Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High-dose statins for age-related macular degeneration
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Application No.: US17108065Application Date: 2020-12-01
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Publication No.: US11744817B2Publication Date: 2023-09-05
- Inventor: Demetrios Vavvas , Joan W Miller
- Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY
- Applicant Address: US MA Boston
- Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY
- Current Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Boston
- Agency: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman
- Agent Robert C. Netter, Jr.
- The original application number of the division: US15768367
- Main IPC: A61K31/22
- IPC: A61K31/22 ; A61P27/02 ; A61P27/00 ; A61K31/366 ; A61K31/395 ; A61K31/404 ; A61K31/4418 ; A61K31/47 ; A61K31/505 ; A61K31/40
Abstract:
Methods of using a high-dose statin for treatment of AMD in a patient can be used to regress drusen and/or drusenoid pigment epithelial detachments (PEDs), to prevent atrophy of the RPE and/or one or more photoreceptors, to prevent vision loss and/or improve visual acuity, and/or to prevent progression from dry AMD to wet AMD.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210077457A1 HIGH-DOSE STATINS FOR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION Public/Granted day:2021-03-18
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