Patent ID: 7964633

Claim:
A compound of formula (I): wherein L is —CH 2 —, or —S; R 1 and R 2 , independently from each other, are a) phenyl which is substituted with a substituent in meta position with regard to the SO 2 moiety optionally with 1 to 2 additional substituents, which substituents are independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, lower-alkyl, hydroxy, lower-alkoxy, amido, amino and nitro; or b) heteroaryl selected from the group consisting of thiophenyl, furanyl and benzodioxyl, which heteroaryl is optionally substituted with 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, lower-alkyl, lower-alkoxy-carbonyl, cyano and hydroxy-lower-alkyl; m is 2, 3 or 4; n is 2, 3 or 4; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof, and wherein the compound is not N,N′-[dithiobis(ethane-2,1-diyl-iminocarbonyl)]bis(3,4-dimethylbenzenesulfonamide).