Chalcogen Bonded Directly To Ring Carbon Of The Five-membered Hetero Ring Patents (Class 514/418)
  • Publication number: 20120184592
    Abstract: Compounds and methods for treating cancer or inducing apoptosis in proliferating cells. The compounds are shown in formula I: wherein X is selected from hydroxyl, thiol, and amino; Y is selected from carboxyl and sulfonyl; R1, R2, R3, and R4 are selected from hydrogen, lower alkyl, and combinations thereof; R5, R6, and R7 are selected from hydrogen, halo, nitro, amino, methoxy, and combinations thereof; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Ching-Shih Chen, Jing-Ru Weng
  • Publication number: 20120178764
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted indoles useful as pharmaceutical compounds for treating respiratory disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventors: Roger Bonnert, Rukhsana (née RASUL, Rukhsana) Mohammed, Mark Robert Dickinson
  • Patent number: 8217051
    Abstract: There are provided compounds of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof wherein X, Y, R1, R2 are as herein described. The compounds have utility as antiproliferative agents, especially, as anticancer agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Jing Zhang, Zhuming Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120149751
    Abstract: Compounds, methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating viral infections, by administering certain novel compounds in therapeutically effective amounts are disclosed. Methods for preparing the compounds and methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are also disclosed. In particular, the treatment and prophylaxis of viral infections such as caused by hemorrhagic fever viruses is disclosed, i.e., including but not limited to, Arenaviridae (Junin, Machupo, Guanarito, Sabia, Lassa, Tacaribe, and Pichinde), Filoviridae (Ebola and Marburg viruses), Flaviviridae (yellow fever, Omsk hemorrhagic fever and Kyasanur Forest disease viruses), and Bunyaviridae (Rift Valley fever).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Siga Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis E. Hruby, Tove C. Bolken, Sean Amberg, Dongcheng Dai
  • Patent number: 8198313
    Abstract: This invention is directed to indolone derivatives which are antagonists for the GALR3 receptor. The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. This invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition made by combining a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. This invention further provides a process for making a pharmaceutical composition comprising combining a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: H. Lundbeck A/S
    Inventors: Michael Konkel, John M. Werzel, Jamie Talisman
  • Publication number: 20120142646
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) wherein k, Ar, R2, R3, R4, R5, R4?, R5?, R6, R7, A, D, m and E are as defined in the specification, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Lilian Alcaraz, Roger Victor Bonnert, Stephen Connolly, Anthony Ronald Cook, Adrian Fisher, Alexander Humphries, Piotr Raubo
  • Publication number: 20120130144
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides a method of treating lung cancer, comprising administering to a subject at least one PARP inhibitor in combination with at least one growth factor inhibitor. In another aspect, the present invention provides a method of treating non-small cell lung cancer comprising administering to a subject at least one PARP inhibitor in combination with at least one growth factor inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: BiPar Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry M. Sherman, Charles Bradley, Valeria S. Ossovskaya
  • Publication number: 20120128665
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for the preselection of a subject for therapeutic treatment with an agent based on modulated levels of hypoxia in cancerous cells in the subject. In one embodiment, the invention provides methods for the preselection of a subject for therapeutic treatment with an agent based on modulated levels of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in a cell, e.g., a cancerous cell. The invention also provides methods for treating cancer in a subject by administering an effective amount of an agent to the subject, wherein the subject has been selected based on a modulated level of hypoxia. The invention further provides kits to practice the methods of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: SYNTA PHARMACEUTICALS CORP.
    Inventors: Ronald K. Blackman, Vojo Vukovic
  • Publication number: 20120122910
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of treating cancer by administering to a patient a small molecule inhibitor of Survivin. Also disclosed herein are methods of inhibiting Survivin dimerization in a patient by administering a compound of formula (I), (II), (III), or (IV). Methods of inducing cell cycle arrest in cancer cells, comprising G2/M stage arrest, in a patient by administering a compound of formula (I), (II), (III), or (IV) are also disclosed. Further disclosed herein are methods of inducing apoptosis in cancer cells in a patient by administering a compound of formula (I), (II), (III), or (IV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Alan Berezov, Qiang Wang, Ramachandran Murali, Mark I. Greene
  • Publication number: 20120122878
    Abstract: The invention concerns the combinations of an mGluR modulator, e.g. an mGluR5 modulator and at least one of L-dopa, a dopamine modulator, e.g. a dopamine agonist, a dopa decarboxylase inhibitor or a catechol-O-methyl transferase inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Baltazar Gomez-Mancilla, Fabrizio Gasparini
  • Publication number: 20120115842
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel oxindole derivatives of general formula (I), wherein substituents A, B, X and Y are defined as in claim 1, medicaments containing said derivatives, and the use thereof in the prophylaxis and/or treatment of vasopressin-dependent and/or oxytocin-dependent diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Wilfried Lubisch, Thorsten Oost, Liliane Unger, Wilfried Hornberger, Herve Geneste
  • Publication number: 20120107304
    Abstract: The invention relates to new methods for the treatment of oncological and fibrotic disease comprising the combined administration of a cell signalling and/or angiogenesis inhibitor in conjunction with an Aurora kinase inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Flavio Solca, Ulrich Guertler, Ulrike Tontsch-Grunt
  • Publication number: 20120101067
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for improving engraftment of hematopoietic cells in an individual following hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation (e.g., via bone marrow or cord blood transplantation). Methods for increasing hematopoietic progenitor cell proliferation in individuals with bone marrow aplasia are also described. The methods involve administering an agent that inhibits adipogenesis, adipocyte growth, adipocyte differentiation and/or adipocyte proliferation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Olaia Naveiras, George Daley, Pamela L. Wenzel
  • Publication number: 20120094998
    Abstract: The invention relates to (among other things) oligomer-PTK inhibitor conjugates and related compounds. A compound of the invention, when administered by any of a number of administration routes, exhibits advantages over PTK inhibitor compounds lacking a water soluble, non peptidic oligomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Jennifer Riggs-Sauthier, Wen Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120077759
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for inhibiting translation using 3-(5-tert-Butyl-2-Hydroxy-phenyl)-3-phenyl-1,3-dihydro-indol-2-one and/or its derivatives are provided. Compositions, methods and kits for treating (1) cellular proliferative disorders, (2) non-proliferative, degenerative disorders, (3) viral infections, and/or (4) disorders associated with viral infections, using 3-(5-tert-butyl-2-hydroxy-phenyl)-3-phenyl-1,3-dihydro-indol-2-one and/or its derivatives are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: José A. Halperin, Amarnath Natarajan, Bertal Huseyin Aktas, Yun-Hua Fan, Han Chen
  • Patent number: 8138220
    Abstract: [2-(6-fluoro-1H-indol-3-ylsulfanyl)benzyl]methyl amine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, provided it is not the free base in a non-crystalline form are provided for the treatment of affective disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: H. Lundbeck A/S
    Inventors: Jan Kehler, Karsten Juhl
  • Publication number: 20120052113
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transdermal preparation having a backing and an adhesive layer laminated on the backing, wherein the adhesive layer contains 4E indolone and a physiologically active compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: HISAMITSU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., INC.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Uchida, Yuka Takagi, Yasunori Takada
  • Patent number: 8124647
    Abstract: This invention provides non-steroidal compounds with affinity for the androgen receptor and utility for androgen-receptor related treatments, having a structure according to the formula or a salt or hydrate form thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: N.V. Organon
    Inventors: Pedro Harold Han Hermkens, Herman Thijs Stock, Jaap Van Der Louw, Neeltje Miranda Teerhuis, Johannes Petrus Maria Lommerse
  • Publication number: 20120034270
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds that have S1P receptor modulating activity and, preferably, apoptotic activity and/or anti proliferative activity against cancer cells and other cell types. Further, the invention relates to a pharmaceutical comprising at least one compound of the invention for the treatment of diseases and/or conditions caused by or associated with in-appropriate S1P receptor modulating activity or expression, for example, cancer. A further aspect of the invention relates to the use of a pharmaceutical comprising at least one compound of the invention for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of diseases and/or conditions caused by or associated with inappropriate S1P receptor modulating activity or expression such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Akaal Pharma Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Damian W. Grobelny, Gurmit S. Gill
  • Publication number: 20120004202
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of indolinones of general formula substituted in the 6 position, wherein R1 to R6 and X are defined as in claim 1, the isomers and the salts thereof, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof, as a medicament for the prevention or treatment of specific fibrotic diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: John Edward PARK, Nveed CHAUDHARY, Gerald Juergen ROTH, Armin HECKEL, Thorsten LEHMANN-LINTZ, Joerg KLEY
  • Publication number: 20120004165
    Abstract: Heterocyclically substituted methoxyphenyl derivatives with an oxo group, processes for preparation thereof and use thereof as medicaments The invention relates to heterocyclically substituted methoxyphenyl derivatives with an oxo group, and to physiologically compatible salts thereof. The invention relates to compounds of the formula I in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R10, X, n, B1, B2, B3 and B4 are each defined as specified, and to the physiologically compatible salts thereof. The compounds are suitable, for example, for treatment of diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: SANOFI
    Inventors: Stefanie KEIL, Elisabeth DEFOSSA, Viktoria DIETRICH, Siegfried STENGELIN, Andreas HERLING, Guido HASCHKE, Thomas KLABUNDE
  • Patent number: 8088816
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for inhibiting translation using 3-(5-tert-Butyl-2-Hydroxy-phenyl) -3-phenyl-1,3-dihydro-indol-2-one and/or its derivatives are provided. Compositions, methods and kits for treating (1) cellular proliferative disorders, (2) non-proliferative, degenerative disorders, (3) viral infections, and/or (4) disorders associated with viral infections, using 3-(5-tert-butyl-2-hydroxy-phenyl)-3-phenyl-1,3-dihydro-indol-2-one and/or its derivatives are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: José A. Halperin, Amarnath Natarajan, Huseyin Aktas, Yun-Hua Fan, Han Chen
  • Publication number: 20110319387
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of the following formula (I), or to a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or to a stereoisomer or mixture of stereoisomers at any proportions, where: X1 is a CH2 or C?O group; X2 is a linear saturated or unsaturated carbohydrate chain with 8 to 24 carbon atoms; R1 is a hydrogen atom or an OH or (C1-C6)alkoxy group such as methoxy; and R2 is a CH3 or CH2OR3 group, with R3 being a hydrogen atom or a (C1-C6)alkyl, CO—(C1-C6)alkyl or NH—(C1-C6)alkyl group. The invention also relates to the use of said compound as a drug, in particular for treating neurodegenerative diseases, and to a method for preparing same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS)
    Inventors: Fanny Schmidt, Bruno Figadere, Rita Raisman-Vozari, Pierre Champy
  • Patent number: 8084487
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of carbamic acid (2-chloroethyl)(3-oxocyclohexyl)-alkyl ester enantiomers and of 1-carbalkoxy-4-ketoperhydroindole enantiomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Ernst Kuesters, Murat Acemoglu, Philipp Lustenberger, Gottfried Sedelmeier, Beat Schmitz, Gerhard Penn
  • Publication number: 20110311613
    Abstract: Described herein, are topical formulations for treating a dermatological disease, disorder, or condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: AMIRA PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
    Inventors: John Howard Hutchinson, Jillian F. Evans, Kevin Murray Schaab
  • Patent number: 8080577
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating or preventing leiomyomas by administration of diindolylmethane and diindolylmethane-related indoles. The present invention also relates to compositions and methods for treating or preventing leiomyomas by administration of diindolylmethane in combination with an EGFR antagonist. The methods provide non-invasive treatments for leiomyomas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Bioresponse, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Michael A. Zeligs
  • Publication number: 20110287097
    Abstract: Controlled release pharmaceutical compositions comprising ropinirole or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein embodiments have ropinirole embedded in a matrix comprising one or more polymers, and the composition in monolithic form or in multiparticulate form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicants: DR. REDDY'S LABORATORIES, INC., DR. REDDY'S LABORATORIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Hemanth Prakash Joshi, Narayanan Badri Vishwanathan
  • Publication number: 20110286995
    Abstract: Administering an effective dose of a tTGase inhibitor to a Celiac or dermatitis herpetiformis patient reduces the toxic effects of toxic gluten oligopeptides, thereby attenuating or eliminating the damaging effects of gluten.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: CHAITAN KHOSLA, KIHANG CHOI
  • Patent number: 8058269
    Abstract: There is provided compounds of the formula wherein R6, V, W, X, Y, Q and n are as described. The compounds exhibit activity as anticancer agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Li Chen, Song Yang, Jing Zhang, Zhuming Zhang
  • Publication number: 20110275645
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds that inhibit protein kinases, prodrugs of the compounds, intermediates and methods of synthesizing the compounds and/or prodrugs, pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds and/or prodrugs and methods of using the compounds and/or prodrugs in a variety of contexts, including, for example, in the treatment and/or prevention of various diseases that are responsive to protein kinase inhibition and/or that are mediated, at least in part, by inappropriate kinase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Renee Desai, Ketan Desai
  • Publication number: 20110275689
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel intermediates and further to the use of said intermediates in processes for the preparation of indolinone derivatives, in particular 3-pyrrole substituted 2-indolinones having amide moieties on the pyrrole ring. Such compounds are useful in die treatment of abnormal cell growth, such as cancer, in mammals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: GENERICS [UK] LIMITED
    Inventors: Abhay Gaitonde, Bharati Choudhari, Prakash Bansode, Sunanda Phadtare
  • Publication number: 20110269812
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to organic chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology and medicine. More particularly, it relates to 3-benzylidene-indolin-2-one derivatives and their physiologically acceptable salts and prodrugs which modulate the activity of protein kinases (“PKs”), especially protein tyrosine kinase, and, therefore, are expected to exhibit a salutary effect against disorders related to abnormal PK activity. The present invention is further directed to methods of using of these compounds, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the alleviation, prevention and/or treatment of protein kinase-mediated diseases and disorders, such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicants: Agency for Science, Technology and Research, National University of Singapore
    Inventors: Mei Lin Go, Han Kiat Ho, Wei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20110269807
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds, compositions, drug delivery systems, and methods for treating age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and ocular ischemic disease in an individual in need.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventor: Peter C. Baciu
  • Publication number: 20110262537
    Abstract: There is provided an extended release tablet in tablet dosage form of ropinirole or salts thereof comprising a) an inner tablet of ropinirole or salts thereof optionally with other pharmaceutically acceptable excipients and b) an outer tablet of other pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. The invention also provides an extended release pharmaceutical composition comprising a core of ropinirole or salt thereof and outer mantle coating comprising one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. The invention also relates to processes of preparing such compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Premchand Nakhat, Venkatesh Joshi, Prashant Mandaogade, Girish Kumar Jain
  • Publication number: 20110263565
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of general formula (1), wherein R1 to R4 are defined as in claim 1, which are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterised by excessive or abnormal cell proliferation, and their use for preparing a medicament having the above-mentioned properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Treu, Thomas Karner, Ulrich Reiser
  • Publication number: 20110263614
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted indoles useful as pharmaceutical compounds for treating respiratory disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Roger Bonnert, Rukhsana Mohammed, Mark Robert Dickinson
  • Publication number: 20110263540
    Abstract: Small-molecule inhibitors of a protein synthesis inhibiting toxin, e.g., ricin, abrin, Shiga, and Shiga-like toxins, as well as methods of using the inhibitors are provided. Further provided are methods of identifying small-molecule inhibitors of a protein synthesis inhibiting toxin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Yuan-Ping Pang, Nilgun Ereken Tumer, Charles B. Millard
  • Publication number: 20110263585
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides, preferably from Drosophila melanogaster (DmShaI) as target for insecticides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Paul Bernasconi, John Dorsch, Lynn Stam, Scott Zitko, Nancy B. Rankl, Mike Griswold, Franz-Josef Braun, Gang Lu, Robert D. Kirkton, Barbara Wedel, Joachim Dickhaut, Angela Hofhine, Jennifer Zink, Fae Malone, Daniel Houtz, Steffen Gross, Ramani Kandasamy, Damian London, Thomas M. Gurganus
  • Publication number: 20110263671
    Abstract: Pharmaceutically acceptable salts of sunitinib, processes of making sunitinib salts, as well as related pharmaceuticals and methods of treating are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventor: Lovro Selic
  • Patent number: 8044090
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), which are antagonists of the 5-HT6 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Eli Lilly
    Inventors: Zhaogen Chen, Michael Philip Cohen, Matthew Joseph Fisher, Bruno Giethlen, James Ronald Gillig, Jefferson Ray McCowan, Shawn Christopher Miller, John Mehnert Schaus
  • Patent number: 8039484
    Abstract: Diaryl ethers in which one of the aryl groups is a phenyl fused to a cycloalkyl or heterocyclic ring, to which is attached an acetic acid group, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and are useful as therapeutic compounds, particularly in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and of conditions that often accompany this disease, including insulin resistance, obesity and lipid disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Min Ge, Songnian Lin, Shawn P. Walsh, Lihu Yang, Changyou Zhou
  • Publication number: 20110251200
    Abstract: The invention provides to a family of aryl guanidine-based F1F0-ATPase inhibitors, e.g., mitochondrial F1F0-ATPase inhibitors, methods for their discovery, and their use as therapeutic agents for treating certain disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Gary D. Glick, Peter Toogood, Gina Ney
  • Patent number: 8034806
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to bicyclic MGluR5 positive allosteric modulators, for example 6-(phenylethynyl)-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-one, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Charles David Weaver, Alice L. Rodriguez, Colleen M. Niswender, Carrie K. Jones, Richard Williams
  • Publication number: 20110243957
    Abstract: The subject invention concerns methods for preventing and/or treating neurodegenerative conditions associated with Abeta peptide accumulation in neural tissue in a human or animal. The subject invention also concerns methods for preventing or treating Alzheimer's disease-like neuropathology in a person or animal having trisomy 21 (Down's syndrome). In one embodiment, a method of the invention comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound that inhibits function or activity of a Raf protein to a person or animal in need of treatment. In a specific embodiment, the Raf inhibitor is Sorafenib (NEXAVAR). Neurodegenerative conditions contemplated within the scope of the present invention include, for example, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. The subject invention also concerns methods for preventing or inhibiting neuronal cell death and/or improving cell viability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicants: University of South Florida, United States Department of Veterans Affairs
    Inventors: Valentina Echeverria Moran, Gary W. Arendash
  • Publication number: 20110245261
    Abstract: This present invention relates to an antiprolactinic veterinary composition to be administered to ruminants. Said composition comprises at least one antiprolactinic compound which is an agonist of dopamine receptors, and is particularly useful for promoting a substantial reduction of lactation, mammary involution, and for treating and/or intra-mammary diseases or infections of ruminants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: CEVA SANTE ANIMALE SA
    Inventors: Anouck LAGARDE, Stephane FLOCH, Thierry BERTAIM
  • Publication number: 20110243917
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising PKC agonist as an active ingredient. More precisely, the present inventors confirmed that absence seizure specific SWD was reduced by administrating PKC agonist into an animal model. Therefore, the composition of the present invention comprising PKC agonist as an active ingredient can be effectively used for the prevention and treatment of absence seizure and for the production of health improving functional food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Eunji Cheong, Hee-Sup Shin, Yihong Zheng, Kyoobin Lee, Jungryun Lee, Seongwook Kim, Maryam Sanati, Sukyung Lee, Yeon-Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20110237563
    Abstract: The present invention related to the administration of bioactive agents via oral fast dispersing/dissolving drug delivery systems for treating illnesses of patient with critical buccal condition, leading to difficulties in swallowing oral medicine forms and thus difficulties in treating said illnesses. Particularly, the present invention discloses the administration of bioactive agents via oral fast dispersing/dissolving drug delivery systems for treating illnesses of patient with dysphagia and/or odynophagia and/or aspiration risk. Another aspect of the present invention is the administration of bioactive agents via oral fast dispersing/dissolving drug delivery systems for the treatment of dysphagia and/or odynophagia and/or aspiration risk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Dominique Costantini
  • Publication number: 20110230513
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions are provided for treatment of Parkinson's disease comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a fixed dose combination of two active agents selected from compounds having either neuroprotective or symptomatic effects, or both, in Parkinson's disease patients, wherein the molar ratio of the two compounds is in the range of 1:1 to 1:100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: PHARMA TWO B LTD.
    Inventors: Itschak Lamensdorf, Yoram Sela
  • Publication number: 20110201629
    Abstract: There are described cyclohexyl amide derivatives of Formula I, which are useful as corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) receptor antagonists and as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Benjamin Atkinson, David Beattie, Andrew James Culshaw, James Dale, Nicholas James Devereux, Jeffrey McKenna
  • Publication number: 20110195117
    Abstract: A novel oral controlled release pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of active substance, ropinirole or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt(s) or enantiomer(s) or polymorph(s) or hydrate(s) thereof, one or more controlled release agent(s), optionally one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipient(s) and an extended release coating, wherein the said composition provides controlled release of the active agent with reduced initial burst release.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: Lupin Limited
    Inventors: Arvind Mohan Upadhyay, Girish Bang, Nikhil Malewar, Makrand Avachat