Additional Polycyclo Heterocyclic Ring System Containing Patents (Class 548/159)
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Publication number: 20110306082Abstract: Disclosed are benzoxazole-based compounds, kits, and methods of producing and using the described compounds in fluorescence-based detection of analytes (e.g., metal ions). Also disclosed are uses of benzoxazole-based compounds as ratiometric metal ion indicators.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2009Publication date: December 15, 2011Applicant: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Kyle Gee, Vladimir Martin
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Publication number: 20110301183Abstract: A highly active synthetic epothilone compound whose activity exceeds that of either epothilone EpoA or EpoB when assayed as a cytotoxic agent against a cancer cell line is disclosed as is a pharmaceutical composition containing the synthetic epothilone.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Inventors: Kyriacos C. Nicolaou, Benjamin Pratt, Stellios Arseniyadis
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Publication number: 20110297919Abstract: A heterocyclic compound represented by Formula 1 or Formula 2 below and an organic light-emitting device including the heterocyclic compound: wherein X1, X2, and R1 through R16 are defined as in the specification.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoon-Hyun KWAK, Seok-Hwan Hwang, Young-Kook Kim, Hye-Jin Jung, Jong-Hyuk Lee, Hyung-Jun Song
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Publication number: 20110262388Abstract: Novel heterocyclic derivatives as inhibitors of glutaminyl cyclase (QC, EC 2.3.2.5). QC catalyzes the intramolecular cyclization of N-terminal glutamine residues into pyroglutamic acid (5-oxo-prolyl, pGlu*) under liberation of ammonia and the intramolecular cyclization of N-terminal glutamate residues into pyroglutamic acid under liberation of water.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: PROBIODRUG AGInventors: Ulrich Heiser, Daniel Ramsbeck, Torsten Hoffmann, Livia Boehme
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Publication number: 20110257153Abstract: Aryl-substituted bridged or fused diamine compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of using the compounds and the pharmaceutical compositions for leukotriene A4 hydrolase (LTA4H or LTA4H) modulation and for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by LTA4H activity, such as allergy, asthma, autoimmune diseases, pruritis, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, and cardiovascular disease, including atherosclerosis and prevention of myocardial infarction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2011Publication date: October 20, 2011Inventors: Genesis M. Bacani, Scott D. Bembenek, Wendy Eccles, James P. Edwards, Matthew T. Epperson, Laurent Gomez, Cheryl A. Grice, Aaron M. Kearney, Adrienne M. Landry-Bayle, Alice Lee-Dutra, Kelly J. Mcclure, Taraneh Mirzadegan, Alexandro Santillan, JR.
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Publication number: 20110251386Abstract: Disclosed is a compound which is useful as an endothelial lipase inhibitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2009Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicant: SHIONOGI & CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Masuda, Shiro Kida, Kyohei Hayashi, Manabu Katou, Naoki Yoshikawa, Akira Kugimiya, Mado Nakajima, Nobuyuki Tanaka
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Publication number: 20110230463Abstract: [Object] Provided is a compound which has an excellent S1P1 agonist action, and is useful particularly as an active ingredient for an agent for preventing and/or treating a disease induced by undesirable lymphocyte infiltration or a disease induced by abnormal proliferation or accumulation of cells. [Means for Solution] According to the present invention, a 2H-chromene compound or a derivative thereof which has an excellent S1P1 agonist action, and is useful particularly as an active ingredient of an agent for preventing and/or treating a disease induced by undesirable lymphocyte infiltration or a disease induced by abnormal proliferation or accumulation of cells can be provided. The 2H-chromene compound and a derivative thereof which are the compounds of the present invention have an S1P1 agonist action, and can be used particularly for prevention and/or treatment of a disease induced by undesirable lymphocyte infiltration or a disease induced by abnormal proliferation or accumulation of cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2009Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.Inventors: Hironori Harada, Kazuyuki Hattori, Kazuya Fujita, Sunao Imada, Tatsuaki Morokata
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Publication number: 20110210320Abstract: The present invention relates to an anthracene derivative and an organic electroluminescent device using the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to: a novel compound which has a core (for example, an indenoanthracene core) where both an anthracene moiety with excellent device characteristics and a fluorene moiety with excellent fluorescent properties are fused, wherein substituents (for example, a heterocyclic group such as a benzimidazole group, a benzothiazole group, a benzoxazole group, a pyridinyl group or a bipyridinyl group) with an electron transfer capacity are substituted to the core; and an organic electroluminescence element which has improved luminous efficiency, brightness, thermal stability, driving voltage, and lifetime, by comprising an organic layer which is positioned between a positive electrode and negative electrode and contains the novel compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2009Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: DOOSAN CORPORATIONInventors: Chang-Ju Shin, Tae-Hyung Kim, Kyoung-Soo Kim, Jung-Sub Lee
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Patent number: 8008481Abstract: Novel compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs and biologically active metabolites thereof of Formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined herein, which are useful as therapeutic agents.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2007Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Inventors: Anna M. Ericsson, Andrew Burchat, Kristine E. Frank, David J. Calderwood, Lily K. Abbott, Maria A. Argiriadi, David W. Borhani, Kevin P. Cusack, Richard W. Dixon, Thomas D. Gordon, Kelly D. Mullen, Robert V. Talanian, Xiaoyun Wu, Xiaolei Zhang, Lu Wang, Biqin Li, Claude E. Barberis, Neil Wishart
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Patent number: 8008290Abstract: A first aspect of the invention relates to a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, complex or pro-drug thereof, wherein: R3 is selected from cyclopentyl and cyclohexyl; R9 is a substituted 5 or 6-membered aryl or heteroaryl group or a 6,5- or 6,6-fused biaryl or heterobiaryl group. Compounds of formula (I) exhibit surprisingly high dual efficacies for human cathepsin S and K and are useful for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), atherosclerosis, cardiovascular diseases which exhibit significant damage and remodeling of extracellular matrix (ECM) and chronic pain.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2010Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Amura Therapeutics LimitedInventors: Martin Quibell, John P. Watts, Nicholas S. Flinn
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Publication number: 20110207767Abstract: This invention relates to novel analogs of the DNA-alkylating agent CC-1065 and to their conjugates. Furthermore this invention concerns intermediates for the preparation of said agents and conjugates. The conjugates are designed to release their (multiple) payload after one or more activation steps and/or at a rate and time span controlled by the conjugate in order to selectively deliver and/or controllably release one or more of said DNA alkylating agents. The agents, conjugates, and intermediates can be used to treat an illness that is characterized by undesired (cell) proliferation. As an example, the agents and the conjugates of this invention may be used to treat a tumor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2009Publication date: August 25, 2011Inventors: Patrick Henry Beusker, Rudy Gerardus Elisabeth Coumans, Ronald Christiaan Elgrtsma, Wiro Michaël Petrus Bernardus Menge, Johannes Albertus Frederikus Joosten, Henri Johannes Spijker, Franciscus Marinus Hendrikus De Groot
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Publication number: 20110207737Abstract: Described herein are substituted bicyclic amines. In particular, described herein are substituted bicyclic amines that are effective as antagonists of SSTR5 and useful for the treatment, control or prevention of disorders responsive to antagonism of SSTR5, such as type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, lipid disorders, obesity, atherosclerosis, metabolic syndrome, depression, and anxiety.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2009Publication date: August 25, 2011Inventors: Jiafang He, John Bawiec, Weiguo Liu, Gui-Bai Liang, Lihu Yang
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Publication number: 20110202942Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to an optical information recording medium comprising a recording layer, wherein the recording layer comprises a cationic dye and a polynuclear azo metal complex dye comprising an azo dye and a metal ion, and a method of recording information comprising recording information on the recording layer comprised in the optical recording medium, and conducting the recording by irradiation of a laser beam having a wavelength of equal to or shorter than 440 nm onto the optical information recording medium. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a photo sensitizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2009Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Taisuke Fujimoto, Kousuke Watanabe, Taro Hashizume
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Publication number: 20110201604Abstract: Substituted fused imidazole derivatives, methods of their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising a substituted fused imidazole derivative, and methods of use in treating inflammation are provided. The substituted fused imidazole derivatives may control the activity or the amount or both the activity and the amount of heme-oxygenase.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2011Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicant: HIGH POINT PHARMACEUTICALS, LLCInventors: Adnan M. M. Mjalli, Dharma Rao Polisetti, Jareer Nabeel Kassis, Matthew J. Kostura, Mustafa Guzel, Otis Clinton Attucks, Robert Carl Andrews, Samuel Victory, Suparna Gupta
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Publication number: 20110193074Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel compound and an organic light emitting device using the compound, and the compound according to the present invention may largely improve a life span, efficiency, electrochemical stability and thermal stability of the organic light emitting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2009Publication date: August 11, 2011Inventors: Dae-Woong Lee, Sung-Kil Hong, Tae-Yoon Park, Yeon-Hwan Kim, Seong-So Kim
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Patent number: 7989461Abstract: The present invention comprises a new class of compounds capable of modulating Raf kinase and, accordingly, useful for treatment of Raf kinase mediated diseases, including melanomas, tumors and other cancer-related conditions. The compounds have a general Formula I wherein R1 is and A1, A2, A3, A4, X, Z, Z?, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are defined herein. The invention further comprises pharmaceutical compositions, methods for treatment of Raf kinase mediated diseases, and intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2006Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Amgen Inc.Inventors: Frenel F. De Morin, Jian J. Chen, Stephen Hitchcock, Gang Liu, Nick A. Paras, Jeffrey Petkus, Adrian L. Smith, Andrew Tasker, Jiawang Zhu
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Publication number: 20110184177Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula I: in which R1, R2, X, A, B, D and Y1 to Y4 have the meanings indicated in the claims, and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or a prodrug thereof. Because of their properties as inhibitors of chemokine receptors, especially as CXCR2 inhibitors, the compounds of the formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof are suitable for the prevention and treatment of chemokine mediated diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2011Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Stephanie Hachtel, Juergen Dedio, Holger Heitsch, Werngard Czechtizky, Sven Grueneberg, Stephen J. Shimshock, Raymond W. Kosley, JR., Carolina L. Lanter, Hui Li, Rosy Sher, Aleksandra Weichsel
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Publication number: 20110184168Abstract: Reactive fluorescent dyes compositions and methods of using same are disclosed. Squaraine nucleus, Nile Red nucleus, benzodioxazole nucleus, coumarin nucleus or aza coumarin nucleus dyes are disclosed having thiol-reactive groups. Squaraine nucleus, Nile Red nucleus, benzodioxazole nucleus, coumarin nucleus or aza coumarin nucleus dyes are disclosed that exhibit a fluorescence emission of at least about 575 nm. Biosensors are disclosed having a binding protein and a squaraine nucleus, Nile Red nucleus, benzodioxazole nucleus, coumarin nucleus or aza coumarin nucleus.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2009Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: J. Bruce PITNER, Douglas B. SHERMAN, K. Joseph THOMAS
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Publication number: 20110182828Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, esters, prodrugs, tautomers, or isomers of said compounds), having the general structure: wherein L, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are selected independently of each other and as defined herein. The present invention also provides compounds (and salts, solvates, esters, prodrugs, tautomers, and isomers) of Formulas II, III, IV, V, and VI, as defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, methods of preparing, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment and prophylaxis of a wide range of immune, autoimmune, and inflammatory diseases and conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2008Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: Schering CorporationInventors: John C. Anthes, Kevin D. Mccormick, John A. Hey, Robert G. Aslanian, Purakkattle J. Biju, Michael Y. Berlin, Daniel M. Solomon, Phillippa H. Solomon, Hongwu Yang, Yeon-Hee Lim, Yoon Joo Lee, Rema Danielle Bitar
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Publication number: 20110178126Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions and compounds are provided. The compounds of the invention have use as therapeutic agents, e.g., they demonstrate anti-proliferative, anti-inflammatory, anti-angiogenic, anti-migration activities. In one embodiment of the invention, formulations of the compounds in combination with a physiologically acceptable carrier are provided. The pharmaceutical formulations are useful in the treatment of, e.g., anti-inflammatory, renal, and hyperproliferative disorders. The compounds of the invention are pyrazolylbenzothiazole derivatives of the following formula (1) wherein X, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2010Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: Valocor Therapeutics, Inc.Inventors: Zaihui Zhang, Timothy S. Daynard, Shisen Wang, Xinyao Du, Gregory B. Chopiuk, Jun Yan, Jianxin Chen, Serguei V. Sviridov
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Patent number: 7981925Abstract: Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which modulate the activity of store-operated calcium (SOC) channels. Also described herein are methods of using such SOC channel modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from inhibition of SOC channel activity.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2009Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: CalciMedica, Inc.Inventors: Gonul Velicelebi, Kenneth A. Stauderman, Jeffrey P. Whitten, Yazhong Pei, Jianguo Cao, Zhijun Wang, Evan Rogers, Brian Dyck, Jonathan Grey
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Publication number: 20110166159Abstract: Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which modulate the activity of store-operated calcium (SOC) channels. Also described herein are methods of using such SOC channel modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from inhibition of SOC channel activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2011Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: CalciMedica, Inc.Inventors: Gonul Velicelebi, Kenneth A. Stauderman, Jeffrey P. Whitten, Yazhong Pei, Jianguo Cao, Zhijun Wang, Evan Rogers, Brian Dyck, Jonathan Grey
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Patent number: 7964622Abstract: This invention is directed to indole acetic acid derivatives and their use in pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of diseases such as diabetes, obesity, hyperlipidemia, and atherosclerotic disease. The invention is also directed to intermediates useful in preparation of indole acetic derivatives and to methods of preparation.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2009Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: Bayer Healthcare LLCInventors: Xin Ma, Louis-David Cantin, Soongyu Choi, Roger Clark, Martin Hentemann, Joachim Rudolph, Rico Lavoie, Zhonghua Zhang
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Patent number: 7960544Abstract: Indoles that have activity as inhibitors of FAAH are described as are indoles and indole derivatives that have activity as inhibitors of DAO.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2006Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Wilmin Bartolini, Brian M. Cali, Barbara Chen, Yueh-Tyng Chien, Mark G. Currie, G. Todd Milne, James Philip Pearson, John Jeffrey Talley, Jane Yang, Craig Zimmerman, Charles Kim, Kevin Sprott, Timothy Barden, Regina Lundigran, Ara Mermerian
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Publication number: 20110136830Abstract: Novel compounds of the formula I in which R1, R2, R3 and Het are as defined herein, which are inhibitors of tyrosine kinases and/or Raf kinases and can be employed for the treatment of tumours, for neuroprotection and for protection of the stress proteins of the skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2011Publication date: June 9, 2011Inventors: Teresa MUJICA-FERNAUD, Herwig Buchholz, Wilfried Rautenberg, Christian Sirrenberg
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Publication number: 20110130397Abstract: Provided herein are compounds that modulate the activity of a bacterial peptidyl tRNA hydrolase, including compositions and dosage forms comprising the compounds. Further provided herein are methods for preventing or inhibiting bacterial proliferation as well as methods for preventing, treating, and/or managing a bacterial infection using such compounds and compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2007Publication date: June 2, 2011Inventors: Soongyu Choi, Arthur Branstrom, Scott A. Gothe, Richard Lipman, Tamil Arasu, Richard G. Wilde
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Patent number: 7951838Abstract: The present invention comprises a new class of compounds useful for the modulation of Beta-secretase enzyme activity and for the treatment of Beta-secretase mediated diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related conditions. In one embodiment, the compounds have a general Formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, A1, A2, A3, A4, X and Z are defined herein. The invention also includes use of these compounds in pharmaceutical compositions for treatment, prophylactic or therapeutic, of disorders and conditions related to the activity of beta-secretase protein. Such disorders include, for example, Alzheimer's Disease (AD), cognitive deficits and impairment, schizophrenia and other similar central nervous system conditions. The invention also comprises further embodiments of Formula II, intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of Formulas I and II.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2010Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Amgen Inc.Inventors: Daniel La, Patricia Lopez, Vinod F. Patel, Wenge Zhong
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Publication number: 20110124636Abstract: The invention relates to novel 2-aza-bicyclo[3.1.0]hexane derivatives of Formula (I) wherein A, B, n and R1 are as described in the description, and to the use of such compounds, or of pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such compounds, as medicaments, especially as orexin receptor antagonists.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2007Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.Inventors: Hamed Aissaoui, Christoph Boss, Markus Gude, Ralf Koberstein, Thierry Sifferlen, Daniel Trachsel
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Patent number: 7947506Abstract: A hydroxyquinolone compound formulated as a fluorescent dye for protein detection, assay, quantitation, etc. The hydroxyquinolone compound may be modified, for example, by adding or removing sulfate groups, changing hydrocarbon chain lengths, etc. to result in more desirable properties such as enhanced binding to basic proteins, enhanced solubility, etc. The dye has enhanced sensitivity over commercially available protein stains, and may be used to stain proteins in solution, proteins separated on gels, proteins transferred to solid supports, etc. Methods of using the dyes are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2006Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: Pierce Biotechnology, Inc.Inventors: Brian David Wolf, Surbhi Desai, Peter T. Czerney, Frank G. Lehmann, Bernd G. Schweder, Matthias S. Wenzel
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Patent number: 7943777Abstract: Chemical compounds having a high selectivity for double stranded DNA over RNA and single stranded DNA are disclosed. The chemical compounds are stains that become fluorescent upon illumination and interaction with double stranded DNA, but exhibit reduced or no fluorescence in the absence of double stranded DNA. The compounds can be used in a variety of biological applications to qualitatively or quantitatively assay DNA, even in the presence of RNA.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2009Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Life Technologies CorporationInventors: Jolene Bradford, Ching-Ying Cheung, Shih-Jung Huang, Patrick Pinson, Stephen Yue
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Publication number: 20110112149Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 15-membered thiazole lactone or lactam polyketide compounds, their pharmaceutical compositions, their use and their preparations. The disclosed compounds relate to those of general formula I, their preparations and their use for preparing therapeutical compositions used as cell inhibitors.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2009Publication date: May 12, 2011Inventors: Li Tang, Rongguo Qiu
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Publication number: 20110112071Abstract: A compound represented by formula (I?): (wherein m, n, and p each represent 0 to 2; q represents 0 or 1; R1 represents halogen, a hydrocarbon group, a heterocyclic group, an alkoxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a sulfamoyl group, a CN group, an NO2 group, or the like; R2 represents halogen, amino, a hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, or an oxo group; X1 represents O, —NR3—, or —S(O)r-; X2 represents a methylene group, O, —NR3—, or —S(O)r-; Q? represents a heteroaryl group, a heteroarylalkyl group, a substituted aryl group, or an aralkyl group; Cycle moiety represents an aryl ring or a heteroaryl ring; and the wavy line represents an E-isomer or a Z-isomer), a salt of the compound, or a solvate of the compound or the salt. A pharmaceutical composition and a transient receptor potential type I (TRPV1) receptor antagonist each contain, as an active ingredient, at least one of the compound, a salt of the compound, and a solvate of the compound or the salt.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2011Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: MOCHIDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideharu UCHIDA, Naoto Kosuga, Tsutomu Satoh, Daido Hotta, Tomoyuki Kamino, Yoshitaka Maeda, Ken-ichi Amano, Yasushige Akada
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Publication number: 20110105477Abstract: The present invention relates to HIV protease, and methods for inhibiting the function of HIV protease. In particular, present invention provides compounds that inhibit or block the biological activity of HIVp, thereby causing the replication of the HIV virus to be inhibited or to terminate. These compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions that contain these compounds and optionally other anti-viral agents as active ingredients, are suitable for treating patients or hosts infected with the HIV virus, which is known to cause AIDS. The compounds and formulations also find use in diagnostic and research settings.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2008Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: The Regents of the University of MichiganInventors: Heather A. Carlson, Kelly L. Damm, Kristen L. Meagher
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Publication number: 20110105573Abstract: The invention relates to benzimidazole acetic acid compounds which function as antagonists of the Chemoattractant Receptor-homologous molecule expressed on T-Helper type 2 cells (CRTH2) receptor. The invention also relates to the use of these compounds to inhibit the binding of prostaglandin D2 and its metabolites or certain thromboxane metabolites to the CRTH2 receptor and to treat disorders responsive to such inhibition.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2010Publication date: May 5, 2011Inventors: Youssef L. Bennani, Lawrence Nathan Tumey, Elizabeth Ann Gleason, Michael Joseph Robarge
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Patent number: 7935725Abstract: Aryl-substituted bridged or fused diamine compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of using the compounds and the pharmaceutical compositions for leukotriene A4 hydrolase (LTA4H or LTA4H) modulation and for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by LTA4H activity, such as allergy, asthma, autoimmune diseases, pruritis, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, and cardiovascular disease, including atherosclerosis and prevention of myocardial infarction.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2008Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NVInventors: Scott D. Bembenek, Wendy Eccles, Laurent Gomez, Cheryl A. Grice, Aaron M. Kearney, Adrienne M. Landry-Bayle, Taraneh Mirzadegan, Alejandro Santillán, Jr.
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Publication number: 20110092700Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by general formula (1) below or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein: X is selected from heteroaryl etc., Y1 and Y2 are selected from —N? etc., Y3 and Y4 are selected from —CH? etc., A is selected from sulfamide etc., R1 is selected from hydrogen etc., and R2 is selected from C1-6 alkyl etc. The compound or salt has sufficiently high antitumor activity, and is useful in the treatment of cell proliferative disorders, particularly cancers. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound or salt as an active ingredient.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2010Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventors: Hitoshi Iikura, Ikumi Hyoudoh, Toshihiro Aoki, Noriyuki Furuichi, Masayuki Matsushita, Fumio Watanabe, Sawako Ozawa, Masahiro Sakaitani, Pil-Su Ho, Yasushi Tomii, Kenji Takanashi, Naoki Harada
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Patent number: 7927830Abstract: Chemically reactive carbocyanine dyes incorporating an indolium ring moiety that is substituted at the 3-position by a reactive group or by a conjugated substance, and their uses, are described. Conjugation through this position results in spectral properties that are uniformly superior to those of conjugates of spectrally similar dyes wherein attachment is at a different position. The invention includes derivative compounds having one or more benzo nitrogens.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2008Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Life Technologies CorporationInventors: Ching-Ying Cheung, Stephen Yue, Wai-Yee Leung
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Publication number: 20110077241Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 1,3-dihydroindol-2-one (oxindole) derivatives of the formula (I) in which A, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 are defined according to claim 1, and to medicaments containing them for the treatment of diseases. In particular, the novel oxindole derivatives can be used for the control and/or prophylaxis of various vasopressin-dependent or oxytocin-dependent diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: Abbott GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Wilfried Lubisch, Wilfried Hornberger, Thorsten Oost, Daryl Richard Sauer, Liliane Unger, Wolfgang Wernet, Hervé Geneste, Andrea Hager-Wernet
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Publication number: 20110071142Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of identifying small molecule candidate agents capable of modulating transcription factor function such that the function/expression of a target transcription factor and/or proteins downstream of this target protein comprises the screening of small molecule libraries using in silico high throughput docking for candidate small molecules/agents that are selectively identified for their ability to target and disrupt the transcription factor-DNA interface through unique transcription factor and/or DNA descriptors that are defined within a pharmacophore, and then testing/evaluating the candidate agents identified above through one or more in vitro assays for their ability to modulate transcription factor function including expression of this target protein and/or proteins that are downstream of the target transcription factor. The present invention also relates to various compounds described herein (e.g.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2010Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTERInventors: Peter Oettgen, Alan C. Rigby, Towia Libermann
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Publication number: 20110071156Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 1,3-dihydroindol-2-one (oxindole) derivatives of the formula (I) in which A, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 are defined according to claim 1, and to medicaments containing them for the treatment of diseases. In particular, the novel oxindole derivatives can be used for the control and/or prophylaxis of various vasopressin-dependent or oxytocin-dependent diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2010Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: Abbott GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Thorsten Oost, Wilfried Hornberger, Herve Geneste, Daryl Richard Sauer, Wolfgang Wernet, Andrea Hager-Wernet, Liliane Unger, Wilfried Lubisch
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Publication number: 20110009385Abstract: A first aspect of the invention relates to a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, complex or pro-drug thereof, wherein: R3 is selected from cyclopentyl and cyclohexyl; R9 is a substituted 5 or 6-membered aryl or heteroaryl group or a 6,5- or 6,6-fused biaryl or heterobiaryl group. Compounds of formula (I) exhibit surprisingly high dual efficacies for human cathepsin S and K and are useful for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), atherosclerosis, cardiovascular diseases which exhibit significant damage and remodeling of extracellular matrix (ECM) and chronic pain.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2010Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: Amura Therapeutics LimitedInventors: MARTIN QUIBELL, John P. Watts, Nicholas S. Flinn
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Publication number: 20110009386Abstract: A first aspect of the invention relates to a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, complex or pro-drug thereof, wherein: one of R3 and R4 is H, and the other is selected from C1-6-alkyl, C1-6-haloalkyl, C1-6-alkoxy, and C6-12-aralkyl; or R3 and R4 are each independently selected from C1-6-alkyl and halo; R9 is a substituted 5 or 6-membered aryl or heteroaryl group or a 6,5- or 6,6-fused biaryl or heterobiaryl group. Compounds of formula (I) exhibit surprisingly high efficacies for human cathepsin S, excellent selectivity verses other mammalian cathepsins and are useful for treatment of diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, transplant rejection, diabetes, Sjogrens syndrome, Grave's disease, systemic lupus erythematosis, osteoarthritis, psoriasis, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, allergic rhinitis, asthma, atherosclerosis, obesity, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic pain.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2010Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: Amura Therapeutics LimitedInventors: Martin Quibell, John P. Watts, Nicholas S. Flinn
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Publication number: 20110009448Abstract: A compound having Formula I wherein one of R1 and R2 is a group of the formula wherein R4 is selected from H and hydrocarbyl, R5 is a hydrocarbyl group and L is an optional linker group, or R1 and R2 together form a ring substituted with the group wherein R3 is H or a substituent, and wherein X is selected from S, O, NR6 and C(R7)(R8), wherein R6 is selected from H and hydrocarbyl groups, wherein each of R7 and R8 are independently selected from H and hydrocarbyl groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2010Publication date: January 13, 2011Inventors: Nigel Vicker, Su Xiangdong, Dharshini Ganeshapillai, Atul Purohit, Michael John Reed, Barry Victor Lloyd Potter
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Publication number: 20100324039Abstract: Disclosed are substituted indolealkanoic acids useful in the treatment of chronic complications arising from diabetes mellitus. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and methods of treatment employing the compounds, as well as methods for their synthesis.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Inventors: Michael Jones, David Gunn, John Howard Jones, Michael Van Zandt
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Publication number: 20100324105Abstract: Disclosed are methods of reducing serum glucose and triglyceride levels and for inhibiting angiogenesis, the methods comprising administration of substituted indolealkanoic acids to patients in need of such treatment. Also disclosed are such compounds useful in the treatment of angiogenesis, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia and chronic complications arising from diabetes mellitus. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Inventors: Janet Sredy, Jorge Jacot
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Publication number: 20100317568Abstract: Compounds effective in inhibiting replication of Hepatitis C virus (“HCV”) are described. This invention also relates to processes of making such compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat HCV infection.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2010Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicant: ABBOTT LABAORATORIESInventors: David A. DeGoey, Warren M. Kati, Charles W. Hutchins, Pamela L. Donner, Allan C. Krueger, John T. Randolph, Christopher E. Motter, Lissa T. Nelson, Sachin V. Patel, Mark A. Matulenko, Ryan G. Keddy, Tammie K. Jinkerson, Todd N. Soltwedel, Dachun Liu, John K. Pratt, Todd W. Rockway, Clarence J. Maring, Douglas K. Hutchinson, Charles A. Flentge, Rolf Wagner, Michael D. Tufano, David A. Betebenner, Michael J. Lavin, Kathy Sarris, Kevin R. Woller, Seble H. Wagaw, Jean C. Califano, Wenke Li, Daniel D. Caspi, Mary E. Bellizzi
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Publication number: 20100317842Abstract: The present application discloses methods for identifying inhibitors with high binding-affinity for the carbonic anhydrase-IX (CA-IX) enzyme using click chemistry and uses the candidates thereof as positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2010Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicant: SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.Inventors: Hartmuth C. Kolb, Joseph C. Walsh, Dhanalakshmi Kasi, Vani P. Mocharla, Bing Wang, Umesh B. Gangadharmath, Brian A. Duclos, Kai Chen, Wei Zhang, Gang Chen, Henry Clifton Padgett, Farhad Karimi, Peter J.H. Scott, Zhiyong Gao, Qianwa Liang, Thomas Lee Collier, Tieming Zhao, Chunfang Xia
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Publication number: 20100305070Abstract: The disclosure relates to novel compounds for use in the treatment or prophylaxis of cancers and other proliferative conditions that are for example characterized by cells that express cytochrome P450 1B1 (CYP1B1) and allelic variants thereof. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more such compounds for use in medical therapy, for example in the treatment of prophylaxis of cancers or other proliferative conditions, as well as methods for treating cancers or other conditions in human or non-human animal patients. Provided are methods for identifying novel compounds for use in the treatment of prophylaxis of cancers and other proliferative conditions that are for example characterized by cells that express CYP1B1 and allelic variants thereof. Finally, provided is a method for determining the efficacy of a compound as described herein in treating cancer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: The University Court of the University of DundeeInventors: Steven Albert Everett, Saraj Ulhaq
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Publication number: 20100305100Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: 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
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Publication number: 20100305173Abstract: This invention relates to novel hydroxyethylamino sulfonamides, their derivatives, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. This invention also provides compositions comprising a compound of this invention and the use of such compositions in methods of treating diseases and conditions that are beneficially treated by administering a compound with the ability to act as an HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) protease inhibitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: CoNCERT Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Scott L. Harbeson, Roger D. Tung, Julie F. Liu, Craig E. Masse