Global Patent Index - EP 1150665 A2

EP 1150665 A2 20011107 - USE OF STATINS FOR TREATING VIRAL INFECTIONS

Title (en)

USE OF STATINS FOR TREATING VIRAL INFECTIONS

Title (de)

VERWENDUNG VON STATINEN ZUR BEHANDLUNG VIRALER INFEKTIONEN

Title (fr)

M THODES POUR TRAITER DES INFECTIONS VIRALES

Publication

EP 1150665 A2 20011107 (EN)

Application

EP 00908609 A 20000211

Priority

  • US 0003634 W 20000211
  • US 11962999 P 19990211

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0047196A2] The present invention relates to methods of treating a vertebrate, particularly a mammal and more particularly murine or human patient, suffering from one or more viral infections, or a cell line infected with one or more viral infections, said viral infections including but not limited to the infections of the following viruses: hepatitis C, HIV, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis G, or hepatitis H, by administering to said patient infected with at least one of virus at least one statin or statin-like compound determined to have anti-viral activity according to the present invention, said anti-viral statin or statin-like compound being selected from the group consisting of: mevastatin, lovastatin, pravastatin, simvastatin, and the compounds disclosed in U.S. Patents Nos. 4,346,227, 4,448,979, 4,739,073, 5,273,995, 5,169,857, 5,006,530, and 5,401,746.

IPC 1-7

A61K 31/00; A61P 31/12

IPC 8 full level

C07D 309/30 (2006.01); A61K 31/215 (2006.01); A61K 31/22 (2006.01); A61K 31/365 (2006.01); A61K 31/366 (2006.01); A61K 45/00 (2006.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01); A61P 1/16 (2006.01); A61P 31/12 (2006.01); A61P 31/18 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A61K 31/22 (2013.01); A61K 31/365 (2013.01); A61K 31/366 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); A61P 1/16 (2017.12); A61P 31/12 (2017.12); A61P 31/18 (2017.12); Y02A 50/30 (2017.12)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 0047196A2

Citation (examination)

TIERNEY, MCPHEE, PAPADAKIS: "Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2000", 2000, LANGE MEDICAL BOOKS, NEW YORK ST. LOUIS

Designated contracting state (EPC)

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

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0047196 A2 20000817; WO 0047196 A3 20010315; AU 2991700 A 20000829; CA 2363088 A1 20000817; EP 1150665 A2 20011107; JP 2002536405 A 20021029; ZA 200106406 B 20030203

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 0003634 W 20000211; AU 2991700 A 20000211; CA 2363088 A 20000211; EP 00908609 A 20000211; JP 2000598149 A 20000211; ZA 200106406 A 20010803