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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1998
Soumya P Sahoo, Old Bridge, NJ (US);
Richard L Tolman, Los Altos, CA (US);
Wei Han, West Chester, PA (US);
Jeffrey Bergman, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Conrad Santini, Warren, NJ (US);
Victoria K Lombardo, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Ranjit Desai, Franklin Park, NJ (US);
Julia K Boueres, Franklin Park, NJ (US);
Dominick F Gratale, Edison, NJ (US);
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Abstract
Substituted 5-aryl-2,4-thiazolidinediones are potent agonists of PPAR, and are therefore useful in the treatment, control or prevention of diabetes, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia (including hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia), atherosclerosis, obesity, vascular restenosis, and other PPAR .alpha., .delta. and/or .gamma. mediated diseases, disorders and conditions.