Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Kimberly J. Prior
  • Patent number: 6835732
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted benzothiazole derivitives and to their pharmaceutically acceptable salts useful for the treatment of diseases related to the adenosine receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Alanine, Alexander Flohr, Aubry Kern Miller, Roger David Norcross, Claus Riemer
  • Patent number: 6831087
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formulae: Compounds of the invention have a good affinity to the NMDA receptor and are useful for the treatment of diseases related to this receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Alanine, Bernd Buettelmann, Marie-Paule Heitz Neidhart, Emmanuel Pinard, Rene Wyler
  • Patent number: 6818774
    Abstract: Disclosed are isoquinolino derivatives of the formula wherein Y is >C═O or —CH2—, Z is >C═O or —CH2—, and R1, R2 and m are as defined herein as well as the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds are MAO-B selective inhibitors useful, inter alia, in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and/or senile dementia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea Cesura, Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento, Michelangelo Scalone, Andrew William Thomas, Rene Wyler
  • Patent number: 6806370
    Abstract: Compounds of the invention are amine oxide prodrugs showing activity on the NK1 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Torsten D. Hoffmann, Sonia Maria Poli, Patrick Schnider, Andrew Sleight
  • Patent number: 6803381
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula wherein R1 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; R2, R2′ are each independently hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, halogen or trifluoromethyl; X is O, S or two hydrogen atoms not forming a bridge; A1/A2 is phenyl; B is a group of formula  wherein R3 is lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkinyl, benzyl, lower alkyl-cycloalkyl, lower alkyl-cyano, lower alkyl-pyridinyl, lower alkyl-lower alkoxy-phenyl, lower alkyl-phenyl, which is optionally substituted by lower alkoxy, or phenyl, which is optionally substituted by lower alkoxy, or lower alkyl-thienyl, cycloalkyl, lower alkyl-trifluoromethyl or lower alkyl-morpholinyl; Y is —O—, —S— or a bond; and Z is —O—; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds are useful for the control or prevention of acute and/or chronic neurological disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Konrad Bleicher, Vincent Mutel, Eric Vieira, Jürgen Wichmann, Thomas Johannes Woltering
  • Patent number: 6787539
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula wherein R1 is lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, pyridinyl, pyrimidinyl, phenyl, —S-lower alkyl, —S(O)2-lower alkyl, —N(R)—(CH2)n—N(R)2, —O—(CH2)n—N(R)2, —N(R)2, or a cyclic tertiary amine of the group which may contain one additional heteroatom, selected from N, O or S, and wherein this group may be connected with the pyrimidine ring via the linker —O(CH2)n—; R2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, halogen or trifluoromethyl; R3/R3′ is, independently from each other, hydrogen or lower alkyl; R4 is independently from each other halogen, trifluoromethyl or lower alkoxy; R5 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; R is, independently from each other, hydrogen or lower alkyl; X is —C(O)N(R)— or —N(R)C(O)—; Y is —O—, —S—, —SO2—, - or —N(R)—; n is 1,2,3 or 4; and m is 0,1 or 2; or a pharmaceutic
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventor: Heinz Stadler
  • Patent number: 6770637
    Abstract: Substituted 4-phenyl-pyridine compounds with activity as antagonists of Neurokinin 1 receptors, methods of making these compounds and preparing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Thierry Godel, Torsten Hoffmann, Patrick Schnider, Heinz Stadler
  • Patent number: 6762320
    Abstract: This invention relates to N-acylamino aryl derivatives of the formula where R1, R21, R22, R23, R24, R3, R4, R5 R6, R7, R8, R, and n are as defined herein and where X is —CHRO, —OCHR—, —CH2S—, —SCH2—, —CH2CH2—, —CH═CH— or —C≡C—. The compounds of the invention are selective monoamine oxidase B inhibitors, and they are therefore useful in the treatment of diseases mediated by monoamine oxidase B, for example, for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease or senile dementia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Synese Jolidon, Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento, Andrew William Thomas, Rene Wyler
  • Patent number: 6747026
    Abstract: Compounds of the invention are amine oxide prodrugs showing activity on the NK1 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Torsten Hoffmann, Sonia Maria Poli, Patrick Schnider, Andrew Sleight
  • Patent number: 6743789
    Abstract: The present invention is a compound of formula The compound and derivatives or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof of the invention have a good affinity and selectivity to the GABA A &agr;5 receptor and are useful for the treatment of diseases related to this receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Raffaello Masciadri, Andrew William Thomas, Juergen Wichmann
  • Patent number: 6740760
    Abstract: New compounds have the formula: wherein R, R1, X and Y have the meanings described herein. Methods are set forth for synthesizing these compounds and using these compounds to treat diseases associated with amyloidosis, such as Alzheimer's disease, maturity onset diabetes mellitus, familial amyloid polyneuropathy, scrapie, and Kreuzfeld-Jacob disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Cornelia Hertel, Torsten Hoffmann, Roland Jakob-Roetne, Roger David Norcross
  • Patent number: 6730670
    Abstract: A compound of the formula Compounds of formula I have a good affinity to the A2A receptor and are useful for the treatment of diseases mediated by this receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Alanine, Alexander Flohr
  • Patent number: 6727247
    Abstract: A compound of formula I and a method of treatment of diseases, related to modulation of the adenosine A2 receptor system comprising administering a compound of formula to a person in need of such treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Flohr, Roland Jakob-Roetne, Roger David Norcross, Claus Riemer
  • Patent number: 6719996
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for oral administration of an active compound having a bioavailability of 20% or less. The composition comprises, based on its total weight, from 0.01% to about 15% (w/w) of said active compound molecularly dissolved in the composition, from 30 to 80% (w/w) of an edible lipid matrix and from 1 to 20% (w/w) of an edible emulsifier, the ratio between the dose weight of the active compound and its solubility in the composition being equal to or greater than 0.6 ml. The high percentage of fat (30-80%) enables a considerable increase the amount of the drug that is molecularly dispersed in the dosage form, thus allowing a significant reduction in the number of unit doses that must be taken daily-by patients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Kuentz, Dieter Roethlisberger
  • Patent number: 6706707
    Abstract: This invention relates to a compound and the use of the compound of the formula wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the description, A signifies —CH═CH— or —C≡C—; and B signifies wherein R6 to R26, X and Y are as defined in the specification or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment or prevention of mGluR5 receptor mediated disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Mutel, Jens-Uwe Peters, Juergen Wichmann
  • Patent number: 6689790
    Abstract: A compound of formula wherein R1 is —NR′R″, wherein R′ and R″ are independently selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, —(CH2)n—C(O)NRaRb, —(CH2)n,-heteroaryl, —(CH2)n-aryl, —(CH2)n—CN, —(CH2)n—O-lower alkyl or —(CH2)n-cycloalkyl, or R′ and R″ form together with the N-atom a five or six-membered non-aromatic ring, containing no or one additional heteroatom selected from the group consiting of O and S, and said ring being unsubstituted or substituted by one or two substituents, selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, —C(O)NRaRb and —(CH2)n—O-lower alkyl, and RaRb are independently from each other hydrogen or lower alkyl; R2 is aryl or heteroaryl, unsubstituted or substituted by lower alkyl or halogen; and n is 0, 1, 2 or 3; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Matthias Heinrich Nettekoven, Sebastien Schmitt
  • Patent number: 6689755
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rapid and readily reproducible process for stabilizing biologically active substances by combining the biologically active substance witha a stabilizingmixture and drying the resulting mixture into a dry, amorphous product by means of convection drying. The invention also relates to the amorphous, microscopically homogeneous products which are obtained by this process, are in the form of powders and have a uniform geometric, in particular spherical, shape. The invention furthermore relates to the use of substance mixtures for stabilizing biologically active material, in particular proteins by means of spray drying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Boehringer Mannheim GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf-Dieter Gabel, Markus Mattern, Gerhard Winter, Alexander Wirl, Heinrich Woog
  • Patent number: 6686352
    Abstract: The present invention is a compound of formula wherein R1 is halogen or lower alkyl; R2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, —(CH2)m-phenyl, wherein the phenyl ring may be substituted by lower alkoxy, or is —(CH2)m-indolyl; R3 is —C(O)O-lower alkyl, —C(O)OH, or a five membered heteroaromatic group, which rings may be substituted by lower alkyl or cycloalkyl; n is 0, 1 or 2; m is 0, 1 or 2; or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof. Compound I shows high affinity and selectivity for GALA A &agr;5 receptor binding sites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Raffaello Masciadri, Andrew William Thomas, Juergen Wichmann
  • Patent number: 6683097
    Abstract: Novel imidazole derivatives are disclosed. These compounds have a good affinity to the NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate)-receptor subtype selective blockers, which have a key function in modulating neuronal activity and plasticity which makes them key players in mediating processes underlying development of CNS as well as learning and memory formation. These compounds are useful in the control or treatment of diseases mediated by this receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Alanine, Bernd Buettelmann, Marie-Paule Heitz Neidhart, Georg Jaeschke, Emmanuel Pinard, Rene Wyler
  • Patent number: 6673795
    Abstract: The present invention is a pyrimidine, triazine or pyrazine derivative of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X, Y and Z are as defined in the specification. The invention is a pharmaceutical composition containing an effective amount of the compound of formula 1, its preparation and to a method of treatment, control or prevention of acute and/or chronic neurological disorders by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred Binggeli, Hans-Peter Maerki, Thierry Masquelin, Vincent Mutel, Maurice Wilhelm, Wolfgang Wostl