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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2007
Min GE, Edison, NJ (US);
Songnian Lin, Monroe, NJ (US);
Shawn P. Walsh, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Lihu Yang, Edison, NJ (US);
Changyou Zhou, Princeton, NJ (US);
Min Ge, Edison, NJ (US);
Songnian Lin, Monroe, NJ (US);
Shawn P. Walsh, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Lihu Yang, Edison, NJ (US);
Changyou Zhou, Princeton, NJ (US);
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ (US);
Abstract
Diaryl ethers in which one of the aryl groups is a phenyl fused to a cycloalkyl or heterocyclic ring, to which is attached an acetic acid group, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and are useful as therapeutic compounds, particularly in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and of conditions that often accompany this disease, including insulin resistance, obesity and lipid disorders.