Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. v. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC

A method of treatment using a compound of Formula I:(I) wherein: R1 is hydrogen, lower alkanoyl of up to 6 carbon atoms or aroyl selected from benzoyl and naphthoyl; R2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl of up to 6 carbon atoms or arylalkyl selected from benzyl, phenylethyl and phenylpropyl; R3 is hydrogen or lower alkyl of up to 6 carbon atoms; R4 is hydrogen or lower alkyl of up to 6 carbon atoms, or when X is oxygen, R4 together with R5 can represent -CH2-O-; X is a valency bond, -CH2, oxygen or sulfur; Ar is selected from phenyl, naphthyl, indanyl and tetrahydronaphthyl; R5 and R6 are individually selected from hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, hydroxyl, lower alkyl of up to 6 carbon atoms, a -CONH2- group, lower alkoxy of up to 6 carbon atoms, benzyloxy, lower alkylthio of up to 6 carbon atoms, lower alkysulphinyl of up to 6 carbon atoms and lower alkylsulphonyl of up to 6 carbon atoms; or R5 and R6 together represent methylenedioxy; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, alone or in conjunction with one or more other therapeutic agents, said agents being selected from the group consisting of ACE inhibitors, diuretics, and digoxin for decreasing mortality resulting from congestive heart failure (CHF) in mammals, particularly humans.

Carbazolyl-(4)-oxypropanolamine compounds of the formula(I) wherein R1 is hydrogen, lower alkanoyl or aroyl; R2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl or arylalkyl; R3 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; R4 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, or when X is oxygen, R4 together with R5 can represent -CH2-O-; X is a valency bond, -CH2-, oxygen or sulfur; Ar is mono- or bicyclic aryl or pyridyl; R5 and R6 are individually selected from hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, lower alkyl, aminocarbonyl, lower alkoxy, aralkyloxy, lower alkylthio, lower alkylsulphinyl or lower alkylsulphonyl; R5 and R6 together can represent methylenedioxy; and the salts thereof with physiologically acceptable acids are outstandingly effective in the treatment and prophylaxis of circulatory and cardiac diseases, e.g., hypertension and angina pectoris.