Additional Ring Containing Patents (Class 546/192)
  • Patent number: 8314126
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which have therapeutic effects against disorders in the central nervous system, and in particular new 4-(ortho,meta-disubstituted phenyl)-1-alkypiperidines and piperazines. wherein R1, R2, R3 and X are as defined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: NSAB, Filial af Neurosearch Sweden AB, Sverige
    Inventors: Clas Sonesson, Lars Swanson, Nicholas Ross Waters
  • Patent number: 8309578
    Abstract: Bicyclic pyrazole and isoxazole derivatives of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as defined in the specification, process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are disclosed; the compounds of the invention may be useful in therapy in the treatment of diseases mediated by HSP90 protein, like cancer and neurodegenerative disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Nerviano Medical Sciences S.r.l.
    Inventors: Sergio Mantegani, Maria Gabriella Brasca, Francesco Casuscelli, Ron Ferguson, Helena Posteri, Carlo Visco, Elena Casale, Fabio Zuccotto
  • Patent number: 8309597
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds defined by formula (I) wherein the group R is defined as in claim 1, possessing valuable pharmacological activity. Particularly the compounds are inhibitors of 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (HSD) 1 and thus are suitable for treatment and prevention of diseases which can be influenced by inhibition of this enzyme, such as metabolic diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Eckhardt, Bradford S. Hamilton, Frank Himmelsbach
  • Patent number: 8263608
    Abstract: Melanocortin receptor-specific compounds of formula I below: wherein the variables are as defined in the specification, and enantiomers, diastereomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Compounds disclosed herein bind to one or more melanocortin receptors and may be an agonist, a partial agonist, an antagonist, an inverse agonist or an antagonist of an inverse agonist as to one or more melanocortin receptors, and may be employed for treatment of one or more melanocortin receptor-associated conditions or disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Palatin Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Qun Shi, John H. Dodd, Elizabeth G. Rowley, Gary L. Olson, Axel Metzger
  • Patent number: 8258158
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A1, A2, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 have the significance given herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Jean Ackermann, Aurelia Conte, Werner Neidhart, Matthias Nettekoven, Stanley Wertheimer
  • Patent number: 8252935
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula I as shown below, wherein the definitions of Het, R0, R1 R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 are provided in the specification. Compounds of Formula I are useful for the treatment of diseases associated with ?-secretase activity, including Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignees: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V., Cellzome Limited
    Inventors: Chih Yung Ho, Yan Zhang, Umar S. M. Maharoof, Jeremy Major, John Harrison
  • Patent number: 8247562
    Abstract: The invention concerns a compound of the formula (I) wherein Ring A is heterocyclyl; m is 0-4 and each R1 is a group such as hydroxy, halo, trifluoromethyl and cyano; R2 is halo and n is 0-2; and each R4 is a group such as hydroxy, halo, trifluoromethyl and cyano; p is 0-4; and R3 is amino or hydroxy; or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts or in-vivo-hydrolysable ester or amide thereof; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of diseases or medical conditions mediated by histone deacetylase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Astrazeneca AB
    Inventors: Elaine Sophie Elizabeth Stokes, Craig Anthony Roberts, Michael James Waring
  • Publication number: 20120190854
    Abstract: A method includes reacting an amino group, a composition including rhodium and an organic ligand, and a substrate having structural formula (I) in a reaction mixture. R1 is an organic group including a sp3 carbon atom bonded to CA. R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, and an organic group including a sp3 carbon atom bonded to CA. R3 and R4 independently are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, and an organic group including a sp3 carbon atom bonded to CB. The method further includes forming a hydroaminated product in the reaction mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Akihiro Takemiya, Zhijian Liu, John F. Hartwig
  • Patent number: 8211914
    Abstract: Provided herein are amides containing at least a four ring structure, which are inhibitors of diacylglycerol acyltransferase and are useful for the treatment of diseases such as, for example, obesity, type II diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: David Robert Bolin, Adrian Wai-Hing Cheung, Fariborz Firooznia, Nicholas Marcopulos, Yimin Qian
  • Patent number: 8207338
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to phosphonic acid compounds useful as serine protease inhibitors, compositions thereof and methods for treating inflammatory and serine protease mediated disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael N. Greco, Harold R. Almond, Jr., Michael J. Hawkins, Eugene Powell
  • Patent number: 8188077
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Hong Ding, Steven W. Elmore, Laura A. Hexamer, Aaron R. Kunzer, Cheol-Min Park, Andrew J. Souers, Gerard M. Sullivan, Michael D. Wendt
  • Publication number: 20120129860
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to compositions and methods for treating neurodegenerative diseases and disorders, particularly ophthalmic diseases and disorders. Provided herein are styrenyl derivative compounds, including but not limited to stilbene derivative compounds, and compositions comprising these compounds, that are useful for treating and preventing ophthalmic diseases and disorders, including age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and Stargardt's Disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Acucela, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Leslie Scott, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kuksa, Anna Gall, Mark W. Orme, Jennifer Gage, Thomas L. Little, JR., Qin Jiang, Lana Michele Rossiter, Kevin F. McGee, JR., Ryo Kubota
  • Publication number: 20120122925
    Abstract: The invention relates to perhexiline, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, as well as to a method of treating HCM, which comprises administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of perhexiline, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to treat said HCM. The invention further relates to a treatment programme for treating HCM, which involves the co-use or co-administration of perhexiline with one or more other compounds that are advantageous in treating HCM or the symptoms thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: HEART METABOLICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Houman Ashrafian, Michael Paul Frenneaux
  • Patent number: 8173157
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising a phenylamidine derivative or a salt thereof, represented by a general formula, wherein R1 and R2 may be same or different, and represent an optionally substituted C3-4alkyl group; and one or more agents selected from azole antifungal agents, polyene antifungal agents, candin antifungal agents and fluoropyrimidine antifungal agents, and a method for combination use of the phenylamidine derivative or a salt thereof and the agents are useful for treating fungal infections caused by a fungal pathogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 8163735
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of formula (I) that are inhibitors of cysteine proteases, in particular, cathepsins B, K, L, F, and S and are therefore useful in treating diseases mediated by these proteases. The present invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and processes for preparing them. Wherein R3 is -alkylene-SO2NR5R6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Virobay, Inc.
    Inventors: Soon H. Woo, Randall W. Vivian, John O. Link
  • Patent number: 8158790
    Abstract: The present invention provides an excellent antihypertensive medicament. The medicament of the present invention comprises a compound having the general formula (I) and the like: [wherein R1: H, substitutable alkyl, substitutable alkenyl, substitutable cyclic hydrocarbon, substitutable heterocyclyl or the like; R2: H, substitutable alkyl, substitutable alkenyl, substitutable cycloalkyl or the like; R3, R4; H, substitutable alkyl, substitutable alkenyl, substitutable cycloalkyl or the like; R5, R6: H, substitutable alkyl, substitutable cycloalkyl, substitutable alkoxy or the like; R7, R8: H, substitutable alkyl, substitutable cycloalkyl or the like; X: the formula (II) or the like; A: substitutable cyclic hydrocarbon, substitutable heterocyclyl or the like; Y: a single bond, substitutable alkylene, substitutable alkenylene, —(CH2)a—X1—(CH2)b—(X1: the formula —NH—, —O— or the like; a, b: 0-5) or the like; B: substitutable cyclic hydrocarbon, substitutable heterocyclyl or the like].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shojiro Miyazaki, Yuji Nakamura, Takahiro Nagayama, Taro Tokui, Yasuyuki Ogawa
  • Patent number: 8152861
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a) a non-oxidative coloring agent for keratin fibers, in particular human hair, comprising at least one dye according to formula (I) or (II), b) an oxidative coloring agent for keratin fibers, in particular human hair, which comprises at least one oxidizing agent (e.g. hydrogen peroxide), at least one oxidative dye precursor and at least one dye according to formula (I) or (II), and c) a lightening agent for keratin fibers, in particular human hair, which comprises at least one oxidizing agent (e.g. hydrogen peroxide) and at least one dye according to formula (I) or (II), with R4 being a cationic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Markus Speckbacher, Jessica Chassot, Hans-Jürgen Braun
  • Patent number: 8148404
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) suppress the normal signalling activity CB1 receptors, and are thus useful in the treatment of diseases or conditions which are mediated by CB1 receptor signalling activity, such as treatment of obesity and overweight, prevention of weigh gain, treatment of diseases and conditions directly or indirectly associated with obesity and overweight: wherein A1 is hydrogen, —COOH, or tetrazolyl; p and q are independently 0 or 1; A3 is phenyl or cycloalkyl, either of which is optionally substituted with R4 and/or R5; R4 and R5 are independently —R9, —CN, —F, —Cl, —Br, —OR9, —NR7R8, —NR7COR6, —NR7SO2R6, —COR6, —SR9, —SOR9, or —SO2R6; R6 is C1-C4 alkyl, cycloalkyl, —CF3 or —NR7R8; R7 and R8 are independently hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl or cycloalkyl; R9 is hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, C1-C4 alkoxy(C1-C4 alkyl)-, cycloalkyl, or fully or partially fluorinated C1-C4 alkyl; R1 (i) a bond; (ii) a divalent radical of formula —(CH2)aB1(CH2)b wherein a and b are independently O, 1, 2 or 3 provided tha
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: 7TM Pharma A/S
    Inventors: Martin Cooper, Jean-Marie Receveur, Thomas Hoegberg, Peter Aadal Nielsen, Jean-Michel Linget, Pia Karina Noeregaard, Anthony Murray, Emelie Bjurling
  • Publication number: 20120077844
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cosmetic process for treating wrinkled skin, in particular the skin of the face and/or of the forehead, through a dermo-decontracting effect, comprising the topical application to said skin of a composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium, at least one piperidine derivative chosen from the compounds of formula (I): These compounds make it possible to combat expression wrinkles according to a mechanism of dermo-decontraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Alexandre Cavezza, Roger Rozot
  • Patent number: 8143280
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein A, n, R1a to R1e and R2 to R5 are as defined in the description and claims, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are glucocorticoid receptor antagonists useful for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases such as diabetes, dyslipidemia, obesity, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, adrenal imbalance or depression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Jacques Bailly, Cornelia Hertel, Daniel Hunziker, Christian Lerner, Ulrike Obst Sander, Jens-Uwe Peters, Philippe Pflieger, Tanja Schulz-Gasch
  • Publication number: 20120071651
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for preparing enantiomerically pure cyclopropyl amine derivatives and salts thereof; the chiral intermediates such as the chiral salts are useful for the preparation of such chiral compounds and salts; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and salts; and method of using such compositions. The chiral cyclopropyl amine derivatives are useful for binding to histamine H3 receptor sites and for providing therapeutic agents for histamine H3 mediated disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Yi-Yin Ku, Timothy A. Grieme, Jeffrey M. Kallemeyn, Mathew M. Mulhern
  • Patent number: 8138206
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substance having an antagonistic effect on the binding of histamine to a histamine H3 receptor or an inhibitory effect on the activity which a histamine H3 receptor constantly exhibits. A compound represented by the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; (I) wherein R1 represents a phenyl group which may be substituted or the like and R2 represents a cyano group which may be substituted or the like, or R1 and R2 together form an aliphatic heterocylic ring which may be substituted; R3 represents a group represented by the formula (II-1) below; and all of X1 to X4 represent a carbon atom or the like: (II-1) where R4 and R5 represent a lower alkyl group or the like; and m1 represents an integer of 2 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: MSD. K.K.
    Inventors: Shiho Ishikawa, Tsuyoshi Nagase, Nagaaki Sato, Hidekazu Takahashi, Shigeru Tokita, Toshihiro Wada
  • Patent number: 8129534
    Abstract: The use of a compound of formula (I), Y is a single bond, C?O, C?S or S(O)m where m is 0, 1 or 2; the ring (II) is a 6 membered aromatic ring or is a 5 or 6 membered heteroaromatic ring; Z and Z? are ?C— or —N— provided that both are not N; R1, R2 R3, R3a, R4, R8 and Ra are specified organic groups and n and p are independently 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; or salts or N-oxides thereof or compositions containing them in controlling insects, acarines, nematodes or molluscs. Novel compounds are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Maienfisch, Louis-Pierre Molleyres, Jérôme Cassayre, Fredrik Cederbaum, Camilla Corsi, Thomas Pitterna
  • Publication number: 20110313158
    Abstract: The invention describes the development of highly efficient, recyclable two component system, CuAl-hydrotalcite/rac 1,1?-Binaphthalene-2,2?-diol catalytic system for the N-alkylation of electron deficient aryl chlorides in presence of potassium carbonate as a base at room temperature in 3-6 h, wherein the process is provided for the preparation of various secondary amines via C—N coupling reaction of aliphatic amines(aliphatic open chain, acyclic, benzyl amines and heterocyclic amines) with various aryl chlorides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Pravin R. Likhar, R. Arundhati, M. Lakshmi Kantam
  • Patent number: 8058291
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel methods and compositions for the treatment and prevention of CNS-related conditions. One of the CNS-related conditions treated by the methods and compositions of the invention is Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory T. Went, Timothy J. Fultz
  • Patent number: 8058299
    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, obesity, type II diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: VIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: David Robert Bolin, Adrian Wai-Hing Cheung, Fariborz Firooznia, Matthew Michael Hamilton, Lee Apostle McDermott, Yimin Qian, Jenny Tan, Weiya Yun
  • Patent number: 8053447
    Abstract: A novel class of compounds of the general formula (I), their use in therapy, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, as well as their use in the manufacture of medicaments are described. The present compounds modulate the activity of 11?-hydroxy-steroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11?HSD1) and are accordingly useful in the treatment of diseases in which such a modulation is beneficial, e.g. the metabolic syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: High Point Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Soren Ebdrup, Henrik Sune Andersen
  • Publication number: 20110263862
    Abstract: A novel piperidine derivative and a novel piperazine derivative which are useful as novel sigma receptor ligands, and an agent for treatment of diseases involving a central nervous system disorders, said agent containing one of the compound as an active ingredient. The agent contains a compound represented by general formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient: wherein X represents an alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and the alkylene group may be substituted by one or more alkyl groups each having 1 to 2 carbon atoms; Y represents a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom; and R1 and R2 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 2 carbon atoms or an alkoxy group having 1 to 2 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: M'S Science Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Mita, Naoyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8044206
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel nitrogen-containing heterocyclic derivative having 2,6-disubstituted styryl and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the nitrogen-containing heterocyclic derivative and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in particular, a pharmaceutical composition effective as a sodium channel inhibitor, having an excellent analgesic action especially on neuropathic pain with minimized side effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignees: Astellas Pharma Inc., Kotobuki Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumi Kikuchi, Makoto Oku, Jiro Fujiyasu, Norio Asai, Toshihiro Watanabe, Yukinori Nagakura, Hiroshi Tomiyama, Motoharu Sonegawa, Kazuo Tokuzaki, Yoshinori Iwai
  • Publication number: 20110243865
    Abstract: Disclosed is a melanin production inhibitor which has an excellent inhibitory activity on the production of melanin and is highly safe. The melanin production inhibitor comprises a compound represented by general formula (1) (excluding clotrimazole), and/or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: POLA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventors: Kouji Yokoyama, Makoto Kimura, Masashi Tamai, Yuko Saitoh, Tomomi Kato, Yu Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8017772
    Abstract: Substituted tetrahydropyrrolopyrazine compounds corresponding to the formula I: processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds for the treatment and/or inhibition of pain and other disorders or disease states at least partly mediated by KCNQ2/3 K+ channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Beatrix Merla, Thomas Christoph, Stefan Oberboersch, Klaus Schiene, Gregor Bahrenberg, Robert Frank, Sven Kuehnert, Wolfgang Schroeder
  • Publication number: 20110212072
    Abstract: Described are a method and a composition for preventing and/or treating a disease related to mitochondrial dysfunction by inhibiting the fatty acid oxidation of one or more cells of an organism. Particularly, the fatty acid oxidation is inhibited by inhibiting the expression and/or activity of the enzyme Camitin-Palmitoyl-Transferase-1 (CPT-1) by means of an arylalkyl- or arlyoxyalkyl-substitued oxirane carboxylic acid or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and derivatives of the arylalkyl-substituted oxirane carboxylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: MediGene AG
    Inventors: Thomas Henkel, Christoph Rehfuess
  • Patent number: 7994195
    Abstract: Compounds comprising or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof are disclosed herein. Details are provided herein. Compositions, methods, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Old, Robert M. Burk
  • Patent number: 7989475
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted pyrazoles, compositions containing such compounds and methods of treatment The compounds are glucagon receptor antagonists and thus are useful for treating, preventing or delaying the onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Emma Parmee, Subharekha Raghavan, Teresa Beeson, Dong-Ming Shen
  • Publication number: 20110172208
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds represented by general formula (I): or pharmaceutical acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1 and R2 are each hydrogen, lower acyl, lower alkoxycarbonyl or the like; R3 is lower alkyl, halo-lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heteroaryl or the like; R4 is cyano, lower alkoxycarbonyl, carboxy or the like, which exhibit potent COMT inhibitory activities. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing said compound, and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiro Ishikawa, Satoko Kobayashi, Hitoshi Inoue, Yasunori Ueno, Masako Yoshida, Nobuyuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7973037
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel class of compounds which are cysteine protease inhibitors, including but not limited to, inhibitors of cathepsins K, L, S and B. These compounds are useful for treating diseases in which inhibition of bone resorption is indicated, such as osteoporosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignees: Axys Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Merck Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher I. Bayly, Cameron Black, Serge Leger, Chun Sing Li, Dan McKay, Christophe Mellon, Jacques Yves Gauthier, Vouy-Linh Truong, Cheuk Lau, Michel Therien, Michael J. Green, Bernard L. Hirschbein, James William Janc, James T. Palmer, Chitra Baskaran
  • Patent number: 7951804
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the formula (I) in which D, E, Q, T, X, Y, Z, Z?, R1, R4 and R4? have the meanings indicated, are inhibitors of coagulation factor Xa and can be employed for the prophylaxis and/or therapy of thromboembolic diseases and for the treatment of tumors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Bertram Cezanne, Dieter Dorsch, Werner Mederski, Christos Tsaklakidis, Johannes Gleitz
  • Patent number: 7951823
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, which are useful for modulating channel activating proteases, and methods for, using such compounds to treat, ameliorate or prevent a condition associated with a channel activating protease, including but not limited to prostasin, PRSS22, TMPRSS11 (e.g., TMPRSS11B, TMPRSS11E), TMPRSS2, TMPRSS3, TMPRSS4 (MTSP-2), matriptase (MTSP-1), CAP2, CAP3, trypsin, cathepsin A, or neutrophil elastase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: IRM LLC
    Inventors: David C. Tully, Arnab K. Chatterjee, Agnes Vidal, Hank Michael James Petrassi, Zhiwei Wang, Badry Bursulaya, Glen Spraggon
  • Patent number: 7915419
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel alkyl substituted piperidine derivatives useful as monoamine neurotransmitter re-uptake inhibitors. In other aspects the invention relates to the use of these compounds in a method for therapy and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Neurosearch A/S
    Inventors: Dan Peters, Gunnar M. Olsen, Elsebet Østergaard Nielsen, Jørgen Scheel-Krüger, Birgitte L. Eriksen
  • Patent number: 7902366
    Abstract: A NK1 antagonist having the formula (I), wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are optionally substituted phenyl or heteroaryl, X1 is an ether, thio or imino linkage, R4 and R5 are not both H or alkyl, and the remaining variables are as defined in the specification, useful for treating a number of disorders, including emesis, depression, anxiety and cough. Pharmaceutical compositions. Methods of treatment and combinations with other agents are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: OPKO Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Sunil Paliwal, Gregory A. Reichard, Cheng Wang, Dong Xiao, Hon-Chung Tsui, Neng-Yang Shih, Juan D. Arredondo, Michelle Laci Wrobleski, Anandan Palani
  • Patent number: 7888373
    Abstract: Certain substituted sulfonamide derivatives of Formula (I) selectively modulate the cardiac sarcomere, for example by potentiating cardiac myosin, and are useful in the treatment of systolic heart failure including congestive heart failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Cytokinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley Paul Morgan, Fady Malik, Erica Anne Kraynack, Alexander Ramon Muci, Xiangping Qian, David J. Morgans, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7888379
    Abstract: The present invention is related to thiazole derivatives of Formula (I) in particular for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of autoimmune disorders and/or inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, bacterial or viral infections, kidney diseases, platelet aggregation, cancer, transplantation, graft rejection or lung injuries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Serono SA
    Inventors: Anna Quattropani, David Covini, Vincent Pomel, Jerome Dorbais, Thomas Rueckle
  • Patent number: 7879888
    Abstract: The present invention is related to thiazole derivatives of Formula (I) in particular for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of autoimmune disorders and/or inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, bacterial or viral infections, kidney diseases, platelet aggregation, cancer, transplantation, graft rejection or lung injuries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Serono SA
    Inventors: Anna Quattropani, David Covini, Vincent Pomel, Jerome Dorbais, Thomas Rueckle
  • Patent number: 7872027
    Abstract: Compounds and compositions for interfering with the association of Myc and Max are described herein. These compounds and compositions are useful in methods inhibiting growth or proliferation of a cell. Methods of inhibiting growth or proliferation of a cell are provided, comprising contacting the cell with an amount of a compound that interferes with Myc and Max association effective to inhibit growth or proliferation of the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignees: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Georgetown University
    Inventors: Steven J. Metallo, Edward V. Prochownik
  • Patent number: 7868175
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein a, b, c, d, n, R1, R2, R3, R6, R7, W, and A are as defined in the specification. The compounds of formula I are muscarinic receptor antagonists. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes and intermediates for preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat pulmonary disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Theravance, Inc.
    Inventors: YuHua Ji, Craig Husfeld, Li Li, Mathai Mammen, YongQi Mu, Eric L. Stangeland
  • Publication number: 20100331364
    Abstract: The invention relates to perhexiline, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in the treatment of HfnEF, as well as to a method of treating HfnEF, which comprises administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of perhexiline, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to treat said HFnEF. The invention further relates to a treatment programme for treating HFnEF, which involves the co-use or co-administration of perhexiline with one or more other compounds that are advantageous in treating HFnEF or the symptoms thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: HEART METABOLICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Houman Ashrafian, Michael P. Frenneaux
  • Patent number: 7858618
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of general formula I wherein A, B, D, Y, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are defined as in the specification, the enantiomers, the diastereomers, the mixtures and the salts thereof, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof with organic or inorganic acids or bases, which have valuable properties, the preparation thereof, the pharmaceutical compositions containing the pharmacologically effective compounds, the preparation thereof and the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Iris Kauffmann-Hefner, Norbert Hauel, Rainer Walter, Heiner Ebel, Henri Doods, Angelo Ceci, Annette Schuler-Metz, Ingo Konetzki
  • Patent number: 7851629
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which have therapeutic effects against disorders in the central nervous system, and in particular new 4-(ortho,meta-disubstituted phenyl)-1-alkypiperidines. wherein R1, R2, and R3 are as defined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: NSAB, Filial af Neurosearch Sweden AB, Sverige
    Inventors: Clas Sonesson, Lars Swanson, Nicholas Ross Waters
  • Patent number: 7846945
    Abstract: Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are disclosed that may be useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders such as diabetes and obesity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryce Alden Harrison, Spencer David Kimball, Ross Mabon, David Brent Rawlins
  • Patent number: RE43244
    Abstract: Compounds of the general formula I wherein rings B, C, D and E may be present or not and, when present, are combined with A as A+C, A+E, A+B+C, A+B+D, A+B+E, A+C+E, A+B+C+D or A+B+C+D+E, rings B, C and E being aliphatic whereas ring D may be aliphatic or aromatic/heteroaromatic, and wherein X is —(CH2)m—, in which m is an integer 1-3, to form a ring E or, when E is absent, a group R1 bound to the nitrogen atom, wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, alkyl or haloalkyl groups of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl(alkyl) groups of 3 to 5 carbon atoms (i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: H. Lundbeck A/S
    Inventors: Håkan Vilhelm Wikström, Durk Dijkstra, Bastiaan Johan Venhuis