Patent ID: 8008288

Claim:
A pharmaceutical composition comprising, as active ingredient, a compound of formula (I): wherein y is any integer from 1 to 8; z is any integer from 1 to 8, with the proviso that y and z cannot both equal 1; X is —CO—(Y) k —(R 1 ) n or SO 2 —(Y) k —(R 1 ) n ; k is 0 or 1; Y is a cycloalkyl, polycyloalkyl, cycloalkenyl or polycycloalkenyl group; each R 1 is independently selected from hydrogen or an alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkenyl, alkynyl or alkylamino radical of 1 to 20 carbon atoms; or each R 1 is independently selected from fluoro, chloro, bromo, iodo, hydroxy, oxyalkyl, amino, aminoalkyl or aminodialkyl radical; and n is any integer from 1 to m, where m is the maximum number of substitutions permissible on the cyclo-group Y; or alternatively R 1 is selected from a peptido radical having from 1 to 4 peptidic moieties linked together by peptide bonds; wherein the 1 to 4 peptidic moieties are selected from the 20 natural occurring amino acids; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and/or carrier.