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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:
Sep. 02, 1997
Filed:
May. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edward M Scolnick, Wynnewood, PA (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514461 ;
Abstract
The invention encompasses a method of inhibiting bone resorption in patients in need of such inhibition to a degree sufficient to halt or retard loss of bone mass, reduce fractures, improve bone repair and prevent or treat osteoporosis comprising: the administration of a non-toxic therapeutically effective amount of a selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor such as the compounds of formula I. ##STR1## The invention also encompasses certain pharmaceutical compositions for the purposes described above.