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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2013
Astellas Pharma Inc., Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Koga, Tokyo, JP;
Kyoichi Maeno, Tokyo, JP;
Ippei Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshimasa Imamura, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Hanazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Maiko Iida, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiko Ohne, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichiro Imamura, Tokyo, JP;
Tsubasa Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Eisuke Nozawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Shibata, Tokyo, JP;
Astellas Pharma Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An excellent drug for treating or preventing cardiovascular diseases, based on cGMP production enhancing action due to soluble guanylate cyclase activating action, is provided. It was found that imidazopyridine compounds having a carbamoyl group at the 3-position and a substituent bonded at the 8-position via an oxygen atom in an imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine skeleton exhibits a cGMP production enhancing action by a potent soluble guanylate cyclase activating action, and is useful as a drug for treating or preventing various soluble guanylate cyclase-related cardiovascular diseases, thereby completing the present invention.