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Patent No.:

US 7407772 B1

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Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2008

Filed:

Sep. 20, 2002
Applicant:

Thomayant Prueksaritanont, Lansdale, PA (US);

Inventor:

Thomayant Prueksaritanont, Lansdale, PA (US);

Assignee:

Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for screening statins in their open acid form to determine the susceptibility of each tested statin to metabolic glucuronidation is provided. Also provided is a method for determining if a non-statin pharmaceutical drug co-administered with a statin that is susceptible to metabolic glucuronidation in its open acid form, will inhibit the glucuronidation of the statin and thereby increase the risk of an adverse drug interaction.


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Prueksaritanont, Thomayant. (2008). Screening and selection methods for statin drug combinations (U.S. Patent No. 7407772). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7407772

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