Patents Assigned to A/S GEA
  • Acyl- or acyloxymethyl-allopurinol prodrugs
    Patent number: 4694006
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula Ia and Ib ##STR1## are prodrugs of allopurinol and have i.a. a much higher solubility in water and/or a higher lipophilicity than allopurinol, which makes such compounds useful for oral, parenteral and rectal administration to a warm-blooded animal such as a human. Such compounds will after administration be converted into allopurinol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1987
    Assignee: A/S GEA
    Inventors: Hans Bundgaard, Erik Falch