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US 6,646,003 B2Granted
Method of treating ocular inflammatory and angiogenesis-related disorders of the posterior segment of the eye using an amide derivative of flurbiprofen or ketorolac
AssigneeAlcon Inc.
InventorsGustav Graff, Mark R. Hellberg, John M. Yanni
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Abstract
The topical use of certain flurbiprofen amide derivatives and ketorolac amide derivatives to treat ophthalmic angiogenesis-related and inflammatory disorders of the posterior segment of the eye is disclosed.
Claims8
A method of treating an ophthalmic inflammatory or angiogenesis-related disorder of the posterior segment of the eye in a patient suffering from or predisposed to such a disorder which comprises topically administering to the eye of the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound having the formula (I) or (II):
- wherein
- R1═H, C1-6(un)branched alkyl, (un)substituted (substitution as defined by Z below), —(CH2)n—X—(CH2)n′A;
- R2═H, C1-3 alkyl, OR3;
- R3═H, C1-3 alkyl;
- R4═H, Me—, MeO—, MeS—;
- R5═H, Me—;
- X=nothing (carbon—carbon bond), O, C═O, OC(═O), C(═O)O, C(═O)NR3, NR3C(═O), S(O)n2, CHOR3, NR3;
- X2, X2′ independently=H, F;
- n=2-6;
- n′=1-6;
- n2=0-2;
- A=H, OH, optionally (un)substituted aryl (substitution as defined by Z below), (un)substituted heterocycle (substitution as defined by Z below);
- and
- Z═H, Cl, F, Br, I, OR3, CN, OH, CF3, R4, NO2.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.