Patent 7078541 was granted and assigned to GALILEO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. on July, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Certain benzofuran derivatives are useful in the treatment of certain ischemic or inflammatory conditions, as well as neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration or degenerative diseases in which mitochondrial dysfunction leads to tissue degeneration. They are also useful in the manufacture of pharmaceutical formulations for the treatment of such conditions.