Patents Assigned to Arena Pharmaceuticals
  • Publication number: 20080090863
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses novel substituted pyridine compounds of Formula (I): which act as MCH receptor antagonists. These compositions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are useful in the prophylaxis or treatment of improving memory function, sleeping and arousal, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, seizure, obesity, diabetes, appetite and eating disorders, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, dyslipidemia, myocardial infarction, binge eating disorders including bulimia, anorexia, mental disorders including manic depression, schizophrenia, delirium, dementia, stress, cognitive disorders, attention deficit disorder, substance abuse disorders and dyskinesias including Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, and addiction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicants: TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., ARENA PHARMACEUTICALS
    Inventors: Yoshinori Sekiguchi, Kosuke Kanuma, Katsunori Omodera, Kumi Sato, Masato Hayashi, Shuji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20070078134
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain pyrazole derivatives of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that modulate the activity of the 5-HT2A serotonin receptor. Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are directed to methods useful in the prophylaxis or treatment of platelet aggreagation, coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, transient ischemic attack, angina, stroke, atrial fibrillation, reducing the risk of blood clot formation, asthma or symptoms thereof, agitation or a symptom, behavioral disorders, drug induced psychosis, excitative psychosis, Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome, manic disorder, organic or NOS psychosis, psychotic disorder, psychosis, acute schizophrenia, chronic schizophrenia, NOS schizophrenia and related disorders, and sleep disorders, sleep disorders, diabetic-related disorders and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Applicant: Arena Pharmaceuticals
    Inventors: Bradley Teegarden, Honnappa Jayakumar, Hongmei Li, Sonja Strah-Pleynet, Peter Dosa
  • Publication number: 20070072803
    Abstract: The present invention concerns combination of an amount of a GPR119 agonist with an amount of a dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitor such that the combination provides an effect in lowering a blood glucose level or in increasing a blood GLP-1 level in a subject over that provided by the amount of the GPR119 agonist or the amount of the DPP-IV inhibitor alone and the use of such a combination for treating or preventing diabetes and conditions related thereto or conditions ameliorated by increasing a blood GLP-1 level. The present invention also relates to the use of a G protein-coupled receptor to screen for GLP-1 secretagogues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: Arena Pharmaceuticals
    Inventors: Zhi-Liang Chu, James Leonard, Hussien Al-Shamma, Robert Jones
  • Publication number: 20070072804
    Abstract: The present invention concerns combination of an amount of a GPR119 agonist with an amount of a dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitor such that the combination provides an effect in lowering a blood glucose level or in increasing a blood GLP-1 level in a subject over that provided by the amount of the GPR119 agonist or the amount of the DPP-IV inhibitor alone and the use of such a combination for treating or preventing diabetes and conditions related thereto or conditions ameliorated by increasing a blood GLP-1 level. The present invention also relates to the use of a G protein-coupled receptor to screen for GLP-1 secretagogues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: Arena Pharmaceuticals
    Inventors: Zhi-Liang Chu, James Leonard, Hussien Al-Shamma, Robert Jones
  • Publication number: 20070072857
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain pyrazole derivatives of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that modulate the activity of the 5-HT2A serotonin receptor. Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are directed to methods useful in the prophylaxis or treatment of platelet aggreagation, coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, transient ischemic attack, angina, stroke, atrial fibrillation, reducing the risk of blood clot formation, asthma or symptoms thereof, agitation or a symptom, behavioral disorders, drug induced psychosis, excitative psychosis, Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome, manic disorder, organic or NOS psychosis, psychotic disorder, psychosis, acute schizophrenia, chronic schizophrenia, NOS schizophrenia and related disorders, and sleep disorders, sleep disorders, diabetic-related disorders and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: Arena Pharmaceuticals
    Inventors: Bradley Teegarden, Honnappa Jayakumar, Hongmei Li, Sonja Strah-Pleynet, Peter Dosa