Therapeutic use of pleuromutilins

Abstract

A compound of formula (I) wherein n is 0 to 4; m is 0 or 1 with the proviso that the sulphur atom and R3 are in vicinal position (if m=0 then R3 is in position 2′, and if m=1 then R3 is on position 1′); R is ethyl or vinyl; R1 is hydrogen or (C1-6)alkyl, R2 is hydrogen or (C3-6)cycloalkyl, or unsubstituted (C1-6)alkyl, or (C1-6)alkyl substituted by one or more of hydroxy; preferably one or two, methoxy, halogen, (C3-6)cycloalkyl, or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a 5 to 7 membered heterocyclic ring containing at least 1 nitrogen atom or 1 nitrogen and 1 additional heteroatom e. g. selected from N or O, or R1 is hydroxy and R2 is formyl; R3 is OH, OR4, a halogen atom, or R3 is bound to 2′ and represents —O—(CH2)p—O— with p is 2 or 3; R4 is unsubstituted (C1-6)alkyl or (C3-6)cycloalkyl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, prodrug or metabolite thereof for the specific use in the treatment or prevention of an inflammatory disease which is not mediated by bacteria.

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