Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Leslie-Anna Horvath
  • Melanin concentrating hormone receptor ligands
    Patent number: 6569861
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein Q, X, Y, Z, and R1 R9, and R12-R19 are defined herein. These compounds are selective modulators of MCH 1 receptors that are, therefore, useful in the treatment of a variety of metabolic, feeding, and sexual disorders. Methods of treatment of such disorders and well as packaged pharmaceutical compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Rajagopal Bakthavatchalam, Andrew Thurkauf, Alan Hutchison