Global Patent Index - EP 0904082 A1

EP 0904082 A1 19990331 - COMBINATION THERAPY FOR REDUCING THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

Title (en)

COMBINATION THERAPY FOR REDUCING THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

Title (de)

KOMBINATIONSTHERAPIE ZUR VERMINDERUNG DER MIT HERZ-KREISLAUFERKRANKUNGEN EINHERGENDEN RISIKEN

Title (fr)

THERAPIE D'ASSOCIATION DESTINEE A REDUIRE LES RISQUES LIES A UNE MALADIE CARDIO-VASCULAIRE

Publication

EP 0904082 A1 19990331 (EN)

Application

EP 97918595 A 19970414

Priority

  • GB 9612082 A 19960610
  • GB 9616804 A 19960809
  • US 9706127 W 19970414
  • US 1568996 P 19960417
  • US 2097796 P 19960624

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9738694A1] The instant invention provides methods for preventing or reducing the risk of developing atherosclerosis, as well as for halting or slowing the progression of atherosclerotic disease once it has become clinically evident, comprising the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of an HMG-CoA RI in combination with folic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof to a person who is at risk of developing atherosclerosis or who already has atherosclerotic disease.

IPC 1-7

A61K 31/53; A61K 31/35

IPC 8 full level

A61K 45/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/365 (2006.01); A61K 31/366 (2006.01); A61K 31/505 (2006.01); A61K 31/519 (2006.01); A61K 31/529 (2006.01); A61P 9/00 (2006.01); A61P 9/10 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A61K 31/505 (2013.01); A61P 3/06 (2017.12); A61P 9/00 (2017.12); A61P 9/10 (2017.12)

Citation (third parties)

Third party :

SCANDINAVIAN SIMVASTATIN SURVIVAL STUDY GROUP: "Randomised trial of cholesterol lowering in 4444 patients with coronary heart disease: the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S)", THE LANCET, vol. 344, 19 November 1994 (1994-11-19), pages 1383 - 1389, XP002989218

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9738694 A1 19971023; AU 2666597 A 19971107; AU 732465 B2 20010426; CA 2251972 A1 19971023; EP 0904082 A1 19990331; EP 0904082 A4 20010926; JP 2000508659 A 20000711

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 9706127 W 19970414; AU 2666597 A 19970414; CA 2251972 A 19970414; EP 97918595 A 19970414; JP 53726497 A 19970414