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Methods for using ketoconazole and related substances in medicaments for treatment of type II diabetes

US5849740A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 6, 1997
Grant dateDec 15, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 6, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65B1/08
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention is a method of using ketoconazole or molecules resembling ketoconazole with comparable biological activity for the manufacture of drugs and for medical treatment of diabetes mellitus type II as well as for counteracting the other risk factors associated with the Metabolic Syndrome.

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