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Compounds of the indolecarboxylic family and use thereof

US6596753B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 24, 2002
Grant dateJul 22, 2003
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Expiry dateJun 24, 2022

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, for example, 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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