Abstract: The present invention is directed to pyrrolidine compounds of the formula I:
(wherein R1, R2, R3, R4c, R4d, and R4f are defined herein) which are useful as modulators of chemokine receptor activity. In particular, these compounds are useful as modulators of the chemokine receptors CCR-3 and/or CCR-5.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 1, 2000
Date of Patent:
December 3, 2002
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc.
Inventors:
Jianming Bao, Robert K. Baker, William H. Parsons, Kathleen Rupprecht
Abstract: Certain novel substituted piperidine compounds are agonists of the human melanocortin receptor(s) and, in particular, are selective agonists of the human melanocortin-4 receptor (MC-4R). They are therefore useful for the treatment, control, or prevention of diseases and disorders responsive to the activation of MC-4R, such as obesity, diabetes, sexual dysfunction, including erectile dysfunction and female sexual dysfunction. Also provided are methods of treating sexual dysfunction with a compound that is a selective agonist of MC-4R over any other human melanocortin receptor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 1, 2000
Date of Patent:
February 26, 2002
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc.
Inventors:
Raman K. Bakshi, Khaled J. Barakat, Ravi P. Nargund, Brenda L. Palucki, Arthur A. Patchett, Iyassu Sebhat, Zhixiong Ye, Leonardus H. T. Van Der Ploeg
Abstract: The invention relates to the use of quinolone- and naphthyridonecarboxylic acid derivatives which are substituted in position 7 by a 1-aninomethyl-2-oxa-7-azabicyclo[3.3.0]oct-7-yl radical, and of their salts for the therapy of Helicobacter pylori infections and associated gastroduodenal disorders.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 10, 2001
Publication date:
November 1, 2001
Inventors:
Uwe Petersen, Michael Matzke, Thomas Jaetsch, Thomas Schenke, Thomas Himmler, Stephan Bartel, Bernd Baasner, Hans-Otto Werling, Klaus Schaller, Harald Labischinski, Rainer Endermann
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for sequestering bile acids in a patient and to particular polymers for use in the method. The method comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of a spirobicyclic ammonium moiety-containing polymer composition to a mammal, such as a human, whereby bile acids are sequestered. The polymers of the invention comprise spirobicyclic ammonium moieties and optionally, further comprise a hydrophobic substituent, a quaternary ammonium-containing substituent or a combination thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 1, 1998
Date of Patent:
August 7, 2001
Assignee:
GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Inventors:
Pradeep K. Dhal, Steven C. Polomoscanik