Medicament containing an effector of the glutathione metabolism together with α-lipoic acid for treating diabetes mellitus

US7429614B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Esparma GmbH · DE
• IMTM GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Michael Taeger · Heinrichsberg, DE
• Siegfried Ansorge · Hohenwarthe, DE
• Gerhard Fries · Gommern, DE
• Dieter Koegst · Osterweddingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 27, 2002
• Grant date: Sep 30, 2008
• Expiry date: May 27, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61P43/00
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a medicament containing an effector of the glutathione metabolism together with α-lipoic acid for treating diabetes mellitus. This medicament enables disturbances of the thiol-disulfide status or those that occur, for example, in diabetes mellitus to be treated simultaneously, separately or in a temporally graduated manner.