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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 1997
Filed:
May. 16, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Johannes Rosel, Riehen, CH;
Urs Regenass, Ettingen, CH;
Marc Lang, Mulhouse, FR;
Guido Bold, Gipf-Oberfrick, CH;
Frederic Cumin, Hagental-Le-Bas, FR;
Assignee:
CIBA-Geigy Corporation, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
5142275 ; 5142278 ; 5142315 ; 5142355 ; 514 17 ; 514 18 ; 514 19 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of inhibitors of HIV aspartate proteases, such as HIV-1- or HIV-2-protease, and their salts and to prodrugs for inhibiting the growth of tumors, especially those tumors which do not respond to the inhibition of HIV aspartate proteases themselves, and in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions intended for use in the prophylaxis and especially the treatment of tumor diseases, and to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of tumors with those compounds.