Patent ID: 7101906

Claim:
A compound of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof, wherein a dashed line represents the presence or absence of a bond; Y is a carboxylic acid, sulfonic acid, or phosphonic acid functional group; or an amide or ester thereof comprising from 0 to 12 carbon atoms; or Y is hydroxymethyl or an ether thereof comprising from 0 to 12 carbon atoms; or Y is a tetrazolyl functional group; A is —(CH 2 ) 6 —, cis —CH 2 —CH═CH—(CH 2 ) 3 —, or —CH 2 —C≡C—(CH 2 ) 3 — wherein 1 or 2 carbons may be substituted with S or O; B is hydrogen, C 1-6 hydrocarbyl, CN, CO 2 H, or —(CH 2 ) m X(CH 2 ) p H, wherein m is at least 1 and the sum of m and p is from 1 to 5; X is S or O; J is H, CH 3 , or CF 3 ; D is a covalent bond, CH 2 , O, or S; and E is an aromatic heterobicyclic ring system which may have substituents comprising up to 6 non-hydrogen atoms each.