Abstract: The present invention provides novel methods for treating a pulmonary disease state in mammals by up or down regulating indigenous in vivo levels of an inflammatory agent in mammalian cells comprising contacting the mammalian cells with a therapeutically effective amount of an inflammatory regulator, wherein the inflammatory agent is selected from the group consisting of cytokines, transforming growth factor-?, elastase, and white blood cells, and wherein the inflammatory regulator is selected from the group consisting of pyruvates and pyruvate precursors.

Abstract: The present invention comprises the nitrogen alloying of stainless steel with a gaseous nitrogen compound such as nitrogen gas (N2), or ammonia (NH3) at high temperature wherein the reaction pressure is lowered. A base powder with properties similar to those of a martensitic stainless steel is prepared from a molten metal with the subsequent incorporation of selective additives such as cobalt, chromium, boron, copper, vanadium, niobium and mixtures thereof to improve high temperature resistance to scuffing and adhesive wear. The molten mixture is then atomized by water- or air-atomization to yield a base powder which is mixed with nitrogen or ammonia gas at various pressures in a static or fluidized bed to provide a nitrogen alloyed particulate, i.e., a nitrided particulate alloy. The powder is heated in a hot isostatic press under vacuum with argon gas at reduced pressure and later cooled to ambient temperature.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for treating wounds and diseases in mammals, caused by mammalian cells involved in an inflammatory response, by altering indigenous in vivo levels of peroxynitrous acid, and salts thereof. The method comprises contacting the mammalian cells with a therapeutically effective amount of a reactive oxygen species mediator, wherein the reactive oxygen species mediator is selected from the group consisting of pyruvates, pyruvate precursors, ?-keto acids having four or more carbon atoms, precursors of ?-keto acids having four or more carbon atoms, and the salts thereof, wherein mediation of reactive oxygen species results in mediation of peroxynitrous acid. The present invention further provides a pharmaceutical composition for treating wounds and diseases in mammals, caused by mammalian cells involved in an inflammatory response, by altering indigenous in vivo levels of peroxynitrous acid, and salts thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the novel derivatives of formula (I) in which A is, if it is present, a (C1-C6) alkyl, a (C3-C6) alkenyl, a (C3-C6) alkynyl, a (C3-C7) cycloalkyl or a (C5-C7) cycloalkenyl, R1 is an NR6R7, (C4-C7) azacycloalkyl, (C5-C7) azacycloalkenyl, (C5-C9) azabicycloalkyl or (C5-C9) azabicycloalkenyl group; A-R1 is such that the nitrogen of R1 and the nitrogen in the 1-position of the pyrazole are necessarily separated by at least two carbon atoms, R3 is an H, halogen, OH, SH, NH2, ORc, SRc, SORa, SO2Ra, NHCHO, NRaRb, NHC(O)Ra, NHC(S)Ra or NHSO2Ra, R4 is an aryl or heteroaryl; and R5 is an H, halogen, CF3, CHF2, CH2F, linear or branched (C1-C6) alkyl or (C3-C7) cycloalkyl, to their racemates, enantiomers and diastereoisomers and to their mixtures, their tautomers and to their pharmaceutically acceptable salts.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds corresponding to formula (I): in which: Ar represents a mono- or disubstituted phenyl; R1 represents an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl; R2 represents: a pyridyl; an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl; a benzyl that is unsubstituted or substituted on the phenyl; R2 may moreover represent: a heterocyclic radical; R3 represents various values. The invention also comprises methods for the compounds preparation, formulations comprising them and therapeutic applications thereof.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the preparation of novel compounds useful in the treatment of hyperlipidemia, arteriosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, and other related metabolic disorders. More specifically, the present invention is a novel process for the preparation of 1,4-diphenylazetidinone derivatives from ?-substituted amino amides which are protected in the presence of silylating agents and at least one cyclization catalyst whose structural formula is represented by one of the general formula: wherein the various R-groups are defined herein.

Abstract: Substituted thiophenes, processes for their preparation, their use as medicament or diagnostic agent. The substituted thiophene derivatives have the following backbone structure: Medicaments comprising compounds of this type are of use for preventing or treating various disorders, such as, respiratory disorders and snoring, acute and chronic disorders, disorders induced by ischemic and/or reperfusion events and by proliferative or fibrotic events, disorders of the central nervous system and lipid metabolism, diabetes, blood coagulation and infection by parasites.

Abstract: The present invention comprises alkylpiperazine- and alkylhomopiperazine carboxylates and their derivatives, methods for their preparation and the therapeutic use thereof as fatty acid amido hydrolase (FAAH) enzyme inhibitors. These derivatives exert various pharmacological activities by interacting, inter alia, with cannabinoid and vanilloid receptors. By inhibiting the metabolic activity of the FAAH enzyme, compounds often responsible for the onset of disease and other pathological conditions are not generated and the incidence of the disease is greatly reduced.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel compound of formula I, As defined herein and their use as pharmaceutically active compounds for reducing blood glucose, and/or treating one or more of type II diabetes, disturbances of lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, arteriosclerotic manifestations, and insulin resistance.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I), where the groups have the meanings set forth herein and the physiologically-acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are suitable as medicaments for lowering blood sugar levels and for prevention and treatment of diabetes.

Abstract: Novel substituted 2-aminoimidazoles of formula I, process for their preparation, their use as medicament or diagnostic aid, and medicament containing them.

Abstract: The present invention discloses and claims compounds of formula (I) and formula (II), as inhibitors of human casein kinase I? and methods for using said compounds for treating central nervous system diseases and disorders including mood disorders and sleep disorders. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of formula (I) or formula (II) and a method for the preparation of compounds of formula (I) or formula (II) are also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: Substituted thiophenes, processes for their preparation, their use as medicament or diagnostic agent. The substituted thiophene derivatives have the following backbone structure: Medicaments comprising compounds of this type are of use for preventing or treating various disorders, such as, respiratory disorders and snoring, acute and chronic disorders, disorders induced by ischemic and/or reperfusion events and by proliferative or fibrotic events, disorders of the central nervous system and lipid metabolism, diabetes, blood coagulation and infection by parasites.

Abstract: Provided herein are novel compounds of formula I below: in which the radicals are as defined, their physiologically acceptable salts, processes for their preparation, as well as methods of treating and/or preventing disorders of disorders of fatty acid metabolism and glucose utilization disorders, and also of disorders in which insulin resistance is involved, in a patient.

Abstract: Substituted 4-phenyltetrahydroisoquinolines of formula I, process for their preparation, their use as a medicament and medicaments containing them. The compounds of formula I can be used, among other uses, in the event of renal disorders such as acute or chronic renal failure, in the event of disorders of biliary function, in the event of respiratory disorders such as snoring or sleep apneas or in the event of stroke.

Abstract: A method for treating the disease state in mammals caused by mammalian cells involved in the inflammatory response is disclosed. Mammalian cells participating in the inflammatory response are contacted with an inflammatory suppressor selected from the group consisting of alpha-keto acids and their salts which reduce the undesired inflammatory response and is an antioxidant. The inflammatory suppressor may further provide a cellular energy source and be a building block in the cellular synthesis of other cellular components. Compositions for reducing and treating undesired inflammatory response such as pain, swelling, erythema, crusting, scarring, itching, also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention is drawn to a method of treating an unstable or overactive urinary bladder by treating the patient with tolterodine or a tolterodine-related compound, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, with a controlled release formulation that maintains a substantially constant serum level of the active moiety or moieties for at least 24 hours. The present invention is further drawn to a formulation for the method.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds having the structure represented by Formula I: and methods of treating cancer, restenosis, atherosclerosis, or psoriasis or preventing restenosis, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of Formula I and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical formulation containing tolterodine or a tolterodine-related compound, or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, as active ingredient, in which the formulation exhibits a controlled in vitro release of the active ingredient in phosphate buffer at pH 6.8 of not less than about 80% after 18 hours, and after oral administration to a patient is capable of maintaining a substantially constant serum level of the active moiety or moieties for 24 hours. The invention also relates to the use of the pharmaceutical formulation for treating overactive bladder and gastrointestinal disorders.