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Fungal efflux pump inhibitors

US6495591B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 1, 1998
Grant dateDec 17, 2002
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Expiry dateOct 1, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K31/365
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The use of compounds of the milbemycin class as inhibitors of efflux pumps in microbes or other cells is described, along with pharmaceutical compositions incorporating a milbemycin. Also described is a method of screening for compounds which inhibit a CDR1, CDR2, BEN, or FLU1 efflux pump or a pump with components having a high level of protein level sequence similarity with the components of those efflux pumps.

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