Patents Represented by Attorney Wiliam H. Nicholson
  • Patent number: 4420491
    Abstract: Substances isolated after cultivation of a microorganism belonging to the genus Aspergillus in a culture medium comprise compounds which have structures: ##STR1## Together with salts and esters of the carboxylic acid, these compounds form a class of highly active hypocholesteremic and hypolipemic medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1983
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: George Albers-Schonberg, Henry Joshua, Maria B. Lopez