Patent number: 6890920
Abstract: Novel quaternary ammonium compounds of the formula and any stereoisomers thereof, wherein R1, R2 and R3 independently represent C1-C6 alkyl, optionally substituted with phenyl or hydroxyl, or both, and wherein any two of R1, R2 and R3 may form a ring together with the quaternary ammonium nitrogen; R4 represents —H, —CH3, or —CO—R4-1, wherein R4-1 represents —(C1-C4 alkyl), —(C1-C4 alkoxy), or —NR4-2R4-3, wherein R4-2 and R4-3 independently represent —H or —(C1-C4 alkyl); R5, R6 and R7 independently represent —H, —OCH3, —OH, —CONH2, —SO2NH2, —F, —Cl, —Br, —I, —CF3, or —(C1-C4 alkyl), optionally substituted with one or two —OH, —(C1-C4 alkoxy), —COOH, or —CO—O—(C1-C3 alkyl); and X? represents an anion of a pharmaceutically acceptable acid, the compounds for use as medicaments, use of the compounds for the manufacture of specific medicaments, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds. The present invention also concerns a method of treatment involving administration of the compounds.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 25, 2002
Date of Patent:
May 10, 2005
Assignee:
Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
Inventors:
Ivan Richards, Sue K. Cammarata, Craig D. Wegner, Michael Hawley, Mark Peter Warchol, Mark Kontny, Walter Morozowich, Karen Patrice Kolbasa, Malcolm Wilson Moon, Dominique Bonafoux, Sergey Gregory Wolfson, Patrick James Lennon
