Abstract: The invention is directed to 6-(4-pyrimidinyl)-1H-indazole derivatives. Specifically, the invention is directed to compounds according to Formula (I) wherein R1-R4 are defined herein. The compounds of the invention axe inhibitors of PDK1 and can be useful in the treatment of immune and metabolic diseases and disorders characterized by constitutively activated ACG kinases such as cancer and more specifically cancers of the breast, colon, and lung. Accordingly, the invention is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of the invention. The invention is still further directed to methods of inhibiting PDK1 activity and treatment of disorders associated therewith using a compound of the invention or a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the invention.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 18, 2009
Date of Patent:
April 15, 2014
Assignee:
GlaxoSmithKline LLC
Inventors:
Jeffrey Michael Axten, Charles William Blackledge, Jr., Gerald Patrick Brady, Jr., Yanhong Feng, Seth W. Grant, Jesus Raul Medina, William H. Miller, Stuart P. Romeril
Abstract: Pyridazine derivatives have unexpected drug properties as inhibitors of protein kinases and are useful in treating disorders related to abnormal protein kinase activities such as cancer.
Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted (1-(methylsulfonyl)azetidin-3-yl)(heterocycloalkyl)methanone analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as antagonists of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1 (mAChR M1); synthesis methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 3, 2012
Date of Patent:
April 15, 2014
Assignee:
Vanderbilt University
Inventors:
Craig W. Lindsley, P. Jeffrey Conn, Michael R. Wood, Bruce J. Melancon, Yiu-Yin Cheung
Abstract: Chemical entities which are triterpenoid derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of inflammatory, neurodegenerative, neoplastic and autoimmune diseases are described.
Abstract: Azetidine and piperidine compounds of formula (I): as defined in the specification, compositions containing them, and processes for preparing such compounds and intermediates thereof. Provided herein also are methods of treating cognitive disorders or diseases treatable by inhibition of PDE10, such as Huntington's Disease, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the like.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 14, 2013
Date of Patent:
April 8, 2014
Assignee:
Amgen Inc.
Inventors:
Jennifer R. Allen, Jian J. Chen, Michael J. Frohn, Matthew R. Kaller, Qingyian Liu, Thomas T. Nguyen, Alexander J. Pickrell, Wenyuan Qian, Robert M. Rzasa, Wenge Zhong
Abstract: Compounds of general structure in which X and Y are each N or C with at least one of X and Y being N; Z is a single bond or an optionally substituted linking group R1 is hydrogen or a substituent group; R2 is amino or a substituent group; N* is amino when RI is hydrogen or ?NH when R1 is a substituent group; or N* is a group NRaRb where Ra and Rb are independently H or an alkyl group; or N* is an optionally substituted piperazinyl ring; and A is an optionally substituted heterocyclic or carbocyclic ring system which may be linked to the triazo/diazo ring through R2 to form a fused multicyclic ring; are indicated as suitable for treatment of disorders in mammals that are susceptible to sodium channel blockers and antifolates, and particularly disorders such epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, glaucoma and uevitis, cerebral traumas and cerebral ischaemias, stroke, head injury, spinal cord injury, surgical trauma, neurodegenerative disorders, motorneurone disease, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, chronic infl
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 16, 2009
Date of Patent:
April 8, 2014
Assignee:
University Of Greenwich
Inventors:
Michael Leach, Laurence Harbige, Dieter Riddall, Karl Franzmann
Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel tricyclic heterocycles of structural formula I which are inhibitors of the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved, such as diabetes and particularly Type 2 diabetes. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 1, 2011
Date of Patent:
April 8, 2014
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Duane A. Burnett, Zhiqiang Zhao, David Cole, Hubert Josien, Dmitri A. Pissarnitski, Thavalakulamgar Sasikumar, Wen-Lian Wu, Martin Domalski
Abstract: The present invention refers to compounds derived from trisubstituted 1H-pyrrole rings and aromatic rings, which have the following formula (I): wherein: R1 and R2 represent, independently, an optionally substituted C6-C10 aryl radical or an optionally substituted heteroaryl radical; A and M represent, independently, a methylene group or a single bond, in which case the adjacent aromatic ring would be attached directly to the amide group; the Y?Z group represents together and indistinctly an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a cis-vinylidene group, an imino group, or a methine group with a sp2-hybridized carbon atom; X represents indistinctly a methine group, a cis-vinylidene group or a nitrogen atom; and W represents a hydroxyl group, an optionally substituted C1-C6 alkyl group, an optionally substituted heteroaryl group or an optionally substituted C6-C10 aryl group; or a salt, solvate or prodrug thereof, as well as to the process for their preparation and the use thereof for the treatment of cancer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 1, 2010
Date of Patent:
April 1, 2014
Assignees:
Universidad del País Vasco, Ikerschem, S.L.
Inventors:
Fernando Pedro Cossío Mora, Aizpea Zubia Olascoaga, Yosu Vara Salazar, Eider Ion San Sebastián Larzabal, Dorleta Otaegui Ansa, María del Carmen Masdeu Margalef, Eneko Aldaba Arévalo
Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating various diseases, syndromes, conditions and disorders, including pain. Such compounds are represented by Formula I as follows: wherein R1, R2, R3, and L, A, and Ra are defined herein.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 25, 2013
Date of Patent:
April 1, 2014
Assignee:
Janssen Pharmaceutica, NV
Inventors:
Steven J. Coats, Haiyan Bian, Peter J. Connolly, Gilles Bignan, Chaozhong Cai, Scott L. Dax, Bart L. DeCorte, Shu-Chen Lin, Li Liu, Mark J. Macielag, Philip M. Pitis, Yue-Mei Zhang, Bin Zhu, Wei He
Abstract: The present invention includes novel methods of treating a disease or disorder characterized by hyperactivity of Vps34, and compound as Vps34 inhibitors; particularly compounds of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as well as methods of treating a disease, disorder, or syndrome associated with Vps34 inhibition, particularly hyperproliferative diseases. The present invention also includes pharmaceutical compositions including compounds of formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 19, 2011
Date of Patent:
April 1, 2014
Assignee:
Novartis AG
Inventors:
Ivan Cornella Taracido, Edmund Martin Harrington, Ayako Honda, Erin Keaney
Abstract: Provided herein are methods to prepare Heteroaryl Compounds having the following structure: wherein R1-R4 are as defined herein. The Heteroaryl compounds are useful for treating or preventing cancer, inflammatory conditions, immunological conditions, neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes, obesity, neurological disorders, age-related diseases, or cardiovascular conditions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 30, 2013
Date of Patent:
April 1, 2014
Assignee:
Signal Pharmaceuticals, LLC
Inventors:
Patrick Anthony Jokiel, Juan Antonio Gamboa, Philip Pye, William Wei-Hwa Leong, Anusuya Choudhury
Abstract: Compounds having Formula I: wherein the variables Ar1, Ar2, R1, R2 and R3 are defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using such compounds or compositions for inhibiting Bmi-1 expression.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 1, 2009
Date of Patent:
March 25, 2014
Assignee:
PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
Inventors:
Young-Choon Moon, Nadiya Sydorenko, Thomas Davis, Liangxian Cao, Daniel J. Medina, Marites A. Rafanan
Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula I: wherein variable substituents are defined herein, that modulate the activity of or bind to chemokine receptors such as CCR5. In some embodiments, the compounds of the invention are selective for CCR5. The compounds can be used, for example, to treat diseases associated with chemokine receptor expression or activity such as inflammatory diseases, immune diseases and viral infections.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 1, 2012
Date of Patent:
March 25, 2014
Assignee:
Incyte Corporation
Inventors:
Chu-Biao Xue, Genfeng Cao, Taisheng Huang, Lihua Chen, Ke Zhang, Anlai Wang, David J. Meloni, Rajan Anand, Joseph Glenn, Brian W. Metcalf
Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing pimobendan as an active ingredient. The invention also relates to a crystalline form of pimobendan, as well as to a combination of said crystalline form with at least one other therapeutically active ingredient. Moreover, the invention relates to uses of said crystalline form, as well as to a pharmaceutical composition containing it. Finally, the invention relates to a process for preparing a crystalline form of pimobendan.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 16, 2010
Date of Patent:
March 25, 2014
Assignee:
Eurovet Animal Health B.V.
Inventors:
Marinus Maria Martinus Boeren, Rudolf Johannes Paridaans, Sanita Petkune, Viesturs Lusis, Dzintra Muceniece
Abstract: Compounds, methods, and compositions for the treatment of infections in or exposure to humans and other host animals of Flaviviridae viruses, including HCV, that includes the administration of an effective amount of a spiro[2.4]heptane as described herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, optionally in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, are provided. The spiro[2.4]heptane compounds either possess antiviral activity, or are metabolized to a compound that exhibits such activity.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 14, 2013
Date of Patent:
March 18, 2014
Assignee:
University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
Abstract: The present invention is directed to certain oxazole derivatives which are useful as inhibitors of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase (FAAH). 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.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 30, 2009
Date of Patent:
March 18, 2014
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Harry Chobanian, Linus S. Lin, Ping Liu, Marc D. Chioda, Robert J. DeVita, Ravi P. Nargund, Yan Guo
Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of treating disorders mediated by Histamine H3 receptors by administering novel pyridazinone derivatives. In particular, the pyridazinone compounds may be effective in the treatment of diseases or disease states related to the activity of the histamine H3 receptor, including, for example, neurodegenerative disorders, sleep/wake disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and cognition/cognitive disorders.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 3, 2011
Date of Patent:
March 18, 2014
Assignee:
Cephalon, Inc.
Inventors:
Edward R. Bacon, Thomas R. Bailey, Nadine C. Becknell, Sankar Chatterjee, Derek D. Dunn, Greg A. Hostetler, Robert L. Hudkins, Kurt A. Josef, Lars J. S. Knutsen, Ming Tao, Allison L. Zulli
Abstract: Disclosed are azaindazole compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein W is CR4 or N; and R1, R2, R3, and R4 are defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds in the treatment of at least one CYP17 associated condition, such as, for example, cancer, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 14, 2011
Date of Patent:
March 18, 2014
Assignee:
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Inventors:
Upender Velaparthi, David B. Frennesson, Mark G. Saulnier, Joel F. Austin, Audris Huang, James Aaron Balog, Dolatrai M. Vyas