CRYSTALLINE FORM OF y-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID ANALOG
AssigneeXenoPort, Inc.
InventorsTono Estrada, Stephen P. Raillard, Christine Frauenfelder, Uwe Zacher
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Abstract
A crystalline form of a γ-aminobutyric acid analog, and methods of preparing same, are provided.
Claims21
1-28. (canceled)
A method of treating a disease or disorder selected from epilepsy, pain, depression, anxiety, psychosis, faintness attacks, hypokinesia, cranial disorders, neurodegenerative disorders, panic, inflammatory disease, insomnia, gastrointestinal disorders, hot flashes, urinary incontinence and ethanol withdrawal syndrome in a patient in need of such treatment, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of crystalline 1-{[(α-isobutanoyloxyethoxy)carbonyl]aminomethyl}-1-cyclohexane acetic acid.
The method of claim. 30, wherein the crystalline 1-{[(α-isobutanoyloxyethoxy)carbonyl]aminomethyl}-1-cyclohexane acetic acid has characteristic absorption peaks at 18.1°±0.3°, 18.9°±0.3°, 20.9°±0.3°, 23.3°±0.3°, 25.3°±0.3°, and 26.6°±0.3° in the X-ray powder diffractogram using Cu Kα radiation.
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