Owner Alcon, Inc.

Inventors Gamache, Daniel A; Yanni, John M; Miller, Steven T

Agent Spruson & Ferguson

Pub. Number AU-B-2002366567

PCT Number PCT/US02/36915

PCT Pub. Number WO2003/049770

Priority 60/337,371 05.12.01 US

Filing date 18 November 2002

Wipo publication date 23 June 2003

Acceptance publication date 16 November 2006

A61K 45/06 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations containing active ingredients not provided for in groups

A61K 31/00 (2006.01)

A61K 31/335 (2006.01) - having oxygen as the only ring hetero atom, e.g. fungichromin

A61K 31/451 (2006.01) - having a carbocyclic ring directly attached to the heterocyclic ring, e.g. glutethimide, meperidine, loperamide, phencyclidine, piminodine

A61K 31/454 (2006.01)

A61K 31/473 (2006.01) - ortho- or peri-condensed with carbocyclic ring systems, e.g. acridines, phenanthridines

A61K 31/551 (2006.01) - having two nitrogens as ring hetero atoms, e.g. clozapine, dilazep

A61K 31/575 (2006.01) - substituted in position 17 beta by a chain of three or more carbon atoms, e.g. cholane, cholestane, ergosterol, sitosterol