Inventors:
Neville J. Anthony - Hatfield PA, US
Robert P. Gomez - Perkasie PA, US
Steven D. Young - Lansdale PA, US
Melissa Egbertson - Ambler PA, US
John S. Wai - Harleysville PA, US
Linghang Zhuang - Chalfont PA, US
Mark Embrey - North Wales PA, US
Jeffrey Y. Melamed - Doylestown PA, US
H. Marie Langford - Lansdale NJ, US
James P. Guare - Quakertown PA, US
Thorsten E. Fisher - Hatfield PA, US
Samson M. Jolly - Quakertown PA, US
Michelle S. Kuo - Gwynedd Valley PA, US
Debra S. Perlow - East Greenville PA, US
Jennifer J. Bennett - East Norriton PA, US
Timothy W. Funk - Ephrata PA, US
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc. - Rahway NJ
International Classification:
A61P031/00
A61K031/4375
C07D471/02
US Classification:
51421103, 51421108, 514218, 5142222, 5142225, 5142282, 5142345, 514249, 51425304, 514274, 514275, 514300, 514303, 540488, 540489, 540492, 540545, 544 3, 544 8, 544 586, 544127, 544310, 544331, 544349, 544362, 546118, 546 9, 546123
Abstract:
Aza- and polyaza-naphthalenyl carboxamide derivatives including certain quinoline carboxamide and naphthyridine carboxamide derivatives are described. These compounds are inhibitors of HIV integrase and inhibitors of HIV replication, and are useful in the prevention or treatment of infection by HIV and the treatment of AIDS, as compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, or as ingredients in pharmaceutical compositions, optionally in combination with other antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics or vaccines. Methods of preventing, treating or delaying the onset of AIDS and methods of preventing or treating infection by HIV are also described.