Benzo Is The Other Cyclo Patents (Class 544/62)
  • Patent number: 7973030
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical useful as a therapeutic agent and a preventive agent for hyperlipemia, and a pharmaceutical useful as a therapeutic agent and a preventive agent for hepatic disorders associated with cholestasis, particularly, primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis, and a pharmaceutical useful as a therapeutic agent and a preventive agent for obesity, fatty liver and steatohepatitis are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Takehiko Sasahara, Mitsunobu Mohri, Ken-Ichi Kasahara
  • Publication number: 20110150864
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), methods for preparing these compounds, compositions, intermediates and derivatives thereof and for treating a condition including but not limited to ankylosing spondylitis, artherosclerosis, arthritis (such as rheumatoid arthritis, infectious arthritis, childhood arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, reactive arthritis), bone-related diseases (including those related to bone formation), breast cancer (including those unresponsive to anti-estrogen therapy), cardiovascular disorders, cartilage-related disease (such as cartilage injury/loss, cartilage degeneration, and those related to cartilage formation), chondrodysplasia, chondrosarcoma, chronic back injury, chronic bronchitis, chronic inflammatory airway disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, disorders of energy homeostasis, gout, pseudogout, lipid disorders, metabolic syndrome, multiple myeloma, obesity, osteoarthritis, osteogenesis imperfecta, osteolytic bone metastasis, osteomalac
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Gilles BIGNAN, Micheal Gaul, Guozhang Xu, Bao-Ping Zhao
  • Patent number: 7964593
    Abstract: The present invention relates to indolone-acetamide derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as for the treatment of epilepsy, epileptogenesis, seizure disorders and convulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: UCB Pharma, S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Starck, Benoit Kenda
  • Publication number: 20110098286
    Abstract: This invention is directed to compounds, which are PDE10A enzyme inhibitors. The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The present invention also provides a process for the preparation of the compounds of formula I. The present invention further provides a method of treating a subject suffering from a neurodegenerative disorder comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I. The present invention further provides a method of treating a subject suffering from a psychiatric disorder comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: H. LUNDBECK A/S
    Inventor: Jan Kehler
  • Publication number: 20110077220
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of formula (I) which are M1 receptor positive allosteric modulators and that are useful in the treatment of diseases in which the M1 receptor is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, pain or sleep disorders. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and to the use of the compounds and compositions in the treatment of diseases mediated by the M1 receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Scott D. Kuduk, Christina Ng Di Marco, William D. Shipe
  • Publication number: 20110071144
    Abstract: The invention relates to quinazoline derivatives of formula (1) wherein m is an integer from 1 to 2; R1 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, halogeno, nitro, trifluoromethyl, cyano, C1-3alkyl, C1-3alkoxy, C1-3alkylthio, or —NR5R6 (wherein R5 and R6, which may be the same or different, each represents hydrogen or C1-3alkyl); R2 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, halogeno, methoxy, amino or nitro; R3 represents hydroxy, halogeno, C1-3alkyl, C1-3alkoxy, C1-3alkanoyloxy, trifluoromethyl, cyano, amino or nitro; X1 represents —O—, —CH2—, —S—, —SO—, —SO2—, —NR7CO—, —CONR8—, —SO2NR9—, —NR10SO2— or —NR11— (wherein R7, R8, R9, R10 and R11 each independently represents hydrogen, C1-3alkyl or C1-3alkoxyC2-3alkyl); R4 represents an optionally substituted 5 or 6 membered saturated carbocyclic or heterocyclic group or a group which is alkenyl, alkynyl or optionally substituted alkyl, which alkyl group may contain a heteroatom linking group, which alkenyl, alkynyl or alkyl group may carry a terminal optionally substituted group sele
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Andrew Peter THOMAS, Craig Johnstone, Edward Clayton, Elaine Sophie Elizabeth Stokes, Jean-Jacques Marcel Lohmann, Laurent Francois Andre Hennequin
  • Patent number: 7910579
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a benzoxazole derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof which is useful in the early diagnosis of a conformation disease; a composition or a kit containing the same for diagnosing a conformation disease; a medical composition for treating and/or preventing a conformation disease; and so on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Tohoku University
    Inventors: Yukitsuka Kudo, Syozo Furumoto, Nobuyuki Okamura
  • Publication number: 20100331293
    Abstract: Substituted bicyclic heteroaryls and compositions containing them, for the treatment of general inflammation, arthritis, rheumatic diseases, osteoarthritis, inflammatory bowel disorders, inflammatory eye disorders, inflammatory or unstable bladder disorders, psoriasis, skin complaints with inflammatory components, chronic inflammatory conditions, including but not restricted to autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE), myestenia gravis, rheumatoid arthritis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, multiples sclerosis, Sjogren's syndrome and autoimmune hemolytic anemia, allergic conditions including all forms of hypersensitivity, The present invention also enables methods for treating cancers that are mediated, dependent on or associated with p110? activity, including but not restricted to leukemias, such as Acute Myeloid leukaemia (AML) Myelo-dysplastic syndrome (MDS) myelo-proliferative diseases (MPD) Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) T-cell Acute Lymphob
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Timothy D. Cushing, Paul John Dransfield, Felix Gonzalez Lopez De Turiso, Michael G. Johnson, Todd Kohn, Vatee Pattaropong, Jillian L. Simard
  • Publication number: 20100324013
    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, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    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: 20100324011
    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, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    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: 20100324012
    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, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    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: 20100305112
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of formula (I) or pharmaceutical acceptable salts or solvates thereof, wherein L1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and m are defined in the description. Methods of making said compounds, and compositions containing said compounds which are useful for inhibiting kinases such as IGF-1R are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Gary T. Wang, Robert A. Mantei, Scott A. Erickson, Steve D. Fidanze, George S. Sheppard, Jieyi Wang, Randy L. Bell
  • Publication number: 20100292187
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using such compounds or compositions for treating infection by a virus, or for affecting viral IRES activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Gary M. Karp, Peter Seongwoo Hwang, James J. Takasugi, Hongyu Ren, Richard Gerald Wilde, Anthony A. Turpoff, Alexander Arefolov, Guangming Chen, Jeffrey A. Campbell, Chunshi Li, Steven Paget, Nanjing Zhang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Jin Zhu
  • Publication number: 20100286133
    Abstract: The invention relates to diacyl indazole derivatives of general formulae (I) or (II) and to the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: Wherein X, R1 and R2 are as defined herein. The invention also relates to the use of these compounds as pharmaceutical products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: Gerhard ZOLLER, Stefan PETRY, Gunter MÜLLER, Hubert HEUER, Norbert TENNAGELS
  • Patent number: 7825155
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compound represented by the formula (1) below, a prodrug thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of either, which is useful as a therapeutic, preventive or ameliorating agent for diabetes and the like. (In the formula, R3 represents an optionally substituted carbamoyl group or the like; X represents a hydroxyl group or the like; W1 and W2 independently represent a single bond or methylene; R7 and R8 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted alkyl group or the like; and Ar represents an optionally substituted aryl group or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruhisa Tokunaga, Tsuyoshi Takasaki, Kozo Yoshida, Ryu Nagata
  • Publication number: 20100197673
    Abstract: The present invention relates to indole or indazole compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts or isomers thereof which are useful for the prevention or treatment of cellular necrosis and necrosis-associated diseases. The present invention also relates to a method and a composition for the prevention or treatment of cellular necrosis and necrosis-associated diseases, comprising said indole or indazole compounds as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: LG Life Sciences Ltd
    Inventors: Soon Ha Kim, Hyoung Jin Kim, Sun Young Koo, Chul Woong Chung, Sung Bae Lee, Heui Sul Park, Seung Hyun Yoon, Hyo Shin Kwak, Dong Ook Seo, Eok Park
  • Publication number: 20100144702
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a glucokinase activator useful as a pharmaceutical agent such as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes, obesity and the like. The present invention provides a glucokinase activator containing a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; R2 is a group represented by wherein each symbol is defined in the specification, or a salt thereof or a prodrug thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Tsuneo Yasuma, Osamu Ujikawa, Masahiro Itoh, Kazuko Aoki
  • Patent number: 7713966
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to azabicyclic containing pharmaceutical agents, and in particular, to azabicyclic metalloprotease inhibiting compounds. More particularly, the present invention provides a new class of azabicyclic MMP-3, MMP-8 and/or MMP-13 inhibiting compounds, which exhibit an increased potency and selectivity in relation to currently known MMP-13, MMP-8 and MMP-3 inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Alantos Pharmaceuticals Holding, Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Gege, Matthias Schneider, Carine Chevrier, Hongbo Deng, Irving Sucholeiki, Brian M. Gallagher, Jr., Michael Bosies, Christoph Steeneck, Xinyuan Wu, Matthias Hochgürtel, Bert Nolte, Arthur Taveras
  • Publication number: 20100069375
    Abstract: The present invention relates to indolone-acetamide derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as for the treatment of epilepsy, epileptogenesis, seizure disorders and convulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: UCB PHARMA, S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Starck, Benoit Kenda
  • Publication number: 20100021385
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a benzoxazole derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof which is useful in the early diagnosis of a conformation disease; a composition or a kit containing the same for diagnosing a conformation disease; a medical composition for treating and/or preventing a conformation disease; and so on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2007
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yukitsuka Kudo, Syozo Furumoto, Nobuyuki Okamura
  • Patent number: 7652133
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a glucokinase activator useful as a pharmaceutical agent such as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes, obesity and the like. The present invention provides a glucokinase activator containing a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; R2 is a group represented by wherein each symbol is defined in the specification, or a salt thereof or a prodrug thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventor: Tsuneo Yasuma
  • Patent number: 7612067
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel substituted imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine compounds of Formula (I): pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and the use such compounds as corticotropin releasing factor 1 (CRF1) receptor antagonists in the treatment of psychiatric disorders and neurological diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Heather Janelle Barbosa, Elizabeth Aaron Collins, Chafiq Hamdouchi, Erik James Hembre, Philip Arthur Hipskind, Richard Duane Johnston, Jianliang Lu, Michael John Rupp, Takako Takakuwa, Richard Craig Thompson
  • Publication number: 20090264418
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein G and R1 to R5 and R12 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: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Matthias Nettekoven, Jean-Marc Plancher, Hans Richter, Olivier Roche, Sven Taylor
  • 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: 20090227570
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with 2-aminoquinoline derivatives of formula I where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, A, and n are as defined in the specification and claims, their use 5-HT5A receptor antagonists, their manufacture, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Sabine Kolczewski, Claus Riemer, Olivier Roche, Lucinda Steward, Juergen Wichmann, Thomas Woltering
  • Publication number: 20090221564
    Abstract: Heterocyclic compounds of the formula (I) are provided: wherein ring A, ring B, R1, R2, R3, R4, Y, m, n and q are as identified herein. R1 is in particular amidino. The invention further provides particular benzothiophene compounds. Compounds of the invention may be useful as inhibitors of Factor IXa and in the therapy of cardiovascular conditions and diseases, e.g. thrombosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: TRIGEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Shouming Wang, Toby Jonathan Blench, Frederic Marlin, Richard Beck, Roger Peter Dickinson
  • Patent number: 7576088
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases such as obesity by selective modulation of CB1 receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Alanine, Konrad Bleicher, Wolfgang Guba, Wolfgang Haap, Dagmar Kube, Thomas Luebbers, Jean-Marc Plancher, Olivier Roche, Mark Rogers-Evans, Gisbert Schneider, Jochen Zuegge
  • Publication number: 20090181957
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein: A, B, R1, R2 and R3 are each as described herein, and compositions containing such compounds and the use of such compounds in the treatment of a condition mediated by CB2 receptor binding activity such as, but not limited to, inflammatory pain, nociceptive pain, neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia, chronic low back pain, visceral pain, acute cerebral ischemia, pain, chronic pain, acute pain, post herpetic neuralgia, neuropathies, neuralgia, diabetic neuropathy, HIV-related neuropathy, nerve injury, rheumatoid arthritic pain, osteoarthritic pain, back pain, cancer pain, dental pain, fibromyalgia, neuritis, sciatica, inflammation, neurodegenerative disease, cough, broncho constriction, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), colitis, cerebrovascular ischemia, emesis such as cancer chemotherapy-induced emesis, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, asthma
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Kazuo Ando, Makoto Kawai, Tsutomu Masuda, Hirofumi Omura
  • Publication number: 20090170838
    Abstract: Bicycloheteroaryl compounds are disclosed that have a formula represented by the following: The compounds may be prepared as pharmaceutical compositions, and may be used for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including by way of non-limiting example, pain, inflammation, traumatic injury, and others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Michael G. Kelly, John Kincaid
  • Publication number: 20090143372
    Abstract: The invention is directed to novel indole carboxamide derivatives. Specifically, the invention is directed to compounds according to formula I: where R1, R2, R3, U and V are defined below and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds of the invention are inhibitors of IKK2 and can be useful in the treatment of disorders associated with inappropriate IKK2 (also known as IKK?) activity, such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, and COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). Accordingly, the invention is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of the invention. The invention is still further directed to methods of inhibiting IKK2 activity and treatment of disorders associated therewith using a compound of the invention or a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Jianghe Deng, Jeffrey K. Kerns, Qi Jin, Guoliang Lin, Xichen Lin, Michael Lindenmuth, Christopher Neipp, Hong Nie, Sonia M. Thomas, Katherine L. Widdowson
  • Patent number: 7538138
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrug thereof which are useful for the modulation of the histamine-3 receptors in mammals and which are useful for the treatment of disorders ameliorated by histamine-3 receptor ligands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Marlon D. Cowart, Youssef L. Bennani, Ramin Faghih, Gregory A. Gfesser, Lawrence A. Black
  • Patent number: 7534788
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein X, A and R1 to R4 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: July 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Mohr, Matthias Nettekoven, Jean-Marc Plancher, Hans Richter, Olivier Roche, Tadakatsu Takahashi, Sven Taylor
  • Publication number: 20090118499
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, R1, and Q1 are defined herein, inhibit the IGF-1R enzyme and are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of hyperproliferative diseases such as cancer, inflammation, psoriasis, allergy/asthma, disease and conditions of the immune system, disease and conditions of the central nervous system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Lee D. Arnold, Heather Coate, Andrew Philip Crew, Hanqing Dong, Kenneth Foreman, Ayako Honda, Radoslaw Laufer, An-Hu Li, Kristen Michelle Mulvihill, Mark Joseph Mulvihill, Anthony Nigro, Bijoy Panicker, Arno G. Steinig, Quinghua Weng, Douglas S. Werner, Michael J. Wyle, Tao Zhang, Cara Cesario, Yingchuan Sun
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20090075988
    Abstract: This invention is directed to compounds, which are PDE10A enzyme inhibitors. The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The present invention also provides a process for the preparation of the compounds of formula I. The present invention further provides a method of treating a subject suffering from a neurodegenerative disorder comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I. The present invention further provides a method of treating a subject suffering from a psychiatric disorder comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: H. Lundbeck A/S
    Inventors: Jan Kehler, Jacob Nielsen, Morten Langgaard
  • Publication number: 20090075987
    Abstract: The present invention relates to acyltryptophanols of the general formula I, in which R1, R2, R3, Q and X have the meaning as defined in the description. The compounds according to the invention are effective FSH antagonists and can be used for example for fertility control in men or in women, or for the prevention and/or treatment of osteoporosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Lars Wortmann, Marcus Koppitz, Hans Peter Muhn, Thomas Frenzel, Florian Peter Liesener, Anna Schrey, Ronald Kuehne
  • Publication number: 20090054407
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound represented by formula (I): {wherein W represents a nitrogen atom or —CH—; X represents —C(?O)— or —CHR4— (wherein R4 represents a hydrogen atom, or the like); R1 represents a group represented by the following formula: [wherein Q1 represents a nitrogen atom or —CR8— (wherein R8 represents a hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, or the like). Q2 represents —NR15— (wherein R15 represents a hydrogen atom, or the like) and R5 and R6 may be the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, or the like]; and R2 and R3 may be the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, halogen, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, or the like} or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chikara Murakata, Nobuyoshi Amishiro, Toshiyuki Atsumi, Yoshinori Yamashita, Takeshi Takahashi, Ryuichiro Nakai, Hisashi Tagaya, Hiroko Takahashi, Jun Funahashi, Junichiro Yamamoto, Yuichi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20090054402
    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 16, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: Abbott Laboratories
    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
  • Publication number: 20090054643
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of preparation of fluoroquinolones of formula (I) from compounds of formula (II): in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and X are as defined in Claim 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Laurence BERTHON-CEDILLE, Marie-Emmanuelle Leguern, Gilles Renaud, Francis Tombret
  • Patent number: 7495007
    Abstract: The present invention relates to spiroindolinone derivatives of the formula and their enantiomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8, are as herein described. The compounds have utility as antiproliferative agents, especially, as anticancer agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Li Chen, Qingjie Ding, Jin-Jun Liu, Song Yang, Zhuming Zhang
  • Patent number: 7482340
    Abstract: Therapeutically active compounds of formula (I) or (II): wherein the variables in formulas (I) and (II) are defined in the description, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof. The compounds are potent inhibitors of Na+/Ca2+ exchange mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Orion Corporation
    Inventors: Leena Otsomaa, Tuula Koskelainen, Arto Karjalainen, Sirpa Rasku, Piero Pollesello, Jouko Levijoki
  • Publication number: 20090018124
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel benzoimidazole derivatives functioning as antagonists to vanilloid receptor-1, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same. They are useful in preventing or treating pain, acute pain, chronic pain, neuropathic pain, postoperative pain, migraines, arthralgia, neuropathy, nerve injury, diabetic neuropathy, neurological illness, neurodermatitis, strokes, bladder hypersensitivity, irritable bowel syndrome, respiratory disorders such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, etc., burns, psoriasis, itching, vomiting, irritation of the skin, eyes, and mucous membranes, gastric-duodenal ulcers, inflammatory intestinal diseases, and inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Ji Duck Kim, Hong Chul Yoon, In Woo Kim, Hyae Jung Hyun
  • Publication number: 20080312221
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide compounds having potent antitumor activity. The compounds of the present invention are represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof: wherein X=CH or N; Z=O or S; L=O or S; M=CR10R11, wherein R10 and R11=H, alkyl, or alkoxy, NR12 wherein R12=H or alkyl; R1, R2, and R3=H or optionally substituted alkoxy; R4=H; R5-8=H, halogen, alkoxy or the like; and R9=alkyl optionally substituted by —R14, -T-R15, or —NR16R17 wherein T=O, S, or NH; R14=an optionally substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; and R15-17=alkyl or an optionally substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring, or —NR18R19 wherein R18 and R19=H, optionally substituted alkyl, or an optionally substituted carbocylic or heterocyclic ring, or optionally substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: KIRIN BEER KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasunari Fujiwara, Terufumi Senga, Tsuyoshi Nishitoba, Tatsushi Osawa, Atsushi Miwa, Kazuhide Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20080311076
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (Ia) are found to be active in inhibiting replication of flaviviridae viruses, wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: ARROW THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Keith Charles Spencer, Helena Dennison, Neil Mathews, Michael Christopher Barnes, Surinder Singh Chana
  • Patent number: 7456196
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are useful in treating conditions or disorders prevented by or ameliorated by histamine-3 receptor ligands. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the histamine-3 receptor ligands, methods for using such compounds and compositions, and a process for preparing compounds within the scope of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Robert J. Altenbach, Marlon D. Cowart, Huaqing Liu
  • Patent number: 7432255
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts wherein in formula I is: wherein R1 to R4 are as defined in the description and claims. The compounds of the present invention are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases which are associated with the modulation of histamine 3 (H3) receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Matthias Heinrich Nettekoven, Olivier Roche
  • Publication number: 20080214524
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are novel VR1 antagonists that are useful in treating pain, inflammatory thermal hyperalgesia, urinary incontinence and bladder overactivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: CHIH-HUNG LEE, EROL K. BAYBURT, STANLEY DIDOMENICO, IRENE DRIZIN, ARTHUR R. GOMTSYAN, JOHN R. KOENIG, RICHARD J. PERNER, ROBERT G. SCHMIDT, SEAN C. TURNER, TAMMIE K. WHITE, GUO ZHU ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20080194545
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of formula I, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and methods for making and using the inventive compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: TRIUS THERAPEUTICS
    Inventors: Xiaoming Li, John M. Finn, Mark T. Hilgers
  • Publication number: 20080161290
    Abstract: Provided herein are benzoxazinone compounds of formula I and compositions containing the compounds. The compounds and compositions are useful in the methods of inhibiting the action of serine hydrolase, including neutrophil elastase. In certain embodiments, the compounds and compositions are useful in the prevention, amelioration or treatment of serine hydrolase-mediated diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Kevin Shreder, Yi Hu, Allister Fraser, Yasushi Kohno, Akihiko Kojima, Junichi Ishiyama
  • Publication number: 20080153799
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds which are JAK3 Kinase inhibitors, methods for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: David Laurent, Jorgen Gustafsson, Karolina Lawitz, Tesfaledet Mussie, Antonios Nikitidis