The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I) and their pharmaceutical compositions. In addition, the present invention relates to therapeutic methods for the treatment and/or prevention of A&bgr;-related pathologies such as Downs syndrome, &bgr;-amyloid angiopathy such as but not limited to cerebral amyloid angiopathy or hereditary cerebral hemorrhage, disorders associated with cognitive impairment such as but not limited to MCI (“mild cognitive impairment”), Alzheimer Disease, memory loss, attention deficit symptoms associated with Alzheimer disease, neurodegeneration associated with diseases such as Alzheimer disease or dementia including dementia of mixed vascular and degenerative origin, pre-senile dementia, senile dementia and dementia associated with Parkinson's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy or cortical basal degeneration.本発明は、式(I)の新規な化合物及びそれらの医薬組成物に関する。さらに本発明は、Aβ関連病態、例えばダウン症候群、β-アミロイド血管症、例えば限定されないが脳アミロイド血管症若しくは遺伝性脳出血、認知機能障害に関連する疾患、例えば、限定されないがMCI(「軽度認知機能障害」)、アルツハイマー病、記憶喪失、アルツハイマー病に関連する注意欠陥症状、アルツハイマー病のような疾患に関連する神経変性、又は混合型血管性起源及び変性起源の認知症、初老期認知症、老年認知症、及びパーキンソン病に関連する認知症を含む認知症、進行性核上性麻痺又は大脳皮質基底核変性症の処置及び/又は予防のための治療方法に関する。【化1】