| CPC A61K 31/4709 (2013.01) [A61K 31/351 (2013.01); A61P 1/16 (2018.01)] | 13 Claims | 
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               1. A method for treating a patient with compensated cirrhosis, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) activator of formula (I), 
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                A is a 5-7 membered saturated heterocyclyl group containing one nitrogen and optionally one oxygen, wherein one carbon of said heterocyclyl group is optionally substituted with one or two groups selected from C1-3alkyl and oxo ; 
                R1 is C1-4 alkyl optionally substituted with a methoxy group; 
                R2 is selected from H, F, Cl, C1-3alkyl, —CN, —OMe and —CF3; 
                R3 is selected from H and —CH3; 
                R4 is selected from H, F, —CH3 and —OMe; 
                R5 is selected from H, Cl, —CH3, —CH2CH3, —CF3, F, and —OMe; 
                R6 is bonded to the nitrogen on A and is selected from H, C1-6alkyl, —(CH2)nC3-6cycloalkyl, —C(O)C1-6alkyl, —(CH2)n-heterocyclyl, —(CH2)n-aryl, and —(CH2)n-heteroaryl, —SO2aryl, SO2C1-6alkyl wherein said C1-6alkyl, —(CH2)n-heterocyclyl, —(CH2)n-aryl and —(CH2)n-heteroaryl are optionally substituted with one to four groups independently selected from C1-3alkyl, halogen, C1-3alkoxy, —CF3, —OH, oxo, —(CH2)1-3O(CH2)2-3OH, and —SO2CH3; 
                R7 is selected from H, —CH3, —CH2CH3, —CF3, F, and —CN; 
                n is 0, 1 or 2; 
                or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. 
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