Patents Assigned to AstraZeneca
  • Publication number: 20080114002
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted acids of formula (I), where T, W, X, Y, Z, R1 and R2 as defined in the claims, as useful pharmaceutical compounds for treating asthma and rhinitis, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and a processes for their preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Roger Bonnert, Stephen Thom, Anil Patel, Timothy Luker
  • Publication number: 20080113960
    Abstract: According to the invention there is provided a kit of parts comprising: (a) a pharmaceutical formulation including a low molecular weight thrombin inhibitor, or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable adjuvant, diluent or carrier; and (b) a pharmaceutical formulation including a prodrug of a low molecular weight thrombin inhibitor, or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative of that prodrug, in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable adjuvant, diluent or carrier, which components (a) and (b) are each provided in a form that is suitable for administration in conjunction with the other, as well as the use of such a kit of parts in the treatment of a condition in which inhibition of thrombin is required or desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventor: David Gustafsson
  • Patent number: 7371765
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein: either any one of G1, G2, G3, G4 and G5 is nitrogen and the other four are —CH—, or G1, G2, G3, G4 and G5 are all —CH—; Z is —O—, —NH—, —S—, —CH2— or a direct bond; Z is linked to any one of G1, G2, G3 and G4; n is an integer from 0 to 5; m is an integer from 0 to 3; Ra represents hydrogen or fluoro; Rb, R1 and R2 are defined herein and salt thereof, process for the preparation so such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as active ingredient and the use of a compound of formula I in the manufacture of a medicament for the production of an antiangiogenic and/or vascular permeability reducing effect in warm-blooded animals. The compounds of formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof inhibit the effects of VEGF, a property of value in the treatment of a number of diseases states including cancer and rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventor: Laurent Francois Andre Hennequin
  • Patent number: 7371757
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds having formula: (I) or (II) and to their pharmaceutical compositions and to their methods of use. These novel compounds provide a treatment or prophylaxis of H. pylori infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Marshall Morningstar, Gregory Basarab, Charles Joseph Eyermann, Madhu Gowravaram, Oluyinka Green, Andrew Kiely, Lawrence MacPherson, Nguyen Thanh
  • Publication number: 20080108597
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Conduct Disorder and related conditions and disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventor: John Robertson
  • Publication number: 20080108608
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of the Formula (I). or salt thereof wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, A, B, L, n and m are as defined in the description. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions of said compounds, the use of said compounds as medicaments and in the production of an anti-angiogenic effect in a warm-blooded animal. The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of said compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Clifford David Jones, Richard William, Arthur Luke, William McCoull
  • Publication number: 20080108669
    Abstract: This invention relates to new use of pyrazolyl derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which have been found to possess analgesic activity and are accordingly useful in the treatment or prophylaxis of pain conditions in the human or animal body, for example in the manufacture of medicaments for the treatment or prevention of pain in a warm-blooded animal such as man.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventor: Alf Claesson
  • Publication number: 20080108633
    Abstract: This invention relates to new use of pyrazolyl derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which have been found to possess analgesic activity and are accordingly useful in the treatment or prophylaxis of pain conditions in the human or animal body, for example in the manufacture of medicaments for the treatment or prevention of pain in a warm-blooded animal such as man.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventor: Alf Claesson
  • Publication number: 20080108596
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a combination comprising quetiapine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and zolmitriptan or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, pharmaceutical compositions, processes for its preparation, the use thereof in the manufacture of a medicament and a method of treatment of disease and more particularly to a method of treatment of diseases typically treated with 5-HT1D agonists and/or atypical antipsychotics, in particularly, migraine, related conditions and for reducing or eliminating of migraine recurrence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventor: David Lee
  • Publication number: 20080108592
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel method of treating respiratory diseases, e.g., pediatric asthma, in a continuing regimen with not more than one daily dose of the drug budesonide using a nebulizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Bertil Andersson, Thor-Bjorn Conradsson, Goran Eriksson
  • Patent number: 7368461
    Abstract: NK2R binding compounds in accord with structural diagram I useful for the treatment or prevention of OAB or UI in mammals, particularly humans are disclosed: wherein in said compounds D, A, R1, R3 and R4 are as defined in the specification. Pharmaceutically-advantageous salts of the compounds, methods of use of the compounds, either alone or in combination with other pharmacological agents, and pharmaceutical compositions useful in practicing the methods of the invention are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Russell Bialecki, Cathy Dantzman, Keith Herzog
  • Patent number: 7368465
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) wherein Z is SO2(N6) or N(R7)SO2 or N(R7)SO2N(R6) useful as metalloproteinase inhibitors, especially as inhibitors of MMP12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Anders Eriksson, Matti Lepistö, Michael Lundkvist, Magnus Munck Af Rosenschöld, Pavol Zlatoidsky
  • Patent number: 7368448
    Abstract: Compounds of the following formula (I) wherein R1 R2, n, Ar1 and A2 are as defined in the specification, in vivo-hydrolysable precursors thereof, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, the use in therapy and pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment using the same. The example compounds are 1-(2-(naphthylmethoxy)-1-phenylethyl)piperazine derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventor: Cathy Dantzman
  • Publication number: 20080103170
    Abstract: Acetylcholine receptor ligands of formula I wherein D, E and G are as described in the specification, diastereoisomers, enantiomers, pharmaceutically-acceptable salts, methods of making, pharmaceutical compositions containing, and methods for using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Robert Jacobs, Richard J. Schmiesing
  • Publication number: 20080096929
    Abstract: There is disclosed the use of a compound of formula (I), (I) wherein X, Y, W and Q are as defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, in the manufacture of a medicament, for the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases or conditions in which inhibition of the enzyme myeloperoxidase (MPO) is beneficial. Certain novel compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are disclosed, together with processes for their preparation. The compounds of formulae (I) are MPO inhibitors and are thereby particularly useful in the treatment or prophylaxis of neuroinflammatory disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Anna-Karin Tiden, Dominika Turek, Jenny Viklund
  • Publication number: 20080096881
    Abstract: The invention concerns quinazoline derivatives of Formula (I): wherein each of R1, X1, R2, R3, R5, n and m have any of the meanings defined in the description; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the manufacture of a medicament for use as an antiproliferative agent in the prevention or treatment of tumours which are sensitive to inhibition of EGF and erbB receptor tyrosine kinases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Laurent Francois Andre Hennequin, Bernard Christophe Barlaam, Robert Hugh Bradbury
  • Publication number: 20080096860
    Abstract: A compound of formula (1), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or in vivo hydrolysable ester thereof and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these, all for use in the treatment of chemokine mediated diseases and disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: David Ranulf Cheshire, Rhona Jane Cox, Premji Meghani, Neal Michael Smith, Jeffrey Paul Stonehouse, Cherylin Francis Preston
  • Patent number: 7361660
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula (1)(A chemical formula should be inserted here—please see paper copy enclosed) wherein Q is —CO— or —C(R4)(R5)— (wherein R4 is a hydrogen atom or C1-4alkyl and R5 is a hydrogen atom or hydroxy group) and Ar is a 5- to 10-membered aromatic ring system wherein up to 4 ring atoms may be heteroatoms independently selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur, the ring system being optionally substituted by one or more substituents as defined in the specification. It also relates to methods of preparing, pharmaceutical compositions containing and methods of using the compound of the formula (1), particularly in the modulation of autoimmune disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Rachel Heulwen Reynolds, Anthony Howard Ingall
  • Patent number: 7358398
    Abstract: A method of synthesizing a compound of formula I: comprising the step of reacting a moiety of formula II: with a moiety of formula III: in compressed carbon dioxide in the presence of a transition metal catalyst and a base, wherein L is a labile leaving group; RN1 is optionally substituted C5-20 aryl; RN2 is selected from optionally substituted C5-20aryl, optionally substituted C3-20 heterocyclyl, optionally substituted C3-7 alkyl, and optionally substituted sulfonyl; RN3 is selected from H and optionally substituted C1-7 alkyl, C3-20 heterocyclyl and C5-20 aryl; or RN2 and RN3 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form optionally substituted nitrogen-containing C3-20 heterocylyl or C5-20 heteroaryl; and R1 R2 and R3 are independently selected from optionally substituted C1-7 alkyl, C5-20 aryl, C3-20 heterocyclyl, hydroxy, halo, amino and C1-7 alkoxy, or two of R1, R2 and R3, together with the silicon atom to which they are attached, may form a silicon containing C5-7 heterocyclyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: AstraZeneca UK Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Bruce Holmes, Catherine Janet Smith, Melanie Wing-Sze Tsang, Theresa Rachel Early, Richard Eden Shute
  • Patent number: 7358376
    Abstract: The invention relates to heteroaromatic carboxamides of formula (I), wherein A, R1, R2 and X are as defined in the specification, processes and intermediates used in their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Andrew Baxter, Stephen Brough, Alan Faull, Craig Johnstone, Thomas McInally