Use of inhibitors of phosphodiesterase IV

US5891904A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Wolf-Georg Forssmann · DE

Inventors

• Christian Stief · Hemmingen, DE
• Torsten Strohmeyer · Berlin, DE
• Wolf-Georg Forssmann · Hannover, DE
• Markus Meyer · Hannover, DE
• Peter Schulz-Knappe · Hemmingen, DE
• Akmal Taher · Jakarta, ID

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 29, 1997
• Grant date: Apr 6, 1999
• Expiry date: Sep 29, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61K31/541
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to the use of inhibitors of phosphodiesterase IV for the modulation of the motility and peristalsis of the hollow organs of the urogenital and gastrointestinal tract.