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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2008
Stephen Palmer, Plympton, MA (US);
Sean Mckenna, Duxbury, MA (US);
Mark Tepper, Canton, MA (US);
Aliza Eshkol, La Rippe, CH;
Michael C. Macnamee, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Stephen Palmer, Plympton, MA (US);
Sean McKenna, Duxbury, MA (US);
Mark Tepper, Canton, MA (US);
Aliza Eshkol, La Rippe, CH;
Michael C. MacNamee, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Merck Serono SA, Coinsins, Vaud, CH;
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods of inducing ovulation in a female host comprising the administration of a non-polypeptide cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) level modulator to the female host. In another aspect, the invention provides for specific administration of the phosphodiesterase inhibitor prior to the luteal phase of the host's ovulatory cycle. Preferred non-polypeptide cAMP level modulators include phosphodiesterase inhibitors, particularly inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 4 isoforms.