Abstract: There is disclosed a genus of non-peptidyl compounds, wherein said compounds are VLA-4 inhibitors useful in treating inflammatory, autoimmune, and respiratory diseases, and wherein said compounds comprise a compound of Formula (1.0.

Abstract: A compound of the formula wherein R1, R2 R3, R4 R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 and Ar are as defined above, useful in the treatment of a condition selected from the group consisting of arthritis, cancer, and other diseases characterized by matrix metalloproteinase or mammalian reprolysin activity. In addition, the compounds of the present invention may be used in combination therapy with standard non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID'S), COX-2 inhibitors and analgesics, and in combination with cytotoxic drugs such as adriamycin, daunomycin, cis-platinum, etoposide, taxol, taxotere and other alkaloids, such as vincristine, in the treatment of cancer.

Abstract: Compounds of Formula (1.0.0): are described wherein A is for example aryl, heteroaryl or heterocyclyl, Y is preferably —C(═O)—; B is independently selected from a group of moieties, the most preferred of which are those of partial Formulas (1.1.2) and (1.1.6): and E is a single bond; oxygen; 1,1-cyclopropyl; C(CH3)2; CF2; or a bridging moiety of partial Formula (1.9.0): where R1a is hydrogen when R1 has the meaning of a mono-valent substituent; and R1a is a single bond when R1 has the meaning of a di-valent substituent. Said compounds are useful in methods of treating or preventing an inflammatory, autoimmune or respiratory diseases by inhibiting cell adhesion and consequent or associated pathogenic processes subsequently mediated by VLA-4.