The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024
Filed:
May. 08, 2023
Murray and Poole Enterprises Ltd, Gibraltar, GI;
Mark Nidorf, Menora, AU;
MURRAY AND POOLE ENTERPRISES LTD, Gibraltar, GI;
Abstract
A method for reducing a risk of at least one cardiovascular event in a subject in need thereof, which includes administering, orally once per day to the subject, a composition comprising about 0.5 total mg of (i) colchicine, (ii) a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of (i), or any combination of (i) and (ii), wherein the at least one cardiovascular event is chosen from myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, coronary revascularization, unstable angina requiring hospitalization, cardiac arrest, and cardiovascular death; wherein the subject has no contra-indications to colchicine therapy, and has at least one risk factor; and vii. therapy with at least one drug chosen from aspirin, clopidogrel, statins, beta blockers, calcium blockers, and ACE inhibitors; and wherein the composition reduces the risk of the subject experiencing the at least one cardiovascular event by a greater percentage than a composition that does not include colchicine or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.