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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yves Bonhomme, Charbonnieres les Bains, FR;
Philippe Briet, Lyons, FR;
Assignee:
Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung, Darnstadt, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1205 ; A61K 3/1195 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1205 ; A61K 3/1195 ;
Abstract
A pharmaceutical composition comprising: (i) metformin, optionally in the form one of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts; (ii) a fibrate selected from fenofibrate and bezafibrate; and optionally one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, is suitable for use in the treatment of non-insulin-dependent diabetes.