Patent ID: 6028099
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: A61K,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of prophylactically or therapeutically treating an animal for choroidal neovascularization, which method comprises administering to said animal a compound of formula: ##STR3## wherein V, W and X are selected from the group consisting of hydro, alkoxy, hydroxyl, halo, an ester, an ether, a carboxylic acid group, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of a carboxylic acid group, and --SR, in which R is hydrogen or an alkyl group, and Y is selected from the group consisting of oxygen, sulfur, C(OH), and C.dbd.O, and Z is selected from the group consisting of hydro and C(O)OR.sub.1, wherein R.sub.1 is an alkyl, or a prodrug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in an amount sufficient to treat said animal for choroidal neovascularization prophylactically or therapeutically.