus useful for developing long-acting
formulations of various polypeptide drugs.