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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2008
Gui-bai Liang, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Xibin Liao, Edison, NJ (US);
Weiguo Liu, Princeton, NJ (US);
Paul E. Finke, Milltown, NJ (US);
Dooseop Kim, Westfield, NJ (US);
Lihu Yang, Edison, NJ (US);
Songnian Lin, Monroe, NJ (US);
Gui-Bai Liang, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Xibin Liao, Edison, NJ (US);
Weiguo Liu, Princeton, NJ (US);
Paul E. Finke, Milltown, NJ (US);
Dooseop Kim, Westfield, NJ (US);
Lihu Yang, Edison, NJ (US);
Songnian Lin, Monroe, NJ (US);
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ (US);
Abstract
Tricyclic compounds containing a cyclopropanecarboxylic acid fused to a bicyclic ring, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and are useful as therapeutic compounds, particularly in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes, and of conditions that are often associated with this disease, including obesity and lipid disorders, such as mixed or diabetic dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertriglyceridemia.