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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2015
Helperby Therapeutics Limited, London, Greater London, GB;
Anthony Coates, London, GB;
Yanmin Hu, London, GB;
HELPERBY THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, London, Greater London, GB;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of one or more compounds selected from the following: caffeic acid, thymol, aspirin, benzydamine hydrochloride, diclofenac sodium, flurbiprofen, ibuprofen, indomethacin, trifluoperazine hydrochloride, chlorprothixene hydrochloride, triflupromazine hydrochloride, suloctidil, thioridazine hydrochloride, dichlorophen, saccharin and piroxicam, in combination with a polymyxin selected from colistin or polymyxin B or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, for use in the treatment of a microbial infection, and in particular for killing clinically latent microorganisms associated with microbial infections. The invention also provides a combination comprising suloctidil or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative or prodrug thereof, and a polymyxin selected from polymyxin E and polymyxin B or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof. This combination is particularly useful for the treatment and/or prevention of microbial infections.