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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lorin K Johnson, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Marvin H Sleisenger, Kentfield, CA (US);
Assignee:
Salix Pharmaceuticals, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514150 ; 514166 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of colon cancer chemoprevention or chemotherapy comprising administering to an individual suffering from colon cancer or at risk to develop colon cancer a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of a 2-hydroxy-5-phenylazobenzoic acid derivative or an ester of an active metabolite thereof, or a pharmacologically acceptable salt of the 2-hydroxy-5-phenylazobenzoic acid derivative or an ester or an active metabolite thereof.