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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:
May. 14, 1996
Filed:
May. 27, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Craig A Dionne, Harleysville, PA (US);
Patricia C Contreras, West Chester, PA (US);
Chikara Murakata, Tokyo, JP;
Assignees:
Cephalon, Inc., West Chester, PA (US);
Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514211 ; 514410 ; 540543 ; 540545 ; 548416 ;
Abstract
The invention features a method of treating a pathological condition of the prostate gland, e.g., benign prostatic hypertrophy or prostate cancer, in a mammal, said method comprising administering to said mammal a therapeutic amount of the indolocarbazole compound K-252a or a preferred derivative thereof. The invention also includes novel derivatives of K-252a.