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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:
Dec. 19, 1978
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frederick W Holly, Glenside, PA (US);
William J Paleveda, Lansdale, PA (US);
Robert G Strachan, Warrington, PA (US);
Daniel F Veber, Ambler, PA (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2601 / ; 2601 / ; 424177 ;
Abstract
Somatostatin analog, hereinafter designated des(Ala.sup.1 -Gly.sup.2)desaminocys.sup.3 -somatostatin, having the structure: ##STR1## is prepared by controlled stepwise procedures starting with individual amino acid components. This peptide has the property of lowering blood glucose, inhibiting gastric secretion and inhibiting growth hormone release in humans and animals.