1,3,4-oxadiazoles (including Hydrogenated) Patents (Class 548/143)
  • Patent number: 7956060
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antitumor agent and the like, which comprises as an active ingredient, a pyrimidine derivative represented by Formula (I): [wherein —X—Y—Z— represents —O—CR3?N— (wherein R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group and the like) and the like, R1 represents —NR10R11 (wherein R10 and R11 may be the same or different, and each represents a hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl and the like) and the like, R2 represents —NR13R14 (wherein R13 and R14 may be the same or different, and each represents a hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl and the like)] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Arai, Tsutomu Matsumura, Syoichi Isami, Hiroshi Ishida, Koji Hagihara, Hiroshi Umehara, Yoshinori Yamashita, Nana Oiwa, Yukimasa Shiotsu, Tomoki Naoe, Hitoshi Kiyoi
  • Publication number: 20110124622
    Abstract: The invention relates to isoindolones of formula, (I) with anti-cancer and/or anti-inflammatory activity and more specifically with MEK kinase inhibitory activity. The invention provides compositions and methods useful for inhibiting abnormal cell growth, treating a hyperproliferative disorder, or treating an inflammatory disease in a mammal. The invention also relates to methods of using the compounds for in vitro, in situ, and in vivo diagnosis or treatment of mammalian cells, or associated pathological conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Emanuela Gancia, Robert Andrew Heald, Philip Jackson, Stephen Price
  • Patent number: 7943645
    Abstract: This invention relates to N-aroyl cyclic amine derivatives and their use as pharmaceuticals, specifically as orexin receptor antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Limited
    Inventors: Wai Ngor Chan, Amanda Johns, Christopher Norbert Johnson, Riccardo Novelli, Roderick Alan Porter
  • Publication number: 20110105460
    Abstract: [Problem] A compound, which can be used for preventing or treating diseases, in which 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11?-HSD1) is concerned, in particular, diabetes, insulin resistance, dementia, schizophrenia and depression, is provided. [Means for Solution] It was found that a triazole derivative, in which one of the 3- and 5-positions of the triazole ring has (di)alkylmethyl or cycloalkyl, each of which is substituted with —O— (aryl or a heterocyclic group, each of which may be substituted, or lower alkylene-cycloalkyl), and the other thereof has aryl, a heterocyclic group or cycloalkyl, each of which may be substituted, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof exhibits potent 11?-HSD1 inhibitory action. From the above, the triazole derivative of the present invention can be used for preventing or treating diabetes, insulin resistance, dementia, schizophrenia and depression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Seiji Yoshimura, Noriyuki Kawano, Tomoaki Kawano, Daisuke Sasuga, Takanori Koike, Hideyuki Watanabe, Hiroki Fukudome, Nobuyuki Shiraishi, Ryosuke Munakata, Hiroaki Hoshii, Kayoko Mihara
  • Publication number: 20110101312
    Abstract: This invention relates to deuterated indolocarbazole compounds that are useful in electronic applications. It also relates to electronic devices in which the active layer includes such a deuterated compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Daniel David LeCloux, Kalindi Dogra, Weishi Wu, Adam Fenninmore, Eric Maurice Smith
  • Patent number: 7928140
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a new class of compounds capable of modulating the activity of PI3 kinase and, accordingly, useful for treatment of PI3 kinase mediated diseases, including melanomas, carcinomas and other cancer-related conditions. The compounds have a general Formula I wherein each of A1, A2, A3, A4, X, R1 and R2 are defined herein. The invention further comprises pharmaceutical compositions, methods for treatment of PI3 kinase mediated diseases, and intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Shon Booker, Noel D'Angelo, Derin C. D'Amico, Tae-Seong Kim, Longbin Liu, Kristin Meagher, Mark H. Norman, Kathleen Panter, Laurie B. Schenkel, Adrian L. Smith, Nuria A. Tamayo, Douglas A. Whittington, Ning Xi, Kevin Yang
  • Publication number: 20110076291
    Abstract: Benzoxepin compounds of Formula I, and including stereoisomers, geometric isomers, tautomers, solvates, metabolites and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein: Z1 is CR1 or N; Z2 is CR2 or N; Z3 is CR3 or N; Z4 is CR4 or N; and where (i) X1 is N and X2 is S, (ii) X1 is S and X2 is N, (iii) X1 is CR7 and X2 is S, (iv) X1 is S and X2 is CR7; (v) X1 is NR8 and X2 is N, (vi) X1 is N and X2 is NR8, (vii) X1 is CR7 and X2 is O, (viii) X1 is O and X2 is CR7, (ix) X1 is CR7 and X2 is C(R7)2, (x) X1 is C(R7)2 and X2 is CR7; (xi) X1 is N and X2 is O, or (xii) X1 is O and X2 is N, are useful for inhibiting lipid kinases including p110 alpha and other isoforms of PI3K, and for treating disorders such as cancer mediated by lipid kinases. Methods of using compounds of Formula I for in vitro, in situ, and in vivo diagnosis, prevention or treatment of such disorders in mammalian cells, or associated pathological conditions, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Nicole Blaquiere, Steven Do, Danette Dudley, Adrian Folkes, Richard Goldsmith, Robert Heald, Timothy Heffron, Aleksandr Kolesnikov, Chudi Ndubaku, Alan G. Olivero, Stephen Price, Steven Staben, BinQing Wei
  • Publication number: 20110077409
    Abstract: Cyano-substituted sulfilimines are produced efficiently and in high yield from the corresponding sulfides by reaction with cyanamide and hypochlorite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: David E. Podhorez, Ronald Ross, JR., James R. McConnell
  • Publication number: 20110077251
    Abstract: The invention relates to 17? lupane derivatives of formula (I): wherein R1 and X are as defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof. These compounds exhibit significant anti-HIV activity. Thus, the invention also relates to methods for prevention or treatment of HIV infection by administering therapeutically effective amounts of a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof to a subject in need of such treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Christophe Moinet, Bingcan Liu, Liliane Halab, Nathalie Turcotte, Real Denis, Carl Poisson, Paul Nguyen-Ba, Monica Bubenik, Laval Chan Chun Kong
  • Patent number: 7915298
    Abstract: This invention provides novel salt and crystalline forms thereof of (?)4-(4-fluorophenyl)-7-[({5-[1-hydroxy-1-(trifluoromethyl)propyl]-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl}amino)-methyl]-2H-chromen-2-one. The compounds are 5-LO inhibitors and are useful for treatment of conditions such as asthma, allergic rhinitis, COPD, and atherosclerosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Francis Gosselin, Vicky Vydra
  • Patent number: 7915402
    Abstract: This invention provides, but is not limited to, novel oleanolic acid derivatives having the formula: wherein the variables are defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits and articles of manufacture comprising such compounds, methods and intermediates useful for making the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Anderson, Xin Jiang, Xiaofeng Liu, Melean Visnick
  • Publication number: 20110071196
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are disclosed. Compounds according to the invention bind to and are agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists of the CB2 receptor, and are useful for treating inflammation. Those compounds which are agonists are additionally useful for treating pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Alessandra BARTOLOZZI, Doris RIETHER, Renee M. ZINDELL, Patricia AMOUZEGH, Nigel James BLUMIRE, Monika ERMANN, Innocent MUSHI, Robert John SCOTT
  • Patent number: 7906546
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, X1, X2, X3, X4, n, and k are defined in the description and claims, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or pharmaceutically acceptable esters thereof. The compounds are useful for in the treatment and prophylaxis of diseases which are modulated by LXR? and/or LXR? agonists, including increased lipid and cholesterol levels, particularly low HDL-cholesterol, high LDL-cholesterol, atherosclerotic diseases, diabetes, particularly non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, Alzheimer's disease, sepsis, inflammatory diseases such as colitis, pancreatitis, cholestasis/fibrosis of the liver, and diseases that have an inflammatory component such as Alzheimer's disease or impaired/improvable cognitive function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Henrietta Dehmlow, Bernd Kuhn, Raffaello Masciadri, Narendra Panday, Hasane Ratni, Matthew Blake Wright
  • 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: 20110053936
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to new inhibitors of the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase having the general formula (I), processes for preparation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Paul Robert Eastwood, Jacob Gonzalez Rodriguez, Bernat Vidal Juan, Nuria Aguilar Izquierdo
  • Publication number: 20110039874
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds and compositions that inhibit the action of monoacylglycerol lipase (MGL) and fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), methods of inhibiting MGL and FAAH, methods of modulating cannabinoid receptors, and methods of treating various disorders related to the modulation of cannabinoid receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: Northeastern University
    Inventors: Alexandros Makriyannis, Spyridon P. Nikas, Shakiru O. Alapafuja, Vidyanand G. Shukla
  • Publication number: 20110028447
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of a condition mediated by CB1 receptor activity in a mammalian subject including a human, which comprises administering to a mammal in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of the compound of formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in this specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Ingrid Price Buchler, Michael Joseph Hayes, Shridhar Gajanan Hegde, Susan Landis Hockerman, Darin Eugene Jones, Steven Wade Kortum, Joseph Gerace Rico, Ruth Elizabeth TenBrink, Kun Ken Wu
  • Patent number: 7879850
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the following structure; A-Q-B—C-D that are useful for treating conditions or disorders associated with DGAT1 activity in animals, particularly humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Young-Shin Kwak, Gary Mark Coppola
  • Publication number: 20100331335
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides inhibitors of c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNK) having a structure according to the following formula: or a salt or solvate thereof, wherein ring A, Ca, Cb, Z, R5, W and Cy are defined herein. The disclosure further provides pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds of the present disclosure and methods of making and using the compounds and compositions of the present disclosure, e.g., in the treatment and prevention of various disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Hing L. Sham, Roy K. Hom, Andrei W. Konradi, Gary D. Probst, Simeon Bowers, Anh Truong, R. Jeffrey Neitz, Jennifer Sealy, Gergely Toth
  • Patent number: 7855220
    Abstract: Bicyclic derivatives useful as ion channel antagonists are disclosed herein. The compositions thereof are useful for treating or relieving pain-related conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Neubert, Nicole Zimmermann, Esther Martinborough, Aarti Kawatkar, Andreas Termin
  • Patent number: 7847100
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to 1,3,5-phenyl substituted derivative compounds which are inhibitors of the beta-secretase enzyme and that are useful in the treatment of diseases in which the beta-secretase enzyme is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the treatment of such diseases in which the beta-secretase enzyme is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Merck, Sharp & Dohme, Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Barrow, Georgia B. McGaughey, Philippe G. Nantermet, Hemaka A. Rajapakse, Harold G. Selnick, Shaun R. Stauffer, Craig A. Coburn
  • Patent number: 7846956
    Abstract: The present invention provides a malononitrile compound represented by the formula (I): wherein any one of X1, X2, X3 and X4 is CR100, wherein R100 is a group represented by the formula: the other three of X1, X2, X3 and X4 each represent nitrogen or CR5, provided that 1 to 3 of X1, X2, X3 and X4 represent nitrogen, and Z represents oxygen, sulfur or NR6, which has pest-controlling activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiromasa Mitsudera, Ken Otaka, Jun Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20100305100
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using such compounds or compositions for treating infection by a virus, or for affecting viral IRES activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Gary Mitchell Karp, Peter Seongwoo Hwang, James J. Takasugi, Hongyu Ren, Richard Gerald Wilde, Anthony Turpoff, Alexander Arefolov, Guangming Chen, Jeffrey Allen Campbell, Chunshi Li, Steven Paget, Nanjing Zhang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Jin Zhu
  • Publication number: 20100292274
    Abstract: A new class of haloalkyl heteroaryl benzamides is described. These compounds show strong activity against hepatitis viruses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Rossignol, J. Edward Semple
  • Publication number: 20100292187
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using such compounds or compositions for treating infection by a virus, or for affecting viral IRES activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Gary M. Karp, Peter Seongwoo Hwang, James J. Takasugi, Hongyu Ren, Richard Gerald Wilde, Anthony A. Turpoff, Alexander Arefolov, Guangming Chen, Jeffrey A. Campbell, Chunshi Li, Steven Paget, Nanjing Zhang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Jin Zhu
  • Publication number: 20100286211
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain substituted phenyl oxazolidinones and to processes for the synthesis of the same. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of the present invention as antimicrobials. The compounds are useful antimicrobial agents, effective against a number of human and veterinary pathogens, including gram-positive aerobic bacteria, for example, multiple-resistant staphylococci, streptococci and enterococci as well as anaerobic organisms, for example, Bacterioides spp. and Clostridia spp. species, and acid fast organisms, for example, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium spp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Biswajit Das, Shahadal Ahmed, Ajay Singh Yadav, Soma Ghosh, Arti Gujrati, Pankaj Sharma, Ashok Rattan
  • Publication number: 20100280000
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of formula I in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, A, X, Y are as described in the specification, their use in pharmaceutical compositions and in methods of treatment or prophylaxis of a melanin-concentrating hormone related disease or condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Lars Anders Mikael JOHANSSON, Robert Andrew Judkins, Lanna Li, Bjorn Christian Ingvar Lofberg, Joachim Persson
  • Patent number: 7820663
    Abstract: The present invention is related substituted enaminones represented by a compound of Formula I that are novel allosteric modulators of ?7 nAChRs. The invention also discloses the treatment of disorders that are responsive to enhancement of acetylcholine action on ?7 nAChRs in a mammal by administering an effective amount of a compound of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Derk J. Hogenkamp, Timothy B. C. Johnstone, Kelvin W. Gee
  • Publication number: 20100267710
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein W, R1, R2, R7, R8, R9 and R10 are as defined in the specification. Such compounds are MEK inhibitors and useful in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, such as cancer and inflammation, in mammals. Also disclosed is a method of using such compounds in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases in mammals, and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: ARRAY BIOPHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Eli M. Wallace, Joseph P. Lyssikatos, Allison L. Marlow, T. Brian Hurley
  • Publication number: 20100261717
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein W, R1, R2, R7, R8, R9 and R10 are as defined in the specification. Such compounds are MEK inhibitors and useful in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, such as cancer and inflammation, in mammals. Also disclosed is a method of using such compounds in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases in mammals, and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: ARRAY BIOPHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Eli M. Wallace, Joseph P. Lyssikatos, Allison L. Marlow, T. Brian Hurley
  • Patent number: 7812341
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound having an oxadiazole ring structure having a substituted pyridyl group connected thereto, represented by the following general formula (1). According to the present invention, it becomes possible to provide an organic compound having excellent characteristic of high stability in a thin film state, and the emission efficiency and durability of conventional organic EL devices can be remarkably improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuzo Miki, Makoto Nagaoka, Shuichi Hayashi, Yoshio Taniguchi, Musubu Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20100237339
    Abstract: Disclosed is a carbazole derivative and a light-emitting element, a light-emitting device, and an electronic device using thereof. The carbazole derivative possesses an oxadiazole moiety or a quinoxaline moiety as a heteroaromatic ring having an electron-transporting property and a carbazole moiety having a hole-transporting property. The ability of the carbazole derivative to transport both electrons and holes and its large excitation energy larger than a triplet excitation energy of a phosphorescent compound allow the formation of a phosphorescent light-emitting element having well-controlled carrier balance, which contributes to the formation of light-emitting devices and electronic devices that are capable of being driven at a low voltage, have a long lifetime, and consume low power. The detailed structure of the carbazole derivative is defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Hiroko Nomura, Sachiko Kawakami, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20100240717
    Abstract: The invention relates to thiophene derivatives of formula (I)/their preparation and their use as pharmaceutically active compounds. Said compounds particularly act as immunosuppressive agents wherein: A represents *—CO—CH?CH—, *—CO—CH2CH2—, *—CO—CH2—NH—, wherein the sterisks indicate the bond that is linked to the thiophene group of Formula (I), and R1-R3 are as defined in the claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS LTD.
    Inventors: Martin Boli, David Lehmann, Boris Mathys, Claus Mueller, Oliver Nayler, Beat Steiner, Jörg Velker
  • Publication number: 20100240617
    Abstract: Compounds that have agonist activity at one or more of the S1P receptors are provided. The compounds are sphingosine analogs that, after phosphorylation, can behave as agonists at S1P receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Kevin R. Lynch, Timothy L. MacDonald, Kevin Guckian, Edward Yin-shiang Lin, Bin Ma
  • Publication number: 20100240659
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compound which is useful as an 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 inhibitor. A compound represented by the formula: , its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or a solvate thereof, wherein Ring A is a group represented by the formula: Ring B is optionally substituted heteroaryl, provided that optionally substituted isoxazole is excluded, or optionally substituted heterocycle, R1 is hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl, R2 is —OR5, —SR5, halogen, halogenated alkyl or the like, R3 is optionally substituted alkyl or the like, R4 is optionally substituted alkyl or the like, R5 is optionally substituted alkyl or the like, R6 is hydrogen or the like, R7 and R8 are each independently hydrogen or the like, R10 and R11 are each independently hydrogen or the like, R12 is optionally substituted alkyl or the like, m and p are each independently integer of 1 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: SHIONOGI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Masuda, Tomoyuki Ogawa, Takuji Nakatani
  • Patent number: 7799820
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compound represented by the formula (I) below, which has a glucokinase-activating effect and is thus useful for treatment of diabetes or obesity, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. In the formula, R1 represents an aryl or the like; R11 represents an aryl or the like; R2 represents a formyl or the like, R3 represents a C1-6 alkyl or the like; R3 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; Z1 represents —O— or the like; Z2 represents —O— or the like; Y1-Y4 respectively represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom; ring A represents a heteroaryl group; X represents a carbon atom or the like; m represents an integer of 0-2; and q represents an integer of 0-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Banyu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Takahashi, Yoshio Ogino, Teruyuki Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20100234417
    Abstract: A hetero-dimeric or hetero-oligomeric receptor, comprising at least one thyrotropin releasing hormone receptor subunit associated with at least one orexin receptor subunit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: DIMERIX BIOSCIENCE PTY LTD.
    Inventors: Kevin Donald George Pfleger, Ruth Marie Seeber, Heng See Boon, Karin Ann Eidne
  • Publication number: 20100234404
    Abstract: Compounds and compositions for modulating the activity of p38 kinases are provided, including p38?, and p38? kinase. Methods for treating, preventing or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a p38 kinase mediated disease or disorder are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Hengyuan Lang, Jiong Lan, Yungeng Fang
  • Publication number: 20100233116
    Abstract: The present invention provides heterocyclic derivatives hat modulate the activity of stearoyl-CoA desaturase. Methods of using such derivatives to modulate the activity of stearoyl-CoA desaturase and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives are also encompassed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Natalie Dales, Julia Fonarev, Jianmin Fu, Rajender Kamboj, Vishnumurthy Kodumuru, Shifeng Liu, Natalia Pokrovskaia, Vandna Raina, Shaoyi Sun, Zaihui Zhang
  • Patent number: 7795283
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), and salts and pro-drugs thereof: Formula (I) wherein for example R1 is optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl; Y is a linking group selected from, for example, a direct bond, and a (substituted) alkyl chain; R2 is an optionally substituted aryl, an optionally substituted cycloalkyl or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; are described. Processes to make such compounds and their use as DGAT inhibitors, for example in the treatment of obesity, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Alan Martin Birch, Suzanne Saxon Bowker, Roger John Butlin, Craig Samuel Donald, William McCoull, Thorsten Nowak, Alleyn Plowright
  • Publication number: 20100222398
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel 1,2,3-triazole derivatives, which are found to be modulators of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Due to their pharmacological profile the compounds of the invention may be useful for the treatment of diseases or disorders as diverse as those related to the cholinergic system of the central nervous system (CNS), the peripheral nervous system (PNS), diseases or disorders related to smooth muscle contraction, endocrine diseases or disorders, diseases or disorders related to neuro-degeneration, diseases or disorders related to inflammation, pain, and withdrawal symptoms caused by the termination of abuse of chemical substances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: NeuroSearch A/S
    Inventors: Antonio Nardi, Jeppe Kejser Christensen, Dan Peters, Gunnar M. Olsen, Tino Dyhring
  • Publication number: 20100216833
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, X1, X2, X3, X4, n, and k are defined in the description and claims, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or pharmaceutically acceptable esters thereof. The compounds are useful for in the treatment and prophylaxis of diseases which are modulated by LXR? and/or LXR? agonists, including increased lipid and cholesterol levels, particularly low HDL-cholesterol, high LDL-cholesterol, atherosclerotic diseases, diabetes, particularly non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, Alzheimer's disease, sepsis, inflammatory diseases such as colitis, pancreatitis, cholestasis/fibrosis of the liver, and diseases that have an inflammatory component such as Alzheimer's disease or impaired/improvable cognitive function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Henrietta Dehmlow, Bernd Kuhn, Raffaello Masciadri, Narendra Panday, Hasane Ratni, Matthew Blake Wright
  • Patent number: 7781460
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isoxazoline derivatives of structure Ia, which can be used as selective inhibitors of phosphodiesterase (PDE) type IV. Compounds disclosed herein can be useful in the treatment of CNS disorders, AIDS, asthma, arthritis, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), psoriasis, allergic rhinitis, shock, atopic dermatitis, Crohn's disease, adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), eosinophilic granuloma, allergic conjunctivitis, osteoarthritis, ulcerative colitis and other inflammatory diseases especially in humans. Processes for the preparation of disclosed compounds are provided, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing the disclosed compounds, and their use as phosphodiesterase (PDE) type IV inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited
    Inventors: Venkata Palle, Sarala Balachandran, Lalit Kumar Baregama, Saswati Chakladar, Sarika Ramnani, Nagarajan Muthukamal, Abhijit Ray, Sunanda G. Dastidar
  • Publication number: 20100204199
    Abstract: Novel compounds are provided which are 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type I inhibitors. 11-Beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type I inhibitors are useful in treating, preventing, or slowing the progression of diseases requiring 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type I inhibitor therapy. These novel compounds have the structure: enantiomers, diastereomers, solvates, or salts thereof, wherein A, W, X and Z are defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Xiang-Yang Ye, Jeffrey A. Robl, Ronald L. Hanson, Zhiwei Guo, Ramesh N. Patel
  • Publication number: 20100197749
    Abstract: The invention relates to chemical compounds of formula (I) and (II): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which possess Edg-1 antagonistic activity and are accordingly useful for their anti-cancer activity and thus in methods of treatment of the human or animal body. The invention also relates to processes for the manufacture of said chemical compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to their use in the manufacture of medicaments of use in the production of an anti-cancer effect in a warm-blooded animal such as man.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2007
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Scott Cowen, Tracey Deegan, Gurmit Grewal, Vibha Oza, Jamal Carlos Saeh, Qibin Su
  • Publication number: 20100197655
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or tautomers thereof, to processes for the preparation of, intermediates used in the preparation of, and compositions containing such compounds, and the uses of such compounds, in particular for the treatment of pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Serge Beaudoin, Michael Christopher Laufersweiler, Christopher John Markworth, Brian Edward Marron, David Simon Millan, David James Rawson, Steven Michael Reister, Kosuke Sasaki, Robert Ian Storer, Paul Anthony Stupple, Nigel Alan Swain, Christopher William West, Shulan Zhou
  • Patent number: 7763732
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are indole derivatives of the formula (I) wherein each of the substitutents is given the definition as set forth in the specification and claims. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing the indole derivatives and use of the derivatives for the treatment of pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: N.V. Organon
    Inventors: Paul David Ratcliffe, Julia Adam-Worrall, Angus John Morrison, Stuart John Francis, Takao Kiyoi
  • Publication number: 20100184813
    Abstract: DGAT-1 inhibitor compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof are described, together with pharmaceutical compositions, processes for making them and their use in treating, for example, obesity wherein n is 0, 1, 2 or 3, R is independently selected from fluoro, chloro, bromo, trifluoromethyl, methoxy, difluoromethoxy and trifluoromethoxy and Z is carboxy or a mimic or bioisostere thereof, hydroxyl, hydroxymethyl, or —CONRbRc wherein Rb and Rc are independently selected from hydrogen and (1-4C)alkyl, which (1-4C)alkyl group may be optionally substituted by carboxy or a mimic or bioisostere thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Alan Martin BIRCH, Gary Peter Tomkinson, Sharmistha Pal, Anna Pettersen
  • Patent number: 7759377
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) as defined herein: inhibit the formation of the ?-amyloid peptide (?-A4) and are, therefore, useful in the treatment of pathologies in which a ?-amyloid peptide (?-A4) formation inhibitor provides a therapeutic benefit. Particular such pathologies are senile dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Down's syndrome, Parkinson's disease, amyloid angiopathy, cerebrovascular disorders, frontotemporal dementias and Pick's disease, post-traumatic dementias, pathologies linked to neuroinflammatory processes, Huntington's disease and Korsakov's syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis
    Inventors: Sylvie Baltzer, Marc Pascal, Viviane Van Dorsselaer
  • Publication number: 20100168189
    Abstract: Therapeutic compounds, compositions, methods, and medicaments related thereto are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: David W. Old, Wha Bin Im, Vinh X. Ngo