Abstract: This invention is directed to the pharmaceutical use of phenyl compounds, which are linked to an aryl moiety by various linkages, for inhibiting tumor necrosis factor. The invention is also directed to the compounds, their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds. Furthermore, this invention is directed to the pharmaceutical use of the compounds for inhibiting cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 7, 1995
Date of Patent:
October 21, 1997
Assignee:
Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Limited
Inventors:
Garry Fenton, Andrew David Morley, Malcolm Norman Palfreyman, Andrew James Ratcliffe, Brian William Sharp, Keith Alfred James Stuttle, Sukanthini Thurairatnam, Bernard Yvon Jack Vacher