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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2006
Steven P. Govek, San Diego, CA (US);
Jean-michel Vernier, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Theodore Kamenecka, Palm Beach Gardens, NJ (US);
John H. Hutchinson, La Jolla, CA (US);
Richard Pracitto, North Wales, PA (US);
Steven P. Govek, San Diego, CA (US);
Jean-Michel Vernier, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Theodore Kamenecka, Palm Beach Gardens, NJ (US);
John H. Hutchinson, La Jolla, CA (US);
Richard Pracitto, North Wales, PA (US);
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to benzazole compounds which are potentiators of metabotropic glutamate receptors, including the mGluR2 receptor, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved.