Patent ID: 8828987

Claim:
A pyridine amide derivative of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: R 1 and R 2 are independently hydrogen, linear or branched (C1-C3)alkyl or joined together they form a cyclopropyl ring; R is independently selected from the group consisting of halogens and trifluoromethyl and p is 1, 2 or 3; A is C or N; E is a group of formula (B) or (C), wherein B is C(O)OH, C(O)O(C1-C3)alkyl, and C is selected from the group consisting of: m is 1, 2 or 3, n is 0 or 1, W is —O—, —O(C1-C3 alkyl)-; —(C1-C3 alkyl)O—; —C(O)—; —C(═N—O(C1-C3 alkyl))-; —NH— or —NH(C1-C3alkyl)-; Ar is either (1) phenyl, optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of: halogen, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, methyl, —NH(C1-C3alkyl)-, —N(C1-C3alkyl)(C1-C3alkyl)-, a 5 to 7 membered heterocyclic ring containing one nitrogen atom which is covalently bonded to said phenyl and, optionally, containing one or two additional heteroatoms selected from N, O and S; or (2) a 5 or 6 membered heteroaromatic ring containing 1 to 3 heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of: S, O and N, such heteroaromatic ring being substituted with one or two substituents selected from the group consisting of: (C1-C3)alkyl, (C3-C5)cycloalkyloxy, and (C1-C3)alkylcarbonyl.