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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Merck Frosst Canada & Co., Kirkland, CA;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; C07D / ; C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514336 ; 514473 ; 5462844 ; 549323 ;
Abstract
The invention encompasses compounds of Formula I as well as a method of treating COX-2 mediated diseases comprising administration to a patient need of such treatment of a non-toxic therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula I ##STR1## e.g. (5R)-3-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-5-ethyl-5-methyl-4-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]- 2,5-dihydro-2-furanone.