Patent 7342125 was granted and assigned to Nereus Pharmaceuticals on March, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Novel compounds are disclosed that have the chemical structure of Formula (II), and its prodrug esters and acid-addition salts, and that are useful as Interleukin-1 and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α modulators, and thus are useful in the treatment of various listed diseases.