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CYSTEINE PROTEASE INHIBITORS
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A compound of the formula (II) wherein one of R1 and R2 is halo and the other is H or halo; R3 is C1-C4 straight or branched chain, optionally fluorinated, alkyl; R4 is H; or R3 together with R4 and the adjoining backbone carbon defines: a spiro-C5-C7 cycloalkyl, optionally substituted with 1 to 3 substituents selected from halo, hydroxyl, C1-C4 alkyl or C1-C4 haloalkyl; or optionally bridged with a methylene group; or a C4-C6 saturated heterocycle having a hetero atom selected from O, NRa, S, S(=O)2 ; where Ra is H, C1-C4 alkyl or CH3C(=O); R5 is independently selected from H or methyl; E is -C(=O)-, -S(=O)m-, -NR5S(=O)m-, -NR5C(=O)-, -OC(=O)-, R6 is a stable, optionally substituted, monocyclic or bicyclic, carbocycle or hetorocycle; m is independently 0,1 or 2; are inhibitors of cathepsin K and useful in the treatment or prophylaxis of osteoporosis.
