Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and methods of using these compounds for treating a metabolic disease or liver condition. The present invention relates generally to compounds and pharmaceutical compositions useful as 17?-HSD13 inhibitors. Specifically, the present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of 17?-HSD13 and methods for their preparation and use.

Abstract: One aspect according to the present disclosure relates to a novel nucleic acid ligand which is a new class of nucleic acid compound, the existence of which was considered impossible in the prior art. The novel nucleic acid ligand has specific binding affinity with respect to at least two different targets having three-dimensional structures, and the binding sites for the at least two targets are formed in or from a single nucleic acid ligand. The novel nucleic acid ligand according the present disclosure can simultaneously solve several problems of existing aptamers that the prior art could not solve. One aspect according to the present disclosure relates to a novel screening method for identifying the above-mentioned novel nucleic acid ligand. The novel screening method uses a step for sequentially contacting at least two different targets having three-dimensional structures to screen a novel nucleic acid ligand that was previously thought impossible.