Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, U, V, W, m, n and p are as indicated in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases which are associated with 2,3-oxidosqualene-lanosterol cyclase such as hypercholesterolemia and hyperlipemia.

Abstract: The present invention relates to heteroaromate OSC inhibitors. The compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases which are associated with 2,3-oxidosqualene-lanosterol cyclase such as hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipemia, arteriosclerosis, vascular diseases, mycoses, gallstones, tumors and/or hyperproliferative disorders, and treatment and/or prophylaxis of impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes.

Abstract: The invention relates to fluorobenzamide derivatives of the formula wherein R1, R2, R3 R4, R5, R6 and R7 are as defined herein. =, The compounds of the invention are selective monoamine oxidase B inhibitors and therefore they are suitable for the treatment of diseases mediated by monoamine oxidase B, such as Alzheimer's disease or senile dementia.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formulae The compounds of the present invention are NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate)-receptor subtype blockers and are used in the treatment of diseases related to this receptor.

Abstract: New compounds represented by the formula or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof, wherein X1 and X2 are each independently selected from a CH group or a nitrogen atom; and R is an optionally substituted five or six membered nonaromatic carbocyclic ring or a nonaromatic or aromatic heterocyclic ring, whereby the ring is optionally condensed with a 6-membered, optionally substituted carbocyclic aromatic ring.

Abstract: This invention is directed to compounds of formula (I), which are valuable therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and cancer related diseases.

Abstract: Compounds of formula I are p38 inhibitors: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 is hydrogen or alkyl; R2 alkyl, haloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heteroaryl, heteroaralkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, heteroalkylsubstituted cycloalkyl, heterosubstituted cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, cyanoalkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, or —Y1—C(O)—Y2—R11 (where Y1 and Y2 are independently either absent or an alkylene group and R11 is hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, hydroxy, alkoxy, amino, monoalkylamino or dialkylamino); R3 is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, heterosubstituted cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, aryl, aralkyl, haloalkyl, heteroalkyl, cyanoalkyl, -alkylene-C(?O)—R4 (where R4 is hydrogen, alkyl, hydroxy, alkoxy, amino, monoalkylamino or dialkylamino), or acyl; Ar1 is aryl; X1 is O, NR5 or S, where R5 is hydrogen or alkyl; and X2 is a bond, O, NR6, S or CH2, where R6 is hydrogen or alkyl.

Abstract: The invention provides a multistep process for preparing 1,2-diamino compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts thereof from 1,2-epoxides.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to 1,2,3,4,10,10a-hexahydropyrazino [1,2-a]indole derivatives of formula (I): as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and esters thereof, wherein the substituents have the meanings provided in the specification. Compounds of the present invention may be used in the treatment or prevention of obesity or Type II diabetes.

Abstract: This invention is directed to an erythropoietin mutein having in vivo biological activity for causing bone marrow cells to increase production of reticulocytes and red blood cells, in that the mutein is N-glycosylated at Asn38 and Asn83 but not N-glycosylated at Asn24. Such muteins have improved pharmaceutical properties.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel method for synthesizing pyrazolobenzodiazepines of formula I using intermediates of formula Pyrazolobenzodiazepines of formula I are useful in the treatment and control of solid tumors.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds having formula (I): and formula (II): wherein X, n, and R1-R12 are defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by formula (I) or (II) and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient. The invention further provides a method for treating cancer comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by formula (I) or (II).

Abstract: The invention comprises a nucleic acid molecule with the sequence SEQ ID NO:5 and the complementary sequence, and its use in diagnosis and therapy. This nucleic acid molecule (IIP-10) is a gene which encodes an IGF-1 receptor binding polypeptide.

Abstract: A novel process for the manufacture of compounds of the formula wherein R1 and R2 independently represent aroyl. The present invention also concerns novel intermediates used in the novel process for making compounds of formula I.

Abstract: This invention relates to phthalimido derivatives of the formula wherein X is —N? or —CH?, and R1 to R4 and m are as defined in the specification, as well as their pharmaceutically acceptable salts. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, a method of treating a disease by administering a therapeutically effective amount of at least one of these compounds, and a process for their preparation for the treatment or prevention of diseases in which MAO-B inhibitors might be beneficial.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases such as obesity by selective modulation of CB1 receptors.

Abstract: Compounds of the invention are amine oxide prodrugs showing activity on the NK1 receptor.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases which are associated with DPP-IV, such as diabetes, particularly non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, and impaired glucose tolerance.

Abstract: Compounds of formula I are provided as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof, wherein R1 to R8, A, A1 and n have the significance indicated in the specification.

Abstract: This invention provides novel azepane derivatives or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, according to the general formula (I) wherein the symbols are defined in the specification, as well as processes for their manufacture. The compounds according to this invention possess anti-cell proliferation activity and show an increased plasma-stability.