Use of RR/SR-ractopamine

US7723392B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bridge Pharma, Inc. · US

Inventors

• A. K. Gunnar Aberg · Sarasota, US
• Karl Reuter · Gundelfingen, DE
• Viktor Meier · Gundelfingen, DE
• Florian Stolz · Glückstadt, DE
• Eliso Gogritchiani · Glückstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 6, 2008
• Grant date: May 25, 2010
• Expiry date: Sep 10, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C215/60
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method of promoting or improving the feed efficiency and the muscle-to-fat ratio in animals by administering to the animals a therapeutically effective amount of a mixture of RR-ractopamine and SR-ractopamine is disclosed. Manufacturing methods for making RR/SR-ractopamine are presented.