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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2000
Claude Forsey Purchase, Jr., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Bruce David Roth, Plymouth, MI (US);
Gerald Paul Schielke, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Lary Craswell Walker, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Andrew David White, Pinckney, MI (US);
Warner-Lambert Company, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Abstract
Biphenyl butyric acid compounds and derivatives are described as well as acid methods for the preparation and pharmaceutical compositions of same, which are useful as inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases, particularly gelatinase A (72 kD gelatinase) and stromelysin-1 and for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, atherosclerotic plaque rupture, aortic aneurism, heart failure, restenosis, periodontal disease, corneal ulceration, treatment of burns, decubital ulcers, wound healing, cancer, inflammation, pain, arthritis, or other autoimmune or inflammatory disorders dependent upon tissue invasion by leukocytes or other activated migrating cells.