Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6, have any of the values defined in the specification, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds. The invention also provides therapeutic methods as well as processes and intermediates useful for preparing compounds of Formula (I). The compounds are 5-HT ligands and are useful for treating diseases wherein modulation of 5-HT2C activity is desired.

Abstract: The present invention describes difluororthioacetamide oxazolidinones of formula I: R is —CH2— or —CH2CH2—; R2 and R3 are independently —H or —F; X is —CH—; Y is —SO—, —SO2—, or —SONR4—; and R4 is —H or —C1-4alkyl. These compounds are useful to treat infectives diseases caused by gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.

Abstract: Attenuated mutant Salmonella bacteria containing inactivated virulence genes are provided for use in safe, efficacious vaccines.

Abstract: The present invention are substituted 9-arylsulfone-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexahydroazepino[4,5-b]indoles (X) and unsubstituted 9-arylsulfone-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexahydroazepino[4,5-b]indoles (XI) such as the compound of EXAMPLE 13 which are useful in treating depression, obesity and other CNS disorders.

Abstract: The present invention is a method of treating sexual disturbances in humans and inducing mating in non-human mammals using the compounds of formula (A) in a dosage range where the sexually therapeutic amount is from about 0.2 thru 8 mg/person/dose and where the sexually mating amount is from about 0.003 thru 0.2 mg/kg/dose.

Abstract: The present invention provides antibacterial agents having the formulae I, II, and III described herein.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for the treatment of central nervous system mediated disorders. More particularly, the invention provides a combination therapy for the treatment of a central nervous system mediated disorder comprising the administration to a subject of a neurotrophic factor-modulating agent in combination with a cyclooxygenase-2 selective inhibitor.

Abstract: The present invention provides the enzyme and enzymatic procedures for cleaving the ? secretase cleavage site of the APP protein and associated nucleic acids, peptides, vectors, cells and cell isolates and assays. The invention further provides a modified APP protein and associated nucleic acids, peptides, vectors, cells, and cell isolates, and assays that are particularly useful for identifying candidate therapeutics for treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's disease.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): useful in treating Alzheimer's disease and other similar diseases. These compounds include inhibitors of the beta-secretase enzyme that are useful in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other diseases characterized by deposition of A beta peptide in a mammal. The compounds of the invention are useful in pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment to reduce A beta peptide formation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I which is useful as antiviral agents, in particular, as agents against viruses of the herpes family.

Abstract: The present invention is a method of treating sexual disturbances in humans and inducing mating in non-human mammals using the compounds of formula (A) in a dosage range where the sexually therapeutic amount is from about 0.2 thru 8 mg/person/dose and where the sexually mating amount is from about 0.003 thru 0.2 mg/kg/dose.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula I: wherein Azabicyclo is These compounds may be in the form of pharmaceutical salts or compositions, may be in pure enantiomeric form or racemic mixtures, and are useful in pharmaceuticals in which ?7 is known to be involved.

Abstract: Novel quaternary ammonium compounds of the formula and any stereoisomers thereof, wherein R1, R2 and R3 independently represent C1-C6 alkyl, optionally substituted with phenyl or hydroxyl, or both, and wherein any two of R1, R2 and R3 may form a ring together with the quaternary ammonium nitrogen; R4 represents —H, —CH3, or —CO—R4-1, wherein R4-1 represents —(C1-C4 alkyl), —(C1-C4 alkoxy), or —NR4-2R4-3, wherein R4-2 and R4-3 independently represent —H or —(C1-C4 alkyl); R5, R6 and R7 independently represent —H, —OCH3, —OH, —CONH2, —SO2NH2, —F, —Cl, —Br, —I, —CF3, or —(C1-C4 alkyl), optionally substituted with one or two —OH, —(C1-C4 alkoxy), —COOH, or —CO—O—(C1-C3 alkyl); and X? represents an anion of a pharmaceutically acceptable acid, the compounds for use as medicaments, use of the compounds for the manufacture of specific medicaments, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds. The present invention also concerns a method of treatment involving administration of the compounds.

Abstract: The present invention is a method of treating sexual disturbances in humans and inducing mating in non-human mammals using the compounds of formula (A) in a dosage range where the sexually therapeutic amount is from about 0.2 thru 8 mg/person/dose and where the sexually mating amount is from about 0.003 thru 0.2 mg/kg/dose.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel substrates for Hu-Asp. More particularly, the invention provides peptide substrates and fusion polypeptide substrates comprising a ?-secretase cleavage site. Methods and compositions for making and using the peptides are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a one-step process to prepare pharmacologically active 2-oxo-5-oxazolidinylmethylacetamides.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 R7, R8, n, m, and X have any of the values defined in the specification, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds. The invention also provides therapeutic methods as well as processes and intermediates useful for preparing compounds of Formula (I). The compounds are 5-HT ligands and are useful for treating diseases wherein modulation of 5-HT activity is desired.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein A is a structure i, ii, iii, or iv X is CR7; Y is —S(?O)n—, —S(?NR8)—, or —S(?NR8)(?O)—; Z is —NHC(?O)R1, —NHC(?S)R1, —NR-het1, —O-het1, —S-het1, or -het2; and n is independently 0, 1, or 2. The compounds of formula I are useful as antimicrobials against a number of human and veterinary pathogens.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel human patched-like gene (PTCH2), which for the first time has been cloned and sequenced. Several alternatively spliced mRNA forms of PTCH2 have been identified, including transcripts lacking segments thought to be involved in sonic hedgehog (SHH) binding and mRNAs with differentially defined 3? terminal exons. Further, the invention also relates to the protein encoded by the present PTCH2 as well as to functional analogues and variants thereof.

Abstract: A screen has been designed to genetically engineer microbial pathogens so that expression of specific genes can be regulated in vitro and during host infection to facilitate the identification of bacterial genes essential for maintaining an infection. Specifically, gene regulatory elements which respond to the presence or absence of tetracycline are used to regulate the expression of endogenous bacterial genes. Because tetracycline is not normally present in animals, a tetracycline-regulated microbial gene can be controlled in vivo by adding or removing tetracycline from the infected animals' diet.