The -c(=x)- Is Part Of A -c(=x)x- Group, Wherein The X's Are The Same Or Diverse Chalcogens Patents (Class 548/201)
  • Patent number: 7687490
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide compounds that are effective against various resistant bacteria which cause current clinical problems, for example, pneumococci including penicillin resistant Streptococcus pneumoneae (PRSP), Haemophilus influenzae including bata-lactamase-nonproducing ampicillin-resistant Haemophilus influenzae (BLNAR), and Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahisa Maruyama, Yuko Kano, Takashi Ando, Takehiko Sawabe, Nobuyoshi Baba, Hiromi Takata, Hisashi Suzuki, Kazuhiro Aihara, Toshiki Fujita
  • Patent number: 7674827
    Abstract: Indanyl- and Tetrahydronaphtyl-amino-thiourea compounds for combating animal pests The present invention relates to Indanyl- and Tetrahydronaphtyl-amino-thiourea compounds of formula I wherein the variables R1 to R4 are as in the description. The invention relates also to methods of combating or controlling insects, arachnids or nematodes, to methods for protecting growing plants from attack or infestation by insects, arachnids or nematodes, to methods for the protection of seeds from soil insects and of the seedlings' roots and shoots from soil and foliar insects and to methods for treating, controlling, preventing or protecting animals against infestation or infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Kordes, Christopher Koradin, Deborah L. Culbertson
  • Publication number: 20100029722
    Abstract: The present invention provides heterocyclic derivatives that 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: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Natalie Dales, Zaihui Zhang, Julia Fonarev, Jianmin Fu, Rajender Kamboj, Vishnumurthy Kodumuru, Natalia Pokrovskaia, Shaoyi Sun
  • Publication number: 20090286835
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) wherein n, p, R1, R2, X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, R3a, R3b, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined in the specification, a process for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Hakan BLADH, Frank Burkamp, Balint Gabos, Peter Hansen, Svetlana Ivanova, Karolina Lawitz
  • Publication number: 20090281152
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof: formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the specification, a process for the preparation of such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and the use of such compounds in medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventors: Gerard Martin Paul Giblin, Mairi Gibson, Adrian Hall
  • Patent number: 7612059
    Abstract: N-[1-oxo-(optionally 2-aza)-2-alkyl-3-(carboxyl or thiol or hydroxyaminocarbonyl or N-hydroxyformamido)-propyl]-(aryl or heteroaryl)-azacyclo4-7alkanes or thiazacyclo4-7alkanes, salts or prodrugs thereof have interesting properties, e.g., in the treatment or prevention of disorders amenable to treatment by PDF inhibitors, such as treatment of bacterial infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Vicuron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Jacobs, Rakesh K Patel, Jason G Lewis, Dinesh V Patel, Zhengyu Yuan
  • Publication number: 20090270433
    Abstract: A compound represented by the following general formula (1), or a salt thereof has serine protease inhibiting activity, and particularly excellent inhibiting activity against clotting factor VIIa. This compound or a salt thereof is useful as therapeutic and/or prophylactic agents for diseases associated with thrombus formation. [wherein R1 represents hydrogen, R2 represents optionally substituted phenyl, etc., R3 represents optionally substituted C6-10 aryl, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard Clark, Atsushi Takemura, Nobuhisa Watanabe, Osamu Asano, Tadashi Nagakura, Kimlyo Tabata
  • Publication number: 20090270460
    Abstract: Compounds of formula wherein variables are as defined herein and their pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are disclosed as useful for treating dyslipidemia and related diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Gregory Bell, Robert Anthony Doti, Michael James Genin, Peter Ambrose Lander, Tianwei Ma, Peter Rudolph Manninen, Jason Matthew Ochoada, Fucheng Qu, Lindsay Scott Stelzer, Ryan Edward Stites, Alan M. Warshawsky
  • Patent number: 7589213
    Abstract: Therapeutic compounds, compositions, medicaments, and methods are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Inventor: David W. Old
  • Publication number: 20090203919
    Abstract: A method for producing crystal A of 2-(3-cyano-4-isobutyloxyphenyl)-4-methyl-5-thiazolecarboxylic acid by dissolving 2-(3-cyano-4-isobutyloxyphenyl)-4-methyl-5-thiazolecarboxylic acid in methanol or a mixed solvent of methanol and water (the volume ratio of methanol to water is 90/10 or more), then adding water until the ratio of methanol to water becomes 7/3, and further adding a specific amount of a seed crystal at a specific timing during the addition of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventor: Mitsutaka Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20090197865
    Abstract: In one embodiment the invention provides a method of combating cyanide poisoning, which comprises administering to a subject a compound capable of releasing 3-mercapto-pyruvate in vivo. In other embodiments the invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound capable of releasing 3-mercaptopyruvate in vivo, as well as novel compounds that are capable of releasing 3-mercaptopyruvate in vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Herbert T. Nagasawa, David J.W. Goon, Daune L. Crankshaw, Robert Vince
  • Patent number: 7560462
    Abstract: Substituted urea compounds useful in the treatment of diseases and C1-3alkyleneOR3 conditions related to DNA damage or lesions in DNA replication are disclosed formula (I), wherein X1 is null, —O—, —S—, —CH2—, or —N(R1)—; X2 is —O—, . -£>. -, or —N(R1)—,—. . Y xs 0 or S; or =y represents two hydrogen atoms attached to a common carbon atom, —W is selected from the group consisting of heteroaryl, aryl, heterocycloalkyl, cycloalkyl, and C1-6alkyl substituted with a heteroaryl. or aryl group; R6 is —C?C—R7 or heteroaryl; R8, R9, and R10, independently, are selected from the group consisting of halo, optionally substituted C1-6alkyl, C2-6alkenyl, C2-6alkynyl, OCP3, CF3, NO2, CN, NC, N(R3)2, OR3, CO2R3, C(O)N (R3)2, C(O)R3, N(R1)COR3, N(R1)C(O)OR3, N(R8)C(O)OR3, N(R1)C(O)C1-3alkyleneC(O)R3, N(R1)C(O)C1 -3alkyleneC(O)OR3, N(R1)C(O)C1-3alkyleneOR3, N(R1)C(O)C1-3alkyleneNHC(O)OR3, N(R1)C(O)C1-3alkyleneSO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: ICOS Corporation
    Inventors: John Joseph Gaudino, Adam Wade Cook
  • Patent number: 7553975
    Abstract: A family of compounds capable of inhibiting the activity of farnesyl transferase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Ipsen Pharma S.A.S.
    Inventors: Thomas D. Gordon, Barry A. Morgan
  • Publication number: 20090163560
    Abstract: A compound having a structure and therapeutic methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: David W. Old, Danny T. Dinh
  • Patent number: 7541475
    Abstract: This invention is directed to processes for making substituted thiazoles. The substituted thiazole, ethyl 2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4-methyl-1,3-thiazole-5-carboxylate, also known as TEI-6720, is useful for treatment of gout and hyperuricemia. This compound belongs to a class of substituted thiazoles that inhibit xanthine oxidase and thus block uric acid production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Timothy A. Robbins, Helen Zhu, Jun Shao
  • Patent number: 7531563
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel thiazoline acids and derivatives thereof useful as chelators of trivalent metals in therapeutic applications. For example, the thiazoline acid derivatives are useful in diagnosing and treating pathological conditions associated with an excess of trivalent metals in humans and animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond J. Bergeron
  • Patent number: 7511149
    Abstract: Insecticidal sulfoximines are produced efficiently and in high yield by the oxidation of the corresponding sulfilimine with ruthenium tetraoxide or an alkali metal permanganate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Kim E. Arndt, Douglas C. Bland, David E. Podhorez, James R. McConnell
  • Publication number: 20090030210
    Abstract: There is provided a process for producing an optically active 2-alkylcysteine or a salt thereof, characterized by allowing cells of microorganism or treated products thereof having an activity of stereoselective hydrolysis of the amide bond of a 2-alkyl-L-cysteinamide or a salt thereof to act on a 2-alkylcysteinamide consisting of a mixture of D- and L-isomers or a salt thereof; and allowing the obtained 2-alkyl-L-cysteine and 2-alkyl-D-cysteinamide to react with an aldehyde or a ketone, or an acetal or ketal thereof, so as to derive therefrom a 4-alkylthiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid or a salt thereof and a 4-alkylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide or a salt thereof, thereby efficiently separating and obtaining a 2-alkyl-L-cysteine or a salt thereof, or a 2-alkyl-D-cysteine or a salt thereof. There is also provided a process for producing a 4-alkylthiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid or a salt thereof from the 2-alkylcysteine or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Higuchi, Akinori Tanaka, Ryuji Hasemi, Masaki Sugita
  • Publication number: 20090018104
    Abstract: Provided is a triarylcarboxylic acid derivative, or an isomer, a prodrug, a hydrate, a solvate, a polymorph, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, represented by the following general formula (I): wherein A is an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl, and B is an optionally substituted monocyclic heteroaryl; and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The triarylcarboxylic acid derivative (I) exhibits potent xanthine oxidase inhibiting action and is therefore useful as a therapeutic agent for preventing or treating hyperuricemia, gout, inflammatory bowel disease, diabetic nephropathy and diabetic retinopathy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Junji Sato, Kazuyuki Hattori, Hirokazu Kubota, Ryosuke Munakata, Toru Asano, Junko Maeda, Masakatsu Kawakami, Akio Kamikawa
  • Patent number: 7468360
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound having a structure: Therapeutic methods, compositions, and medicaments relating thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Old, Danny T. Dinh
  • Publication number: 20080306125
    Abstract: Compounds of formula. wherein variables are as defined herein and their pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are disclosed as useful for treating dyslipidemia and related diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Gregory Bell, Michael James Genin, Peter Ambrose Lander, Lindsay Scott Stelzer, Robert Anthony Doti, Francisco Javier Agejas-Chicharro, Ana Belen Bueno Melendo, Peter Rudolph Manninen, Jason Matthew Ochoada, Quanrong Shen, Alan M. Warshawsky, Tianwei Ma, Ryan Edward Stites
  • Publication number: 20080181866
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, stereoisomers, tautomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, or prodrugs thereof of having Formula (I), their preparation, use, and compositions thereof for treating an infection mediated at least in part by a virus in the Flaviviridae family of viruses, wherein A, R3, X, V, W, T, Z, R, Y1, and p are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Martin Robert Leivers, Franz Ulrich Schmitz, Ronald Conrad Griffith, Christopher Don Roberts, Ali Dehghani Mohammad Abadi, Stephanie Anna Chan, Roopa Rai, Irina Slobodov, Tony Loc Ton
  • Patent number: 7402600
    Abstract: Compounds or their salts having general formulas (I) and (II) wherein: s=is an integer equal to 1 or 2, preferably s=2; b0=0 or 1; A is the radical of a drug and is such as to meet the pharmacological tests reported in the description, C and C1 are two bivalent radicals. The precursors of the radicals B and B1 are such as to meet the pharmacological test reported in the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: NicOx S.A.
    Inventor: Piero Del Soldato
  • Patent number: 7361676
    Abstract: There are provided a solid preparation containing a single crystal of 2-(3-cyano-4-isobutyloxyphenyl)-4-methyl-5-thiazolecarboxylic acid, an excipient and a disintegrating agent, and a method for producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Michio Iwai, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Masahiko Dohi, Hiroko Mochizuki, Seiji Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 7342032
    Abstract: Computer game systems respond to the spatial state of a pointing device. Changes in the spatial state of a hand held or mobile unit, or plurality of units drive a game scheme maintained in a computer. Position and attitude of the mobile device cause program branching functions which are bases upon a game rule set. In example, a game scheme executed on a computing apparatus may be incorporated into a mobile telephone having a GPS and electronic compass. Physical states relating to position and pointing attitude of the telephone as described in part by position or attitude parameters, drives computer programming code to takes actions which depend on measured position and attitude values thus making computer games for mobile users are made highly interactive. User gestures including simple pointing actions allow a user to express desires to a computer in an express and direct fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Josephus H. M. Lange, Cornelis G. Kruse, Arnoldus H. J. Herremans, Herman H. van Stuivenberg, Jessica A. R. Dijksman, Andrew C. McCreary
  • Publication number: 20080015219
    Abstract: Disclosed and described herein are compounds of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a prodrug thereof. Therapeutic methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed and described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: DAVID W. OLD, VINH X. NGO
  • Patent number: 7319150
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for synthesizing styryl isoxazole, styryl pyrazole and styryl isothazole derivatives in a synthesis step followed by a recrystallization in a basic alcohol medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignees: Laboratoires Mayoly Spindler, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Universite De Montpellier 2
    Inventors: Damien Gloux, Marc Criton, Jean-Louis Montero
  • Patent number: 7309714
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to phenylalanine derivatives which are inhibitors of the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme (“DP-IV inhibitors”) and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved, such as diabetes and particularly type 2 diabetes. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph L. Duffy, Robert J. Mathvink, Ann E. Weber, Jinyou Xu
  • Publication number: 20070281981
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound having a structure or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or a prodrug thereof. Therapeutic methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: DAVID W. OLD, Danny T. Dinh
  • Patent number: 7294718
    Abstract: Benzimidates can be reacted with a large number of nucleophiles, leading to a wide variety of products. The present invention discloses a facile synthesis for ethyl 2,4-dihydroxybenzimidate, and ethers and diethers thereof, from 2,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid or 2,4-dibenzyloxybenzoic acid. The present invention also discloses a method of preparing a class of iron chelating agents related to desferrithiocin, all of which contain a thiazoline ring. In this method, 2,4-dihydroxybenzonitrile is condensed with (S)-2-methylcysteine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Genzyme Corporation
    Inventors: Mukund S. Chorghade, Mukund K. Gurjar, Joseph Cherian
  • Patent number: 7285670
    Abstract: A useful and efficient method of preparing an alkylated thiazoline carboxylic acid, or a derivative thereof, comprises coupling a substituted aryl nitrile such as, for example, 2,4-dimethoxybenzonitrile or 4-methoxybenzonitrile, with a cysteine ester to form a substituted thiazoline carboxylic acid ester; optionally hydrolyzing the substituted thiazoline carboxylic acid ester to form a substituted thiazoline carboxylic acid; optionally, protecting the carboxyl group; alkylating the thiazoline ring at the 4-carbon position, as indicated in Structural Formula (I), with a compound of the formula R1-L, wherein R1 is as defined above and L is a leaving group, in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst; and, optionally, deprotecting the carboxyl group. In one embodiment of the present invention, a cinchona-alkaloid derived phase transfer catalyst is used to alkylate a protected substituted thiazoline carboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Genzyme Corporation
    Inventors: Mukund S. Chorghade, Rayomand H. Gimi, Peter D. McDonnell, Paul Wolstenholme-Hogg
  • Patent number: 7262183
    Abstract: This invention relates to substituted 5-membered N-Herterocyclic neurotrophic compounds of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or hydrates thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, V, W, X, Y, and Z are as defined in the description; their preparation methods, compositions comprising the same, and their use as inhibitors of FK560 binding proteases (FKBPs) activity for treating and preventing neurodegenerative diseases and other nerve disorders associated with nerve injuries or other related diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignees: Instititute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences P.L.A.
    Inventors: Song Li, Liqin Zhao, Lili Wang, Beifen Shen, Liuhong Yun
  • Patent number: 7256211
    Abstract: The pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound of the invention having 8-azaprostaglandin skeleton represented by formula (I) (wherein, all the symbols have the same meanings as that of the specification) a salt thereof, a solvate thereof or a cyclodextrin clathrate thereof, or a prodrug thereof and them as active ingredient have EP4 agonistic action and thus are considered useful for the prevention and/or treatment of immunological diseases, asthma, neuronal cell death, arthritis, lung failure, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary emphysema, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, liver damage, acute hepatitis, nephritis, renal insufficiency, hypertension, myocardial ischemia, systemic inflammatory response syndrome, sepsis, hemophagous syndrome, macrophage activation syndrome, Still's disease, Kawasaki disease, burn, systemic granulomatosis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, hypercytokinemia at dialysis, multiple organ failure, shock and glaucoma, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tohru Kambe, Toru Maruyama, Kaoru Kobayashi, Kousuke Tani, Yoshihiko Nakai, Toshihiko Nagase, Takayuki Maruyama, Kiyoto Sakata, Hideyuki Yoshida, Shinsei Fujimura, Akio Nishiura, Nobutaka Abe
  • Patent number: 7244754
    Abstract: The invention relates to the compounds (2R,4R), (2S,4R)-2-methylthiazolidine-2,4-dicarboxylic acid and (2RS,4R)-2-methylthiazolidine-2,4-dicarboxylic acid and salts of said compounds, the use thereof for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, methods for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, and pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds together with physiologically compatible carriers, auxiliary agents, and/or solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Inventor: Rudy Susilo
  • Patent number: 7241900
    Abstract: A method of synthesizing aromatic ketone compositions of formula I comprising the step of introducing a double bond into the 5 membered ring of the 4,5-dihydro-1,3-azoles moiety of formula II is disclosed. A method of synthesizing aromatic ketone compositions of formula I comprising the step of ring synthesis of the tetrahydro-1,3-azoles of formula XI is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Hector F. DeLuca, Pawel K. Grzywacz, Rafal R. Sicinski
  • Patent number: 7230021
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula I, all of its related stereoisomers, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein A—B, K, Q, X, Y, Z, R and R1 are as defined in Claim 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Daniel Romo, Jun Liu, Nam Song Choi, Zonggao Shi
  • Patent number: 7163952
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an azole compound represented by the formula [I] wherein W is S or O; R is —COOR7, —X1-A1-COOR7 (R7 is H, alkyl) or tetrazolyl; R1, R2, R3 and R4 are H and the like; A is —(CH2)m—X— (X is —N(R8)—, —C(R9)(R10)—, —CO— or —CO—N(R8)—); B is aryl or aromatic heterocyclic group; R5 is H and the like; R6 is —(Y)s1-(A2)s-Z (Y is —O—, —S(O)t—, —N(R13)—, —N(R14)—CO—, —N(R14)—SO2—, —SO2—N(R14)— and the like, A2 is alkylene, and Z is cycloalkyl, aryl, aromatic heterocyclic group, indanyl, piperazinyl, a prodrug thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound [I] of the present invention has a protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B inhibitory activity, and is useful as a therapeutic agent for diabetes, a therapeutic drug for diabetic complications or a therapeutic drug for hyperlipidemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Inaba, Tomoyuki Ikemoto, Shohei Sakata, Hiroshi Maegawa, Atsunori Kashiwagi
  • Patent number: 7126004
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel thiazoline acids and derivatives thereof useful as chelators of trivalent metals in therapeutic applications. For example, the thiazoline acid derivatives are useful in diagnosing and treating pathological conditions associated with an excess of trivalent metals in humans and animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond J. Bergeron
  • Patent number: 7119208
    Abstract: Compounds for the treatment of sickle-cell disease, and methods for their use are provided. The compounds have a dual mode of action. First, binding of the compounds to hemoglobin increases the oxygen affinity of both normal and sickle hemoglobin. Secondly, binding of these compounds to the N-terminal amino acid of sickle hemoglobin results in destabilization of potential contacts between sickle hemoglobin molecules, preventing polymerization and the formation of fibrous precipitates of the sickle hemoglobin. The compounds are also useful for inducing hypoxia, e.g. to augment cancer treatments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University
    Inventors: Martin K. Safo, Richmond Danso-Danquah, Gajanan S. Joshi, Donald J. Abraham
  • Patent number: 7105551
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Rodolfo Cadilla, Romain Luc Marie Gosmini, Millard Hurst Lambert, III, Michael Lawrence Sierra
  • Patent number: 7101901
    Abstract: The invention relates to the compounds (2R,4R), (2S,4R)-2-methylthiazolidine-2,4-dicarboxylic acid and (2RS,4R)-2-methylthiazolidine-2,4-dicarboxylic acid and salts of said compounds, the use thereof for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, methods for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, and pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds together with physiologically compatible carriers, auxiliary agents, and/or solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Inventor: Rudy Susilo
  • Patent number: 7081537
    Abstract: A process for preparing ?-functionalized thiazolidines or oxazolidines, each of which are oxycarbonyl-functionalized in the 4-position, by adding a base to a reaction mixture comprising an oxycarbonyl-functionalized thiazolidine or oxazolidine and an electrophile at a temperature of greater than ?40° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Consortium für elektrochemische Industrie GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Heldmann, Jürgen Stohrer
  • Patent number: 6987104
    Abstract: N-[1-oxo-(optionally 2-aza)-2-alkyl-3-(carboxyl or thiol or hydroxyaminocarbonyl or N-hydroxyformamido)-propyl]-(aryl or heteroaryl)-azacyclo4-7alkanes or thiazacyclo4-7alkanes, salts or prodrugs thereof have interesting properties, e.g., in the treatment or prevention of disorders amenable to treatment by PDF inhibitors, such as treatment of bacterial infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Vicuron Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Jacobs, Rakesh K. Jain, Jason G. Lewis, Dinesh V. Patel, Zhengyu Yuan
  • Patent number: 6987120
    Abstract: Compounds of their salts having general formulas (I) and (II) wherein: s=is an integer equal to 1 or 2, preferably s=2; b0=0 or 1; A is the radical of a drug and is such as to meet the pharmacological tests reported in the description, C and C1 are two bivalent radicals. The precursors of the radicals B and B1 are such as to meet the pharmacological test reported in the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Nicox, S.A.
    Inventor: Piero Del Soldato
  • Patent number: 6982335
    Abstract: A useful and efficient method of preparing an alkylated thiazoline carboxylic acid, or a derivative thereof, comprises coupling a substituted aryl nitrile such as, for example, 2,4-dimethoxybenzonitrile or 4-methoxybenzonitrile, with a cysteine ester to form a substituted thiazoline carboxylic acid ester; optionally hydrolyzing the substituted thiazoline carboxylic acid ester to form a substituted thiazoline carboxylic acid; optionally, protecting the carboxyl group; alkylating the thiazoline ring at the 4-carbon position, as indicated in Structural Formula (I), with a compound of the formula R1-L, wherein R1 is as defined above and L is a leaving group, in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst; and, optionally, deprotecting the carboxyl group. In one embodiment of the present invention, a cinchona-alkaloid derived phase transfer catalyst is used to alkylate a protected substituted thiazoline carboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Genzyme Corporation
    Inventors: Mukund S. Chorghade, Rayomand H. Gimi, Peter D. McDonnell, Paul Wolstenholme-Hogg
  • Patent number: 6949543
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel amide derivative which is an N-({[4-(substituted thiazol-4-yl)phenyl]carbamoyl}methyl)amide derivative having a characteristic in that an aryl or heteroaryl group as an aromatic ring group is directly substituted on the N atom of amido group. Since said amide derivative has excellent anti-herpesvirus action, it is useful as medicaments and antiviral agents, particularly as preventive or therapeutic agents for various diseases accompanied by Herpesviridae virus infections, illustratively, varicella (chickenpox) accompanied by varicella zoster virus infection, shingles accompanied by the recurrent infection of latent varicella zoster virus, labial herpes and herpes encephalitis accompanied by HSV-1 infection, genital herpes accompanied by HSV-2 and the like various herpesvirus infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignees: Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Rational Drug Design Laboratories
    Inventors: Toru Kontani, Junji Miyata, Wataru Hamaguchi, Yoji Miyazaki, Hiroshi Suzuki, Eiichi Nakai, Shunji Kageyama
  • Patent number: 6916834
    Abstract: Preparation, use, and structure of endogenous Ah receptor ligand is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Hector F. DeLuca, Jiasheng Song, Margaret Clagett-Dame, Richard E. Peterson, William M. Westler, Rafal R. Sicinski
  • Patent number: 6903220
    Abstract: Non-natural amino acids such as 2-alkylated amino acids allow for the synthesis of a wider variety of peptidal and non-peptidal pharmaceutically active agents. A method of preparing a 2-alkyl amino acid involves reacting cysteine (or a salt or an ester thereof) and an aryl carboxylic acid to form a thiazoline ring, stereospecifically alkylating the thiazoline ring, and hydrolyzing the thiazoline ring to obtain a 2-alkylcysteine (or related compound). The present invention also discloses a method of preparing a class of iron chelating agents related to desferrithiocin, all of which contain a thiazoline ring. In this method, an aryl nitrile or imidate is condensed with cysteine, a 2-alkyl cysteine, or a cysteine ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Genzyme Corporation
    Inventors: Mukund S. Chorghade, Mukund K. Gurjar, Bhanu M. Chanda
  • Patent number: 6903119
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the compounds of the formula (I) and salts thereof (all the symbols are the same meanings as described in the specification). The compounds of the formula (I) possess inhibitory activity of N-type calcium channel, so they are useful as drug for prevention and/or treatment of cerebral infarct, transient ischemic attack, encephalomyelopathy after cardiac operation, spinal angiopathy, hypertension with stress, neurosis, epilepsy, asthma and pollakiuria etc. or agent for the treatment of pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Seko, Masashi Kato
  • Patent number: RE39132
    Abstract: Phenyl- and pyridyl-substituted thiazoline acid derivatives useful in diagnosing and treating pathological conditions associated with an excess of trivalent metals in humans and animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: University of Florida, Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond J. Bergeron, Jr.