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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2004
Applicants:
Frieder Bauss, Neuhofen, DE;
Bernhard Pichler, Ketsch, DE;
Stephen Turley, Bottmingen, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Nutley, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/675 (2006.01); A61K 31/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention refers to a pharmaceutical composition of a bisphosphonic acid or salt thereof, and an excipient thereof, and a method of treating disorder characterized by pathologically increased bone resorption comprising orally administering at least 150% of the expected efficious daily dose of a bisphosphonic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients thereof and administering the dose at a period of one two or three consecutive days per month.