Patents Examined by Charanjit S Auklakh
  • 4-azasteroid derivatives as androgen receptor modulators
    Patent number: 7625919
    Abstract: Compounds of structural formula I are modulators of the androgen receptor (AR) in a tissue selective manner. They are useful as agonists of the androgen receptor in bone and/or muscle tissue while antagonizing the AR in the prostate of a male patient or in the uterus of a female patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Jiabing Wang, Carol A. McVean