There is provided a compound of formula VIIa,wherein Qx represents —C(O)O—C1-4 alkyl, or a salt or protected derivative thereof, and other compounds that are useful in the preparation of compounds that have antiinflammatory activity (e.g., through inhibition of one or more of members of: the family of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase enzymes； Syk kinase； and members of the Src family of tyrosine kinases) and has use in therapy, including in pharmaceutical combinations, especially in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, including inflammatory diseases of the lung, eye and intestines.
