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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:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Langdon L Miller, Lebanon, NJ (US);
John David Rothermel, Randolph, NJ (US);
Hugh Michael O'Dowd, Long Valley, NJ (US);
Assignees:
Pharmacia & UpJohn Co., Milan, IT;
Novartis, A.G., Basel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 12 ; 514283 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for preventing irinotecan-induced or camptothecin-induced or camptothecin-analog-induced diarrhea by administering an effective amount of octreotide. In particular the invention concerns new methods, combination formulations and kits to prevent late diarrhea caused by irinotecan or camptothecin, or camptothecin-analog administration.