Inventors:
Susan Carswell - Wallingford PA
Pawel Dobrzanski - Downingtown PA
Lise Binderup - Taastrup, DK
Fredrik Bjorkling - Helsingborg, SE
Matthew S. Miller - Newtown PA
Assignee:
Cephalon, Inc. - West Chester PA
Leo Pharmaceutical Products - Ballerup
International Classification:
A61K31/59;38/18;38/16
Abstract:
The present invention is directed, inter alia, to methods of utilizing low calcemic vitamin D analogues. Particularly, the present invention is directed to using low calcemic vitamin D analogues to treat neurodegenerative diseases and disorders, to facilitate endogenous production of neurotrophic factors, to inhibit the degradation, dysfunction or loss of neural cells and/or to enhance the phenotype of neural cells or neuronal processes.