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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2014
Laboratoire Hra-pharma, Paris, FR;
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC (US);
Lynnette Nieman, Bethesda, MD (US);
Andre Ulmann, Paris, FR;
Diana Blithe, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Erin Gainer, Paris, FR;
LABORATOIRE HRA-PHARMA, Paris, FR;
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for treating uterine fibroids, which method comprises administering to a patient in need thereof, an effective amount of 17α-acetoxy-11β-[4-N,N-dimethylamino-phenyl)-19-norpregna-4,9-diene-3,20-dione (ulipristal) or any metabolite thereof. More particularly, the method is useful for reducing or stopping bleeding in a patient afflicted with uterine fibroids, and/or for reducing the size of uterine fibroids.