IP Library Granted Patent US 7,893,091
Granted Patent B2
US 7,893,091 · App. 12/083,034 · Granted Feb 22, 2011

Combination therapy for the treatment of urinary frequency, urinary urgency and urinary incontinence

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Patent No.
US 7,893,091
App. No.
12/083,034
Granted
Feb 22, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

This invention concerns compositions for the treatment of urinary frequency, urinary urgency and urinary incontinence comprising (R)-N-[4-[2-[[2-hydroxy-2-(pyridin-3 -yl)ethyl]amino]ethyl]phenyl]-4-[4-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)thiazol-2-yl]benzenesulfonamide and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. In another aspect, this invention concerns combination therapy for urinary frequency, urinary urgency and urinary incontinence wherein one of the active agents is (R)-N-[4-[2-[[2-hydroxy-2-(pyridin-3-yl)ethyl]amino]ethyl]phenyl]-4-[4-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)thiazol-2-yl]benzenesulfonamide and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

Claims (3)

1. A pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of a disease selected from urinary frequency, urinary urgency and urinary incontinence wherein there are exactly two active agents:

(R)-N-[4-[2-[[2-hydroxy-2-(pyridin-3-yl)ethyl]amino]ethyl]phenyl]-4-[4-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)thiazol-2-yl]benzenesulfonamide or a salt thereof, and tolterodine.

2. Method of treating urinary frequency, urinary urgency or urinary incontinence in a patient in need of such treatment comprising: administering to said patient a therapeutically effective amount of a composition according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 26, 2010
From: MERCK & CO., INC.
To: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
Reel/Frame 023906/0803 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 14, 2008
From: GOTTESDIENER, KEITH M.; GREEN, STUART A.; MACINTYRE, EUAN
To: MERCK & CO., INC.
Reel/Frame 021673/0138 →