QUINOLINE DERIVATIVES HAVING VEGF INHIBITING ACTIVITY

摘要

The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein: either any one of G1, G2, G3, G4 and G5 is nitrogen and the other four are -CH-, or G1, G2, G3, G4 and G5 are all -CH-; Z is -O-, -NH-, -S-, -CH2- or a direct bond; Z is linked to any one of G1, G2, G3 and G4; n is an integer from 0 to 5; m is an integer from 0 to 3; R<a> represents hydrogen or fluoro; R<b>, R<1> and R<2> are defined herein and salt thereof, process for the preparation so such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as active ingredient and the use of a compound of formula I in the manufacture of a medicament for the production of an antiangiogenic and/or vascular permeability reducing effect in warm-blodded animals. The compounds of formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof inhibit the effects of VEGF, a property of value in the treatment of a number of diseases states including cancer and rheumatoid arthritis.