Patent 6919483 was granted and assigned to MediQuest Therapeutics on July, 2005 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The synthesis and use of a novel class of tumor necrosis factor (TNFα) inhibitors and immunomodulators are provided. These compounds have pharmacological applications as well as uses in assays relating to TNFα and other involved cytokines. As pharmaceuticals, these compounds are used to treat inflammatory, infectious, autoimmune or other proliferative diseases and conditions related to the unwanted presence or activity of TNFα and/or one or more other involved cytokines, alone or in combination with other agents. Examples of compounds of the present invention are those having the structures as shown below: