Abstract: A sulfonyl aromatic or heteroaromatic ring hydroxamic acid compound that inter alia inhibits matrix metalloprotease activity is disclosed as are a treatment process that comprises administering a contemplated sulfonyl aromatic or heteroaromatic ring hydroxamic acid compound in a MMP enzyme-inhibiting effective amount to a host having a condition associated with pathological matrix metalloprotease activity.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 1, 2000
Date of Patent:
September 21, 2004
Assignee:
G. D. Searle
Inventors:
Louis J. Bedell, Joseph J. McDonald, Thomas E. Barta, Daniel P. Becker, Shashidhar N. Rao, John N. Freskos, Brent V. Mischke, Daniel P. Getman, Gary A. DeCrescenzo, Clara I. Villamil