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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2008
Filed:
May. 23, 2003
Anne-laure Grillot, Cambridge, MA (US);
Paul Charifson, Framingham, MA (US);
Dean Stamos, Framingham, MA (US);
Yusheng Liao, Lexington, MA (US);
Michael Badia, Bedford, MA (US);
Martin Trudeau, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Anne-Laure Grillot, Cambridge, MA (US);
Paul Charifson, Framingham, MA (US);
Dean Stamos, Framingham, MA (US);
Yusheng Liao, Lexington, MA (US);
Michael Badia, Bedford, MA (US);
Martin Trudeau, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative or prodrug thereof. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of bacterial gyrase activity. The present invention also relates to methods for treating bacterial infections in mammala. The present invention also relates to methods for decreasing bacterial quantity in a biological sample.