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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2007
John J. Acton, Iii, Cranford, NJ (US);
Sheryl D. Debenham, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Kun Liu, Edison, NJ (US);
Peter T. Meinke, Plainfield, NJ (US);
Harold B. Wood, Westfield, NJ (US);
Regina M. Black, Cranford, NJ (US);
John J. Acton, III, Cranford, NJ (US);
Sheryl D. Debenham, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Kun Liu, Edison, NJ (US);
Peter T. Meinke, Plainfield, NJ (US);
Harold B. Wood, Westfield, NJ (US);
Regina M. Black, Cranford, NJ (US);
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Abstract
Indoles having aryloxyalkanoic acid substituents or arylalkanoic acid substituents are agonists or partial agonists of PPAR gamma and are useful in the treatment and control of hyperglycemia that is symptomatic of type II diabetes, as well as dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, and obesity that are often associated with type 2 diabetes.