Chalcogen Attached Directly To The Five-membered Hetero Ring By Nonionic Bonding Patents (Class 546/278.4)
  • Publication number: 20120282218
    Abstract: New chiral and achiral oxy-substituted cyclopentyl pyridinone diketocarboxamides and their derivatives and methods for their preparations are disclosed. The compounds include tautomers, regioisomers and geometric isomers. These complex carboxamides are designed as inhibitors of HIV replication through inhibition of HIV integrase. The compounds are useful in the prevention or treatment of infection by HIV and in the treatment of AIDS and ARC, either as the compounds, or as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, with pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, used alone or in combination with antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics, vaccines, and other therapeutic agents, especially other anti-HIV compounds (including other anti-HIV integrase agents), which can be used to create combination anti-HIV cocktails. Methods of treating AIDS and ARC and methods of treating or preventing infection by HIV are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc.
    Inventors: Vasu Nair, Maurice O. Okello, Abdumalik A. Nishonov, Sanjaykumar Mishra
  • Publication number: 20120277213
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ethynyl derivatives of formula I X, G, R1, R2, R3, R3?, R4, R4?, R5, R6, R6?, m, and n are as defined herein or to a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt, to a racemic mixture, or to its corresponding enantiomer and/or optical isomer and/or stereoisomer thereof. Compounds of formula I are positive allosteric modulators (PAM) of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5). They can be used for the treatment of schizophrenia or cognitive disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Georg Jaeschke, Synese Jolidon, Lothar Lindemann, Heinz Stadler, Eric Vieira
  • Patent number: 8299100
    Abstract: Compounds and related compositions and methods as can be used to inhibit neuronal nitric oxide synthase and can be employed in the treatment of various neurodegenerative diseases, such compounds of a formula
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Richard B. Silverman, Fengtian Xue
  • Publication number: 20120258513
    Abstract: Compounds and related methods for selective inhibition of neuronal nitric oxide synthase over inducible and endothelial isoforms, such compounds as can provide reduced cationic character and enhanced bioavailability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Richard B. Silverman, Haitao Ji, He Huang
  • Patent number: 8278334
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Merck, Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Jared N. Cumming, Ulrich Iserloh, Andrew Stamford, Corey Strickland, Johannes H. Voigt, 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: 20120214815
    Abstract: The present invention concerns 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: UCB Pharma, S.A.
    Inventors: Benoît KENDA, Yannick QUESNEL, Ali ATES, Philippe MICHEL, Laurent TURET, Joël MERCIER
  • Publication number: 20120209006
    Abstract: A process for (R,S)-nicotine is described. Condensation of 1-(but-1-enyl)pyrrolidin-2-one with nicotinic acid ester gave 1-(but-1-enyl)-3-nicotinoylpyrrolidin-2-one which on treatment with an acid and a base gave myosmine. Myosmine was converted to (R,S)-nicotine by reduction followed by N-methylation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: Divi's Laboratories Limited
    Inventors: Murali Krishna Prasad Divi, Gundu Rao Padakandla, Mysore Aswatha Narayana Rao, Hari Babu Katta
  • Publication number: 20120202773
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for topical administration for prevention and/or treatment of diseases associated with decrease in bone mass comprising an EP4 agonist as an active ingredient. An EP4 agonist, in which includes a compound possessing prostaglandin skeleton as a representative, possesses promoting action on bone formation, so it is useful for prevention and/or treatment of diseases associated with decrease in bone mass (bone diseases such as primary osteoporosis, secondary osteoporosis, bone metastasis of cancer, hypercalcemia, Paget's disease, bone loss and bone necrosis, postoperative osteogenesis, alternative therapy for bone grafting).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Maruyama, Kaoru Kobayashi, Tohru Kambe, Takayuki Maruyama, Hideyuki Yoshida, Akio Nishiura, Nobutaka Abe
  • Patent number: 8236798
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel carboxamide compounds and their use for the manufacture of a medicament. The carboxamide compounds are inhibitors of calpain (calcium dependant cysteine proteases). The invention therefore also relates to the use of these carboxamide compounds for treating a disorder associated with an elevated calpain activity. The carboxamide compounds are compounds of the general formula I in which R1, R2, R3a, R3b, R4, Q, Y, A and X have the meanings mentioned in the claims and the description, the tautomers thereof and the pharmaceutically suitable salts thereof. In particular, the compounds have the general formula Ia and Ib in which R1, r, R2b, R3a, R3b, R4, Y and X have the meanings mentioned in the claims, including the tautomers thereof and the pharmaceutically suitable salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignees: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG, Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Helmut Mack, Andreas Kling, Katja Jantos, Achim Moeller, Wilfried Hornberger, Charles W. Hutchins
  • Publication number: 20120196866
    Abstract: The present invention concerns 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: UCB PHARMA, S.A.
    Inventors: Benoît Kenda, Yannick Quesnel, Ali Ates, Philippe Michel, Laurent Turet, Joël Mercier
  • Publication number: 20120157433
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also provided is a method of using a compound of Formula I for treating a disease or condition mediated by a CDK inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Keith B. Pfister, Martin Sendzik
  • Publication number: 20120148514
    Abstract: Described is a class of symmetrical and asymmetrical N-alkyl lactam ethers. One preferred ether is bis-N-ethyl pyrrolidone ether. Preferred compositions and uses of the ethers are in performance chemicals, personal care, and pharmaceutical fields, where they function a variety of roles, including as a solvent, solubilizer, freezing point depressor, diluent, extracting agent, cleaning agent, degreaser, absorbent and/or dispersion agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: ISP INVESTMENTS INC.
    Inventors: Osama M. Musa, Kolazi S. Narayanan
  • Publication number: 20120142698
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds of formula I which have microbiocidal activity, in particular fungicidal activity as well as methods of using the compounds of formula (I) to control microbes: wherein A is x-C(R10R11)—C(?O)—, x-C(R12R13)—C(?S)—, x-O—C(?O)—, x-O—C(?S)—, x-N(R14)—C(?O)—, x-N(R15)—C(?S)—, x-C(R16R17)—SO2— or X—N?C(R30)—, in each case x indicates the bond that is connected to R1; T is CR18 or N; Y1, Y2, Y3, and Y4 are independently CR19 or N; Q is O or S; n is 1 or 2; p is 1 or 2, providing that when n is 2, p is 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, LLC
    Inventors: Sarah Sulzer-Mosse, Clemens Lamberth, Laura Quaranta, Mathias Stephan Respondek
  • Patent number: 8188138
    Abstract: Compounds of a certain formula I, in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 have the meanings indicated in the description, as well as salts thereof are novel effective HDAC inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Thomas Maier, Thomas Beckers, Rolf-Peter Hummel, Martin Feth, Matthias Müller, Thomas Bär
  • Publication number: 20120122885
    Abstract: Compositions comprising compounds that modulate pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) are described herein. Also described herein are methods of using the compounds that modulate PKM2 in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Francesco G. Salituro, Jeffrey O. Saunders
  • Publication number: 20120115820
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a use of a compound having an acid pump antagonistic activity, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutical composition thereof for the manufacture of a medicament for prevention or treatment of diseases in which abnormal gastrointestinal motility is involved. In addition, the present invention relates to the method of prevention or treatment including administering to a human or animal. The compound, the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or pharmaceutical compositions containing them, may be used in combination with one or more second active agent. Further, the present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising a compound having an acid pump antagonistic activity or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for the prevention or treatment of said diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Takahashi, Shinichi Koizumi
  • Patent number: 8173682
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a series of 2,3,5-substituted pyridone derivatives of formula I: wherein R, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined herein. This invention also relates to methods of making these compounds. The compounds of this invention are inhibitors of poly(adenosine 5?-diphosphate ribose) polymerase (PARP) and are therefore useful as pharmaceutical agents, especially in the treatment and/or prevention of a variety of diseases, including diseases associated with the central nervous system and cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Philip M. Weintraub, Paul R. Eastwood, Shujaath Mehdi, David W. Stefany, Kwon Yon Musick, Neil Moorcroft, Sungtaek Lim, John Z. Jiang, Hartmut Rutten, Stefan Peukert, Uwe Schwahn
  • Patent number: 8168659
    Abstract: Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the Formula as CB1 receptor inverse agonists useful for reducing body weight in mammals, treating cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia, and mitigating treatment emergent weight gain observed during treatment with antipsychotics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: David Scott Coffey, Jingdan Hu, Stacy Jo Keding, Joseph Herman Krushinski, Jr., John Mehnert Schaus, David Edward Tupper
  • Publication number: 20120101078
    Abstract: Disclosed are a series of neuropeptide Y Y5 receptor ligands, and as such are useful to treat disorders related to mood, stress, ADHD, cognition, stress and dementia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: H. Lundbrck A/S
    Inventors: Bin Chen, James Ford Burns, Dario Doller
  • Patent number: 8163793
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula (I) wherein A, R1-R6 are as defined in the description and in the claims. The compound of formula (I) can be used as a medicament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Rubén Alvarez Sánchez, David Banner, Simona M. Ceccarelli, Uwe Grether, Wolfgang Haap, Peter Hartman, Guido Hartmann, Hans Hilpert, Holger Kuehne, Harald Mauser, Jean-Marc Plancher
  • Publication number: 20120094964
    Abstract: The present invention relates to sulfamoyl benzoic acid derivatives of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of various disorders which are mediated via the TRPM8 receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Tadashi Inoue, Masashi Ohmi, Kiyoshi Kawamura, Kazuo Ando, Yuji Shishido
  • Publication number: 20120095012
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), wherein R1 is a monocyclic 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl; R4 is phenyl or monocyclic 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl; and the other substituents as defined in the claims, that inhibit cell and cell division and that inhibit the activation of Hypoxia Inducible Factor (HIF)—mediated transcription and signaling under hypoxic conditions. In one aspect, the compounds of the present invention are useful for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of a disease or disorder selected from the group consisting of an inflammatory disease, a hyperproliferative disease or disorder, a hypoxia-related pathology and a disease characterized by excessive vascularisation. Also provided is a pharmaceutical composition, comprising a compound of the invention and a second therapeutic agent or radiation, useful for the treatment or prevention of the mentioned diseases or disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Elara Pharmaceuticals GmbH
    Inventors: Jorge Alonson, Arantxa Encinas Lopez, Marcel Muelbaier, Jochen Ammenn, Bernd Wendt, Joe Lewis, Christoph Schultes, Bernd Janssen
  • Publication number: 20120088798
    Abstract: Compounds and related compositions and methods as can be used to selectively inhibit neuronal nitric oxide synthase and as can be employed in the treatment of various neurodegenerative diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: Richard B. Silverman, Fengtian Xue
  • Publication number: 20120088797
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a superior acid secretion inhibitory effect and showing an antiulcer activity and the like. The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (I) wherein R1 is a nitrogen-containing monocyclic heterocyclic group optionally condensed with a benzene ring or a heterocycle, the nitrogen-containing monocyclic heterocyclic group optionally condensed with a benzene ring or a heterocycle optionally has substituent(s), R2 is an optionally substituted C6-14 aryl group, an optionally substituted thienyl group or an optionally substituted pyridyl group, R3 and R4 are each a hydrogen atom, or one of R3 and R4 is a hydrogen atom and the other is an optionally substituted lower alkyl pup, an acyl group, a halogen atom, a cyano group or a nitro group, and R5 is an alkyl group or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Masahiro KAJINO, Atsushi HASUOKA, Haruyuki NISHIDA
  • Patent number: 8143293
    Abstract: Compounds of the present invention find utility in the treatment of mammalian cancers and especially human cancers including but not limited to malignant, melanomas, glioblastomas, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancers, breast cancers, kidney cancers, cervical carcinomas, metastasis of primary tumor sites, myeloproliferative diseases, leukemias, papillary thyroid carcinoma, non small cell lung cancer, mesothelioma, hypereosinophilic syndrome, gastrointestinal stromal tumors, colonic cancers, ocular diseases characterized by hyperproliferation leading to blindness including various retinopathies, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, mastocyclosis, mast cell leukemia, a disease caused by c-Abl kinase, oncogenic forms thereof, aberrant fusion proteins thereof and polymorphs thereof, or a disease caused by c-Kit kinase, oncogenic forms thereof, aberrant fusion proteins thereof and polymorphs thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel L. Flynn, Peter A. Petillo, Michael D. Kaufman
  • Publication number: 20120035168
    Abstract: The invention relates to compound of the formula I in which the substituents are as defined in the specification; in free form or in salt form; to its preparation, to its use as medicament and to medicaments comprising it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Trixi BRANDL, Stefanie FLOHR, Sebastian KOPEC, Julie LACHAL, Christian MARKERT, Kenji NAMOTO, Perle NGANGA, Bernard PIRARD, Martin RENATUS, Richard SEDRANI, Thomas ZOLLER
  • Publication number: 20120028954
    Abstract: Disclosed are substituted pyridine compounds as well as pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use. One embodiment is a compound having the structure wherein E, J, T, the ring system denoted by “B”, T, R3, R4, w and x are as described herein. In certain embodiments, a compound disclosed herein activates the AMPK pathway, and can be used to treat metabolism-related disorders and conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Dane Goff, Donald Payan, Rajinder Singh, Simon Shaw, David Carroll, Yasumichi Hitoshi
  • Publication number: 20120022255
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds having antiviral activities especially inhibiting activity for influenza virus, more preferably provides substituted 3-hydroxy-4-pyridone derivatives having cap-dependent endonuclease inhibitory activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Toshio Fujishita, Minako Mikamiyama, Makoto Kawai, Toshiyuki Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20120010185
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of general formula I wherein the groups and radicals B, k, L, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, R1, R2, have the meanings given in claim 1. Moreover the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one compound according to the invention. By virtue of their MCH-receptor antagonistic activity the pharmaceutical compositions according to the invention are suitable for the treatment of metabolic disorders and/or eating disorders, particularly obesity, bulimia, anorexia, hyperphagia and diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk STENKAMP, Stephan Georg MUELLER, Gerald Juergen ROTH, Joerg KLEY, Klaus RUDOLF, Armin HECKEL, Marcus SCHINDLER, Ralf LOTZ, Thorsten LEHMANN-LINTZ
  • Publication number: 20120010172
    Abstract: The present application discloses compounds of formula (I) wherein X is ?O, ?S, ?NH, ?NOH and ?NO-Me; A is —C(?O)—, —S(?O)2—, —C(?S)— and P(?O)(R5)—; B is, —O—, —(CH2)3-6—, and O—(CH2)2-5—; D is, —O—, —CR7R8— and —NR9; m is 0-12, n is 0-12, m+n is 1-20; p is 0-4; R1 is opt.sub. heteroaryl; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and prodrugs thereof. The application also discloses the compound for use as a medicament for the treatment of a disease or a condition caused by an elevated level of nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPRT), e.g. inflammatory and tissue repair disorders; dermatosis; autoimmune diseases, Alzheimers disease, stroke, athersclerosis, restenosis, diabetes, glomerulonephritis, cancer, cachexia, inflammation associated with infection and certain viral infections, including Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), adult respiratory distress syndrome, ataxia telengiectasia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: McDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP
    Inventors: Mette Knak Christensen, Fredrik Bjorkling
  • Publication number: 20120004415
    Abstract: A chiral synthesis of pyrrolidine compounds en route to selective neuronal nitric oxide synthase inhibitors, and representative inhibitor compounds heretofore unattainable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Richard B. Silverman, Fengtian Xue
  • Publication number: 20110306769
    Abstract: The present invention provides a production method of a sulfonylpyrrole compound useful as a pharmaceutical product, a production method of an intermediate used for the method, and a novel intermediate. The present invention relates to a method of producing sulfonylpyrrole compound (VIII), which includes reducing compound (III) and hydrolyzing the reduced product to give compound (IV), subjecting compound (IV) to a sulfonylation reaction to give compound (VI), and subjecting compound (VI) to an amination reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Tomomi Ikemoto, Hideya Mizufune, Toshiaki Nagata, Misayo Sera, Naohiro Fukuda, Takeshi Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20110294840
    Abstract: There is provided a hydrazide compound having a controlling effect on pests represented by the formula (1): wherein, G is a 5-membered heterocyclic group, M is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 is independently a nitrogen atom, etc., m is an integer of 0 to 5, R2 is an optionally halogenated C1-C6 alkyl group, etc., R5 and R6 are independently an optionally substituted C1-C12 chain hydrocarbon group, etc., and R4 is an optionally substituted C1-C12 chain hydrocarbon group, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Hideki Ihara, Koji Kumamoto
  • Publication number: 20110275637
    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, Viet-Anh Anne Horgan (nee Nguyen), James Horton, Iain Simpson, Charles Tyzack
  • Publication number: 20110275673
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of Formula (I). Compounds of the present invention are inhibitors of sphingosine kinase 3, and are useful in the treatment of various disorders and conditions, such as inflammatory disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Yibin Xiang, Bradford Hirth, John L. Kane, Junkai Liao, Kevin Noson, Christopher Yee
  • Patent number: 8039489
    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: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Theravance, Inc.
    Inventors: YuHua Ji, Craig Husfeld, YongQi Mu, Rick Lee, Li Li
  • Publication number: 20110224225
    Abstract: Compounds of general Formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, Ra, A, B and x are as defined herein are inhibitors of protein kinases in particular members of the cyclin-dependent kinase family and/or the glycogen synthase kinase 3 family and are useful in preventing and/or treating any type of pain, inflammatory disorders, cancer, immunological diseases, proliferative diseases, infectious diseases, cardiovascular diseases, metabolic disorders, renal diseases, neurologic and neuropsychiatric diseases and neurodegenerative diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Lutz Zeitlmann, Andre Niestroj, Ulrich Heiser
  • Patent number: 8017607
    Abstract: There are provided compounds of the formula wherein X, Y, R1, R2, R3, R3, R4, and R5 are as described herein and enantiomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof which are useful as anticancer agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: David Joseph Bartkovitz, Xin-Jie Chu, Jin-Jun Liu, Tina Morgan Ross, Zhuming Zhang
  • Patent number: 8012969
    Abstract: The invention relates to “C-labeled compounds, their preparation, compositions comprising an effective amount of a “C-labeled compound, and the use of a “C-labeled compound as a radiopharmaceutical for positron emission tomography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: GE Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Christopher John Helal, Gunnar Antoni, Bengt Langstrom, Jia Zhi Sheng, Susan Beth Sobolov-Jaynes, Timothy James McCarthy
  • Patent number: 7998985
    Abstract: Compound and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the Formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as a CB1 receptor inverse agonist, useful for reducing body weight in mammals, treating cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia, and mitigating treatment emergent weight gain observed during treatment with antipsychotics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventor: John Mehnert Schaus
  • Publication number: 20110145970
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel modulators of the cold menthol receptor TRPM8, to a method for modulating the TRPM8 receptor using said modulators; to the use of the modulators for induction of cold sensation; and to objects and means produced using said modulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Subkowski, Claus Bollschweiler, Jens Wittenberg, Michael Krohn, Holger Zinke
  • Publication number: 20110144161
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a superior acid secretion inhibitory effect and showing an antiulcer activity and the like. The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (I) wherein R1 is a nitrogen-containing monocyclic heterocyclic group optionally condensed with a benzene ring or a heterocycle, the nitrogen-containing monocyclic heterocyclic group optionally condensed with a benzene ring or a heterocycle optionally has substituent(s), R2 is an optionally substituted C6-14 aryl group, an optionally substituted thienyl group or an optionally substituted pyridyl group, R3 and R4 are each a hydrogen atom, or one of R3 and R4 is a hydrogen atom and the other is an optionally substituted lower alkyl group, an acyl group, a halogen atom, a cyano group or a nitro group, and R5 is an alkyl group or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Masahiro Kajino, Atsushi Hasuoka, Haruyuki Nishida
  • Patent number: 7943642
    Abstract: Certain novel N,N-di(heteroarylalkyl)amine derivatives have provided unexpected insecticidal and acaricidal activity. These compounds are represented by formula (I): wherein Ar Ar1, a, b, c, R, Rd, Re, Rf, Rg, Rh, R?, R3 and Rk are fully described herein. In addition, compositions comprising an insecticidally effective amount of at least one compound of formula I, and optionally, an effective amount of at least one of a second compound, with at least one insecticidally compatible carrier are also disclosed; along with methods of controlling insects comprising applying said compositions to a locus where insects are present or are expected to be present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: David M. Roush, John F. Chiarello, George Theodoridis, Hongyan Qi
  • Publication number: 20110105568
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of a compound of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 have the meanings as defined in the specification, comprising the step of reacting an acrylic acid chloride compound of formula (II?): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 have the meanings as defined in the specification, with aqueous hydroxylamine and optionally converting the resulting compound into an acid addition salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Matthias Muller, Bernd Muller, Thomas Maier
  • Patent number: 7935832
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein: R2 represents hydrogen, halogen, C1-6 alkyl, C6-10 arylmethyl-, C2-6 alkenyl, C2-6 alkynyl or C3-6 cycloalkylmethyl-; and any of said C1-6 alkyl, C6-10 arylmethyl-, C2-6 alkenyl, C2-6 alkynyl or C3-6 cycloalkylmethyl- is optionally substituted with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms; and R3 represents hydrogen, fluorine or methyl; or R2 and R3 together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached form a benzene ring optionally substituted with 1, 2 or 3 substituents, which may be the same or different, selected from the group consisting of C1-6 alkyl, C2-6 alkenyl and C2-6 alkynyl. The compounds or salts modulate P2X7 receptor function and are capable of antagonizing the effects of ATP at the P2X7 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Robert James Gleave, David George Hubert Livermore, Daryl Simon Walter
  • Publication number: 20110086854
    Abstract: There are provided compounds of the formula wherein X, Y, R1, R2, R3, R3, R4, and R5 are as described herein and enantiomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof which are useful as anticancer agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: David Joseph Bartkovitz, Xin-Jie Chu, Jin-Jun Liu, Tina Morgan Ross, Zhuming Zhang
  • Publication number: 20110053943
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds of the invention pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, which are useful for the therapeutic treatment of diseases associated with the modulation or inhibition of 11?-HSD1 in mammals. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions of the novel compounds and methods for their use in the reduction or control of the production of cortisol in a cell or the inhibition of the conversion of cortisone to cortisol in a cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: David A. Claremon, Colin M. Tice, Linghang Zhuang, Katerina Leftheris, Yuanjie Ye, Suresh B. Singh
  • Publication number: 20110039846
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an iminopyridine derivative compound having an ?1D adrenergic receptor antagonistic action, which is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of a lower urinary tract disease and the like. The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Masato Yoshida, Nobuki Sakauchi, Ayumu Sato
  • Publication number: 20110028476
    Abstract: A proton pump inhibitor containing a compound represented by the formula (I) wherein X and Y are the same or different and each is a bond or a spacer having 1 to 20 carbon atoms in the main chain, R1 is an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group, R2, R3 and R4 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group, an optionally substituted thienyl group, an optionally substituted benzo[b]thienyl group, an optionally substituted furyl group, an optionally substituted pyridyl group, an optionally substituted pyrazolyl group, an optionally substituted pyrimidinyl group, an acyl group, a halogen atom, a cyano group or a nitro group, R5 and R6 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group, which has a superior proton pump action and shows an antiulcer activity and the like after conversion to a proton pump inhibitor in the body, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Masahiro Kajino, Atsushi Hasuoka, Naoki Tarui, Terufumi Takagi
  • Publication number: 20110028520
    Abstract: CB-1 receptor inverse agonist compounds of Formula and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of obesity or cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
    Inventor: Jingdan Hu