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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1997
Alan D Adams, Cranford, NJ (US);
Joel P Berger, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Gregory D Berger, Stonington, CT (US);
Kenneth J Fitch, Cranford, NJ (US);
Donald W Graham, Mountainside, NJ (US);
Anthony B Jones, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Derek von Langen, Fanwood, NJ (US);
Mark D Leibowitz, Millburn, NJ (US);
David E Moller, Bedminster, NJ (US);
Arthur A Patchett, Westfield, NJ (US);
Conrad Santini, Warren, NJ (US);
Soumya P Sahoo, Old Bridge, NJ (US);
Richard L Tolman, Warren, NJ (US);
Richard B Toupence, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Thomas F Walsh, Watchung, NJ (US);
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Abstract
The instant invention is concerned with acetylphenols which are useful as antiobesity and antidiabetic compounds. Compositions and methods for the use of the compounds in the treatment of diabetes and obesity and for lowering or modulating triglyceride levels and cholesterol levels or raising high density lipoprotein levels or for increasing gut motility or for treating atherosclerosis are also disclosed.