Patents by Inventor Alan Martin Birch
Alan Martin Birch has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20120289520Abstract: DGAT-1 inhibitor compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutically-acceptable salts and pro-drugs thereof are described, together with pharmaceutical compositions, processes for making them and their use in treating, for example, obesityType: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: ASTRAZENECA ABInventors: Alan Martin Birch, Roger John Butlin, Leonie Campbell, Clive Green, Andrew Leach, Michael James Waring, Paul Michael Murray, Per Olof Ryberg
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Patent number: 8188092Abstract: DGAT-1 inhibitor compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutically-acceptable salts and pro-drugs thereof are described, together with pharmaceutical compositions, processes for making them and their use in treating, for example, obesity wherein, for example, r is 0 or 1 and X1 is linear (1-3C)alkyl; q is 0 or 1 and X2 is fluoro, chloro or (1-3C)alkyl; Y1 is selected from fluoro, chloro, bromo, cyano, (1-3C)alkyl and (1-2C)alkoxy; n is 0, 1 or 2 and Y2 is fluoro, chloro or (1-3C)alkyl; p is 0, 1 or 2 and Y3 is (1-3C)alkyl or forms a (3-5C)cycloalkyl ring; Z is carboxy or —CONHSO2Me or —CONRbRc wherein Rb and Rc are independently selected, for example, from hydrogen and (1-4C)alkyl or Rb and Rc are linked so as to form a morpholine ring or a (4-6C)heterocyclic ring and when Z is —CONRbRc the Rb and Rc groups may be optionally substituted by carboxy.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2010Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: AstraZeneca ABInventors: Alan Martin Birch, Roger John Butlin, Leonie Campbell, Clive Green, Andrew Leach, Michael James Waring, Paul Michael Murray, Per Olof Ryberg
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Publication number: 20120108602Abstract: DGAT-1 inhibitor compounds of formula (1), pharmaceutically-acceptable salts and pro-drugs thereof are described, together with pharmaceutical compositions, processes for making them and their use in treating, for example, obesity wherein, for example, Ring A is optionally substituted 2,6-pyrazindiyl; X is ?0; Ring B is optionally substituted 1,4-phenylene; Y1 is a direct bond or —O—; Y2 is —(CH2)r— wherein r is 2 or 3; n is 0 or n is 1 when Y1 is a direct bond between Ring B and Ring C and when Ring B is 1,4-phenylene and Ring C is (4-6C)cycloalkane; Ring C is optionally substituted (4-6C)cycloalkane, (7-10C)bicycloalkane, (8-12C)tricycloalkane, phenylene or pryidindiyl; L is a direct bond or —O—; p is 0, 1 or 2 and when p is 1 or 2 RA1 and RA2 are each independently hydrogen or (1-4C)alkyl; Z is carboxy or a mimic or bioisostere thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: AstraZeneca ABInventors: Udo Andreas BAUER, Jonas Gunnar BARLIND, Petra JOHANNESSON, Jan Magnus JOHANSSON, Alexander Tobias NOESKE, Annika Ulrika PETERSSON, Alan Martin BIRCH, Roger John BUTLIN, Clive GREEN, Andrew LEACH, Ragnar HOVLAND
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Publication number: 20110251173Abstract: DGAT-1 inhibitor compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutically-acceptable salts and pro-drugs thereof are described, together with pharmaceutical compositions, processes for making them and their use in treating, for example, diabetes and obesity wherein, R1, R2, R3, R4, X2, q, Y1, Y2, n, Q and Z are as defined in the description.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2011Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicant: AstraZeneca ABInventors: Alan Martin BIRCH, Frederick Woolf GOLDBERG, Andrew LEACH
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Patent number: 8017603Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) or salts thereof, wherein A, and R1 to R5 are as defined in the specification, are DGAT-1 inhibitors and are thereby useful in the treatment of, for example, obesity. Processes to make compounds of formula (I) are also described.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2010Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: AstraZeneca ABInventors: Alan Martin Birch, Paul David Kemmitt
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Patent number: 7994179Abstract: DGAT-1 inhibitor compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutically-acceptable salts and pro-drugs thereof are described, together with pharmaceutical compositions, processes for making them and their use in treating, for example, obesity wherein, for example, Ring A is optionally substituted 2,6-pyrazindiyl; X is ?O; Ring B is optionally substituted 1,4-phenylene; Y1 is a direct bond or —O—; Y2 is —(CH2)r— wherein r is 2 or 3; n is 0 or n is 1 when Y1 is a direct bond between Ring B and Ring C and when Ring B is 1,4-phenylene and Ring C is (4-6C)cycloalkane; Ring C is optionally substituted (4-6C)cycloalkane, (7-10C)bicycloalkane, (8-12C)tricycloalkane, phenylene or pryidindiyl; L is a direct bond or —O—; p is 0, 1 or 2 and when p is 1 or 2 RA1 and RA2 are each independently hydrogen or (1-4C)alkyl; Z is carboxy or a mimic or bioisostere thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2008Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: AstraZeneca ABInventors: Petra Johannesson, Jan Magnus Johansson, Annika Ulrika Petersson, Alan Martin Birch, Roger John Butlin
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Publication number: 20110092547Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts and/or pro-drugs thereof, which inhibit acetyl CoA(acetyl coenzyme A):diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT1) activity are provided, wherein n is 0 to 3; p is 0 or 1; q is 0 to 2; R1 and R2 are, for example, independently fluoro, chloro, bromo, cyano or (1-4C)alkyl; X is —O—, —S— or —NRa— wherein Ra is hydrogen or (1-4C)alkyl; RA1 and RA2 are, for example, independently hydrogen or (1-4C)alkyl; Ring A is a di-linked ring or ring system chosen from (4-6C)cycloalkane, (7-10C)bicycloalkane and (8-12C)tricycloalkane each optionally substituted, for example, by one substituent selected from (1-4C)alkyl, (1-4C)alkoxy and (1-4C)alkoxy(1-4C)alkyl; or Ring A is phenylene optionally substituted, for example, by up to four substituents selected from fluoro, chloro, bromo, cyano, (1-4C)alkyl, (1-4C)alkoxy and (1-4C)alkoxy(1-4C)alkyl; together with processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicamentsType: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2008Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventors: Alan Martin Birch, Roger John Butlin, Adrian Liam Gill, Samuel David Groombridge, Alleyn Thomas Plowright, Michael James Waring
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Publication number: 20110065706Abstract: A compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, processes for preparing such compounds, their use as GPR119 modulators, methods for their therapeutic use, particularly in the treatment of obesity and diabetes mellitus, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2010Publication date: March 17, 2011Applicant: AstraZeneca ABInventors: Alan Martin Birch, Roger John Butlin, David Stephen Clarke, Andrew Leach, Philip Alexander MacFaul, Charles John O'Donnell, James Stewart Scott, Paul Robert Owen Whittamore, Dan Anders Broo, Öjvind Percy Davidsson, Kjell Erik Johansson, Hanna De La Motte
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Publication number: 20100324068Abstract: DGAT-1 inhibitor compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutically-acceptable salts and pro-drugs thereof are described, together with pharmaceutical compositions, processes for making them and their use in treating, for example, obesity wherein, for example, r is 0 or 1 and X1 is linear (1-3C)alkyl; q is 0 or 1 and X2 is fluoro, chloro or (1-3C)alkyl; Y1 is selected from fluoro, chloro, bromo, cyano, (1-3C)alkyl and (1-2C)alkoxy; n is 0, 1 or 2 and Y2 is fluoro, chloro or (1-3C)alkyl; p is 0, 1 or 2 and Y3 is (1-3C)alkyl or forms a (3-5C)cycloalkyl ring; Z is carboxy or —CONHSO2Me or —CONRbRc wherein Rb and Rc are independently selected, for example, from hydrogen and (1-4C)alkyl or Rb and Rc are linked so as to form a morpholine ring or a (4-6C)heterocyclic ring and when Z is —CONRbRc the Rb and Rc groups may be optionally substituted by carboxy.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: AstraZeneca ABInventors: Alan Martin Birch, Roger John Butlin, Leonie Campbell, Clive Green, Andrew Leach, Michael James Waring, Paul Michael Murray, Per Olof Ryberg
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Publication number: 20100317653Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), and salts and pro-drugs thereof: wherein for example R1 is optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl; Y is a linking group selected from, for example, a direct bond, and a (substituted) alkyl chain; R2 is an optionally substituted aryl, an optionally substituted cycloalkyl or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; are described. Processes to make such compounds and their use as DGAT inhibitors, for example in the treatment of obesity, are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2010Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicant: AstraZeneca ABInventors: Alan Martin BIRCH, Suzanne Saxon Bowker, Roger John Butlin, Craig Samuel Donald, William Mccoull, Thorsten Nowak, Alleyn Plowright
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Publication number: 20100311737Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) or salts thereof, wherein A, and R1 to R5 are as defined in the specification, are DGAT-1 inhibitors and are thereby useful in the treatment of, for example, obesity. Processes to make compounds of formula (I) are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2010Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: AstraZeneca ABInventors: Alan Martin Birch, Paul David Kemmitt
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Patent number: 7795283Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), and salts and pro-drugs thereof: Formula (I) wherein for example R1 is optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl; Y is a linking group selected from, for example, a direct bond, and a (substituted) alkyl chain; R2 is an optionally substituted aryl, an optionally substituted cycloalkyl or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; are described. Processes to make such compounds and their use as DGAT inhibitors, for example in the treatment of obesity, are also described.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2005Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: AstraZeneca ABInventors: Alan Martin Birch, Suzanne Saxon Bowker, Roger John Butlin, Craig Samuel Donald, William McCoull, Thorsten Nowak, Alleyn Plowright
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Publication number: 20100184813Abstract: DGAT-1 inhibitor compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof are described, together with pharmaceutical compositions, processes for making them and their use in treating, for example, obesity wherein n is 0, 1, 2 or 3, R is independently selected from fluoro, chloro, bromo, trifluoromethyl, methoxy, difluoromethoxy and trifluoromethoxy and Z is carboxy or a mimic or bioisostere thereof, hydroxyl, hydroxymethyl, or —CONRbRc wherein Rb and Rc are independently selected from hydrogen and (1-4C)alkyl, which (1-4C)alkyl group may be optionally substituted by carboxy or a mimic or bioisostere thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2009Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: AstraZeneca ABInventors: Alan Martin BIRCH, Gary Peter Tomkinson, Sharmistha Pal, Anna Pettersen
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Patent number: 7749997Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) or salts thereof, wherein A, and R1 to R5 are as defined in the specification, are DGAT-1 inhibitors and are thereby useful in the treatment of, for example, obesity. Processes to make compounds of formula (I) are also described.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2006Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: AstraZeneca ABInventors: Alan Martin Birch, Paul David Kemmitt
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Publication number: 20100160397Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), or salts thereof, which inhibit acetyl CoA (acetyl coenzyme A):diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT1) activity are provided, wherein, for example, R1 is an optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl group; T is N, CH or CMe; Y is a direct bond, or a defined linking group and R2 is an optionally substituted aryl, an optionally substituted cycloalkyl or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; together with processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2007Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventors: Alan Martin Birch, Robert Davies, David Paul Whalley
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Publication number: 20100137397Abstract: A compound of the formula (1) or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt: possess glycogen phosphorylase inhibitory activity and accordingly have value in the treatment of disease states associated with increased glycogen phosphorylase activity such as 2 diabetes. Processes for the manufacture of compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2006Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicant: ASTRAZENECA ABInventors: Alan Martin Birch, Craig Johnstone, Alleyn Thomas Plowright, Iain Simpson, Paul Robert Owen Whittamore
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Publication number: 20090298853Abstract: DGAT-1 inhibitor compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutically-acceptable salts and pro-drugs thereof are described, together with pharmaceutical compositions, processes for making them and their use in treating, for example, obesity wherein, for example, Ring A is optionally substituted 2,6-pyrazindiyl; X is ?O; Ring B is optionally substituted 1,4-phenylene; Y1 is a direct bond or —O—; Y2 is —(CH2)r— wherein r is 2 or 3; n is 0 or n is 1 when Y1 is a direct bond between Ring B and Ring C and when Ring B is 1,4-phenylene and Ring C is (4-6C)cycloalkane; Ring C is optionally substituted (4-6C)cycloalkane, (7-10C)bicycloalkane, (8-12C)tricycloalkane, phenylene or pryidindiyl; L is a direct bond or —O—; p is 0, 1 or 2 and when p is 1 or 2 RA1 and RA2 are each independently hydrogen or (1-4C)alkyl; Z is carboxy or a mimic or bioisostere thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2008Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: AstraZeneca ABInventors: Udo Andreas Bauer, Jonas Gunnar Barlind, Petra Johannesson, Jan Magnus Johansson, Alexander Tobias Noeske, Annika Ulrika Petersson, Alan Martin Birch, Roger John Butlin, Clive Green, Andrew Leach, Ragnar Hovland
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Publication number: 20090197926Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), or salts thereof, which inhibit acetyl CoA (acetyl coenzyme A):diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT1) activity are provided, wherein: R1 is selected from optionally substituted phenyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl and 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl; L1 is a direct bond or a linker selected from, for example, —O—, —OCH2— and —CH2O—; R2 is selected from, for example, (3-6C)cycloalkyl, (5-12C)bicycloalkyl, phenyl and a 4, 5- or 6-membered saturated, partially or fully unsaturated heterocyclyl ring; wherein R2 is substituted by defined substituents and R6 is selected from, for example, hydrogen, fluoro and chloro; together with processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2007Publication date: August 6, 2009Inventors: Alan Martin Birch, Roger John Butlin, Alleyn Thomas Plowright
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Publication number: 20090124682Abstract: A compound of the formula (1) or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt: (A chemical formula should be inserted here—please see paper copy enclosed herewith) (1) possess glycogen phosphorylase inhibitory activity and accordingly have value in the treatment of disease states associated with increased glycogen phosphorylase activity. Processes for the manufacture of compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2006Publication date: May 14, 2009Inventors: Alan Martin Birch, Craig Johnstone, Alleyn Thomas Plowright, Iain Simpson, Paul Robert Owen Whittamore
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Publication number: 20080306059Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) or salts thereof, wherein A, and R1 to R5 are as defined in the specification, are DGAT-1 inhibitors and are thereby useful in the treatment of, for example, obesity. Processes to make compounds of formula (I) are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2006Publication date: December 11, 2008Inventors: Alan Martin Birch, Paul David Kemmitt