Abstract: The invention provides pyridone derivatives represented by a general formula (I) [in the formula, R1 and R2 may be same or different and stands for H, etc., or R1 and R2 may form an aliphatic nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group together with the N to which they bind; X1-X3 may be same or different and stand for methine or N, provided not all of them simultaneously stand for nitrogen; X4-X7 may be same or different and stand for methine or N, provided that three or more of them do not simultaneously stand for N; Y1 and Y3 may be same or different and stand for single bond, —O—, —NR—, —S—, etc; Y2 stands for lower lkylene, etc.; R stands for H, etc., L stands for methylene; Z1 and Z2 may be same or different and stand for single bond or lower alkylene; or R1, L and Z2 may form an aliphatic nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group with the N to which R1 binds; and Ar stands for aromatic carbocyclic group, etc.].

Abstract: Novel benzamide compounds including their pharmaceutically acceptable isomers, salts, hydrates, solvates and prodrug derivatives having activity against mammalian factor Xa are described. Compositions containing such compounds are also described. The compound and compositions are useful in vitro or in vivo for preventing or treating coagulation disorders.

Abstract: Novel benzamide compounds including their pharmaceutically acceptable isomers, salts, hydrates, solvates and prodrug derivatives having activity against mammalian factor Xa are described. Compositions containing such compounds are also described. The compounds and compositions are useful in vitro or in vivo for preventing or treating coagulation disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ether derivative represented by the formula (I), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a hydrate thereof or a solvate thereof wherein each symbol is as defined in the description, and an ether derivative represented by the formula (III), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a hydrate thereof or a solvate thereof wherein each symbol is as defined in the description; a pharmaceutical composition containing the ether derivative; and a package containing the pharmaceutical composition and a description of use thereof. A pharmaceutical composition of the present invention, which contains this compound of the present invention has a superior anti-inflammatory and analgesic activity and is useful as various pharmaceutical agents such as an anti-inflammatory agent, an analgesic, a therapeutic agent for inflammatory bowel disease, a therapeutic agent for pollakiuria and/or incontinentia, a therapeutic agent for asthma and the like.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which bind VLA-4. Certain of these compounds also inhibit leukocyte adhesion and, in particular, leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases in a mammalian patient, e.g., human, such as asthma, Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, AIDS dementia, diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, tissue transplantation, tumor metastasis and myocardial ischemia. The compounds can also be administered for the treatment of inflammatory brain diseases such as multiple sclerosis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds having the structure (I) useful as potassium channel inhibitors to treat cardiac arrhythmias, and the like.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel substituted tetrahydroisoquinoline compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, methods of making the compounds, and methods of using the compounds to destroy a target cell, such as a cancer cell, and to treat or prevent a cancerous condition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a screening method for a compound which is highly safe and has a prophylactic or therapeutic effect on diabetes, and a highly safe pharmaceutical composition for the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes. Specifically, a drug for the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes, which contains, as an active ingredient, a compound having PPAR? activation activity and PTP inhibitory activity, and a method of screening for the drug are provided.

Abstract: This invention provides compounds of Formula (I), having the structure where G1, G2, G3, G4, A1, A2, Y1, Y2, L1, Z, e and f are defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which are useful for treating or preventing cancer.

Abstract: The present invention provides non-steroidal compounds of formula I which are selective modulators (i.e., agonists and antagonists) of a steroid receptor, specifically, the glucocorticoid receptor. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods for using these compounds to treat animals requiring glucocorticoid receptor agonist or antagonist therapy. Glucocorticoid receptor modulators are useful to the diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, inflammation and others as described below. The present invention also provides intermediates and processes for preparing these compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pyridyl substituted heterocycles and hydro isomers thereof and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that inhibit replication and/or proliferation of HCV virus. The present invention also relates to the use of the pyridyl heterocycles and hydro isomers thereof and/or pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds to treat or prevent HCV infections.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new substituted pyrrolidinones of general formula wherein A, X, B and R1 to R9 are defined as in claim 1, the tautomers, the enantiomers, the diastereomers, the mixtures thereof and the salts thereof, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof with inorganic or organic acids or bases, which have valuable properties.

Abstract: The present invention provides a class of chemical compounds useful in the treatment of sickle cell disease, diseases characterized by unwanted or abnormal cell proliferation and for the treatment of ocular disorders such as glaucoma. The active compounds are tri-(aryl or heteroaryl) methane compounds or analogues thereof which further comprise an imine moiety and where the tertiary carbon atom can be replaced with a different atom such as Si, Ge, N or P. The compounds enhance resistance to degradation in a biological medium, inhibit potassium flux in a cell, reduce mammalian cell proliferation, reduce the Gardos channel of erythrocytes, reduce sickle erythrocyte dehydration and/or delay the occurrence of erythrocyte sickling or deformation.

Abstract: The invention is directed to compounds that are P2X7 antagonist and have the formula (I) or (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, salt of a prodrug or a combination thereof, wherein R1, R2, and R3 are defined in the specification. The invention is also directed to a method of selectively inhibiting P2X7 activity comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula (III), (IV) or (V) wherein R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, and R11 are defined in the specification.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): are inhibitors of p38 kinase and are useful in the treatment of conditions or disease states mediated by p38 kinase activity or mediated by cytokines produced by the activity of p38.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds having the structure (I) useful as potassium channel inhibitors to treat cardiac arrhythmias, and the like.

Abstract: Substituted pyridines and pyrimidines and compositions containing them, for the treatment of acute, inflammatory and neuropathic pain, dental pain, general headache, migraine, cluster headache, mixed-vascular and non-vascular syndromes, tension headache, general inflammation, arthritis, rheumatic diseases, osteoarthritis, inflammatory bowel disorders, inflammatory eye disorders, inflammatory or unstable bladder disorders, psoriasis, skin complaints with inflammatory components, chronic inflammatory conditions, inflammatory pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, neuropathic pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, diabetic neuropathy pain, causalgia, sympathetically maintained pain, deafferentation syndromes, asthma, epithelial tissue damage or dysfunction, herpes simplex, disturbances of visceral motility at respiratory, genitourinary, gastrointestinal or vascular regions, wounds, burns, allergic skin reactions, pruritus, vitiligo, general gastrointestinal disorders, gastric ulceration, duoden

Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of small molecule hydroxamic acid compounds capable of inhibiting histone deacetylases (HDACs). The present invention also relates to methods of preparation of hydroxamic acid HDAC inhibitor compounds of the invention, which are N-substituted-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline hydroxamic acid derivatives, and their incorporation into pharmaceutical compositions and methods of administration. The present invention also relates to N-substituted-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline hydroxamic acid derivatives, which may be prepared as a hydroxamic acid HDAC inhibitor compound library that can be utilized in screening methods known in the art.

Abstract: A composition comprising 7-(3-Aminomethyl-4-methoxyiminopyrrolidin-1-yl)-1-cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-4-oxo-1,4-dihydro-1,8-naphthyridine-3-carboxylic acid methanesulfonate hydrate and their use in antibacterial therapy.

Abstract: PDE4 inhibition is achieved by novel nitroxide compounds, e.g., N-substituted aniline and diphenylamine analogs. The compounds of the present invention are of Formulas I-III: wherein A, B, D, R1, R2, R3, R7, R8, R9, R10 and R6 are as defined herein.