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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:
Nov. 16, 1993
Filed:
May. 19, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 30 ; 514450 ; 536-71 ; 549264 ;
Abstract
Avermectin compounds are substituted at the 4a-position: the 4a-methyl group is first derivatized with a hydroxy group which is then substituted with a variety of alkyl, alkoxy alkyl, or polyalkoxy alkyl groups and derivatives thereof. The compounds are potent antiparasitic and anthelmintic agents and compositions for such uses are also disclosed.