The present invention provides compounds of formula I:

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or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, tautomer, or stereoisomer thereof, wherein the variables are as defined herein. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds for treatment of joint damage or joint injury in a mammal, and for inducing differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into chondrocytes.

The present invention provides compounds of formula I:

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or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, tautomer, or stereoisomer thereof, wherein the variables are as defined herein. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds for treatment of joint damage or joint injury in a mammal, and for inducing differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into chondrocytes.

Provided herein are small molecule activators of Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT), compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions.

Provided herein are small molecule activators of Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT), compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions.

To provide a medicament for safely treating a patient in need of treatment with pemafibrate, a salt thereof, or a solvate of any of these (hereitiafter also referred to as pemafiterate therapy). A medicament for treating a patient in need of pemafibrate therapy, the medicament comprising the step of avoiding or suspending concomitant use of pernafiterate, a salt thereof, or a solvate of any of these as an active ingredient in order to suppress an increase in plasma concentration of pemafibrate when the treatment is combined with a medicament containing an OATP1B inhibitor, or the step of reducing the dose of pemafibrate, a salt thereof, or a solvate of any of these.

To provide a medicament for safely treating a patient in need of treatment with pemafibrate, a salt thereof, or a solvate of any of these (hereitiafter also referred to as pemafiterate therapy). A medicament for treating a patient in need of pemafibrate therapy, the medicament comprising the step of avoiding or suspending concomitant use of pernafiterate, a salt thereof, or a solvate of any of these as an active ingredient in order to suppress an increase in plasma concentration of pemafibrate when the treatment is combined with a medicament containing an OATP1B inhibitor, or the step of reducing the dose of pemafibrate, a salt thereof, or a solvate of any of these.

The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof ##STR00001##
wherein Z, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are as defined in the specification, a process for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy. The present invention further provides methods of treating at least one disease, disorder, or condition associated with the glutamatergic and GABAergic signalling pathways regulated in full or in part by metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 (mGluR7) by administering a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a subject. The compound may be a selective agonist of mGluR7, which modulates the release of at least one neurotransmitter in the subject.

The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof ##STR00001##
wherein Z, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are as defined in the specification, a process for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy. The present invention further provides methods of treating at least one disease, disorder, or condition associated with the glutamatergic and GABAergic signalling pathways regulated in full or in part by metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 (mGluR7) by administering a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a subject. The compound may be a selective agonist of mGluR7, which modulates the release of at least one neurotransmitter in the subject.

The application is directed to compounds of formulae (IA) and (IB) and their salts and solvates, wherein R.sup.1a, R.sup.2a, R.sup.3a, A.sup.1, A.sup.2, A.sup.3, R.sup.1b, R.sup.2b, R.sup.3b, B.sup.1, and B.sup.2 are as set forth in the specification, as well as to methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and use thereof for the treatment and/or prevention of, e.g., lysosomal storage diseases, such as Gaucher's disease, and α-synucleinopathies, such as Parkinson's disease.

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The application is directed to compounds of formulae (IA) and (IB) and their salts and solvates, wherein R.sup.1a, R.sup.2a, R.sup.3a, A.sup.1, A.sup.2, A.sup.3, R.sup.1b, R.sup.2b, R.sup.3b, B.sup.1, and B.sup.2 are as set forth in the specification, as well as to methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and use thereof for the treatment and/or prevention of, e.g., lysosomal storage diseases, such as Gaucher's disease, and α-synucleinopathies, such as Parkinson's disease.

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