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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2012
Applicant:
Cymabay Therapeutics, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brian Edward Lavan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gopal Chandra Saha, Dublin, CA (US);
Charles A. McWherter, Oakland, CA (US);
Brian K. Roberts, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
CYMABAY THERAPEUTICS, INC., Newark, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/192 (2006.01); A61K 31/216 (2006.01); A61K 31/426 (2006.01); C07C 59/68 (2006.01); C07C 233/47 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/216 (2013.01); A61K 31/192 (2013.01); A61K 31/426 (2013.01); C07C 59/68 (2013.01); C07C 233/47 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods of treating gout flares comprising administering a composition comprising a first urate-lowering agent are disclosed. In some aspects, the first urate-lowering agent is (−)-halofenate, (−)-halofenic acid, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Other aspects provide for methods of reducing the number, duration, frequency or intensity of gout flares experienced by a subject.