Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the formula wherein A, B and R1 to R7 are as described below, or to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds are BACE1 and/or BACE2 inhibitors and can be used as medicaments for the therapeutic and/or prophylactic treatment of diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, particularly type 2 diabetes, and other metabolic disorders.

Abstract: This invention is directed to methods for preventing or ameliorating sleep-related breathing disorders. The method comprises administration to a patient in need thereof an effective dose of one or a combination of prostanoid receptor antagonists (eg. ramatroban, ifetroban, diphloretin, phosphate, polyphloretin phosphate, seratrodast, SC19220). The prostanoid receptor antagonist or combination of prostanoid receptor antagonists can be administered in conjunction with one or more serotonin receptor agonists, one or more cannabinoids receptor agonists, one or more serotonin reuptake inhibitors, one or more noradrenalin reuptake inhibitors, a combination of reuptake inhibitors, an inhibitor of prostanoid synthesis, or any combination of the foregoing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel aniline derivatives and their use in therapy, in particular their use in the treatment of fungal infections.

Abstract: The present invention pertains generally to the field of therapeutic compounds, and more specifically to certain macrolide compounds (for convenience, collectively referred to herein as “MC compounds”), which, inter alia, are useful in treatment of cancer. The present invention also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds and compositions, both in vitro and in vivo, to treat proliferative conditions such as cancer, and in the treatment of diseases and conditions that are mediated by the regulation (e.g. inhibition) of cell proliferation, optionally in combination with another agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of specific compounds related to the indolocarbazole K252a, for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of various forms of cancer.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds for modulating protein kinase enzymatic activity for modulating cellular activities such as proliferation, differentiation, programmed cell death, migration and chemoinvasion. Compounds of the invention inhibit, regulate and/or modulate kinases, particularly Tie-2. Methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof to treat kinase-dependent diseases and conditions are also an aspect of the invention.

Abstract: The invention relates to pyrimidin 2-one compounds of general formula (I), in addition to the derivatives and tautomers of (I) and the physiologically acceptable salts of said compounds. In said formula, A represents linear or branched C3-C6 alkene, which can have a double bond or triple bond and/or a group Z, which is not adjacent to the nitrogen atom of the pyrimidinone ring and is selected from O, S, C(O), NR3, C(O)NR3, NR3C(O), OC(O) and C(O)O; B represents a group of the formula (II), in which X stands for CH2 or N and Y stands for CH2 or CH2CH2, or X—Y can also jointly represent C?CH, C?CH—CH2 or CH—CH?CH; R1 and R2 are defined as cited in the description and the claims; and Ar represents an optionally substituted aromatic group. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical agent, containing at least one compound (I) and the tautomers, derivatives and/or acid addition salts of said compound, optionally together with physiologically acceptable carriers and/or auxiliary agents.

Abstract: The present invention refers to the use of a specific indolocarbazole compound of general formula (1) or a pharmaceutically-acceptable a salt thereof for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of a neurodegenerative and/or dementing illness driven by the molecular pathology of microtubule-associate tau such as Alzheimer's disease, frontal lobe dementia, Pick's disease, Parkinson disease with dementia, corticobasal degeneration, argyrophilic grains disease, or supranuclear palsy. A method for treating or preventing such illnesses is also disclosed. Furthermore, methods for the identification of efficacious inhibitors of neurofibrillary degeneration, and methods for the determination of an appropriate dosage of an inhibitor of the PHF-type tau hyperphosphorylation for the treatment of a condition characterized by neurofibrillary pathology are described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to bicyclic heterocycles of general formula wherein Ra, Rb and Rc are defined as in claim 1, their tautomers, their stereoisomers, their mixtures and their salts, in particular their physiologically acceptable salts with inorganic or organic acids and bases, which have valuable pharmacological properties, in particular an inhibitory action on the signal transduction mediated by tyrosine kinases, their use for the treatment of illnesses, in particular of tumoral diseases and of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), of diseases of the lung and of the airways, and the preparation thereof.

Abstract: Heterocyclic derivatives act as Ca channel antagonists. The compositions are useful for treating or relieving Ca channel mediated conditions.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula wherein R, R1, R2, X, and Y are as defined herein and to a pharmaceutically suitable acid addition salt thereof. Compounds of formula I have a good affinity to the trace amine associated receptors (TAARs), especially for TAAR1. The compounds can be used for the treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), stress-related disorders, psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease, neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, migraine, hypertension, substance abuse and metabolic disorders such as eating disorders, diabetes, diabetic complications, obesity, dyslipidemia, disorders of energy consumption and assimilation, disorders and malfunction of body temperature homeostasis, disorders of sleep and circadian rhythm, and cardiovascular disorders.

Abstract: The invention relates to thiophene carboxamides of formula (I), wherein A, R1, R2, R3, n and X are as defined in the specification, processes and intermediates used in their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising (i) quetiapine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, especially quetiapine fumarate; (ii) a mixed excipient comprising an intimate admixture of polyvinylacetate and polyvinylpyrrolidone in a weight ratio from 5:2 to 10:2; and, optionally (iii) an acid especially fumaric acid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I): wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the claims. The compounds have specific affinity for the GABAA receptor and are therefore useful in the treatment and prevention of diseases modulated by the ?1- and ?2-GABAA receptors.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), in which the radicals R1 to R3 and AR are as defined in the description, processes for the preparation thereof, the use thereof in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.

Abstract: This invention concerns novel substituted heterocyclic tetracyclic tetrahydrofuran derivatives with binding affinities towards serotonin receptors, in particular 5-HT2A and 5-HT2C receptors, and towards dopamine receptors, in particular dopamine D2 receptors and with norepinephrine reuptake inhibition properties, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds according to the invention, the use thereof as a medicine, in particular for the prevention and/or treatment of a range of psychiatric and neurological disorders, in particular certain psychotic, cardiovascular and gastrokinetic disorders and processes for their production. The compounds according to the invention can be represented by general Formula (I) and comprises also the pharmaceutically acceptable acid or base addition salts thereof, the stereochemically isomeric forms thereof, the N-oxide form thereof and prodrugs thereof, wherein all substituents are defined as in Claim 1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel aniline derivatives and their use in therapy, in particular their use in the treatment of fungal infections.

Abstract: A compound, composition and method are disclosed that can provide analgesia. A contemplated compound has a structure that corresponds to Formula A, wherein A, B, X, R1, R2, R7 and R8, and the dashed lines are defined within.

Abstract: Antibacterial compounds of formula (I) are provided: as well as stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, and prodrugs thereof; pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of treating bacterial infections by the administration of such compounds; and processes for the preparation of such compounds.

Abstract: Novel pyrrole derivatives of formula (I) and their pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts having superior antimycobacterial activity against clinically sensitive as well as resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as well as having lesser toxicity compared to known compounds. The use of the novel compounds of formula (I) for treatment of latent tuberculosis including Multi Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR TB). The methods for preparation of the novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing the novel compounds and method of treating MDR TB by administration of compounds of formula (I).

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel morpholine, oxazapane and piperidine derivatives that act as ligands for CC chemokine receptors, such as CCR1. The invention also relates to methods of preparing the compounds, compositions containing the compounds, and to methods of treatment using the compounds.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for treating Alzheimer's disease containing a compound represented by the general formula (I); wherein ring A is an optionally substituted carbocyclic group or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; E is lower alkylene, etc.; X is S, O, or NR1; R1 is a hydrogen atom or lower alkyl; R2a, R2b, R3a, R3b, R4a and R4b are each independently a hydrogen atom, halogen, hydroxy, etc.; n and m are each independently an integer of 0 to 3; n+m is an integer of 1 to 3; and R5 is a hydrogen atom, optionally substituted lower alkyl, etc.; its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or a solvate thereof as an active ingredient.

Abstract: The use of fused 1,2,4-triazoles for modulating the activity of 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11?HSD1) and the use of these compounds as pharmaceutical compositions has been described. Also a novel class of fused 1,2,4-triazoles, their use in therapy, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, as well as their use in the manufacture of medicaments has been described. The present compounds are modulators and more specifically inhibitors of the activity of 11?HSD1 and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and/or prophylaxis of a range of medical disorders where a decreased intracellular concentration of active glucocorticoid is desirable.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pyridazinone compounds and their derivatives according to the general formula (I), with the substituents X, R1 and R2 defined herein, as well as their physiologically acceptable salts, methods for producing these compounds and their use as pharmaceuticals. These compounds are kinase inhibitors, in particular inhibitors of the kinase GSK-3? (glycogen synthase kinase-3?) which are useful in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, strokes, cranial and spinal traumas and peripheral neuropathies, obesity, metabolic diseases, type II diabetes, essential hypertension, atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases, polycystic ovary syndrome and syndrome X or immunodeficiency.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel aniline derivatives and their use in therapy, in particular their use in the treatment of fungal infections.

Abstract: The present invention relates to heteroarylacrylamides of the formula I, in which Het, X, Ra, Rb, R1, R2 and R3 have the meanings indicated in the claims, which modulate the transcription of endothelial nitric oxide (NO) synthase and are valuable pharmacologically active compounds. Specifically, the compounds of the formula I upregulate the expression of the enzyme endothelial NO synthase and can be applied in conditions in which an increased expression of said enzyme or an increased NO level or the normalization of a decreased NO level is desired.

Abstract: The present invention refers to pharmaceutical preparations including as active compounds 3-aza-bicyclo[3.2.1]octane derivatives of general formula (I) and/or their dimers of general formula (II) and (III) acting as agonists of human neurotrophines. Therefore, such compounds of formula (I), (II) and (III) are useful for treatment of diseases in which the neurotrophine functions are involved in defect, particularly of Nerve Growth Factor (NGF), such as neurodegenerative diseases of central nervous system (CNS), acquired immunodeficiency due to a reduced NGF biodisponibility, or morbous conditions in which the stimulus of neoangiogenesis process is convenient.

Abstract: There is provided a compound having a capsaicin receptor VR1 inhibitory activity and useful as a therapeutic agent for various pains including inflammatory pain and neurogenic pain, migraine, cluster headache, bladder diseases including overactive bladder, and the like. A benzamide derivative or a salt thereof wherein a benzene ring is attached to a D ring (a monocyclic or bicyclic hydrocarbon ring or a monocyclic or bicyclic heteroaromatic ring) through an amide bond, the benzene ring is directly bonded to an E ring (a monocyclic or bicyclic hydrocarbon ring or a monocyclic or bicyclic heteroaromatic ring), and the benzene ring is further bonded to A (an amino moiety, a monocyclic or bicyclic heterocycle) through L (a lower alkylene).

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, their synthesis, and their use as HSP-90 inhibitors.

Abstract: In one embodiment the invention provides a method of combating cyanide poisoning, which comprises administering to a subject a compound capable of releasing 3-mercapto-pyruvate in vivo. In other embodiments the invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound capable of releasing 3-mercaptopyruvate in vivo, as well as novel compounds that are capable of releasing 3-mercaptopyruvate in vivo.

Abstract: Combination therapy comprising the administration of an 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 inhibitor and an antihypertensive agent useful for treating, preventing and reducing the risk of developing insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, obesity, hypertension and other related diseases and disorders.

Abstract: A tissue-selective androgen receptor modulator containing a compound represented by the formula wherein Ring A represents an optionally substituted 5- to 8-membered ring, Ring B represents an optionally further substituted 4- to 10-membered ring, Ring C represents an optionally further substituted benzene ring, X1 represents an optionally substituted carbon atom, X2 represents an optionally substituted carbon atom, an oxygen atom and the like, W1 represents a nitrogen atom and the like, Y11 represents a group represented by the formula CR2R3? (wherein R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group and the like, and R3? represents a bond, a hydrogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group and the like, respectively), Y21 represents a group represented by the formula CR4R5? (wherein R4 represents a hydrogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group and the like, and R5? represents a bond, a hydrogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group and the like, respectively) and the like, R1 represents an electron-withd

Abstract: Triphenylethylene compounds of formula (I) are provided. The compounds are particularly useful for selective estrogen receptor modulation.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods of treating or preventing autoimmune diseases with 2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds, as well as methods of treating, preventing or ameliorating symptoms associated with such diseases. Specific examples of autoimmune diseases that can be treated or prevented with the compounds include rheumatoid arthritis and/or its associated symptoms, systemic lups erythematosis and/or its associated symptoms and multiple sclerosis and/or its associated symptoms.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising (i) quetiapine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, especially quetiapine fumarate; (ii) a mixed excipient comprising an intimate admixture of polyvinylacetate and polyvinylpyrrolidone in a weight ratio from 5:2 to 10:2; and, optionally (iii) an acid especially fumaric acid.

Abstract: A means and method for treating malaria, schistosomiasis, and cancer using a spiro or dispiro 1,2,4-trioxolane is described. The preferred 1,2,4-trioxolanes include a spiroadamantane group on one side of the trioxolane group, and a spirocyclohexyl on the other side of the trioxolane group. In comparison to artemisinin semisynthetic derivatives, the compounds of this invention are structurally simple, easy to synthesize, non-toxic, and potent against malarial parasites. The compounds of the invention unexpectedly provide a single-dose cure for malaria, as well as prophylactic activity against the same. The compounds are also active against schistosomiasis and cancer.

Abstract: The use of fused 1,2,4-triazoles for modulating the activity of 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11?HSD1) and the use of these compounds as pharmaceutical compositions has been described. Also a novel class of fused 1,2,4-triazoles, their use in therapy, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, as well as their use in the manufacture of medicaments has been described. The present compounds are modulators and more specifically inhibitors of the activity of 11?HSD1 and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and/or prophylaxis of a range of medical disorders where a decreased intracellular concentration of active glucocorticoid is desirable.

Abstract: A method for the treatment of bacterial infections in humans and non-human mammals, which comprises inhibiting bacterial growth by administering to a subject an antibacterially effective dose of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically or veterinarily acceptable salt thereof:

Abstract: Compounds represented by Formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are effective as NMDA NR2B antagonists useful for relieving pain.

Abstract: The invention features methods and compositions for preventing or treating pain resulting from surgery or an incision by administering an antagonist of nerve growth factor (NGF). The NGF antagonist may be an anti-NGF (such as anti-hNGF) antibody that is capable of binding hNGF.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel, low molecular weight broad spectrum compounds in particular to a class of 4-substituted or unsubstituted-7-hydro-1,4-thiazepine-7-[bicyclic or tricyclic heteroaryl] substituted-3,6-dicarboxylic acid or their derivatives which have ?-lactamase inhibitory and antibacterial properties. The compounds are therefore useful in the treatment of antibacterial infections in humans or animals, either alone or in combination with other antibiotics.

Abstract: The present invention relates to CCR5 receptor antagonists of formulae (1a) or (1b): enantiomers, diastereomers, salts and solvates thereof wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R7 are as defined herein. The invention further includes a method of CCR5-mediated disorders employing such compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to insecticidal mixtures for protecting plants against attack by pests comprising (a) compounds of the formula (I) ?in which W, X, Y, Z, A, B, D and G are each as defined in the disclosure, and (b) specified agonists or antagonists of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to alanine 2,6-dialkoxyphenyl ester derivatives having the general formula I The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said derivatives, and to the use of these alanine 2,6-dialkoxyphenyl ester derivatives as hypnotics for the induction and maintenance of general anaesthesia.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a novel dehydrogenase having a property which is different from that of known dehydrogenases. The present invention provides a dehydrogenase having the following physicochemical properties: (1) effect: to produce N-alkyl-L-alanine from pyruvic acid and alkylamine or dialkylamine using NADPH and/or NADH as coenzyme; (2) substrate specificity: to show activity to alkylamine or dialkylamine but not to ammonium; (3) optimal pH when using phenylpyruvic acid and methylamine as substrates is around 10; and (4) when treated at 30 ° C. for 30 minutes, the enzyme is stable at around pH 5 to 10.5.

Abstract: A compound having the general formula and methods of using such compounds for the treatment of diseases and pharmaceutical composition comprising such compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): useful in treating Alzheimer's disease and other similar diseases. These compounds include inhibitors of the beta-secretase enzyme that are useful in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other diseases characterized by deposition of A beta peptide in a mammal. The compounds of the invention are useful in pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment to reduce A beta peptide formation.

Abstract: Cyclic oxyguanidine pyrazinone compounds are described, including compounds of the Formula I: wherein R3, R4, R5, W, and A are as set forth in the specification, as well as hydrates, solvates or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds of the invention are potent inhibitors of proteases, especially trypsin-like serine proteases, such as chymotrypsin, trypsin, thrombin, plasmin and factor Xa. Certain of the compounds exhibit antithrombotic activity via direct, selective inhibition of thrombin. Compositions for inhibiting loss of blood platelets, inhibiting formation of blood platelet aggregates, inhibiting formation of fibrin, inhibiting thrombus formation, and inhibiting embolus formation are described.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising synergistic amounts of a compound of the formula (I) wherein X, E, R, A and Z are as defined herein, and at least one fungicidal active compound as defined herein. The compositions of the present invention find use as pesticides.

Abstract: A compound of formula (I) in which R1 is halo, lower alkoxy, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted aryloxy, optionally substituted heterecyclic group or optionally substituted lower alkynyl, R2 is amidated carboxy, R3 is hydrogen or acyl, Ar is aryl or heterocyclic group, X is thia, sulfinyl or sulfonyl, Y and Z are each lower alkylene, m and n are each an integer of 0 to 2, and a salt thereof, useful as inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) or the production of tumor necrosis factor ? (TNF ?)