Compounds are provided having the following structure
and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof,
wherein R
1
, R
2
, R
3
, R
4
, U, V, W, Y, and n are as defined above,
which compounds are HMG CoA reductase inhibitors and thus are active in inhibiting cholesterol biosynthesis, modulating blood serum lipids, for example, lowering LDL cholesterol and/or increasing HDL cholesterol, and treating hyperlipidemia, dyslipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia and atherosclerosis as well as Alzheimer's disease and osteoporosis and may be employed as hormone replacement therapy. A method for treating the above diseases employing the above compounds is also provided.
[EN] HMG-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS AND METHOD<br/>[FR] INHIBITEURS DE LA REDUCTASE HMG-COA ET PROCEDE ASSOCIE
申请人:BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO
公开号:WO2005051386A1
公开(公告)日:2005-06-09
Compounds are provided having the following structure (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, A is (II) or (III); wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, U, V, W, Y, and n are as defined above, which compounds are HMG CoA reductase inhibitors and thus are active in inhibiting cholesterol biosynthesis, modulating blood serum lipids, for example, lowering LDL cholesterol and/or increasing HDL cholesterol, and treating hyperlipidemia, dyslipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia and atherosclerosis as well as Alzheimer's disease and osteoporosis and may be employed as hormone replacement therapy. A method for treating the above diseases employing the above compounds is also provided.