Nitrogen Attached Indirectly To The Diazole Ring By Acyclic Nonionic Bonding Patents (Class 548/335.5)
  • Patent number: 7842708
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): or a stereoisomer, tautomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate form thereof, wherein the variables A, L1, M and R11 are as defined herein. The compounds of Formula (I) are selective inhibitors of serine protease enzymes of the coagulation cascade and/or contact activation system; for example thrombin, factor Xa, factor XIa, factor IXa, factor VIIa and/or plasma kallikrein. In particular, it relates to compounds that are selective factor XIa inhibitors or dual inhibitors of fXIa and plasma kallikrein. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and methods of treating thromboembolic and/or inflammatory disorders using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Donald J. P. Pinto, Joanne M. Smallheer, James R. Corte, Zilun Hu, Cullen L. Cavallaro, Paul J. Gilligan, Mimi L. Quan, Leon M. Smith
  • Patent number: 7838685
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel complex lipid having a cationic functional group derived from an amino acid. Namely, the present invention provides a cationic acid amino acid type lipid represented by the following formula: wherein, R1 is a hydrocarbon group having a cationic functional group derived from an amino acid, R2 and R3 are each independently a chain hydrocarbon group, A1 and A2 are each independently a linkage group selected from the group consisting of —COO—, —OCO—, —CONH— and NHCO—, and n is an integer of 2 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Inventors: Shinji Takeoka, Yosuke Obata
  • Publication number: 20100292465
    Abstract: Novel N-heterocyclic carbene ligand precursors, N-heterocyclic carbene ligands and N-heterocyclic metal-carbene complexes are provided. Metal-carbene complexes comprising N-heterocyclic carbene ligands can be chiral, which are useful for catalyzing enantioselective synthesis. Methods for the preparation of the N-heterocyclic carbene ligands and N-heterocyclic metal-carbene complexes are given.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Steven Veige, Mathew S. Jeletic, Roxy J. Lowry, Khalil A. Abboud
  • Publication number: 20100280257
    Abstract: The present invention provides an efficient, safe and cost effective way to prepare 5-(4-methyl-1H-imidazol-1-yl)-3-(trifluoromethyl)-benzenamine which is a key intermediate for the preparation of substituted pyrimidinylaminobenzamides of formula (II):
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Stephan Abel, Murat Acemoglu, Bernhard Erb, Christoph Krell, Joseph Sclafani, Mark Meisenbach, Mahavir Prashad, Wen-Chung Shieh, Song Xue
  • Patent number: 7825150
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating immunological and inflammatory diseases and disorders are disclosed. Particular methods and compositions comprise the administration of an agent that inhibits S1P lyase activity and at least one additional immunosuppressive and/or anti-inflammatory agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Tamas Oravecz
  • Patent number: 7790724
    Abstract: The invention is directed to compounds of Formula II: wherein A, R1, R2, R3, R4, X, Y and W are set forth in the specification, as well as solvates, hydrates, tautomers or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that inhibit protein tyrosine kinases, especially c-fms kinase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Mark R. Player, Nand Baindur, Benjamin Brandt, Naresh Chadha, Raymond J. Patch, Davoud Asgari, Taxiarchis M. Georgiadis
  • Patent number: 7786158
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel opioid receptor modulators of Formula (I). The invention further relates to methods for preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in the treatment of disorders that may be ameliorated or treated by the modulation of opioid receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Henry J. Breslin, Chaozhong Cai, Wei He, Robert W. Kavash
  • Patent number: 7781435
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R6, R7 and A are as defined. Compounds of Formula I have activity inhibiting production of A?-peptide. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating diseases and disorders, for example, neurodegenerative and/or neurological disorders, e.g., Alzheimer's disease, in a mammal comprising compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc
    Inventors: Michael A. Brodney, Karen J. Coffman, Edward F. Kleinman, Brian T. O'Neill, Yuhpyng L. Chen
  • Patent number: 7777074
    Abstract: An Amino Acid Compound is described. The Amino Acid Compound may comprise an Amino Acid and one of a Nitrate and a Nitrite. The Amino Acid may be one of Agmatine, Arginine, Beta Alanine, Citrulline, Creatine, Glutamine, L-Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Norvaline, Ornithine, and Valine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Thermolife International, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Kramer, Alexander Nikolaidis
  • Patent number: 7759313
    Abstract: The invention relates to peptide derivatives which function as differentiation-inducing factors. The peptide derivatives are useful for treating cancer, particularly melanoma, for increasing the efficacy of melanoma immunotherapy, and for reducing hematological toxicity of chemotherapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Obschetstvo S Ogranichennoi Otvetstvennostiyu “Pharmenterprises”
    Inventors: Vladimir Evgenievich Nebolsin, Vera Andreevna Gorbunova, Ivan Dmitrievich Treschalin, Natan Tanfelevich Raikhlin, Avgust Mikhailovich Garin, Mark Borisovich Bychkov, Elena Mikhailovna Treschalina, Galina Alexandrovna Zheltukhina
  • Patent number: 7741356
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel opioid receptor modulators of Formula (I). The invention further relates to methods for preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in the treatment of disorders that may be ameliorated or treated by the modulation of opioid receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Henry J. Breslin, Chaozhong Cai, Wei He, Robert W. Kavash
  • Patent number: 7728146
    Abstract: There is disclosed herein compounds of formula (I), wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are defined throughout the description and the claims. The compounds of formula (I) are useful for the treatment of neurological diseases and neurodegenerative diseases, e.g. anxiety, depression, Alzheimer's disease etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Probiodrug AG
    Inventors: Michael Thormann, Michael Almstetter, Andreas Treml
  • Patent number: 7709657
    Abstract: The present invention provides an efficient, safe and cost effective way to prepare 5-(4-methyl-1H-imidazol-1-yl)-3-(trifluoromethyl)-benzenamine which is an intermediate for the preparation of substituted pyrimidinylaminobenzamides of formula (II):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Murat Acemoglu, Berthold Schenkel, Wen-Chung Shieh, Song Xue, Erich Widmer, Pedro Garcia Fuentes, Jose Martin Medina, Francisco Vicente Baños
  • Patent number: 7662995
    Abstract: 1-Phenylalkanecarboxylic acid derivatives, the processes for the preparation thereof and the use thereof in the treatment and/or prevention of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.
    Inventors: Luca Raveglia, Ilaria Peretto, Stefano Radaelli, Bruno Pietro Imbimbo, Andrea Rizzi, Gino Villetti
  • Publication number: 20100036132
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel processes for the preparation of opioid modulators (agonists and antagonists) and intermediates in their synthesis. The opioid modulators are useful for the treatment and prevention of as pain and gastrointestinal disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Chaozhong Cai, Wei He
  • Publication number: 20100022394
    Abstract: The present invention consists on the synthesis of new products for the treatment of the iron chlorosis. These products may have improved properties regarding the currently known treatments. The new products are non-symmetrical ethylene diamino hidroxyphenyl acetic acid derivatives possessing only five coordination sites able to chelate metals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: TRADECORP, S.A.
    Inventors: Miguel A. Sierra, Mar Gomez-Gallego, Juan J. Lucena, Sonia Garcia-Marco, Rosa Escudero
  • Patent number: 7649098
    Abstract: Imidazole-based compounds, compositions comprising them, and methods of their use for the treatment, prevention and management of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and disorders are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Augeri, Jeffrey Bagdanoff, Lakmal W. Boteju, Kenneth G. Carson, Theodore C. Jessop, Spencer David Kimball
  • Patent number: 7638546
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to imidazolyl derivatives of formula (I) where the substituents are defined in the specification, which are useful as agonist or antagonists of somatostatin receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: IPSEN Pharma S.A.S.
    Inventors: Christophe Alain Thurieau, Lydie Francine Poitout, Marie-Odile Galcera, Thomas D. Gordon, Barry A. Morgan, Christophe Philippe Moinet, Dennis C. H. Bigg
  • Publication number: 20090275617
    Abstract: Disclosed is an aryl-substituted nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound represented by the formula (I) below or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. This compound serves as nociceptin receptor antagonist and is useful as a pharmaceutical agent for treating diseases associated with a nociceptin receptor. (I) [in the formula, A1, A2 and A3 independently represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, and one or two of A1, A2 and A3 represent a carbon atom; R1 represents a lower alkyl group or the like; R2 represents a phenyl group which may be substituted with a halogen atom or the like; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or the like; and R4 represents a lower alkyl group or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Hirokatsu Ito, Kensuke Kobayashi, Hisashi Ohta, Osamu Okamoto, Satoshi Ozaki, Tomohiro Tsujita
  • Patent number: 7572921
    Abstract: The invention comprises a class of derivatives of substituted benzylimidazoles of the formula (I) and methods for making the same. These compounds are useful for the treatment of inflammatory conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Jin Mi Kim, Rene' Marc Lemieux, Bryan McKibben, Matt Aaron Tschantz, Hui Yu
  • Patent number: 7566734
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to imidazolyl derivatives of formula (I) where the substituents are defined in the specification, which are useful as agonists or antagonists of somatostatin receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Societe de Conseils de Recherches et d'Applications Scientifiques, S.A.S.
    Inventors: Christophe Alain Thurieau, Lydie Francine Poitout, Marie-Odile Galcera, Thomas D. Gordon, Barry A. Morgan, Christophe Philippe Moinet, Dennis C. H. Bigg
  • Patent number: 7560571
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns substituted imidazoles and pyrroles, compositions containing the same, the preparation thereof, and the use thereof as medicaments, particularly as anti-cancer agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Aventis Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: Baptiste Ronan, Frank Halley, Catherine Souaille, Fabrice Viviani, Youssef El-Ahmad, Eric Bacque, Michel Tabart
  • Publication number: 20090176853
    Abstract: The invention provides adamantane derivatives of formula (I), a process for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, a process for preparing the pharmaceutical compositions, and their use in therapy. In formula (I) D represents CH2 or CH2CH2, E represents C(O)NH or NHC(O) and R3 represents a group of formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventors: Lilian Alcaraz, Moya Caffrey, Mark Furber, Timothy Luker, Michael Mortimore, Austen Pimm, Philip Thorne, Paul Willis
  • Patent number: 7538138
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrug thereof which are useful for the modulation of the histamine-3 receptors in mammals and which are useful for the treatment of disorders ameliorated by histamine-3 receptor ligands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Marlon D. Cowart, Youssef L. Bennani, Ramin Faghih, Gregory A. Gfesser, Lawrence A. Black
  • Publication number: 20090118335
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a superior acid secretion inhibitory action, an antiulcer activity and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Atsushi Hasuoka, Terufumi Takagi, Masahiro Kajino, Haruyuki Nishida
  • Publication number: 20090069322
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are antibacterial or antiprotozoal agents for treatment of infections in humans and non-human mammals, wherein: Z represents a radical of formula —N(OH)CH(?O) or formula C(?O)NH(OH); R1 represents hydrogen, methyl or trifluoromethyl, or except when Z is a radical of formula —N(OH)CH(?O), a hydroxy, halo or amino group; R2 represents a group R10—(X)n-(ALK)m— wherein R10, ALK, X, m and n are as defined in the specification; R3 represents hydrogen, (C1-C6) alkyl or phenyl(C1-C6)alkyl-; and R5 and R6 are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: British Biotech Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Paul Raymond Beckett, Steven Launchbury, Gilles Pain, Lisa Marie Pratt
  • Publication number: 20090023735
    Abstract: The invention relates to sulphonamide derivatives of formula (I), where RC is selected from a group consisting of dialkylamino, NO2, CN, aminocarbonyl, monoalkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkanoyl, oxazol-2-yl, oxazolylaminocarbonyl, aryl, aroyl, aryl-CH(OH)—, arylaminocarbonyl, furanyl, where the aryl, aroyl and furanyl moieties may be substituted, guanidinyl-(CH2)z—N(R?)—, Het-(CH2)z—N(R?)—, Het-CO—N(R?)—, Het-CH(OH)— and Het-CO—, where Het is an optionally substituted 4-6-membered heterocyclic ring containing one or more heteroatoms sleeted from N, S and O, R? is hydrogen or alkyl, and z is an integer 1 to 5; RA is a group of formula (A), (B), (C) or (D) as defined in the claims; and RB is hydrogen, alkyl, alkanoyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkoxycarbonylalkyl, aminoalkyl, mono- or dialkylaminoalkyl or Het-alkyl, where Het is as defined above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Jyrki Heino, Mark Johnson, Jarmo Kapyla, Anne Marjamaki, Tommi Nyronen, Marika Ojala, Olli Pentikainen, Marjo Pihlavisto, Liisa Nissinen
  • Patent number: 7476763
    Abstract: Novel cyclohexyl-1,4-diamine compounds corresponding to formula I: methods for their production, pharmaceutical formulations containing these compounds, methods of producing such pharmaceutical formulations and related methods of treating or inhibiting certain diseases or conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Corinna Sundermann, Bernd Sundermann
  • Publication number: 20090012302
    Abstract: Provided are a method of isolating a nucleic acid from a sample and a solid material for isolating the nucleic acid which can be used for the above method. The method includes contacting the sample with a bifunctional material containing an amino group and a carboxyl group at a first pH to bind the nucleic acid to the bifunctional material, the bifunctional material being positively charged at the first pH; and releasing the nucleic acid at a second pH which is higher than the first pH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyu-youn HWANG, Chang-eun YOO
  • Publication number: 20080287506
    Abstract: Certain novel N,N-di(heteroarylalkyl)amine derivatives have provided unexpected insecticidal and acaricidal activity. These compounds are represented by formula (I): wherein Ar Ar1, a, b, c, R, Rd, Re, Rf, Rg, Rh, R?, R3 and Rk are fully described herein. In addition, compositions comprising an insecticidally effective amount of at least one compound of formula I, and optionally, an effective amount of at least one of a second compound, with at least one insecticidally compatible carrier are also disclosed; along with methods of controlling insects comprising applying said compositions to a locus where insects are present or are expected to be present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: David M. Roush, John F. Chiarello, George Theodoridis, Hongyan Qi
  • Publication number: 20080275099
    Abstract: Solid forms of (E)-1-(4-((1R,2S,3R)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroxybutyl)-1H-imidazol-2-yl)ethanone oxime, compositions comprising them, and methods of their use are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Wenxue Wu, Haiming Zhang
  • Patent number: 7446118
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or prodrugs thereof, wherein p, Ar, R1, R2, R3, Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd and Re are defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, methods of using, and methods of preparing the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Pravin Iyer, Matthew C. Lucas, Ryan Craig Schoenfeld, Marzia Villa, Robert James Weikert
  • Publication number: 20080267912
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), combinations and uses thereof for disease therapy, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or polymorph thereof, including all tautomers and stereoisomers thereof wherein: A represents and B, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and Z are as defined throughout the description and the claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: PROBIODRUG AG
    Inventors: Mirko Buchholz, Ulrich Heiser, Torsten Hoffmann, Livia Boehme
  • Publication number: 20080262065
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), combinations and uses thereof for disease therapy, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or polymorph thereof, including all tautomers and stereoisomers thereof wherein: A represents and R1, B and Y are as described throughout the description and the claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: PROBIODRUG AG
    Inventors: Mirko Buchholz, Ulrich Heiser, Antje Harmann
  • Publication number: 20080255095
    Abstract: A compound of the formula (I): wherein R1 is C1-C6 alkyl, amino, (C1-C6 alkyl)amino, di(C1-C6 alkyl)amino or a nitrogen-containing saturated heterocyclic; R2 and R3 are hydrogen or C1-C6 alkyl; Arom is phenyl, idenyl, napthyl, phenanthrenyl, furyl, thiolyl, pyrrolyl, azepinyl, pyrazolyl, imidazolyl, oxazolyl, isoxazolyl, thiazolyl, isothiazolyl, 1,2,3 oxadiazolyl, pyranyl, pyridyl, pyridazinyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrazinyl or quinolyl; A is C1-C6 alkylene; Ra is hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl or C2-C6 alkenyl; E is a single bond, oxygen, sulfur or —NR4—, wherein R4 is hydrogen or C1-C7 alkanoyl; X1 and X2 are oxygen or sulfur; or a pharmacologically acceptable salt or ester thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: BTG INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazuo Koyama, Shinji Marumoto, Narihiro Toda, Hiroshi Kogen, Keiko Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20080249316
    Abstract: The present invention relates to crystalline forms of [3-(4-{2-butyl-1-[4-(4-chloro-phenoxy)-phenyl]-1H-imidazol-4-yl}-phenoxy)-propyl]-diethylamine (“COMPOUND I”) useful in the treatment of RAGE mediated diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventor: Anitha Hari
  • Publication number: 20080242716
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds, compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compound compositions. The compounds, compositions, and methods described herein can be used for the therapeutic modulation of ion channel function, and treatment of disease and disease symptoms, particularly those mediated by certain calcium channel subtype targets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Robert Zelle, Christopher T. Baker
  • Patent number: 7429575
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an N-(phosphonoalkyl)-amino acid, a related compound or a derivative thereof, the N-(phosphonoalkyl)-amino acid, related compound or derivative thereof being in a form as a free acid, salt, partial salt, lactone, amide or ester, or in stereoisomeric or non-stereoisomeric form, other than N-(phosphonomethyl)-glycine or N,N-bis(phosphonomethyl)-glycine. Also included is a composition including an N-(phosphonoalkyl)-amino acid, a related compound or a derivative thereof in a form as a free acid, salt, partial salt, lactone, amide or ester, or in stereoisomeric or non-stereoisomeric form, and a cosmetically or pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle for topical or systemic administration to a mammalian subject, as well as a method of administering an effective amount of such a composition for alleviating or improving a condition, disorder, symptom or syndrome associated with at least one of a nervous, vascular, musculoskeletal or cutaneous system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Inventors: Ruey J. Yu, Eugene J. Van Scott
  • Publication number: 20080234202
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods of synthesis of amino acid analogs contained within peptide sequences that is adapted for preparation of peptides containing analogs of basic amino acids lysine and arginine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Justin O. Brower, Thomas A. Dix
  • Publication number: 20080227781
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the Formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R6, R7 and A are as defined. Compounds of the Formula I have activity inhibiting production of A?-peptide. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating diseases and disorders, for example, neurodegenerative and/or neurological disorders, e.g., Alzheimer's disease, in a mammal comprising compounds of the Formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Michael A. Brodney, Karen J. Coffman
  • Publication number: 20080207589
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new substituted imidazole compounds have the following Formula (I) and to the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof, to compositions of the compounds together with pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, and to uses of the compounds:
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Rustum Boyce, Eric Martin, Weibo Wang, Hong Yang, Paul A. Barsanti
  • Publication number: 20080200691
    Abstract: The present invention provides an efficient, safe and cost effective way to prepare 5-(4-methyl-1H-imidazol-1-yl)-3-(trifluoromethyl)-benzenamine which is an intermediate for the preparation of substituted pyrimidinylaminobenzamides of formula (II):
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Murat Acemoglu, Berthold Schenkel, Wen-Chung Shieh, Song Xue, Erich Widmer, Pedro Garcia Fuentes, Jose Martin Medina, Francisco Vicente Banos
  • Publication number: 20080139533
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula I, wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and lower alkyl; each R2 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and lower alkyl; each R3 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, phenyloxy, benzyloxy, halogen and lower alkyl substituted by halogen; R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and lower alkyl; X is selected from the group consisting of —CH2—, —CH— and —O—; Y is selected from the group consisting of —CH2—, —CH2CH2—, —CH— and a bond; with the proviso that, when X is —O—, Y is —CH2—; Z is selected from the group consisting of —CH2— and —CH—; m is 1 or 2; and n is 1 or 2. The invention relates also to a pharmaceutically-acceptable acid-addition salt of such a compound, methods for making the compound, and a composition comprising such a compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Guido Galley, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Roger Norcross, Henri Stalder
  • Publication number: 20080119535
    Abstract: The present invention relates to amino-4-methyl imidazoles and pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof. The compound may be used for the treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), stress-related disorders, psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease, neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, migraine, hypertension, substance abuse and metabolic disorders such as eating disorders, diabetes, diabetic complications, obesity, dyslipidemia, disorders of energy consumption and assimilation, disorders and malfunction of body temperature homeostasis, disorders of sleep and circadian rhythm, and cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Guido Galley, Annick Goergler, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Roger Norcross, Henri Stalder
  • Publication number: 20080113976
    Abstract: The present application describes modulators of MCP-1 of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, useful for the prevention of asthma, multiple sclerosis, artherosclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventor: Percy H. Carter
  • Patent number: 7326812
    Abstract: Arylsulfonamidobenzyl alcohols, amines and sulfonamides are provided which are useful in treating lipid disorders, metabolic diseases and cell-proliferative diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Xian Yun Jiao, Frank Kayser, Sharon McKendry, Derek E. Piper, Andrew K. Shiau
  • Patent number: 7304086
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel inhibitors of glutaminyl cyclase and combinations thereof for the treatment of neuronal disorders, especially Alzheimer's disease, Down Syndrome, Parkinson disease, Chorea Huntington, pathogenic psychotic conditions, schizophrenia, impaired food intake, sleep-wakefulness, impaired homeostatic regulation of energy metabolism, impaired autonomic function, impaired hormonal balance, impaired regulation, body fluids, hypertension, fever, sleep dysregulation, anorexia, anxiety related disorders including depression, seizures including epilepsy, drug withdrawal and alcoholism, neurodegenerative disorders including cognitive dysfunction and dementia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Probiodrug AG
    Inventors: Stephan Schilling, Mirko Buchholz, Andre Johannes Niestroj, Ulrich Heiser, Hans-Ulrich Demuth
  • Publication number: 20070259924
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, and prodrugs thereof which are inhibitors of Factor Xa. The present invention is also directed to intermediates used in making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing such a compound, methods to prevent or treat a number of conditions characterized by undesired thrombosis and methods of inhibiting the coagulation of a blood sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Yonghong Song, Zhaozhong J. Jia, Anjali Pandey, Robert M. Scarborough, Carroll Scarborough
  • Patent number: 7291641
    Abstract: Thiaxozle, oxazole, imidazole, isoxazole and isoxazoline compounds of the formula wherein Het is thiazole, oxazole, imidazole, isoxazole or isoxazoline, n is an integer from 0 to 6, A is selected from the various optionally substituted aromatic radicals defined in the specification, B is hydrogen, alkyl or phenyl, R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen, alkyl or cycloalkyl or R1 and R2 taken together with the carbon atom which carries them, form a carbocycle with 3 to 7 members and ? is —NH46R47 or —OR48, R46 and R47 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl or —(CH2)kCOOR51, R51 is alkyl or haloalkyl and R48 is hydrogen or alkyl having advantageous pharmacological properties which allow their use in therapeutics, for treating neurodegenerative disorders or pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Societe de Conseils de Recherches et d'Applications Scientifiques (S.C.R.A.S.)
    Inventors: Pierre-Etienne Chabrier De Lassauniere, Jermiah Harnett, Dennis Bigg, Ann-Marie Liberatore, Jacques Pommier, Jacques Lannoy, Christophe Thurieau, Zheng Xin Dong
  • Publication number: 20070238710
    Abstract: This invention concerns N-(ortho phenylaminoaryl), N?-alkyl sulfamides which are inhibitors of MEK and are useful in the treatment of cancer and other hyperproliferative diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: ARDEA BIOSCIENCES
    Inventors: Shunqi Yan, Jean-Michel Vernier, Zhi Hong