Patents Assigned to AstraZeneca
  • Publication number: 20100137243
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt, or an in-vivo-hydrolysable ester thereof, and compounds as shown in Formula (I) wherein C is for example (D), (E), (F); wherein A and B are independently selected from (i) and (ii); R2a to R3b are independently selected from hydrogen and fluorine; R1a and R1b are independently selected from, for example, hydroxy, —NHC(?W)R4, (a) and (b); wherein W is O or S; R4 is, for example, hydrogen, amino, (1-4C)alkyl; HET-1 is, for example, a C-linked 5-membered heteroaryl ring; HET-2 is, for example, an N-linked 5-membered, fully or partially unsaturated heterocyclic ring; are useful as antibacterial agents; and processes for their manufacture and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Michael Barry Gravestock, Neil James Hales, Michael Lingrad Swaim, Sheila Irene Hauck, Stuart Dennett Mills
  • Patent number: 7728030
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): The present invention relates to novel indazolyl ester or amide derivatives, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives, to processes for preparing such novel derivatives and to the use of such derivatives as medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignees: AstraZeneca AB, Bayer Schering Pharma Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Markus Berger, Jan Dahmén, Karl Edman, Anders Eriksson, Balint Gabos, Thomas Hansson, Martin Hemmerling, Krister Henriksson, Svetlana Ivanova, Matti Lepistö, Darren McKerrecher, Magnus Munck af Rosenschöld, Stinabritt Nilsson, Hartmut Rehwinkel, Camilla Taflin
  • Publication number: 20100130477
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is at least one spirocyclobutyl piperidine derivative, at least one pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one spirocyclobutyl piperidine derivative disclosed herein, and at least one method of using at least one spirocyclobutyl piperidine derivative disclosed herein for treating at least one histamine H3 receptor associated condition therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Peter Bernstein, Dean Brown, Andrew Griffin, Maxime C. Tremblay, Steven Wesolowski
  • Publication number: 20100130495
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula I and therapeutically acceptable salts thereof, their pharmaceutical compositions, processes for making them and their use as therapeutic methods for treatment and/or prevention of various diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Rickard FORSBLOM, Kim PAULSEN, Didier ROTTICCI, Ellen SANTANGELO, Magnus WALDMAN
  • Publication number: 20100130773
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new process for the synthesis of alkyl phosphinic acids, and more particularly to a coupling reaction between an alkylhalide and a hypophosphorous acid derivative in the presence of an amine and an amineoxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Daniel Finnhult, Roger Sohlberg, Fredrik Stalfors, Carina Svensson, Johanna Wachtmeister, Thomas Wannman
  • Publication number: 20100130748
    Abstract: Provided are methods for the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds such as benzimidazole carboxylic acid core structures having Formula Ia-2 and their synthetic intermediates: wherein X1, X2, X5, R1, R2 and R4 are as defined herein. Compounds of Formula Ia-2 and their synthetic intermediates can be used to prepare heterocyclic derivatives such as benzimidazole derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicants: ARRAY BIOPHARMA INC., ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: John Demattei, Sagar Shakya, Paul J. Nichols, Bradley R. Barnett, Bruno P. Hache, Matthew Charles Evans, James Gair Ford, John Leonard
  • Patent number: 7723333
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain novel compounds of the formula (I) to processes for preparing such compounds, to their the utility in modulation of nuclear hormone receptors Liver X Receptor (LXR) ? (NR1H3) and/or ? (NR1H2) and in treating and/or preventing clinical conditions including cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis; inflammatory diseases, Alzheimer's disease, lipid disorders (dyslipidemias) whether or not associated with insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and other manifestations of the metabolic syndrome, to methods for their therapeutic use and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Anders Broo, Robert Judkins, Lanna Li, Eva-Lotte Lindstedt-Alstermark, Pernilla Sandberg, Marianne Swanson, Lars Weidolf, Kay Brickmann, Patrik Holm
  • Patent number: 7723331
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the class of thienopyrimidines, processes for preparing such compounds, their use in the treatment of obesity, psychiatric disorders, cognitive disorders, memory disorders, schizophrenia, epilepsy, and related conditions, type II diabetes, Metabolic syndrome and neurological disorders such as dementia, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, Alzheimer's disease, and pain related disorders, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Fabrizio Giordanetto, Tord Inghardt
  • Patent number: 7723337
    Abstract: The invention relates to chemical compounds of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which possess CSF-1R 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: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Leslie Dakin, Claude Afona Ogoe, David Scott, XiaoLan Zheng
  • Patent number: 7723373
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted indoles useful as pharmaceutical compounds for treating respiratory disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Roger Bonnert, Mark Dickinson, Rukhsana Rasul, Hitesh Sanganee, Simon Teague
  • Publication number: 20100125081
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I) and their pharmaceutical compositions. In addition, the present invention relates to therapeutic methods for the treatment and/or prevention of A?-related pathologies such as Downs syndrome, ?-amyloid angiopathy such as but not limited to cerebral amyloid angiopathy or hereditary cerebral hemorrhage, disorders associated with cognitive impairment such as but not limited to MCI (“mild cognitive impairment”), Alzheimer Disease, memory loss, attention deficit symptoms associated with Alzheimer disease, neurodegeneration associated with diseases such as Alzheimer disease or dementia including dementia of mixed vascular and degenerative origin, pre-senile dementia, senile dementia and dementia associated with Parkinson's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy or cortical basal degeneration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Jorg HOLENZ, Sofia KARLSTROM, Jacob KIHLSTROM, Karin KOLMODIN, Johan LINDSTRÖM, Laszlo RAKOS, Didier ROTTICCI, Peter SODERMAN, Marie SUNDSTROM, Britt-Marie SWAHN, Stefan VON BERG
  • Publication number: 20100125087
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I) and their pharmaceutical compositions. In addition, the present invention relates to therapeutic methods for the treatment and/or prevention of A?-related pathologies such as Downs syndrome, ?-amyloid angiopathy such as but not limited to cerebral amyloid angiopathy or hereditary cerebral hemorrhage, disorders associated with cognitive impairment such as but not limited to MCI (“mild cognitive impairment”), Alzheimer Disease, memory loss, attention deficit symptoms associated with Alzheimer disease, neurodegeneration associated with diseases such as Alzheimer disease or dementia including dementia of mixed vascular and degenerative origin, pre-senile dementia, senile dementia and dementia associated with Parkinson's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy or cortical basal degeneration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Jorg HOLENZ, Sofia KARLSTROM, Jacob KIHLSTROM, Karin KOLMODIN, Laszlo RAKOS, Peter SODERMAN, Britt-Marie SWAHN, Stefan VON BERG, Fredrik VON KIESERITZKY
  • Publication number: 20100125082
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I) and their pharmaceutical compositions. In addition, the present invention relates to therapeutic methods for the treatment and/or prevention of A?-related pathologies such as Downs syndrome, ?-amyloid angiopathy such as but not limited to cerebral amyloid angiopathy or hereditary cerebral hemorrhage, disorders associated with cognitive impairment such as but not limited to MCI (“mild cognitive impairment”), Alzheimer Disease, memory loss, attention deficit symptoms associated with Alzheimer disease, neurodegeneration associated with diseases such as Alzheimer disease or dementia including dementia of mixed vascular and degenerative origin, pre-senile dementia, senile dementia and dementia associated with Parkinson's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy or cortical basal degeneration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Jörg HOLENZ, Sofia KARLSTRÖM, Karin KOLMODIN, Johan LINDSTRÖM, Laszlo RAKOS, Didier ROTTICCI, Peter SÖDERMAN, Britt-Marie SWAHN, Stefan VON BERG
  • Patent number: 7718812
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the conversion of group X in a 2-(6-substituted)-1,3-dioxane-4yl) acetic acid derivative according to formula 2 into a group OY in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst and an oxylating agent, by using as a phase transfer catalyst a quarternary phosphonium ion and by using as an oxylating agent an OY-ion. X stands for a halogen and R1, R2 and R3 are each independently a C1–4 alkylgroup or R1 and R2 together with the C-atom to which they are bound form a 5- or 6-membered cycloalkyl; Y stands for RA-CO— or for RB—SO2- with RA, RB are chosen from the group of alkyl or aryl with 1–12 C-atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: AstraZeneca UK Limited
    Inventor: Robert Patrick Hof
  • Patent number: 7718653
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) where one of A1, A2 or A3 is N, and the others are independently selected from CH or N; ring B is a fused 5 or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring which is optionally substituted as defined in the specification, and R1, R2, R3, R4, and n are as defined in the specification. The compounds are inhibitors of EphB4 or EphA2 and therefore may be useful in pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of conditions such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Bernard Christophe Barlaam, Richard Ducray, Jason Grant Kettle
  • Patent number: 7718686
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds having a positive allosteric GÀBAB receptor (GDR) modulator effect, methods for the preparation of said compounds and to their use, optionally in combination with a GABAB agonist, for the inhibition of transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxations, for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, as well as for the treatment of functional gastrointestinal disorders and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). A compound of the general formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Udo Bauer, Wayne Brailsford, Vijay Chhajlani, Bryan Egner, Ola Fjellström, Linda Gustafsson, Jan Mattsson, Karolina Nilsson, Thomas Olsson
  • Publication number: 20100120798
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (I) having PKA and PKB kinase inhibiting compounds of the formula (I): GP 1 J T 2 J N 4 R N H (I) or salts, solvates, tautomers or N-oxides thereof, wherein (1) GP is a group GP1: HET 2a a Q G (HNCO)f 7 (R)x N * (GP1) (2) GP is a group GP2: 10 (R)r O 2a a QG (CH2)w N V H N * (GP2) wherein HET is a monocyclic or bicyclic heterocyclic group containing up to 4 heteroatom ring members; the ring V is a monocyclic or bicyclic heteroaryl group of 5 to 10 ring members; and J1, J2, R4, R7, R10, Q2a, Ga, x, w and f are as defined in the claims
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicants: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, ASTRAZENECA AB, THE INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH
    Inventors: Steven John Woodhead, Christopher Hamlett, Marinus Leendert Verdonk, Hannah Fiona Sore, David Winter Walker, Ian Collins, Kwai Ming Cheung, John Caldwell, Tatiana Faria Da Fonseca McHardy, Richard William Arthur Luke, Zbigniew Stanley Matusiak, Gregory Richard Carr, Jeffrey James Morris
  • Publication number: 20100113502
    Abstract: Compounds of formulae I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the specification as well as salts and pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds are prepared. They are useful in therapy, in particular in the management of pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Yun-Xing Cheng, Miroslaw Tomaszewski
  • Patent number: 7709479
    Abstract: The use of a compound of formula (I) or a salt, ester, amide or prodrug thereof; where X is O, or S, S(O) or S(O)2, NH or NR12 where R12 is hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl; R5 is selected from a group NHC(O)OR9, NHC(O)R9, NHS(O)2R9, C(O)R9, C(O)OR9, S(O)R9, S(O)OR9, S(O)2OR9, C(O)NR10 R11, S(O)NR10R11 S(O)ONR10R11, where R9, R10 or R11 are various specified organic groups; R6 is hydrogen, optionally substituted hydrocarbyl or optionally substituted heterocyclyl; R7 and R8 are various specified organic groups, and R1, R2, R3, R4 are independently selected from halogeno, cyano, nitro, C1-3alkylsulphanyl, —N(OH)R13— (wherein R7 is hydrogen, or C1-3alkyl), or R15X1— (wherein X1 represents a direct bond, —O—, —CH2—, —OCO—, carbonyl, —S—, —SO—, —SO2—, —NR16CO—, —CONR16—, —SO2NR16—, —NR17SO2— or —NR18— (wherein R16, R17 and R18 each independently represents hydrogen, C1-3alkyl or C1-3alkoxy C2-3alkyl), and R9 is hydrogen, optionally substituted hydrocarbyl, optionally substituted heterocyclyl or optionally substituted alkoxy
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: AstraZeneca
    Inventors: Andrew Austen Mortlock, Nicholas John Keen, Frederic Henri Jung, Andrew George Brewster
  • Patent number: 7709503
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (1) and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are described: Formula (1) Processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, their use as medicaments and their use in the treatment of bacterial infections are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Oluyinka Morenike Green, Kenneth Gregory Hull, Haihong Ni, Sheila Irene Hauck, George Byron Mullen, Alexander Louis Breeze, Neil James Hales, David Timms