Synergistic pharmaceutical combination for the treatment of cancer
AssigneePiramal Life Sciences Limited
InventorsMaggie Rathos, Kalpana Joshi, Harshal Khanwalkar, Somesh Sharma
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Abstract
A novel pharmaceutical combination comprising a cytotoxic antineoplastic agent selected from a the group consisting of paclitaxel, docetaxel, doxorubicin and gemcitabine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and at least one cyclin dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor; wherein the said combination exhibits synergistic effects when used in the treatment of cancer. The invention also relates to a method for the treatment of cancer, using a therapeutically effective amount of the said combination.
Claims20
A pharmaceutical combination comprising a cytotoxic antineoplastic agent selected from the group consisting of paclitaxel, docetaxel, doxorubicin, and gemcitabine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof;
- and a CDK inhibitor or an enantiomer or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein said CDK inhibitor is represented by the following formula I;
- wherein Ar is phenyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2, or 3 identical or different substituents selected from:
- halogen selected from chlorine, bromine, fluorine or iodine, nitro, cyano, C1-C4-alkyl, trifluoromethyl, hydroxyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, carboxy, C1-C4-alkoxycarbonyl, CONH2, and NR1R2;
- wherein R1 and R2 are each independently selected from hydrogen or C1-C4-alkyl.
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