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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006

Filed:

May. 16, 2002
Applicants:

Sui Xiong Cai, San Diego, CA (US);

Hong Zhang, San Diego, CA (US);

William E. Kemnitzer, San Diego, CA (US);

Songchun Jiang, San Diego, CA (US);

John Drewe, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Richard Storer, Pinner, GB;

Inventors:

Sui Xiong Cai, San Diego, CA (US);

Hong Zhang, San Diego, CA (US);

William E. Kemnitzer, San Diego, CA (US);

Songchun Jiang, San Diego, CA (US);

John Drewe, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Richard Storer, Pinner, GB;

Assignees:

Cytovia, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Shire BioChem Inc., Laval, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D 311/04 (2006.01); C07D 405/00 (2006.01); C07D 217/02 (2006.01); A61K 31/47 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention is directed to substituted coumarins and quinolines and analogs thereof, represented by the general Formula I:wherein A, B, X, Y, and Z are defined herein. The present invention also relates to the discovery that compounds having Formula I are activators of caspases and inducers of apoptosis. Therefore, the activators of caspases and inducers of apoptosis of this invention can be used to induce cell death in a variety of clinical conditions in which uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells occurs.


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