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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1996
William R Baker, Bellevue, WA (US);
Saul H Rosenberg, Grayslake, IL (US);
Anthony K Fung, Gurnee, IL (US);
Todd W Rockway, Grayslake, IL (US);
Stephen A Fakhoury, Mundelein, IL (US);
David S Garvey, Dover, MA (US);
B Gregory Donner, Mundelein, IL (US);
Stephen J O'Connor, Wilmette, IL (US);
Rajnandan N Prasad, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Wang Shen, Skokie, IL (US);
David M Stout, Mettawa, IL (US);
Gerard M Sullivan, Round Lake Beach, IL (US);
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a compound of the formula ##STR1## which inhibit squalene synthetase and cholesterol biosynthesis and are useful in the treatment of e.g., hyperlipidaemia, atherosclerosis, or fungal infections, processes for the preparation of the compounds of the invention, intermediates useful in these processes, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds.