Plural Carbocyclic Rings Containing Patents (Class 546/234)
  • Publication number: 20130004518
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein R1 is R is —C(O)—N(R27)(R28) or and the remaining variables are as defined in the specification. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I. Also disclosed are methods of treating cognitive or neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating cognitive or neurodegenerative diseases comprising the compounds of formula I in combination with a ?-secretase inhibitor other than those of formula I, an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, a gamma-secretase inhibitor, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent, an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist, a cholinesterase inhibitor or an anti-amyloid antibody.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Merck, Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Jared N. Cumming, Ulrich Iserloh, Andrew Stamford, Corey Strickland, Johannes H. Voight, Yusheng Wu, Ying Huang, Yan Xia, Samuel Chackalamannil, Tao Guo, Douglas W. Hobbs, Thuy X.H. Le, Jeffrey F. Lowrie, Kurt W. Saionz, Suresh D. Babu
  • Publication number: 20120270885
    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 is a 6 membered aromatic ring or is a 5 or 6 membered heteroaromatic ring; Z and Z? are 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: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION LLC
    Inventors: Peter Maienfisch, Louis-Pierre Molleyres, Jérôme Cassayre, Fredrik Cederbaum, Camilla Corsi, Thomas Pitterna
  • Patent number: 8268833
    Abstract: This invention comprises the novel compounds of formula (I) wherein n, t, R1, R2, R3, R4, L, Q, X, Y, Z and have defined meanings, having histone deacetylase inhibiting enzymatic activity; their preparation, compositions containing them and their use as a medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V.
    Inventors: Patrick René Angibaud, Isabelle Noëlle Constance Pilatte, Sven Franciscus Anna Van Brandt, Bruno Roux, Peter Ten Holte, Marc Gustaaf Celine Verdonck, Lieven Meerpoel, Alexey Borisovich Dyatkin
  • Publication number: 20120232109
    Abstract: [Problem] There is provided a compound useful as a preventive or remedy for cardiovascular disease, neurologic disease, metabolic disease, reproductive disease, and digestive disease. [Means for Resolution] A compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof represented by the following Formula (I) wherein Z represents wherein n1, n2, and n3 are 0, 1, or 2, respectively; R1 represents C1-6 alkyl, C3-8 cycloalkyl, or the like; R2 represents aryl or heteroaryl; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, C1-6 alkyl, or the like; and M1, M2, M3, and M4 independently represent a hydrogen atom, C1-6 alkyl, or the like, or M1, together with M2, M3, or M4, forms —CH2— or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nagase, Takahide Sasaki, Toshiyuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8258304
    Abstract: N-aryl piperidine substituted biphenylcarboxamides compounds of formula (I) methods for preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds as well as the use of said compounds as a medicine for the treatment of hyperlipidemia, obesity and type II diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Lieven Meerpoel, Leo Jacobus Jozef Backx, Peter Walter Maria Roevens
  • Publication number: 20120184737
    Abstract: The invention is directed to compounds and methods of synthesizing hydroxyethlamino amides and their use in treatment of aspartyl protease mediated diseases and conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Steve J. Coats, Dennis J. Hlasta, Mark J. Schulz
  • Publication number: 20120157425
    Abstract: The invention relates to new piperidine derivatives of the formula I to their use as medicaments, to methods for their therapeutic use and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Gerald Juergen ROTH, Martin FLECK, Thorsten LEHMANN-LINTZ, Heike NEUBAUER, Bernd NOSSE
  • Patent number: 8188280
    Abstract: [Problem] There is provided a compound useful as a preventive or remedy for cardiovascular disease, neurologic disease, metabolic disease, reproductive disease, and digestive disease. [Means for Resolution] A compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof represented by the following Formula (I) wherein Z represents wherein n1, n2, and n3 are 0, 1, or 2, respectively; R1 represents C1-6 alkyl, C3-8 cycloalkyl, or the like; R2 represents aryl or heteroaryl; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, C1-6 alkyl, or the like; and M1, M2, M3, and M4 independently represent a hydrogen atom, C1-6 alkyl, or the like, or M1, together with M2, M3, or M4, forms —CH2— or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: MSD K.K.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nagase, Takahide Sasaki, Toshiyuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8183239
    Abstract: The invention provides novel non-peptidic NPY Y2 receptor inhibitors useful in treating or preventing: anxiolytic disorders or depression; injured mammalian nerve tissue; conditions responsive to treatment through administration of a neurotrophic factor; neurological disorders; bone loss; substance related disorders; sleep/wake disorders; cardiovascular disease; obesity; or an obesity-related disorder. Compounds of the invention are also useful in modulating endocrine functions, particularly endocrine functions controlled by the pituitary and hypothalamic glands, and are therefore useful in the treatment or prevention of inovulation and infertility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Pascal Bonaventure, Nicholas I. Carruthers, Wenying Chai, Curt A. Dvorak, Jill A. Jablonowski, Dale A. Rudolph, Mark Seierstad, Chandravadan R. Shah, Devin M. Swanson, Victoria D. Wong
  • Publication number: 20120094989
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds having 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor modulating activity, in particular compounds having an acidic moiety held distant from the 5-HT pharmacophore by a rigid linker group, to compositions containing such compounds and methods of treatment using them. Such compounds have an increased affinity for the 5-HT receptor and a reduced hERG effect. Certain compounds of the invention further exhibit an angiotensin II receptor modulating activity. Claimed are compounds of formula (I): HT-L-A. HT is a 5-HT receptor modulating moiety containing a basic nitrogen atom; A is an acid moiety; L is a linker moiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: SERODUS AS
    Inventors: Jo Klaveness, Bjame Brudeli, Finn Olav Levy, Lise Roman Moltzau, Trygve Gulbrandsen
  • Patent number: 8158825
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of modified malonate derivatives. The modified malonate compounds can be used to treat cancer. The modified malonate compounds can also inhibit histone deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing terminal differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. The compounds of the invention may also be useful in the prevention and treatment of TRX-mediated diseases, such as autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases, and in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), such as neurodegenerative diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Jonathan Grimm, Paul Harrington, Richard Heidebrecht, Jr., Thomas Miller, Karin Otte, Phieng Siliphaivanh, David Sloman, Matthew Stanton, Kevin Wilson, David Witter, Solomon Kattar, Paul Tempest
  • Patent number: 8148406
    Abstract: Polymorphs of N,N-diethyl-4-(3-fluorophenyl-piperidin-4-ylidene-methyl)-benzamide hydrochloride salt, methods of making these polymorphs and uses thereof are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Simon Nicholas Black, Steve Cook, Louis Joseph Diorazio, James Hulsizer, Gary Moore, Kathryn Quigley
  • Publication number: 20120071660
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a resolution process of (±)-methyl phenyl[4-[4-[[[4?-(trifluoromethyl)-2-biphenylyl]carbonyl]amino]phenyl]-1-piperidinyl]acetate to isolate the MTP (microsomal triglyceride transfer protein) inhibitor methyl (2S)-phenyl[4-[4-[[[4?-(trifluoromethyl)-2-biphenylyl]carbonyl]amino]phenyl]-1-piperidinyl]acetate and an epimerisation procedure for racemizing methyl (2R)-phenyl[4-[4-[[[4?-(trifluoromethyl)-2-biphenylyl]carbonyl]amino]phenyl]-1-piperidinyl]acetate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Alex Herman Copmans, Jérôme Albert Joseph Hoet, Albert Louis Anna Willemsems, Wouter Louis J. Couck, Joaanes Petrus Van Dun
  • Publication number: 20120065404
    Abstract: Described herein is an improved, commercially viable and industrially advantageous process for the preparation of Repaglinide intermediate, ethyl (S)-2-ethoxy-4-[N-(1-(2-piperidino-phenyl)-3-methyl-1-butyl)-aminocarbonylmethyl]-benzoate. The process provides the Repaglinide intermediate in higher yield and purity compared to the previously disclosed processes, thereby providing for production of Repaglinide and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts in high purity and in high yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: ACTAVIS GROUP PTC HF
    Inventors: Venkata Sasidhar Balla, Madhubabu Alapharthi, Nitin Sharadchandra Pradhan, Jon Valgeirsson
  • Publication number: 20120046272
    Abstract: The present invention describes a series of therapeutically active compounds of formula I, X—Y—Z??(I) that are useful for treating a disorder in a mammal. In the formula I, X and Z, which may be same or different, are independently selected from substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkylalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted arylalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroarylalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group or substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclylalkyl; and Y is a linker selected from —O—, —S—, —NH—, —(CH2)n—, —CO—, —CONRa—, —NRaCO—, —NRaCOO—, —COO—, —CONRaCO—, —CONRaCOO— and —COOCOO—.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: GRUNENTHAL GMBH
    Inventor: Ramesh SESHA
  • Publication number: 20120035214
    Abstract: The present invention relates to biaryl piperidine-based renin inhibitor compounds, and their use in treating cardiovascular events and renal insufficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicants: Merck Canada Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Daniel J. McKay, Melissa Arbour, Renee Aspiotis, Austin Chen, Pierre-Andre Fournier, Michel Gallant, Yongxin Han, Helene Juteau, Patrick Lacombe, Sebastien Laliberte, Sophie Lauzon, Carmela Molinaro, Paul O'Shea, Yeeman Ramtohul, Daniel Simard, Dwight MacDonald, Bruce Mackay, Christophe Mellon, Krista Morley, Chit Tsui, Sarah Jennifer Dolman, Greg Hughes, Jacob Janey
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8101769
    Abstract: Described herein is an improved, commercially viable and industrially advantageous process for the preparation of Repaglinide intermediate, ethyl (S)-2-ethoxy-4-[N-(1-(2-piperidino-phenyl)-3-methyl-1-butyl)-aminocarbonylmethyl]-benzoate. The process provides the Repaglinide intermediate in higher yield and purity compared to the previously disclosed processes, thereby providing for production of Repaglinide and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts in high purity and in high yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Actavis Group PTC EHF
    Inventors: Venkata Sasidhar Balla, Madhubabu Alapharthi, Nitin Sharadchandra Pradhan, Jon Valgeirsson
  • Patent number: 8084450
    Abstract: 3,4-substituted piperidine compounds, these compounds for use in the diagnostic and therapeutic treatment of a warm-blooded animal, especially for the treatment of a disease (=disorder) that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class for the preparation of a pharmaceutical formulation for the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class in the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; pharmaceutical formulations comprising a 3,4-substituted piperidine compound, and/or a method of treatment comprising administering a 3,4-substituted piperidine compound, a method for the manufacture of a 3,4-substituted piperidine compound, and novel intermediates and partial steps for their synthesis are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Werner Breitenstein, Takeru Ehara, Claus Ehrhardt, Philipp Grosche, Yuko Hitomi, Yuki Iwaki, Takanori Kanazawa, Kazuhide Konishi, Juergen Klaus Maibaum, Keiichi Masuya, Atsuko Nihonyanagi, Nils Ostermann, Masaki Suzuki, Atsushi Toyao, Fumiaki Yokokawa
  • Patent number: 8080541
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a compound of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X and n are as defined herein or to a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt, to a racemic mixture, or to its corresponding enantiomers and/or optical isomers for the treatment of psychoses, pain, dysfunction in memory and learning, attention deficit, schizophrenia, dementia disorders or Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Sabine Kolczewski, Emmanuel Pinard
  • Publication number: 20110301196
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds that are effective as inhibitors of human plasmin and plasma kallikrein, and that are useful for the prevention of blood loss and as components of fibrin adhesives. The invention further provides methods of making and using the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: The Medicines Company (Leipzig) GmbH
    Inventors: Peter HEROLD, Mohammed DAGHISH, Stjepan JELAKOVIC, Friedrich-Alexander LUDWIG, Claudia REICHELT, Alexander SCHULZE, Andrea SCHWEINITZ
  • Publication number: 20110294775
    Abstract: Novel compounds which are useful for treating acute pain, visceral pain, neuropathic pain, inflammatory/pain receptor-mediated pain, tumour pain and headache diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Hauel, Angelo Ceci, Henri Doods, Iris Kauffmann-Hefner, Ingo Konetzki, Annette Schuler-Metz, Rainer Walter
  • Publication number: 20110275670
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new compounds of formula (I), to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to the use of these compounds as leptin receptor modulator mimetics in the preparation of medicaments against conditions associated with weight gain, type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemias.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Emma Chapman, Michael Higginbottom, Anne Viet-Anh Horgan (nee Nguyen), Iain Simpson
  • Publication number: 20110275648
    Abstract: Flurbiprofen analog compounds having an amino acid derivatized at the flurbiprofen alkanoic acid carboxyl group and terminating at an ester or amide group are effective in inhibiting cancer cells in vitro and inhibiting the growth of cancers in viva. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are particularly useful for the treatment of lung, pancreatic and head and neck cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
    Inventors: Lajos GERA, Daniel C. CHAN, Robert S. HODGES, Paul A. BUNN
  • 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: 20110269747
    Abstract: Polyarylcarboxamide compounds of formula (I) are useful as lipid lowering agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Lieven Meerpoel, Peter Walter Maria Roevens, Leo Jacobus Jozef Backx, Louis Jozef Elisabeth Van der Veken, Marcel Viellevoye
  • Publication number: 20110263556
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of formula I, their use as inhibitors of the microsomal prostaglandin E2 synthase-1 (mPGES-1), pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use as medicaments for the treatment and/or prevention of inflammatory diseases and associated conditions such as inflammatory/nociceptive pain. A, M, R1, R2, R7, Ra, Rb, Q3, Q4, Q6, Z2, Z4, Z5, Z6 and W have meanings given in the description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Henning PRIEPKE, Henri DOODS, Raimund KUELZER, Roland PFAU, Dirk STENKAMP, Robert ROENN, Benjamin PELCMAN
  • Publication number: 20110263604
    Abstract: The invention relates to phenylcyclopropylamine acetamide derivatives and their use in treating diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: Oryzon Genomics, S.A.
    Inventors: Nathalie Guibourt, Alberto Ortega Munoz, Julio Castro-Palomino Laria
  • Publication number: 20110263515
    Abstract: Multi-ligand capture agents comprising two or more ligands are described, and related compositions, methods and systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Heather Agnew, Rosemary Rohde, Steven Millward, Arundhati Nag, James R. Heath
  • Publication number: 20110245250
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and pharmacologically acceptable salts and pro-drugs thereof wherein: Ar1 and Ar2 are aryl or heteroaryl; a is 0 to 5; R1 is alkyl, halogen, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, carboxyl, hydroxyl, amino, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, nitro, acylamino, alkoxycarbonylamino, alkylsulphonyl, alkylsulphonylamino or cyano and, where a is greater than 1, each substituent R1 may be the same or different; b is 0 to 5; R2 is alkyl, halogen, haloalkyl, haloalkoxy, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, carboxyl, hydroxyl, amino, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, nitro, acylamino, alkoxycarbonylamino, alkylsulphonyl, alkylsulphonylamino or cyano and where b is greater than 1, each substituent R2 may be the same or different; V is selected from the group consisting of (CR3aR3b)pCON(R3b)X and (CR3aR3b)pN(R3b)CO(X), wherein said groups are in the 3- (meta) or 4- (para) position with respect to the substituent Z; W is selected from the group consisting of NR4a, O, S, S?O, SO2 and C(R4aR4b)2; X is hydroge
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Ramot at tel-Aviv University Ltd.
    Inventors: Simon David Edwards, Meriel Ruth Kimberley, Richard Edward Armer, Nawaz Mohammed Khan
  • Patent number: 8008305
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula wherein R1, R2, X, L, W, n, and o are defined herein and to pharmaceutically suitable acid addition salts thereof, with the exception of the following compounds 6-(4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-N-phenethyl-nicotinamide (CAS 199478-31-4), N-(3,4-dichloro-benzyl)-3-fluoro-benzamide (CAS 424815-98-5), N-(4-chloro-benzyl)-3-fluoro-benzamide (CAS 544661-83-8), N-(3-chloro-benzyl)-3-fluoro-benzamide (CAS 796051-07-5), and N-phenethyl-6-phenylamino-nicotinamide (CAS 571913-74-1). The compounds of formula I have a good affinity to the trace amine associated receptors (TAARs), especially for TAAR1 and are useful for the treatment of CNS disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Guido Galley, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Roger Norcross, Henri Stalder
  • Publication number: 20110195977
    Abstract: Acrylamido derivatives useful as therapeutic agents, particularly for the prevention and/or treatment of diseases and conditions associated with the activity of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (MPTP), such as the diseases characterized by ischemia/reperfusion, oxidative or degenerative tissue damage, are herein described. These compounds belong to the structural formula (I) wherein R, R?, R?, W and a are as defined in the specification. The invention also relates to the preparation of these compounds, as well as to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Daniele Fancelli, Varasi Mario, Simon Plyte, Marco Ballarini, Anna Cappa, Giacomo Carenzi, Saverio Minucci, Gilles Pain, Manuela Villa
  • Publication number: 20110190267
    Abstract: The present invention concerns prodrugs of opioid analgesics and pharmaceutical compositions containing such prodrugs. Methods for providing more consistent pain relief by increasing the bioavailability of the opioid analgesic with the aforementioned prodrugs are provided. The invention also provides for decreasing the adverse GI side effects of opioid analgesics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: Shire Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Franklin, Karl Swift, Bernard T. Golding, Robert G. Tyson
  • Publication number: 20110152245
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula wherein R, R1, R2, X, and Y are as defined herein and to a pharmaceutically suitable acid addition salt thereof. Compounds of formula I have a good affinity to the trace amine associated receptors (TAARs), especially for TAAR1. The compounds can be used for the treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), stress-related disorders, psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease, neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, migraine, hypertension, substance abuse and metabolic disorders such as eating disorders, diabetes, diabetic complications, obesity, dyslipidemia, disorders of energy consumption and assimilation, disorders and malfunction of body temperature homeostasis, disorders of sleep and circadian rhythm, and cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Roger Norcross, Philippe Pflieger
  • Publication number: 20110144108
    Abstract: Novel 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: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Adolor Corporation
    Inventors: Roland E. Dolle, Bertrand Le Bourdonnec
  • Patent number: 7951821
    Abstract: This invention discloses and claims a compound of general formula (I) in which R1 represents either a hydrogen atom, or an optionally substituted alkyl group, or a cycloalkylalkyl group, or an optionally substituted phenylalkyl group, or an alkenyl group, X represents a hydrogen atom or one or more substituents chosen from halogen atoms and trifluoromethyl, alkyl and alkoxy groups, R2 represents one or more substituents chosen from halogen atoms, optionally substituted alkoxy and optionally substituted amino. The compounds of this invention exhibit therapeutic utility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: sanofi-aventis
    Inventors: Gihad Dargazanli, Genevieve Estenne-Bouhtou, Benoit Marabout, Pierre Roger, Mireille Sevrin
  • Patent number: 7947714
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Merck, Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: David Hallett, Craig W. Lindsley, Elizabeth M. Naylor, Zhijian Zhao, Cory R. Theberge, Scott E. Wolkenberg, M. Brad Nolt
  • Publication number: 20110082173
    Abstract: Compounds of formula: (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R7 are as defined in the specification, as well as salts, enantiomers thereof and pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds are prepared. They are useful in therapy, in particular in the management of pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: William Brown, Andrew Griffin, Shujuan Jin
  • Patent number: 7915421
    Abstract: Method for preparing (S)(+)phenyl acetic acid derivatives having the general formula (I): wherein R1 is a linear or branched alkyl group with 1-6 carbon atoms or substituted benzyl group, and R2 is methyl, ethyl or propyl group said method, characterised in that a compound of the general formula (II): wherein R1 is as given above, and R3 is a nucleofuge, or a suitable salt of a compound of the general formula (II) is reacted with a compound having the general formula (III): wherein R2 is as given above, and R4 is hydrogen or a nucleofuge that can be removed hydrolytically, and the protective group R4 that may be present, may be subsequently removed hydrolytically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Cilag Ltd.
    Inventors: Rainer Heck, Michael Justus, Roland Müller, Thomas Otten, Martin Rettig
  • Publication number: 20110053904
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a compound of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X and n are as defined herein or to a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt, to a racemic mixture, or to its corresponding enantiomers and/or optical isomers for the treatment of psychoses, pain, dysfunction in memory and learning, attention deficit, schizophrenia, dementia disorders or Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Sabine Kolczewski, Emmanuel Pinard
  • Publication number: 20110034417
    Abstract: Novel 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: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: Adolor Corporation
    Inventors: Bertrand Le Bourdonnec, Roland E. Dolle
  • 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
  • Patent number: 7872028
    Abstract: Described are diaminopropanols of which are orally active and bind to renin to inhibit its activity. They are useful in the treatment or amelioration of diseases associated with elevated. levels of renin activity or in the treatment of aspartic protease mediated disorders. Also described is a method for the use of the diaminopropanols in ameliorating or treating renin related disorders in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    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, Patrick T. Flaherty
  • Patent number: 7872022
    Abstract: The present invention relates to trans-derivatives of formula wherein R1, R2, R3, and the dotted line are as defined herein and to pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof. The compounds of formula I are good inhibitors of the serotonin transporter (SERT inhibitors) and simultaneously, they have good activity on the NK-1 receptor (dual effect). By virtue of their efficacy as SERT inhibitors, the compounds in the present invention are particularly useful for the treatment of CNS disorders and psychotic disorders, in particular in the treatment or prevention of depressive states and/or in the treatment of anxiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Christophe Grundschober, Patrick Schnider
  • Publication number: 20110009452
    Abstract: The application describes modulators of MIP-1? or CCR-1 of the formula (I) or stereoisomers or prodrugs or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein ring A, T, V, R1, R2 and R5, are 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 transplant rejection using modulators of formula (I) are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Percy H. Carter, Lyndon A.M. Cornelius
  • Patent number: 7863298
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to 1?,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 mimics which modulate the vitamin D receptor (VDR). The invention is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment, prevention or amelioration of one or more symptoms of disease or disorder related to the activity of the vitamin D receptor using an effective amount of a compound of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Exelixis, Inc.
    Inventors: Brenton T. Flatt, Richard Martin, Raju Mohan, Brett Murphy
  • Publication number: 20100331329
    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 condions mediated by histone deacetylase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Elaine Sophie Elizabeth Stokes, Craig Anthony Roberts, Michael James Waring
  • Publication number: 20100331360
    Abstract: [Problem] There is provided a compound useful as a preventive or remedy for cardiovascular disease, neurologic disease, metabolic disease, reproductive disease, and digestive disease. [Means for Resolution] A compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof represented by the following Formula (I) wherein Z represents wherein n1, n2, and n3 are 0, 1, or 2, respectively; R1 represents C1-6 alkyl, C3-8 cycloalkyl, or the like; R2 represents aryl or heteroaryl; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, C1-6 alkyl, or the like; and M1, M2, M3, and M4 independently represent a hydrogen atom, C1-6 alkyl, or the like, or M1, together with M2, M3, or M4, forms —CH2— or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nagase, Takahide Sasaki, Toshiyuki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20100317678
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), and salts, N-oxides, hydrates and solvates thereof are histone deacetylase inhibitors and are useful in the treatment of cell proliferative diseases, including cancers: wherein Q, V and W independently represent —N? or —C?; B is a divalent radical selected from (B1), (B2), (B3), (B4), (B5) and (B6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: CHROMA THERAPEUTICS LTD.
    Inventors: David Festus Charles Moffat, Francesca Ann Day, Sanjay Ratilal Patel, Andrew James Belfield, Alistair David Graham Donald, Alan Hornsby Davidson, Alan Hastings Drummond
  • Publication number: 20100305157
    Abstract: Products of a general formula (I) and their use in the manufacture of medicines useful for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease or, in general, any disease or pathology produced by alterations of biological functions that can be treated or therapeutically modified by these products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicants: UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID, CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
    Inventors: Santiago Conde Ruzafa, Maria Isabel Rodriguez Franco, Mariana Paula Arce Garcia, Gema Cristina Gonzalez Muñoz, Mercedes Villarroya Sánchez, Manuela García López, Antonio Garcia Garcia