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Inhibitors of squalene synthetase and protein farnesyltransferase

US5783593A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 29, 1996
Grant dateJul 21, 1998
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Expiry dateApr 29, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07C2603/74
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides a compound of the formula ##STR1## which inhibit squalene synthetase and cholesterol biosynthesis and are useful in the treatment of e.g., hyperlipidaemia, atherosclerosis, or fungal infections, processes for the preparation of the compounds of the invention, intermediates useful in these processes, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds.

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