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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2014
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ (US);
Scott Wolkenberg, Jenkintown, PA (US);
Scott T. Harrison, Glenside, PA (US);
James C. Barrow, Arnold, MD (US);
Zhijan Zhao, Hatfield, PA (US);
Jeffrey Melamed, North Wales, PA (US);
Nathan R. Kett, Franklin, TN (US);
Amy Zartman, West Point, PA (US);
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to 4-pyridinone compounds which are inhibitors of catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT), and are useful in the treatment and prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which COMT enzyme is involved. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which COMT is involved.