View all references (1) form an important functional moiety in many of the pharmaceutical and biologically active molecules. Certain novel p-amino-methyl benzoyl derivatives of 4-hydroxy-2-methyl-N-(2-pyridinyl)-2H-1,2-benzothiazine-3-carboxamide-1,1-dioxide are useful in therapy as prodrug forms of the known anti-inflammatory and analgesic oxicams eg, 2-methyl-4-[(4-methyl-1-piperazinomethyl)-benzoyloxy]-N-(2-pyridinyl)-2H-1,2-benzo- ...