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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 1981
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Y Lesher, Schodack, NY (US);
Monte D Gruett, Schodack, NY (US);
Assignee:
Sterling Drug Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424256 ; 546119 ; 546257 ; 546258 ;
Abstract
1-R-5-PY-6-Q-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin-3-amines or pharmaceutically-acceptable acid-addition salts thereof, which are useful as cardiotonics, are prepared by reacting a 2-halo-5-PY-6-Q-nicotinonitrile with 1-R-hydrazine, where R is hydrogen, lower-alkyl, lower-hydroxyalkyl, 2,3-dihydroxypropyl or lower-alkoxyalkyl, Q is hydrogen or lower-alkyl, and PY is 4- or 3-pyridinyl or 4- or 3-pyridinyl having one or two lower-alkyl substituents. Also shown are cardiotonic compositions and method for increasing cardiac contractility using said compounds or salts.