PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVES USEFUL FOR TREATING OSTEOARTHRITIS AND OSTEOARTROSIS

• Main Authors: NEEDHAM, MAURICE, NEWHAM, PETER, CAGE, PETER, FURBER, MARK, KHAN, ZARA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 07.01.2009
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS

Use of a compound of formula (I): wherein: R1 is phenyl optionally substituted by halogen, cyano, C1-4 alkyl or C1-4 haloalkyl; R2 is hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl or C3-6 cycloalkyl; and R3 is a group having an NH or OH that has a calculated or measured pKa of 1.0 to 8.0; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in the manufacture of a medicament for use in the treatment of osteoarthritis or osteoarthrosis. The invention also concerns the benzenesulfonate salt of N-{3-[4-(3,4-dichlorophenoxy)piperidin-1-yl]-2-hydroxypropyl}-2,3-dihydro-2-oxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-5-thiazolecarboxamide, a process for making it, and its use in therapy (for example in treating CCR3 mediated disease states).