Thiosaccharide mucolytic agents

US11021506B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• The Regents of the University of California · US
• University College Dublin · IE

Inventors

• Stefan Oscarson · Stockholm, SE
• John Vincent Fahy · San Francisco, US
• Shaopeng Yuan · San Francisco, US
• Stephen Carrington · Roundwood, IE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 22, 2019
• Grant date: Jun 1, 2021
• Expiry date: Nov 22, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07H13/04
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

There are provided, inter alia, methods for decreasing mucus elasticity or decreasing mucus viscosity in a subject in need thereof, the methods including administering to the subject an effective amount of a thiosaccharide mucolytic agent, and compounds and pharmaceutical compositions useful for the methods.