Patent ID: 6153631
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: A61K

Abstract:
A method to treat a condition in a vertebrate animal characterized by a deficiency in, or need for, bone growth replacement and/or an undesirable level of bone resorption, which method comprises administering to a vertebrate subject in need of such treatment a bone growth stimulating amount of a compound of the formula:Ar.sup.1 --L--Ar.sup.2wherein Ar.sup.1 is ##STR6## wherein R.sup.1 is a non-interfering substituent; m is an integer of 0-4;the dotted line represents an optional .sub..pi. bond;L is a flexible non-conjugating linker; andAr.sup.2 is ##STR7## where each R.sup.2 is independently a non-interfering substituent and n is an integer from 0-4.