US Patent 7732485 Treatment of cancer

Patent 7732485 was granted and assigned to The University of Manchester on June, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

The University of Manchester

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

77324850

Patent Inventor Names

Kevin Flower0

Alan McGown0

Date of Patent

June 8, 2010

Patent Application Number

105836860

Date Filed

December 20, 2004

Patent Primary Examiner

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Frederick Krass

Patent abstract

The invention relates to the treatment of cancers, in particular, cancers that are resistant to platinum based chemotherapeutic agents. A pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of cancer comprising an effective amount of a compound having two gold(I) atoms each covalently bonded to a carbon atom in a covalent link connecting the two gold(I) atoms and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.