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Combination therapy for the treatment of diabetes and obesity

US5908830A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 30, 1997
Grant dateJun 1, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 30, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K38/2264
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The combination of a metabolic rate modifying agent (e.g., a .beta..sub.3 adrenergic receptor agonist) and a feeding behavior modifying agent (e.g., a NPY5 antagonist) is useful in the treatment of obesity and diabetes, either as compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical composition ingredients. Methods of treating obesity and diabetes are also described.

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