Publication number: 20110190398
Abstract: A compound of formula V or formula VI for use in the treatment of a demyelinating peripheral neuropathy: wherein X is O, S, SO or SO2, R1 is halogen, trihalomethyl, OH, C1-7alkyl, C1-4alkoxy, trifluoromethoxy, phenoxy, cyclohexylmethyloxy, pyridylmethoxy, cinnamyloxy, naphthylmethoxy, phenoxymethyl, CH2—OH, CH2—CH2—OH, C1-4alkylthio, C1-4alkylsulfinyl, C1-4alkylsulfonyl, benzylthio, acetyl, nitro or cyano, or phenyl, phenylC1-4alkyl or phenyl-C1-4alkoxy each phenyl group thereof being optionally substituted by halogen, CF3, C1-4alkyl or C1-4alkoxy; R2 is H, halogen, trihalomethyl, C1-4alkoxy, C1-7alkyl, phenethyl or benzyloxy; R3 is H, halogen, CF3, OH, C1-7alkyl, C1-4alkoxy, benzyloxy, phenyl or CMalkoxymethyl; each of R4 and R5, independently is H or a residue of formula (a), wherein each of R8 and R9, independently, is H or C1-4alkyl optionally substituted by halogen; and n is an integer from 1 to 4; and the N-oxide derivatives thereof or prodrugs thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 17, 2009
Publication date:
August 4, 2011
Applicant:
NOVARTIS AG
Inventors:
David Leppert, Erik Wallstroem, Barbara Nuesslein-Hildesheim