Six-membered Ring Consisting Of One Nitrogen And Five Carbons (e.g., Pyridine, Etc.) Patents (Class 544/360)
  • Patent number: 8097637
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 and A are as defined in the specification as dual modulators of the serotonin 5-HT2a and dopamine D3 receptors, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments. Compounds of general formula (I) have high affinity for the dopamine D3 and serotonin (5-Hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT) 5-HT2A receptors and are effective in the treatment of psychotic disorders, as well as other diseases such as depression and anxiety, drug dependence, dementias and memory impairment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Luca Gobbi, Georg Jaeschke, Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento, Lucinda Steward
  • Publication number: 20120010185
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of general formula I wherein the groups and radicals B, k, L, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, R1, R2, have the meanings given in claim 1. Moreover the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one compound according to the invention. By virtue of their MCH-receptor antagonistic activity the pharmaceutical compositions according to the invention are suitable for the treatment of metabolic disorders and/or eating disorders, particularly obesity, bulimia, anorexia, hyperphagia and diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk STENKAMP, Stephan Georg MUELLER, Gerald Juergen ROTH, Joerg KLEY, Klaus RUDOLF, Armin HECKEL, Marcus SCHINDLER, Ralf LOTZ, Thorsten LEHMANN-LINTZ
  • Patent number: 8093248
    Abstract: The present application relates to new compounds of formula (I), to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, to processes for their preparation, and to the use of the compounds as leptin receptor modulator mimetics in the preparation of medicaments against conditions associated with weight gain, type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB (PUBL)
    Inventors: Joseph W. Boyd, Giles A. Brown, Michael Higginbottom, Viet-Anh Anne Horgan (Nee Nguyen), Jaqueline Ouzman, Iain Simpson
  • Publication number: 20120004207
    Abstract: Compound corresponding to the general formula (I): in which A=N or CR2; R2?H, F, OH, CN, CF3, C1-6-alkyl, C1-6-alkoxy; n=2 or 3 and m=2 when A=N; n=1, 2 or 3 and m=1 or 2 when A=CR2; B=covalent bond or C1-8-alkylene; R1=optionally substituted heteroaryl; R3?CHR4CONHR5; R4?H or C1-6-alkyl; R5?H, C1-6-alkyl, C3-7-cycloalkyl, C3-7-cycloalkyl-C1-C6-alkylene; in the form of a base, an acid-addition salt, a hydrate or a solvate. Therapeutic uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: Ahmed Abouabdellah, Philippe Burnier, Christian Hoornaert, Jean Jeunesse, Frederic Puech
  • Publication number: 20120004206
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which are inhibitors of the 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase Type 1 enzyme. The present invention further relates to the use of inhibitors of 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase Type 1 enzyme for the treatment of non-insulin dependent type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, obesity, lipid disorders, metabolic syndrome, and other diseases and conditions that are mediated by excessive glucocorticoid action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Marina A. Pliushchev, Dariusz Wodka, Bryan K. Sorensen, James T. Link
  • Publication number: 20120004213
    Abstract: The present invention relates to piperazine derivatives that act as inhibitors of stearoyl-CoA desaturase. The invention also relates to methods of preparing the compounds, compositions containing the compounds, and to methods of treatment using the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: FOREST LABORATORIES HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Kumar SUNDARESAN, Sandeep N. RAIKAR, Srinivasa Raju SAMMETA, Ganesh PRABHU, Hosahalli SUBRAMANYA, Alexander BISCHOFF
  • Publication number: 20120004208
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula as dual modulators of the 5-HT2a and D3 receptors useful against CNS disorders, wherein A, R1, R2, n, p, q and r are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Luca Gobbi, Georg Jaeschke, Thomas Luebbers, Olivier Roche, Rosa Maria Rodriguez-Sarmiento, Lucinda Steward
  • Publication number: 20110319421
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, linear C1-C3 alkyl and fluorinated linear C1-C3 alkyl; R2 is hydrogen or methyl; R3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, C1-C2-alkyl, fluorinated C1-C2-alkyl, C1-C2-alkoxy and fluorinated C1-C2-alkoxy, R4 is C1-C2-alkyl or fluorinated C1-C2-alkyl; n is 0, 1 or 2, and the physiologically tolerated salts of these compounds and the N-oxides thereof. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition that comprises at least one compound of the formula I and/or at least one physiologically tolerated acid addition salt thereof, and further to a method for treating disorders that respond beneficially to dopamine D3 receptor antagonists or dopamine D3 agonists, said method comprising administering an effective amount of at least one compound or physiologically tolerated acid addition salt of the formula I to a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: Abbott GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Sean Colm Turner, Andreas Haupt, Wilfried Braje, Udo Lange, Karla Drescher, Liliane Unger, Ana Lucia Jongen-Relo, Anton Bespalov
  • Publication number: 20110319448
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1-3, R5-7, a, X, Y, Y?, Y?, and Z are as defined in the specification. These compounds are muscarinic receptor antagonists. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes for preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds to, for example, treat pulmonary disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: THERAVANCE, INC.
    Inventors: YuHua Ji, Craig Husfeld, YongQi Mu, Rick Lee, Li Li
  • Publication number: 20110319378
    Abstract: The present invention provides MDM2 inhibitor compounds of Formula I, wherein the variables are defined above, which compounds are useful as therapeutic agents, particularly for the treatment of cancers. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions that contain an MDM2 inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Michael David BARTBERGER, Ana GONZALEZ BUENROSTRO, Hilary Plake BECK, Xiaoqi CHEN, Richard Victor CONNORS, Jeffrey DEIGNAN, Jason DUQUETTE, John EKSTEROWICZ, Benjamin FISHER, Brian Matthew FOX, Jiasheng FU, Zice FU, Felix GONZALEZ LOPEZ DE TURISO, Michael GRIBBLE, JR., Darin James GUSTIN, Julie Anne HEATH, Xin HUANG, Xianyun JIAO, Michael G. JOHNSON, Frank KAYSER, David John KOPECKY, Sujen LAI, Yihong LI, Zhihong LI, Jiwen LIU, Jonathan Dante LOW, Brian Stuart LUCAS, Zhihua MA, Lawrence McGEE, Joel McINTOSH, Dustin McMINN, Julio Cesar MEDINA, Jeffrey Thomas MIHALIC, Steven Howard Olson, Yosup REW, Philip Marley ROVETO, Daqing SUN, Xiaodong WANG, Yingcai WANG, Xuelei YAN, Ming YU, Jiang ZHU
  • Patent number: 8084615
    Abstract: Antibacterial compounds of formula I are provided: As well as stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, and prodrugs thereof; pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of treating bacterial infections by the administration of such compounds; and processes for the preparation of the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignees: University of Washington, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Niels H. Andersen, Jason Bowman, Alice L. Erwin, Eric A. Harwood, Toni Kline, Khisimuzi E. Mdluli, Simon Ng, Keith B. Pfister, Ribhi Shawar, Allan S. Wagman, Asha Yabannavar
  • Publication number: 20110312931
    Abstract: The compounds of the present invention are represented by the following formula (I): wherein the substituents R1, R2, R3, R4, (R5)m, R6, A, X, and Y are as defined herein. The compounds are useful in methods of treating a disorder which is created by or is dependent upon inhibiting GlyT-1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: ALBANY MOLECULAR RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher L. CIOFFI, Mark A. WOLF, Peter R. GUZZO, Shuang LIU, Kashinath SADALAPURE, Visweswaran PARTHASARATHY, Jun-Ho MAENG
  • Publication number: 20110306606
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel 2,6-substituted-3-nitropyridine derivative compound, a method for preparing the same, and a pharmaceutical composition including the same for prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. The 2,6-substituted-3-nitropyridine derivative compound of the present invention increases osteoblast activity and effectively inhibits the differentiation of osteoclasts, and thus can be usefully used for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Jei Man Ryu, Jin Soo Lee, Whui Jung Park, Yun Ha Hwang, Ki Yoon Kim
  • Patent number: 8071586
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with novel heterocyclyl compounds of formula (I) wherein A, X, Y1, Y2, Y3, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, m, n and p are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds are antagonists of CCR2 receptor, CCR5 receptor and/or CCR3 receptor and can be used as medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes Aebi, Alfred Binggeli, Luke Green, Guido Hartmann, Hans P. Maerki, Patrizio Mattei, Fabienne Ricklin, Olivier Roche
  • Publication number: 20110295000
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing compounds of general formula I wherein R1 and R2 are defined as in claim 1, the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and the solvates thereof, which may be prepared starting from compounds of general formula II wherein R1 is defined as in claim 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GmbH
    Inventors: Guenther HUCHLER, Werner RALL, Uwe REIS
  • Publication number: 20110294775
    Abstract: Novel compounds which are useful for treating acute pain, visceral pain, neuropathic pain, inflammatory/pain receptor-mediated pain, tumour pain and headache diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Hauel, Angelo Ceci, Henri Doods, Iris Kauffmann-Hefner, Ingo Konetzki, Annette Schuler-Metz, Rainer Walter
  • Publication number: 20110294817
    Abstract: The invention related to N-[(piperazinyl)hetaryl]arylsulfonamide compounds of the general formula (I) in which Q is a bivalent, 6-membered heteroaromatic radical which possesses 1 or 2 N atoms as ring members and which optionally carries one or two substituents Ra which is/are selected, independently of each other, from halogen, CN, NO2, CO2R4, COR5, C1-C4-alkyl and C1-C4-haloalkyl; Ar is phenyl or a 6-membered heteroaromatic radical which possesses 1 or 2 N atoms as ring members and which optionally carries one or two substituents Rb, which is/are selected from halogen, NO2, CN, CO2R4, COR5, C1-C6-alkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, C2-C6-alkynyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl-C1-C4-alkyl and C1-C4-haloalkyl, with it also being possible for two radicals Rb which are bonded to adjacent C atoms of Ar to be together C3-C4-alkylene; R1 is hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl-C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-hydroxyalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy-C1-C4-alkyl, C3-C4-alkenyl or C3-C4-alkynyl; with the radicals n
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Wilfried Braje, Andreas Haupt, Wilfried Lubisch, Roland Grandel, Karla Drescher, Herve Geneste, Liliane Unger, Daryl R. Sauer, Sean C. Turner
  • Publication number: 20110295007
    Abstract: The present invention relates to four distinct crystalline forms and to an amorphous form of [4-(3-Fluoro-5-trifluoromethyl-pyridin-2-yl)-piperazin-1-yl]-[5-methanesulfonyl-2-((S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-methyl-ethoxy)-phenyl]-methanone, and to their use in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions. The compounds of present invention are suitable for the treatment of psychoses, pain, neurodegenerative disfunction in memory and learning, schizophrenia, dementia and other diseases in which cognitive processes are impaired, such as attention deficit disorders or Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Andre Bubendorf, Annette Deynet-Vucenovic, Ralph Diodone, Olaf Grassmann, Kai Lindenstruth, Emmanuel Pinard, Franziska E. Rohrer, Urs Schwitter
  • Patent number: 8063036
    Abstract: Novel benzamide compounds including their pharmaceutically acceptable isomers, salts, hydrates, solvates and prodrug derivatives having activity against mammalian factor Xa are described. Compositions containing such compounds are also described. The compounds and compositions are useful in vitro or in vivo for preventing or treating coagulation disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Bing-Yan Zhu, Penglie Zhang, Lingyan Wang, Wenrong Huang, Erick A. Goldman, Wenhao Li, Jingmei Zuckett, Yonghong Song, Robert M. Scarborough
  • Patent number: 8063042
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with novel heterocyclyl compounds of formula (I) wherein A, X, Y, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, m and n are as herein defined, as well as physiologically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds are antagonists of CCR2 receptor, CCR5 receptor and/or CCR3 receptor and can be used as medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes Aebi, Alfred Binggeli, Luke Green, Guido Hartmann, Hans P. Maerki, Patrizio Mattei, Fabienne Ricklin
  • Publication number: 20110281885
    Abstract: A compound of formula: wherein A, Ar, R3, R6, and m are disclosed herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (a “Cyanoiminopiperazine Compound”), compositions comprising an effective amount of a Cyanoiminopiperazine Compound, and methods for treating or preventing pain, urinary incontinence, an ulcer, inflammatory-bowel disease, irritable-bowel syndrome, an addictive disorder, Parkinson's disease, parkinsonism, anxiety, epilepsy, stroke, a seizure, a pruritic condition, psychosis, a cognitive disorder, a memory deficit, restricted brain function, Huntington's chorea, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, dementia, retinopathy, a muscle spasm, a migraine, vomiting, dyskinesia or depression in an animal comprising administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a Cyanoiminopiperazine Compound are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: Purdue Pharma L.P.
    Inventors: Donald J. Kyle, Qun Sun, Laykea Tafesse, Chongwu Zhang, Xiaoming Zhou
  • Publication number: 20110281851
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein a, b, c, m, s, t, W, Z, Ar, R1, R2, R3, R6, and R7 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: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: THERAVANCE, INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Hua JI, Mathai MAMMEN, Craig HUSFELD, Li LI, YongQi MU, Aaron KUSHNER, Eric STANGELAND, Trevor MISCHKI, Adam HUGHES, Sarah DUNHAM
  • Publication number: 20110281872
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions and methods for the treatment and prevention of cancer and other cell proliferative disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: Kinex Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: David G. Hangauer, JR., Michael J. Ciesielski, Robert A. Fenstermaker
  • Patent number: 8058271
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are useful as ROCK inhibitors. These compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful for treating or lessening the severity of a variety of disorders, including cardiovascular, inflammatory, neurological, or proliferative diseases or disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeremy Green, Jingrong Cao, Upul Bandarage, Jon Come, Craig Marhefka
  • Publication number: 20110275815
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of conditions or disorders which are mediated via the GPR38 receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Jonathan Thomas SEAL, Geoffrey Stemp, Mervyn Thompson, Susan Marie Westaway
  • Publication number: 20110275615
    Abstract: An amide of the formula I and its tautomeric forms, possible enantiomeric and diastereomeric forms, E and Z forms, and possible physiologically tolerated salts, in which the variables have the following meanings: A —(CH2)p—R1, where R1 can be pyrrolidine, morpholine, piperidine, —NR5R6 and and R5, R6 and R7 can, independently of one another, be hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl, CH2Ph, Ph, CH2CH2Ph, it also being possible for the phenyl rings to be substituted by R6, and p can be 1 and 2, and B can be phenyl, pyridyl, pyrimidyl and pyridazyl, it also being possible for the rings to be substituted by up to 2 R8 radicals, and D can be a bond, —(CH2)m—, —CH?CH—, —C?C—, and R2 is chlorine, bromine, fluorine, C1-C6-alkyl, NHCO—C1-C4-alkyl, NHSO2—C1-C4-alkyl, NO2, —O—C1-C4-alkyl and NH2, and R3 is —C1-C6-alkyl, branched or unbranched, and which may also carry a phenyl ring, indolyl ring or cyclohexyl ring which is in turn substituted by a maximum of two R8 radicals, where R8 is hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl, branched or un
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Hans-Jörg Treiber, Monika Knopp, Wilfried Lubisch, Achim Moeller
  • Publication number: 20110275637
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new compounds of formula (I), to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to the use of these compounds as leptin receptor modulator mimetics in the preparation of medicaments against conditions associated with weight gain, type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemias.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Emma Chapman, Michael Higginbottom, Viet-Anh Anne Horgan (nee Nguyen), James Horton, Iain Simpson, Charles Tyzack
  • Publication number: 20110275810
    Abstract: This invention pertains to certain carbamic acid compounds which inhibit HDAC (histone deacetylase) activity of the following formula: The present invention also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds and compositions, both in vitro and in vivo, to inhibit HDAC, and in the treatment of conditions mediated by HDAC, cancer, proliferative conditions, psoriasis, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Clare J. Watkins, Maria-Rosario Romero-Martin, James Ritchie, Paul W. Finn, Ivars Kalvinsh, Einars Loza, Klara Dikovska, Igor Starchenkov, Daina Lolya, Vija Gailite
  • Publication number: 20110269747
    Abstract: Polyarylcarboxamide compounds of formula (I) are useful as lipid lowering agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Lieven Meerpoel, Peter Walter Maria Roevens, Leo Jacobus Jozef Backx, Louis Jozef Elisabeth Van der Veken, Marcel Viellevoye
  • Publication number: 20110269677
    Abstract: The invention provides protease inhibitors that are chemically modified by covalent attachment of a water-soluble oligomer. A conjugate of the invention, when administered by any of a number of administration routes, exhibits characteristics that are different from the protease inhibitors not attached to the water-soluble oligomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Jennifer Riggs-Sauthier, Lin Cheng, Tacey X. Viegas, Xuyuan Gu, Franco J. Duarte, Wen Zhang
  • Publication number: 20110263604
    Abstract: The invention relates to phenylcyclopropylamine acetamide derivatives and their use in treating diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: Oryzon Genomics, S.A.
    Inventors: Nathalie Guibourt, Alberto Ortega Munoz, Julio Castro-Palomino Laria
  • Publication number: 20110256064
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds that can be employed in the treatment of a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with amyloid protein, such as Alzheimer's disease, and of diseases or conditions associated with amyloid-like proteins. The compounds of the present invention can also be used in the treatment of ocular diseases associated with pathological abnormalities/changes in the tissues of the visual system. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to the use of these compounds for the preparation of medicaments for treating or preventing diseases or conditions associated with amyloid and/or amyloid-like proteins. A method of treating or preventing diseases or conditions associated with amyloid and/or amyloid-like proteins is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: AC Immune, S.A.
    Inventors: Heiko Kroth, Cotinica Hamel, Pascal Benderitter, Wolfgang Froestl, Nampally Sreenivasachary, Andreas Muhs
  • Publication number: 20110257398
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are disclosed in embodiments relating to induction of cell death such as in cancer cells. Compounds and related methods for synthesis and use thereof, including the use of compounds in therapy for the treatment of cancer and selective induction of apoptosis in cells are disclosed. Compounds are disclosed in connection with modification of procaspases such as procaspase-3. In embodiments, compositions are capable of activation of procaspase-3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of The University of Illinois
    Inventors: Paul J. HERGENROTHER, Karson S. PUTT, Quinn P. PETERSON, Valerie FAKO
  • Patent number: 8039463
    Abstract: The present invention relates to piperazine derivatives that act as inhibitors of stearoyl-CoA desaturase. The invention also relates to methods of preparing the compounds, compositions containing the compounds, and to methods of treatment using the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Forest Laboratories Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Kumar Sundaresan, Sandeep N. Raikar, Srinivasa Raju Sammeta, Ganesh Prabhu, Hosahalli Subramanya, Alexander Bischoff
  • Patent number: 8039471
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula I or Formula II: enantiomer, diastereomer, prodrug, solvate, metabolite, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein constituent variables are provided herein. The compounds of Formula I and II are modulators of metalloproteases and are useful in treating diseases associated with metalloprotease activity such as arthritis, cancer, cardiovascular disorders, skin disorders, inflammation and allergic conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: Wenqing Yao, Jincong Zhuo, Meizhong Xu, Fenglei Zhang, Brian Metcalf
  • Patent number: 8039490
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula as dual modulators of the 5-HT2a and D3 receptors useful against CNS disorders, wherein A, R1, R2, n, p, q and r are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Luca Gobbi, Georg Jaeschke, Thomas Luebbers, Olivier Roche, Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento, Lucinda Steward
  • Patent number: 8039473
    Abstract: The present invention relates to four distinct crystalline forms and to an amorphous form of [4-(3-Fluoro-5-trifluoromethyl-pyridin-2-yl)-piperazin-1-yl]-[5-methanesulfonyl-2-((S)-2,2,2-trifluoro-1-methyl-ethoxy)-phenyl]-methanone, and to their use in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions. The compounds of present invention are suitable for the treatment of psychoses, pain, neurodegenerative disfunction in memory and learning, schizophrenia, dementia and other diseases in which cognitive processes are impaired, such as attention deficit disorders or Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Andre Bubendorf, Annette Deynet-Vucenovic, Ralph Diodone, Olaf Grassmann, Kai Lindenstruth, Emmanuel Pinard, Franziska E. Rohrer, Urs Schwitter
  • Publication number: 20110250135
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I, their synthesis and their use, in particular for detecting amyloid deposits in a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Bayer Schering Pharma Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heribert Schmitt-Willich, Ulrike Röhn, Matthias Friebe, Lutz Lehmann, Ansgar Fitzner, Sabine Krause, Damian Brockschnieder, Thomas Dyrks, Andrea Thiele, Ulf Bömer, Ursula Mönning, Tobias Heinrich
  • Publication number: 20110245226
    Abstract: The present application describes substituted piperidinyl modulators of MIP-1? or CCR-1 or stereoisomers or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. In addition, methods of treating and preventing inflammatory diseases such as asthma and allergic diseases, as well as autoimmune pathologies such as rheumatoid arthritis and transplant rejection using said modulators are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Percy H. Carter, Cullen L. Cavallaro, John V. Duncia, Daniel S. Gardner, John Hynes, Rui-Qin Liu, Joseph B. Santella, Dharmpal S. Dodd
  • Patent number: 8030310
    Abstract: Compounds of formulae: where X is S or O and Ar2, R1, R2, R3, R8, n, m, t, and v are disclosed herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (a “3-substituted Pyridyl Compound”), compositions comprising an effective amount of a 3-substituted Pyridyl Compound, and methods for treating or preventing pain, urinary incontinence, an ulcer, inflammatory-bowel disease, irritable-bowel syndrome, an addictive disorder, Parkinson's disease, parkinsonism, anxiety, epilepsy, stroke, a seizure, a pruritic condition, psychosis, a cognitive disorder, a memory deficit, restricted brain function, Huntington's chorea, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, dementia, retinopathy, a muscle spasm, a migraine, vomiting, dyskinesia or depression in an animal comprising administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a 3-substituted Pyridyl Compound are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Purdue Pharma, L.P.
    Inventors: Donald J. Kyle, Qun Sun
  • Publication number: 20110237791
    Abstract: A 2-pyridone compound represented by the formula [1]: {wherein in the formula [1], the ring represented by A represents a benzene ring or a pyridine ring, X represents any of the structures represented by the formulas [3] shown below: V represents a single bond or a lower alkylene group, and W represents a single bond, an ether bond or a lower alkylene group (wherein the lower alkylene group may contain an ether bond)}, a tautomer or stereoisomer of the compound, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof is a compound that has an excellent GK activating effect and is useful as a pharmaceutical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicants: TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD, NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori KAWAGUCHI, Kengo WATATANI, Keiko FUSEGI, Masahiro BOHNO, Hajime ASANUMA, Shoichi KURODA, Yudai IMAI, Tomomichi CHONAN, Nagaaki SATO, Shigeru TOKITA, Shigetada SASAKO, Takumi OKADA, Keishi HAYASHI, Shin ITOH, Noriko SAITO, Rui JIBIKI, Seishi ISHIYAMA, Hirofumi OTA
  • Publication number: 20110237586
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds and methods for modulating one or more components of a kinase cascade. The invention relates to compounds of the formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof The compounds of the invention are useful for methods of protecting against or treating hearing loss, osteoporosis, cell proliferative disorders, obesity, diabetes, eye disease, stroke, atherosclerosis, neuropathic pain or hepatitis B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Kinex Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventor: David G. Hangauer, JR.
  • Patent number: 8026255
    Abstract: This invention is concerned with compounds of the formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, to a process for their preparation and to their use for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases which are associated with the modulation of SST receptors subtype 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred Binggeli, Andreas D. Christ, Hans P. Maerki, Rainer E. Martin
  • Patent number: 8026241
    Abstract: Therapeutic benzimidazoles and compositions containing them, for the treatment of acute, inflammatory and neuropathic pain, dental pain, general headache, migraine, cluster headache, mixed-vascular and non-vascular syndromes, tension headache, 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, inflammatory pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, neuropathic pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, diabetic neuropathy pain, causalgia, sympathetically maintained pain, deafferentation syndromes, asthma, epithelial tissue damage or dysfunction, herpes simplex, disturbances of visceral motility at respiratory, genitourinary, gastrointestinal or vascular regions, wounds, burns, allergic skin reactions, pruritus, vitiligo, general gastrointestinal disorders, gastric ulceration, duodenal ulcers,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Chenera Balan, Yunxin Bo, Celia Dominguez, Christopher H. Fotsch, Vijay K. Gore, Vu Van Ma, Mark H. Norman, Vassil I. Ognyanov, Yi-xin Qian, Xianghong Wang, Ning Xi, Shimin Xu
  • Patent number: 8026242
    Abstract: Certain cyclopropyl amines are histamine H3 modulators useful in the treatment of histamine H3 receptor mediated diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Inventors: Nicholas I. Carruthers, Michael A. Letavic
  • Publication number: 20110230487
    Abstract: Provided herein are arylsulfonamides that are useful for modulating CCR3 activity, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also provided herein are methods of their use for treating, preventing, or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a CCR3-mediated disorder, disease, or condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Tai Wei LY, Garrett Thomas Potter, Jared Andrew Forrester
  • Publication number: 20110230495
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I: where X, HAr, a, and R1 through R6 are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds of formula I are serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of using such compounds; and process and intermediates for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Eric L. Stangeland, Lori Jean Patterson, Sheila Zipfel
  • Patent number: 8022064
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of general formula (I): wherein: R1 and R2, identical or different, represent: an atom of hydrogen or halogen, CN or NO2, with R1 and R2 not representing hydrogen simultaneously, m represents: 1 or 2 n represents: 0, 1 or 2 R3 represents: phenyl substituted or not by one or more residues chosen among halogen, hydroxyl or C1-C6 alkyl; C2-C6 alkyl substituted or not by one or more residues chosen among halogen or hydroxyl; cycloalkyl; pyridine; thiophene; pyrrole substituted or not by C1-C6 alkyl; thiazole or furan; or the therapeutically-acceptable salts or solvates thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Pierre Fabre Medicament
    Inventors: Michel Perez, Marie Lamothe, Bruno Le Grand, Robert Letienne
  • Publication number: 20110224210
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel bis-amide derivatives and their use as active ingredients in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions. The invention also concerns related aspects including pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more of those compounds and their use as medicaments for the treatment or prevention of protozoal infections, such as especially malaria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Hamed Aissaoui, Christoph Boss, Olivier Corminboeuf, Marie-Celine Frantz, Corinna Grisostomi
  • Publication number: 20110224225
    Abstract: Compounds of general Formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, Ra, A, B and x are as defined herein are inhibitors of protein kinases in particular members of the cyclin-dependent kinase family and/or the glycogen synthase kinase 3 family and are useful in preventing and/or treating any type of pain, inflammatory disorders, cancer, immunological diseases, proliferative diseases, infectious diseases, cardiovascular diseases, metabolic disorders, renal diseases, neurologic and neuropsychiatric diseases and neurodegenerative diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Lutz Zeitlmann, Andre Niestroj, Ulrich Heiser