Patent 6908934 was granted and assigned to Merck & Co., Inc. on June, 2005 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Compounds of Formula Iand the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof, wherein Z is selected from the group consisting of:(a) Formula Ia and(b) Formula Ibare novel LXR agonists and are useful in the treatment of dyslipidemic conditions particularly depressed levels of HDL cholesterol.