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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:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary S. Jacob, St. Louis, MO (US);
Frances M. Platt, Oxford, GB;
Terry D. Butters, Oxford, GB;
Raymond A. Dwek, Oxford, GB;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61P 2/500 ; A61K 3/1445 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61P 2/500 ; A61K 3/1445 ;
Abstract
A novel method is disclosed for the treatment of a patient affected with Gaucher's disease or other such glycolipid storage diseases. The method comprises administering to said patient a therapeutically effective amount of a long-chain N-alkyl derivative of deoxynojirimycin to alleviate or inhibit the glycolipid storage disease. The long-chain alkyl group has from nine to about 20 carbon atoms and preferably is nonyl or decyl.