The Five-membered Nitrogen Hetero Ring Has Chalcogen As A Ring Member Patents (Class 514/253.1)
  • Publication number: 20120283268
    Abstract: Thiazole and thiophene compounds are disclosed having utility in treating inflammatory conditions, immunoinflammatory conditions, autoimmune diseases, and cancers. Methods for the synthesis of these compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Anthony Giordano, Kamala K. Vasu, Hardik M. Thakar, Rajan S. Giri, Vasudevan Sudarsanam, Swapnil G. Yerande, Gajanan S. Inamdar
  • Patent number: 8304412
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel 4-cycloalkyl- and 4-heterocycloalkyl-3,5-dicyano-2-thio-pyridine derivatives, to processes for their preparation, to their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases and to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, preferably for the treatment and/or prevention of hypertension and other cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Nell, Walter Hübsch, Barbara Albrecht-Küpper, Alexandros Vakalopoulos, Frank Süssmeier, Jörg Keldenich, Joachim Telser
  • Publication number: 20120252815
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, R16, R17, M1, M2, M3, Y1, Y2, V, W, n, m and o have the gleanings given herein, and physiologically acceptable salts, derivatives, prodrugs, solvates, tautomers and stereoisomers thereof, including mixtures thereof in all ratios, for use in the treatment of diseases which are influenced by inhibition of Sph kinase 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Patent Gesellschaft MIT Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Frank Stieber, Dirk Wienke
  • Publication number: 20120252759
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula Ia and Ib, in which R1, R1?, R2, R3, R5, R6 and R7 have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are kinase inhibitors and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of tumours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKER HAFTING
    Inventors: Timo Heinrich, Hannes Koolman
  • Publication number: 20120252814
    Abstract: Compounds of the following formula are provided for use with glucokinase: wherein the variables are as defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits and articles of manufacture comprising such compounds; methods and intermediates useful for making the compounds; and methods of using said compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: TAKEDA CALIFORNIA, INC.
    Inventors: Zacharia Cheruvallath, Jun Feng, Prasuna Guntupalli, Stephen L. Gwaltney, Joanne Miura, Mark Sabat, Mingnam Tang, Haxia Wang
  • Publication number: 20120252798
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new indole compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts or isomers thereof which are useful for the prevention or treatment of cellular necrosis and necrosis-associated diseases. The present invention also relates to a method and a composition for the prevention or treatment of cellular necrosis and necrosis-associated diseases, comprising said indole compounds as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Soon Ha KIM, Hyoung Jin Kim, Sun Young Koo, Sung Bae Lee, Heui Sul Park, Seung Hyun Yoon, Seung Yup Paek, Hyo Shin Kwak, Dong Ook Seo, Eok Park
  • Publication number: 20120245176
    Abstract: A compound of Formula I is set forth, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: wherein Het is a 5 or 6-membered heterocycle with —N, —O, or —S adjacent to the —Ar substituent or adjacent to the point of attachment for the —Ar substituent; Ar is aryl or heteroaryl; R is —CH3, —CH2F, —CHF2 or —CH?CH2; V is —H, —CH3 or ?O; W is —NO2, —Cl, —Br, —CH2OH, or —CN; X is —Cl, —Br, —F, —CH3, —OCH3, or —CN; Y is —CH or —N; and Z is —CH or —N. This compound is useful in compositions for the prevention and treatment of influenza virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Christopher W. Cianci, Samuel Gerritz, Sean Kim, David R. Langley, Guo Li, Bradley C. Pearce, Annapurna Pendri, Shuhao Shi, Weixu Zhai, Shirong Zhu
  • Publication number: 20120245171
    Abstract: The invention is directed to certain novel compounds. Specifically, the invention is directed to compounds of formula (I): and salts thereof. The compounds of the invention are inhibitors of PI3-kinase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: GLAXO GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: Ian Robert Baldwin, Kenneth David Down, Paul Faulder, Simon Gaines, Julie Nicole Hamblin, Katherine Louise Jones, Paul Spencer Jones, Joelle Le, Christopher James Lunniss, Nigel James Parr, Timothy John Ritchie, John Edward Robinson, Juliet Kay Simpson, Christian Alan Paul Smethurst
  • Publication number: 20120238539
    Abstract: A compound of Formula I is set forth, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: wherein Het is a 5 or 6-membered heterocycle with —N, —O, or —S adjacent to the —Ar substituent or adjacent to the point of attachment for the —Ar substituent; Ar is aryl or heteroaryl; R is —CH3, —CH2F, or —CH?CH2; W is —NO2, —Cl, —Br, —CHO, —CH?CH2, or —CN; X is —Cl, —CH3, or —CN; Y is —CH or —N; and Z is C1-C6 alkyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, substituted aryl, substituted heteroaryl, OR1, or NHR1, wherein R1 is selected from the group of H, aryl, heteroaryl, C1-C6 alkyl and C3-C6 cycloalkyl. This compound is useful in compositions for the prevention and treatment of influenza virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Christopher W. Cianci, Samuel Gerritz, Guo Li, Bradley C. Pearce, Annapurna Pendri, Shuhao Shi, Weixu Zhai, Shirong Zhu
  • Publication number: 20120238494
    Abstract: A method for recognizing and evaluating the presence and function of GnRH receptors on tumor cells including those originating in the brain and/or nervous system and/or the meninges and/or reactive neuroglia cells and/or primitive neuroectodermal tumor cells and/or on Kaposi sarcoma is provided. Furthermore, a method for reducing degenerate GnRH-positive tumor cells and/or for decreasing cellular replication of the above GnRH-positive tumor cells comprising administering to a cell or to a subject a replication decreasing amount of a GnRH agonist and/or GnRH antagonist and/or an erythropoietin agonist, and/or a thrombopoietin agonist, and/or a endothelin antagonist and/or a gonadotropin inhibiting hormone agonist is also provided. Furthermore, a diagnostic kit for detecting GnRH receptors on tumor cells according to the present methods is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventor: JOHANNES C. VAN GROENINGHEN
  • Publication number: 20120214790
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds which show high effectiveness against positive symptoms, negative symptoms and cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia and reduce conventional side-effect risks as well as have remarkable effects for central neurological diseases associated with cognitive dysfunction other than schizophrenia. N-Acyl cyclic amine derivatives of formula (1): wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are aryl or heteroaryl; V is nitrogen, or CR3; W1 is a single bond, —C(O)—, etc.; W2 is C1-alkylene; W3 is a single bond, methylene, —NH—, —CR4?CR5—, etc.; Ring Q is a group of formula (a) in which n is 0 or 1; m is 0 to 2; k is 1 to 3; Z is a single bond, methylene, oxygen, etc.; R1a, R1b and R1c are each, same or different, hydrogen, hydroxyl, halogen, cyano, C1-6 alkyl, etc.; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Megumi Maruyama, Naoya Kinomura, Satoshi Nojima, Masahiro Takamura, Keisuke Kakiguchi, Hiroto Tatamidani
  • Publication number: 20120207679
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heteroaryl substituted benzothiazole derivatives, precursors thereof, and therapeutic uses for such compounds, having the structural formula (I) below: and to their pharmaceutically acceptable salt, compositions and methods of use. Furthermore, the invention relates to novel heteroaryl substituted benzothiazole derivatives that are suitable for imaging amyloid deposits in living patients, their compositions, methods of use and processes to make such compounds. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of imaging amyloid deposits in brain in vivo to allow antemortem diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease as well as measuring clinical efficacy of Alzheimer's disease therapeutic agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Ylva Gravenfors, Catrin Jonasson, Jonas Malmström, Gunnar Nordvall, David Pyring, Can Slivo, Daniel Sohn, Peter Ström, David Wensbo
  • Publication number: 20120202786
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula I: wherein A1, A2, A3, R1, X, Y, and B have any of the values described herein, as well as salts of such compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and therapeutic methods that comprise the administration of such compounds. The compounds are inhibitors of monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B) enzyme function and are useful for improving cognitive function and for treating psychiatric disorders in animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: Dart Neuroscience (Cayman) Ltd.
    Inventors: Alan P. Kaplan, Terence P. Keenan, Andrew J. McRiner
  • Publication number: 20120202782
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel class of compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with abnormal or dysregulated B cell activities, particularly diseases or disorders that involve aberrant activation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate 3-kinase B (ITPKb).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: IRM LLC
    Inventors: Badry Bursulaya, Dai Cheng, Jiqing Jiang, Donald S. Karanewsky, Yi Liu, Shifeng Pan, Yongqin Wan, Xia Wang, Yun Feng Xie, Yang Yang
  • Publication number: 20120196871
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an industrial process of preparing pharmaceutical compounds having the formula I: which are useful as certain tyrosine kinase inhibitors and more particularly as c-kit and bcr-abl inhibitors. The groups R1 and R2, identical or different, represent each a hydrogen, halogen atom, an alkyl, an alkoxy, a trifluoromethyl, an amino, an alkylamino, a dialkylamino, a solubilising group; m is 0-5 and n is 0-4; the group R3 represents an aryl or an heteroaryl group as described in claims herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: AB SCIENCE
    Inventors: Alain MOUSSY, Philippe REGINAULT, François BELLAMY, Anne LERMET
  • Publication number: 20120190681
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) or pharmaceutical acceptable salts, wherein R1, R2, R3, A, B, Z, n, and m are defined in the description. The present invention relates also to compositions containing said compounds which are useful for inhibiting kinases such as ALK and methods of treating diseases such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Anil Vasudevan, Thomas D. Penning, Marina Pliuschev
  • Patent number: 8227470
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating solid cancers including non-small 5 cell lung cancer, pancreatic, bladder, breast and ovarian cancer as well as advanced biliary tract cancers comprising administering at least one antineoplasticagent such as a nucleotide analog, for example gemcitabine, or an antimitotic such as docetaxel, in combination with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor selected from 2-aminoarylthiazoles and 2-aminoaryloxazoles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: AB Science
    Inventors: Alain Moussy, Jean-Pierre Kinet
  • Publication number: 20120129843
    Abstract: This invention relates to thiazole I and its therapeutic and prophylactic uses, wherein the variables Rz, Q, J, R1, R3, R5, and R6 are defined in the specification. Disorders treated and/or prevented include rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Yan ZHANG, Brett Andrew Tounge, Aihua Wang, Michael Hawkins, Kristi Anne Leonard, Joseph Kent Barbay, Umar S.M. Maharoof
  • Publication number: 20120129870
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to piperidinyl and piperazinyl derivatives of formula (II) useful as inhibitors of the NPY Y2 receptor, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, processes for the preparation of said compounds and the use of said compounds for the treatment and/or prevention of disorders, diseases and conditions mediated by the NPY Y2 receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Wenying Chai, Jill A. Jablonowski, Dale A. Rudolph, Chandravadan R. Shah, Devin M. Swanson, Victoria D. Wong
  • Publication number: 20120115845
    Abstract: A compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in which R1, R2, R3, R4 and m are as described in the specification for use in the treatment of obesity and/or diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Jack McQueen ALLEN, Roger John Butlin, Clive Green, William McCoull, Graeme Richard Robb, James Matthew Wood
  • Publication number: 20120114600
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I): wherein the variables are defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, that are inhibitors of replication of the hepatitis C virus. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods of using such compounds to treat hepatitis C viral infections, and processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: THERAVANCE, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Murray McKINNELL, Daniel D. LONG, Lori Jean VAN ORDEN, Lan JIANG, Mandy LOO, Daisuke Roland SAITO, Shella ZIPFEL, Eric L. Stangeland, Kassandra Lepack, Gavin Ogawa
  • Patent number: 8173645
    Abstract: Compounds are provided for use with glucokinase that comprise the formula: wherein the variables are as defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits and articles of manufacture comprising such compounds; methods and intermediates useful for making the compounds; and methods of using said compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Takeda San Diego, Inc.
    Inventors: Zacharia Cheruvallath, Jun Feng, Prasuna Guntupalli, Stephen L. Gwaltney, Joanne Miura, Mark Sabat, Mingnam Tang
  • Publication number: 20120108576
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, salts and hydrates of Formula I, wherein the variables Ar1, R2, R3, R4, r, q, and t are defined herein. Certain compounds of Formula I described herein possess potent antiviral activity. The invention also provides compounds of Formula I that are potent and/or selective inhibitors of Hepatitis C virus replication. Certain compounds described herein inhibit assembly of the HCV replication complex. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more compounds of Formula I, or a salt, solvate, or acylated prodrug of such compounds, and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, excipients, or diluents. The invention further comprises methods of treating patients suffering from certain infectious diseases by administering to such patients an amount of a compound of Formula I effective to reduce signs or symptoms of the disease. These infectious diseases include viral infections, particularly HCV infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: ACHILLION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Suoming Zhang, Avinash Phadke, Cuixian Liu, Xiangzhu Wang, Jesse Quinn, Dawei Chen, Venkat Gadhachanda, Shouming Li, Milind Deshpande
  • Publication number: 20120108567
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of general formula (1) wherein R1 to R3 are defined as in claim 1, which are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterised by excessive or abnormal cell proliferation, and the use thereof for preparing a medicament having the above-mentioned properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Darryl McCONNELL, Maria IMPAGNATIELLO, Dirk KESSLER, Oliver KRAEMER, Siegfried SCHNEIDER, Lars VAN DER VEEN, Ulrike WEYER-CZERNILOFSKY, Tobias WUNBERG
  • Patent number: 8163746
    Abstract: Provided is an agent for treating or preventing urinary frequency, urinary urgency and urinary, incontinence which are associated with overactive bladder, a lower urinary tract disease such as interstitial cystitis and chronic prostatitis accompanied by lower urinary tract pain, and various diseases accompanied by pain. A novel azolecarboxamide derivative in which an azole ring such as thioazole or oxazole is bonded to a benzene ring, pyridine ring or pyrimidine ring through carboxamide was confirmed to have a potent trkA receptor-inhibitory activity and found to be an agent for treating or preventing lower urinary tract disease and various diseases accompanied by pain, which is excellent in efficacy and safety, and thus the present invention was accomplished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Keizo Sugasawa, Kenichi Kawaguchi, Takaho Matsuzawa, Ryushi Seo, Hironori Harada, Akira Suga, Tomoaki Abe, Hidenori Azami, Shunichiro Matsumoto, Takashi Shin, Masayuki Tanahashi, Toru Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20120094996
    Abstract: There is provided compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, R2 and R3 have meanings given in the description, and pharmaceutically-acceptable esters, amides, solvates or salts thereof, which compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases in which inhibition of a protein or lipid kinase (e.g. PI3-K, particularly class I PI3K) is desired and/or required, and particularly in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncologicas (CNIO)
    Inventors: Joaquin Pastor Fernández, Guido Kurz, Sonia Martinez Gonzalez
  • Publication number: 20120082702
    Abstract: Disclosed are nicotinamide compounds of Formula (I): or stereoisomers or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds in the treatment of at least one Btk associated condition, such as, for example, inflammatory disease, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: George V. DeLucca, Qing Shi, Chunjian Liu, Jingwu Duan, Andrew J. Tebben
  • Publication number: 20120071467
    Abstract: Compounds or pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof are provided. In various embodiments the compounds have an antagonistic effect on a neurokinin NK1 receptor, a neurokinin NK2 receptor, and a muscarine M3 receptor. The compounds are useful as therapeutic agents for bronchial asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takuya Ikeda, Takanori Yamazaki, Hiroshi Tsuchida
  • Publication number: 20120071489
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula wherein each symbol is as defined in the present specification, which has a superior RBP4-lowering action and is useful as a pharmaceutical composition for the prophylaxis or treatment of a disease or condition mediated by an increase in RBP4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Shizuo Kasai, Kevin Francis McGee, JR.
  • Patent number: 8138191
    Abstract: A synergistically effective combination of an anti-cancer agent and a therapeutic compound, such as an mTOR-Rictor complex inhibitor, a Serine 473 phosphorylation inhibitor, an AKT2 inhibitor, or a combination thereof, for use in the treatment of cancer, and methods and uses thereof. Also included are methods and uses of a thiosemicarbazone for treating a cancer in a mammal in need thereof characterized by over-expression of RAS, by an EGFR mutation, and/or by over-expression of AKT2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Critical Outcome Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne R. Danter
  • Publication number: 20120065213
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are useful as ROCK inhibitors. These compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful for treating or lessening the severity of a variety of disorders, including cardiovascular, inflammatory, neurological, or proliferative diseases or disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jeremy Green, Jingrong Cao, Upul Bandarage, Jon Come, Craig Marhefka
  • Publication number: 20120059016
    Abstract: The present invention relates to piperidine and pyrazine derivatives according to formulae (Ia), (Ib) and (II) as autotaxin inhibitors and the use of such compounds for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of physiological and/or pathophysiological conditions, which are caused, mediated and/or propagated by increased lysophosphatic acid levels and/or the activation of autotaxin, in particular of different cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Kai Schiemann, Melanie Schultz, Wolfgang Staehle
  • Publication number: 20120052055
    Abstract: Invented is a method of treating thrombocytopenia in a human, in need thereof which comprises the in vivo administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a peptide or a non-peptide TPO receptor agonist and an anti-clotting agent or agents, and optional further active ingredients, to such human.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Glaxosmithkline LLC
    Inventors: Connie L. Erickson-Miller, Michael Arning
  • Publication number: 20120046286
    Abstract: The invention is directed to certain novel compounds. Specifically, the invention is directed to compounds of formula (I): And salts thereof. The compounds of the invention are inhibitors of kinase activity, in particular PI3-kinase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Julie Nicole Hamblin, Paul Spencer Jones, Suzanne Elaine Keeling, Joelle Le, Charlotte Jane Mitchell, Nigel James Parr
  • Publication number: 20120045412
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of general Formula (I) having histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitory activity, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, and a method useful to treat diseases using the compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence S. Melvin, JR., Michael Graupe, Chandrasekar Venkataramani, Juan A. Guerrero
  • Publication number: 20120028981
    Abstract: Provided herein are electrophilically enhanced kinase inhibitors. Also provided herein are methods of making and utilizing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: PRINCIPIA BIOPHARMA INC.
    Inventor: Richard Miller
  • Publication number: 20120028979
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are described. Processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, their use as medicaments and their use in the treatment of bacterial infections are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Gregory BASARAB, Pamela HILL, Brian SHERER, Fei ZHOU
  • Patent number: 8106048
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I) and salts and physiologically functional derivatives thereof, (I) wherein R1 is independently hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, haloalkyl, haloalkyloxy, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, arylalkyl or substituted arylalkyl; R2 is independently —NR3R4, (II) or (III) R3 is independently alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylamine, —OH, —SH, alkylthio, hydroxyalkyl, haloalkyl, haloalkyloxy, aryl or heteroaryl, R4 is independently alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylamine, alkylthio, hydroxyalkyl, haloalkyl, haloalkyloxy, aryl or heteroaryl; R5 is independently H, COR6, CO2R6, SOR6, SO2R6, SO3R6, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, —NH2, alkylamine, —NR7COR6, halogen, —OH, —SH, alkylthio, hydroxyalkyl, haloalkyl, haloalkyloxy, aryl or heteroaryl; R6 is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, —NH2, alkylamine, aryl or heteroaryl; R7 is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, —OH, —SH, alkylthio, hydroxyalkyl, aryl, or heteroaryl;
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Johann Leban, Harald Schmitt, Kristina Wolf, Stefano Pegoraro, Andreas Wuzík
  • Publication number: 20120022075
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof having superior glucokinase activating activity, and is a compound represented by general formula (I), or pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof: [wherein, A represents, for example, an oxygen atom or sulfur atom, R1 represents, for example, a C1-C6 alkyl group, a C1-C6 alkoxy group or a C1-C6 halogenated alkyl group, A and R1 together with the carbon atom bonded thereto form a heterocyclic group that may be substituted with 1 to 3 group(s) independently selected from Substituent Group ?, R2 represents a phenyl group that may be substituted with 1 to 5 group(s) independently selected from Substituent Group ? or a heterocyclic group that may be substituted with 1 to 3 group(s) independently selected from Substituent Group ?, R3 represents a hydroxy group or a C1-C6 alkoxy group, and Substituent Group ? consists of, for example, a halogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl group, a C1-C6 alkyl group substituted with 1 or 2 hyd
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Akihiro FURUKAWA, Takehiro FUKUZAKI, Yukari ONISHI, Hideki KOBAYASHI, Takeshi HONDA, Yumi MATSUI, Masahiro KONISHI, Kenjiro UEDA, Tetsuyoshi MATSUFUJI
  • Patent number: 8101618
    Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: R1 represents a branched lower alkyl group having from 3 to 9 carbon atoms or the like; R2 represents a 6-membered heteroaryl group having 1 or 2 nitrogen atoms or the like; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkanoylamino group or the like; R4 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or the like; X1 represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; X2 represents an oxygen atom or a single bond; and m indicates an integer of from 0 to 4. This compound has a metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 inhibitory effect, and therefore is useful for the treatment of a brain disorder such as convulsion, acute pain, inflammatory pain, chronic pain, cerebral infraction or transient cerebral ischemic attack, a mental dysfunction such as schizophrenia, and a disease such as anxiety and drug addition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: MSD K.K.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawamoto, Toshifumi Kimura, Hisashi Ohta, Akio Sato, Atsushi Satoh, Gentaroh Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20120015954
    Abstract: A compound of formula: wherein Ar1, A, R3, x, and m are as disclosed herein and Ar2 is a benzothiazolyl, benzooxazolyl, or benzoimidazolyl group or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (a “Benzoazolylpiperazine Compound”), compositions comprising a Benzoazolylpiperazine Compound, and methods for treating or preventing pain, UI, an ulcer, IBD, IBS, an addictive disorder, Parkinson's disease, parkinsonism, anxiety, epilepsy, stroke, a seizure, a pruritic condition, psychosis, a cognitive disorder, a memory deficit, restricted brain function, Huntington's chorea, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, dementia, retinopathy, a muscle spasm, a migraine, vomiting, dyskinesia, or depression in an animal comprising administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a Benzoazolylpiperazine Compound are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: Purdue Pharma L.P.
    Inventors: Qun Sun, Laykea Tafesse, Sam Victory
  • Publication number: 20120015957
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to piperidinyl and piperazinyl derivatives of formula (I) useful as inhibitors of the NPY Y2 receptor, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, processes for the preparation of said compounds and the use of said compounds for the treatment and/or prevention of disorders, diseases and conditions mediated by the NPY Y2 receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Wenying Chai, Curt A. Dvorak, Jill A. Jablonowski, Dale A. Rudolph, Chandravadan R. Shah, Victoria D. Wong
  • Publication number: 20120010182
    Abstract: The invention relates to sulfonamide derivatives, to their use in medicine, to compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation and to intermediates used in such processes. More particularly the invention relates to new sulfonamide Nav1.7 inhibitors of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Z1, Ra, Rb, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the description. Nav 1.7 inhibitors are potentially useful in the treatment of a wide range of disorders, particularly pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicants: ICAGEN INC., PFIZER LIMITED
    Inventors: Alan Daniel Brown, Marcel John De Groot, Brian Edward Marron, David James Rawson, Thomas Ryckmans, Robert Ian Storer, Paul Anthony Stupple, Nigel Alan Swain, Christopher William West
  • Publication number: 20120004217
    Abstract: A compound of formula: wherein Ar1, A, R3, x, and m are as disclosed herein and Ar2 is a benzothiazolyl, benzooxazolyl, or benzoimidazolyl group or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (a “Benzoazolylpiperazine Compound”), compositions comprising a Benzoazolylpiperazine Compound, and methods for treating or preventing pain, UI, an ulcer, IBD, IBS, an addictive disorder, Parkinson's disease, parkinsonism, anxiety, epilepsy, stroke, a seizure, a pruritic condition, psychosis, a cognitive disorder, a memory deficit, restricted brain function, Huntington's chorea, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, dementia, retinopathy, a muscle spasm, a migraine, vomiting, dyskinesia, or depression in an animal comprising administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a Benzoazolylpiperazine Compound are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: Purdue Pharma L.P.
    Inventors: Qun SUN, Laykea TAFESSE, Sam VICTORY
  • Patent number: 8088771
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of general Formula (I) having histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitory activity, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, and a method useful to treat diseases using the compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence S. Melvin, Jr., Michael Graupe, Chandrasekar Venkataramani, Juan A. Guerrero
  • Publication number: 20110312930
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel aryl compounds with aminoalkyl substituents, to processes for their preparation, to their use for treatment and/or prevention of diseases and to their use for the preparation of medicaments for treatment and/or prevention of diseases, in particular for treatment and/or prevention of hyperproliferative and angiogenic diseases and those diseases which arise from metabolic adaptation to hypoxic states. Such treatments can be carried out as monotherapy or also in combination with other medicaments or further therapeutic measures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2009
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: BAYER SCHERING PHARMA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Michael Härter, Hartmut Beck, Peter Ellinghaus, Kerstin Berhörster, Susanne Greschat, Karl-Heinz Thierauch
  • Publication number: 20110312939
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new compounds of general formula (I), wherein the groups R1 to R3, X1, X2, X3 and L1 are defined as in claim 1, which are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterised by excessive or abnormal cell proliferation, and the use thereof in such a treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Steffen Steurer, Peter Ettmayer, Andreas Mantoulidis
  • Publication number: 20110312944
    Abstract: Compounds which modulate the CB2 receptor are disclosed. Compounds according to the invention bind to and are agonists of the CB2 receptor, and are useful for treating inflammation. Those compounds which are agonists are additionally useful for treating pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Alessandra Bartolozzi, Angela Berry, Pier Francesco Cirillo, Eugene Richard Hickey, Doris Riether, Lifen Wu, Renee M. Zindell
  • Publication number: 20110306619
    Abstract: Provided are heterocyclic compounds, their synthesis and pharmaceutical compositions including them for the treatment of disorders, in particular, cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: URIFER LTD.
    Inventors: Uri Nir, Sally Shpungin, Etai Yaffe, Moshe Cohen
  • Publication number: 20110301155
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a glucokinase activator useful as a pharmaceutical agent such as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes, obesity and the like, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Tsuneo Yasuma, Shigekazu Sasaki, Osamu Ujikawa, Yasufumi Miyamoto, Stephen L. Gwaltney, Sheldon Cao, Andy Jennings