Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Shu Mik Lee
  • Patent number: 6444666
    Abstract: A compound of formula I, or a salt or prodrug thereof: wherein: Z represents C1-6 alkyl, C3-7 cycloalkyl, C4-7 cycloalkenyl, aryl, C3-7 heterocycloalkyl, heteroaryl or di(C1-6)alkylamino, any of which groups may be optionally substituted; R1 represents an optionally substituted five-membered heteroaromatic ring selected from oxazole, thiazole, isoxazole, isothiazole, imidazole, pyrazole, oxadiazole, thiadiazole, triazole and tetrazole; or R1 represents an optionally substituted six-membered heteroaromatic ring selected from pyrazine, pyrimidine and pyridazine; and R2 represents cyano(C1-6)alkyl, hydroxy(C1-6)alkyl, C3-7 cycloalkyl(C1-6)alkyl, propargyl, C3-7 heterocycloalkylcarbonyl(C1-6)alkyl, aryl(C1-6)alkyl or heteroaryl(C1-6)alkyl, any of which groups may be optionally substituted; its use in treating anxiety and pharmaceutical compositions comprising it; a subclass of compounds which are useful in enhancing cognition, such as Alzheimer's Disease, is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Tamara Ladduwahetty, Kevin John Merchant, Francine Sternfeld, Leslie Joseph Street