Werner Bollag - Basel, CH Joseph F. Grippo - Basking Ridge NJ Arthur Levin - Glen Ridge NJ
Assignee:
Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. - Nutley NJ
International Classification:
A61K 3120
US Classification:
514559
Abstract:
The compound 9-cis-retinoic acid, its pharmaceutically acceptable salts or its pharmaceutically acceptable esters can be used in the treatment of precancerous or premalignant epithelial lesions as well as in the treatment of malignant tumors of an epithelial nature.
Daniel Whitford, Marilyn Johnson, Burton Berke, Nicole Warcup, Martina Terbrack, Tyrone Washington, Alma Schwalbenberg, Doris Pol, William Cedillo, Stark Jhonathon
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