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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2017
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ (US);
Michael T. Rudd, Collegeville, PA (US);
Zhaoyang Meng, Ambler, PA (US);
Jenny Wai, Harleysville, PA (US);
David Jonathan Bennett, Winchester, MA (US);
Edward J. Brnardic, Lansdale, PA (US);
Nigel J. Liverton, Harleysville, PA (US);
Shawn J. Stachel, Perkasie, PA (US);
Yongxin Han, Needham, MA (US);
Paul Tempest, Taipei, TW;
Jiuxiang Zhu, Shanghai, CN;
Xuewang Xu, Shanghai, CN;
Bin Zhu, Shanghai, CN;
Chuanman Huang, Shanghai, CN;
Michael T. Rudd, Collegeville, PA (US);
Zhaoyang Meng, Ambler, PA (US);
Jenny Wai, Harleysville, PA (US);
David Jonathan Bennett, Winchester, MA (US);
Edward J. Brnardic, Lansdale, PA (US);
Nigel J. Liverton, Harleysville, PA (US);
Shawn J. Stachel, Perkasie, PA (US);
Yongxin Han, Needham, MA (US);
Paul Tempest, Taipei, TW;
Jiuxiang Zhu, Shanghai, CN;
Xuewang Xu, Shanghai, CN;
Bin Zhu, Shanghai, CN;
Chuanman Huang, Shanghai, CN;
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ (US);
Abstract
In its many embodiments, the present invention provides certain piperidine compounds of the Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X, Y, R, R, R, L, R, L, Q, and Rare as defined herein. The novel compounds of the invention, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising a compound thereof, are useful as Liver X-β receptor (LXRβ) agonists, and may be useful for treating or preventing pathologies related thereto. Such pathologies include, but are not limited to, inflammatory diseases and diseases characterized by defects in cholesterol and lipid metabolism, such as Alzheimer's disease.