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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:
Feb. 15, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Craig E Caufield, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
John H Musser, Pacific Marina, CA (US);
Surendra N Sehgal, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
American Home Products Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514291 ;
Abstract
This invention provides a method of treating immunoinflammatory bowel disease in a mammal in need thereof which comprises administering an antiimmunoinflammatory amount of rapamycin, alone or in combination with cyclosporin A. As such, rapamycin, alone or in combination with cyclosporin A, is useful in treating bowel diseases such as ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative proctitis, and the like.