Owner Kythera Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.

Inventors David, Nathaniel E.; Mahmood, Nadir Ahmeduddin; Sahoo, Akhila Kumar; Moriarty, Robert M.; Reid, John Gregory; Prasad, Achampeta Rathan; Swaringen Jr., Roy A.

Agent Pizzeys

Pub. Number AU-A-2008265721

PCT Pub. Number WO2008/157635

Priority 12/035,339 21.02.08 US; 60/945,035 19.06.07 US; 0807615.0 25.04.08 GB; 60/956,875 20.08.07 US; 12/153,446 16.05.08 US

Filing date 18 June 2008

Wipo publication date 24 December 2008

C07J 1/00 (2006.01) Normal steroids, i.e. cyclopenta[a]hydrophenanthrenes, containing carbon, hydrogen, halogen, or oxygen

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

A61P 3/04 (2006.01) Drugs for disorders of the metabolism

A61Q 19/06 (2006.01) Preparations for care of the skin - for countering cellulitis

C07J 9/00 (2006.01) Normal steroids containing carbon, hydrogen, halogen, or oxygen, substituted in position 17 beta by a chain of more than two carbon atoms, e.g. cholane, cholestane, coprostane

C07J 13/00 (2006.01) Normal steroids containing carbon, hydrogen, halogen, or oxygen, having a carbon-to-carbon double bond from or to position 17