Abstract: Provided are biomarkers for determining the sensitivity of proliferative diseases such as cancer to therapeutic agents, in particular mTOR inhibitors in combination with a cytotoxic agent, in particular a cytotoxic agent which damages or affects the integrity of DNA.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula wherein the substituents R1, R2 and R4 have the meaning as set forth and explained in the description of the invention, to processes for the preparation of these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing same, the use thereof optionally in combination with one or more other pharmaceutically active compounds for the therapy of a disease which responds to an inhibition of protein kinase activity, especially a neoplastic disease, in particular leukaemia, and a method for the treatment of such a disease.

Abstract: The present invention relates to certain substituted polyketides of formula I, wherein A, B, C, D, E, F and m are as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds, and the use of said compounds in treating tumors.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula wherein the substituents R1, R2 and R4 have the meaning as set forth and explained in the description of the invention, to processes for the preparation of these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing same, the use thereof optionally in combination with one or more other pharmaceutically active compounds for the therapy of a disease which responds to an inhibition of protein kinase activity, especially a neoplastic disease, in particular leukaemia, and a method for the treatment of such a disease.

Abstract: The present invention relates to certain substituted polyketides of formula I, wherein A, B and C are as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds, and the use of said compounds in treating tumors.

Abstract: ?-Amino hydroxamic acid derivative of formula (I), in which R is C2–C7-alkyl, which is mono-, di- or trisubstituted by halogen, nitro, lower acyloxy, trifluoromethoxy, cyano, C3–C5-cycloalkyl or unsubstituted or substituted C3–C4-heteroaryl comprising one or two heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of O, S and N; or C3–C7-alkenyl or C3–C7-alkynyl, which in each case is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted by halogen, nitro, lower acyloxy, trifluoromethoxy, cyano, C3–C5-cycloalkyl or unsubstituted or substituted C3–C6-heteroaryl comprising one or two heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of O, S and N; and the other symbols are as defined in claim 1, are described. These compounds are MMP and in particular MMP2 inhibitors and can be used for treatment of MMP dependent diseases, in particular inflammation conditions, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, tumors (tumor growth, metastasis, progression or invasi n) and pulmonary disorders (e.g. emphysema, COPD).

Abstract: The invention relates to ?-amino-N-hydroxy-acetamide derivatives of formula (I), wherein R is di-lower alkyl amino, 1,2,3-triazol-2yl or 1,2,4-triazol-4-yl, m represents an integer from 1 up to and including 10, and n represents an integer from 0 up to and including 10, and salts thereof; to processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said hydroxamic acid derivatives, the use of such hydroxamic acid derivatives as medicaments, and a method of treating conditions or diseases mediated by matrix-degrading metalloproteinases (MMP's) using said derivatives alone or in combination with one or more other therapeutic agents.

Abstract: The invention relates to anthranilic acid amide derivatives of formula (I), wherein R1 represents H or lower alkyl, R2 represents H or lower alkyl, R3 represents perfluoro lower alkyl, and X is O or S, or an N-oxide or a tautomer thereof, to salts of such anthranilic acid amides, their N-oxides and their tautomers; processes for the preparation thereof, the application thereof for the treatment of the human or animal body, the use thereof—alone or in combination with one or more other pharmaceutically active compounds—for the treatment especially of a neoplastic disease, such as a tumor disease, of retinopathy or age—related macular degeneration; a method for the treatment of such a disease in animals, especially in humans, and the use of such a compound—alone or in combination with one or more other pharmaceutically active compounds—for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical preparation for the treatment of a neoplastic disease, of retinopathy or age-related macular degeneration.

Abstract: 2-Amino-6-anilino-purine derivatives of the formula 1 in which the symbols are as defined in claim 1 are described. These compounds inhibit p34cdc2/cyclin Bcdc13 kinase and can be used for treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, for example tumour diseases.

Abstract: The invention relates to anthranilic acid amide derivatives of formula (I), wherein Ar is represented by the subformula (Ia), wherein Ra represents H or lower alkyl, and R1 represents H or perfluoro lower alkyl, R2 represents H, halogen, C2–C7alkyl, C2–C7alkenyl or lower aklynyl; or Ar is represented by the subformula (Ib) and R1 represents perfluoro lower alkyl, and R2 represents bromo, iodo, C2–C7alkyl, C2–C7alkenyl or lower alkynyl, or R1 represents H, and R2 represents fluoro, bromo, iodo, ethyl, C5–C7alkyl, C2–C7alkenyl or lower alkynyl; to N-oxides and tautomers thereof, and to salts of such anthranilic acid amides, its N-oxides and tautomers; to processes for their preparation; to their application in the treatment of the human or animal body, to the use thereof—alone or in combination with one or more other pharmaceutically active compounds—for the treatment especially of a neoplastic disease, such as a tumor disease, of retinopathy or age-related macular degeneration; to a method for the treatment of

Abstract: The present invention provides hydroxamate compounds which are deacetylase inhibitors. The compounds are suitable for pharmaceutical compositions having anti-proliferative properties.

Abstract: Described are compunds of formula (I), wherein W is O or S; X is NR8; Y is CR9R10—(CH2)n wherein R9 and R10 are independently of each other hydrogen or lower alkyl, and n is an integer of from and including 0 to and including 3; or Y is SO2; R2 is aryl; R2 is a mono- or bicyclic heteroaryl group comprising one or more ring nitrogen atoms with the exception that R2 cannot represent 2-phthalimidyl, and in case of Y=SO2 cannot represent 2,1,3-benzothiadiazol-4-yl; any of R3, R4, R5 and R6, independently of the other, is H or a substituent other than hydrogen; and R7 and R8, independently of each other, are H or lower alkyl; or a N-oxide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for the preparation of a pharmaceutical product for the treatment of a neoplastic disease which responds to an inhibition of the VEGF receptor tyrosine kinase activity. The compounds of formula (I) can be used for the treatment e.g. of a neoplastic disease, such as a tumor disease, of retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a substituted alkene of formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and R3 are independently of each other a protecting group for a hydroxy group or hydrogen and R4 is phenyl which is unsubstituted or mono- or disubstituted by alkoxy, which alkene constitutes an intermediate for the preparation of discodermolide and discodermolide analogues.

Abstract: Disclosed are derivatives of 2-{[N-(2-amino-3-(heteroaryl or aryl)propionyl)-aminoacyl]-amino}-alkylboronic acid, processes for the preparation of such compounds, pharmaceutical preparations, and the use of such derivatives in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for the therapeutic treatment of warm-blooded animals, including humans

Abstract: The invention relates to the treatment of an inflammatory disease, especially an inflammatory rheumatoid or rheumatic disease, and/or pain with an inhibitor of the activity of VEGF receptor tyrosine kinase of the formula I, the substituents being defined in the specification; as well as to new phthalazine derivatives; processes for the preparation thereof, the application thereof in a process for the treatment of the human or animal body; the use thereof for the treatment of a disease, especially a disease caused by ocular neovascularization, such as age-related macula degeneration or diabetic retinopathy, or other diseases that respond to the inhibition of tyrosine kinases, such as a proliferative disease; a method for the treatment of such disease in mammals; and the use of such a compound for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical preparation for the treatment especially of a disease as mentioned above.

Abstract: Described are compunds of formula (I), wherein W is O or S; X is NR8; Y is CR9R10—(CH2)n wherein R9 and R10 are independently of each other hydrogen or lower alkyl, and n is an integer of from and including 0 to and including 3; or Y is SO2; R1 is aryl; R2 is a bicyclic heteroaryl group comprising one ring nitrogen atom with the exception that R2 cannot represent 2-phthalimidyl; any of R3, R4, R5 and R6, independently of the other, is H or a substituent other than hydrogen; and R7 and R8, independently of each other, are H or lower alkyl; or a N-oxide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for the preparation of a pharmaceutical product for the treatment of a neoplastic disease which responds to an inhibition of the VEGF receptor tyrosine kinase activity. The compounds of formula (I) can be used for the treatment e.g. of a neoplastic disease, such as a tumor disease, of retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration.

Abstract: Nucleic acid molecules are isolated from Sorangium cellulosum that encode polypeptides necessary for the biosynthesis of epothilone. Disclosed are methods for the production of epothilone in recombinant hosts transformed with the genes of the invention. In this manner, epothilone can be produced in quantities large enough to enable their purification and use in pharmaceutical formulations such as those for the treatment of cancer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to certain substituted polyketides of formula I, wherein A, B and C are as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds, and the use of said compounds in treating tumors.

Abstract: The present invention provides hydroxamate compounds which are deacetylase inhibitors. The compounds are suitable for pharmaceutical compositions having anti-proliferative properties.

Abstract: The invention relates to substituted anthranylalkyl and cycloalkyl amides of general formula (I) and to their use as medicaments for treating diseases caused by persistent angiogenesis.