EP Patent

EP0616808A1 — Use of rifaximin and pharmaceutical compositions containing it in the treatment of gastric dyspepsia caused by helicobacter pylori

Assigned to Alfa Wasserman SpA · Expires 1994-09-28 · 32y expired

What this patent protects

This invention refers to the use of the rifamycin antibiotic known by the name of rifaximin (INN) and to pharmaceutical compositions containing it in the oral treatment of the forms of gastric dyspepsia caused by bacteria known as Helicobacter pylori. Rifaximin may be admin…

USPTO Abstract

This invention refers to the use of the rifamycin antibiotic known by the name of rifaximin (INN) and to pharmaceutical compositions containing it in the oral treatment of the forms of gastric dyspepsia caused by bacteria known as Helicobacter pylori. Rifaximin may be administered in any oral pharmaceutical form, particularly tablets, capsules, sugar coated tablets, granules and syrups containing from 200 to 2000 mg of active principle, at a daily dosage of between 400 and 2000 mg.

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Patent Metadata

Patent number
EP0616808A1
Jurisdiction
EP
Classification
—
Expires
1994-09-28
Drug substance claim
No
Drug product claim
No
Assignee
Alfa Wasserman SpA
Source
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