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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2003
Hank F. Kung, Wynnewood, PA (US);
Chyng-yann Shiue, Villanova, PA (US);
Shunichi Oya, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Seok Rye Choi, Drexel Hill, PA (US);
Grace G. Shiue, Villanova, PA (US);
Ping Fang, Drexel Hill, PA (US);
Hank F. Kung, Wynnewood, PA (US);
Chyng-Yann Shiue, Villanova, PA (US);
Shunichi Oya, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Seok Rye Choi, Drexel Hill, PA (US);
Grace G. Shiue, Villanova, PA (US);
Ping Fang, Drexel Hill, PA (US);
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to novel fluorinated phenyl thiphenyl (also named diarylsulfide) derivatives and their use in Positron Emission Tomagraphy (PET) imaging of Serotonin Transporters (SERTS). The present invention also provides diagnostic compositions comprising the novel compounds of the present invention, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent. The invention further provides a method of imaging SERTS, comprising introducing into a patient a detectable quantity of a labeled compound of the present invetion, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, amide or prodrug thereof.