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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1992
Hiroaki Masumori, Nishinomiya, JP;
Norihiko Tanno, Ibaraki, JP;
Ikutaro Saji, Suita, JP;
Yoshihiko Kimura, Osaka, JP;
Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Company, Limited, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A novel thiazole derivative represented by the following general formula [1] and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: ##STR1## wherein A is a single bond, a straight-chained or branched lower alkylene group or a straight-chained or branched lower alkenylene group; B is a single bond or --CO--; R.sup.1 is a carboxy group or --CON(R.sup.7)OR.sup.8 (R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 are independently of each other a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group); R.sup.2 is a lower alkyl group; R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are independently of each other a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxycarbonyl group; R.sup.5 is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; and R.sup.6 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a hydroxy group, a lower alkoxy group, a thiol group, a lower alkylthio group, a lower alkylsulfinyl group, a lower alkylsulfonyl group, a nitro group, an amino group, a substituted amino group, a cyano group, a carboxy group or an acyl group. The compounds of the present invention are useful as therapeutic or preventive drugs for autoimmune diseases and inflammatory diseases.