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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1994
Harold G Selnick, Ambler, PA (US);
Gerald S Ponticello, Lansdale, PA (US);
John J Baldwin, Gwynedd Valley, PA (US);
Joanne E Tomassini, Lansdale, PA (US);
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Abstract
Dioxobutanoic acids substituted with piperidine or similar N-substituted saturated cycloalkyls are found to inhibit the cap-dependent endonuclease of influenza virus. These compounds are useful in the prevention or treatment of infection by influenza virus and the treatment of influenza, either as compound, pharmaceutically acceptable salts,. pharmaceutical composition ingredients, whether or not in combination with other antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics or vaccines. Methods of treating influenza and methods of preventing or treating infection by influenza virus are also described.