Patents Assigned to AstraZeneca
  • Publication number: 20110207755
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of MPO inhibitors for the treatment of multiple system atrophy. The present invention also relates to the use of MPO inhibitors for the treatment of Huntington's disease. The present invention also relates to the use of MPO inhibitors for neuroprotection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Håkan Eriksson, Werner Poewe
  • Publication number: 20110207745
    Abstract: Solid forms comprising salts of 4-{(R)-(3-aminophenyl)[4-(4-fluorobenzyl)piperazin-1-yl]methyl}-N,N-diethylbenzamide, compositions comprising the solid forms, methods of making the solid forms, and methods of their use for the treatment of various diseases and/or disorders are provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Louis Diorazio, Andrew Hornby Dobson, Alison Norton, Anne O'Kearney-McMullan, Dedong Wu
  • Publication number: 20110207770
    Abstract: The invention provides a pharmaceutical product, kit or composition comprising a first active ingredient which is a selected muscarinic receptor antagonist, and a second active ingredient which is selected from a phosphodiesterase inhibitor, a modulator of chemokine receptor function, an inhibitor of kinase function, a protease inhibitor, a steroidal glucocorticoid receptor agonist, a non-steroidal glucocorticoid receptor agonist and a purinoceptor antagonist, of use in the treatment of respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicants: ASTRAZENECA AB, PULMAGEN THERAPEUTICS (SYNERGY) LIMITED
    Inventors: Barbara G. Avitabile, Alan John Nadin, Nicholas Charles Ray
  • Patent number: 8003676
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), or salts thereof, which inhibit acetyl CoA (acetyl coenzyme A):diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT1) activity are provided, wherein: n is 1, 2 or 3 and each R is independently selected from fluoro, chloro, cyano, methyl, ethyl, methoxy, ethoxy, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy and difluoromethoxy; together with processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Craig Johnstone, Alleyn Plowright
  • Patent number: 8003649
    Abstract: The invention concerns bicyclic compounds of Formula I wherein the integers X1, X2, X3, Ring A, R4, R5 and m are as defined in the description. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the manufacture of a medicament for use in the prevention or treatment of androgen-receptor associated conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Robert Hugh Bradbury, Alfred Arthur Rabow, Neil James Hales
  • Patent number: 8003703
    Abstract: The invention relates to certain 2-substituted phenoxyacetic acid derivatives of formula (I), in which the variables are as defined in the claims, useful in the treatment of diseases or conditions in which modulation of the CRTh2 receptor is beneficial, such as asthma and rhinitis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Roger Victor Bonnert, Anil Patel, Stephen Thom
  • Patent number: 7998984
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula wherein R1, R3, R4, R5, R6, R14, X and W are as defined in the specification and optical isomers, racemates and tautomers thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; together with processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy. The compounds are inhibitors of human neutrophil elastase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Peter Hansen, Karolina Lawitz, Matti Lepistö, Hans Lönn, Asim Ray
  • Patent number: 7994179
    Abstract: DGAT-1 inhibitor compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutically-acceptable salts and pro-drugs thereof are described, together with pharmaceutical compositions, processes for making them and their use in treating, for example, obesity wherein, for example, Ring A is optionally substituted 2,6-pyrazindiyl; X is ?O; Ring B is optionally substituted 1,4-phenylene; Y1 is a direct bond or —O—; Y2 is —(CH2)r— wherein r is 2 or 3; n is 0 or n is 1 when Y1 is a direct bond between Ring B and Ring C and when Ring B is 1,4-phenylene and Ring C is (4-6C)cycloalkane; Ring C is optionally substituted (4-6C)cycloalkane, (7-10C)bicycloalkane, (8-12C)tricycloalkane, phenylene or pryidindiyl; L is a direct bond or —O—; p is 0, 1 or 2 and when p is 1 or 2 RA1 and RA2 are each independently hydrogen or (1-4C)alkyl; Z is carboxy or a mimic or bioisostere thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Petra Johannesson, Jan Magnus Johansson, Annika Ulrika Petersson, Alan Martin Birch, Roger John Butlin
  • Publication number: 20110186451
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical container systems, and to prefilled container inserts for use therein, for mixing two or more ingredients of a pharmaceutical product. The prefilled container insert of one embodiment comprises a molded container casing having walls, a bottom and an open top for receiving a solid component, a resilient stopper for sealing the open top of the molded container casing, and a bottom disc formed by a weakening rim in the bottom periphery of the molded container casing. The bottom disc is openable to allow mixing of the prefilled solid component with a diluents fluid of the pharmaceutical container system by introducing a spike through the resilient stopper applying a pushing force on the bottom disc, by which force the weakening rim is broken and the container is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Pontus Dersjö, Anders Löfgren
  • Publication number: 20110190520
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of certain cyclopropyl carboxylic acid esters and other cyclopropyl carboxylic acid derivatives; a novel process for the preparation of dimethylsulfoxonium methylide and dimethylsulfonium methylide; to the use of certain cyclopropyl carboxylic acid esters in a process for the preparation of intermediates that can be used in the synthesis of pharmaceutically active entities; and to certain intermediates provided by these processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Adrian Clark, Elfyn Jones, Ulf Larsson, Anna Minidis
  • Publication number: 20110190272
    Abstract: The invention relates to chemical compounds of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which possess CSF-IR kinase inhibitory activity and are accordingly useful for their anti-cancer activity and thus in methods of treatment of the human or animal body. The invention also relates to processes for the manufacture of said chemical compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to their use in the manufacture of medicaments of use in the production of an anti-cancer effect in a warm-blooded animal such as man.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Kevin Daly, Del Valle David, David Scott, Qing Ye
  • Patent number: 7989643
    Abstract: The invention relates to the preparation of 2-(6-substituted-1,3-dioxane-4-yl)acetic acid derivatives of formula 1, where X stands for a leaving group, and R1, R2, and R3 each independently stand for an alkyl group with 1-3 carbon atoms from 4-hydroxy-6-X-substituted-methyl-tetrahydropyran-2-one compounds, where X is as defined above, with the aid of an acetalization agent, in the presence of an acid catalyst. The invention also relates to the novel compounds of formula 1 as well as salts and acids to be prepared from these, with the OR3 group in formula 1 being replaced by an OY group, where X, R1 and R2 have the meanings defined above and where Y stands for an alkaline (earth) metal or a substituted or unsubstituted ammonium group or stands for hydrogen, and to the novel compounds of formula 2. The products concerned are, after conversion into the t-butyl ester of 2-(6-hydroxymethyl-1,3-dioxane-4-yl)acetic acid, important as intermediary products in the preparation of statins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca UK Ltd.
    Inventors: Jacob Hermanus Mattheus Hero Kooistra, Hubertus Josephus Marie Zeegers, Daniel Mink, Joannes Maria Cornelis Antonius Mulders
  • Patent number: 7989620
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I), wherein R1 and R2 are as defined in the specification; processes for their preparation; pharmaceutical compositions containing them; a process for preparing the pharmaceutical compositions; and their use in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Balint Gabos, Lena Ripa, Kristina Stenvall
  • Patent number: 7989460
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I: wherein: ring C is an 8, 9, 10, 12 or 13-membered bicyclic or tricyclic moiety which moiety may be saturated or unsaturated, which may be aromatic or non-aromatic, and which optionally may contain 1-3 heteroatoms selected independently from O, N and S; is —O— —NH— or —S—; is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; is 0, 1, 2 or 3; and R2 and R1 are as defined herein; and salts thereof; their use in the manufacture of a medicament for use in the production of an antiangiogenic and/or vascular permeability reducing effect in warm-blooded animals; processes for the preparation of such compounds; pharmaceutical compositions containing a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and methods of treating disease states involving angiogenesis by administering a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventor: Laurent Francois Andre Hennequin
  • Publication number: 20110183954
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I): (I) and to their salts, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of use, and methods for their preparation. These compounds provide a treatment for myeloproliferative disorders and cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Lynsie Almeida, Claudio Edmundo Chuaqui, Stephanos Loannidis, Bo Peng, Mei Su
  • Publication number: 20110178064
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I): to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, to methods of using them to treat bacterial infections, and to method for their preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA R&D
    Inventors: Gregory Steven Basarab, Jacques Dumas, Pamela Hill
  • Patent number: 7981890
    Abstract: A compound of the formula (I): wherein RH represents one or more optional substituents on the fused cyclohexene ring; R1 is selected from H and halo; RN is selected from H and optionally substituted C1-10 alkyl; and RC1 and RC2 are independently selected from H, R, C(?O)OR, where R is optionally substituted C1-10 alkyl, optionally substituted C5-20 aryl or optionally substituted C3-20 heterocyclyl; RC1 and RC2 together with the carbon atom to which they are attached may form an optionally substituted spiro-fused C5-7 carbocylic or heterocyclic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Muhammad Hashim Javaid, Keith Allan Menear, Niall Morrison Barr Martin
  • Patent number: 7982038
    Abstract: A radioactive compound having the formula: and pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1 and Ar are as defined in the specification, enantiomers, in vivo-hydrolysable precursors, pharmaceutical compositions and formulations containing them, methods of using them to treat diseases and conditions either alone or in combination with other therapeutically-active compounds or substances, processes and intermediates used to prepare them and uses of them for diagnostic and analytic purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Peter Dorff, John Gordon, John Richard Heys, Richard A Keith, Dennis J McCarthy, Mark A Smith, Eifion Phillips
  • Patent number: 7977328
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, HET-1 and HET-2 are as described in the specification, and their salts and pro-drugs, are activators of glucokinase (GLK) and are thereby useful in the treatment of, for example, type 2 diabetes. Processes for preparing compounds of formula (I) are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Darren McKerrecher, Kurt Gordon Pike, Michael James Waring
  • Patent number: 7977355
    Abstract: N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-N-methyl-4-(quinolin-8-yl(1-(thiazol-4-ylmethyl)piperidin-4-ylidene)methyl)benzamide, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and/or mixtures thereof, as well as, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, methods of treatment therewith, and processes of making N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-N-methyl-4-(quinolin-8-yl(1-(thiazol-4-ylmethyl)piperidin-4-ylidene)methyl)benzamide and intermediates thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Astrazeneca AB
    Inventors: Megan Murphy King, Cathy Dantzman, Glen Ernst, Thomas J. Hudzik, Khanh Bui