Corvas International, Inc.

Jonathan Zhanqi Ho

Joseph Edward Semple

Gian Luca Araldi

John Eugene Reiner

Daniel Vanna Siev

The present invention provides compounds having a lactam ring at P3 and at P1 have a six-membered heterocyclic ring having two ring nitrogen ring atoms and the remainder of the ring atoms carbon atoms. These compounds have biological activity as active and potent inhibitors of thrombin. Their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of using these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds as therapeutic agents for treatment of disease states in mammals which are characterized by abnormal thrombosis are also described.

Thrombin inhibitors having a lactam at P3

The present invention provides compounds which have a pyrazinone or pyridinone ring at P3 and which feature a six member heterocyclic ring having two ring nitrogen atoms and the remainder of the ring atoms carbon atoms at P1. These compounds have biological activity as active and potent inhibitors of thrombin. Their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of using these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds as therapeutic agents for treatment of disease states in mammals which are characterized by abnormal thrombosis are also described.

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Jonathan Zhanqi Ho