The Five-membered Hetero Ring Is One Of The Cyclos In A Bicyclo Ring System Patents (Class 544/373)
  • Publication number: 20140275076
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compound represented by formula (1) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. (In the formula, R1 is optionally substituted heteroaryl etc.; R2 is hydrogen etc.; R3 and R4 are each independently hydrogen etc., R5 is the following group: (wherein Y is optionally substituted five membered heteroaryl etc., R9a is optionally substituted aryl etc., R9b and R9c are each dependently hydrogen etc., and m is the integral 0 etc.) etc.; R6 is hydrogen etc.; and R7 is hydrogen etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Katsunori Tsuboi, Yosuke Takanashi, Shingo Tojo, Tomohiro Kodama, Katsumi Kubota, Toshio Kanai
  • Publication number: 20140275025
    Abstract: This invention relates to 2-Aza-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-3-carboxylic acid(benzyl-cyano-methyl)-amides of formula 1 and their use as inhibitors of Cathepsin C, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods of using the same as agents for treatment and/or prevention of diseases connected with dipeptidyl peptidase I activity, e.g. respiratory diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf ANDERSKEWITZ, Florian BINDER, Matthias GRAUERT, Marc GRUNDL, Peter Wilhelm HAEBEL, Thorsten OOST, Alexander PAUTSCH, Stefan PETERS, Viktor VINTONYAK
  • Publication number: 20140275114
    Abstract: This invention relates to 2-Aza-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-3-carboxylic acid (cyano-methyl)-amides of formula 1 and their use as inhibitors of Cathepsin C, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods of using the same as agents for treatment and/or prevention of diseases connected with dipeptidyl peptidase I activity, e.g. respiratory diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf ANDERSKEWITZ, Marc GRUNDL, Gerd MORSCHHAEUSER, Thorsten OOST, Alexander PAUTSCH
  • Publication number: 20140275542
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of a piperazinyl derivative, and its intermediates, which has known activity as a serotonin reuptake inhibitor and is used in therapy for treating serious symptoms of depression in adults.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: DIPHARMA FRANCIS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Maurizio TADDEI, Luca GIANNOTTI, Emanuele ATTOLINO, Pietro ALLEGRINI
  • Patent number: 8835635
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a stable amorphous form of vilazodone hydrochloride substantially free of crystalline forms, a process for the preparation, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treating thereof. Disclosed also herein are stable amorphous co-precipitates of vilazodone hydrochloride and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, methods for the preparation, pharmaceutical compositions, and method of treating thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Symed Labs Limited
    Inventors: Dodda Mohan Rao, Aadepu Jithender
  • Patent number: 8822449
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted aminoindanes and analogs thereof of formula (I) and the pharmaceutical use thereof. Medicaments which comprise compounds of this type are suitable for the prevention or treatment of diverse disorders such as, for example, of respiratory disorders, cystic fibrosis disorders, acute or chronic renal disorders or bowel disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Nils Rackelmann, Laurent Bialy, Heinrich Englert, Klaus Wirth, Petra Arndt, John Weston, Uwe Heinelt, Markus Follmann
  • Publication number: 20140243305
    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 Y, Z, R1, and s are defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Haiyan Bian, Kristen Chevalier, Jose Clemente, Peter J. Connolly, Christopher Flores, Shu-Chen Lin, Li Liu, John Mabus, Mark Macielag, Mark M. McDonnell, Philip M. Pitis, Yue-Mei Zhang, Sui-Po Zhang, Bin Zhu
  • Patent number: 8815870
    Abstract: The present teachings provide a compound of Formula (I-B): wherein R1-R10 are as described herein; a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound, a geometric isomer of the compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the geometric isomer. Also described are methods of preparing the same, as well as methods for preparing vilazodone using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Inventors: Henning Böttcher, Timo Heinrich
  • Publication number: 20140228359
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel bis-indolic derivatives, processes for their preparation, and their potential use as new antibacterial drugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: UNIVERSITE JOSEPH FOURIER
    Inventors: Jean-Noël Denis, Marcelle Claude Jolivalt, Louis Max Maurin, Nikolaevna Olga Burchak
  • Patent number: 8802851
    Abstract: The present invention relates, in a first aspect, to a process preparing vilazodone hydrochloride that comprises the reaction of 3-(4-chloro-1-hydroxy-butyl)-1H-indol-5-carbonitrile with 5-piperazin-1-yl-benzofuran-2-carboxylate methyl hydrochloride with the formation of a 1,4-piperazine, with subsequent dehydration, hydrogenation and treatment with ammonia, to obtain vilazodone in free base form that is then converted into the hydrochloride thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Erregierre S.p.A.
    Inventors: Massimo Ferrari, Daniele De Zani, Matteo Bonaldi
  • Publication number: 20140221394
    Abstract: The invention provides an acid addition salt of a compound of the formula (1). Also provided by the invention are processes for preparing the compound of formula (1) and alkyl analogues thereof, novel intermediates for use in the process and methods for preparing the intermediates. The invention also provides new medical uses of compounds of the formula (1) and its ethyl analogue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Astex Therapeutic Ltd.
    Inventors: Martyn Frederickson, John Francis Lyons, Neil Thomas Thompson, Mladen Vinkovic, Brian John Williams, Andrew James Woodhead, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford
  • Publication number: 20140200226
    Abstract: Novel compositions and methods for the treatment and prevention of malaria are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicants: Florida Atlantic University, University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Debopam Chakrabarti, Amy Wright
  • Patent number: 8778948
    Abstract: The invention relates to a substituted phenylpiperazine aryl alkanol derivative represented by the following general formula and its salt and hydrate, wherein C1 and C2 represent chiral carbon atoms, and the compound is one of the six isomers: (1RS, 2SR), (1RS, 2RS), (1R, 2S), (1S, 2S), (1R, 2R) or (1S, 2R); and R, R1, R2, R3 and Ar are as defined in the specification. The derivative is non-opioid analgesic, has good analgesic effect and relatively small side effects. The invention also relates to a composition comprising the derivative and its use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: NHWA Pharma, Corporation
    Inventors: Jianqi Li, Guan Wang, Guisen Zhang, Xiangping Yang, Peng Xie, Linjie Zhang, Xiangqing Xu, Yumei Wang
  • Patent number: 8779132
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound for use in medicine, the compound being a compound of the formula (VI0) or a salt, solvate, tautomer or N-oxide thereof: wherein the bicyclic group: is selected from the structures C1, C5 and C6: wherein n is 0, 1, 2 or 3; R1 is hydrogen, hydroxy, or O—Rz; R2a is hydroxy, methoxy or O—Rz; provided that at least one of R1 and R2a is O—Rz; Rz is Lp-Rp1; SO3H; a glucuronide residue; a mono-, di- or tripeptide residue; or Lp is a bond, C?O, (C?O)O, (C?O)NRp1 or S(O)xNRp1; x is 1 or 2; Rp1 is hydrogen or a an optionally substituted C1-25 hydrocarbyl group containing 0, 1 or 2 carbocyclic rings and 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 carbon-carbon multiple bonds, provided that Rp1 is not hydrogen when Lp is a bond, C?O or (C?O)O; and provided also that O—Rz does not contain an O—O moiety; and excluding compounds wherein R1 is hydroxy and R2a is methoxy; Rp2 and Rp3 are the same or different and each is a group Rp1; and R3, R4a, R8 and R10 are defined in the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Miles Stuart Congreve, Lynsey Helen Fazal, Martyn Frederickson, Christopher William Murray, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Andrew James Woodhead, John Francis Lyons, Neil Thomas Thompson
  • Publication number: 20140194422
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to piperazine derivatives, compositions, and methods related thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to inhibitors of NADPH-oxidase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: EMORY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Thota Ganesh, Aiming Sun, Susane M. Smith, John David Lambeth
  • Publication number: 20140187531
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic protein family members, compositions containing the compounds and uses of the compounds for preparing medicaments for treating diseases during which occurs expression one or more than one of an anti-apoptotic protein family member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Milan Bruncko, Hong Ding, Steven W. Elmore, Aaron R. Kunzer, Christopher L. Lynch, William J. McClellan, Cheol-Min Park, Andrew M. Petros, Xiaohong Song, Xilu Wang, Noah P. Tu, Michael D. Wendt, Alexander R. Shoemaker, Michael J. Mitten
  • Publication number: 20140179713
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solid state Form-Z of 5-(4-[4-(5-cyano-1H-indol-3-yl)butyl]piperazin-1-yl)benzofuran-2-carboxamide. The present invention also provides a process for preparing Form-Z of 5-(4-[4-(5-cyano-1H-indol-3-yl)butyl]piperazin-1-yl)benzofuran-2-carboxamide comprising the steps of i) reacting solid state form of 5-(1-piperazinyl)benzofuran-2-carboxamide or its salts with 3-(4-chlorobutyl)-1H-indole-5-carbonitrile an organic solvent in presence of a base to obtain crude vilazodone free base; ii) purifying the crude vilazodone free base of step (i) in an organic solvent; iii) treating the purified vilazodone free base of step (ii) with an organic solvent to obtain solid state form-Z of vilazodone. The present invention further provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an amorphous form of vilazodone hydrochloride and use of solid state Form-Z of vilazodone for the treatment of major depressive disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Shriprakash Dhar DWIVEDI, Ramesh Chandra Singh, Sachin Ashokrao Patil
  • Publication number: 20140179666
    Abstract: The invention relates to bicyclic heterocycle compounds of formula (I): or tautomeric or stereochemically isomeric forms, N-oxides, pharmaceutically acceptable salts or the solvates thereof; wherein R1, R2a, R2b, R3a, R3b, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, p and E are as defined herein; to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and to the use of said compounds in the treatment of diseases, e.g. cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Alison Jo-Anne Woolford, Steven Howard, Ildiko Maria Buck, Gianni Chessari, Christopher Norbert Johnson, Emiliano Tamanini, James Edward Harvey Day, Elisabetta Chiarparin, Thomas Daniel Heightman, Martyn Frederickson, Charlotte Mary Griffiths-Jones
  • Publication number: 20140163227
    Abstract: The present invention relates, in a first aspect, to a process preparing vilazodone hydrochloride that comprises the reaction of 3-(4-chloro-1-hydroxy-butyl)-1H-indol-5-carbonitrile with 5-piperazin-1-yl-benzofuran-2-carboxylate methyl hydrochloride with the formation of a 1,4-piperazine, with subsequent dehydration, hydrogenation and treatment with ammonia, to obtain vilazodone in free base form that is then converted into the hydrochloride thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Erregierre S.p.A.
    Inventors: Massimo Ferrari, Daniele De Zani, Matteo Bonaldi
  • Publication number: 20140163040
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical dosage form delivering an immediate release profile containing the active substance 3-Z-[1-(4-(N-((4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-methylcarbonyl)-N-methyl-amino)-anilino)-1-phenyl-methylene]-6-methoxycarbonyl-2-indolinone-monoethanesulphonate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Roman MESSERSCHMID, Peter LACH, Thorsten SOKOLIESS, Peter STOPFER, Dirk TROMMESHAUSER
  • Publication number: 20140165223
    Abstract: Described are methods and compositions for inhibiting the trimerization of ligands belonging to the TNF superfamily, in particular, inhibiting RANKL trimerization. Accordingly, the methods and compositions provided herein can be used to treat disorders associated with increased RANK signaling, in particular those related to bone loss. Compounds that inhibit trimerization of ligands belonging to the TNF superfamily are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: B.S.R.C. "Alexander Fleming"
    Inventors: Eleni Ntouni, Georgios Kollias
  • Patent number: 8748608
    Abstract: Dopamine D3 receptor antagonists and partial agonists are known to modulate the reinforcing and drug-seeking effects induced by cocaine and other abused substances. By introducing functionality into the butylamide linking chain of the 4-phenylpiperazine class of ligands, improved D3 receptor affinity and selectivity, as well as water solubility, is achieved. A series of linking-chain derivatives are disclosed wherein functionality such as OH or OAc groups have been introduced into the linking chain. In general, these modifications are well tolerated at D3 receptors and achieve high selectivity over D2 and D4 receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignees: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
    Inventors: Amy Hauck Newman, Peter Grundt, George C. Cyriac, Robert Luedtke, Jianjing Cao
  • Patent number: 8742100
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to inhibitors of isoprenylcysteine carboxyl methyltransferase (Icmt), in particularly to compounds that inhibit Icmt activity and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The invention also relates to methods of disease treatment using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: National University of Singapore
    Inventors: Jo Lene Leow, Mei-Wang Casey, Patrick J. Casey, Mei Lin Go, Kumar Gorla Suresh
  • Patent number: 8741887
    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 Y, Z, R1, and s are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, NV
    Inventors: Haiyan Bian, Kristen Chevalier, Jose Clemente, Pete Connolly, Chris Flores, Shu-Chen Lin, Li Liu, John Mabus, Mark Macielag, Mark McDonnell, Philip Pitis, Yue-Mei Zhang, Sui-Po Zhang, Bin Zhu
  • Patent number: 8729064
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating diseases, syndromes, conditions and disorders that are affected by the inhibition of MGL, including pain. Such compounds are represented by Formula (I) as follows: wherein R1, W and are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Christopher M Flores, Marina I Nelen, Erica L Nulton, Stephen M Prouty, Matthew J Todd, Sui-Po Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140128391
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with HDAC activity, particularly diseases or disorders that involve activity of HDAC1 and/or HDAC2. Such diseases include cancer, sickle-cell anemia, beta-thalassemia, and HIV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: John H. van Duzer, Ralph Mazitschek
  • Publication number: 20140128408
    Abstract: Histone deacetylases inhibitors (HDACIs) and compositions containing the same are disclosed. Methods of treating diseases and conditions wherein inhibition of HDAC provides a benefit, like a cancer, a neurodegenerative disorder, a peripheral neuropathy, a neurological disease, traumatic brain injury, stroke, hypertension, malaria, an autoimmune disease, autism, autism spectrum disorders, and inflammation, also are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    Inventors: Alan Kozikowski, Jay H. Kalin, Kyle V. Butier, Joel Bergman, Wayne W. Hancock
  • Publication number: 20140121216
    Abstract: Indoleamine derivatives of formula (IA), R1 represents benzyl unsubstituted or substituted with halogen atom, —OH, or C1-C3-alkyl; phenylsulphonyl unsubstituted or substituted in the phenyl ring with halogen atom, —OH or C1-C3-alkyl; G1 represents phenoxyalkyl, heteroaryloxyalkyl- or heterocyclyloxyalkyl-piperazine moiety; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof. The compounds may be useful for the treatment and/or prevention of the central nervous system disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Adamed Sp. z o.o.
    Inventors: Marcin Kolaczkowski, Monika Marcinkowska, Adam Bucki, Maciej Pawlowski, Grzegorz Kazek, Marek Bednarski, Anna Wesolowska
  • Publication number: 20140107119
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 or Bcl-xL proteins, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which are expressed anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Milan Bruncko, Hong Ding, George A. Doherty, Steven W. Elmore, Lisa Hasvold, Laura A. Hexamer, Aaron R. Kunzer, Robert A. Mantei, William J. McClellan, Chang H. Park, Cheol-Min Park, Andrew M. Petros, Xiaohong Song, Andrew J. Souers, Gerard M. Sullivan, Zhi-fu Tao, Gary T. Wang, Le Wang, Xilu Wang, Michael D. Wendt, Todd M. Hansen
  • Publication number: 20140107129
    Abstract: Benzenesulfonamide compounds having a structure of formula (I) are described. Also described, are methods for synthesizing the compounds and to the use thereof in pharmaceutical compositions for human or veterinary medicine and in cosmetic compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Galderma Research & Development
    Inventors: Laurence CLARY, Sandrine CHAMBON, Laurent CHANTALAT, Carine ROSIGNOLI, Olivier ROYE, Jean-Claude PASCAL, Marlene SCHUPPLI-NOLLET
  • Patent number: 8691815
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel oxindol derivative of general formula (I), wherein substituents R1, R2, A, B and Y are such as defined in a claim 1. Drugs containing said derivatives and the use thereof for preventing and/or treating vassopress-and/or oxytocin-dependent-diseases are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thorsten Oost, Wilfried Lubisch, Wilfried Hornberger, Liliane Unger, Andrea Hager-Wernet
  • Patent number: 8691805
    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 Y, Z, R1, and s are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, NV
    Inventors: Haiyan Bian, Kristen Chevalier, Jose Clemente, Pete Connolly, Chris Flores, Shu-Chen Lin, Li Liu, John Mabus, Mark Macielag, Mark McDonnell, Philip Pitis, Yue-Mei Zhang, Sui-Po Zhang, Bin Zhu
  • Publication number: 20140088106
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which is expressed anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Milan Bruncko, Yujia Dai, Hong Ding, George A. Doherty, Steven W. Elmore, Lisa Hasvold, Laura A. Hexamer, Aaron R. Kunzer, Robert A. Mantei, William J. McClellan, Chang H. Park, Cheol-Min Park, Andrew M. Petros, Xiaohong Song, Andrew J. Souers, Gerard M. Sullivan, Zhi-Fu Tao, Gary T. Wang, Le Wang, Xilu Wang, Michael D. Wendt, Todd M. Hansen
  • Publication number: 20140080826
    Abstract: Compounds of the present invention and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”). The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: SARA SABINA HADIDA RUAH, Peter Diederik Jan Grootenhuis, Frederick F. Van Goor, Jinglan Zhou, Brian Richard Bear, Mark Thomas Miller, Jason Mc Cartney, Mehdi Numa, Xiaoqing Yang
  • Patent number: 8673921
    Abstract: The invention relates to new crystalline modifications of the hydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine, crystalline modification of the dihydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine and amorphous 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine hydrochloride which are suitable in particular for the preparation of solid medicaments for the treatment or prevention of depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, mania, dementia, substance-related disorders, sexual dysfunctions, eating disorders, obesity, fibromyalgia, sleeping disorders, psychiatric disorders, cerebral infarct, tension, for the therapy of side-effects in the treatment of hypertension, cerebral disorders, chronic pain, acromegaly, hypogonadism, secondary amenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome and undesired puerperal lactation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patentgesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Bathe, Bernd Helfert, Steffen Neuenfeld, Heike Kniel, Matthias Bartels, Susanne Rudolph, Henning Bottcher
  • Patent number: 8664218
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of the formula (1): or a salt, solvate, N-oxide or tautomer thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics Ltd.
    Inventors: Brian John Williams, Martyn Frederickson
  • Publication number: 20140057906
    Abstract: Compounds of the present invention and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”). The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sara S. Hadida Ruah, Peter D.J. Grootenhuis, Fredrick Van Goor, Jinglan Zhou, Brian Bear, Mark T. Miller, Jason McCartney, Mehdi Michel Jamel Numa, Xiaoqing Yang
  • Publication number: 20140057925
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an amorphous form of vilazodone hydrochloride and process for the preparation of amorphous form of vilazodone hydrochloride. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions that include a therapeutically effective amount of the amorphous form of vilazodone hydrochloride and use of said compositions for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: CADILA HEALTHCARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Shriprakash Dhar Dwived, Ramesh Chandra Singh, Jigar Mukundbhai Raval
  • Publication number: 20140051683
    Abstract: Compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Mcl-1 protein, compositions containing the compounds, and methods of treating diseases involving overexpressed or unregulated Mcl-1 protein are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Xilu WANG, Xiaohong Song, Steven W. Elmore, Milan Bruncko, David J. Madar, Andrew J. Souers, Lisa A. Hasvold, Le Wang, Zhi-Fu Tao, Aaron R. Kunzer
  • Patent number: 8653084
    Abstract: The invention provides an acid addition salt of a compound of the formula (1) Also provided by the invention are processes for preparing the compound of formula (1) and alkyl analogues thereof, novel intermediates for use in the process and methods for preparing the intermediates. The invention also provides new medical uses of compounds of the formula (1) and its ethyl analogue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics Ltd.
    Inventors: Martyn Frederickson, Mladen Vinkovic, Andrew James Woodhead, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford, Marian Williams
  • Publication number: 20140039100
    Abstract: The instant invention pertains to novel bi- or tricyclic sterically hindered alkoxyamines, their precursors, a process for their preparation and their use as light stabilizers for polymers or coatings, as flame retardants, as peroxide substitutes (rheology modifiers) or carbon radical scavengers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefan Hauck, Walter Fischer, Kai-Uwe Schoening
  • Publication number: 20140038945
    Abstract: The invention includes a compound of formula I: wherein R1, X, Z, n, and m have any of the values described herein, as well as salts of such compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and therapeutic methods that comprise the administration of such compounds. The compounds ate inhibitors of PDE4function and are useful for improving cognitive function in animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: DART NEUROSCIENCE (CAYMAN) LTD
    Inventors: Terence P. Keenan, Alan P. Kaplan
  • Publication number: 20140031230
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an auxin biosynthesis inhibitor superior to L-AOPP. The object can be attained by a compound represented by general formula (I): wherein, R1 to R5 and X are the same as defined in the specification or a salt or solvate thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Yukihisa Shimada, Ko Kikuzato, Megumi Narukawa, Tadao Asami, Kazuo Soeno
  • Patent number: 8637498
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating various diseases, syndromes, conditions and disorders, including pain. Such compounds, and enantiomers, diastereomers, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are represented by Formula (Ia) and Formula (Ib) as follows: wherein Y, Z, and n are defined herein; and wherein Yb and Zb are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, NV
    Inventors: Peter J. Connolly, Mark J. Macielag, Mark E. McDonnell, Bin Zhu
  • Patent number: 8637681
    Abstract: Provided are pyrrolyl substituted dihydroindol-2-one derivatives represented by formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates of said derivatives, or solvates of said salts, which are effective tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Also provided are the preparation methods of the above compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and the use of these compounds in manufacturing drugs useful for the treatment or adjunctive treatment of tumors medicated by tyrosine kinases or proliferation or migration of tumor cells driven by tyrosine kinases in mammals (including human).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Qilu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jingyi Wang, Chuanwen Fan, Long Zhang, Boyan Xu, Shousheng Yan, Zongru Guo, Minghui Zhang, Dong Lin, Zhantao Zhang, Haojie Zhou
  • Publication number: 20140024658
    Abstract: The invention relates to new crystalline modifications of the hydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine, crystalline modification of the dihydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine and amorphous 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine hydrochloride which are suitable in particular for the preparation of solid medicaments for the treatment or prevention of depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, mania, dementia, substance-related disorders, sexual dysfunctions, eating disorders, obesity, fibromyalgia, sleeping disorders, psychiatric disorders, cerebral infarct, tension, for the therapy of side-effects in the treatment of hypertension, cerebral disorders, chronic pain, acromegaly, hypogonadism, secondary amenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome and undesired puerperal lactation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Merck Patentgesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Bathe, Bernd Helfert, Steffen Neuenfeld, Heike Kniel, Matthias Bartels, Susanne Rudolph, Henning Bõttcher
  • Patent number: 8633196
    Abstract: Benzenesulfonamide compounds having a structure of formula (I) are described. Also described, are methods for synthesizing the compounds and to the use thereof in pharmaceutical compositions for human or veterinary medicine and in cosmetic compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Galderma Research & Development
    Inventors: Laurence Clary, Sandrine Chambon, Laurent Chantalat, Carine Rosignoli, Olivier Roye, Jean-Claude Pascal, Marlène Schuppli-Nollet
  • Patent number: 8629148
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel substituted oxindole derivatives of the formula (I), pharmaceutical agents containing said derivatives, and the use thereof for the treatment of vasopressin-dependent illnesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wilfried Braje, Astrid Netz, Thorsten Oost, Liliane Unger, Wilfried Hornberger, Wilfried Lubisch, Andrea Hager-Wernet
  • Publication number: 20140011807
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nitrogen-containing saturated heterocyclic compound of the formula [I]: wherein R1 is a cycloalkyl group and the like, R22 is an optionally substituted aryl and the like, R is a lower alkyl and the like, T is a carbonyl group, Z is —O— and the like, and R3 to R6 are the same or different and a hydrogen atom and the like; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, that is useful as a renin inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicants: SHANGHAI PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDING CO., LTD., MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Iijima, Hiroshi Sugama, Takayuki Kawaguchi, Jingkang Shen, Guangxin Xia, Jianshu Xie
  • Publication number: 20140004187
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a suspension formulation containing the active substance 3-Z-[1-(4-(N-((4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-methylcarbonyl)-N-methyl-amino)-anilino)-1-phenyl-methylene]-6-methoxycarbonyl-2-indolinone-monoethanesulphonate, to a capsule pharmaceutical dosage form containing said suspension formulation, to a process for preparing said suspension formulation, to a process for preparing said capsule comprising said suspension formulation and to the packaging material for the finished capsule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Roman MESSERSCHMID, Rudolf BINDER, Thomas BOCK, Werner BROX