Patent · US Expired

Heterocyclic amides

US5521179A · kind A · utility

24Cited by
2References
14Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateApr 8, 1993
Grant dateMay 28, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 8, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K38/00
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to certain novel heterocyclic amides which are 1-pyridylacetamide compounds of formula I, set out herein, which are inhibitors of human leukocyte elastase (HLE), also known as human neutrophil elastase (HNE), making them useful whenever such inhibition is desired, such as for research tools in pharmacological, diagnostic and related studies and in the treatment of diseases in mammals in which HLE is implicated. The invention also includes intermediates useful in the synthesis of these heterocyclic amides, processes for preparing the heterocyclic amides, pharmaceutical compositions containing such heterocyclic amides and methods for their use.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.