Abstract A series of pyridazinone-containing compounds were designed and synthesized as congeners for diclofenac, the most potent and widely used NSAID. The target compounds were evaluated for their anti-inflammatory activity on rat paw edema inflammation model against diclofenac as a reference compound. Seven of the tested compounds demonstrated more than 50% inhibition of carrageenan-induced rat paw edema at a dose 10 mg/kg. The ...