Abstract: This invention relates to compounds that alter PPAR activity. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds or their salts, and methods of using them as therapeutic agents for treating or preventing dyslipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, obesity, hyperglycemia, atherosclerosis, hypertriglyceridemia and hyperinsulinemia in a mammal. The present invention also relates to methods for making the disclosed compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to sulfones that are useful in the treatment of chemokine-mediated disorders. In certain embodiments, the present invention concerns the compounds that are MCP-1 receptor antagonists.

Abstract: This invention discloses compounds that alter PPAR activity. The invention also discloses pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds or their salts, and methods of using them as therapeutic agents for treating or preventing disipidemia, hypercholesteremia, obesity, eating disorders, hyperglycemia, atherosclerosis, hypertriglyceridemia, hyperinsulinemia and diabetes in a mammal as well as methods of supressing appetite and modulating leptin levels in a mammal. The present invention also discloses methods for making the disclosed compounds.

Abstract: This invention discloses compounds that alter PPAR activity. The invention also discloses pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds or their salts, and methods of using them as therapeutic agents for treating or preventing disipidemia, hypercholesteremia, obesity, eating disorders, hyperglycemia, atherosclerosis, hypertriglyceridemia, hyperinsulinemia and diabetes in a mammal as well as methods of supressing appetite and modulating leptin levels in a mammal. The present invention also discloses methods for making the disclosed compounds.

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds that alter PPAR activity. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds or their salts, and methods of using them as therapeutic agents for treating or preventing dyslipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, obesity, hyperglycemia, atherosclerosis, hypertriglyceridemia and hyperinsulinemia in a mammal. The present invention also relates to methods for making the disclosed compounds.

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds that alter PPAR activity. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds or their salts, and methods of using them as therapeutic agents for treating or preventing dyslipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, obesity, hyperglycemia, atherosclerosis, hypertriglyceridemia and hyperinsulinemia in a mammal. The present invention also relates to methods for making the disclosed compounds.

Abstract: This invention discloses compounds that alter PPAR activity. The invention also discloses pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds or their salts, and methods of using them as therapeutic agents for treating or preventing disipidemia, hypercholesteremia, obesity, eating disorders, hyperglycemia, atherosclerosis, hypertriglyceridemia, hyperinsulinemia and diabetes in a mammal as well as methods of supressing appetite and modulating leptin levels in a mammal. The present invention also discloses methods for making the disclosed compounds.

Abstract: Benzothiophene, benzofuran and indolethiazepinones, oxazepinones and diazepinones as well as methods of preparation thereof are described as agents which inhibit leukocyte adherence to vascular endothelium and, as such, are effective therapeutic agents for treating inflammatory diseases; these compounds also inhibit the activation of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Abstract: The novel 3,5-ditertiarybutyl-4-hydroxy-phenylmethylene derivative of 2-substituted thiazolidinones, oxazolidinones, and imidazolidinones as antiinflammatory agents having inhibiting activity for 5-lipoxygenase, cyclooxygenase, or both.

Abstract: Benzothiophene, benzofuran and indole-thiazepinones, oxazepinones and diazepinones as well as methods of preparation thereof are described as agents which inhibit leukocyte adherence to vascular endothelium and, as such, are effective therapeutic agents for treating inflammatory diseases.

Abstract: The present invention is for selected novel compounds, as well as, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use for known and the selected novel compounds both of the formula ##STR1## having activity useful for treating allergies and inflammation.

Abstract: 1-Ether and 1-thioether-naphthalene-2-carboxamides are described, methods of manufacture therefor and their use as agents which inhibit leukocyte adherence to vascular endothelium and, as such, are effective therapeutic agents for treating inflammatory diseases, and their utility in inhibiting the activation of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), latent in infected humans.

Abstract: 3-Substituted-indole-2-carboxamides are described as agents which inhibit leukocyte adherence to vascular endothelium and, as such, are effective therapeutic agents for treating inflammatory diseases. Certain of these compounds are novel and methods of manufacture are also described.Certain of the indole-2-carboxamides also inhibit the activation of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), latent in infected humans.

Abstract: The present invention is novel compounds which are 3,5-di-tertiary-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl substituted 1,2,4- and 1,3,4-thiadazoles and oxadiazoles, and 1,2,4-triazoles, and pharmaceutically acceptable additions and base salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use therefor. The invention compounds are now found to have activity as inhibitors of 5-lipoxygenase and/or cyclooxygenase providing treatment of conditions advantageously affected by such inhibition including inflammation, arthritis, pain, fever, and the like.

Abstract: 3-Thio or amino substituted benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxamides and 3-oxygen, thio, or amino substituted benzofuran-2-carboxamides are described as agents which inhibit leukocyte adherence to vascular endothelium and, as such, are effective therapeutic agents for treating inflammatory diseases. Certain of these compounds are novel and methods of manufacture are also described.The same benzo[b]thiophene and benzofuran-2-carboxamides also inhibit the activation of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), latent in infected mammals.

Abstract: Novel unnatural dipeptoids useful as agents in the treatment of obesity, hypersecretion of gastric acid in the gut, gastrin-dependent tumors, or as antipsychotics are disclosed. Further, the compounds are antianxiety agents and antiulcer agents. The compounds are agents useful for preventing the response to withdrawal from chronic treatment or use of nicotine, diazepam, alcohol, cocaine, caffeine, and opioids. The compounds are also useful in treating and/or preventing panic attacks. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment using the dipeptoids as well as processes for preparing them and novel intermediates useful in their preparation. An additional feature of the invention is the use of the subject compounds to prepare diagnostic compositions.

Abstract: The present invention is novel compounds which are 2-heterocyclic-4,6-ditertiarybutyl-5-hydroxy-1,3-pyrimidines, where heterocyclic is selected from imidazole, thiazole, and oxazole, and pharmaceutically acceptable additional salts, bases, and base salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use therefor. The invention compounds are found to have activity as inhibitors of 5-lipoxygenase and/or cyclooxygenase providing treatment of, for example, inflammation.

Abstract: The present invention is for selected novel compounds, as well as, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use for known and the selected novel compounds both of the formula ##STR1## having activity useful for treating allergies and inflammation.

Abstract: The novel 3,5-ditertiarybutyl-4-hydroxy-phenylmethylene derivative of 2-substituted thiazolidinones, oxazolidinones, and imidazolidinones as antiinflammatory agents having inhibiting activity for 5-lipoxygenase, cyclooxygenase, or both.

Abstract: This invention discloses compounds that alter PPAR activity. The invention also discloses pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of their salts, and methods of using them as therapeutic agents for treating or preventing disipidemia, hypercholesteremia, obesity, eating disorders, hyperglycemia, atherosclerosis, hypertriglyceridemia, hyperinsulinemia and diabetes in a mammal as well as methods of suppressing appetite and modulating leptin levels in a mammal. The present invention also discloses methods for making the disclosed compounds.