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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. 12, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sigma-Tau, Rome, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/140 ; A61K 3/135 ; A61K 3/121 ; A61K 3/114 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/140 ; A61K 3/135 ; A61K 3/121 ; A61K 3/114 ;
Abstract
A pharmaceutical composition is described, comprising a lipid-lowering drug such as lovastatin, simvastatin, pravastatin and fluvastatin and L-carnitine or an alkanoyl L-carnitine, which, while conserving the efficacy of the lipid-lowering drug, is substantially devoid of the toxic or side effects typical of such drugs.