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Hans-Ludwig Schafer

Norbert Krass

Gerhard Jahne

Axel Hoffmann

Hans Georg Boger

The invention relates to 4-Amino-2-ureidopyrimidine-5-carboxamides of the formula I ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is H or (C.sub.1 -C.sub.8)-alkyl, where one or more H can be replaced by F; R.sup.2 is selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, H, -O-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.8)-alkyl, and -S-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.8)-alkyl, where the alkyl groups have one or more H replaced by F; R.sup.3 is -O-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.8)-alkyl or -S-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.8)-alkyl, where the alkyl groups have one or more H replaced by F; or R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 together form -O-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.5)-alkylene-O-, where the alkylene portion has one or more H replaced by F; and their physiologically tolerable salts. The invention further provides processes for preparing the compounds of formula I. The compounds are suitable for the treatment of disorders of lipid metabolism.

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