The Additional Hetero Ring Consists Of One Oxygen And Four Carbons Patents (Class 546/214)
  • Publication number: 20120022069
    Abstract: The invention relates to acrylamide compounds of Formula I mentioned below. The invention is also directed to the use compounds of Formula I to treat or prevent a disorder responsive to the blockade of calcium channels, and particularly N-type calcium channels. Compounds of the present invention are especially useful for treating pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenori Mikamiyama, Akira Matsumura, Moriyasu Masui, Kosuke Anan, Kayoko Hata
  • Publication number: 20120022080
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound having plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 inhibitory activity, and an inhibitor of PAI-1 comprising the compound as an active ingredient. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition having an inhibitory action on PAI-1 activity and being efficacious in the prevention and treatment of various diseases whose onset is associated with PAI-1 activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: RENASCIENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshio Miyata, Kenji Murano, Nagahisa Yamaoka, Akihisa Maeda
  • Patent number: 8063070
    Abstract: The present invention of compounds of formula (I) a stereochemically isomeric form thereof, an N-oxide form thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof. Processes for preparing said products, formulations comprising said products and their use as a medicine are disclosed, in particular for treating conditions which are related to impairment of gastric emptying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V.
    Inventors: Jean-Paul René Marie André Bosmans, Michel Anna Jozef De Cleyn, Michel Surkyn
  • Publication number: 20110281851
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein a, b, c, m, s, t, W, Z, Ar, R1, R2, R3, R6, and R7 are as defined in the specification. The compounds of formula I are muscarinic receptor antagonists. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes and intermediates for preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat pulmonary disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: THERAVANCE, INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Hua JI, Mathai MAMMEN, Craig HUSFELD, Li LI, YongQi MU, Aaron KUSHNER, Eric STANGELAND, Trevor MISCHKI, Adam HUGHES, Sarah DUNHAM
  • Publication number: 20110275797
    Abstract: An N-acyl anthranilic acid derivative represented by general formula (1) or a salt thereof is useful for prevention or treatment of diseases associated with excessive production of collagen. (In the formula, R1 represents a carboxyl group or the like; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; R3 represents an optionally substituted aryl group or the like; X1 represents a carbonyl group; X2 represents a bonding hand; X3 represents a bonding hand; X4 represents a bonding hand or the like; and A represents an optionally substituted phenyl group or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Yokotani, Arihiro Takatori, Yukie Tada, Minori Yanai, Hiroshi Kato, Yoichi Taniguchi, Chiharu Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20110275612
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compound of formula (I). Wherein R1, R2Ar and Cy are as defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions of the compound of formula (I), methods of making the compounds of formula I, and methods of using the compounds of formula (I) to treat a disorder associated with activation of CCR10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Derek Cogan, Alexander Heim-Riether, Wang Mao, Craig Andrew Miller, Philip Dean Ramsden, Lana Louise Smith Keenan, Roger John Snow, Jiang-Ping Wu, Yu Yang
  • Publication number: 20110263428
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Stephane Andre Marie Jeanmart, Russell Colin Viner, John Benjamin Taylor, William Guy Whittingham, Jeffrey Steven Wailes, Sarah Margaret Targett, Christopher John Mathews, Mangala Govenkar, Matthew Robert Cordingley, Claire Janet Russell, Melloney Tyte
  • Publication number: 20110230495
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I: where X, HAr, a, and R1 through R6 are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds of formula I are serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of using such compounds; and process and intermediates for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Eric L. Stangeland, Lori Jean Patterson, Sheila Zipfel
  • Publication number: 20110224079
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1; compositions containing them and their use as insecticides, acaricides, nematicides or molluscicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION LLC
    Inventors: Michel Muehlebach, Thomas Pitterna, Andre Jeanguenat, Myriem El Qacemi, Roger Graham Hall, Andrew Edmunds, Camilla Corsi, Andre Stoller, Christopher Richard Godfrey, Jurgen Harry Schaetzer, Olivier Loiseleur, Peter Maienfisch, Jerome Yves Cassayre
  • Publication number: 20110212860
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds and methods for modulation of the quorum sensing of bacteria. In an embodiment, the compounds of the present invention are able to act as replacements for naturally occurring bacterial quorum sensing ligands in a ligand-protein binding system; that is, they imitate the effect of natural ligands and produce an agonistic effect. In another embodiment, the compounds of the present invention are able to act in a manner which disturbs or inhibits the naturally occurring ligand-protein binding system in quorum sensing bacteria; that is, they produce an antagonistic effect. The compounds of the present invention comprise N-acylated-homoserine lactones (AHLs) comprised of a wide range of acyl groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Helen E. Blackwell, Grant D. Geske, Jennifer C. Campbell
  • Publication number: 20110207714
    Abstract: The biphenyic compounds of formula (I) are serotonin modulators useful in the treatment of serotonin-mediated diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Nicholas I. Carruthers, Brock T. Shireman, Vi T. Tran, Victoria D. Wong, Jill A. Jablonowski, Wenying Chai
  • Publication number: 20110201589
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R1a, R1b, R2, R3 and X, X1, X2, X3 have the meaning as cited in the description and the claims. Said compounds are useful as Bradykinin B1 antagonists. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions, the preparation of such compounds as well as the production and use as medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: EVOTEC AG
    Inventors: James Madden, David James Hallett, Alastair Parkes, Ali Raoof, Xialou Wang
  • Patent number: 7960385
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1-3, R5-7, a, X, Y, Y?, Y?, and Z are as defined in the specification. These compounds are muscarinic receptor antagonists. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes for preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds to, for example, treat pulmonary disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Theravance, Inc.
    Inventors: YuHua Ji, Craig Husfeld, YongQi Mu, Rick Lee, Li Li
  • Publication number: 20110118262
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula (I) and compositions of the present invention which are inhibitors of the sodium proton exchanger isoform-1 (NHE-I). Also disclosed are methods of using and making the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Joerg Martin Bentzien, Stephen James Boyer, Jennifer Burke, Anne Bettina Eldrup, Xin Guo, John David Huber, Thomas Martin Kirrane, Fariba Soleymanzadeh, Alan David Swinamer
  • Publication number: 20110105506
    Abstract: Diaminoalkanes of Formula I have now been found which are orally active and bind to aspartic proteases to inhibit their activity. They are useful in the treatment or amelioration of diseases associated with elevated levels of aspartic protease activity. The invention also relates to a method for the use of the compounds of Formula I in ameliorating or treating aspartic protease related disorders in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of a compound of Formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: John J. Baldwin, David A. Claremon, Colin M. Tice, Salvacion Cacatian, Lawrence W. Dillard, Alexey V. Ishchenko, Jing Yuan, Zhenrong Xu, Gerard McGeehan, Wei Zhao, Robert D. Simpson, Suresh B. Singh, Patrick T. Flaherty, Jean-Pierre Wery
  • Publication number: 20110071298
    Abstract: The invention relates to processes and compounds useful for producing modified aspartic acid derivatives, such as aspartic acid aldehyde moieties. Aspartic acid derivatives are useful for preparing caspase inhibitors and/or prodrugs thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Gerald J. Tanoury, Minzhang Chen, Andrew D. Jones, Philip L. Nyce, Martin Trudeau, David J. Guerin, John R. Snoonian
  • Patent number: 7884102
    Abstract: 3,4-Disubstituted-4-aryl-piperidine compounds are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions containing the 3,4-disubstituted-4-aryl-piperidine compounds and methods of their pharmaceutical uses are also disclosed. The compounds disclosed are useful, inter alia, as antagonists of opioid receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Adolor Corporation
    Inventors: Roland Ellwood Dolle, Bertrand Le Bourdonnec
  • Publication number: 20110015174
    Abstract: A CPT1 inhibitor compound is represented by Structural Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. A pharmaceutical composition comprises a compound represented by Structural Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. A method of treating a subject having cancer comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by Structural Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: University Health Network
    Inventors: Heinz W. Pauls, Bryan T. Forrest, Peter Brent Sampson, Yong Liu, Radoslaw Laufer, Yunhui Lang, Miklos Feher, Yi Yao, Guohua Pan
  • Publication number: 20110015400
    Abstract: This invention is directed to processes for the preparation of a compound of the formula I or salt thereof, that is useful as a tryptase inhibitor, to intermediates useful in the preparation of such a compound, to processes for the preparation of such intermediates, and to the use of such intermediates for the preparation of such a compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicants: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, sanofi-aventis US LLC
    Inventors: Claus-Dieter GRAF, Christoph Tappertzhofen, Adam W. Sledeski
  • Patent number: 7858624
    Abstract: Described are compounds which are orally active and bind to renin to inhibit its activity. They are useful in the treatment or amelioration of diseases associated with renin activity. Also described are methods of use of these compounds for treating or ameliorating a renin mediated disorder in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Vitae Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Baldwin, David A. Claremon, Colin M. Tice, Salvacion Cacatian, Lawrence W. Dillard, Alexey V. Ishchenko, Jing Yuan, Zhenrong Xu, Gerard McGeehan, Wei Zhao, Robert D. Simpson, Suresh B. Singh
  • Publication number: 20100311792
    Abstract: The invention relates to azetidinyl, pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl, and hexahydroazepinyl compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, or solvates thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, Z and q are defined as set forth in the specification. The invention is also directed to the use compounds of Formula I to treat a disorder responsive to the blockade of calcium channels, and particularly N-type calcium channels. Compounds of the present invention are especially useful for treating pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Bin Shao, Jiangchao Yao
  • Publication number: 20100267946
    Abstract: The present invention provides prodrugs of GABA analogs, pharmaceutical compositions of prodrugs of GABA analogs and methods for making prodrugs of GABA analogs. The present invention also provides methods for using prodrugs of GABA analogs and methods for using pharmaceutical compositions of prodrugs of GABA analogs for treating or preventing common diseases and/or disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: XenoPort, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Gallop, Kenneth C. Cundy, Cindy X. Zhou, Fayang G. Qiu, Fenmei Yao, Jia-Ning Xiang, Ian R. Ollmann
  • Publication number: 20100234395
    Abstract: Discloses is a pharmaceutical agent comprising an ureide derivative represented by the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. The ureide derivative or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is useful for the relief of a pain or the treatment or prevention of neurogenic pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yuji Sugawara, Naoki Izumimoto, Hideyuki Tsutsui
  • Patent number: 7790753
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) as defined herein: are useful for treating behavioral disorders associated with dementia, psychoses, in particular schizophrenia (deficient form and productive form) and acute or chronic extrapyramidal symptoms induced by neuroleptics; for the treatment of various forms of anxiety, panic attacks, phobias, and compulsive obsessive disorders; for treating various forms of depression, including psychotic depression; for treating disorders caused by alcohol abuse or weaning from alcohol, sexual behavior disorders, eating disorders and for treating migraine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: sanofi-aventis
    Inventors: Gihad Dargazanli, Genevieve Estenne-Bouhtou, Corinne Veronique
  • Patent number: 7790898
    Abstract: Substituted 3-phenylpiperidine compounds corresponding to Formula I in which R1 and R2 have the meanings defined in the specification, methods for preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and the use of such compounds for treating or inhibiting various conditions, especially pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Joerg Holenz, Helmut Buschmann, Michael Finkam
  • Patent number: 7790750
    Abstract: The present invention of compounds of formula (I) a stereochemically isomeric form thereof, an N-oxide form thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, R1 and R2 taken together form a bivalent radical of formula wherein in said bivalent radicals one or two hydrogen atoms may be substituted with C1-6alkyl; R3 is hydrogen or halo; R4 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl; R5 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl; L is C3-6cycloalkyl, C5-6cycloalkanone, C2-6alkenyl, or L is a radical of formula -Alk-R6—, Alk-X—R7, -Alk-Y—C(?O)—R9, or -Alk-Y—C(?O)—NR11R12 wherein each Alk is C1-12alkanediyl; and R6 is hydrogen, cyano, C1-6alkylsulfonylamino, C3-6cycloalkyl, C5-6cycloalkanone, or a heterocyclic ringsystem; R7 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, hydroxyC1-6alkyl, C3-6cycloalkyl, or a heterocyclic ringsystem; X is O, S, SO2 or NR8; said R8 being hydrogen or C1-6alkyl; R9 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, C3-6cycloalkyl, C1-6alkyloxy or hydroxy; Y is NR10 or a direct bond; said R10 being hydrogen, or C1-6alkyl; R11 and R12 each indepen
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Jean-Paul René Marie André Bosmans, Michel Anna Jozef De Cleyn, Michel Surkyn
  • Publication number: 20100216841
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to 4-fluoro-piperidine compounds which are antagonists of T-type calcium channels, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which T-type calcium channels are involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which T-type calcium channels are involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: James C. Barrow, Craig W. Lindsley, William D. Shipe, Zhiqiang Yang, David Wisnoski
  • Patent number: 7776884
    Abstract: The present application describes modulators of MCP-1 of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, useful for the prevention of rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, atherosclerosis, asthma, restinosis, organ transplantation, and cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventor: Robert J. Cherney
  • Publication number: 20100204274
    Abstract: The present application describes modulators of MIP-1? of formula (I) or stereoisomers or prodrugs or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein m, Q, T, W, Z, R1, R3, R4, R5, R5a and R5b, are as defined herein. In addition, methods of treating and preventing inflammatory diseases such as asthma and allergic diseases, as well as autoimmune pathologies such as rheumatoid arthritis and atherosclerosis using the modulators of formula (I) are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Daniel S. Gardner, John V. Duncia, John Hynes, T.G. Murali Dhar, Percy H. Carter, Joseph B. Santella
  • Publication number: 20100197667
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein a, b, c, m, s, t, W, Z, Ar, R1, R2, R3, R6, and R7 are as defined in the specification. The compounds of formula I are muscarinic receptor antagonists. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes and intermediates for preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat pulmonary disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: THERAVANCE, INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Hua JI, Mathai MAMMEN, Craig HUSFELD, Li LI, YongQi MU, Aaron KUSHNER, Eric STANGELAND, Trevor MISCHKI, Adam HUGHES, Sarah DUNHAM
  • Publication number: 20100168421
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the novel antibacterial compounds having potent antibacterial activity as inhibitors of peptide deformylase. This invention further relates to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, to processes for their preparation, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: ILDONG PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Hoon KANG, Seung Woo YU, Hee Yeol LEE, Kyung Mi AN, Bong Hwan CHO
  • Patent number: 7741326
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I or formula II: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein m, n, p, Ar R1, R2, R4, and R5 are as defined herein. The invention also provides methods for preparing, compositions comprising, and methods for using compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Joe Timothy Bamberg, Counde O'Yang, Meng Sui, Shu-Hai Zhao
  • Publication number: 20100125079
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein a, b, c, m, n, q, r, W, Z1, Ar1, Z2, Y, R1, R2, and R3 are as defined in the specification. The compounds of formula I are muscarinic receptor antagonists. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes and intermediates for preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat pulmonary disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: THERAVANCE, INC.
    Inventors: YongQi Mu, Yu-Hua Ji, Mathai Mammen, Viengkham Malathong
  • Patent number: 7718673
    Abstract: The invention is directed to novel isonipecotamide derivatives of Formula (I): which are useful in treating integrin-mediated disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Costanzo, William J. Hoekstra, Bruce E. Maryanoff
  • Publication number: 20100099661
    Abstract: Compounds having antibacterial activity are disclosed. The compounds have the following structure (I): including stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein Q1, Q2, Q3, R8 and R9 are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Achaogen, Inc.
    Inventors: James Bradley Aggen, Adam Aaron Goldblum, Martin Sheringham Linsell, Paola Dozzo, Heinz Ernst Moser, Darin James Hildebrandt, Micah James Gliedt
  • Patent number: 7683077
    Abstract: The present invention provides a piperidine derivative represented by the following formula or analogs thereto, which are used for agents for treating or preventing various diseases related to 5-HT7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Shingo Makino, Naoyuki Fukuchi, Sayaka Asari, Masaki Hashimoto, Tetsuo Yano, Youji Yamada, Munetaka Tokumasu, Masataka Shoji, Itsuya Tanabe, Shinichi Fujita, Hideki Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 7683173
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein a, b, c, d, f, W, Q, Y, R1, R2, and R3 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: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Theravance, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Hua Ji, Craig Husfeld, Mathai Mammen, YongQi Mu, Eric L. Stangeland
  • Publication number: 20090270451
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to piperidine compounds that inhibit the glycine transporter GlyT1 and which are useful in the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glycinergic or glutamatergic neurotransmission dysfunction and diseases in which the glycine transporter GlyT1 is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicants: MERCK & CO., INC., MERCK SHARP & DOHME LIMITED
    Inventors: David Hallett, Craig W. Lindsley, Elizabeth M. Naylor, Zhijian Zhao, Cory R. Theberge, Scott E. Wolkenberg, M. Brad Nolt
  • Publication number: 20090253656
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP/ABCG2) inhibitor. The BCRP inhibitor contains, as an active ingredient, an acrylonitrile derivative represented by formula (1): wherein one of R1 and R2 represents a cyano group and the other represents a hydrogen atom; Ar1 represents a group selected from among the groups represented by formulas (2) to (4): and Ar2 represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group having a condensed ring which may be substituted by a halogen atom, or a group selected from among the groups represented by the following formulas (5) to (15): or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha
    Inventors: Ryuta Yamazaki, Yukiko Nishiyama, Tomio Furuta, Takeshi Matsuzaki, Hiroshi Hatano, Oh Yoshida, Masato Nagaoka, Ritsuo Aiyama, Shusuke Hashimoto, Yoshikazu Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 7595331
    Abstract: N- and O-substituted 4[2-diaromaticmethoxy and methylamino)alkyl]piperidines exhibit high CNS activity with respect to the dopamine transporter (DAT) and serotonin transporter (SERT). Preferred compounds exhibit highly differential behavior as between the DAT and SERT and between the DAT and the norepinephrine transporter (NET). The compounds have utility in treating CNS disorders, including but not limited to cocaine addiction, depression, and Parkinson's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Wayne State University
    Inventor: Aloke K. Dutta
  • Publication number: 20090239905
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I: modulate the action of gamma secretase, and hence find use in treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Joanne Clare Hannam, Sascha Hartmann, Andrew Madin, Mark Peter Ridgill
  • Patent number: 7550595
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein a, b, c, d, m, n, p, s, t, W, Ar1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R6, R7, and R8 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: July 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Theravance, Inc.
    Inventors: Mathai Mammen, Yu-Hua Ji, YongQi Mu, Craig Husfeld, Li Li
  • Publication number: 20090111809
    Abstract: The present invention discloses novel compounds of Formula I: (I) having 11-HSD type 1 antagonist activity, as well as methods for preparing such compounds. In another embodiment, the invention discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I, as well as methods of using the compounds and compositions to treat diabetes, hyperglycemia, obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, metabolic syndrome, and other conditions associated with 11-HSD type 1 activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Julie Kay Bush, Marvin Martin Hansen, Renhua Li, Thomas Edward Mabry, Nancy June Snyder, Owen Brendan Wallace, Yanping Xu
  • Publication number: 20090099199
    Abstract: The invention relates to compound of the formula I wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification; in free base form or in acid addition salt form; to its preparation, to its use as medicament and to medicaments comprising it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Joachim Nozulak, David Orain, Simona Cotesta
  • Publication number: 20090099233
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Pramod Joshi, Paul Krenitsky, Andreas Termin, Dean Wilson
  • Patent number: 7514439
    Abstract: The problem of the present invention is to provide a useful compound as a glucokinase activating agent, which is the oxime derivative of the formula [I]: wherein Ring A is aryl or heteroaryl; Q is cycloalkyl, heterocycle, alkyl or alkenyl; Ring T is heteroaryl or heterocycle; R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen atom, halogen atom, cycloalkylsulfonyl or the like; R3 and R4 are independently hydrogen atom, hydroxy, oxo, halogen atom or the like; R5 is hydrogen atom, halogen atom, cyano, nitro, tetrazolyl or the like; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Sugawara, Tetsuji Matsudaira, Hiroshi Sugama, Masao Nawano, Rikiya Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20090069335
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1-3, R5-7, a, X, Y, Y?, Y?, and Z are as defined in the specification. These compounds are muscarinic receptor antagonists. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes for preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds to, for example, treat pulmonary disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: YuHua Ji, Craig Husfeld, YongQi Mu, Rick Lee, Li Li
  • Publication number: 20090048227
    Abstract: Substituted piperidine compounds represented by Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions comprise an effective amount of the instant compounds, either alone, or in combination with one or more other therapeutically active compounds, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Methods of treating conditions associated with, or caused by, sodium channel activity, including, for example, acute pain, chronic pain, visceral pain, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, urinary incontinence, itchiness, allergic dermatitis, epilepsy, irritable bowel syndrome, depression, anxiety, multiple sclerosis, and bipolar disorder, comprise administering an effective amount of the present compounds, either alone, or in combination with one or more other therapeutically active compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Pasun K. Chakravarty, Pengcheng Patrick Shao, Feng Ye
  • Patent number: 7491821
    Abstract: Compounds of formula 1 are modulators of P2X3 useful for the treatment of pain and genitourinary, gastrointestinal, and respiratory disorders: wherein R1 is —C(?S)CH3, pyridyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrazinyl, thiazolyl, furyl, furylcarbonyl, acetyl, or carbamoyl; R2a and R2b are independently H, methyl, or ethyl; R3 is H or methyl; Y is a bond, —(CR4R5)n— or —CR4?CR5—; wherein R4 and R5 are each independently H or methyl and n is 1 or 2; X is N or CH; A is phenyl, 5-membered heterocyclyl, or 6-membered heterocyclyl; R6, R7 and R8 are each independently H, halo, lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkylthio, alkylthio-lower alkyl, alkylsulfonyl-lower alkyl, di(lower alkyl)amino-lower alkyl, morpholinyl-lower alkyl, 4-methyl-piperazinyl-methyl, trifluoromethyl, pyridyl, tetrazolyl, thiophenyl, phenyl, biphenyl, or benzyl (where thiophenyl, phenyl and benzyl are substituted with 0-3 lower alkyl, halo, sulfonamido, trifluoromethyl, lower alkoxy or lower alkylthio) or R6 and R7 together form a 5-membered or 6-membered carbocycl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Christine E. Brotherton-Pleiss, Michael Patrick Dillon, Shelley K. Gleason, Clara Jeou Jen Lin, Ryan Craig Schoenfeld, Marzia Villa, Yansheng Zhai
  • Patent number: RE40793
    Abstract: The present invention of compounds of formula (I) a stereochemically isomeric form thereof, an N-oxide form thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, R1 and R2 taken together form a bivalent radical of formula wherein in said bivalent radicals one or two hydrogen atoms may be substituted with C1-6alkyl; R3 is hydrogen or halo; R4 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl; R5 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl; L is C3-6cycloalkyl, C5-6cycloalkanone, C2-6alkenyl, or L is a radical of formula —Alk—R6—, Alk—X—R7, —Alk—Y—C(?O)—R9, or —Alk—Y—C (?O)—NR11R12 wherein each Alk is C1-12alkanediyl; and R6 is hydrogen, cyano, C1-6alkylsulfonylamino, C3-6cycloalkyl, C5-6cycloalkanone, or a heterocyclic ring-system; R7 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, hydroxyC1-6alkyl, C3-6cycloalkyl, or a heterocyclic ringsystem; X is O, SO2 or NR8; said R8 being hydrogen or C1-6alkyl; R9 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, C3-6cycloalkyl, C1-6alkyloxy or hydroxy; Y is NR10 or a direct bond; said R10 being hydrogen, or C1-6alkyl; R11 and R12 each independ
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V.
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Renë Marie Andrë Bosmans, Michel Anna Jozef DeCleyn, Michel Surkyn