Inventors:
Dawei Chen - Middletown CT, US
Milind Deshpande - Madison CT, US
Andrew Thurkauf - Ridgefield CT, US
Avinash Phadke - Branford CT, US
Xiangzhu Wang - Branford CT, US
Yiping Shen - Branford CT, US
Cuixian Liu - Branford CT, US
Jesse Quinn - Windsor CT, US
Junko Ohkanda - Gakuennishi-machi, JP
Shouming Li - Cheshire CT, US
Assignee:
Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - New Haven CT
International Classification:
A61K 31/17
C07C 335/02
US Classification:
514584, 564 23, 564 26, 564 27, 564 28, 564 29, 514585
Abstract:
The invention provides compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of Formula I wherein the variables A, A, R, R, V, W, X, Y, and Z are defined herein. Certain compounds of Formula I described herein which possess potent antiviral activity. The invention particularly provides compounds of Formula I that are potent and/or selective inhibitors of Hepatitis C virus replication. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more compound of Formula I, or a salt, solvate, or acylated prodrug of such compounds, and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, excipients, or diluents. The invention further comprises methods of treating patients suffering from certain infectious diseases by administering to such patients an amount of a compound of Formula I effective to reduce signs or symptoms of the disease or disorder. These infectious diseases include viral infections, particularly HCV infections. The invention is particularly includes methods of treating human patients suffering from an infectious disease, but also encompasses methods of treating other animals, including livestock and domesticated companion animals, suffering from an infectious disease.