Compounds useful as anti-inflammatory agents

US6660732B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Rajashehar Betageri · Bethel, US
• Steffen Breitfelder · Aßmannshardt, DE
• Pier Francesco Cirillo · Woodbury, US
• Thomas A. Gilmore · Cambridge, US
• Eugene Richard Hickey · Danbury, US
• Thomas Martin Kirrane, Jr. · Danbury, US
• Monica H. Moriak · Danbury, US
• Neil Moss · Ridgefield, US
• Usha R. Patel · Brookfield, US
• John Proudfoot · Newtown, US
• John R. Regan · Princeton, US
• Rajiv Sharma · Mumbai, IN
• Sanxing Sun · Danbury, US
• Alan David Swinamer · Bethel, US
• Hidenori Takahashi · Lagrangeville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 25, 2001
• Grant date: Dec 9, 2003
• Expiry date: Jan 9, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D495/08
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Disclosed are novel aromatic compounds which are useful for treating diseases or pathological conditions involving inflammation such as chronic inflammatory diseases. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing and processes of making such compounds.