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Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 17, 2013
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Scott B. Hoyt, Hoboken, NJ (US);

Jerry Andrew Taylor, Trenton, NJ (US);

Clare London, Chatham, NJ (US);

Yusheng Xiong, Plainsboro, NJ (US);

Andrew John Cooke, Doylestown, PA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/4439 (2006.01); A61K 31/4725 (2006.01); A61K 31/497 (2006.01); C07D 401/04 (2006.01); C07D 403/14 (2006.01); C07D 403/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/4439 (2013.01); A61K 31/4725 (2013.01); A61K 31/497 (2013.01); C07D 401/04 (2013.01); C07D 403/04 (2013.01); C07D 403/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

This invention relates to indazole compounds of the structural formula: (structure represented) or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein the variable are defined herein. The inventive compounds selectively inhibit aldosterone synthase. This invention also provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of Formula I or their salts as well as potentially to methods for the treatment or amelioration of conditions that could be treated by inhibiting aldosterone synthase.


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