Europaisches Patentamt J 0 00 Publication number: European Patent Office PATENT APPLICATION © int. a * C07D A61K © Application number: 88115001.5 @ Date of filing: 14.09.88 © 8 7 9 A3 Office europeen des brevets EUROPEAN 307 311/86, C07C 1 4 3 / 8 0 , 31/35, A61K 3 1 / 1 8 1-56100 Pisa(IT) Priority: 16.09.87 IT 2193087 @ Date of publication of application: 22.03.89 Bulletin 89/12 © Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE FR GB LI LU NL SE © Date of deferred publication of the search report: 04.07.90 Bulletin 90/27 © Inventor: Caccia, Giulio Via Gabriele d'Annunzio 13 I-55049 Viareggio (Lucca)(IT) Inventor: Baldacci, Massimo Via delle Piagge 9 1-56100 Pisa(IT) © Representative: Dragotti, Gianfranco et al SAIC BREVETTI s.r.l. Viale Bianca Maria, 15 1-20122 Milano(IT) © Applicant: LABORATORI BALDACCI Spa Via San Michele degli Scalzi, 73 © Sulfonamido derivatives inhibiting the aldose reductase enzyme system and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. © The xantosulfonamido and benzensulfonamido derivatives corresponding to the formula: SO -N-CH -COOH (I) CO < O) 00 o wherein X represents an alkyl-alkoxy halogen, Y represents an alkyl-alkoxy-halogen and Z represents the group -so j»3 --N-CH2-C00H( n-c; or Y and Z taken together form the group: LU Xerox Copy Centre EP 0 307 879 A3 (II) wherein Ri in turn is a group selected among electron attracting groups, halogens and the group: ?H3 -SO -N-CH -C0OH i t s e l f , possess activity in inhibiting the aldose-reductase enzyme system and are thus useful in the treatment of the complications , at the eye and peripheral neuropathy levels, as induced by diabetes. J European Patent Office ) Application Number E U R O P E A N SEARCH R E P O R T EP 88 11 5001 D O C U M E N T S C O N S I D E R E D TO BE R E L E V A N T /-„*„„„..„ Category Citation of document with indication, where appropriate, of relevant passages A US-A-4 232 040 (L.D. WATERBURY) * Column 1, line 64 - column 2, line 34; column 6, l i n e s 7-17; column 9, example 1; column 12-13, t a b l e I; claim 1,2,812 A FR-A-1 485 648 * Page 1; claim 1,3,812 A JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, vol. 76, no. 2, February 1987, p a g e s 149-152, Washington D.C., US; J. DE RUITER, et a l . : "In v i t r o a l d o s e reductase inhibitory a c t i v i t y of substituted N-benzenesulfonylglycine derivatives * Page 150, t a b l e 1, compound 7; page 151, t a b l e 11, compound 7; p a g e s 151-152, general method * 1,8,12 A ARZNEIMITTEL-FORSCHUNG, vol. 17, no. 6, June 1967, paqes 653-659, A u l e n d o r f , DE; H. HORSTMANN et al . : " C h e m i s c h e S t r u k t u r und d i u r e t i s c h e Wirkung in der Reihe der 4-Chlor-3-Sulfonamido-Benzolsulfonamide" * Page 655, t a b l e B, compound 9 * 1,3 (C. * RIVIERE) The present search report has been drawn up for all claims Date of completion of the search Place of search 06-04-1990 THE HAGUE CATEGORY OF CITED DOCUMENTS X : particularly relevant if taken alone Y : particularly relevant if combined with another document of the same category A : technological background _ O : non-written disclosure P : intermediate document Relevant to claim CLASSIFICATION OF THE APPLICATION (Int. C1.4) . iJJ/Qn r «7 r j" J Ji/Sc ? ?T 5 J i / S technical fields searched o*. o a ) C 07 D 3 1 1 / 0 0 C 07 C 1 4 3 / 0 0 Examiner ENGLISH R.F. T : theory or principle underlying the invention E : earlier patent document, but published on, or after the filing date D : document cited in the application L : document cited for other reasons & • member of the same patent family, corresponding document