Polycyclo Ring System Having The Seven-membered Hetero Ring As One Of The Cyclos Patents (Class 514/213.01)
  • Publication number: 20100172867
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted 1H-pyrazolo-[3,4-d]pyrimidine-6-amine compounds and methods of synthesizing these compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing substituted 1H-pyrazolo-[3,4-d]pyrimidine-6-amine compounds and methods of treating cell proliferative disorders, such as cancer, by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: ArQule, Inc.
    Inventors: Syed M. Ali, Mark A. Ashwell, Jason Hill, Jean-Marc Lapierre, Magdi Moussa, Nivedita Namdev, Robert Nicewonger, Manish Tandon, Rui-Yang Yang
  • Patent number: 7749993
    Abstract: A method for treating severe heart failure, comprising administering to a patient an effective amount of a benzazepine compound (1): wherein R1 is H or halogen, R2 is OH, or —NR5R6 (R5 and R6 are H or lower alkyl, R3 is H, halogen, lower alkyl, or lower alkoxy, R4 is halogen, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy, or a salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the benzazepine compound (1) or a salt thereof and use of the compound (1) or a salt thereof for preparing a medicament for treatment of severe heart failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Ozaki, Yôsuke Maki, Osamu Sato, Yoshitaka Yamamura
  • Patent number: 7749992
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I wherein n, m, p, q, y, R1 R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are as defined herein and their pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are disclosed as useful for treating artherosclerosis and its sequelae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Guoqing Cao, Ana Maria Escribano, Maria Carmen Fernandez, Todd Fields, Douglas Linn Gernert, Christopher Lawrence Cioffi, Robert Jason Herr, Nathan Bryan Mantlo, Eva Maria Martin De La Nava, Ana Isabel Mateo Herranz, Daniel Ray Mayhugh, Xiaodong Wang
  • Patent number: 7741317
    Abstract: A compound of formula I wherein A, X, q, R1, R2a, R2b, R2c, R3a, and R3b are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Hannguang J. Chao, Huji Tuerdi, Ellen K. Kick, Wu Yang
  • Publication number: 20100152141
    Abstract: The invention relates to 5-HT6 receptor modulators. Compositions comprising arylamine compounds and acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and use of these compositions are disclosed. Such uses include e.g., the treatment, modulation and/or prevention of Alzheimer's disease and memory disorders, and psychological disorders such as schizophrenia, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: EPIX DELAWARE, INC
    Inventors: Kimberley Gannon, Sharon Shacham
  • Publication number: 20100152164
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for stabilizing an anti-dementia drug in a pharmaceutical composition containing the anti-dementia drug and a high molecular weight basic substance by adding a high molecular weight acidic substance to said pharmaceutical composition. Further, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition containing an anti-dementia drug and a high molecular basic substance in which a high molecular weight acidic substance is contained for stabilizing the anti-dementia drug. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a pharmaceutical composition which comprises steps wherein a solution or suspension containing a high molecular weight acidic substance is added to a mixture of an anti-dementia drug and a high molecular weight basic substance for the sake of stabilizing the anti-dementia drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Ueki, Yasuyuki Suzuki, Satoshi Fujioka
  • Publication number: 20100143322
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of inhibitors of different N-methyl transferases in the therapy of Parkinson's syndrome, in particular idiopathic Parkinson's syndrome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Hans Uwe Wolf, Christoph Wilhelm
  • Publication number: 20100129311
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new phenylalanine amide inhibitors of ATP-sensitive potassium channels, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: AUSPEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas G. Gant
  • Publication number: 20100112090
    Abstract: [Purpose] The present invention provides compounds useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a sex hormone-dependent disease or the like. [Solution] The present invention provides nitrogen-containing fused ring derivatives represented by the following general formula (I) which has a GnRH antagonistic activity, prodrugs, salts, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, medicinal uses thereof and the like. In the formula (I), rings A and B are independently aryl or heteroaryl; RA and RB are independently halogen, cyano, alkyl, alkylsulfonyl, —OW1, —SW1, —COW2, —NW3W4, —SO2NW3W4, aryl, etc.; RC is H or alkyl; E is oxygen atom, etc.; U is single bond or alkylene; and X is Y, —CO—Y, —SO2—Y, —S-(alkylene)-Y, —O-(alkylene)-Y, —SO2-(alkylene)-Y, etc.; Y is Z or amino, etc.; and Z is cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: KISSEI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Shigeru Yonekubo, Takashi Miyagi, Kohsuke Ohno, Mikie Kambara, Nobuhiko Fushimi
  • Publication number: 20100105657
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new compounds of formula (I), or salts, solvates or solvated salts thereof, process for their preparation and to new intermediates used in the preparation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds and to the use of said compounds in the treatment of 5-HT6 mediated disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, cognitive disorders, cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia, obesity and Parkinson's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2006
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Gunnar Nordvall, Carl Petersson, Fernando Sehgelmeble
  • Patent number: 7704991
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel substituted diazabicyclo derivatives useful as monoamine neurotransmitter re-uptake inhibitors. In other aspects the invention relates to the use of these compounds in a method for therapy and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Neurosearch A/S
    Inventors: Dan Peters, Elsebet Østergaard Nielsen, John Paul Redrobe
  • Publication number: 20100099664
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is novel substituted pyrrolidine amides of the general formula (I) in which D, L. E, G, J, M, L1, L2, R4, and R5 are defined as in the specification, the tautomers, enantiomers, diastereomers, mixtures, and salts thereof, particularly physiologically tolerated salts with inorganic or organic acids or bases having valuable properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Kai Gerlach, Henning Priepke, Wolfgang Wienen, Annette Schuler-Metz, Georg Dahmann, Herbert Nar
  • Publication number: 20100099663
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound of formula I, wherein R1, R2, R3, X, A, m and n are as herein defined, the process for its preparation and its use thereof as a medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Manfred SCHUDOK, Armin HOFMEISTER
  • Patent number: 7700583
    Abstract: A novel class of compounds of the general formula (I), their use in therapy, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, as well as their use in the manufacture of medicaments are described. The present compounds modulate the activity of 11?-hydroxy-steroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11?HSD1) and are accordingly useful in the treatment of diseases in which such a modulation is beneficial, e.g. the metabolic syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: High Point Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Anette Gundertofte, Anker Steen Jorgensen, Gita Camilla Tejlgaard Kampen, Henrik Sune Andersen, Inge Thoger Christensen, Kilburn Paul John
  • Patent number: 7674787
    Abstract: The invention relates to conformationally constrained mimetics of Smac which function as inhibitors of Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins. The invention also relates to the use of these mimetics for inducing apoptotic cell death and for sensitizing cells to inducers of apoptosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Shaomeng Wang, Haiying Sun, Zaneta Nikolovska-Coleska, Chao-Yie Yang, Liang Xu, Naoyuki G. Saito, Jianyong Chen
  • Patent number: 7674794
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein n is 0, 1, or 2; X is O, S, —NH—, and —N-alkyl-; Ar1 is a 6-membered aromatic ring; and Ar2 is a fused bicycloheterocycle. The compounds are useful in treating conditions or disorders prevented by or ameliorated by ?7 nAChR ligands. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions having compounds of formula (I) and methods for using such compounds and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Jianguo Ji, Tao Li
  • Publication number: 20100048536
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds which bind to integrin receptors, their use as ligands of integrin receptors, in particular as ligands of the ?v?3 integrin receptor, and pharmaceutical preparations comprising these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Herve Geneste, Andreas Kling, Arnulf Lauterbach, Claudia Isabella Graef, Thomas Subkoski, Wilfried Hornberger
  • Publication number: 20100022515
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising compound of following formula (I), and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with the activity of GPR119 (G protein-coupled receptor 119) such as obesity, diabetes and hyperlipidemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: IRM LLC
    Inventors: Phillip B. Alper, Mihai D. Azimioara, Christopher Cow, Robert Epple, Songchun Jiang, Gerald Lelais, Pierre-Yves Michellys, Truc Ngoc Nguyen, Lucas Westcott-Baker, Baogen Wu
  • Publication number: 20100022514
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of compounds in the treatment of deacetylase-associated diseases and for the manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations for the treatment of said diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Young Shin Cho, Lei Jiang, Michael Shultz
  • Publication number: 20090325900
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound useful as an agent for the prevention or treatment of a sex hormone-dependent disease or the like. That is, the present invention provides a fused heterocyclic derivative represented by the following general formula (I), a pharmaceutical composition containing the same, a medicinal use thereof and the like. In the formula (I), ring A represents 5-membered cyclic unsaturated hydrocarbon or 5-membered heteroaryl; RA represents halogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, carboxy, alkoxy, carbamoyl, alkylcarbamoyl or the like; ring B represents aryl or heteroaryl; RB represents halogen, alkyl, carboxy, alkoxy, carbamoyl, alkylcarbamoyl or the like; E1 and E2 represent an oxygen atom or the like; U represents a single bond or alkylene; X represents a group represented by Y, —SO2—Y, —O— (alkylene)-Y, —O-Z in which Y represents Z, amino or the like; Z represents cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl or the like; or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: KISSEI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohsuke Ohno, Takashi Miyagi, Tomonaga Ozawa, Nobuhiko Fushimi
  • Publication number: 20090325930
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the following formula (I); [wherein T represents a single bond, a C1-C4 alkylene group which may have a substituent and the like; ??(I-1) formula (I-1) represents a single bond or a double bond; A represents a single bond, a bivalent 5- to 14-membered heterocyclic group which may have a substituent and the like; Y represents a single bond and the like; Z represents a methylene group and the like; ring G represents a phenylene group and the like which may condense with a 5- to 6-membered ring and may have a heteroatom; Ra and Rb are the same as or different from each other and represent a hydrogen atom and the like; W represents a single bond and the like; R? represents 1 to 4 independent hydrogen atoms and the like; and R? represents 1 to 4 independent hydrogen atoms and the like] or a salt thereof, or a hydrate thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Shinichi Hamaoka, Noritaka Kitazawa, Kazumasa Nara, Atsushi Sasaki, Atsushi Kamada, Tadashi Okabe
  • Patent number: 7622462
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or prodrugs thereof, wherein Ar, R1 and R2 are defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, methods of preparing the compounds, and method of using the compounds for treatment of monoamine reuptake inhibitor-mediated diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Craig Schoenfeld, Robert James Weikert
  • Publication number: 20090192141
    Abstract: The present invention relates to inhibitors of 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase Type 1 enzyme and their use in treatment of non-insulin dependent type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, obesity, lipid disorders, metabolic syndrome, central nervous system disorders, and diseases and conditions that are related to excessive glucocorticoids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: R. Scott Bitner, Kaitlin E. Browman, Michael E. Brune, Steven Fung, Peer B. Jacobson, Lynne E. Rueter, Marina I. Strakhova, Jiahong Wang, James T. Link, Yixian Chen, Hwan-soo Jae, Jyoti R. Patel, Marina A. Pliushchev, Jeffrey J. Rohde, Qi Shuai, Bryan K. Sorensen, Martin Winn, Dariusz Wodka, Hong Yong
  • Publication number: 20090181946
    Abstract: Benzazepinone compounds represented by Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions comprise an effective amount of the instant compounds, either alone, or in combination with one or more other therapeutically active compounds, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Methods of treating conditions associated with, or caused by, sodium channel activity, including, for example, acute pain, chronic pain, visceral pain, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, epilepsy, irritable bowel syndrome, urinary incontinence, pruritis, itchiness, allergic dermatitis, depression, anxiety, multiple sclerosis, and bipolar disorder, comprise administering an effective amount of the present compounds, either alone, or in combination with one or more other therapeutically active compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Scott B. Hoyt, Clare London, Dong Ok, William H. Parsons
  • Publication number: 20090163474
    Abstract: Provided are certain methods of treating nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with farnesoid X receptor agonists. Also provided are certain methods of modulating levels of keratinocyte-derived chemokine (KC), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), cytokeratin 18 (CK-18), matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), matrix metalloproteinase-14 (MMP-14), tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 (TIMP-1), and Cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1); certain methods of identifying FXR modulators; and certain methods of treating patients with existing cholesterol gallstone disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: Wyeth
    Inventors: Songwen Zhang, Douglas Harnish, Mark J. Evans, Juan Wang
  • Publication number: 20090149444
    Abstract: A compound of the formula (I): wherein R1 represents a C1-C6 alkyl, (C1-C6 alkyl)amino, di(C1-C6 alkyl)amino or a nitrogen-containing saturated heterocyclic; R2 and R3 are the same or different and represent hydrogen or a C1-C6 alkyl; Ra represents hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl or C2-C6 alkenyl or together with R2 represents a C1-C3 alkylene; Arom represents a heteroaryl; A represents a C1-C6 alkylene; E represents a single bond, oxygen, sulphur or R4NR4—, wherein R4 is hydrogen or C1-C7 alkenoyl; X1 and X2 both represent oxygen; X2 is attached at the 3-position or the 4-position; or a pharmacologically acceptable salt or ester thereof. The compound has superior acetylcholinesterase inhibitory action and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitory action, and is useful for treating Alzheimer's disease, depression, Huntington's chorea, Pick's disease, tardive dyskinesia, compulsive disorders or panic disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: BTG INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazuo Koyama, Shinji Marumoto, Narihiro Toda, Hiroshi Kogen, Keiko Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20090088417
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for preventing and treating harmful actions caused by drugs of abuse. More particularly, disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition effective for preventing or treating dependence and spontaneous movements by using a drug acting against the vanilloid receptor Capsazepine, which is used as a drug acting against the vanilloid receptor, shows an excellent effect of alleviating conditions of cocaine dependence and addition during the development and recurrence thereof. Administration of the drug acting against the vanilloid receptor provides important information in developing an agent for preventing and treating drug dependence and addiction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Choon-Gon Jang, Seok-Yong Lee, In-Jee You
  • Publication number: 20090075978
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted propiolic acid amides, to methods for the production thereof, to medicaments containing these compounds and to the use thereof for producing medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: Grunenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Michael HAURAND, Klaus SCHIENE, Sven KUHNERT, Melanie REICH, Saskia ZEMOLKA
  • Patent number: 7504391
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, which, are novel antagonists for D1/D5 receptors as well as methods for preparing such compounds. In another embodiment, the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such D1/D5 receptor antagonists as well as methods of using them to treat CNS disorders, obesity, metabolic disorders, eating disorders such as hyperphagia, and diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Duane A. Burnett, William J. Greenlee, Brian McKittrick, Jing Su, Zhaoning Zhu, Thavalakulamgara K. Sasikumar, Robert Mazzola, Li Qiang, Yuanzan Ye
  • Publication number: 20090054402
    Abstract: Compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Mcl-1 protein, compositions containing the compounds, and methods of treating diseases involving overexpressed or unregulated Mcl-1 protein are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Xilu Wang, Xiaohong Song, Steven W. Elmore, Milan Bruncko, David J. Madar, Andrew J. Souers, Lisa A. Hasvold, Le Wang, Zhi-Fu Tao, Aaron R. Kunzer
  • Publication number: 20090042860
    Abstract: The invention encompasses compounds of formula I as well as compositions and methods of using the compounds. The compounds have activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV) and are useful in treating those infected with HCV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Carl P. Bergstrom, Scott W. Martin
  • Patent number: 7488725
    Abstract: Compounds are provided having the formula: wherein R1, R2, R2?, R3, R3?, R4, R4?, R5, X, Y and Z are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
    Inventors: Stephen P. O'Connor, Lawrence G. Hamann
  • Publication number: 20090036426
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating obesity, anorexia nervosa, or bulimia nervosa comprising administering a compound of the invention conjointly with zonisamide, naltrexone, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention further relates to the treatment of metabolic syndrome comprising administering a compound of the invention conjointly with zonisamide, naltrexone, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: AMPLA Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventor: James R. Hauske
  • Publication number: 20090004112
    Abstract: The disclosure provides methods for treating a neurodegenerative disease by administering a NMDA receptor glycine site antagonist. Compounds that can be used in the methods are also provided. Methods are also provided for determining whether a compound inhibits activity of a Parkinson's Disease-associated mutant of leucine-rich repeat kinase-2 (LRRK2). The methods include assessing accumulation of axonal spheroid inclusions, branching and length of neuronal processes, and neuronal cell death.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventor: Asa ABELIOVICH
  • Publication number: 20080306041
    Abstract: The invention describes compositions and kits comprising at least one cardiovascular compound comprising at least one heterocyclic nitric oxide donor group, and, optionally, at least one nitric oxide enhancing compound and/or at least one therapeutic agent. The invention also provides methods for (a) treating cardiovascular diseases; (b) treating renovascular diseases; (c) treating diabetes; (d) treating diseases resulting from oxidative stress; (e) treating endothelial dysfunctions; (f) treating diseases caused by endothelial dysfunctions; (g) treating cirrhosis; (h) treating pre-eclampsia; (j) treating osteoporosis; (k) treating nephropathy; (l) treating peripheral vascular diseases; (m) treating portal hypertension and (n) treating ophthalmic disorders. The cardiovascular compounds are preferably ?-adrenergic antagonists, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, anti-hyperlipidemic compounds, and antithrombotic and vasodilator compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventor: David S. Garvey
  • Publication number: 20080305169
    Abstract: [Problems] The present invention provides pharmaceutical composition which is effective for the prophylaxis or treatment of pathology showing involvement of uric acid (hyperuricemia, gouty tophus, acute gout arthritis, chronic gout arthritis, gouty kidney, urolithiasis, renal function disorder, coronary arterial disease, ischemic heart disease and the like) and the like, and is superior in the time-course stability and dissolution property (disintegration property). [Solving Means] The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a nitrogen-containing fused ring compound represented by the following formula [1] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable additives, wherein the nitrogen-containing fused ring compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is not in contact with a basic additive: wherein each symbol is as described in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuki Miki, Fuyuki Arimoto, Masaki Sunami
  • Publication number: 20080306045
    Abstract: The invention relates to chemical entities of formula (I): and/or pharmaceutically acceptable derivative(s) thereof. The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of formula (I) and to the use of compounds of formula (I) in medicine, particularly in the amelioration of a clinical condition for which a Factor Xa inhibitor is indicated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Laure Camus, Reshma Chudasama, Caroline Jane Day, Deepali Deshmukh, John Gerald Gleason, John David Harling, Chao-Pin Lee, Paula Saklatvala, Stefan Senger, Sarah Vallance, John Watson, Nigel Stephen Watson, Robert John Young, Barbara Yuan
  • Publication number: 20080300235
    Abstract: Provided are certain methods of treating at least one disease state characterized by elevated expression of the Lectin-like Oxidized Low-density Lipoprotein Receptor 1 (LOX-1) in a patient with farnesoid X receptor agonists. Also provided are certain methods of reducing expression of LOX-1 in a cell with farnesoid X receptor agonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: Wyeth
    Inventors: Douglas Harnish, Songwen Zhang
  • Publication number: 20080280882
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel substituted diazabicyclo derivatives useful as monoamine neurotransmitter re-uptake inhibitors. In other aspects the invention relates to the use of these compounds in a method for therapy and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: NEUROSEARCH A/S
    Inventors: Dan Peters, Elsebet Ostergaard Nielsen, John Paul Redrobe
  • Publication number: 20080261951
    Abstract: This invention provides novel compounds according to general formula (1) wherein A is a bicyclic or tricyclic azepine derivative, V1 and V2 are both H, OMe or F, or one of V1 and V2 is Br, Cl, F, OH, OMe, OBn, OPh, O-acyl, N3, NH2, NHBn or NH-acyl and the other is H, or V1 and V2 together are ?O, —O(CH2)pO— or —S(CH2)S—; W1 is either O or S; X1 and X2 are both H, or together are ?O or ?S; Y is OR5 or NR6R7; R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently selected from H, lower alkyl, lower alkyloxy, F, Cl and Br; R5 is selected from H and lower alkyl; R6 and R7 are independently selected from H and lower alkyl, or together are —(CH2)n—; n=3, 4, 5, 6; and p is 2 or 3. The compounds are agonists at the vasopressin V2 receptor and are useful as antidiuretics and procoagulants. The invention further comprises pharmaceutical compositions incorporating these vasopressin agonists, which compositions are particularly useful in the treatment of central diabetes insipidus, nocturnal enuresis and nocturia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Doreen Mary Ashworth, Gary Robert William Pitt, Peter Hudson, Christopher Martyn Yea, Richard Jeremy Franklin
  • Publication number: 20080255091
    Abstract: The invention discloses aromatic amides and sulfonates to treat or prevent type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), the pathological consequences of T2DM, to inhibit amyloidosis or to prevent death of ?-cells of the pancreas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: ASTRUM THERAPEUTICS PTY LTD.
    Inventors: Alexander B. Zolotoy, Eric S. Hayes
  • Publication number: 20080242657
    Abstract: Histamine H3 inverse agonists or histamine H3 antagonists are useful, alone or in combination with a neuroleptic agent, for treating or preventing movement disorders, including tremor, such as essential tremor, and tremor associated with Parkinson's disease, cranofacial trauma, multiple sclerosis, stroke, dystonia, and neuropathic, toxic or drug induced tremor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Michael J. Marino, Guy R. Seabrook
  • Publication number: 20080234251
    Abstract: Provided are compositions and methods useful for modulation of signaling through the Toll-like receptors TLR7 and/or TLR8. The compositions and methods have use in the treatment of autoimmunity, inflammation allergy, asthma, graft rejection, graft versus host disease, infection, sepsis, cancer and immunodeficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: ARRAY BIOPHARMA INC.
    Inventors: George A. Doherty, C. Todd Eary, Robert D. Groneberg, Zachary Jones
  • Publication number: 20080234250
    Abstract: The invention concerns compounds according to general formulae 1, wherein G1 is an amine. Compounds according to the invention are vasopressin V2 receptor agonists. Pharmaceutical compositions of the compounds are useful as antidiuretic agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventor: Gary Robert William Pitt
  • Publication number: 20080220092
    Abstract: Systems and methods for longevity, anti-aging, fatigue management, obesity, weight loss, weight management, delivery of nutraceuticals, and treating hyperglycemia, Alzheimer's disease, sleep disorders, Parkinson's disease, Attention Deficit Disorder and nicotine addiction involve synchronizing and tailoring the administration of nutraceuticals, medications and other substances (for example, stimulants) in accordance with the body's natural circadian rhythms, meal times and other factors. Improved control of blood glucose levels, extended alertness, and weight control, and counteracting of disease symptoms when they are at their worst are possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: CHRONO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Guy Dipierro, Steven A. Giannos
  • Publication number: 20080221083
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to amide containing heterobicyclic containing pharmaceutical agents, and in particular, to amide containing heterobicyclic metalloprotease inhibiting compounds. More particularly, the present invention provides a new class of heterobicyclic MMP-3 and/or MMP-13 inhibiting compounds, that exhibit an increased potency and selectivity in relation to currently known MMP-13 and MMP-3 inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Matthias Hochgurtel, Harald Bluhm, Heiko Kroth, Michael Essers, Christian Gege, Arthur Taveras
  • Publication number: 20080221084
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reducing infarction comprising administering to a patient ion need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising as an active ingredient a vasopressin antagonist compound and to a composition useful therefor. The present invention also relates to a method for reducing infarction comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a combination of a vasopressin antagonist compound and a beta-blocker and to combinations useful therefor. The methods, compositions and combinations of the present invention can be used for reducing infarction in the heart (myocardial infarction) and the brain (stroke).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongge LIU, Junichi KAMBAYASHI, Hiroyuki FUJIKI, Toyoki MORI
  • Patent number: 7423032
    Abstract: A method for treating severe heart failure, comprising administering to a patient an effective amount of a benzazepine compound (1): wherein R1 is H or halogen, R2 is OH, or —NR5R6 (R5 and R6 are H or lower alkyl, R3 is H, halogen, lower alkyl, or lower alkoxy, R4 is halogen, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy, or a salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the benzazepine compound (1) or a salt thereof and use of the compound (1) or a salt thereof for preparing a medicament for treatment of severe heart failure
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Ozaki, Yosuke Maki, Osamu Sato, Yoshitaka Yamamura
  • Publication number: 20080214523
    Abstract: A method for treating severe heart failure, comprising administering to a patient an effective amount of a benzazepine compound (1): wherein R1 is H or halogen, R2 is OH, or —NR5R6 (R5 and R6 are H or lower alkyl, R3 is H, halogen, lower alkyl, or lower alkoxy, R4 is halogen, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy, or a salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the benzazepine compound (1) or a salt thereof and use of the compound (1) or a salt thereof for preparing a medicament for treatment of severe heart failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Atsushi Ozaki, Yosuke Maki, Osamu Sato, Yoshitaka Yamamura
  • Publication number: 20080213248
    Abstract: The subject invention provides methods for using TRPM8 receptors as a therapeutic target for identifying effective methods or compounds useful in the diagnosis or treatment of respiratory diseases or conditions. In certain embodiments, compositions that are identified using the methods of the invention are administered to a patient to diagnose or treat a respiratory disease or condition. In a preferred embodiment, TRPM8 receptor blockers are identified and administered, in accordance with the subject invention, to treat a patient with a respiratory disease, such as asthma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventor: Jianguo G. Gu