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Kappa opioid receptor ligands

US8048895B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Research Triangle Institute · US

Inventors

Frank Ivy Carroll · Durham, US
Hernan A. Navarro · Chapel Hill, US
James B. Thomas · Efland, US
Tingwei Cai · Holmdel, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 18, 2008
Grant date	Nov 1, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 8, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC07D401/12
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Kappa opioid receptor antagonists are provided that yield significant improvements in functional binding assays to kappa opioid receptors, and the use of these antagonists in treatment of disease states that are ameliorated by binding of the kappa opioid receptor such as heroin or cocaine addictions.

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