Patents Represented by Attorney Berard Devlin
  • Patent number: 7851638
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein R1 is an alkyl, phenyl, heterocyclyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, ester, amino or amide group; R2 is a phenyl, heterocyclyl, alkyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl group; R3 is an alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, amino or heterocyclyl group; R4 and R5 are hydrogen or alkyl or form a cycloalkyl ring; A is O or N; and m is zero or one; as inhibitors of GlyT1 and thus as useful for treating or preventing diseases such as schizophrenia; with the provision of pharmaceutical compositions, first and second medical uses and methods of treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
    Inventors: Wesley Peter Blackaby, Jose Luis Castro Pineiro, Richard Thomas Lewis, Elizabeth Mary Naylor, Leslie Joseph Street