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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1998
Raymond Baker, Dursley, GB;
Neil Roy Curtis, Puckeridge, GB;
Jason Matthew Elliott, Felsted, GB;
Timothy Harrison, Great Dunmow, GB;
Gregory John Hollingworth, Basildon, GB;
Philip Stephen Jackson, Harlow, GB;
Janusz Jozef Kulagowski, Sawbridgeworth, GB;
Nadia Melanie Rupniak, Bishops Stortford, GB;
Eileen Mary Seward, Bishops Stortford, GB;
Christopher John Swain, Duxford, GB;
Brian John Williams, Great Dunmow, GB;
Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd., Hoddesdon, GB;
Abstract
The present invention provides methods for the treatment or prevention of major depressive disorder with anxiety without concomitant therapy with other anti-depressant or anti-anxiety agents which comprises oral administration of an orally active, long acting, CNS-penetrant NK-1 receptor antagonist and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such a NK-1 receptor antagonist.