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Substituted pyrimidines

US7405221B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 23, 2003
Grant dateJul 29, 2008
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Expiry dateSep 23, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07D487/08
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Novel compounds of the structural formula (I) are antagonists and/or inverse agonists of the Cannabinoid-1 (CB1) receptor and are useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the CB1 receptor. The compounds of the present invention are useful as centrally acting drugs in the treatment of psychosis, memory deficits, cognitive disorders, migraine, neuropathy, neuro-inflammatory disorders including multiple sclerosis and Guillain-Barre syndrome and the inflammatory sequelae of viral encephalitis, cerebral vascular accidents, and head trauma, anxiety disorders, stress, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, movement disorders, and schizophrenia. The compounds are also useful for the treatment of substance abuse disorders, the treatment of obesity or eating disorders, as well as the treatment of asthma, constipation, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, and cirrhosis of the liver

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