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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:
Jun. 01, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roy G Smith, Westfield, NJ (US);
Margaret A Cascieri, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Euan MacIntyre, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Douglas J MacNeil, Westfield, NJ (US);
John G Menke, Morganville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; C07K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 12 ; 530324 ; 530350 ; 514312 ; 424309 ;
Abstract
The combination of a metabolic rate modifying agent (e.g., a .beta..sub.3 adrenergic receptor agonist) and a feeding behavior modifying agent (e.g., a NPY5 antagonist) is useful in the treatment of obesity and diabetes, either as compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical composition ingredients. Methods of treating obesity and diabetes are also described.