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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Craig A Coburn, Skippack, PA (US);
Randall W Hungate, Lansdale, PA (US);
Richard C Isaacs, Harleysville, PA (US);
Joseph P Vacca, Telford, PA (US);
Mary Beth Young, Lansdale, PA (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; C07D / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514622 ; 514432 ; 514456 ; 514616 ; 514374 ; 514415 ; 514438 ; 514443 ; 549 53 ; 549 58 ; 549 77 ; 549 23 ; 549404 ; 564158 ; 564170 ; 548495 ; 548238 ;
Abstract
Compounds such as ##STR1## or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are HIV protease inhibitors. These compounds are useful in the prevention or treatment of infection by HIV and in the treatment of AIDS, either as compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical composition ingredients, whether or not in combination with other antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics or vaccines. Methods of treating AIDS and methods of preventing or treating infection by HIV are also described.