Abstract: Described are compounds and a method of inhibiting epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase by treating, with an effective inhibiting amount, a mammal, in need thereof, a compound of Formula II:
where:
one of A or E is nitrogen, with remaining atoms carbon;
X=O, S, NH or NR7, such that R7=lower alkyl (1-4 carbon atoms), OH, NH2, lower alkoxy (1-4 carbon atoms) or lower monoalkylamino (1-4 carbon atoms). Other terms are described in the specification.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 2, 2001
Date of Patent:
September 24, 2002
Assignee:
Warner-Lambert Company
Inventors:
Alexander James Bridges, William Alexander Denny, David Fry, Alan Kraker, Robert Frederick Meyer, Gordon William Rewcastle, Andrew Mark Thompson