Compounds useful as anti-inflammatory agents

US7019006B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Pier Francesco Cirillo · Woodbury, US
• Steffen Breitfelder · Aßmannshardt, DE
• Usha R. Patel · Brookfield, US
• John Proudfoot · Newtown, US
• Alan David Swinamer · Bethel, US
• Hidenori Takahashi · Lagrangeville, US
• Thomas A. Gilmore · Cambridge, US
• Rajiv Sharma · Mumbai, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 21, 2003
• Grant date: Mar 28, 2006
• Expiry date: Oct 24, 2023

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.