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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1999
Masayuki Ohashi, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Shudo, Tokyo, JP;
Kazumi Nishijima, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuto Notsu, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Kikuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazutoshi Yanagibashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hidemitsu Nishida, Tokyo, JP;
Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention relates to novel pyridocarbazole derivatives having highly selective action in inhibiting cyclic GMP-phosphodiesterase (hereinafter abbreviated as cGMP-PDE), processes for producing such derivatives, agents containing at least one of such derivatives as an active ingredient for preventing and/or treating pulmonary hypertension, ischemic heart diseases or diseases against which the cGMP-PDE inhibitory action is effective, and intermediates useful for the production of pyridocarbazole derivatives.