Patent ID: 6444705
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: A61K,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for treating retinal disease comprising adminstering to a patient in need thereof a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound represented by the following formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, either alone or in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different, and are hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkanoyl, phenylcarbonyl, phenyl-lower alkyl or phenyl-lower alkoxycarbonyl;R3 and R4 are the same or different, and are hydroxy, lower alkoxy, amino or lower alkylamino; A1, A2 and A3 are the same or different, and are straight-chain or branched lower alkylene; and m is 0 or 1.