Abstract: The present invention relates to the identification and use of diagnostic markers for ischemic stroke of the lacunar subtype. The invention relates to devices and kits for performing these methods.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I, the N-oxides, tautomers, the prodrugs and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel oxindole derivatives of the general formula (I) to medicaments comprising them and to their use for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of diseases vasopressin dependent.

Abstract: A formulation comprising a melt-processed solid dispersion product comprising an active agent, a pharmaceutically acceptable thermoplastic polymer of N-vinyl lactams, and a pharmaceutically acceptable polyvinyl alcohol-polyalkylene glycol graft copolymer. A method for producing said formulation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel oxindole derivatives of the general formula (I) to medicaments comprising them and to their use for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of diseases.

Abstract: Human antibodies, preferably recombinant human antibodies, that specifically bind to human interleukin-12 (hIL-12) are disclosed. Preferred antibodies have high affinity for hIL-12 and neutralize hIL-12 activity in vitro and in vivo. An antibody of the invention can be a full-length antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof. The antibodies, or antibody portions, of the invention are useful for detecting hIL-12 and for inhibiting hIL-12 activity, e.g., in a human subject suffering from a disorder in which hIL-12 activity is detrimental. Nucleic acids, vectors and host cells for expressing the recombinant human antibodies of the invention, and methods of synthesizing the recombinant human antibodies, are also encompassed by the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to guanidine compounds of the general formula I corresponding enantiomeric, diastereomeric and/or tautomeric forms thereof as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The present compound further relates to the use of guanidine compounds as binding partners for 5-HT5 receptors for the treatment of diseases which are modulated by a 5-HT5 receptor activity, in particular for the treatment of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders as well as the associated signs, symptoms and dysfunctions.

Abstract: Carboxylic acid derivatives where R—R6, X, Y and Z have the meanings stated in the description, and the preparation thereof, are described. The novel compounds are suitable for controlling diseases.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel carboxamide compounds and their use for the manufacture of a medicament. The carboxamide compounds are inhibitors of calpain (calcium dependant cysteine proteases). The invention therefore also relates to the use of these carboxamide compounds for treating a disorder associated with an elevated calpain activity. The carboxamide compounds are compounds of the general formula I in which R1, R2, R3a, R3b, W, Y and X have the meanings mentioned in the claims and the description, the tautomers thereof and the pharmaceutically suitable salts thereof. In particular, the compounds have the general formula I-A.a? and I-A.a? in which m, E, R1, R3a, R3b, R2, Ry, Rw and Rw6* have the meanings mentioned in the claims, n is 0, 1 or 2, the tautomers thereof and the pharmaceutically suitable salts thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein A is C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl, C1-C6-hydroxyalkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, C2-C6-halo-alkenyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, aryl-C1-C4-alkyl, aryl-C2-C4-alkenyl, aryl or hetaryl; is a single or double bond; X1 and X2 are N, CRx1, NRx2 or CRx3Rx4; Rx1, Rx3 and Rx4 are H, halogen, CN, NO2, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C1-C6-alkylcarbonyl, etc. or two geminal radicals Rx3 and Rx4 together with the carbon atom to which they are bound may form a carbonyl group or a 3- to 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic spiro-annulated ring; Rx2 is hydrogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-alkylcarbonyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl, etc.; or two vicinal radicals Rx1, Rx2, Rx3 or Rx4 together with X1 and X2 form a five- or six-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic fused ring; Y1, Y2 and Y3 are N or CRy; Ry is H, halogen, CN, NO2, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C1-C6-alkylcarbonyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl, etc.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) wherein the variables have meanings given in the claims and the description. The invention also relates to the use of a compound of the formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for preparing a medicament for the treatment of a medical disorder susceptible to the treatment with a 5HT6 receptor ligand.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula I: wherein A is a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon chain having a chain length of 4 to 6 carbon atoms, the hydrocarbon chain being unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2 or 3 methyl groups; R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C3 alkyl and fluorinated C1-C3 alkyl; R2 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, C1-C3 alkyl, C1-C3 alkoxy, fluorinated C1-C3 alkyl or fluorinated C1-C3 alkoxy; R3 is selected from the group consisting of branched C4-C6 alkyl and C3-C6 cycloalkyl, and R4 is C1-C6 alkyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, fluorinated C1-C3-alkyl and fluorinated C3-C6 cycloalkyl. and the physiologically tolerated salts of these compounds and the N-oxides thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I) in which A, B, R1, R2 and Het have the meaning given in claim 1; Y is a bivalent group of the formula in which D is C1-C3-alkylene, where D may have a substituent R5; R3 is hydrogen, C1-C8-alkyl or together with R4 is C1-C3-alkylene which may have a radical R5a, or together with R5 is C1-C3-alkylene, and R4 is hydrogen, C1-C8-alkyl or together with R3 is C1-C3-alkylene which may have a radical R5a, or together with R5 is C1-C3-alkylene, where R5 together with R5a, where present, are a bond or C1-C3-alkylene; and where one of the following conditions is satisfied: R3 together with R4 is C1-C3-alkylene which may have a radical R5a; or R3 together with R5 is C1-C3-alkylene; or R4 together with R5 is C1-C3-alkylene where the radical A is different from phenyl when the radical B is phenyl or naphthyl; and medicaments which comprise such compounds and the use thereof for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of vasopressin-dependent and/o

Abstract: A solid dispersion product comprising itraconazole and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, which satisfies the Formula 0.35>?Htr (1) (wherein ?Htr represents the endotherm (J/g) accompanying a transition at about 240° C). The solid dispersion product shows an improved bioavailability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aminomethyl substituted bicyclic aromatic compound of the formula I The invention also relates to the use of a compound of the formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for preparing a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of a medical disorder susceptible to treatment with a dopamine D3 receptor ligand.

Abstract: The present invention relates to guanidine compounds of the general formula I corresponding enantiomeric, diastereomeric and/or tautomeric forms thereof as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The present compound further relates to the use of guanidine compounds as binding partners for 5-HT5 receptors for the treatment of diseases which are modulated by a 5-HT5 receptor activity, in particular for the treatment of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders as well as the associated signs, symptoms and dysfunctions.

Abstract: The invention related to N-[(piperazinyl)hetaryl]arylsulfonamide compounds of the general formula (I) in which Q is a bivalent, 6-membered heteroaromatic radical which possesses 1 or 2 N atoms as ring members and which optionally carries one or two substituents Ra which is/are selected, independently of each other, from halogen, CN, NO2, CO2R4, COR5, C1-C4-alkyl and C1-C4-haloalkyl; Ar is phenyl or a 6-membered heteroaromatic radical which possesses 1 or 2 N atoms as ring members and which optionally carries one or two substituents Rb, which is/are selected from halogen, NO2, CN, CO2R4, COR5, C1-C6-alkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, C2-C6-alkynyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl-C1-C4-alkyl and C1-C4-haloalkyl, with it also being possible for two radicals Rb which are bonded to adjacent C atoms of Ar to be together C3-C4-alkylene; R1 is hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl-C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-hydroxyalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy-C1-C4-alkyl, C3-C4-alkenyl or C3-C4-alkynyl; with the radicals n

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) wherein n is 0, 1 or 2; G is CH2 or CHR3; R1 is H, C,-C6-alkyl, C,-C6-alkyl substituted by C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C1-C6-hydroxyalkyl, fluorinated C,-C6-alkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, fluorinated C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C3-C6 alkenyl, fluorinated C3-C6-alkenyl, formyl, acetyl or propionyl; R2, R3 and R4 are, independently of each other, H, methyl, fluoromethyl, difluoromethyl, or trifluoromethyl; A is phenylene, pyridylene, pyrimidylene, pyrazinylene, pyridazinylene or thiophenylene, which can be substituted by one or more substituents selected from halogen, methyl, methoxy and CF3; E is NR5 or CH2, wherein R5 is H or C1-C3-alkyl; Ar is a cyclic radical selected from the group consisting of phenyl, a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic radical comprising as ring members 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S and a phenyl ring fused to a saturated or unsaturated 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring, where the heterocyclic ring comprises as ring members 1, 2

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel carboxamide compounds and their use for the manufacture of a medicament. The carboxamide compounds are inhibitors of calpain (calcium dependant cysteine proteases). The invention therefore also relates to the use of these carboxamide compounds for treating a disorder associated with an elevated calpain activity. The carboxamide compounds are compounds of the general formula I in which R1, R2, R3a, R3b, R4, Q, Y, A and X have the meanings mentioned in the claims and the description, the tautomers thereof and the pharmaceutically suitable salts thereof. In particular, the compounds have the general formula Ia and Ib in which R1, r, R2b, R3a, R3b, R4, Y and X have the meanings mentioned in the claims, including the tautomers thereof and the pharmaceutically suitable salts thereof.