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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Klaus Wessel, Frankfurt, DE;
Harald Borbe, Mainz, DE;
Heinz Ulrich, Niedernberg, DE;
Helmut Hettche, Dietzenbach, DE;
Hans Bisswanger, Bodelshausen, DE;
Lester Packer, Orinda, CA (US);
Amira Klip, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
Asta Medica Aktiengesellschaft, Dresden, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514440 ; 514557 ; 514866 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to the use of R-(+)-.alpha.-lipoic acid, R-(-)-dihydrolipoic acid or their metabolites, salts, esters and amides for the synthesis of drugs for the treatment of diabetes mellitus of types I and II, compensated and decompensated insulin resistance and sequelae or late complications of diabetes mellitus, such as cataracts, polyneuropathy, nephropathy, as well as sequelae or late complications of insulin resistance.