Patents by Inventor Andrew Leach

Andrew Leach 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).

  • Publication number: 20110065706
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20110046108
    Abstract: The invention concerns benzamide compounds of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, where R1, ring A, n, R3, and R4 are as defined in the description. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the manufacture of a medicament for use as an antiproliferative agent in the prevention or treatment of tumours or other proliferative conditions which are sensitive to the inhibition of EphB4, and/or EphA2 and/or Src kinases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Jason Grant Kettle, Jon Read, Andrew Leach, Bernard Christophe Barlaam, Richard Ducray, Christine Marie Paul Lambert-Van Der Brempt
  • Publication number: 20100324068
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Alan Martin Birch, Roger John Butlin, Leonie Campbell, Clive Green, Andrew Leach, Michael James Waring, Paul Michael Murray, Per Olof Ryberg
  • Publication number: 20100144765
    Abstract: Pyrimidone compounds of formula (I): are inhibitors of the enzyme Lp-PLA2 and are of use in treating atherosclerosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Deidre Mary Bernadette HICKEY, Robert John IFE, Colin Andrew LEACH, Ivan Leo PINTO, Stephen Allan SMITH, Steven James STANWAY
  • Patent number: 7705005
    Abstract: The invention disclosed herein relates to compounds of formula (I) where the various groups are defined herein, and which are useful for treating inflammatory diseases such as atherosclerosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventor: Colin Andrew Leach
  • Publication number: 20100093748
    Abstract: The invention provides PKA and PKB kinase-inhibiting compounds of the formula (I): or salts, solvates, tautomers or N-oxides thereof, wherein E is a five membered heteroaryl ring containing 1, 2, 3 or 4 heteroatoms selected from O, N and S provided that no more than 1 heteroatom may be other than N; q and r are each is 0 or 1; provided that q+r is 1 or 2; T is N or a group CR5; J1-J2 is N?C(R6), (R7)C?N, (R8)N—C(O), (R8)2C—C(O), N?N or (R7)C?C(R6); Q3 is a bond or a saturated C1-3 hydrocarbon linker group optionally substituted by fluorine and hydroxy; G is NR2R3, CN or OH; m and n are each 0 or 1, provided that m+n is 1 or 2, and provided also that m or n are each 0 when the adjacent ring member of ring E is S or O; R1a and R1b are the same or different and each is hydrogen or a substituent R10; or R1a and R1b together with the carbon atoms or heteroatoms to which they are attached form a 5 or 6-membered aryl or heteroaryl ring, wherein the aryl or heteroaryl rings are optionally substituted by one or mo
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicants: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, THE INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH: ROYAL CANCER HOS, Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Steven John Woodhead, Martyn Frederickson, Christopher Hamlett, Andrew James Woodhead, Marinus Leendert Verdonk, Hannah Fiona Sore, David Winter Walker, Peter Blurton, Ian Collins, Kwai Ming Cheung, John Caldwell, Tatiana Faria Da Fonseca McHardy, Richard William Arthur Luke, Zbigniew Stanley Matusiak, Andrew Leach, Jeffrey James Morris
  • Patent number: 7652019
    Abstract: Pyrimidone compounds of formula (I): are inhibitors of the enzyme Lp-PLA2 and are of use in treating atherosclerosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham PLC
    Inventors: Deirdre Mary Bernadette Hickey, Robert John Ife, Colin Andrew Leach, Ivan Leo Pinto, Stephen Allan Smith, Steven James Stanway
  • Patent number: 7638520
    Abstract: Pyrimidone compounds of formula (I): are inhibitors of the enzyme Lp-PLA2 and are of use in treating atheroscelerosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham, plc
    Inventors: Deirdre Mary Bernadette Hickey, Robert John Ife, Colin Andrew Leach, Ivan Leo Pinto, Stephen Allan Smith, Steven James Stanway
  • Publication number: 20090298853
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20090264401
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I): and pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof wherein the variable groups are defined within; their use in the inhibition of 11?HSD1, processes for making them and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Adrian Liam GILL, Andrew Leach, Martin Packer, James Stewart Scott, Pernilla Sorme, John Gibbin Swales, Paul Robert Owen Whittamore
  • Publication number: 20090170877
    Abstract: Pyrimidone compounds of formula (I): are inhibitors of the enzyme Lp-PLA2 and are of use in treating atherosclerosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Deirdre Mary Bernadette Hickey, Robert John Ife, Colin Andrew Leach, Ivan Leo Pinto, Stephen Allan Smith, Steven James Stanway
  • Publication number: 20090163524
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel group of compounds of Formula (I) or salts thereof: wherein Y, Z1, Z2, R1, R4, R5 and n are as described in the specification, which may be useful in the treatment or prevention of a disease or medical condition mediated through protein kinase B (PKB) such as cancer. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, methods of treatment of diseases mediated by PKB using said compounds and methods for preparing compounds of Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Paul David Johnson, Andrew Leach, Richard William Arthur Luke, Zbigniew Stanley Matusiak, Jeffrey James Morris
  • Publication number: 20090118332
    Abstract: A compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, processes for preparing such compounds, their use as Fatty Acid Synthase inhibitors, methods for their therapeutic use, particularly in the treatment of obesity, diabetes mellitus, cancer and infection and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Roger John Butlin, Peter William Rodney Caulkett, Andrew Leach, Nicholas John Newcombe, Charles John O'Donnell, James Matthew Wood
  • Publication number: 20090118313
    Abstract: Pyrimidone compounds of formula (I): are inhibitors of the enzyme Lp-PLA2 and are of use in treating atherosclerosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Deirdre Mary Bernadette Hickey, Robert John Ife, Colin Andrew Leach, Ivan Leo Pinto, Stephen Allan Smith, Steven James Stanway
  • Publication number: 20090105305
    Abstract: A compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, processes for preparing such compounds, their use as Fatty Acid Synthase inhibitors, methods for their therapeutic use, particularly in the treatment of obesity and diabetes mellitus, cancer and infection and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Roger John Butlin, Peter William Rodney Caulkett, Petra Johannesson, Laurent Daniel Knerr, Andrew Leach, Nicholas John Newcombe, Charles John O'Donnell, Helen Pointon, James Matthew Wood
  • Patent number: 7470694
    Abstract: Pyrimidone compounds of formula (I): are inhibitors of the enzyme Lp-PLA2 and are of use in treating atheroscelerosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham, PLC
    Inventors: Colin Andrew Leach, Stephen Allan Smith, Steven James Stanway
  • Patent number: 7462620
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): are inhibitors of the enzyme Lp-PLA2 and are of use in therapy, in particular for treating atherosclerosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham, PLC
    Inventors: Deirdre Mary Bernadette Hickey, Colin Andrew Leach, Ivan Leo Pinto, Stephen Allan Smith
  • Publication number: 20080242666
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Compound S of Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Colin Andrew Leach, John Liddle, Simon Peace, Joanne Philp, Ian Edward David Smith, Lamont Roscoe Terrell, Jing Zhang
  • Publication number: 20080109296
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an integrated rights marketplace providing a user interface for accessing a social networking platform, and allowing a user of the social networking platform to at least one of purchasing and offering a contingent event certificate via the social networking platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Andrew Leach, Richard Harmon
  • Publication number: 20080109297
    Abstract: The present invention relates to providing a contingent right to purchase an event ticket within an integrated rights marketplace, wherein the cost of the contingent right is based at least in part on a measure of demand for the contingent right. In embodiments, the present invention may provide a contingent event certificate market platform, and select a currency for the contingent event certificate market platform based on an aspect of the user of the platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Andrew Leach, Richard Harmon