4-hydroxybutyric acid analogs
AssigneeConcert Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
InventorsRoger D. Tung, Adam J. Morgan
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Abstract
This invention relates to novel derivatives of 4-hydroxybutyric acid and prodrugs thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the foregoing. This invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of this invention and the use of such compositions in methods of treating narcolepsy, fibromyalgia, other disorders or conditions that are beneficially treated by improving nocturnal sleep or by administering sodium oxybate.
Claims13
A pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of a compound of Formula IV-a, wherein the compound of Formula IV-a is represented by the following structural formula:
- or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof;
- and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.