Five-membered Hetero Ring Consisting Of One Nitrogen And Four Carbons Patents (Class 544/372)
  • Publication number: 20100160303
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula (I), and enantiomers, and diastereomers, pharmaceutically-acceptable salts, thereof, are useful as kinase modulators, including Btk modulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Qingjie Liu, Douglas G. Batt, George V. DeLucca, Qing Shi, Andrew J. Tebben
  • Publication number: 20100160302
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds representated by formula (I), where R, R1, R2, R3, X, Y, m, n are as defined. The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula I their derivatives, their analogs, their tautomeric forms, their stereoisomers, their diastereomers, their bioisosteres, their polymorphs, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions containing them which are predominantly dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibitors. The present invention also relates to the processes for the preparation of novel compounds of formula (I) and their use in treating type II diabetes and diabetic complications thereof and also for treating dislipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, obesity and hyperglycemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Balasubramanian Gopalan, Dhamjewar Ravi, Mohammed Rasheed, Swamy Hosamane Keshavapura HosamaneSreedhara, Ahmad Ishtiyaque
  • Publication number: 20100160319
    Abstract: The present invention discloses novel compounds of Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which have histamine-H3 receptor antagonist or inverse agonist activity, as well as methods for preparing such compounds. In another embodiment, the invention discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I as well as methods of using them to treat obesity, cognitive deficiencies, narcolepsy, and other histamine H3 receptor-related diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Lisa Selsam Beavers, Don Richard Finley, Robert Alan Gadski, Philip Arthur Hipskind, William Joseph Hornback, Cynthia Darshini Jesudason, Richard Todd Pickard, Takako Takakuwa, Grant Mathews Vaught
  • Publication number: 20100152190
    Abstract: There are provided compounds of the formula wherein X, Y, R1, R2, R3, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are as described herein and enantiomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof. The compounds are useful as anticancer agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: David Joseph Bartkovitz, Xin-Jie Chu, Qingjie Ding, Nan Jiang, Jin-Jun Liu, Tina Morgan Ross, Jing Zhang, Zhuming Zhang
  • Patent number: 7737142
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new D3 and D2 dopamine receptor subtype preferring ligands of formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 represent independently a substituent selected from hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, aroyl, or R1 and R2 may form a heterocyclic ring with the adjacent nitrogen atom; X represents an oxygen or sulphur atom; n is an integer of from 1 to 2, and/or geometric isomers and/or stereoisomers and/or diastereomers and/or salts and/or hydrates and/or solvates thereof, to the processes for producing the same, to pharmaceutical compositions containing the same and to their use in therapy and/or prevention of a condition which requires modulation of dopamine receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Richter Gedeon Vegyeszeti Gyar Rt.
    Inventors: Eva Againe Csongor, Janos Galambos, Katalin Nogradi, Istvan Vago, Istvan Gyertyan, Bela Kiss, Istvan Laszlovszky, Judit Laszy, Katalin Saghy
  • Publication number: 20100137294
    Abstract: The present application discloses the Tv-stp-1 serine/threonine phosphatase gene from Trichostrongylus vitrinus, and compounds that are useful as invertebrate control agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicants: GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, MEAT & LIVESTOCK AUTRALIA LIMITED
    Inventors: Robin Beat Gasser, Adam McCluskey
  • Publication number: 20100125075
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (II) are antibacterial agents wherein Q represents a radical of the formula: —N(OH)CH(?O) or the formula: —C(?O)NH(OH); R1 represents hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl or C1-C6 alkyl substituted by one or more halogen atoms, or, except when Q is a radical of the formula: —N(OH)CH(?O), a hydroxy, C1-C6 alkoxy, C1-C6 alkenyloxy, amino, C1-C6 alkylamino, or di-(C1-C6 alkylamino group; R2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl(C1-C6 alkyl)- or aryl(C1-C6 alkyl)-group; and A represents a group of formula (IIA), or (IIB) wherein R4 represents the side chain of a natural or non-natural alpha amino acid, and R5 and R6 when taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a saturated heterocyclic first ring of 5 to 7 atoms as specified in the description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: British Biotech Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Lisa Marie Pratt, Kenneth Noel Keavey, Gilles Denis Pain, Laurent Mounier
  • Patent number: 7718802
    Abstract: Melanocortin receptor-specific compounds of the general formulas and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, where J is a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or bicyclic ring structure, L is a linker, W is a heteroatom unit with at least one cationic center, hydrogen bond donor or hydrogen bond acceptor, Q includes a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic carbocyclic ring, R6, R7, y and z are as defined in the specification, and the carbon atom marked with an asterisk can have any stereochemical configuration, and optionally with one or two additional ring substituents as defined, which compounds bind to one or more melanocortin receptors and are optionally an agonist, a partial agonist, an antagonist, an inverse agonist or an antagonist of an inverse agonist, and may be employed for treatment of one or more melanocortin receptor-associated conditions or disorders, and methods for the use of the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Palatin Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shubh D. Sharma, Yi-Qun Shi, Ramesh Rajpurohit, Zhijun Wu
  • Publication number: 20100120783
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound having a good agonistic activity to melanocortin receptor, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or isomer thereof, and an agonistic composition for melanocortin receptor comprising the same as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: LG LIFE SCIENCE LTD.
    Inventors: Koo Lee, Sang Dae Lee, Sang Pil Moon, In Ae Ahn, Sung Pil Choi, Hyun Ho Lee, Dong Sup Shim, Soo Yong Chung, Hyun Min Lee
  • Publication number: 20100121048
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula: (I) wherein ring A is a 5- or 6-membered aromatic heterocycle optionally having substituent (s); U, V and W are each independently C or N, provided that when any one of U, V and W is N, then the others should be C; Ra and Rb are each independently a cyclic group optionally having substituent(s), a C1-10alkyl group optionally having substituent(s), a C2-10 alkenyl group optionally having substituent(s), or a C2-10alkynyl group optionally having substituent(s); X is a bond, or a spacer having 1 to 6 atoms in the main chain; Y is a spacer having 1 to 6 atoms in the main chain; Rc is a hydrocarbon group optionally containing heteroatom(s) as the constituting atom(s), which optionally has substituent(s); m and n are each independently 1 or 2; and ring B optionally further has substituent(s), or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Takanobu Kuroita, Yasuhiro Imaeda, Naohiro Taya, Tsuneo Oda, Kouichi Iwanaga, Yasutomi Asano
  • Patent number: 7713979
    Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of Formula I: (I) having 11beta-HSD type 1 antagonist activity, as well as methods for preparing such compounds. In another embodiment, the invention discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I, as well as the use of the Formula I and compositions as medicaments to treat diabetes, hyperglycemia, obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, Syndrome X, and other conditions associated with hyperglycemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Thomas Daniel Aicher, Mark Joseph Chicarelli, Ronald Jay Hinklin, Hongqi Tian, Owen Brendan Wallace, John Gordon Allen, Zhaogen Chen, Thomas Edward Mabry, Jefferson Ray McCowan, Nancy June Snyder, Leonard Larry Winneroski, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20100113424
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula I wherein Ar, R1, R2, R3, n, and o are as defined herein or to a pharmaceutically active salt, a racemic mixture, an enantiomer, an optical isomer or a tautomeric form thereof. The present compounds are high potential NK-3 receptor antagonists for the treatment of depression, pain, psychosis, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, anxiety and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Philippe Jablonski, Henner Knust, Matthias Nettekoven, Hasane Ratni, Claus Riemer
  • Publication number: 20100113476
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides drug-ligand conjugates that are potent cytotoxins and include a linker between the drug and ligand where the linker has a single amino acid. The disclosure is also directed to compositions containing the drug-ligand conjugates, and to methods of treatment using them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Liang Chen, Sanjeev Gangwar, Vincent Guerlavais, Nils Lonberg, Qian Zhang
  • Patent number: 7709484
    Abstract: A substituted piperazine compound having the structure I: or the structure IX: or an enantomeric, stereoisomeric or diastereomeric form of the foregoing, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, where J, L, Q, W, A, R6, R7, z and y are as defined in the specification, and the carbon atoms marked with an asterisk can have any stereochemical configuration, which compounds bind to one or more melanocortin receptors and may be employed in pharmaceutical preparations for treatment of one or more melanocortin receptor-associated conditions or disorders, and methods for the use of the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Palatin Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shubh D. Sharma, Yi-Qun Shi, Zhijun Wu, Bolun Hu, Ramesh Rajpurohit
  • Publication number: 20100099662
    Abstract: A hydrazone derivative of formula [I]: wherein Ring A is aryl or heteroaryl, Ring T is heteroaryl or heterocycle, R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen atom, halogen atom, cycloalkylsulfonyl, etc., R3 and R4 combine each other together with the adjacent nitrogen atom to form substituted or unsubstituted heterocycle, R5 is hydrogen atom, halogen atom, cyano, nitro, tetrazolyl, etc., and R6 is hydrogen atom, etc.; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is useful as a glucokinase activation agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Iwao Takamuro, Kazutoshi Sugawara, Hiroshi Sugama
  • Publication number: 20100099675
    Abstract: Objects of the present invention are to study on the synthesis of a novel pyrrole derivative having a ureido group and an aminocarbonyl group as substituents or a salt thereof, to find a pharmacological effect of the derivative or a salt thereof, and to find a medicinal agent which has a prophylactic and/or therapeutic effect on a retinal disease or the like through oral administration. A compound represented by the general formula (1) or a salt thereof has an inhibitory activity against the production of interleukin-6 and/or an inhibitory effect on choroidal neovascularization, and is therefore useful as a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for a disease associated with interleukin-6, an ocular inflammatory disease and/or a retinal disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Kawashima, Hiroshi Enomoto, Noriko Ishizaka, Minoru Yamamoto, Kazuhiro Kudou, Masaaki Murai, Takaaki Inaba, Kazuyoshi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 7700586
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sulfonamide derivative which is useful as an active ingredient of pharmaceutical preparations. The sulfonamide derivatives of the present invention have CCR3 (CC type chemokine receptor) antagonistic activity, and can be used for the prophylaxis and treatment of diseases associated with CCR3 activity, in particular for the treatment of asthma, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis and other inflammatory/immunological disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Axikin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yingfu Li, Akihiko Watanabe, Timothy B. Lowinger, Kevin Bacon, Norihiro Kawamura, Takuya Shintani, Tetsuo Kikuchi, Toshiya Moriwaki, Klaus Urbahns, Keiko Fukushima, Noriko Nunami, Takashi Yoshino, Toshiki Murata, Megumi Yamauchi, Hiroko Yoshino
  • Publication number: 20100093730
    Abstract: The present application relates to calcium channel inhibitors containing compounds of formula (I) wherein Ar1, Ar2, L1, L2, n, R1, R4, 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Pramila A. Bhatia, George A. Doherty, Irene Drizin, Helmut Mack, Richard J. Perner, Andrew O. Stewart, Qingwei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20100087432
    Abstract: There are provided according to the invention compounds of formula (I) as CRTh2 antagonists. In free or salt form, wherein R3, R4, R5, R6, Q, W and n are as described in the specification, process for preparing them, and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Claire Adcock, Catherine Leblanc, David A. Sandham, Simon J. Watson
  • Publication number: 20100087423
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new phenylsulfamoyl benzamide derivatives of formula (I) wherein R1-R5 and Z are as defined in the claims, and optical antipodes or racemates and/or salts and/or hydrates and/or solvates thereof, which are selective antagonists of bradykinin B1, to processes for producing these compounds, to pharmacological compositions containing them and to their use in therapy or prevention of painful and inflammatory conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Istvan Vago, Gyula Beke, Eva Bozo, Sandor Farkas, Katalin Hornok, Gyorgy Keseru, Eva Schmidt, Eva Szentirmay, Monika Vastag
  • Patent number: 7687504
    Abstract: A compound of the following formula: wherein R1 R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, W, X, Y, Z, m, n, and p are as defined herein. This invention also covers methods for inhibiting dipeptidyl peptidase IV or VIII, or treating Type II diabetes with such a compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: National Health Research Institutes
    Inventors: Weir-Torn Jiaang, Xin Chen, Su-Ying Wu, Yu-Sheng Chao, Hsing-Pang Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20100075948
    Abstract: There are provided compounds of the formula wherein X, Y, R1, R2, R3, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are as described herein and enantiomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof. The compounds are useful as anticancer agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Qingjie Ding, Nan Jiang, Jin-Jun Liu, Tina Morgan Ross, Jing Zhang, Zhuming Zhang
  • Patent number: 7674903
    Abstract: Compounds represented by the following structure (I) are disclosed: as are methods for making such compounds, wherein said methods comprise reacting a diacyldiketopiperazine with a first aldehyde to produce an intermediate compound; and reacting the intermediate compound with a second aldehyde to produce the class of compounds with the generic structure, where the first aldehyde and the second aldehydes are selected from the group consisting of an oxazolecarboxaldeyhyde, imidazolecarboxaldehyde, a benzaldehyde, imidazolecarboxaldehyde derivatives, and benzaldehyde derivatives, thereby forming the above compound wherein R1, R1?, R1?, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6, X1 and X2, Y, Z, Z1, Z2, Z3, and Z4 may each be separately defined in a manner consistent with the accompanying description. Compositions and methods for treating cancer and fungal infection are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Nereus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshio Hayashi, Michael A. Palladino, Jr., Jennifer Grodberg
  • Patent number: 7671032
    Abstract: Peptidomimetic compounds are described which inhibit the NS3 protease of the hepatitis C virus (HCV). The compounds have the formula where the variable definitions are as provided in the specification. The compounds comprise a carbocyclic P2 unit in conjunction with a novel linkage to those portions of the inhibitor more distal to the nominal cleavage site of the native substrate, which linkage reverses the orientation of peptidic bonds on the distal side relative to those proximal to the cleavage site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Medivir AB
    Inventors: Asa Rosenquist, Fredrik Thorstensson, Per-Ola Johansson, Ingemar Kvarnstrom, Bertil Samuelsson, Hans Wallberg
  • Publication number: 20100048586
    Abstract: The present invention discloses multifunctional bioactive compounds of formula (I) constituted of an immunoregulatory portion linked to a stabilizer moiety and pharmaceutical compositions thereof useful in the treatment of immune disorders and hemopoietic disorders such as immune cytopema, multiple myeloma, chronic lymphoid leucosis, lymphocytic lymphomas, lymphosarcomas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventor: Vladislav I. Deigin
  • Patent number: 7666868
    Abstract: Compounds of a certain formula (I) in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 have the meanings indicated in the description, are novel effective HDAC inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Thomas Maier, Thomas Bär, Thomas Beckers, Astrid Zimmermann, Siegfried Schneider, Volker Gekeler
  • Patent number: 7662816
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein R1 is R is —C(O)—N(R27)(R28) or and the remaining variables are as defined in the specification. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I. Also disclosed are methods of treating cognitive or neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating cognitive or neurodegenerative diseases comprising the compounds of formula I in combination with a ?-secretase inhibitor other than those of formula I, an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, a gamma-secretase inhibitor, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent, an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist, a cholinesterase inhibitor or an anti-amyloid antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Jared N. Cumming, Ulrich Iserloh, Andrew Stamford, Corey Strickland, Johannes H. Voigt, Yusheng Wu, Ying Huang, Yan Xia, Samuel Chackalamannil, Tao Guo, Douglas W. Hobbs, Thuy X. H. Le, Jeffrey F. Lowrie, Kurt W. Saionz, Suresh D. Babu
  • Publication number: 20090312327
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, Ar and n are as defined herein and pharmaceutically active salts, racemic mixtures, enantiomers, optical isomers or tautomeric forms thereof. The compounds can be used for the treatment of depression, anxiety or schizophrenia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Philippe Jablonski, Henner Knust, Andreas Koblet, Anja Limberg, Matthias Nettekoven, Hasane Ratni, Claus Riemer
  • Publication number: 20090312344
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ?1, and/or ?1d adrenergic receptor antagonists, which can function as ?1a and/or ?1d adrenergic receptor antagonist and can be used for the treatment of a disease or disorder mediated through ?1a and/or an adrenergic receptor. Compounds disclosed herein can be used for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and the related symptoms thereof. Further, compounds disclosed herein can be used for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms associated with or without BPH. Also provided are processes for preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and the methods of treating BPH or related symptoms thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Mohammad Salman, Somesh Sharma, Gyan Chand Yadav, Gobind Singh Kapkoti, Anurag Mishra, Praful Gupta, Nitya Anand, Anita Chugh, Kamna Nanda
  • Patent number: 7629340
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds having Formula (I) and the compositions and methods relating to these compounds, for treating or preventing a viral infection mediated at least in part by a virus in the Flaviviridae family of viruses, wherein A, R2, m, R, V, W, T, Z, R1, Y, and p are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Franz Ulrich Schmitz, Christopher Don Roberts, Ali Dehghani Mohammad Abadi, Ronald Conrad Griffith, Martin Robert Leivers
  • Patent number: 7625904
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for the treatment of a sleep disorder in a mammal comprising administering to said mammal an effective amount of a compound of formula (I): wherein all variables are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Giuseppe Alvaro, Romano Di Fabio, Riccardo Giovannini, Giuseppe Guercio, Yves St-Denis, Antonella Ursini
  • Publication number: 20090281116
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds having the formula (I): Wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R9 and A-R9 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are the preparative methods for the compounds of formula (I) and their use in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: Francis Barth, Christian Congy, Laurent Hortala, Murielle Rinaldi-Carmona
  • Publication number: 20090281094
    Abstract: The present invention concerns pyrrole compounds, derivatives of 1-{[1,5-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-2-methyl-1H-pyrrol-3-yl]methyl}-4-methylpiperazine (BM212). The invention concerns the use of the described compounds as antitubercular agents having high activity and low toxicity and process to obtain intermediates and final compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventors: Mariangela Biava, Fabrizio Manetti, Delia Deidda, Raffaello Pompei, Maurizio Botta, Giulio Cesare Porretta
  • Publication number: 20090281087
    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: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: Biovitrum AB
    Inventors: Joseph W. Boyd, Giles A. Brown, Michael Higginbottom, Viet-Anh Anne Horgan (nee Nguyen), Jaqueline Ouzman, Iain Simpson
  • Publication number: 20090270414
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel tetrahydro-1H-carbazole derivatives and their use as active ingredients in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions. The invention also concerns related aspects including processes for the preparation of the compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more of those compounds and methods of treatment comprising administration of said compounds to patients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Anja Fecher, Heinz Fretz, Markus Riederer
  • Patent number: 7608590
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula where the variables are as defined in the specification inhibit the NS3 protease of flavivirus such as hepatitis C virus (HCV). The compounds comprise a novel linkage between a heterocyclic P2 unit and those portions of the inhibitor more distal to the nominal cleavage site of the native substrate, which linkage reverses the orientation of peptidic bonds on the distal side relative to those proximal to the cleavage site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Medivir AB
    Inventors: Asa Rosenquist, Fredrik Thorstensson, Per-Ola Johansson, Ingemar Kvarnstrom, Susana Ayesa, Bjorn Classon, Laszlo Rakos, Bertil Samuelsson
  • Publication number: 20090253684
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds of the formula (I): as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the substituents are as those disclosed in the specification. These compounds, and the pharmaceutical compositions containing them, are useful for the treatment of diseases such as, for example, COPD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Romyr Dominique, Robert Alan Goodnow, JR., Agnieszka Kowalczyk, Qi Qiao, Achyutharao Sidduri, Jefferson Wright Tilley
  • Patent number: 7598250
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel compounds of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein R1 is X is —O—, —C(R14)2— or —N(R)—; Z is —C(R14)2— or —N(R)—; t is 0, 1, 2 or 3; each R and R2 is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, heterocycloalkyl, arylalkyl, heteroarylalkyl, heterocycloalkylalkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl; each R14 is H, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, halo, —CN, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, heterocycloalkyl, arylalkyl, heteroarylalkyl, heterocycloalkylalkyl, —OR35, —N(R24)(R25) or —SR35; R41 is alkyl, cycloalkyl, —SO2(alkyl), —C(O)-alkyl, —C(O)-cycloalkyl or -alkyl-NH—C(O)CH3; and the remaining variables are as defined in the specification. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I and methods of treating cognitive or neurodegenerative diseases with compounds of formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Jared N. Cumming, Ying Huang, Guoqing Li, Ulrich Iserloh, Andrew Stamford, Corey Strickland, Johannes H. Voigt, Yusheng Wu, Jianping Pan, Tao Guo, Douglas W. Hobbs, Thuy X. H. Le, Jeffrey F. Lowrie
  • Publication number: 20090239866
    Abstract: Novel PDF inhibitors and novel methods for their use are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Axten, Jesus R. Medina
  • Publication number: 20090233901
    Abstract: There is provided a VLA-4 inhibitory drug having good oral absorbability and exhibiting sufficient anti-inflammatory effects when administered orally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Nobuo Machinaga, Shin Iimura, Yoshiyuki Yoneda, Jun Chiba, Fumihito Muro, Hideko Hoh, Atsushi Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20090215795
    Abstract: A cyclic amidine derivative represented by the formula: [wherein R1, R2 and R3 represent hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl, aryl-C1-6 alkyl, etc.; R4, R5 and R7 represent hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl, etc.; Z represents 0 or 1; R6 represents hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl, C1-6 alkyloxycarbonyl, etc.; n represents 1 or 2; Y1 represents a single bond, —CH2—, etc.; Y2 represents a single bond, —CO—, etc.; Ar represents hydrogen, a group represented by the formula: [wherein R10-R14 represent hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl, hydroxyl, C1-6 alkoxy, etc., and R11 and R12 or R12 and R13 may bond together to form a 5- to 8-membered heterocycle], etc.] or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: EISAI R&D MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Suzuki, Makoto Kotake, Mitsuaki Miyamoto, Tetsuya Kawahara, Akiharu Kajiwara, Ieharu Hishinuma, Kazuo Okano, Syuhei Miyazawa, Richard Clark, Fumihiro Ozaki, Nobuaki Sato, Masanobu Shinoda, Atsushi Kamada, Itaru Tsukada, Fumiyoshi Matsuura, Yoshimitsu Naoe, Taro Terauchi, Yoshiaki Oohashi, Osamu Ito, Hiroshi Tanaka, Takashi Musha, Motoji Kogushi, Tsutomu Kawata, Toshiyuki Matsuoka, Hiroko Kobayashi, Ken-ichi Chiba, Akifumi Kimura, Naoto Ono
  • Publication number: 20090215736
    Abstract: This invention provides caspase inhibitors of formula I: wherein Z is oxygen or sulfur; R1 is hydrogen, —CHN2, R, CH2OR, CH2SR, or —CH2Y; between R3 and R4 represents a single or double bond; Y is an electronegative leaving group; R2 is CO2H, CH2CO2H, or esters, amides or isosteres thereof; R3 is a group capable of fitting into the S2 subsite of a caspase enzyme; R4 is a hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl or R3 and R4 taken together form a ring; Ring A and Ring B are each heterocyclic rings, and R and R5 are as described in the specification. The compounds are effective inhibitors of apoptosis and IL-1? secretion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Mortimore, Andrew Miller, John Studley, Jean-Damien Charrier
  • Publication number: 20090156571
    Abstract: The present invention discloses novel compounds of Formula I: possessing 11 ?-HSD type 1 antagonist activity, as well as methods for preparing such compounds. In another embodiment, the invention discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I, as well as methods of using the compounds and compositions to treat diabetes, hyperglycemia, obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, metabolic syndrome, cognitive disorders, and other conditions associated with 11 ?-HSD type 1 activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas Daniel Aicher, Zhaogen Chen, Ronald Jay Hinklin, Gary Alan Hite, Alexei Pavlovych Krasutsky, Renhua Li, Jefferson Ray McCowan, Ashraf Saeed, Nancy June Snyder, James Lee Toth, Owen Brendan Wallace, Leonard Larry Winneroski, Jr., Yanping Xu, Jeremy Schulenburg York
  • Patent number: 7544683
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein R1 and R2 are as defined in the description and claims, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases which are associated with the modulation of H3 receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Delphine Gaufreteau, Matthias Nettekoven, Jean-Marc Plancher, Olivier Roche, Sebastien Schmitt, Tadakatsu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7528136
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, X, n, and o are as defined herein and to a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof which are high potential NK-3 receptor antagonists for the treatment of depression, pain, psychosis, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, anxiety and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Bo Han, Henner Knust, Matthias Nettekoven, Hasane Ratni, Xihan Wu
  • Publication number: 20090111731
    Abstract: The compounds of formula (I) wherein X represents a bond or NH—CH(C?O)—(CH2)3+n—NH—R5, n represents 0, 1 or 2, R1, R4 and R5—independently from each other—represent hydrogen, possibly substituted C1-C6-alkyl, amidino or tetra-C1-C6-alkylamidinium, R2 represents hydrogen or possibly substituted C1-C6-alkyl or R1 and R2 together with the residue to which they are bound represent a 5- to 7-membered, saturated ring, R3 represents C1-C12-alkoxy, C1-C12-alkylamino, possibly substituted aryl-C1-C6-alkylamino, possibly substituted heteroaryl-C1-C6-alkylamino, possibly substituted aryl-C1-C6-alkoxy or possibly substituted heteroaryl-C1-C6-alkoxy, and R6 represents hydrogen or, when n is 1, also amino or together with R1 and the residue to which R6 and R1 are bound a 5- to 7-membered, saturated ring, as well as their physiologically acceptable salts are new.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: PENTAPHARM AG
    Inventors: Dominic Imfeld, Hugo Ziegler, Peter Wikstroem
  • Patent number: 7524844
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds useful as dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitors of the formula: wherein X, Y, a, R1, and R2 are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals S.A.
    Inventors: Abraham Thomas, Balasubramanian Gopalan, V.S. Prasada Rao Lingam, Daisy Manish Shah
  • Publication number: 20090105256
    Abstract: Prodrugs of ion channeling modulating compounds, including, for example, prodrugs of the ion channel modulating compound of the following formula: are described herein, as well as methods of making and using such prodrugs and pharmaceutical compositions containing such prodrugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: Cardiome Pharma Corp.
    Inventors: Lewis Siu Leung Choi, Doug Ta Hung Chou, Allen W. Davidoff, Adewale Eniale, Bertrand M.C. Plouvier
  • Publication number: 20090099182
    Abstract: The present invention discloses novel compounds of Formula I: having 11?-HSD type 1 antagonist activity, as well as methods for preparing such compounds. In another embodiment, the invention discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I, as well as methods of using the compounds and compositions to treat diabetes, hyperglycemia, obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, metabolic syndrome, and other conditions associated with 11?-HSD type 1 activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Renhua Li, Thomas Edward Mabry, Owen Brendan Wallace, Leonard Larry Winneroski, JR., Yanping Xu
  • Patent number: 7514436
    Abstract: Methods of treating an SCD-mediated disease or condition in a mammal, preferably a human, are disclosed, wherein the methods comprise administering to a mammal in need thereof a compound of formula (I): where x, y, W, V, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R6a, R7, R7a, R8, R8a, R9 and R9a are defined herein. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I) are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Heinz W. Gschwend, Vishnumurthy Kodumuru, Shifeng Liu, Rajender Kamboj