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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Victor J Hruby, Tucson, AZ (US);
Mac E Hadley, Tucson, AZ (US);
Robert Dorr, Tucson, AZ (US);
Norman Levine, Tucson, AZ (US);
Elizabeth Sugg, High Bridge, NJ (US);
Wayne L Cody, Ringoes, NJ (US);
Assignee:
University Patents, Inc., Westport, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 14 ; 514805 ;
Abstract
A pharmaceutically active composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and one or more alpha-MSH or analogues thereof for use in the stimulation of integumental melanocytes in vertebrates in order to bring about the production of melanin is disclosed.