Smithkline Beecham Corporation

Stacie Marie Halbert

Scott Kevin Thompson

Daniel F Veber

Timothy Francis Gallagher

Dennis Shinji Yamashita

Renee Louise DesJarlais

Thomas Joseph Carr

Hye-Ja Oh

Jack Hwekwo Yen

Katherine L Widdowson

John Duncan Elliott

Jack Dale Leber

The present invention provides compounds which inhibit proteases, including cathepsin K, pharmaceutical compositions of such compounds, and methods for treating diseases of excessive bone loss or cartilage or matrix degradation, including osteoporosis; gingival disease including gingivitis and periodontitis; arthritis, more specifically, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis; Paget's disease; hypercalcemia of malignancy; and metabolic bone disease, comprising inhibiting said bone loss or excessive cartilage or matrix degradation by administering to a patient in need thereof a compound of the present invention.

Protease inhibitors

The present invention provides compounds which inhibit proteases, including cathepsin K, pharmaceutical compositions of such compounds, and methods for treating diseases of excessive bone loss or cartilage or matrix degradation, inducing osteoporosis; gingival disease including gingivitis and periodontists; arthritis, more specifically, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis; Paget's disease; hypercalcemia of malignancy; and metabolic bone disease, comprising inhibiting said bone loss or excessive cartilage or matrix degradation by administering to a patient in need thereof a compound of the present invention.

Carbohydrazide protease inhibitors

The present invention provides compounds which inhibit proteases, including cathepsin K, pharmaceutical compositions of such compounds, and methods for treating diseases of excessive bone loss or cartilage or matrix degradation, including osteoporosis; gingival disease including gingivitis and periodontitis; arthritis, more specifically, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis; Paget's disease, hypercalcemia of malignancy; and metabolic bone disease, comprising inhibiting and bone loss or excessive cartilage or matrix degradation by administering to a patient in need thereof a compound of the present invention.

Disclosed herein is a compound of the formula ##STR1## known as 2-[N-(N-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-leucinyl)]-2'-[N'-[4-(N,N-dimethylaminomethyl) benzyloxy]carbonyl-L-leucinyl]carbohydrazide; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and solvates thereof.

Carboxylic acid indole inhibitors of chemokines

This invention relates to novel carboxylic acid indole compounds and compositions for use in the treatment of disease states mediated by the chemokine, Interleukin-8 (IL-8).

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Harleysville, PA, United States of America

Stacie Marie Halbert