At 4- Or 6-position Patents (Class 544/319)
  • Patent number: 8633313
    Abstract: Substituted bicyclic heteroaryls and compositions containing them, for the treatment of general inflammation, arthritis, rheumatic diseases, osteoarthritis, inflammatory bowel disorders, inflammatory eye disorders, inflammatory or unstable bladder disorders, psoriasis, skin complaints with inflammatory components, chronic inflammatory conditions, including but not restricted to autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE), myestenia gravis, rheumatoid arthritis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, multiples sclerosis, Sjoegren's syndrome and autoimmune hemolytic anemia, allergic conditions including all forms of hypersensitivity, The present invention also enables methods for treating cancers that are mediated, dependent on or associated with p110? activity, including but not restricted to leukemias, such as Acute Myeloid leukaemia (AML) Myelo-dysplastic syndrome (MDS) myelo-proliferative diseases (MPD) Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) T-cell Acute Lympho
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy David Cushing, Felix Gonzalez Lopez De Turiso, Xiaolin Hao, Youngsook Shin
  • Publication number: 20140018378
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel crystalline polymorphic and amorphous forms of the compound methyl (E)-2-{2-[6-(2-cyanophenoxy)pyrimidin-4-yloxy]phenyl}-3-methoxyacrylate (azoxystrobin). Infrared Raman spectra, X-Ray powder diffraction pattern and differential scanning calorimetry thermogram of two polymorphs “A” and “B” are provided. Further, the present invention also provides methods for preparing the novel polymorphic forms “A” and “B”, as well as processes for producing mixtures of the polymorphs, and a process for preparing amorphous azoxystrobin. Yet further, the present invention provides anti-fungal compositions comprising the novel crystalline polymorphs “A” and “B” or amorphous azoxystrobin, which are useful for controlling and combating fungi grown on agricultural and horticultural crops and up-land, and methods of using the same as pesticidal agents for combating fungi on agricultural and horticultural crops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Makhteshim Chemical Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Sharona ZAMIR, Inna FAKTOROVITCH
  • Patent number: 8629156
    Abstract: Compounds of formulae I and II are disclosed, as well as compositions comprising them and methods of their use to treat, prevent and manage serotonin-mediated diseases and disorders:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Arokiasamy Devasagayaraj, Haihong Jin, Qingyun Liu, Brett Marinelli, Lakshama Samala, Zhi-Cai Shi, Ashok Tunoori, Ying Wang, Wenxue Wu, Chengmin Zhang, Haiming Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140011816
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel substituted triazolyl piperazine and triazolyl piperidine derivatives of Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4a, R4b, R5, X, Y1, Y2, L1, and L2 have the meaning defined in the claims. The compounds according to the present invention are useful as gamma secretase modulators. The invention further relates to processes for preparing such novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds as an active ingredient as well as the use of said compounds as a medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Francois Paul Biscoff, Adriana Ingrid Velter, Sven Franciscus Anna Van Brandt, Didier Jean-Claude Berthelot
  • Publication number: 20140011798
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): as described herein, pharmaceutical preparations comprising such compounds, uses and methods of use for such compounds in the treatment of a disorder or a disease mediated by the activity of MDM2 and/or MDM4, and combinations comprising such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Pascal FURET, Vito GUAGNANO, Philipp HOLZER, Joerg KALLEN, Lv LIAO, Robert MAH, Liang MAO, Keiichi MASUYA, Achim SCHLAPBACH, Stefan STUTZ, Andrea VAUPEL
  • Publication number: 20130345419
    Abstract: Provided are novel compounds that bind to FKBP12 or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as well as new therapeutics useful in the prevention or treatment of alopecia which comprise those compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Specifically, compounds represented by formula (1) [where R1 represents either the following formula (2) or (3)] or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Ono, Shoichi Kuroda, Yoshihisa Shirasaki, Tetsuo Takayama, Yoshinori Sekiguchi, Fumihito Ushiyama, Yusuke Oka
  • Publication number: 20130345241
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X, Ar, and are defined herein or to a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof. Compounds of formula I have a good affinity to the trace amine associated receptors (TAARs), especially for TAAR1. The compounds can be used for the treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Matthias Nettekoven, Roger Norcross, Alessandra Polara
  • Publication number: 20130324722
    Abstract: A phosphor is provided, which has a chemical structure represented by General Formula I: wherein n is an integer; R1 and R2 are respectively selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, an aryl group and a heterocyclic group, or R1 and R2 are linked to each other, together with a carbon atom to which R1 and R2 are bonded, to form a ring structure; R3 and R4 are respectively selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a C1-C4 alkyl group, a C1-C4 alkoxyl group, a carboxyl group, a C1-C4 alkyl ester group, a arylester group, an adamantyl carbonyl group and an adamantyl group, or R3 and R4 are linked to each other, together with a nitrogen atom to which R3 and R4 are bonded, to form a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Shuang-Chao Chung, Yu-Tang Li, Chih-Hsun Fan, Ming-Chia Li, Chang-Sheng Chu
  • Publication number: 20130324517
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel antagonists for CCR2 (CC chemokine receptor 2) and their use for providing medicaments for treating conditions and diseases, especially pulmonary diseases like asthma and COPD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Heiner EBEL, Sara FRATTINI, Riccardo GIOVANNINI, Christoph HOENKE, Thomas TRIESELMANN, Patrick TIELMANN, Stefan SCHEUERER, Silke HOBBIE, Frank BUETTNER
  • Publication number: 20130324529
    Abstract: The present invention is related to novel benzimidazole compounds of formula (I) having cannabinoid receptor agonistic properties, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, chemical processes for preparing these compounds and their use in the treatment of diseases linked to the mediation of the cannabinoid receptors in animals, in particular humans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA NV
    Inventors: Henricus Jacobus Maria Gijsen, Michel Anna Jozef De Cleyn, Michel Surkyn, Bie Maria Pieter Verbist
  • Patent number: 8598187
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a series of pyrimidone derivatives represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof or a hydrate thereof: Wherein X, Z, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, n and m are as defined herein. Also disclosed herein are the methods of preparation of compounds of formula (I), intermediates therefor and their utility in treating a variety of disease conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignees: Sanofi, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Alistair Lochead, Mourad Saady, Corinne Veronique, Philippe Yaiche
  • Patent number: 8598175
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a series of pyrimidone derivatives represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof or a hydrate thereof: Wherein X, Z, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, n and m are as defined herein. Also disclosed herein are the methods of preparation of compounds of formula (I), intermediates therefor and their utility in treating a variety of disease conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignees: Sanofi, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Nathalie Chereze, Thierry Gallet, Alistair Lochead, Mourad Saady, Corinne Veronique, Philippe Yaiche
  • Patent number: 8598179
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I, wherein R1; R2; Z; A; B; D; Q; J; V; G and M have the meanings indicated in the claims. The compounds of the formula I are valuable pharmacologically active compounds. They exhibit a strong anti-aggregating effect on platelets and thus an anti-thrombotic effect and are suitable, e.g., for the therapy and prophylaxis of cardio-vascular disorders like thromboembolic diseases or restenoses. They are reversible antagonists of the platelet ADP receptor P2Y12, and can in general be applied in conditions in which an undesired activation of the platelet ADP receptor P2Y12 is present or for the cure or prevention of which an inhibition of the platelet ADP receptor P2Y12 is intended. The invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of compounds of the formula I, their use, in particular as active ingredients in pharmaceuticals, and pharmaceutical preparations comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Marc Nazaré, Gernot Zech, Jochen Goerlitzer, Melitta Just, Tilo Weiss, Gerhard Hessler, Werngard Czechtizky, Sven Ruf
  • Patent number: 8592435
    Abstract: Provided is a compound that has the ability to promote axonal outgrowth in combination with the ability to promote angiogenesis and can therefore be used to reduce central nerve injuries such as head injury and spinal cord injury, cerebral infarction, ischemic heart diseases such as myocardial infarction and organic angina, peripheral arterial occlusive diseases such as critical limb ischemia, or after-effects of these diseases. Specifically, the compound is represented by the following formula (I): in which Nx group is preferably a 6-membered aromatic ring containing two nitrogen atoms; R0, R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an amino group or the like; E is an oxygen atom or an —NR8 group (wherein R8 is an alkyl group or the like); n is an integer of 0 to 5; X and Y are each a connecting bond, a cycloalkyl group, —CO— or the like; and Q is a hydrogen atom or a phenyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Naohiro Takemoto, Kenji Murata, Norihito Murayama, Chikaomi Yamada
  • Patent number: 8592436
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a series of pyrimidone derivatives represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof or a hydrate thereof: Wherein X, Z, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, n and m are as defined herein. Also disclosed herein are the methods of preparation of compounds of formula (I), intermediates therefor and their utility in treating a variety of disease conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignees: Sanofi, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Nathalie Chereze, Thierry Gallet, Alistair Lochead, Mourad Saady, Corinne Veronique, Philippe Yaiche
  • Patent number: 8592437
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a series of pyrimidone derivatives represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof or a hydrate thereof: Wherein X, Z, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, n and m are as defined herein. Also disclosed herein are the methods of preparation of compounds of formula (I), intermediates therefor and their utility in treating a variety of disease conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignees: Sanofi, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Alistair Lochead, Mourad Saady, Corinne Veronique, Philippe Yaiche
  • Publication number: 20130310393
    Abstract: Disclosed are heteroaryl compounds of Formula (I), (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Z is CH or N; W is CR3 or N; and R1, R2, and R3 are defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds in the treatment of at least one CYP17 associated condition, such as, for example, cancer, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventor: Audris Huang
  • Publication number: 20130303763
    Abstract: This invention relates to tryptophan hydroxylase inhibitors, compositions comprising them, and methods of their use for the treatment, management and/or prevention of necrotizing enterocolitis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Michael D. GERSHON, Kara Gross MARGOLIS
  • Publication number: 20130303551
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of pyrimidinone derivatives for the modulation, notably the inhibition of the activity or function of fatty acid synthase (FAS). Suitably, the present invention relates to the use of pyrimidinones in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Nicholas D. Adams, Alexander Joseph Reif, Kenneth Wiggall
  • Publication number: 20130289013
    Abstract: Imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines are disclosed. Compounds of the invention are useful therapeutic agents and their inclusion in pharmaceutical formulations and use in methods of treatment are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Qun Kevin FANG, Frank Xinhe Wu, Paul T. Grover, Seth C. Hopkins, Una Campbell, Milan Chytil, Kerry L. Spear
  • Patent number: 8569319
    Abstract: Compounds useful in the treatment of mammalian cancers and especially human cancers according to Formula I are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment employing the compounds disclosed herein are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, LLS
    Inventors: Daniel L. Flynn, Michael D. Kaufman
  • Publication number: 20130281428
    Abstract: Novel compounds or salts thereof, or crystals thereof, which inhibit Axl and are useful for treating diseases caused by Axl hyperfunction, diseases associated with Axl hyperfunction and/or diseases accompanied by Axl hyperfunction are provided. Pyridone derivatives represented by the formula (1) having various substituents or salts thereof, or crystals thereof (where R1, R2, R3, R5, R6, A, W, X and n in the formula (1) are as defined in the specification, respectively) are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ohki, Masahiro Ota, Kosuke Takeuchi, Hideaki Watanabe, Akitake Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro Shibata, Yuichi Tominaga, Takeshi Jimbo, Keijiro Kobayashi, Katsuhiro Kobayashi, Daisuke Fukatsu
  • Publication number: 20130274253
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel chemical compounds derived from pyrimidines, to the method for preparing same, to the novel intermediates obtained, to the use thereof as drugs, to the pharmaceutical compositions containing same, and to the therapeutic use thereof as AKT inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: SANOFI
    Inventors: Maurice Brollo, Jean-Christophe Carry, Victor Certal, Eric Didier, Gilles Doerflinger, Youssef EL Ahmad, Bruno Filoche-Romme, Frank Halley, Karl Andreas Karlsson, Laurent Schio, Fabienne Thompson
  • Patent number: 8557797
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are inhibitors of p38 MAP kinase, useful as anti-inflammatory agents in the treatment of inter alia, diseases of the respiratory tract wherein; R1 is C1-C6 alkyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, phenyl which is optionally substituted, 5- or 6 membered monocyclic heteroaryl which is optionally substituted, or a radical of formula (II) wherein n is 1 or 2, and R3 and R4 are independently H or C1-C6 alkyl, or R3 and R4 taken together with the nitrogen to which they are attached form a 6-membered heterocyclic ring optionally containing a further heteroatom selected from N and O; Y is —O— or —S(O)p— wherein p is 0, 1 or 2; A is an optionally substituted divalent arylene radical, or a mono- or bicyclic heteroarylene radical, or a C3-C6 divalent cycloalkylene radical having 5 or 6 ring atoms, or a piperidinylene radical wherein the ring nitrogen is linked to R2NHC(?O)W—; W is a bond, —NH— or —C(RA)(RB), wherein RA and RB are independently H, methyl, ethyl, amino, hydroxyl or halo; and R2 is a radical as d
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.
    Inventors: Harry Finch, John Montana, Monique Bodil Van Niel, Chi-Kit Woo, Jamie Knight, Bohdan Waszkowycz
  • Publication number: 20130267513
    Abstract: A compound of formula Ia or formula Ib, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, wherein R1 is selected from: aryl; heteroaryl; —NHR3; fused aryl-C4-7-heterocycloalkyl; —CONR4R5; —NHCOR6; —C3-7-cycloalkyl; -0-C3-7-cycloalkyl; —NR3R6; and optionally substituted —C1-6 alkyl; wherein said aryl, heteroaryl, fused aryl-C4-7-heterocycloalkyl and C4-7-heterocycloalkyl are each optionally substituted; Q is CN, halogen, or is selected from C1-6-alkyl, C3-7-cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl and heteroaryl, each of which is optionally substituted with one or more substituents A; R2 is selected from hydrogen, aryl, C1-6-alkyl, C2-6-alkenyl, C3-7-cycloalkyl, heteroaryl, C4-7-heterocycloalkyl and halogen, wherein said C1-6-alkyl, Cz-B-alkenyl, aryl, heteroaryl and C4-7-heterocycloalkyl are each optionally substituted; R3 is selected from aryl, heteroaryl, C4-7-heterocycloalkyl, C3-7-cycloalkyl, fused aryl-C-heterocycloalkyl and C1-6-alkyl, each of which is optionally substituted; R4 and R5 are each independ
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Brayn Chan, Anthony Estrada, Zachary Sweeney, Edward Giles Mciver, Stephen Lewis
  • Patent number: 8552185
    Abstract: The present invention relates, inter alia, to a process for preparing a compound of formula (I): using, as a catalyst 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Gillian Beveridge, Ewan Campbell Boyd, Jack Hugh Vass, Alan John Whitton
  • Patent number: 8552002
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein the substituents X1, R1, R2, R3 and R4 have the meaning as set forth and explained in the description of the invention, to processes for the preparation of these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing same, the use thereof optionally in combination with one or more other pharmaceutically active compounds for the therapy of a disease which responds to an inhibition of protein kinase activity, and a method for the treatment of such a disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignees: Novartis AG, IRM LLC
    Inventors: Qiang Ding, Nathanael Schiander Gray, Bing Li, Yi Liu, Taebo Sim, Tetsuo Uno, Guobao Zhang, Carole Pissot Soldermann, Werner Breitenstein, Guido Bold, Giorgio Caravatti, Pascal Furet, Vito Guagnano, Marc Lang, Paul William Manley, Joseph Schoepfer, Carsten Spanka
  • Publication number: 20130261303
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for reacting between a phenol derivative and an aromatic substrate under phenolate forming conditions comprising the following steps: (a) reacting a phenol derivative with a base in a polar organic solvent to obtain a phenolate salt, wherein water is removed from the reaction mixture during the reaction, (b) adding the aromatic substrate to the reaction mixture obtained in step (a), (c) heating the reaction mixture of step (b) to a temperature in the range of 80° to 1300° C., preferably, 90° to 1000° C. for 2 to 7 hours to obtain a phenoxy substituted aromatic substrate, (d) removing the solvent from the mixture of step (c) and optionally further isolating and purifying the phenoxy substituted aromatic substrate. Optionally, the removal of water during step (a) is in conjunction with partial removal of the organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: MAKHTESHIM CHEMICAL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: David OVADIA, Raya STURKOVICH, David LEONOV
  • Patent number: 8546411
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel crystalline polymorphic and amorphous forms of the compound methyl (E)-2-{2-[6-(2-cyanophenoxy)pyrimidin-4-yloxy]phenyl}-3-methoxy-acrylate (azoxystrobin). Infrared Raman spectra, X-ray powder diffraction pattern and differential scanning calorimetry thermogram of two polymorphs “A” and “B” are provided. Further, the present invention also provides methods for preparing the novel polymorphic forms “A” and “B”, as well as processes for producing mixtures of the polymorphs, and a process for preparing amorphous azoxystrobin. Yet further, the present invention provides anti-fungal compositions comprising the novel crystalline polymorphs “A” and “B” or amorphous azoxystrobin, which are useful for controlling and combating fungi grown on agricultural and horticultural crops and up-land, and methods of using the same as pesticidal agents for combating fungi on agricultural and horticultural crops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Makhteshim Chemical Works Ltd.
    Inventors: Sharona Zamir, Inna Faktorovitch
  • Publication number: 20130252980
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel GPR 119 agonists of the general formula (I), their tautomeric forms, their stereoisomers, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, methods for their preparation, use of these compounds in medicine and the intermediates involved in their preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Cadila Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Harikishore Pingali, Pandurang Zaware
  • Publication number: 20130252937
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of general formula I, wherein the groups R1, R2 and m are defined as in claim 1, which have valuable pharmacological properties, in particular bind to the GPR40 receptor and modulate its activity. The compounds are suitable for treatment and prevention of diseases which can be influenced by this receptor, such as metabolic diseases, in particular diabetes type 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias ECKHARDT, Sara FRATTINI, Dieter HAMPRECHT, Frank HIMMELSBACH, Elke LANGKOPF, Iain LINGARD, Stefan PETERS, Holger WAGNER
  • Publication number: 20130252963
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds that inhibit Lp-PLA2 activity, processes for their preparation, to compositions containing them and to their use in the treatment of diseases associated with the activity of Lp-PLA2, or example atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, and/or diabetic macular edema.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: Yun Jin, Zehong Wan, Qing Zhang
  • Patent number: 8541432
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel organic compounds of formula (I) and their use in the treatment of the animal or human body, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula I and to the use of a compound of formula I for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for use in the treatment of protein kinase dependent diseases, especially of proliferative diseases, such as in the treatment of tumour diseases and ocular neovascular diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Gerald David Artman, III, Jason Matthew Elliott, Nan Ji, Donglei Liu, Fupeng Ma, Nello Mainolfi, Erik Meredith, Karl Miranda, James J. Powers, Chang Rao
  • Patent number: 8541431
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula I: wherein R1, R2, V, W, X, Y and Z can be as defined herein. The compounds can be used in the treatment of disorders mediated by the cannabinoid receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: The University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Bob M. Moore, II, Steven Gurley, Suni Mustafa, Patrick Allison
  • Patent number: 8541402
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I: wherein X, R2, R3, R3a, R3b, R5 and R6 are defined herein, are useful as inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus NS5B polymerase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Pierre L. Beaulieu, Pasquale Forgione, Alexandre Gagnon, Cedrickx Godbout, Marc-Andre Joly, Montse Llinas-Brunet, Julie Naud, Martin Poirier, Jean Rancourt
  • Patent number: 8524723
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel crystalline polymorphic and amorphous forms of the compound methyl (E)-2-{2-[6-(2-cyanophenoxy)pyrimidin-4-yloxy]phenyl}-3-methoxy-acrylate (azoxystrobin). Infrared Raman spectra, X-ray powder diffraction pattern and differential scanning calorimetry thermogram of two polymorphs “A” and “B” are provided. Further, the present invention also provides methods for preparing the novel polymorphic forms “A” and “B”, as well as processes for producing mixtures of the polymorphs, and a process for preparing amorphous azoxystrobin. Yet further, the present invention provides anti-fungal compositions comprising the novel crystalline polymorphs “A” and “B” or amorphous azoxystrobin, which are useful for controlling and combating fungi grown on agricultural and horticultural crops and up-land, and methods of using the same as pesticidal agents for combating fungi on agricultural and horticultural crops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Makhteshim Chemical Works Ltd.
    Inventors: Sharona Zamir, Inna Faktorovitch
  • Publication number: 20130225583
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to substituted amino-triazolyl compounds which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 10 (PDE10). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: Gerald W. Shipps, JR., Berengere Sauvagnat, Jack Bracken, William T. McElroy, Christopher D. Cox, Ginny Ho, Georgia Mcgaughey
  • Publication number: 20130225619
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to compositions and methods for treating neurodegenerative diseases and disorders, particularly ophthalmic diseases and disorders. Provided herein are substituted heterocyclic amine derivative compound and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The subject compositions are useful for treating and preventing ophthalmic diseases and disorders, including age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and Stargardt's Disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: Acucela Inc.
    Inventors: Vladimir A. Kuksa, Mark W. Orme, Feng Hong, Ryo Kubota
  • Publication number: 20130216498
    Abstract: New imidazopyridine derivatives having the chemical structure of formula (I) are disclosed; as well as process for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and their use in therapy as inhibitors of Janus Kinases (JAK).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventors: Paul Robert Eastwood, Jacob Gonzales Rodriguez, Jordi Bach Taña, Lluis Miquel Pages Santacana, Joan Taltavull Moll, Juan Francisco Caturla Javaloyes, Victor Giulio Matassa
  • Publication number: 20130217688
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Celgene Avilomics Research, Inc.
    Inventor: Celgene Avilomics Research, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130217693
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of Formulae I and/or II: and/or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, tautomer, optical isomer, E-isomer, Z-isomer, or combination thereof; X is selected from Se, N—OH, NH, NO2, CN, N—CN, N?O, O or S, and the remaining substituents are described herein; and a composition thereof. The invention also relates to a method of administration thereof; and use thereof to treat HIV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventors: Wayne Danter, Clinton Threlfall, Sylvain Guizzetti, Julien Marin
  • Patent number: 8513239
    Abstract: There are provided compounds of the formula or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X, Y, Z, V1, V2, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are herein described. These compounds are useful as anticancer agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: David Joseph Bartkovitz, Jianping Cai, Xin-Jie Chu, Hongju Li, Allen John Lovey, Binh Thanh Vu, Chunlin Zhao
  • Patent number: 8513271
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating various diseases, syndromes, conditions and disorders, including pain. Such compounds are represented by Formula I as follows: wherein R1, R2, R3, and L, A, and Ra are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, NV
    Inventors: Steven J. Coats, Haiyan Bian, Peter J. Connolly, Gilles Bignan, Chaozhong Cai, Scott L. Dax, Bart L. DeCorte, Shu-Chen Lin, Li Liu, Mark J. Macielag, Philip M. Pitis, Yue-Mei Zhang, Bin Zhu, Wei He
  • Publication number: 20130210832
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of general formula (1), wherein the groups R1 to R7, Qa, Qb, L, n and m are defined as in claim 1, which are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterised by excessive or abnormal cell proliferation, pharmaceutical preparations containing such compounds and their use as medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Darryl McConnell, Harald Engelhardt, Christiane Kofink
  • Publication number: 20130202573
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds useful in the modulation of blood uric acid levels, formulations containing them and methods of using them. In some embodiments, the compounds described herein are used in the treatment or prevention of disorders related to aberrant levels of uric acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: Ardea Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Samedy Ouk, Esmir Gunic, Jean-Michel Vernier, Chixu Chen
  • Patent number: 8501756
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel organic compounds of formula (I) and their use in the treatment of the animal or human body, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula I and to the use of a compound of formula I for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for use in the treatment of protein kinase dependent diseases, especially of proliferative diseases, such as in the treatment of tumor diseases and ocular neovascular diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Gerald David Artman, III, Jason Matthew Elliott, Nan Ji, Donglei Liu, Fupeng Ma, Nello Mainolfi, Erik Meredith, Karl Miranda, James J. Powers, Chang Rao
  • Publication number: 20130196002
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 4-pyridinone compounds which are inhibitors of catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT), and are useful in the treatment and prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which COMT enzyme is involved. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which COMT is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Scott Wolkenberg, Scott T. Harrison, James C. Barrow, Zhijian Zhao, Jeffrey Melamed, Nathan R. Kett, Amy Zartman
  • Publication number: 20130196993
    Abstract: This invention relates to certain N-heteroaryl compounds that are generally useful as medicaments, more specifically as medicaments for animals. The medicament can preferably be used for the treatment of helminth infections and the treatment of parasitosis, such as caused by helminth infections. This invention also relates to uses of the compounds to make medicaments and treatments comprising the administration of the compounds to animals in need of the treatments. This invention also relates to novel N-heteroaryl compounds and the preparation of said compounds. Moreover this invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Michael Berger, Christopher Kern, Marko Eck
  • Publication number: 20130184299
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel antagonists for CCR2 (CC chemokine receptor 2) and their use for providing medicaments for treating conditions and diseases, especially pulmonary diseases like asthma and COPD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Heiner Ebel, Sara Frattini, Riccardo Giovannini, Christoph Hoenke, Stefan Scheuerer
  • Patent number: 8486951
    Abstract: Compounds of the present invention find utility in the treatment of mammalian cancers and especially human cancers including, but not limited to, malignant melanomas, solid tumors, glioblastomas, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancers, breast cancers, kidney cancers, hepatic cancers, cervical carcinomas, metastasis of primary tumor sites, myeloproliferative diseases, chronic myelogenous leukemia, leukemias, papillary thyroid carcinoma, non-small cell lung cancer, mesothelioma, hypereosinophilia syndrome, gastrointestinal stromal tumors, colonic cancers, ocular diseases characterized by hyperproliferation leading to blindness including various retinopathies, diabetic retinopathy, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, mastocytosis, mast cell leukemia, and diseases caused by PDGFR-? kinase, PDGFR-? kinase, c-KIT kinase, cFMS kinase, c-MET kinase, and oncogenic forms, aberrant fusion proteins and polymorphs of any of the foregoing kinases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel L. Flynn, Peter A. Petillo, Michael D. Kaufman