Inventors:
Lorin K. Johnson - Pleasanton CA
Marvin H. Sleisenger - Kentfield CA
Assignee:
Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Palo Alto CA
International Classification:
A61K31/63;31/615
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of colon cancer chemoprevention or chemotherapy comprising administering to an individual suffering from colon cancer or at risk to develop colon cancer a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of a 2-hydroxy-5-phenylazobenzoic acid derivative or an ester of an active metabolite or an oxidation product of an active metabolite thereof, or a pharmacologically acceptable salt of the 2-hydroxy-5-phenylazobenzoic acid derivative or an ester or an active metabolite or an oxidation product of an active matabolite thereof.