Phenylalkyl-imidazole-bisphosphonate compounds

Abstract

(Unsubstituted or substituted phenyl)-alkyl-substituted [(imidazol-1-yl)-1-hydroxy-1-phosphono-ethyl]-phosphonic, as well as methods or processes for their manufacture, their use in the manufacture of pharmaceutical formulations, their use in the treatment of diseases, methods of using them in the treatment of diseases, pharmaceutical formulations encompassing them and/or the compounds for use in the treatment of diseases, are disclosed. The compounds are able to inhibit excessive or inappropriate bone resorption. The compounds are of the formula I, wherein one of R1 and R2 are as defined in the specification, and can be in free form, in the form of an ester, and/or of a salt.

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