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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:
Jun. 01, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel G McGarry, King of Prussia, PA (US);
Francis A Volz, Philadelphia, PA (US);
John R Regan, Princeton, NJ (US);
Michael N Chang, Newtown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Pharmaceuticals Inc., Collegeville, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514460 ; 549292 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to compounds which are steroidyl derivatives of 4-hydroxy-3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-one and the corresponding ring-opened hydroxy acid form thereof which are useful as antihypercholesterolemic agents, to pharmaceutical compositions including such compounds, and to their use in treating hypercholesterolemia.