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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mac E Hadley, Tucson, AZ (US);
Victor J Hruby, Tucson, AZ (US);
Shubh D Sharma, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
Competitive Technologies, Inc., Fairfield, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; C07K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 11 ; 530317 ; 530312 ;
Abstract
A novel class of cyclic bridged analogs of .alpha.-MSH are described herein. With the described analogs, when administered in pharmaceutical compositions, it is now possible to achieve normalization of hypopigmentation dysfunctions and to achieve darkening of the skin in the total absence of sun or UV light irradiation.