Patent ID: 7521454
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: A61P,C07D

Abstract:
1. A method for inducing a production of interferon-α in a patient having a disease which can be treated by interferon-α, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a compound represented by formula (I): wherein X represents NR R R Y represents a substituted or unsubstituted naphthalene ring, a substituted or unsubstituted 5- or 6-membered monocyclic aromatic hetero ring containing 1 or 2 hetero atoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted fused bicyclic aromatic hetero ring containing 1 or 2 hetero atoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur atoms or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.