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US 6,066,616 AGranted
Somatostatin analogue composition and use in treating breast cancer
AssigneeNovartis AG
InventorsThomas Cavanak, Alan Harris
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Abstract
The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a somatostatin analogue, and its use in the treatment of breast cancer. The pharmaceutical composition preferably contains lactic acid in addition to the somatostatin analogue and is better tolerated when administered by injection.
Claims2
A method of treating breast cancer in a subject which comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of octreotide or octreotide as a pharmaceutically acceptable salt to a subject in need of such treatment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.