Patent ID: 7795310

Claim:
A composition consisting of active and inert ingredients, wherein the sole active ingredients are: (a) a fibrate selected from the group consisting of bezafibrate, binifibrate, ciprofibrate, clinofibrate, clofibrate, etofibrate, fenofibrate, and gemfibrozil; and (b) diflunisal, a diflunisal analog, cinnamic acid, or a cinnamic acid analog, wherein said diflunisal analog has the structure of formula (III): wherein each X is, independently, a halogen atom; R 1 is hydroxy, phenoxy, di(C 1 -C 4 )alkylamino, di(C 1 -C 4 )alkylamino, or (C 1 -C 4 )alkoxy; R 2 is hydrogen or (C 1 -C 4 )alkanoyl; and R 3 is hydrogen or methyl; wherein said cinammic acid analog has the structure of formula (II): wherein R 1 and R 2 are each, independently, a hydrogen atom or a C 1-4 alkyl group; R 3 and R 4 each represent a hydrogen atom or may be combined together to form an additional chemical bond; n is zero or an integer from 1 to 3; each X is, independently, a hydroxyl group, a halogen atom, a straight or branched chain saturated or unsaturated C 1-4 alkyl group, a straight or branched chain saturated or unsaturated C 1-4 alkoxy group, a C 1-4 acyloxy group, or a C 3-6 cycloalkyl group; when n is 2 or 3 and two X's are commonly C 1-4 alkyl or C 1-4 alkoxy, both X's may be combined together to form a ring.