Abstract: An aromatic sulfonyl aipha-hydroxy hydroxamic acid compound that inter alia inhibits matrix metalloprotease activity is disclosed, as is a treatment process that comprises administering a contemplated aromatic sulfonyl alpha-hydroxy hydroxamic acid compound in an MMP enzyme-inhibiting effective amount to a host having a condition associated with pathological matrix metalloprotease activity.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 3, 2001
Date of Patent:
April 6, 2004
Assignee:
Pharmacia Corporation
Inventors:
John N. Freskos, Terri L. Boehm, Brent V. Mischke, Robert M. Heintz, Joseph J. McDonald, Gary A. DeCrescenzo, Susan C. Howard