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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rodney Brian Hargreaves, Macclesfield, GB;
Paul Robert Owen Whittamore, Macclesfield, GB;
Assignee:
AstraZeneca AB, Sodertalje, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/141 ; A61K 3/1422 ; A61K 3/14439 ; A61K 3/14709 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/141 ; A61K 3/1422 ; A61K 3/14439 ; A61K 3/14709 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of certain benzoic acid derivatives of formula (I), as disclosed in the specification, which act as peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR) agonists, in particular states of insulin resistance including type 2 gamma receptors (PPAR), and so are useful therapeutically in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Novel pharmaceutical compositions and novel compounds are also defined, together with methods of their production.