Patent · US Expired

Use of compounds as antibacterial agents

US6593339B1 · kind B1 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

ASTRAZENECA AB · SE

Inventors

Arne Eek · Trosa, SE
Johan Raud · Stockholm, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 29, 2000
Grant date	Jul 15, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 29, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61P31/04
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention discloses a new use of NO-releasing NSAIDs, especially NO-releasing NSAIDs of the formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or enantiomer thereof, for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of bacterial infections, especially caused or mediated by Helicobacter pylon. Disclosed is also the new use of a NO-releasing NSAID in combination with an acid susceptible proton pump inhibitor for the treatment of bacterial infections.

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