Patent number: 8455511
Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an antagonist against CRF receptors which is effective as a therapeutic or prophylactic agent for diseases in which CRF is considered to be involved, such as depression, anxiety, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, eating disorder, hypertension, gastric diseases, drug dependence, epilepsy, cerebral infarction, cerebral ischemia, cerebral edema, cephalic external wound, inflammation, immunity-related diseases, alopecia, irritable bowel syndrome, sleep disorders, epilepsy, dermatitides, schizophrenia, etc. This problem can be solved with a pyrrolopyrimidine or pyrrolopyridine derivative substituted with a cyclic amino group represented by formula [I] below which has a high affinity for CRF receptors and is effective against diseases in which CRF is considered to be involved.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 22, 2010
Date of Patent:
June 4, 2013
Assignee:
Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Atsuro Nakazato, Taketoshi Okubo, Dai Nozawa, Mikako Yamaguchi, Tomoko Tamita, Ludo E. J. Kennis, Marcel F. L. De Bruyn, Jean-Pierre A. M. Bongartz, Frans M. A. Van Den Keybus, Yves E. M. Van Roosbroeck, Marcel G. M. Luyckx, Robert J. M. Hendrickx