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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1999
Soumya P. Sahoo, Old Bridge, NJ (US);
Wei Han, West Chester, PA (US);
Richard L. Tolman, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jeffrey Bergman, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Conrad Santini, Warren, NJ (US);
Ranjit Desai, Franklin Park, NJ (US);
Victoria K. Lombardo, Belle Mead, 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 &agr;, &dgr; and/or &ggr; mediated diseases, disorders and conditions.