Patent · US Expired

Reduction of hair growth

US5840752A · kind A · utility

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32Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 21, 1996
Grant dateNov 24, 1998
Priority date—
Expiry dateNov 21, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K2800/782
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Mammalian hair growth is reduced by applying to the skin an inhibitor of a cholesterol synthetic pathway enzyme.

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