The Five-membered Hetero Ring Consists Of One Nitrogen And Four Carbons Patents (Class 514/408)
  • Patent number: 7399748
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an administration schedule comprising the intravenous administration of a ?-halogen-acryloyl distamycin derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The above administration allows the treatment of a variety of tumors in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Nerviano Medical Sciences S.r.l.
    Inventors: Camilla Fowst, Franzanne Vreeland, Maria Cristina Rosa Geroni
  • Patent number: 7396843
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof, and their use as pharmaceuticals, particularly as p38 kinase inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Richard Martyn Angell, Nicola Mary Aston, Paul Bamborough, Mark James Bamford, George Stuart Cockerill, Suzanne Joy Merrick, Ann Louise Walker
  • Patent number: 7396851
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of structural analogues of distamycin having the general formula (I), (II), (III), (IV) or (V) or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, for the preparation of a medicament for the therapeutic treatment of ?-thalassaemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignees: Universita' Degli Studi Di Ferrara, Associazione Veneta per La Lotta Alla Talassemia, Associazione per La Lotta Alla Talassemia Di Ferrara
    Inventors: Pier Giovanni Baraldi, Nicoletta Bianchi, Giordana Feriotto, Roberto Gambari, Carlo Mischiati, Romeo Romagnoli
  • Patent number: 7390821
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of reducing angiogenesis in an individual. The methods generally involve administering to the individual an effective amount of a nicotinic acetyl choline receptor antagonist. The methods are useful to treat conditions associated with or resulting from angiogenesis, particularly pathological angiogenesis. The invention further provides methods of treating a condition associated with or resulting from angiogenesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: John Cooke, Christopher Heeschen, Michael Weis
  • Patent number: 7388007
    Abstract: There is provided a series of novel substituted gamma-lactams of Formula (I) or a stereoisomer; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R4, R5 and R6 as defined herein, their pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use. These novel compounds inhibit the processing of amyloid precursor protein (APP) by ?-secretase and, more specifically, inhibit the production of A?-peptide. The present disclosure is directed to compounds useful in the treatment of neurological disorders related to ?-amyloid production, such as Alzheimer's disease and other conditions affected by anti-amyloid activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Lorin A. Thompson, III, Kenneth M. Boy, Jianliang Shi, John E. Macor
  • Patent number: 7381741
    Abstract: 3-amino-2-phenylpyrrolidine compounds useful as NK-1 antagonists, with pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment comprising same, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc
    Inventors: John Michael Humphrey, Thomas Allen Chappie
  • Patent number: 7381731
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include compositions and pharmaceutical compositions comprising citrulline and Hmg-CoA reductase inhibitors. Further embodiments relate to the use of such composition treat subjects and stimulating nitric oxide synthase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Angiogenix, Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne H. Kaesemeyer
  • Patent number: 7381727
    Abstract: The invention concerns compounds of formula (I): Wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 and R9 are as defined herein. The invention also concerns the method for preparing said compounds and their therapeutic use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis
    Inventors: Francis Barth, Christian Congy, Laurent Hortala, Murielle Rinaldi-Carmona
  • Patent number: 7378436
    Abstract: A compound of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically and/or veterinarily acceptable derivatives thereof, wherein R1 is H, C1-6alkyl, —C(X)Y, C3-8cycloalkyl, aryl, het, aryl-C1-4alkyl or het-C1-4alkyl, wherein the cycloalkyl, aryl or het groups are optionally substituted by at least one substituent independently selected from C1-8alkyl, C1-8alkoxy, OH, halo, CF3, OCF3, SCF3, hydroxy-C1-6alkyl, C1-4alkoxy-C1-6alkyl and C1-4alkyl-S—C1-4alkyl; R2 is aryl or heteroaryl, each optionally substituted by at least one substituent independently selected from C1-8alkyl, C1-8alkoxy, OH, halo, CF3, OCF3, SCF3, hydroxy-C1-6alkyl, C1-4alkoxy-C1-6alkyl and C1-4alkyl-S—C1-4alkyl; R3 is C1-6alkyl, C3-8cycloalkyl, C3-8cycloalkyl-C1-6alkyl, aryl, het, aryl-C1-4alkyl or het-C1-4alkyl, wherein the cycloalkyl, aryl or het groups are optionally substituted by at least one substituent independently selected from C1-6alkyl, C1-6alkoxy, OH, halo, CF3, OCF3, SCF3, hydroxy-C1-6alkyl, C1-4alkoxy —C1-6alkyl and C1-4alkyl-S—C1-4alkyl; X is S o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Vincent Fish, Michael Jonathan Fray, Alan Stobie, Florian Wakenhut, Gavin Alistair Whitlock, Mark David Andrews, Alan Daniel Brown, Mark Ian Lansdell
  • Publication number: 20080113976
    Abstract: The present application describes modulators of MCP-1 of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, useful for the prevention of asthma, multiple sclerosis, artherosclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventor: Percy H. Carter
  • Publication number: 20080114036
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the general formula (I), in which the variables are as defined in claim 1, the use of these compounds as pharmaceutical compositions, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and methods of treatment employing these compounds and compositions. The present compounds are useful in the treatment and/or prevention of conditions mediated by Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (PPAR), in particular the PPAR? subtype, namely, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidaemia, syndrome X (including the metabolic syndrome, i.e. impaired glucose tolerance, insulin resistance, hyper triglyceridaemia and/or obesity), cardiovascular diseases (including atherosclerosis) and hypercholesterolaemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Miroslav Havranek, Per Sauerberg, Ingrid Pettersson
  • Publication number: 20080114037
    Abstract: Compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, kits and methods are provided for use with HDAC that comprise a compound selected from the group consisting of: wherein the substituents are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: Jerome C. Bressi, Anthony R. Gangloff, Lily Kwok
  • Patent number: 7365070
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds and methods for treating melanocortin receptor associated disorders, such as weight loss disorders including cachexia resulting from cancer and other chronic illnesses. The compounds are represented by formula I: wherein X is oxygen or sulfur; G is G1 or G2: L1, L2, L3 and Q are linker groups, and Rings A, B and C, and R1-R14 are described in the specification. The compounds are antagonists of melanocortin receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Ore Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Tricia J. Vos, Michael Patane, Michael E. Solomon, Christopher Blackburn, Mihaela D. Danca
  • Patent number: 7365092
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof that inhibit serine protease activity, particularly the activity of hepatitis C virus NS3-NS4A protease. As such, they act by interfering with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are useful as antiviral agents. The invention further relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds either for ex vivo use or for administration to a patient suffering from HCV infection and to processes for preparing the compounds. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a patient by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of this invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin M. Cottrell, John Maxwell, Robert B. Perni, Janos Pitlik
  • Patent number: 7361787
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I), to a process for their manufacture, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and to their use in therapy, in particular their use in the prophylaxis and treatment of respiratory diseases
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Philip Charles Box, Diane Mary Coe, Brian Edgar Looker, Panayiotis Alexandrou Procopiou
  • Patent number: 7358271
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing sulpiride compounds having the general formula: where R1 is branched or straight chain alkyl having from 1 to about 7 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylcycloalkyl, or a group having the formula (CH2)n R2 where R2 is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, and n is an alkyl group having from 0 to about 6 carbon atoms and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or diluents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Williamsburg Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Donald L. Barbeau
  • Patent number: 7354942
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to benzylether and benzylamino derivative compounds of formula (I) which are inhibitors of the beta-secretase enzyme and that are useful in the treatment of diseases in which the beta-secretase enzyme is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the treatment of such diseases in which the beta-secretase enzyme is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe G. Nantermet, Hemaka A. Rajapakse, Harold G. Selnick, Shaun R. Stauffer, Mary Beth Young
  • Patent number: 7355053
    Abstract: The invention relates to 1-phenylpyrrolidin-2-one-3-carboxamides of the formula I where the variables R1, R2, R3, X, Y, A, n, Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd and Re are as defined in claim 1 and to their agriculturally useful salts. Moreover, the invention relates to the use of compounds I and/or their salts as herbicides; crop protection compositions comprising at least one 1-phenylpyrrolidin-2-one-3-carboxamide of the formula I and/or at least one agriculturally useful salt of I as active substances; and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation, which comprises allowing a herbicidally effective amount of at least one 1-phenylpyrrolidin-2-one-3-carboxamide of the formula I or an agriculturally useful salt of I to act on plants, their habitat or on seed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Robert Reinhard, Gerhard Hamprecht, Michael Puhl, Werner Seitz, Liliana Parra Rapado, Annegret Scannell-Lansky, Klaus Groβmann, Helmut Schiffer, Matthias Witschel, Cyrill Zagar, Andreas Landes, Michael Rack
  • Patent number: 7351718
    Abstract: This invention is directed to compounds of formula I: wherein R1-R5 and a-e are as defined in the specification; or pharmaceutically-acceptable salt or solvate or stereoisomer thereof. The invention also directed to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds; processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds; and methods for treating disease conditions mediated by muscarinic receptors using such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Theravance, Inc.
    Inventors: Mathai Mammen, Adam Hughes, Yu-hua Ji, Li Li, Weijiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 7348346
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), which inhibit dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) and are useful for the prevention or treatment of diabetes, especially type II diabetes, as well as hyperglycemia, syndrome X, hyperinsulinemia, obesity, atherosclerosis, and various immunomodulatory diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Irini Akritopoulou-Zanze, Daria Darczak, Jürgen Dinges, Stevan W. Djuric, Ethan D. Hoff, Hana A. Kopecka, Jyoti R. Patel, Zhonghua Pei, Qi Shuai, Kathy Sarris, Hing L. Sham, Paul E. Wiedeman
  • Patent number: 7338952
    Abstract: This invention is directed to acetylenic compounds as inhibitors of a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide oxidase hydride donor useful in treating or ameliorating a reactive oxygen species mediated inflammatory disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Scott Beers, Elizabeth A. Malloy, Michael P. Wachter
  • Patent number: 7335681
    Abstract: Novel prodrugs of amino ceramide-like compounds are provided which inhibit glucosyl ceramide (GlcCer) formation by inhibiting the enzyme GlcCer synthase, thereby lowering the level of glycosphingolipids. The compounds of the present invention have improved GlcCer synthase inhibition activity and are therefore highly useful in therapeutic methods for treating various conditions and diseases associated with altered glycosphingolipid levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventor: James A. Shayman
  • Patent number: 7335677
    Abstract: Novel compounds that are inhibitors of one or most post-proline cleaving proteases, e.g. dipeptidyl peptidase IV, according to general formula (1). R1 is H or CN, X1 is O, S, CH2, CHF, CF2, CH(CH3), C(CH3)2 or CH(CN), and b is 1 or 2. G1 is H or a group according to the formula —CH2—X2—(CH2)a-G3 and G2 is H or a group according to the formula —CH2—(CH29a-G3, provided that one of G1 and G2 is H and the other is not H. X2 is O, S, or CH2, and a is 0, 1 or 2, provided that when a is 1 then X2 is CH2. G3 is a group according to one of general formulae 2-4, where the variables have meaning given in the description. The compounds are useful in the treatment of i.a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Ferring B.V.
    Inventors: David M. Evans, Doreen M. Ashworth
  • Patent number: 7320983
    Abstract: ?- and ?-amino acid hydroxyethylamino sulfonamide compounds are effective as retroviral protease inhibitors, and in particular as inhibitors of HIV protease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: G.D. Searle LLC
    Inventors: Michael L. Vazquez, Richard A. Mueller, John J. Talley, Daniel P. Getman, Gary A. DeCrescenzo, John N. Freskos, Robert M. Heintz, Deborah E. Bertenshaw
  • Patent number: 7309712
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, wherein R1 and R3 independently represent H, C1-6alkyl, C3-8cycloalkyl, or halogen; R2 represents C1-6alkyl, CF3 or aryl; a represents 1 or 2; R4, R5, R7 and R8 independently represent H, C1-6alkyl, C1-6alkyloxy, CN or halogen, or R4 and R5, or R7 and R8, together with the ring to which they are attached form an aryl or heterocyclic fused ring system; X represents C or N; Y represents CH2 or O; R6 represents H, CN or halo provided that, when X represents N, R6 is absent. The compounds are useful for treating endometriosis, uterine fibroids (leiomyomata), menorrhagia, adenomyosis, primary and secondary dysmenorrhoea (including symptoms of dyspareunia, dyschexia and chronic pelvic pain), or chronic pelvic pain syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Pfizer Limited
    Inventors: Paul Anthony Bradley, Kevin Neil Dack, Patrick Stephen Johnson, Sarah Elizabeth Skerratt
  • Publication number: 20070281981
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound having a structure or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or a prodrug thereof. Therapeutic methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: DAVID W. OLD, Danny T. Dinh
  • Patent number: 7294647
    Abstract: Compounds having kappa opioid agonist activity, compositions containing them and 5 method of using them as analgesics and pruritic agents are provided. The compounds of formulae I, II, III and IV have the structure: wherein X, X4, X5, X7, X9; R1, R2, R3, R4; and Y, Z and n are as described in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Adolor Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence I. Kruse, An-Chih Chang, Diane L. DeHaven-Hudkins, John J. Farrar, Forrest Gaul, Virendra Kumar, Michael Anthony Marella, Alan L. Maycock, Wei Yuan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20070232581
    Abstract: There is provided a series of substituted oxime-containing acyl guanidines of Formula (I) or a stereoisomer; or a nontoxic pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 are as defined herein, their pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use. These compounds inhibit the processing of amyloid precursor protein (APP) by ?-secretase and, more specifically, inhibit the production of A?-peptide. The present disclosure is directed to compounds useful in the treatment of neurological disorders related to ?-amyloid production, such as Alzheimer's disease and other conditions affected by anti-amyloid activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Yong-Jin Wu, Samuel Gerritz, Shuhao Shi, Shirong Zhu
  • Patent number: 7273856
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of formula (I) useful as antagonists of tachykinins in general, and in particular of neurokinin A; and the pharmaceutical formulations comprising the compounds of formula (I)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Menarini Ricerche S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Sisto, Valerio Caciagli, Maria Altamura, Alessandro Giolitti, Valentina Fedi, Antonio Guidi, Danilo Giannotti, Nicholas Harmat, Rossano Nannicini, Franco Pasqui, Carlo Alberto Maggi
  • Patent number: 7271289
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, and their use as pharmaceuticals, particularly as p38 kinase inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventor: Nicola Mary Aston
  • Patent number: 7268152
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (IA) and Formula (IB) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are as defined herein for Formula (IA) or Formula (IB), or a tautomer, prodrug, solvate, or salt thereof; pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and methods of modulating the glucocorticoid receptor function and methods of treating disease-states or conditions mediated by the glucocorticoid receptor function or characterized by inflammatory, allergic, or proliferative processes in a patient using these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Younes Bekkali, Mario G. Cardozo, Christian Hanke Justus Joachim Harcken, Thomas M. Kirrane, Daniel Kuzmich, John Robert Proudfoot, Hossein Razavi, Hidenori Takahashi, David S. Thomson, Ji Wang, Renee Zindell
  • Patent number: 7265146
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of formula (I) wherein A, Q, W, X, Y, Z, R1 to R4, m and n are as defined herein. Compounds of the invention bind to ?4 integrin receptors and thereby inhibit binding of ligands for ?4 integrins which is useful for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of diseases and conditions associated with ?4 integrins or their ligands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean R. Artis, David Y. Jackson, Thomas E. Rawson, Mark E. Reynolds, Daniel P. Sutherlin, Mark S. Stanley
  • Patent number: 7265145
    Abstract: Compounds are provided which are antagonists of the calcium sensing receptor, and have the general formula wherein m is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; each X is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, cyano, nitro, OCF3, hydroxy, amino, carboxyl, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloheteroalkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonylalkyl, hydroxycarbonylalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, R1O, R1R2N, R1OCO, R1CO, R1R2NCO, R1R2NCONR2a, R1OCONR2a, R1CONR2a, R1S, R1SO, R1SO2, R1R2NSO2, R1R2NSO2NR2a, and R1SO2NR2a; R1 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloheteroalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, arylalkyl, or heteroarylalkyl; R2 and R2a are the same or different and are independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloheteroalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, arylalkyl, or heteroarylalkyl; n is 1, 2, or 3; W is O or H,R3; R3 is hydrogen or hydroxyl; Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl g
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: John K. Dickson, R. Michael Lawrence, Jacques Y. Roberge, David P. Rotella, Wu Yang
  • Publication number: 20070197620
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating a disorder selected from depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, 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 which comprises administering to an individual a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I wherein R1, R2, Q, W, X, Y, m, and n are as defined in the specification d or not; and their pharmaceutically active salts, racemic mixtures, enantiomers, optical isomers and tautomeric forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Guido Galley, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Roger Norcross, Henri Stalder
  • Patent number: 7259180
    Abstract: The present invention describes linking a therapeutic agent to a compound which is known to be naturally concentrated in a tissue affected by, or that is causing, a disease, to create a prodrug for treatment of the disease. Embodiments of the present invention include a new class of carotenoid-linked drugs to treat such blinding retinal disease such as age-related macular degeneration, retinoblastoma, and diabetic macular edema. For example, the present invention comprises a method for the treatment of a disorder of the eye comprising linking a therapeutic agent to a xanthophyll carotenoid to create a prodrug, and administering a therapeutically effective amount of the prodrug to an individual in need of treatment. Provided are prodrugs for treatment of retinoblastoma, cystoid macular edema (CME), exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, or inflammatory disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignees: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., Medical College of Georgia Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Michael Marcus, Chung Kwang Chu
  • Patent number: 7253204
    Abstract: The invention relates to the inhibition of histone deacetylase. The invention provides compounds and methods for inhibiting histone deacetylase enzymatic activity. The invention also provides compositions and methods for treating cell proliferative diseases and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: MethylGene Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Delorme, Arkadii Vaisburg, Oscar Moradei, Silvana Leit, Stephane Raeppel, Sylvie Frechette, Giliane Bouchain, Zhihong Zhou, Isabelle Paquin, Frederic Gaudette, Ljubomir Isakovic
  • Patent number: 7253185
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino ceramide-like compounds which inhibit glucosyl ceramide (GlyCer) formation by inhibiting the enzyme GlyCer synthase, thereby lowering the level of glycosphingolipids. The compounds of the present invention have improved GlcCer synthase inhibition activity and are therefore useful in therapeutic methods for treating various conditions and diseases associated with altered glycosphingolipid levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of Michigan, Genzyme Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Shayman, David J. Harris, Craig Siegel, Carol A. Nelson, Diane P. Copeland
  • Patent number: 7250437
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds having formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, wherein R1, R2 and B are as described generally and in classes and subclasses herein, and additionally provides pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for the use thereof for the treatment of any of a number of conditions or diseases in which HGF/SF or the activities thereof, or agonists or antagonists thereof have a therapeutically useful role.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Angion Biomedica Corp.
    Inventors: David E. Zembower, David A. Eiznhamer
  • Patent number: 7244758
    Abstract: Compounds that are derivatives of 3-aminomethyl-pyrrolidine generally containing at least one benzhydril moiety are useful in treating conditions which benefit from blocking calcium ion channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Neuromed Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Hassan Pajouhesh, Terrance P. Snutch, Hossein Pajouhesh, Yanbing Ding
  • Patent number: 7241795
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 2,5-bis{[alkyl (or aryl) imino]aminophenyl}furans and thiophenes of the general formula in which R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl, alkoxy, halide, and alkylhalide groups; R5 is H, alkyl or aryl; R6 is H, alkyl, aryl, or NR7R8, in which R7 and R8 are each independently selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl and aryl; and X is O, S or NR9, in which R9 is H or alkyl, and to the use of such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignees: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc., Duke University
    Inventors: David W. Boykin, Richard R. Tidwell, W. David Wilson, John R. Perfect, Chad F. Stephens
  • Patent number: 7227035
    Abstract: Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of chemokine receptors. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of chemokine receptor-mediated diseases, and as controls in assays for the identification of chemokine antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Chemocentryx
    Inventors: Solomon Ungashe, Zheng Wei, J. J. Wright, Andrew Pennell, Brett Permack, Thomas Schall
  • Patent number: 7220773
    Abstract: A novel pyrrole derivative represented by the following formula (1) and a salt thereof: wherein R1 means substituted alkenyl, etc.; R2 means substituted benzoyl, etc.; and R3 to R5 each means hydrogen, alkyl, halogeno, etc. The derivative and salt have antidiabetic activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryu Nagata, Katsunori Maruta, Kiyotaka Iwai, Makoto Kitoh, Kantaro Ushiroda, Kozo Yoshida
  • Patent number: 7214700
    Abstract: The present invention relates to (2-oxindol-3-ylidenyl)acetic acid derivatives which modulate the activity of protein kinases and are therefore useful in the prevention and treatment of protein kinase related cellular disorders such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Sugen Inc.
    Inventors: Chung Chen Wei, Peng Cho Tang
  • Patent number: 7214703
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula (I): or stereoisomers or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the groups Ar1, Ar2, A, R1, R2, R3, E1, E2, X and n are as defined in the description and claims, which are effective modulators of chemokine activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Anderskewitz, Horst Dollinger, Claudia Heine, Pascale Arielle Jane-Josee Pouzet, Thierry Bouyssou, Franz Birke
  • Patent number: 7214701
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Reiner Fischer, Christoph Erdelen
  • Patent number: 7211589
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound exhibiting an excellent suppressing effect to cell injury caused by radicals and neurotoxicity induced by excitatory nuerotransmitters such as glutamate. Specifically, it provides a compound represented by the following formula, a salt thereof or a hydrate of them. Wherein Z represents a bivalent organic group and the like of from 2 to 3 carbon atom(s) which may have a substituent; and R3 represents a carboxyl group and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akinori Akaike, Hachiro Sugimoto, Yukio Nishizawa, Masahiro Yonaga, Naoki Asakawa, Naoki Asai, Nariyasu Mano, Taro Terauchi, Takashi Doko
  • Patent number: 7211696
    Abstract: Dinitroaniline compounds useful for the treatment of diseases caused by parasitic protozoa in subjects in need of such treatment. The compounds are particularly useful in the treatment of leishmaniasis. The compounds are preferably less cytotoxic to normal cells than oryzalin. Also provided are methods of treating subjects having diseases caused by parasitic protozoa, preferably humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignees: The Ohio State University, National Institutes of Health
    Inventors: Karl Werbovetz, Dan L. Sackett, Manar M. Salem
  • Patent number: 7208629
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): wherein when m is 0 to 4 R1 is selected from C1–6alkyl, C3–7cycloalkyl, C2–6alkenyl, —SO2NR4R5, —CONR4R5 and —COOR4; and when m is 2 to 4 R1 is additionally selected from C1–6alkoxy, hydroxy, NR4R5, —NR4SO2R5, —NR4SOR5, —NR4COR5, and —NR4CONR4R5; R2 is selected from hydrogen, C1–6alkyl and —(CH2)n-C3–7cycloalkyl; R3 is the group —CO—NH—(CH2)p-R6; U is selected from methyl and halogen; W is selected from methyl and chlorine; V and Y are each selected independently from hydrogen, methyl and halogen; m is selected from 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 wherein each carbon atom of the resulting carbon chain may be optionally substituted with one or two groups selected independently from C1–6alkyl; n is selected from 0, 1, 2 and 3; p and r are independently selected from 0, 1 and 2; s is selected from 0, 1 and 2; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof, and their use as pharmaceuticals, particularly as p38 kinase inhibitors
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Richard Martyn Angell, Nicola Mary Aston, Paul Bamborough, George Stuart Cockerill, Suzanne Joy Merrick, Kathryn Jane Smith, Ann Louise Walker
  • Patent number: 7208515
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein a, b, c, e, m, R1, R2, R3, R4a, R4b, R5, R6, R7, and R8 are as defined in the specification. The compounds of formula I are muscarinic receptor antagonists. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes and intermediates for preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat pulmonary disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Theravance, Inc.
    Inventors: Mathai Mammen, Yu-Hua Ji, Sarah Dunham, Li Li
  • Patent number: RE39667
    Abstract: The invention relates to 3,3-diphenylpropylamines of formula (I), wherein R1 signifies hydrogen or methyl, R2 and R3 independently signify hydrogen, methyl, methoxy, hydroxy, carbamoyl, sulphamoyl or halogen, and X represents a tertiary amino group of formula (II), wherein R4 and R5 signify non-aromatic hydrocarbyl groups, which may be the same or different and which together contain at least three carbon atoms, and wherein R4 and R5 may form a ring together with the amine nitrogen, their salts with physiologically acceptable acids and, when the compounds can be in the form of optical isomers, the racemic mixture and the individual enantiomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Pfizer Health AB
    Inventors: Rolf A. Johansson, Pinchas Moses, Lisbeth Nilvebrant, Bengt A. Sparf