IP Library Granted Patent US 9,566,252
Granted Patent B2
US 9,566,252 · App. 12/837,292 · Granted Feb 14, 2017

Method for the alleviation of dyspareunia in women

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Patent No.
US 9,566,252
App. No.
12/837,292
Granted
Feb 14, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

This invention relates to a method for inhibition of skin atrophy, or epithelial or mucosal atrophy in women, or to a method for treatment or prevention of symptoms related to said atrophy, said method comprising administering to the woman an effective amount of the compound of formula (I) or a geometric isomer, a stereoisomer, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, an ester thereof or a metabolite thereof.

Claims (12)

1. A method for alleviating dyspareunia during or after menopause, said method comprising administering to a woman in need thereof an effective amount of (deaminohydroxy)toremifene or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the (deaminohydroxy)toremifene is not a salt.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the (deaminohydroxy)toremifene or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is administered orally.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the (deaminohydroxy)toremifene is administered in a daily dose of 25 to 100 mg.

5. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the (deaminohydroxy)toremifene is administered in a daily dose of 60 mg.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the (deaminohydroxy)toremifene is administered orally.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the woman is a postmenopausal woman.

8. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the woman is a postmenopausal woman.

9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the woman is a postmenopausal woman.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the (deaminohydroxy)toremifene or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is administered in a daily dose of 30 to 90 mg.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the (deaminohydroxy)toremifene or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is administered in a daily dose of 60 mg.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the (deaminohydroxy)toremifene is administered orally in a daily dose of 60 mg.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2018
From: HORMOS MEDICAL OY
To: QUATRX PHARMACEUTICALS COMPANY
Reel/Frame 046240/0156 →
MOVABLE HYPOTHEC Recorded Apr 12, 2017
From: SHIONOGI INC.
To: DUCHESNAY INC.
Reel/Frame 042233/0807 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 8, 2016
From: HORMOS MEDICAL OY LTD.; HORMOS MEDICAL CORPORATION
To: HORMOS MEDICAL LTD.
Reel/Frame 039629/0540 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2011
From: TESS DIAGNOSTICS AND PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
To: HORMOS MEDICAL LTD.
Reel/Frame 025601/0397 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2011
From: DEGREGORIO, MICHAEL W.
To: TESS DIAGNOSTIC AND PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Reel/Frame 025601/0323 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2011
From: HALONEN, KAIJA; KANGAS, LAURI
To: HORMOS MEDICAL LTD.
Reel/Frame 025601/0011 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2011
From: BLOM, TARU; GRONROOS, PAULA; HALONEN, KAIJA; HARKONEN, PIRKKO
To: HORMOS MEDICAL LTD.
Reel/Frame 025601/0192 →