Thiosaccharide mucolytic agents

US9856283B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

• Stefan Oscarson · Stockholm, SE
• John Vincent Fahy · San Francisco, US
• Shaopeng Yuan · San Francisco, US
• Stephen Carrington · Roundwood, IE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 8, 2015
• Grant date: Jan 2, 2018
• Expiry date: Sep 20, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07H13/04
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

There are provided, inter alia, methods for decreasing mucus elasticity or decreasing mucus viscosity in a subject in need thereof, the methods including administering to the subject an effective amount of a thiosaccharide mucolytic agent, and compounds and pharmaceutical compositions useful for the methods.