Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Kyumin K. Lee
  • Inhibitors of serine proteases, particularly hepatitis C virus NS3 protease
    Patent number: 6617309
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, methods and pharmaceutical compositions for inhibiting proteases, particularly serine proteases, and more particularly HCV NS3 proteases. The compounds, and the compositions and methods that utilize them, can be used, either alone or in combination to inhibit viruses, particularly HCV virus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Roger D Tung, Scott L. Harbeson, David D. Deininger, Mark A. Murcko, Govinda R. Bhisetti, Luc J. Farmer