Abstract: A salt catalyst comprises an ionic complex of i) a nitrogen base comprising one or more guanidine and/or amidine functional groups, and ii) an oxoacid comprising one or more active acid groups, the active acid groups independently comprising a carbonyl group (C?O), sulfoxide group (S?O), and/or a phosphonyl group (P?O) bonded to one or more active hydroxy groups; wherein a ratio of moles of the active hydroxy groups to moles of the guanidine and/or amidine functional groups is greater than 0 and less than 2.0. The salt catalysts are capable of catalyzing ring opening polymerization of cyclic carbonyl compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of Formula (I): wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 are as defined above. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and to methods of treating diabetes mellitus and its complications (including in particular diabetic retinopathy, nephropathy or neuropathy), cancer, ischemia, inflammation, central nervous system disorders, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease and dermatological disease pression, viral diseases, inflammatory disorders, or diseases in which the liver is a target organ.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an antagonist against CRF receptors which is effective as a therapeutic or prophylactic agent for diseases in which CRF is considered to be involved, such as depression, anxiety, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, eating disorder, hypertension, gastral diseases, drug dependence, epilepsy, cerebral infarction, cerebral ischemia, cerebral edema, cephalic external wound, inflammation, immunity-related diseases, alpecia, irritable bowel syndrome, sleep disorders, dermatitides, schizophrenia, pain, etc. A pyrrolopyrimidine or pyrrolotriazine derivative substituted with a carbamoyl group represented by the following formula [I]: has a high affinity for CRF receptors and is effective against diseases in which CRF is considered to be involved.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds suitable for labeling by positron emitting isotopes, such as 18F, 11C, 13N and 15O, through appropriate labeling reagents, such as 18F reagents and methods of preparing such a compound, compositions comprising such compounds, kits comprising such compounds or compositions and uses of such compounds, compositions or kits for diagnostic imaging by positron emission tomography (PET).

Abstract: The present invention relates to prodrugs of parent drug compounds containing heteroaromatic NH groups.

Abstract: A heterocyclic compound represented by Formula 1 or Formula 2 below and an organic light-emitting device including the heterocyclic compound: wherein X1, X2, and R1 through R16 are defined as in the specification.

Abstract: Described herein is an improved, commercially viable and industrially advantageous process for the preparation of paliperidone intermediate 9-hydroxy-3-(2-chloroethyl)-2-methyl-4h-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-one and its hydrochloride salt. The process provides the paliperidone intermediate in higher yield and reduced reaction time compared to the previously disclosed processes, thereby providing for production of paliperidone and its pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts in high purity and in high yield.

Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of heterocyclic compounds of Group A or Group, as defined herein, as modulators of gamma secretase, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more diseases associated with the central nervous system using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of paliperidone and its intermediates and also relates to an improved process for the preparation of paliperidone compound of formula (I).

Abstract: A pyrimidone derivative represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof or a hydrate thereof: Wherein Y, Z, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, n, m, and o are as described herein. The invention relates also to a medicament comprising the said derivative or a salt thereof as an active ingredient which is used for preventive and/or therapeutic treatment of a neurodegenerative disease caused by abnormal activity of GSK3?, such as Alzheimer disease.

Abstract: Embodiments of this invention provide novel cyclic compounds structurally related to diketopiperazines and methods for their therapeutic use. Such compounds are neuroprotective and have utility as therapeutic agents for treatment of diseases, injuries and other conditions characterized by neuronal degeneration and/or death. Compounds are also useful for manufacture of medicaments useful for treatment of such conditions.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of general formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein X, n, Y, and R1 are defined generally and in subsets herein. Compounds of the invention are inhibitors of CCR2 and accordingly are useful for the treatment of a variety of inflammatory, allergic, and autoimmune diseases, disorders, or conditions.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising ZD6474 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a brittle diluent and a second diluent which is practically insoluble and has ductile compression properties.

Abstract: The present invention relates to inhibitors of p38, a mammalian protein kinase involved cell proliferation, cell death and response to extracellular stimuli. The invention also relates to methods for producing these inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the inhibitors of the invention and methods of utilizing those compositions in the treatment and prevention of various disorders.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound which has an effect of inhibiting amyloid-? production and is useful as a therapeutic agent for diseases induced by production, secretion and/or deposition of amyloid-? proteins. The present invention relates to a compound represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof: wherein A is optionally substituted carbocyclic diyl or optionally substituted heterocyclic diyl; B is an optionally substituted carbocyclic group or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; R1 is a group such as optionally substituted lower alkyl; R2 is a group such as hydrogen; and R3a and R3b are each independently a group such as hydrogen, provided that the following compound is excluded.

Abstract: Novel conjugates and immunogens derived from risperidone and antibodies generated by these immunogens are useful in immunoassays for the quantification and monitoring of risperidone and paliperidone in biological fluids.

Abstract: The present application relates to calcium channel inhibitors containing compounds of formula (I) wherein Ar1, n, R1, X and Y are as defined in the specification. The present application also relates to compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions.

Abstract: To provide a diagnostic drug which binds specifically to an amyloid aggregate and/or an amyloid deposit, to thereby realize imaging and quantification of a disease caused by amyloid aggregation and/or deposition. The invention provides a compound represented by formula (1): (wherein X1 represents an optionally substituted bicyclic heterocyclic group; X2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a chelate-forming group; ring A represents a benzene ring or a pyridine ring; and ring B represents an optionally substituted 5-membered aromatic heterocyclic group which is bonded to the benzene ring or the pyridine ring via a carbon atom of ring B), a salt thereof, a solvate of any of these, or a transition metal coordination compound of any of these, and a diagnostic, preventive, or therapeutic drug containing the same.

Abstract: The invention relates to new heterocyclic compounds of general formula (I), and their salts with a base or an acid: The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of these compounds as well as their use as medicaments, in particular as anti-bacterial agents.

Abstract: The present application describes deuterium-enriched risperidone, pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, and methods of treating using the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to cyclobutane and methylcyclobutane derivatives, as well as their salts, compositions, and methods of use, which are Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors useful in the treatment of JAK-associated diseases including, for example, inflammatory and autoimmune disorders, as well as cancer and myeloproliferative disorders.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of sustained delivery of a tertiary amine-containing parent drug comprising administering to a patient an effective amount of a prodrug compound of the invention wherein upon administration to the patient, release of the parent drug from the prodrug is sustained release. Prodrug compounds suitable for use in the methods of the invention are labile quaternary ammonium salts of tertiary amine-containing parent drugs (or tertiary imine-containing parent drugs) that are derivatized through aldehyde-linked prodrug moieties that reduce the solubility of the prodrug compound at a reference pH as compared to the parent drug. The physical, chemical and solubility properties of these derivatives can be further modulated by the choice of counterion X?. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a prodrug compound of Formula I: where R1-R5 are defined in the written description of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to small molecule compounds and their use in the treatment of bacterial infections, in particular Tuberculosis.

Abstract: Compounds of Formula I and Formula II and their use for the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia and manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder with or without psychotic features is disclosed.

Abstract: The invention described herein relates to certain bicyclic heteroaromatic N-substituted glycine derivatives of formula (I) which are antagonists of HIF prolyl hydroxylases and are useful for treating diseases benefiting from the inhibition of this enzyme, anemia being one example.

Abstract: Tetrahydro-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidines and related compounds of Formula A: are described as inhibitors of HIV integrase and inhibitors of HIV replication, wherein n is an integer equal to zero, 1, 2 or 3, and R1, R3, R4, R12, R14, R16, R30, R32, R34 and R36 are defined herein. These compounds are useful in the prevention and treatment of infection by HIV and in the prevention, delay in the onset, and treatment of AIDS. The compounds are employed against HIV infection and AIDS as compounds per se or in the form of pharmaceutically acceptable salts. The compounds and their salts can be employed as ingredients in pharmaceutical compositions, optionally in combination with other antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics or vaccines.

Abstract: A pyrimidone derivative represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof or a hydrate thereof: wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R4, and m are defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are methods of preparing the compounds of formula (I), intermediates thereof and their use in therapeutics.

Abstract: A pyrimidone derivative represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof or a hydrate thereof: wherein Y, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are methods of preparing the compounds of formula (I), intermediates thereof and their use in therapeutics.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an antagonist against CRF receptors which is effective as a therapeutic or prophylactic agent for diseases in which CRF is considered to be involved, such as depression, anxiety, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, eating disorder, hypertension, gastral diseases, drug dependence, epilepsy, cerebral infarction, cerebral ischemia, cerebral edema, cephalic external wound, inflammation, immunity-related diseases, alpecia, irritable bowel syndrome, sleep disorders, dermatitides, schizophrenia, pain, etc. A pyrrolopyrimidine or pyrrolotriazine derivative substituted with a carbamoyl group represented by the following formula [I]: has a high affinity for CRF receptors and is effective against diseases in which CRF is considered to be involved.

Abstract: The present invention relates to inhibitors of p38, a mammalian protein kinase involved cell proliferation, cell death and response to extracellular stimuli. The invention also relates to methods for producing these inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the inhibitors of the invention and methods of utilizing those compositions in the treatment and prevention of various disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process for obtaining Paliperidone, I, comprising alkylating compound VI, or a salt thereof, with compound V, or a salt thereof, using a base selected from triethylamine or diisopropylethylamine and, optionally, a solvent. Moreover, the invention relies on the preparation of intermediates used in such process.

Abstract: Pyridopyrimidine carboxamide compounds of Formula I are inhibitors of HIV integrase and inhibitors of HIV replication: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are defined herein. The compounds are useful for the prophylaxis or treatment of infection by HIV and the prophylaxis, treatment, or delay in the onset of AIDS. The compounds are employed against HIV infection and AIDS as compounds per se or in the form of pharmaceutically acceptable salts. The compounds and their salts can be employed as ingredients in pharmaceutical compositions, optionally in combination with other antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics or vaccines.

Abstract: The present invention relates to Substituted Indole Derivatives, compositions comprising at least one Substituted Indole Derivative, and methods of using these Substituted Indole Derivatives for treating or preventing a viral infection or a virus-related disorder in a patient.

Abstract: A compound of formula (7.2) or an acid addition salt thereof. The compound can be used as a reference standard for monitoring the presence thereof in a paliperidone sample, including monitoring the completion of a paliperidone reaction. Reduction in the amount of the compound in paliperidone can be achieved by crystallization in the presence of a hydride reductant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of 3-(2-chloroethyl)-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-9-hydroxy-2-methyl-4H-pyrrido[1,2-a]-pyrimidin-4-one; and its use in the synthesis of paliperidone.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to salts that are room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs), methods of making them, and methods of using them in connection with temporary or permanent gas sequestration. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a class of solvents which can be transformed into RTILs by exposure to a gas, and methods of using them in connection with temporary or permanent gas sequestration.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing paliperidone from its intermediate 3-(2-chloroethyl)-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-9-hydroxy-2-methyl-4H-pyrrido[1,2-a]-pyrimidin-4-one.

Abstract: The invention provides ?-helix mimetic structures of formula (I) with the definitions of A, B, D, E, G, W, R1 and R2 as set out in the description and a chemical library relating thereto. The compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of the invention using the compounds, relate to the treatment of diseases including fibrosis, such as pulmonary fibrosis.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of treatment and prophylaxis of retinal degenerative diseases. More particularly, the present invention contemplates a method for preventing, reducing the risk of development of, or otherwise treating or ameliorating the symptoms of, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) or related retinal conditions in mammals and in particular humans. The present invention further provides therapeutic compositions enabling dose-dependent or dose-specific administration of agents useful in the treatment and prophylaxis of age-related macular degeneration or related retinal degenerative conditions.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds and to the use thereof, to pharmaceutical compositions containing said chemical compounds as an active ingredient and to the use thereof for producing medicinal preparations for the human being and warm-blood animals for treating diseases caused by the aberrant activity of an Hedgehog (Hh)-signal system, in particular oncological diseases. The invention also relates to the use of the above-mentioned compounds in the form of ‘molecular pharmacological tools’ for examining (in vitro and in vivo) the biochemical features of the Hh-signal system, in particular, the interaction of Hh protein and transmembrane proteins, namely, suppressor Patched (Ptc) and protooncogenic proteins.

Abstract: The present invention provides small molecule inhibitors of BMP signaling. These compounds may be used to modulate cell growth, differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis, and thus may be useful for treating diseases or conditions associated with BMP signaling, including inflammation, cardiovascular disease, hematological disease, cancer, and bone disorders, as well as for modulating cellular differentiation and/or proliferation.

Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of heterocyclic compounds as modulators of gamma secretase, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more diseases associated with the central nervous system using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel ligands the broad spectrum of biological activity of which includes simultaneously ?-adrenoceptors, dopamine receptors, histamine receptors, imidazoline receptors and serotonin receptors, among them serotonin 5-HT7 receptors, which are compounds of general formula 1 in the form of free bases, geometrical isomers, racemic mixtures or individual optical isomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or hydrates, wherein: R1 is a substituent of amino group, selected from hydrogen, optionally substituted C1-C4 alkyl, acyl, heterocyclyl, alkoxycarbonyl, substituted sulfonyl; R2 is a substituent of cyclic system, selected from hydrogen, halogen, optionally substituted C1-C4 alkyl, CF3, CN, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, carboxyl, heterocyclyl or substituted sulfonyl; Ar is optionally substituted aryl not necessarily annalated with heterocyclyl, or optionally substituted aromatic heterocyclyl; W is optionally substituted (CH2)m group, optionally substituted CH?CH group, optionally subst

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative, salt or prodrug thereof. The present invention further provides a method of treatment or prophylaxis of a viral infection in a subject comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative, salt or prodrug thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (I) are also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to new heterocyclic compounds of general formula (I), and their salts with a base or an acid: The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of these compounds as well as their use as medicaments, in particular as anti-bacterial agents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to selective inhibitors of phosphoinositide (PI) 3-kinase ?, use of the selective inhibitors in anti-thrombotic therapy, and a method for screening compounds useful for the new anti-thrombotic therapy by detecting selective inhibitory activity of PI 3-kinase ? of the compound. The invention also relates to novel compounds that are inhibitors of PI 3-kinase.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative, salt or prodrug thereof. Further provided is a method of treatment or prophylaxis of a viral infection in a subject comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of a compound of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative, salt or prodrug thereof. A pharmaceutical composition or medicament comprising a compound of Formula I is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator, compositions thereof, and methods therewith. The present invention also relates to methods of treating diseases using such CFTR modulators.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparation and purification of 3-[2-[4-(6-fluoro-1,2-benzisoxazol-3-yl)-1-piperidinyl]ethyl]-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-9-hydroxy-2-methyl-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-one, also known as paliperidone or 9-hydroxy risperidone. The invention also relates to the preparation of intermediates useful in the process.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a psychotropic agent Paliperidone. Preferably, this invention relates to a method for the purification of Paliperidone by making its acid addition salts.