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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2009
Applicants:
Masakazu Atobe, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Naganuma, Tokyo, JP;
Akifumi Morimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/5377 (2006.01); A61K 31/506 (2006.01); A61K 31/496 (2006.01); A61K 31/4709 (2006.01); A61K 31/4545 (2006.01); A61K 31/454 (2006.01); A61K 31/4439 (2006.01); A61K 31/427 (2006.01); C07D 471/04 (2006.01); C07D 417/06 (2006.01); C07D 417/14 (2006.01); C07D 417/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A nitrogen-containing bicyclic heterocyclic compound represented by the following formula (1) is provided. When the compound or a salt thereof is administered to a human being or an animal, the compound has a strong antagonistic action against EP1 receptors, and is useful, for example, as an active ingredient of a medicine for the prevention and/or treatment of overactive bladder. The compound is also useful as an active ingredient of a medicine for the prevention and/or treatment of symptoms such as frequency urinary, urinary urgency, or urinary incontinence.