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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2006
Anastasia Daifotis, Westfield, NJ (US);
Selwyn Aubrey Stoch, Short Hills, NJ (US);
Basil Avery Ince, Westfield, NJ (US);
Cameron Black, Baie d'Urfe, CA;
Anastasia Daifotis, Westfield, NJ (US);
Selwyn Aubrey Stoch, Short Hills, NJ (US);
Basil Avery Ince, Westfield, NJ (US);
Cameron Black, Baie d'Urfe, CA;
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ (US);
Merck Canada Inc., Quebec, CA;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the a method of inhibiting bone resorption in a mammal in need thereof with an oral pharmaceutical composition comprising a cathepsin K inhibitor, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a mixture thereof, according to a continuous schedule having a dosage interval of once weekly, biweekly, twice monthly or once monthly.