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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:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean-Pierre Sommadossi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Martin L. Bryant, Carlisle, MA (US);
Marino Artico, Rome, IT;
Paolo La Colla, Cagliari, IT;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1513 ; C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1513 ; C07D / ;
Abstract
A method for inhibiting sexual transmission of HIV comprising topically applying to the skin or epithelial tissue of a human a composition comprising a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (“NNRTI”) that is able to inhibit viral replication for periods exceeding 12, 24, or even 36 days, at concentrations below even 10 &mgr;M. In one embodiment the NNRTI is a dihydro-alkyloxy-benzyl-oxopyrimidine (DABO).