Europaisches Patentamt European Patent Office © Publication number: Office europeen des brevets EUROPEAN PATENT 493 A3 APPLICATION int. Ci.5; C07J © Application number: 90106971.6 0 393 9/00, A61 K 3 1 / 5 7 5 @ Date of filing: 11.04.90 ® © Applicant: GIULIANI S.p.A. Via P. Palagi, 2 1-20129 Milano(IT) Priority: 17.04.89 IT 2017089 @ Date of publication of application: 24.10.90 Bulletin 90/43 © Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE © Date of deferred publication of the search report: 27.05.92 Bulletin 92/22 @ Inventor: Pellicciari, Roberto Via Palagi 2 1-20129 Milano(IT) Inventor: Roda, Aldo Via Palagi 2 1-20129 Milano(IT) Inventor: Frigerio, Giuliano Via Palagi 2 1-20129 Milano(IT) © Representative: Minoja, Fabrizio Studio Consulenza Brevettuale Via Rossini, 8 1-20122 Milano(IT) © Fluorinated bile acid derivatives, processes for the preparation thereof and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. © A compounds of general formula I COOH * „ m oo O ^ LU X£\ HOxx \ ^ ^ \\ ^ nOH f wherein Ri is hydrogen or hydroxy, and the hydroxy group at the 7-position can be either in or /3 configuration, are valuable in human therapy. Compounds I can be prepared by fluorination of the suitably protected 6 -hydroxy-7-keto-derivatives. Rank Xerox (UK) Business Services European Patent Office Application Number EUROPEAN SEARCH R E P O R T EP DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT Relevant Citation of document with indication, where appropriate, Category to claim of relevant passages DRUGS 1.6 vol. 21, 1981, AUSTRALIA pages 90 - 119; J. H. ISER ET AL: 'Chenodeoxychollc Acid: A Review of Its Pharmacological Properties and Therapeutic Use1 * the whole document * 90 10 6971 CLASSIFICATION OF THE APPLICATION qnt. CI.S ) C07J9/00 A61K3 1/575 TECHNICAL FIELDS SEARCHED ant. CI.5 ) C07J A61K The present search report has been drawn up for all claims Date of aunpletMi ofthe search Place of iearch 30 MARCH 1992 THE HAGUE CATEGORY OF CITED DOCUMENTS X : particularly relevant if taken alone Y: particularly relevant if combined with another document of the same category A : technological background O : non-written disclosure P : intermediate document Exaatfaer WATCHORN P.W. T : theory or principle underlying the invention E : earlier patent document, but published on, or after the filing date D : document cited in the application L : document cited for other reasons &: member of the same patent family, corresponding document