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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2018
Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
K. Raja Reddy, San Diego, CA (US);
Jeff Stebbins, San Diego, CA (US);
Serge H. Boyer, San Diego, CA (US);
Mark D. Erion, Del Mar, CA (US);
Scott J. Hecker, Del Mar, CA (US);
Nicholas Brian Raffaele, San Diego, CA (US);
Brett C. Bookser, San Diego, CA (US);
Venkat Reddy Mali, Cupertino, CA (US);
Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
This invention pertains to the use of fused bicycle heterocyclic adducts of thiohydroxy pyridines or pyrimidines as diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 1 (DGAT-1) inhibitors to treat hyperlipidiemias and various diseases and disorders associated therewith. Other conditions also be ameliorated or avoided, such as high postprandial triglycerides or diet-related hypertriglyceridemia, cardiovascular risk associated with excessive triglycerides, and insulin resistance/glucose intolerance in overweight patients, those with diabetes or other glucose metabolic disorders such as Syndrome X and/or polycystic ovary disease.