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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2013
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ (US);
John J. Acton, III, Cranford, NJ (US);
Feng Ye, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Petr Vachal, Summit, NJ (US);
Deyou Sha, Yardley, PA (US);
James F. Dropinski, Colts Neck, NJ (US);
Lin Chu, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Debra Ondeyka, Fanwood, NJ (US);
Alexander J. Kim, Morganville, NJ (US);
Vincent J. Colandrea, North Brunswick, NJ (US);
Yi Zang, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Fengqi Zhang, Edison, NJ (US);
Guizhen Dong, Cranford, NJ (US);
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ (US);
Abstract
Compounds having the structure of Formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors and may be useful for raising HDL-cholesterol and reducing LDL-cholesterol in human patients and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis.