Abstract: This invention provides compounds defined by Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, Q, Y, R2, R3, R4, R5, and n are as defined in the specification. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as defined in the specification, together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent, or excipient. The invention also provides methods of inhibiting an MMP-13 enzyme in an animal, comprising administering to the animal a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The invention also provides methods of treating a disease mediated by an MMP-13 enzyme in a patient, comprising administering to the patient a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, either alone or in a pharmaceutical composition.

Abstract: This invention provides compounds defined by Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, Q, R2, R3, R4, and n are as defined in the specification. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as defined in the specification, together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent, or excipient. The invention also provides methods of inhibiting an MMP-13 enzyme in an animal, comprising administering to the animal a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The invention also provides methods of treating a disease mediated by an MMP-13 enzyme in a patient, comprising administering to the patient a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, either alone or in a pharmaceutical composition.

Abstract: A compound selected from those of formula (I): wherein W1 represents O, S, or —NR3 in which R3 represents hydrogen, alkyl, OH or CN; W2 represents a group selected from hydrogen, CF3, NH2, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, arylalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, heterocycle, these groups being optionally substituted, or W1 and W2 form together a group of formula —N?X4—W3— as defined in the description, X1, X2 and X3 represent N or C optionally substituted, n is 0 to 8, Z represents —CR12R13, wherein R12 and R13 are as defined in the description, A represents a ring system, the groups R2 represent hydrogen or various chemical groups as defined in the description, q is 0 to 7; R1 represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or a ring system, and optionally, its optical isomers, N-oxide, and addition salts thereof with a pharmaceutically-acceptable acid or base, and medicinal products containing the same are useful as specific inhibitors of type-13 matrix metalloprotease.

Abstract: The present invention relates to fused bicyclic metalloproteinase inhibitors of the formula wherein A, B, X, Y, and R1 are as defined in the specification, and to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating arthritis, inflammation, cancer and other disorders.

Abstract: The invention provides dicarboxylic acid-substituted heteroaryl derivatives of the formula G1-(C(R1)R2)n-Q1-B-Q2-(C(R3)R4)m-G2??I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein G1, G2, R1, R2, R3, R4, n, m, Q1, Q2, and B are as defined in the specification. The invention compounds are inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinase enzymes, including MMP-13. This invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating diseases mediated by MMP-13, including arthritis, asthma, heart disease, atherosclerosis, and osteoporosis, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of inhibiting matrix metalloproteinases using compounds that are dibenzofuran sulfonamide derivatives having the Formula I More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of treating diseases in which matrix metalloproteinases are involved such as multiple sclerosis, atherosclerotic plaque rupture, restenosis, aortic aneurism, heart failure, periodontal disease, corneal ulceration, burns, decubital ulcers, chronic ulcers or wounds, cancer metastasis, tumor angiogenesis, arthritis, or other autoimmune or inflammatory diseases dependent upon tissue invasion by leukocytes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to fused bicyclic metalloproteinase inhibitors of the formula wherein A, B, X, Y, and R1 are as defined in the specification, and to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating arthritis, inflammation, cancer and other disorders.

Abstract: A compound selected from those of formula (I): wherein: X1, X2, and X3, represent N or —CR3 in which R3 is as described in the description, G1 represents a group selected from those of formulae (i/a) and (i/b): in which R4, R5, and R6 are as defined in the description, G2 represents a group selected from carbon—carbon triple bond, —CH?C?CH—, C?O, C?S, S(O)n1 in which n1 represents an integer from 0 to 2 inclusive, or a group of formula (i/c): in which Y1 represents O, S, —NH or -Nalkyl, and Y2 represents O, S, —NH or -Nalkyl, n is an integer from 0 to 6 inclusive, and m is an integer from 0 to 7 inclusive, Z1 represents —CR9R10, wherein R9 and R10 are as defined in the description, A represents a ring system, R1 represents a group selected from H, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, optionally substituted and the group of formula (i/d): in which p, Z2, B, q and G3 are as defined in the description and optionally, its optical isomers, N-oxide, and addition salts thereof with a pharmaceutically-accept

Abstract: Selective MMP-13 inhibitors are pyridine derivatives of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: R1 and R2 independently are hydrogen, halo, hydroxy, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, C2-C6 alkenyl, C2-C6 alkynyl, NO2, NR4R5, CN, or CF3, E is independently O or S; A and B independently are OR4 or NR4R5; R4 and R5 independently are H, C1-C6 alkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl, C2-C6 alkynyl, (CH2)n aryl, (CH2)n cycloalkyl, (CH2)n heteroaryl, or R4 and R5 when taken together with the nitrogen to which they are attached complete a 3- to 8-membered ring containing carbon atoms and optionally containing a heteroatom selected from O, S, or NH, and optionally substituted or unsubstituted, n is an integer of from 0 to 6.

Abstract: This invention provides compounds defined by Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, Q, Y1, Y2, Y3, and R2 are as defined in the specification. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as defined in the specification, together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent, or excipient. The invention also provides methods of inhibiting an MMP-13 enzyme in an animal, comprising administering to the animal a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The invention also provides methods of treating a disease mediated by an MMP-13 enzyme in a patient, comprising administering to the patient a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, either alone or in a pharmaceutical composition.

Abstract: Alcohol and water solvates of 6-(5-carboxy-5-methyl-hexyloxy)-2,2-dimethylhexanoic acid monocalcium salt are crystalline and have the formula (I), wherein R1 is H or lower alkyl, and x is a number from 0 to 10, and are useful for treating dyslipidemia.

Abstract: A compound selected from those of formula (I): in which: W represents N or C—R1; in which R1 is as defined in the description, X represents N or C—R2 in which R2 is as defined in the description, Y represents a group selected from oxygen, sulfur, —NH, and —Nalkyl, Z represents a group selected from oxygen, sulphur, —NR8 in which R8 is as defined in the description, and optionally carbon depending the definition of Y, n is an integer from 0 to 8 inclusive, Z1 represents a group —CR9R10 wherein R9 and R10, are as defined in the description, which group contains optionally multiple bonds or heteroatomes, A represents a cyclic group, m is an integer from 0 to 7 inclusive, the group(s) R4 is (are) as defined in the description, R3 represents a group selected from hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, and the group of formula: in which p, Z2, B, q, and R13 are as defined in the description, optionally, its racemic forms, isomers thereof, N-oxydes thereof, and its the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof

Abstract: A compound of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a tautomer thereof, wherein G1, G2, and B are as defined in the application, are selective inhibitors of MMP-13. The compounds are useful for treating diseases mediated by MMP-13, including cancer and arthritis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to fused bicyclic metalloproteinase inhibitors of the formula wherein A, B, X, Y, and R1 are as defined in the specification, and to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating arthritis, inflammation, cancer and other disorders.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds and methods of synthesizing furanose and aminofuranose compounds of Formula I which are useful fro treating rheumatoid arthritis, immunomodulatory diseases and disorders, inflammation, and diseases and disorders characterized by exhibiting tissue proliferation.

Abstract: A compound selected from those of formula (I): wherein: X1, X2, and X3, represent N or —CR3 in which R3 is as described in the description, G1 represents a group selected from those of formulae (i/a) and (i/b): in which R4, R5, and R6 are as defined in the description, G2 represents a group selected from carbon-carbon triple bond, —CH═C═CH—, C═O, C═S, S(O)n1 in which n1 represents an integer from 0 to 2 inclusive, or a group of formula (i/c): in which Y1 represents O, S, —NH or —N alkyl, and Y2 represents O, S, —NH or —N alkyl, n is an integer from 0 to 6 inclusive, and m is an integer from 0 to 7 inclusive, Z1 represents —CR9R10, wherein R9 and R10 are as defined in the description, A represents a ring system, R1 represents a group selected from H, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, optionally substituted and the group of formula (i/d): in which p, Z2, B, q and G3 are as de

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or solvate of either entity, wherein R4 is a guanidinyl moiety and the other substituents are as defined in the text, are urokinase inhibitors.