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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1999
John H. Griffin, Atherton, CA (US);
Michael R. Leadbetter, San Leandro, CA (US);
Donald E. Schmidt, Jr., Brisbane, CA (US);
Advanced Medicine, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are multibinding compounds which inhibit 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMG-COA reductase), the rate limiting enzyme in cholesterol biosynthesis. The multibinding compounds of this invention containing from 2 to 10 ligands covalently attached to one or more linkers. Each ligand is a moiety capable of binding to HMG-CoA reductase and the distance between ligands is at least 10 Å. The multibinding compounds of this invention are useful in the treatment and prevention of hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis and the like.