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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2016
Applicant:
Boehringer Ingelheim International Gmbh, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Inventors:
Klaus Dugi, London, GB;
Eva Ulrike Graefe-Mody, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Ruth Harper, Reading, GB;
Hans-Juergen Woerle, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D 473/06 (2006.01); A61K 31/496 (2006.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01); A61K 31/40 (2006.01); A61K 31/403 (2006.01); A61K 31/4025 (2006.01); A61K 31/422 (2006.01); A61K 31/427 (2006.01); A61K 31/4375 (2006.01); A61K 31/4439 (2006.01); A61K 31/4985 (2006.01); A61K 31/506 (2006.01); A61K 31/5025 (2006.01); A61K 31/513 (2006.01); A61K 31/522 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/496 (2013.01); A61K 9/0053 (2013.01); A61K 31/40 (2013.01); A61K 31/403 (2013.01); A61K 31/4025 (2013.01); A61K 31/422 (2013.01); A61K 31/427 (2013.01); A61K 31/4375 (2013.01); A61K 31/4439 (2013.01); A61K 31/4985 (2013.01); A61K 31/506 (2013.01); A61K 31/5025 (2013.01); A61K 31/513 (2013.01); A61K 31/522 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to the finding that certain DPP-4 inhibitors are particularly suitable for treating and/or preventing metabolic diseases, particularly diabetes, in patients for whom metformin therapy is inappropriate due to intolerability or contraindication against metformin.