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Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013

Filed:

Mar. 21, 2012
Applicants:

Harold B. Wood, Westfield, NJ (US);

Alan D. Adams, Holland, NY (US);

Stanley Freeman, Plainsboro, NJ (US);

Jason W. Szewczyk, New York, NY (US);

Conrad Santini, Lawrence, KS (US);

Yong Huang, West Windsor, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Harold B. Wood, Westfield, NJ (US);

Alan D. Adams, Holland, NY (US);

Stanley Freeman, Plainsboro, NJ (US);

Jason W. Szewczyk, New York, NY (US);

Conrad Santini, Lawrence, KS (US);

Yong Huang, West Windsor, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 43/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Bipiperidinyl compounds of the formula: are disclosed as useful for treating or preventing type 2 diabetes and similar conditions. Pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates are included as well. The compounds are useful as agonists of the g-protein coupled receptor GPR-119.


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