Benzimidazole derivatives

US6455507B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• SmithKline Beecham Limited · US

Inventors

• John C. Drach · Ann Arbor, US
• Leroy B. Townsend · Ann Arbor, US
• Frank Leslie Boyd, Jr. · Raleigh, US
• Stanley Chamberlain · Alpharetta, US
• Susan Mary Daluge · Chapel Hill, US
• David Norman Deaton · King of Prussia, US
• Marc W. Andersen · Raleigh, US
• George A. Freeman · Cary, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 17, 2000
• Grant date: Sep 24, 2002
• Expiry date: Mar 17, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07H19/052
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Benzimidazole derivatives useful for treating or preventing viral infections such as those caused by herpes viruses or in the treatment of restenosis following surgical techniques. Methods of preparing these benzimidazole derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are described.