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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2004
Applicants:
Alberto Auricchio, Naples, IT;
Markus Hildinger, Naples, IT;
Enrico Maria Surace, Naples, IT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fondazione Telethon, Rome, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/00 (2006.01); A61K 38/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention concerns the use of compounds that interfere with the hedgehog signaling pathway for the manufacture of a medicament for preventing, inhibiting, and/or reversing ocular diseases related with ocular neovascularization. Particularly, the above-mentioned diseases are (wet) age-related macular degeneration, (proliferative) diabetic retinopathy, neovascular glaucoma, retinal vein occlusion, or retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).