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Use of immunosuppressive agents for the treatment of schizophrenia

Patent 5912250 Issued on June 15, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject January 13, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 750169 filed on 01/13/1997

US Classes:

514/9, Cyclopeptides514/105, Phosphorus is part of a ring514/263.2Additional hetero ring attached directly or indirectly to the purine ring system by nonionic bonding

Examiners

Primary: Henley, III, Raymond

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • WO 93/16727 WO. 09/13/1993

International Class

A61K 031/505

Foreign Application Priority Data

1994-06-13 IL

Abstract

A pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of schizophrenic disorders that comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and as active ingredient an immunosuppressive agent.

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