Patents Assigned to Carlo Erba S.p.A.
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Patent number: 4537962Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is(a) hydrogen or halogen;(b) a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group, unsubstituted or substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy or by halogen;(c) a phenyl ring unsubstituted or substituted by a group chosen from halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl and C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy;(d) a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylthio group;R.sub.2 is hydrogen or halogen;R.sub.3 is 2-pyridyl, 3-pyridyl or 4-pyridyl, wherein each pyridyl group is unsubstituted or substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds possess anti-ulcerogenic and gastric anti-secretory activity.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 1983Date of Patent: August 27, 1985Assignee: Farmitalia Carlo Erba, S.p.A.Inventors: Gianfederico Doria, Carlo Passarotti, Ada Buttinoni
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Patent number: 4526892Abstract: Novel ergoline derivatives formed by reaction of an 8-carboxy ergoline with a carbodiimide and having hypotensive and antiprolatinic activity.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 1982Date of Patent: July 2, 1985Assignee: Farmitalia Carlo Erba, S.p.A.Inventors: Patricia Salvati, Anna M. Caravaggi, Aldemio Temperilli, Germano Bosisio, Osvaldo Sapini, Enrico di Salle
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Patent number: 4522815Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparing the glycoside antitumor anthracyclines 7-0-(2,6-dideoxy-.alpha.-L-arabino-hexopyranosyl)-daunomycinone (Ia); 4-demethoxy-7-0-(2,6-dideoxy-.alpha.-L-arabino-hexopyranosyl)-daunomycinon e (Ib); 7-0-(2,6-dideoxy-.alpha.-L-arabino-hexopyranosyl)-adriamycinone (Ic); 4-demethoxy-7-0-(2,6-dideoxy-.alpha.-L-arabino-hexopyranosyl)-adriamycinon e (Id); 7-0-(2,3,6-trideoxy-.alpha.-L-erythro-hex-2-enopyranosyl)-daunomycinone (IIa); 4-demethoxy-7-0-(2,3,6-trideoxy-.alpha.-L-erythro-hex-2-enopyranosyl)-daun omycinone (IIb); 7-0-(2,3,6-trideoxy-.alpha.-L-erythro-hex-2-enopyranosyl)-adriamycinone (IIc); and 4-demethoxy-7-0-(2,3,6-trideoxy-.alpha.-L-erythro-hex-2-enopyranosyl)-adri amycinone (IId). Compounds Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb are prepared by condensing daunomycinone and 4-demethoxydaunomycinone with 3,4-di-0-acetyl-2,6-dideoxy-.alpha.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 1983Date of Patent: June 11, 1985Assignee: Farmitalia Carlo Erba S.p.A.Inventors: Alberto Bargiotti, Sergio Penco, Anna M. Casazza
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Patent number: 4521419Abstract: Compounds of the formula (1) ##STR1## wherein n is 1 or 2;R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen or a halogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl group, a --CN group, a --CONH.sub.2 group or a --COOR.sub.8 group, wherein R.sub.8 represents hydrogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group, unsubstituted or substituted by di(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) - alkylamino;each of R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 independently represents a hydrogen or a halogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl group, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy group or a C.sub.3 -C.sub.4 alkenyloxy group;A completes a bond, thereby providing a double bond or, when R.sub.1 is --COOR.sub.8 wherein R.sub.8 is as defined above, A may represent also a --CH.sub.2 -- group, thereby providing a cyclopropane ring fused to the pyrido ring;R is (a) furyl, thienyl or pyridyl; or(b) a group of formula ##STR2## wherein each of R.sub.5, R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 represents, independently, a hydrogen or a halogen atom, hydroxy, formyloxy, C.sub.2 -C.sub.8 alkanoyloxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 1983Date of Patent: June 4, 1985Assignee: Farmitalia Carlo Erba S.p.A.Inventors: Gianfederico Doria, Carlo Passarotti, Pier P. Lovisolo, Ada Buttinoni
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Patent number: 4514396Abstract: 13, 14 didehydro-15 cyclic prostacyclins have been prepared.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 1983Date of Patent: April 30, 1985Assignee: Farmitalia Carlo Erba S.p.A.Inventors: Nicola Mongelli, Carmelo Gandolfi
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Patent number: 4511718Abstract: A process for the preparation of a pyrazine derivative of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents hydroxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy, or a group of the formula NR.sub.2 R.sub.3 in which R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are independently a hydrogen atom or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are linked, form a saturated ring having five or six atoms which may contain one or more additional heteroatoms; which process comprises reacting a compound of the formula: ##STR2## wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy, Y represents a hydrogen atom or a sodium, lithium, or potassium ion, and A is a nitrile group or a substituent of the formula COR.sub.1 where R.sub.1 is as defined above either with pyruvic aldehyde oxime of the formula: ##STR3## or with a pyruvic aldehyde oxime acetal derivative of the formula: ##STR4## wherein R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are independently a hydrogen atom or C.sub.1 -C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 1983Date of Patent: April 16, 1985Assignee: Farmitalia Carlo Erba S.p.A.Inventors: Giuseppe Ribaldone, Maria G. Felicioli, Claudio Santini, Giovanni Agnes
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Patent number: 4510149Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein the symbol represents a single or a double bond; Z completes a single bond or is a --CH.sub.2 -- group; each of R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, which may be the same or different is(a) hydrogen; hydroxy; halogen; cyano; C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl; C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy; a C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 acyl or C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 acylamino group; --SR', --N(R') (R"), --CH.sub.2 OR', --COR or --CH.sub.2 COR, wherein R is OR' or --N(R') (R") and each of R' and R", being the same or different, is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl; or(b) one of R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 is 5- tetrazolyl or a group selected from --COCH.sub.2 OR', --CH.dbd.C(R')-COR and --X-C(R') (R")-COR, wherein R, R' and R" are as defined above, and X is --O--, --S--, or --NH--, and the others are as defined above under (a);one of R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 is hydrogen and the other is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 1983Date of Patent: April 9, 1985Assignee: Farmitalia Carlo Erba S.p.A.Inventors: Paolo Cozzi, Germano Carganico, Antonio Pillan, Umberto Branzoli
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Patent number: 4507295Abstract: Azinomethyl-rifamycins I ##STR1## (wherein Y=H or COCH.sub.3 and either R.sub.1 =C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 alkyl or C.sub.3 -C.sub.4 alkenyl and R.sub.2 =C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 cloro-, hydroxy-, or alkoxy-alkyl C.sub.3 -C.sub.4 alkenyl, cycloalkyl having a C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 ring, cycloalkylalkyl having a C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 ring, phenyl or C.sub.7 -C.sub.8 aralkyl optionally monohalogen substituted in the aryl group or NR.sub.1 R.sub.2 = a cyclic moiety, said moiety being pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl, hexahydroazepinyl or heptahydroazocinyl, each of which are unsubstituted or substituted with 1 or 2 methyl radicals, 4-alkyl-1-piperazinyl, morpholinyl or 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolinyl) are prepared from rifamycin S by(a) dissolving the rifamycin S in tetrahydrofuran, CHCl.sub.3, dioxan, CH.sub.2 Cl.sub.2 or dichloroethane(b) adding (i) a Schiff's base CH.sub.2 =NR.sub.3 wherein R.sub.3 = t-alkyl or (ii) a compound R.sub.4 N(CH.sub.2 OR.sub.5).sub.2 wherein R.sub.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1984Date of Patent: March 26, 1985Assignee: Farmitalia Carlo Erba S.P.A.Inventors: Giovanni Franceschi, Sergio Vioglio
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Patent number: 4500712Abstract: There are provided ergoline derivatives of formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 .dbd.H, CH.sub.3 ; R.sub.2 .dbd.H or halogen atom, or CH.sub.3,CN, alkyl- or phenyl-thio; R.sub.3 .dbd.H, OCH.sub.3 ; R.sub.4 .dbd.C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 hydrocarbon group; X.dbd.O, S, NH; A.dbd.CO, SO.sub.2 ; B.dbd.C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 hydrocarbon group, aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclic ring group, alkoxy, aryloxy; n.dbd.0, 1, 2; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.A process for preparing said compounds is also provided. The compounds show anti-hypertensive activity and are active on the gastroenteric system.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 1982Date of Patent: February 19, 1985Assignee: Farmitalia Carlo Erba S.p.A.Inventors: Luigi Bernardi, Aldemio Temperilli, Daniela Ruggieri, Giuliana Arcari, Patricia Salvati
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Patent number: 4499066Abstract: New pharmaceutical sustained-release compositions, formulated as tablets, are prepared by mixing the active ingredient with excipient already granulated and coated with polymers and/or copolymers or a polymers- and/or copolymers-mixture substantially insoluble in water. Such pharmaceutical preparations enable one to enhance or to decrease very easily and precisely the sustained-release effect by regulating the granulometry of the excipient, the excipient/active ingredient ratio, the hardness, and the percentage of the polymers and/or copolymers or of the polymers- and/or copolymers-mixture.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1982Date of Patent: February 12, 1985Assignee: Farmitalia Carlo Erba S.p.A.Inventors: Luigi Moro, Grazia Maffione, Guido Neri, Alessandro Rigamonti
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Patent number: 4497820Abstract: Substituted imino derivatives of 4 H-2, 3-dihydrobenzopyran and 4 H-2, 3-dihydrobenzothiopyran, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The compounds are active on the central nervous system, in particular as central nervous system depressants, i.e., sedatives, anticonvulsive agents, tranquilizers and sleep-inducing agents.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 1983Date of Patent: February 5, 1985Assignee: Farmitalia Carlo Erba S.p.A.Inventors: Lucio Merlini, Alessandro Rossi, Metilde Buonamici
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Patent number: 4492707Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## where Z completes a bond or is a ##STR2## group; one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is hydroxy and the other is hydrogen or alkyl, or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, taken together, form an oxo group;and the remaining substituents are as defined in the specification. These compounds possess hypolipaemic properties.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 1982Date of Patent: January 8, 1985Assignee: Farmitalia Carlo Erba S.p.A.Inventors: Paolo Cozzi, Antonio Pillan, Pier P. Lovisolo
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Patent number: 4490376Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is:(a) hydrogen, or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl;(b) an unsubstituted 2-pyridyl or 3-pyridyl group;(c) a benzyl group, wherein the phenyl ring is unsubstituted or substituted by halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl;(d) a phenyl ring, unsubstituted or substituted by one or two groups chosen from halogen, trihalomethyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkanoylamino, nitro and amino;each of R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 independently represents hydrogen, halogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl;R.sub.4 represents a 2-pyridyl, 3-pyridyl or 4-pyridyl group, unsubstituted or substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl;and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are disclosed. The compounds have activity in the gastroenteric system, particularly anti-ulcerogenic and gastric anti-secretory activity.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 1983Date of Patent: December 25, 1984Assignee: Farmitalia Carlo Erba S.p.AInventors: Gianfederico Doria, Carlo Passarotti, Giuliana Arcari
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Patent number: 4482555Abstract: Compounds of general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a 2-pyridyl, 3-pyridyl or 4-pyridyl group; (b) a phenyl ring, unsubstituted or substituted by one or two groups chosen from halogen, trihalo-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, nitro, amino and C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkanoylamino; (c) benzyl; or (d) C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl;each of R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 independently is a hydrogen or a halogen atom or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl;R.sub.4 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or phenyl;R.sub.5 is (a') ##STR2## wherein each of R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 independently is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, or R.sub.6 and R.sub.7, taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are linked, form a morpholino, piperidino, N-pyrrolidinyl or N-piperazinyl ring, wherein the N-piperazinyl ring is unsubstituted or substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl;(b') a ##STR3## wherein R.sub.8 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy or halogen;(c') --NHR.sub.9, wherein R.sub.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 1983Date of Patent: November 13, 1984Assignee: Farmitalia Carlo Erba S.p.A.Inventors: Gianfederico Doria, Carlo Passarotti, Ada Buttinoni
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Patent number: 4482565Abstract: There are disclosed .beta.-lactam-containing compounds of the formula: ##STR1## where R is hydrogen, lower alkyl, trichloroethyl, acetonyl, benzyl, substituted benzyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, benzidryl or a residue that will undergo metabolic activation "in vivo" and have favorable pharmacokinetic properties; R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, cycloalkyl, or hydroxyalkyl, with the alcoholic function of the hydroxyalkyl being free or protected; Z is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, amino, carbamoyloxy, mercapto, pyridinium, OR.sup.2, OCOR.sup.2, NHCOR.sup.2, or SR.sup.3 wherein each of R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 is any of lower alkyl, aryl, or a heterocyclic ring, each of which may be substituted or unsubstituted, and n is 0 or 1. The compounds have broad spectrum antibacterial activity and .beta.-lactamase inhibiting activity. Processes for the production of the .beta.-lactam-containing compounds and various intermediates in the production of those compounds are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 1981Date of Patent: November 13, 1984Assignee: Farmitalia Carlo Erba S.p.A.Inventors: Maurizio Foglio, Giovanni Franceschi, Cosimo Scarafile, Federico Arcamone, Aurora Sanfilippo
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Patent number: 4477444Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparing the new antitumor glycosides: 4'-deoxy-3'-epi-daunorubicin and 4'-deoxy-3'-epi-doxorubicin starting from the known 3'-epi-4'-keto-N-trifluoroacetyl-daunorubicin.Reduction of the 4'-keto group with sodium borohydride to the corresponding 4'-hydroxy group, reacting the so obtained intermediate with trifluoromethanesulphonic anhydride followed by treatment with n-tetrabutylammonium iodide, dehalogenated reductively, by treatment with tributyl tin hydride to 4'-deoxy-3'-epi-N-trifluoroacetyl-daunorubicin.A mild alkaline hydrolysis removes the N-protecting group to give 4'-deoxy-3'-epi-daunorubicin which is successively transformed, via its 14-bromo derivative, in its doxorubicin analogue.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 1982Date of Patent: October 16, 1984Assignee: Farmitalia Carlo Erba S.p.A.Inventors: Antonino Suarato, Sergio Penco, Federico Arcamone
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Patent number: 4474765Abstract: Peptides of the formulaX-A-Pro-Pro-Ile-Ser-B-C-Leu-D-E-F-G-WwhereinX is H, a terminal N atom protecting group of acyl, aromatic urethane, aliphatic urethane, alkyl or aralkyl type, or a residue of a natural L-amino acid, the free amino group of the residue optionally being protected by a terminal N atom protecting group as aforesaid;A is a L-amino acid residue or a glycine residue;B is a neutral L-amino acid residue;C is a neutral L-amino acid residue or an acidic L-amino acid residue;D is a L-amino acid residue which contains in the side chain an alcoholic hydroxyl group; the latter may be free or protected by a usual protecting group for the hydroxy function, said protecting group being t-butyl, trityl, benzyl, 2,4-dichloro-benzyl, benzyloxycarbonyl, 2-bromobenzyloxycarbonyl t-butoxycarbonyl or lower acyl;E is a valence bond or a neutral L-amino acid residue;F is a valence bond or a L-amino acid residue;G is a valence bond or a neutral L-amino acid residue;W is OH, NH.sub.2, OR, NHR, NR.sub.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 1983Date of Patent: October 2, 1984Assignee: Farmitalia Carlo Erba S.p.A.Inventors: Roberto de Castiglione, Giuseppe Perseo, Francesco Santangelo
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Patent number: 4465671Abstract: Anthracycline glycosides of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is hydrogen and the other of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is hydroxy, each of R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and hydroxy and X is hydrogen or trifluoroacetyl, with the provisos that R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are not simultaneously hydroxy and that if R.sub.3 is hydroxy, then X is hydrogen, which are useful in treating certain mammalian tumors are prepared by condensing an aglycone of the formula (II) ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are defined as above, with a suitable protected halosugar, after which the protecting groups are removed.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 1982Date of Patent: August 14, 1984Assignee: Farmitalia Carlo Erba S.p.A.Inventors: Francesco Angelucci, Sergio Penco, Federico Arcamone
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Patent number: 4463001Abstract: The present invention relates to new 6-substituted 6H-dibenzo [b,d]pyran derivatives, to a process for their preparation and pharmaceutical and veterinary compositions containing them.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 1981Date of Patent: July 31, 1984Assignee: Farmitalia Carlo Erba S.p.A.Inventors: Piero Melloni, Paolo Salvadori, Pier P. Lovisolo
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Patent number: 4460577Abstract: A method is disclosed for purifying non-homogeneous systems, known as liposomic suspensions, from non-entrapped drugs wherein said suspensions are treated with liquid or solid polymers of synthetic and organic nature having chemical functionality, which are used as ion-exchangers. The liquid or solid polymers are based on styrene, divinylbenzene, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, and the like, normally known as ion-exchange resins, and may include carboxylic, phosphonic, or sulphonic functions of different matrices. The ion-exchange resins may also include salified quaternary ammonium, primary, secondary and tertiary amminic or phosphinic functions or other functions with different matrices, including phenolformaldehyde, styrene-divinylbenzene, acrylates, methacrylates, hydrocarbons and condensation-resins.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 1980Date of Patent: July 17, 1984Assignee: Farmitalia Carlo Erba S.p.A.Inventors: Luigi Moro, Guido Neri, Alessandro Rigamonti