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Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011

Filed:

Nov. 25, 2008
Applicants:

Ashim K. Mitra, Overland Park, KS (US);

Swapan K. Samanta, Bangalore, IN;

Ravi S. Talluri, Kansas City, MO (US);

Inventors:

Ashim K. Mitra, Overland Park, KS (US);

Swapan K. Samanta, Bangalore, IN;

Ravi S. Talluri, Kansas City, MO (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/16 (2006.01); A61K 38/00 (2006.01); A61K 51/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Stereochemically defined dipeptide esters of nucleoside-analogous antiviral agents including acyclovir and ganciclovir are provided. Certain of these stereochemically defined dipeptide esters are found to have unexpectedly enhanced delivery to and uptake by ocular tissues, crossing the blood-ocular barrier more effectively than other stereochemically defined dipeptide esters. For example, (L-Val)-(D-Val)-acyclovir was found to be taken up more effectively into corneal tissue than were underivatized acyclovir, monoesters (L-Val)-acyclovir or (D-Val)-acyclovir, or diester (L-Val)-(L-Val)-acyclovir.


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