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Retinoid receptor agonists for promoting hair growth and/or retarding hair loss

US5962508A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 9, 1997
Grant dateOct 5, 1999
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Expiry dateSep 9, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61Q7/00
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A regimen for inducing/stimulating hair growth and/or retarding hair loss on an individual in need of such treatment, comprising administering thereto, advantageously topically and for such period of time as required to elicit the desired effect, an effective amount of at least one RXR-type retinoid receptor agonist preferably having the structural formula(I): ##STR1## in which Ar is one of the following radicals: ##STR2##

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