Methods for treating depressive symptoms

US9656961B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited · IE

Inventors

• Laura Cook Blumberg · Lincoln, US
• Daniel R. Deaver · Franklin, US
• David J. Eyerman · Wayland, US
• Thomas Andrew Wynn · Lexington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 23, 2014
• Grant date: May 23, 2017
• Expiry date: May 23, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D489/09
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present application relates methods for treating a depressive symptom comprising administering an effective amount of a μ opioid receptor agonist or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a subject in need thereof. Non-limiting examples of such agonist include the compounds of Formulas I, II, III, and IV, as well as the compounds of Table A.