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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004

Filed:

Apr. 11, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:

Paulo LaColla, Cagliari, IT;

Marino Artico, Rome, IT;

Jean-Pierre Sommadossi, Cambridge, MA (US);

Assignee:

Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ; A61K 3/1404 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ; A61K 3/1404 ;
Abstract

The invention as disclosed herein is a method and composition for the treatment of HIV in humans and other host animals, that includes the administration of an effective HIV treatment amount of a phenylindole as described herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, optionally in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The compounds of this invention either possess antiviral (i.e., anti-HIV) activity, or are metabolized to a compound that exhibits such activity.


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