Abstract: The present invention relates compounds of the formula (I):
wherein
R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 represent a variety of substituents;
R6 represents hydrogen, CORa, CO2Ra, COCONRaRb, COCO2Ra, C1-6alkyl optionally substituted by a group selected from (CO2Ra, CONRaRb, hydroxy, CN, CORa, NRaRb, C(NOH)NRaRb, CONHphenyl(C1-4alkyl), COCO2Ra, CONHNRaRb, C(S)NRaRb, CONRaC1-6alkylR12, CONR13C2-6alkenyl, CONR13C2-6alkynyl, COCONRaRb, CONRaC(NRb)NRaRb, CONRaheteroaryl, and phenyl optionally substituted by one, two or three substituents selected from C1-6alky, C1-6alkoxy, halogen and trifluoromethyl); or R6 represents a group of formula —CH2C≡CCH2NR7R8 where R7 and R8 are as defined below; or R6 represents C1-6alkyl, optionally substituted by oxo, substituted by a 5-membered or 6-membered heterocyclic ring containing 1, 2 or 3 nitrogen atoms optionally substituted by ═O or ═S and optionally substituted by a group of the formula ZNR7R8;
or a pharmaceutical acceptable salt thereof.
Abstract: The present invention relates to the treatment or prevention of depression and/or anxiety by the administration of a combination of a specific class of NK-1 receptor antagonists and an antidepressant or anti-anxiety agent. The present invention also provides preclinical screens for anxiolytic and antidepressant activity of NK-1 receptor antagonists.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 16, 2001
Publication date:
April 11, 2002
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
Inventors:
Emma Joanne Carlson, Nadia Melanie Rupniak
Abstract: 1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazine derivatives, possessing an optionally substituted cycloalkyl, phenyl or heteroaryl substituent as the 3-position and an amino moiety at the 6-position, are selective ligands for GABAA receptors, in particular having high affinity for the &agr;2 and/or &agr;3 subunit thereof, are useful in the treatment of anxiety and convulsions.
Abstract: Compounds according to Formula (I) or a salt thereof are selective ligands for GABAA receptors useful for treatment of disorders of the central nervous system:
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 4, 2001
Date of Patent:
March 5, 2002
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
Inventors:
Ian James Collins, Stephen Robert Fletcher, Timothy Harrison, Paul David Leeson, Christopher Richard Moyes, Alan John Nadin, Michael Rowley, Timothy Jason Sparey, Martin Richard Teall
Abstract: Substituted or 6,7-ring fused 1,2,3-triazolo[1,5-&agr;]-pyrimidine derivatives are selective ligands for GABAA receptors useful in the treatment of disorders of the central nervous system, including anxiety and convulsions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 8, 2000
Date of Patent:
January 8, 2002
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
Inventors:
Howard Barff Broughton, Jose Luis Castro Pineiro, Ian James Collins, Karl Richard Gibson, Michael Rowley, Leslie Joseph Street
Abstract: Pyrazolo[4,3-c]pyridin-3-one derivatives substituted at the 2-position by an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl moiety, and having pendant substituents at the 7-position and optionally also at the 6-position, are selective ligands for GABAA receptors, particularly having high affinity for the &agr;2 and/or &agr;3 subunit, and are useful in the treatment and/or prevention of disorders of the central nervous system, including anxiety and convulsions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 23, 2000
Date of Patent:
December 25, 2001
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
Inventors:
Wesley Peter Blackaby, Jose Luis Castro Pineiro, Richard Thomas Lewis, Michael Geoffrey Neil Russell, Leslie Joseph Street
Abstract: A method of treatment for enhancing cognition in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, for example, employs a specific GABAA Alpha5 receptor ligand.
Abstract: 1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazine derivatives, represented by
wherein Z represents an optionally substituted tetrahydropyridinyl substituent, are selective ligands for GABAA receptors, in particular having high affinity for the &agr;2 and/or &agr;3 subunit thereof, are useful in the treatment of anxiety and convulsions.
Abstract: The present invention relates to the treatment or prevention of depression and/or anxiety by the administration of a combination of a specific class of NK-1 receptor antagonists and fluoxetine.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 8, 1999
Date of Patent:
November 20, 2001
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
Inventors:
Emma Joanne Carlson, Nadia Melanie Rupniak
Abstract: 3-(Piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indole derivatives bearing an optionally substituted phenyl moiety at the 2-position of the indole ring system and an alkyl or aryl-alkyl substituent on the nitrogen atom of the piperndine ring are selective antagonists of the human 5-HT2A receptor.
They are therefore useful as pharmaceutical agents, especially in the treatment and/or prevention of adverse conditions of the central nervous system, including psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 1, 2000
Date of Patent:
November 13, 2001
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
Inventors:
Robert James Maxey, Michael Rowley, Monique Bodil Van Niel
Abstract: 1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazine derivatives are ligands for GABAA receptors useful in the treatment of disorders of dementing illnesses.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 14, 2000
Date of Patent:
November 6, 2001
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
Inventors:
William Robert Carling, Kevin William Moore, Austin John Reeve
Abstract: 1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazine derivatives, represented by
wherein Z represents cyclobutyl or pyrrolidin-1-yl, are selective ligands for GABAA receptors, in particular having high affinity for the &agr;2 and/or &agr;3 subunit thereof, are useful in the treatment of anxiety and convulsions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 28, 2000
Date of Patent:
October 16, 2001
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
Inventors:
Timothy Harrison, Andrew Madin, Martin Richard Teall
Abstract: 1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazine derivatives, possessing an optionally substituted cycloalkyl, phenyl or heteroaryl substituent at the 3-position, a substituted alkoxy moiety at the 6-position, and an optionally substituted bicycloalkyl ring system at the 7-position, are selective ligands for GABAA receptors, in particular having high affinity for the &agr;2 and/or &agr;3 subunit thereof, are useful in the treatment of anxiety and convulsions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 26, 2000
Date of Patent:
October 16, 2001
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
Inventors:
William Robert Carling, Kevin William Moore, Leslie Joseph Street
Abstract: A compound of formula I, or a salt or prodrug thereof:
wherein:
Z represents C1-6 alkyl, C3-7 cycloalkyl, C4-7 cycloalkenyl, aryl, C3-7 heterocycloalkyl, heteroaryl or di(C1-6)alkylamino, any of which groups may be optionally substituted;
R1 represents an optionally substituted five-membered heteroaromatic ring selected from oxazole, thiazole, isoxazole, isothiazole, imidazole, pyrazole, oxadiazole, thiadiazole, triazole and tetrazole; or
R1 represents an optionally substituted six-membered heteroaromatic ring selected from pyrazine, pyrimidine and pyridazine; and
R2 represents cyano(C1-6)alkyl, hydroxy(C1-6)alkyl, C3-7 cycloalkyl(C1-6)alky, propargyl, C3-7 heterocycloalkylcarbonyl(C1-6)alkyl, aryl(C1-6)alkyl or heteroaryl(C1-6)alkyl, any of which groups may be optionally substituted; its use in treating anxiety and pharmaceutical compositions comprising it; a subclass of compounds which are useful in enhancing cognition, such as Alzheimer's Disease, is also disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 12, 1998
Date of Patent:
October 2, 2001
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
Inventors:
Tamara Ladduwahetty, Kevin John Merchant, Francine Sternfeld, Leslie Joseph Street
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of mopholine derivatives of formula (I) which are useful as a therapeutic agents.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 15, 2000
Date of Patent:
October 2, 2001
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
Inventors:
Ian Frank Cottrell, Ulf H Dolling, David Hands, Robert Darrin Wilson
Abstract: 1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazine derivatives, represented by
wherein Z represents cyclobutyl, 1-methylcyclopentyl or pyrrolidin-1-yl, are selective ligands for GABAA receptors, in particular having high affinity for the &agr;2 and/or &agr;3 subunit thereof, are useful in the treatment of anxiety and convulsions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 28, 2000
Date of Patent:
September 18, 2001
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
Inventors:
Timothy Harrison, Timothy Jason Sparey, Martin Richard Teall
Abstract: Compounds according to Formula (I) or a salt thereof are selective ligands for GABAA receptors useful for treatment of disorders of the central nervous system: 1
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 4, 2001
Publication date:
August 30, 2001
Applicant:
MERCK SHARP & DOHME LIMITED
Inventors:
Ian James Collins, Stephen Robert Fletcher, Timothy Harrison, Paul David Leeson, Christopher Richard Moyes, Alan John Nadin, Michael Rowley, Timothy Jason Sparey, Martin Richard Teall
Abstract: The present invention provides methods for the treatment or prevention of cognitive disorders which comprises oral administration of an orally active, long acting, CNS-penetrant NK-1 receptor antagonist and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such a NK-1 receptor antagonist.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 24, 1999
Date of Patent:
August 7, 2001
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
Inventors:
Raymond Baker, Jason Matthew Elliott, Neil Roy Curtis, Timothy Harrison, Gregory John Hollingworth, Janusz Jozef Kulagowski, Philip Stephen Jackson, Nadia Melanie Rupniak, Eileen Mary Seward, Brian John Williams, Christopher John Swain