A medical device comprising a supporting structure capable of containing
or supporting a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient, which
carrier or excipient may contain one or more therapeutic agents or
substances, with the carrier preferably including a coating on the
surface thereof, and the coating containing the therapeutic substances,
such as, for example, drugs. Supporting structures for the medical
devices that are suitable for use in this invention include, but are not
limited to, coronary stents, peripheral stents, catheters, arterio-venous
grafts, by-pass grafts, and drug delivery balloons used in the
vasculature. Drugs that are suitable for use in this invention include,
but are not limited to Formula (I). This drug can be used in combination
with another drug including those selected from anti-proliferative
agents, anti-platelet agents, anti-inflammatory agents, anti-thrombotic
agents, cytotoxic drugs, agents that inhibit cytokine or chemokine
binding, cell de-differentiation inhibitors, anti-lipaedemic agents,
matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors, cytostatic drugs, or combinations of
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