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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:
Jul. 25, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Koichi Kojima, Yokohama, JP;
Tomowo Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sankyo Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514284 ;
Abstract
A method for treatment or prevention of prostate cancer by administering an effective amount of a compound of the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof. In formula (I) (which follows), each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a protected hydroxyl group or a lower alkoxy group. ##STR1##