Abstract: This invention provides a compound of the formula (I): or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Y1, Y2, Y3 and Y4 are independently selected from N, CH, etc.; R1 is H, C1-8 alkyl, etc.; Q1 is a 5-12 membered monocyclic or bicyclic aromatic ring optionally containing up to 4 heteroatoms selected from O, N, and S, etc.; A is 5-6 membered monocyclic aromatic ring optionally containing up to 3 heteroatoms selected form O, N and S, etc.; B is C1-6 alkylene optionally substituted with an oxo group, etc.; W is NH, O, etc.; R2 is H, C1-4 alkyl, etc.; Z is a 5-12 membered monocyclic or bicyclic aromatic ring optionally containing up to 3 heteroatoms selected form O, N and S, etc.; L is halo, C1-4 alkyl, etc.; m is 0, 1 or 2; R3 and R4 are independently selected from H and C1-4 alkyl; R5 is H, C1-4 alkyl; etc.; Q2 is a 5-12 membered monocyclic or bicyclic aromatic ring or tricyclic ring optionally containing up to 3 heteroatoms selected from O, N and S, etc.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparation for compounds of Formula 23: wherein R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and W are as defined herein.

Abstract: This invention relates to a series of difluoromethylene aromatic ethers of the formula wherein ring A and X and Y are defined as in the specification, that exhibit activity as glycine transport inhibitors, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use for the enhancement of cognition and the treatment of the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia and other psychoses in mammals, including humans.

Abstract: A compound of the formula 1

Abstract: Non-peptide GnRH agents that inhibit the effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone are described. Such agents are useful for treating mammalian reproductive disorders and steroid hormone-dependent tumors as well as for regulating fertility, where suppression of gonadotropin release is indicated.

Abstract: This invention relates to cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions containing such inhibitors, and the use of such inhibitors to treat certain disease/conditions optionally in combination with certain therapeutic agents e.g., antihypertensive agents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel triazolo-pyridines of the formula I 1

Abstract: The present invention relates and intermediates to a novel process for preparing triazolo-pyridines of the formula I 1

Abstract: Controlled release dosage forms for low solubility drugs are disclosed wherein an amorphous solid dispersion of the drug is coated with a non-dissolving and non-eroding coating that controls the influx of water to the core so as to cause extrusion of a portion of the core, as well as a method of treating a disease or disorder comprising administering such dosage form to a person.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods for preparing certain cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitors and intermediates useful in the preparation of said CETP inhibitors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein R1, R2, R3 and Z are as defined herein, intermediates in the synthesis of such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of neurological and psychological disorders.

Abstract: The instant invention provides &bgr;3 adrenergic receptor agonists of structural Formula (I), the stereoisomers and prodrugs thereof, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, stereoisomers and prodrugs, wherein Ar, R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, X, and Y, are as defined herein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrimidine-2,4,6-trione metalloproteinase inhibitors of the formula wherein X, Y, A, B and R1 are as defined in the specification, and to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating inflammation, cancer and other disorders.

Abstract: The subject invention provides a ziprasidone composition that comprises not greater than 1000 ppm des-chloro ziprasidone, preferably not greater than about 500 ppm des-chloro ziprasidone, and more preferably not greater than about 100 ppm des-chloro ziprasidone. Methods for synthesizing and using such ziprasidone compositions are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that are useful exhibit activity as serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine reuptake inhibitors, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and their use in the treatment of central nervous system and other disorders.

Abstract: This invention relates to dihydro-furan-2-one derivatives, their intermediates and methods of manufacture.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating depression, anxiety or psychosis in a mammal, including a human, by administering to the mammal a D4 receptor antagonist in combination with an antidepressant or an anxiolytic agent. It also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, a D4 receptor antagonist and an antidepressant or an anxiolytic agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel quinazolin-4-one derivatives of the formula I, as defined in the specification, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds the use of such compounds to treat neurodegenerative, psychotropic, and drug and alcohol induced central and peripheral nervous system disorders.

Abstract: Compounds useful as inhibitors of PDE4 in the treatment of diseases regulated by the activation and degranulation of eosinophils, especially asthma, chronic bronchitis, and chronic obstructuive pulmonary disease, of the formula: 1

Abstract: The invention relates to novel crystal forms of azithromycin, an antibiotic useful in the treatment of infections.