Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula (I) for inhibiting gh cosidases, prodrugs of the compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds or prodrugs of the compounds. The invention also provides method of treating diseases and disorders related to deficiency or over-expression of O-gh coprotein 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-?-D-glucopyranosidase (O-GlcNAcase), accumulation or deficiency of 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-?-D-glucopyranoside (O-GlcNAc).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of 4-carboxybenzylamino derivatives. The 4-carboxybenzylamino compounds can be used to treat cancer. The 4-carboxybenzylamino compounds can also inhibit histone deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing terminal differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. The compounds of the invention may also be useful in the prevention and treatment of TRX-mediated diseases, such as autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases, and in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), such as neurodegenerative diseases.

Abstract: The instant invention provides compounds of formula I which are JAK inhibitors, and as such are useful for the treatment of JAK-mediated diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, COPD and cancer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein each of the substituents is given the definition as set forth in the specification and claims. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of Formula (I) and use of the compounds in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases or conditions such as Alzheimer's disease.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds according to Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. Such compounds can be used in the treatment of RORgammaT-mediated diseases or condition.

Abstract: The invention provides an inactivated varicella zoster virus (VZV), and compositions and vaccines comprising said inactivated VZV, wherein the infectivity of the VZV is undetectable and wherein the inactivated VZV induces an immune response against VZV when administered to a patient. In embodiments of the compositions described herein, the VZV is inactivated with gamma radiation. The invention also provides a method of preparing an inactivated VZV vaccine, the method comprising gamma irradiating a sample comprising a VZV using from about 5 kGy to about 50 kGy of gamma radiation. Also provided by the invention herein is a method of treatment of or immunization against HZ or other disease associated with the reactivation of VZV, the method comprising administering to a subject a vaccine or pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an inactivated VZV and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein the VZV is inactivated by gamma irradiation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) that are useful as hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5A inhibitors, the synthesis of such compounds, and the use of such compounds for inhibiting HCV NS5A activity, for treating or preventing HCV infections and for inhibiting HCV viral replication and/or viral production in a cell-based system.

Abstract: The present invention provides, in part, methods and compositions for treating lipid disorders comprising administering a polypeptide that inhibits PCSK9. A novel method for identifying polypeptides that interact with PCSK9 is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of the Formula (I) as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof that are possible useful for treating aldosterone-mediated diseases. The invention furthermore relates to processes for preparing compounds of the Formula (I), to their possible use for the treatment of the above mentioned diseases and for preparing pharmaceuticals for this purpose, and to pharmaceutical compositions which comprise compounds of the Formula (I).

Abstract: The present invention relates to the construction and utilization of a new mammalian expression vector that contains a unique multiple cloning site (MCS), designated pUHAB. The pUHAB vector comprises a high copy replication origin (ColE1), a drug resistance gene (TK-Hygromycin), and a human cytomegalovirus promoter operably associated with a unique intron (hCMV/intron). Further, pUHAB comprises a selectable marker conferring resistance to kanamycin in bacterial cells, and a phage f1(+) region. pUHAB can be used to transiently or stably express cloned genes when transfected into mammalian cells. The invention also encompasses kits and host cells and cell lines comprising pUHAB, and methods of producing a recombinant protein using pUHAB.

Abstract: The present invention relates to Sulfonamide Derivatives of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A, W, X, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising at least one Sulfonamide Derivative, and methods of using the Sulfonamide Derivatives for improving the pharmacokinetics of a drug.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polymorphic forms of a compound of formula A: This compound is useful as a glucagon receptor antagonist and serves as a pharmaceutically active ingredient for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and related conditions, such as hyperglycemia, obesity, dyslipidemia, and the metabolic syndrome. Hydrates, hemihydrates, anhydrates and similar polymorphic forms are included.

Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted pyrimidines useful as HIF prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors to treat anemia and like conditions.

Abstract: This application provides, in part, pAVEC plasmids and methods of use of such plasmids for the production of polypeptides such as immunoglobulins as well as the generation of recombined versions of such plasmids which contain polynucleotides encoding such polypeptides.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound suvorexant, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a concentration-enhancing polymer, and optionally a pharmaceutically acceptable surfactant. The concentration-enhancing polymer is a polymer that forms an amorphous dispersion with suvorexant, that is insoluble or almost completely insoluble in water by (a) dissolving the suvorexant or (b) interacting with the suvorexant in such a way that the suvorexant does not form crystals or crystalline domains in the polymer. A concentration-enhancing polymer is water soluble or readily disperse in water, so that when the polymer is placed in water or an aqueous environment (e.g. fluids in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract or simulated GI fluids), the solubility and/or bioavailability of suvorexant is increased over the solubility or bioavailability in the absence of the polymer.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel pyrazole derivatives of formula I which are potent inhibitors of spleen tyrosine kinase, and are useful in the treatment and prevention of diseases mediated by said enzyme, such as asthma, COPD, rheumatoid arthritis, and cancer.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to certain Oxazole derivatives which are useful as modulators of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase (FAAH) and as FAAH imaging agents. The invention is also concerned with pharmaceutical formulations comprising these compounds as active ingredients and the use of the compounds and their formulations in the treatment of certain disorders, including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetic neuropathy, postherpetic neuralgia, skeletomuscular pain, and fibromyalgia, as well as acute pain, migraine, sleep disorder, Alzheimer Disease, and Parkinson's Disease.

Abstract: A first aspect of the present invention describes a compound selected from group consisting of: wherein R is either H, C(O)RA, or C(O)NHCH(X)COOH; provided that X is a C2-C6 alkyl, or a C3-C8 cycloalkyl and RA is a C1-6 alkyl or aryl; These compounds are used to make Compound A

Abstract: This invention relates to tricyclic triazole analogs of the formula I or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein the variable are defined herein. The inventive compounds selectively inhibit aldosterone synthetase. This invention also provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of Formula I or their salts as well as to methods for the treatment, amelioration or prevention of conditions that could be treated by inhibiting aldosterone synthetase.

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds having structural Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which are inhibitors of the Renal Outer Medullary Potassium (ROMK) channel (Kir1.1). The compounds of Formula I are useful as diuretics and natriuretics and therefore are useful for the therapy and prophylaxis of disorders resulting from excessive salt and water retention, including cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension and chronic and acute heart failure.