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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:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roger D. Tung, Beverly, MA (US);
Govinda Rao Bhisetti, Lexington, MA (US);
Luc J. Farmer, Foxoboro, MA (US);
Assignee:
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1495 ; A61K 3/116 ; A61K 3/144 ; A61K 3/1675 ; A61P 3/118 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1495 ; A61K 3/116 ; A61K 3/144 ; A61K 3/1675 ; A61P 3/118 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to compounds, methods and pharmaceutical compositions for inhibiting proteases, particularly serine proteases, and more particularly HCV NS3 proteases. The compounds, and the compositions and methods that utilize them, can be used, either alone or in combination to inhibit viruses, particularly HCV virus.