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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2004
Applicants:
Alain Gougeon, Chaponost, FR;
Ernest Loumaye, Massongy, FR;
Inventors:
Alain Gougeon, Chaponost, FR;
Ernest Loumaye, Massongy, FR;
Assignee:
Preglem S.A., Plan-Les-Quates, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention primarily relates to the use of somatostatin or one of the agonistic analogs thereof for producing a medicament serving to regulate the ovarian follicular reserve and, in particular, to reduce the depletion of the ovarian follicular reserve over time in non-menopausal women or to the use of an antagonistic analog of somatostatin for producing a medicament serving to accelerate the start of growing of quiescent follicles in non-menopausal women. The invention also relates to in vitro applications of somatostatin and of agonistic and antagonistic analogs thereof.