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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:
Apr. 21, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Susan D Aster, Teaneck, NJ (US);
Donald W Graham, Mountainside, NJ (US);
Derek J Von Langen, Fanwood, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514284 ; 546 61 ; 546 14 ; 514261 ; 514262 ; 514256 ; 514269 ; 514253 ; 544264 ; 544265 ; 544298 ; 540-4 ;
Abstract
Compounds of the formula I ##STR1## are inhibitors of 5.alpha.-reductase, and are useful for the treatment of hyperandrogenic disorders such as acne vulgaris, seborrhea, female hirsutism, male pattern baldness, prostatic carcinoma, prostatitis and benign prostatic hyperplasia.