Merck Sharp + Dohme Corp.

Merck + Co., Inc.

Ginger Xu-Qiang Yang

Soumya P Sahoo

Hiroo Koyama

William K Hagmann

George A Doherty

Shrenik K Shah

Theodore M Kamenecka

Peter T Meinke

Linus S Lin

Linda L Chang

Richard A Mumford

Kevin D Dykstra

Meng-Hsin Chen

Daniel J Miller

Stephen J O'Keefe

Stephen J O'KEEFE

Compounds described by the chemical formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: Formula (I); are inhibitors of p38 and are useful in the treatment of inflammation such as in the treatment of asthma, COPD, ARDS, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid spondylitis, osteoarthritis, gouty arthritis and other arthritic conditions; inflamed joints, eczema, psoriasis or other inflammatory skin conditions such as sunburn; inflammatory eye conditions including conjunctivitis; pyresis, pain and other conditions associated with inflammation. 

P38 kinase inhibiting agents

Compounds described by the chemical formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: are inhibitors of p38 and are useful in the treatment of inflammation such as in the treatment of asthma, COPD, ARDS, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid spondylitis, osteoarthritis, gouty arthritis and other arthritic conditions; inflamed joints, eczema, psoriasis or other inflammatory skin conditions such as sunburn; inflammatory eye conditions including conjunctivitis; pyresis, pain and other conditions associated with inflammation.

Compounds of formula (I) are antagonists of VLA-4 and/or alpha4/beta7, and as such are useful in the inhibition or prevention of cell adhesion and cell-adhesion mediated pathologies. These compounds may be formulated into pharmaceutical compositions and are suitable for use in the treatment of AIDS-related dementia, allergic conjunctivitis, allergic rhinitis, Alzheimer's disease, asthma, atherosclerosis, autologous bone marrow transplantation, certain types of toxic and immune-based nephritis, contact dermal hypersensitivity, inflammatory bowel disease including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, inflammatory lung diseases, inflammatory sequelae of viral infections, meningitis, multiple sclerosis, multiple myeloma, myocarditis, organ transplantation, psoriasis, pulmonary fibrosis, restenosis, rhinitis, rheumatoid arthritis, septic arthritis, stroke, tumor metastasis, uveititis, and type I diabetes.

Substituted N-arylsulfonyl-proline derivatives as potent cell adhesion inhibitors

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Ginger Xu-Qiang Yang