Patent ID: 7160881

Claim:
A crystalline form of 2-(3,5-bis-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-N-[6-(1,1-dioxo-1λ 6 -thiomorpholin-4-yl)-4-(4-fluoro-2-methyl-phenyl)-pyridin-3-yl]-N-methyl-isobutyramide characterized by the following X-ray diffraction pattern obtained with a Cu Kα radiation at 2θ (2Theta)=4.5, 6.4, 7.5, 7.7, 8.0, 8.2, 10.0, 10.2, 10.9, 11.1, 12.9, 13.4, 14.0, 14.5, 15.1, 15.6, 16.2, 16.5, 17.3, 17.5, 18.0, 18.9, 19.3, 19.5, 19.9, 20.1, 20.6, 21.0, 21.4, 22.7, 23.1 and 23.6 and an infrared spectrum having sharp bands at 2925, 2854, 1637, 1604, 1484, 1395, 1375, 1285, 1230, 1172, 1125, 1082, 999, 943, 893, 868, 860, 782, 705, 684 cm −1 , and wherein the extrapolated melting point (DSC) is 137.2° C. or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.