Chelating agents as well as their tricarbonyl complexes with technetium and rhenium

US6488909B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• SCHERING CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Stephan Hilger · Berlin, DE
• Ludger Dinkelborg · Berlin, DE
• Dieter Heldmann · Munich, DE
• Friedhelm Blume · Berlin, DE
• Dietmar Berndorff · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 1999
• Grant date: Dec 3, 2002
• Expiry date: Dec 21, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07H21/00
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

New chelating agents as well as their tricarbonyl complexes with technetium and rhenium and the use of these compounds in radiodiagnosis and radiotherapy are described. The new chelating agents are coupled to substances that accumulate in the diseased tissue.