Process for therapeutic treatment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4590211
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06615661

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This invention relates to a new method of therapy comprising the administration of a pro-drug to a human or animal, said pro-drug being a compound formed by a therapeutic compound chemically combined with another moiety by a photocleavable bond and irradiating the diseased area with ultraviolet radiation in an amount sufficient to cleave the bond and release the therapeutic compound in a therapeutically effective amount. Specifically disclosed are pro-drugs which are cleaved to therapeutically active medications which are anti-proliferative and anti-inflammatory compounds and the treatment of inflammatory and/or proliferative skin diseases therewith.

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  • THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN;UPJOHN COMPANY, THE

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Voorhees, John J Ann Arbor, MI 43 384
Wierenga, Wendell Kalamazoo, MI 39 385

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