Patent ID: 7919512

Claim:
A method for the treatment of a disease or condition mediated by PGD 2 or other agonists at the CRTH2 receptor selected from the group consisting of asthma, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, nasal polypsis and allergic conjunctivitis, said method comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment a suitable amount of a compound of general formula (II): wherein W is chloro or fluoro; R 1 is phenyl optionally substituted with one or more substituents, selected from halo, —CN, —C 1 -C 6 alkyl, —SOR 3 , —SO 2 R 3 , —SO 2 N(R 2 ) 2 , —N(R 2 ) 2 , —NR 2 C(O)R 3 , —CO 2 R 2 , —CONR 2 R 3 , —NO 2 , —OR 2 , —SR 2 , —O(CH 2 ) p OR 2 , or —O(CH 2 ) p O(CH 2 ) q OR 2 wherein each R 2 is independently hydrogen, —C 1 -C 6 alkyl, —C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl; each R 3 is independently, —C 1 -C 6 alkyl, —C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl; p and q are each independently an integer from 1 to 3; and R 4 is hydrogen, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 alkyl substituted with aryl, aryl, (CH 2 ) m OC(═O)C 1 -C 6 alkyl, ((CH 2 ) m O) n CH 2 CH 2 X, (CH 2 ) m N(R 5 ) 2 or CH((CH 2 ) m O(C═O)R 6 ) 2 ; m is 1 or 2; n is 1-4; X is OR 5 or N(R 5 ) 2 ; R 5 is hydrogen or methyl; and R 6 is C 1 -C 18 alkyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.