Global Patent Index - EP 1089731 A1

EP 1089731 A1 20010411 - COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING ELEVATED BLOOD CHOLESTEROL

Title (en)

COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING ELEVATED BLOOD CHOLESTEROL

Title (de)

ZUSAMMENSETZUNGEN UND VERFAHREN ZUR BEHANDLUNG VON ERHÖHTEM BLUTCHOLESTEROLSPIEGEL

Title (fr)

COMPOSITIONS ET METHODES DE TRAITEMENT D'UNE CHOLESTEROLEMIE ELEVEE

Publication

EP 1089731 A1 20010411 (EN)

Application

EP 99930451 A 19990621

Priority

  • GB 9817167 A 19980806
  • US 9913887 W 19990621
  • US 9052798 P 19980624

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9966929A1] The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating elevated blood cholesterol in a mammal while counteracting the occurrence of potentially adverse side effects such as myopathy. The compositions useful herein comprise the combination of a pharmaceutically effective amount of a 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor ("HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor") and a geranylgeraniol compound to a mammal in need thereof.

IPC 1-7

A61K 31/405; A61K 31/35; A61K 31/21; A61K 31/12

IPC 8 full level

A61K 31/045 (2006.01); A61K 31/08 (2006.01); A61K 31/215 (2006.01); A61K 31/216 (2006.01); A61K 31/22 (2006.01); A61K 31/221 (2006.01); A61K 31/351 (2006.01); A61K 31/366 (2006.01); A61K 31/40 (2006.01); A61K 31/404 (2006.01); A61K 31/405 (2006.01); A61K 31/4164 (2006.01); A61K 31/44 (2006.01); A61K 31/443 (2006.01); A61K 31/661 (2006.01); A61P 3/06 (2006.01); A61P 9/00 (2006.01); A61P 9/10 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A61K 31/221 (2013.01); A61K 31/351 (2013.01); A61K 31/40 (2013.01); A61K 31/404 (2013.01); A61K 31/44 (2013.01); A61P 3/06 (2017.12); A61P 9/00 (2017.12); A61P 9/10 (2017.12)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

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

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9966929 A1 19991229; AU 4698999 A 20000110; AU 754767 B2 20021121; CA 2335366 A1 19991229; EP 1089731 A1 20010411; EP 1089731 A4 20030618; JP 2002518448 A 20020625

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 9913887 W 19990621; AU 4698999 A 19990621; CA 2335366 A 19990621; EP 99930451 A 19990621; JP 2000555615 A 19990621