Abstract: Disclosed are methods for using guanfacine, an analog or derivative of guanfacine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to reduce the virulence of a bacterial pathogen. When treating a patient, the method generally involves administering to the patient a therapeutically effective dose of guanfacine, an analog or derivative of guanfacine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. An alternative method involves contacting the bacterial pathogen with guanfacine, an analog or derivative of guanfacine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides for treating neurodegenerative diseases comprising administering leucine, acetyl-leucine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: In the method for producing an optically active 2,3-bisphosphinopyrazine derivative of the present invention, an optically active 2,3-bisphosphinopyrazine derivative represented by the following formula (3) is produced by the step of: preparing solution A containing 2,3-dihalogenopyrazine represented by the following formula (1) and a carboxylic acid amide coordinating solvent, lithiating an optically active R- or S-isomer of a hydrogen-phosphine borane compound represented by the following formula (2) to give a lithiated phosphine borane compound; adding solution B containing the lithiated phosphine borane compound to the solution A to perform an aromatic nucleophilic substitution reaction; and then performing a deboranation reaction. (For symbols in the formulas, see the description.

Abstract: A compound can include the structure of Formula 1, derivative thereof, prodrug thereof, salt thereof, stereoisomer thereof, tautomer thereof, polymorph thereof, or solvate thereof, or having any chirality at any chiral center: R1 includes a hydrogen or a substituent; R2 includes a hydroxyl, hydroxyl-forming prodrug, or hydroxyl-leaving chemical moiety; R3 includes a halogen; and R4 includes a heterocycle. The compound can be an antiviral compound used in antiviral therapies.

Abstract: The present invention relates to modulators of lipoxygenase and/or cyclooxygenase enzyme. The present invention also provides compositions comprising such modulators, and methods therewith for treating lipoxygenase receptor mediated diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to salt forms of the PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor (R)-1-((7-cyano-2-(3?-(3-(((R)-3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)methyl)-1,7-naphthyridin-8-ylamino)-2,2?-dimethylbiphenyl-3-yl)benzo[d]oxazol-5-yl)methyl)pyrrolidine-3-carboxylic acid, including methods of preparation thereof, where the compound is useful in the treatment of various diseases including infectious diseases and cancer.

Abstract: The invention relates to antibiotic compounds of formula (A1) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, tautomers and combinations thereof, wherein X and L are optional linkers and one of RA or R1 comprises Ar1, wherein Ar1 is an antibiotic resistance breaker moiety which comprises an optionally substituted C6-10 aryl, C7-13 aralkyl, C5-10 heteroaryl, C6-13 heteroaralkyl, C5-10 heterocyclyl, C6-13 heterocyclalkyl, C3-10 carbocyclyl, C4-13 carbocyclalkyl, —C(?NR?)—NR?R? or —CH2—CH?CH2 group; wherein after administration of the compound to a bacterial infection this moiety reduces or prevents efflux. The invention also discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of formula (A1) and the use of such compounds as medicaments, in particular, to treat bacterial infections, such as drug-resistant bacterial infections.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to, in part, fused heteroaryl compounds and compositions useful for preventing and/or treating a disease or condition relating to aberrant function of a voltage-gated, sodium ion channel, for example, abnormal late/persistent sodium current. Methods of treating a disease or condition relating to aberrant function of a sodium ion channel including Dravet syndrome or epilepsy are also provided herein.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent compound and an organic electroluminescent device comprising the same. By comprising the organic electroluminescent compound according to the present disclosure, it is possible to provide an organic electroluminescent device having improved driving voltage, luminous efficiency, lifetime and/or power efficiency properties.

Abstract: Disclosed herein a process preparation of 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile. A process of making high yield, high purity 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile including the selective de-nitrochlorination of 2-chloro-6-nitrobenzonitrile by treatment of the 2-chloro-6-nitrobenzonitrile with chlorine gas.

Abstract: A method of treating a disease that is treatable through inhibition of at least one kinase selected from the group consisting of CDK7, CDK4, CDK6, PIM2, TSSK3, MST4, NEK6, MAP3K, MST3, DDR1, SPHK1, CaMK1, AurA, BRK, CaMK4, and PIM1, the method comprising administering an effective dose of a compound represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof to a patient:

Abstract: Members of the PrC-210 family of aminothiols, including PrC-211 and PrC-252, are shown to be highly effective in reducing ischemia-reperfusion injury in two preclinical models, including kidney transplant and myocardial infarct. Compositions and methods employing members of the PrC-210 family of aminothiols are disclosed for suppressing ischemia-reperfusion-induced cell and organ toxicities in a number of settings, significantly including organ transplant and myocardial infarct.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds as PPAR agonists and their application, involving a new class of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma receptor agonist, which can inhibit the production of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species, and most of which can readily cross the blood-brain barrier. The present invention also includes pharmaceutical uses of the compounds.

Abstract: This application describes compounds, compositions, and methods which are useful in treating, preventing, inhibiting, ameliorating, or eradicating the pathology and/or symptomology of a disease caused by a parasite.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an azulene ring-containing compound, its use, and an organic photoelectric device including the same. The azulene ring-containing compound is a compound comprising a structure of Formula I. The organic photoelectric device includes an anode, a cathode, and one or more organic thin film layers located between the anode and the cathode; and at least one of the organic thin film layers contains the above-mentioned azulene ring-containing compound comprising the structure of Formula I. The azulene ring-containing compound provided by the present disclosure has an energy level difference ?Est?0.3 eV between the lowest singlet state S1 and the lowest triplet state T1, and has a light-emitting mechanism of a thermally activated delayed fluorescent material, and can be used as a thermally activated delayed fluorescent material for organic photoelectric device, so that the light-emitting efficiency of the device is improved.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an FGFR4 inhibitor having a structure represented by formula (I), preparation method therefor, and applications thereof. A series of compounds represented by formula (I) in the present invention have very-strong inhibition effect on the activity of FGFR4 kinase, have very-high selectivity, can be widely used in the preparation of drugs for treating cancers, specially a liver cancer, a stomach cancer, a prostate cancer, a skin cancer, an ovarian cancer, a lung cancer, a breast cancer or a colon cancer, and can be developed into a new-generation FGFR4 inhibitor drug.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the process for the preparation of Pyrylium salts having the formula represented below. Present invention provide a simplified method of producing symmetrical and unsymmetrical pyrylium salts. The invention explores readily available starting materials with reaction conditions which are suitable for industrial scale applications. All the synthesized compounds were confirmed by various spectroscopic techniques such as Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, 19F NMR spectroscopy, and single-crystal X-ray analysis. Mass of the compounds confirmed by HRMS analysis.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an excellent drug for preventing or treating spinocerebellar ataxia. 1-(3-(2-(1-benzothiophen-5-yl)ethoxy)propyl)azetidin-3-ol or a salt thereof has an effect of suppressing brain atrophy, especially cerebellar atrophy, and is useful as an agent for preventing or treating spinocerebellar ataxia. Cerebellar atrophy observed in spinocerebellar ataxia can be prevented or treated by administering 1-(3-(2-(1-benzothiophen-5-yl)ethoxy)propyl)azetidin-3-ol or a salt thereof.

Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides certain substituted aryl and heteroaryl ether compounds of the Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X, R1, R2, R3, L, R4, L1, Q, and R5 are as defined herein. The novel compounds of the invention, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising a compound thereof, are useful as Liver X-? receptor (LXR?) agonists, and may be useful for treating or preventing pathologies related thereto. Such pathologies include, but are not limited to, inflammatory diseases and diseases characterized by defects in cholesterol and lipid metabolism, such as Alzheimer's disease.