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US 5,292,727 AGranted
Use of the treatment of acne
AssigneeLeo Pharmaceutical Products Ltd.
InventorWagn Ole Godtfredsen
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of certain vitamin D analogues in the preparation of a pharmaceutical preparation for the treatment of acne. The preparation contains a vitamin D analogue (calcipotriol) which has only moderate activity on the calcium metabolism when compared to 1,25-(OH).sub.2 D.sub.3, but has retained the ability to activate receptors for 1,25-(OH).sub.2 D.sub.3 not associated with calcium absorption or bone calcium mobilization.
Claims2
The method of treating acne which comprises administering to a subject in need of such treatment an effective amount of calcipotriol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.