EP Patent

EP0952842A2 — A method of treating cancer

Assigned to Merck and Co Inc · Expires 1999-11-03 · 27y expired

What this patent protects

The present invention relates to a method of treating cancer which comprises administering to a mammalian patient an effective amount of a combination of geranylgeranyl-protein transferase-type I inhibitor and a farnesyl protein transferase inhibitor. The invention further relate…

USPTO Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of treating cancer which comprises administering to a mammalian patient an effective amount of a combination of geranylgeranyl-protein transferase-type I inhibitor and a farnesyl protein transferase inhibitor. The invention further relates to a method of treating cancer which comprises administering to a mammalian patient an effective amount of a combination of a selective geranylgeranyl-protein transferase-type I inhibitor and a selective farnesyl protein transferase inhibitor. The figure shows the autoradiograph of the immunoprecipates from assay set No. 1 of the in vivo prenylation inhibition by a combination by a selective of FPTase inhibitor and a selective geranylgeranyl-protein transferase-type I inhibitor.

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Patent Metadata

Patent number
EP0952842A2
Jurisdiction
EP
Classification
Expires
1999-11-03
Drug substance claim
No
Drug product claim
No
Assignee
Merck and Co Inc
Source
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