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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2006
Applicants:
Yi-heng Chen, Whippany, NJ (US);
Zhijian LU, Clinton, NJ (US);
Peter J. Sinclair, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Yi-Heng Chen, Whippany, NJ (US);
Zhijian Lu, Clinton, NJ (US);
Peter J. Sinclair, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 47/10 (2006.01); A61K 31/27 (2006.01); C07C 331/00 (2006.01); C07C 381/00 (2006.01); C07C 333/00 (2006.01); C07C 261/00 (2006.01); C07C 269/00 (2006.01); C07C 271/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Compounds having a biphenyl group substituted with a phenyl or heteroaromatic group, as shown in Formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors, and are useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis: