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Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009

Filed:

Nov. 10, 2005
Applicants:

Benito Munoz, San Diego, CA (US);

Joseph E. Payne, Oceanside, CA (US);

Petpiboon Prasit, Rancho Santa Fe, NJ (US);

Thomas S. Reger, Lansdale, PA (US);

Nicholas D. Smith, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Benito Munoz, San Diego, CA (US);

Joseph E. Payne, Oceanside, CA (US);

Petpiboon Prasit, Rancho Santa Fe, NJ (US);

Thomas S. Reger, Lansdale, PA (US);

Nicholas D. Smith, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

Merck & Co., Inc, Rahway, NJ (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/235 (2006.01); C07J 71/00 (2006.01); C07D 311/80 (2006.01); C07C 381/00 (2006.01); C07C 69/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Disclosed are prodrugs of (2R)-2-propyloctanoic acid, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, which may be effective in modulating multiple events in the biochemical cascade of stroke. Also disclosed are methods of treating patients who have had a stroke, or are at risk of stroke, by administering the compounds or compositions of the invention.


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