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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2003
Hiroshi Tomiyama, Nagano, JP;
Atsushi Noda, Nagano, JP;
Kayoko Kitta, Chikuma, JP;
Yoshinori Kobayashi, Chikuma, JP;
Masakazu Imamura, Tsukuba, JP;
Takeshi Murakami, Tsukuba, JP;
Kazuhiro Ikegai, Tsukuba, JP;
Takayuki Suzuki, Tsukuba, JP;
Eiji Kurosaki, Tsukuba, JP;
Hiroshi Tomiyama, Nagano, JP;
Atsushi Noda, Nagano, JP;
Kayoko Kitta, Chikuma, JP;
Yoshinori Kobayashi, Chikuma, JP;
Masakazu Imamura, Tsukuba, JP;
Takeshi Murakami, Tsukuba, JP;
Kazuhiro Ikegai, Tsukuba, JP;
Takayuki Suzuki, Tsukuba, JP;
Eiji Kurosaki, Tsukuba, JP;
Astellas Pharma Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Kotobuki Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Nagano, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an azulene derivative and a salt thereof, wherein an azulene ring is bonded to a benzene ring directly or via a lower alkylene which may be substituted with a halogen atom and the benzene ring is directly bonded to the glucose residue, and it is usable as a Na-glucose cotransporter inhibitor, especially for a therapeutic and/or preventive agent for diabetes such as insulin-dependent diabetes (type 1 diabetes) and insulin-independent diabetes (type 2 diabetes), as well as diabetes-related diseases such as insulin-resistant diseases and obesity.