Indolecarboxylic compounds and their use as pharmaceutical compounds
US6448285B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 26, 1999 |
| Grant date | Sep 10, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 26, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07D209/60
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention relates to the use, as active principle, in a physiologically acceptable medium, in a composition, of an effective amount of at least one compound of the indolecarboxylic family, this compound or these compositions being intended to treat disorders associated with overactivity of 5&agr;-reductase. These compounds or the compositions containing them are more particularly intended to treat androgen-dependent disorders such as seborrhoea and/or acne and/or hirsutism and/or androgenic alopecia. The invention also relates to novel compounds of the indolecarboxylic family and to compositions containing them.
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