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Last Updated: November 22, 2024

Claims for Patent: 7,022,713


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Summary for Patent: 7,022,713
Title:Hyperlipemia therapeutic agent
Abstract:The present invention relates to a hyperlipemia therapeutic agent comprising pitavastatins and eicosapentaenoic acid or an ester derivative thereof as effective ingredients.According to the present invention, a type IIb and type IV hyperlipemia therapeutic agent having an excellent effect of lowering the cholesterol and triglyceride in blood is provided.
Inventor(s): Aoki; Taro (Tokorozawa, JP), Yamaguchi; Junji (Higashimurayama, JP), Sasaki; Yusuke (Higashimurayama, JP)
Assignee: KOWA Co., Ltd. (Nagoya, JP) Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP)
Application Number:10/780,640
Patent Litigation and PTAB cases: See patent lawsuits and PTAB cases for patent 7,022,713
Patent Claims: 1. A method for treating hypertriglyceridemia in a patient in need of such treatment comprising administering a synergistically effective blood-triglyceride decreasing amount of a combination of a pitavastatin and eicosapentaenoic acid or an ester thereof.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the pitavasitin is pitavastin calcium and the eicosapentaenoic acid or ester thereof is ethyl eicosapentaenoate.

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