Use of ACE Inhibitors for Lowering Serum Cholesterol
Europaisches Patentamt European Patent Office Office europeen des brevets (TT) Publication number : 0 508 665 A2 12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION (2j) Application number : 92302822.9 © int. ci.5 : A61K 31/675, // (A61 K31/675, 31:22) (22) Date of filing : 31.03.92 (§) Priority: 01.04.91 US 677921 (72) Inventor : Aberg, A.K. Gunnar 519 Bergen Street Lawrenceville, New Jersey (US) (43) Date of publication of application : Inventor : Kowala, Mark 14.10.92 Bulletin 92/42 H-1 Shirley Lane Lawrenceville, New Jersey (US) Inventor : Ferrer, Patricia 33 Dublin Road @ Designated Contracting States : AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LI LU MC NL Pennington, New Jersey (US) PT SE (74) Representative : Thomas, Roger Tamlyn et al D. & Co. 10 Inn @ Applicant : E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, INC. Young Staple Lawrenceville-Princeton Road London WC1V 7RD (GB) Princeton New Jersey 08543-4000 (US) (54) Use of ACE inhibitors for lowering serum cholesterol. (57) A method is provided for lowering serum cholesterol and thereby inhibiting fatty streak lesions of atherosclerosis by administering to a patient a phosphorus-containing ACE inhibitor, such as fosinopril or ceronapril, alone or in combination with a cholesterol lowering drug, such as pravastatin. CM < If) CO CO 00 o If) LU Jouve, 18, rue Saint-Denis, 75001 PARIS EP 0 508 665 A2 The present invention relates to a method for lowering serum cholesterol in mammalian species by admin- istering a phosphorus-containing ACE inhibitor, such as fosinopril or ceronapril, alone or in combination with a cholesterol lowering drug, for example an HMG CoA reductase inhibitor, such as pravastatin, lovastatin or simvastatin.
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