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Tricyclic compounds and uses thereof

US6723736B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 10, 2001
Grant dateApr 20, 2004
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Expiry dateOct 10, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07D311/76
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Substituted isoquinolines, isochromanones and isothiochromanones that inhibit the pro-inflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and/or interleukin-6 (IL-6) and/or the enzyme cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and/or interleukin-10 (IL-10). Compositions containing such compounds and methods of using such compounds for treatment and/or prevention of inflammation, inflammatory diseases, immunologic diseases and other diseases mediated by TNF-alpha, IL-6, COX-2 and/or IL-10 are also disclosed.

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