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Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2006

Filed:

May. 14, 2004
Applicants:

Sylvie Bourrain, High Easter, GB;

Peter Alan Hunt, Saffron Walden, GB;

Ian Thomas Huscroft, Bishops Stortford, GB;

Janusz Jozef Kulagowski, Sawbridgeworth, GB;

Clare London, Sawbridgeworth, GB;

Elizabeth Mary Naylor, Saffron Walden, GB;

Piotr Antoni Raubo, Bishops Stortford, GB;

Eileen Mary Seward, Bishops Stortford, GB;

Inventors:

Sylvie Bourrain, High Easter, GB;

Peter Alan Hunt, Saffron Walden, GB;

Ian Thomas Huscroft, Bishops Stortford, GB;

Janusz Jozef Kulagowski, Sawbridgeworth, GB;

Clare London, Sawbridgeworth, GB;

Elizabeth Mary Naylor, Saffron Walden, GB;

Piotr Antoni Raubo, Bishops Stortford, GB;

Eileen Mary Seward, Bishops Stortford, GB;

Assignee:

Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd., Hoddesdon, unknown;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention relates to sulfone derivatives of formula (I):Ar—SO—CRR-L-N(R)Iwherein Ar, L, R, Rand Rare as defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and N-oxides thereof, useful in the treatment of a condition which is susceptible to treatment by modulation of 5-HTreceptor activity, such as depression or a sleep disorder.


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