Patents by Inventor Antoni Torrens

Antoni Torrens 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: 20090264458
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds having pharmacological activity towards the 5-receptor, and more particularly to some 2,2a,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-aza-acenaphthylen substituted sulfonamide compounds, to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use for the treatment and or prophylaxis of a disease in which 5-HT is involved, such as CNS disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Antoni Torrens Jover, Susana Yenes Minguez, Josep Mas Prio, Luz Romero Alonso, Alberto Dordal Zueras, Helmut Henrich Buschmann
  • Publication number: 20090247771
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for the preparation of an enantiomerically enriched compound of formula II wherein, R1, R2 and R3 are each independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted aryl; X is —C(?O)-Z or —Y, wherein —Y is selected from —CH2—OR4, —CH2-halogen or —CH2—NR6R7; wherein Z is selected from —NR6R7 or —OR5, wherein R5 is selected from hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl or ester activating group; R4 is selected from hydrogen, hydroxyl protecting group or hydroxyl activating group; R6 and R7 are each independently selected from hydrogen, amino protecting group, amido protecting group or substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, complex or solvate thereof; which comprises an enantioselective addition with a thienyl zinc reagent, in the presence of a chiral ligand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Helmut Heinrich Buschmann, Antoni Torrens Jover, Matthias Lormann, Stefan Dahmen
  • Patent number: 7553965
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds having pharmacological activity towards the 5-HT7 receptor, and more particularly to some 2,2a,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-aza-acenaphthylen substituted sulfonamide compounds, to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use for the treatment and or prophylaxis of a disease in which 5-HT is involved, such as CNS disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Laboratories Del Dr. Esteve, S.A.
    Inventors: Antoni Torrens Jover, Susana Yenes Mínguez, Josep Mas Prió, Luz Romero Alonso, Alberto Dordal Zueras, Helmut Henrich Buschmann
  • Publication number: 20090163542
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds having pharmacological activity towards the 5-HT7 receptor, and more particularly to some tetrahydroisoquinoline substituted sulfonamide compounds, to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use for the treatment and or prophylaxis of a disease in which 5-HT is involved, such as CNS disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Antoni Torrens Jover, Josep Mas Prio, Susana Yenes Minguez, Monica Garcia Lopez, Alberto Dordal Zueras, Luz Romero Alonso, Helmut Henrich Buschmann
  • Patent number: 7514429
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Benzoxazinone-derived compounds of general formula (I), methods for their preparation, medicaments comprising these compounds as well as their use for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of humans or animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: ESTEVE Laboratorios Dr. Esteve S.A.
    Inventors: Antoni Torrens Jover, Jose Aurelio Castrillo Perez, Jordi Frigola Constansa, Josep Mas Prió, Alberto Dordal Zueras, Maria Angeles Fisas Escasany
  • Publication number: 20090088450
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds having pharmacological activity towards the 5-HT7 receptor, and more particularly to some tetrahydroisoquinoline propyl sulfonamide compounds, to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use for the treatment and or prophylaxis of a disease in which 5-HT is involved, such as CNS disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Antoni Torrens Jover, Josep Mas Prio, Susana Yenes Minguez, Monica Garcia Lopez, Albert Dordal Zueras, Lus Romero Alonso, Hulmut Henrich Buschmann
  • Publication number: 20090036480
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds having pharmacological activity towards the 5-HT7 receptor, and more particularly to some 2,2a,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-aza-acenaphthylen substituted sulfonamide compounds, to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use for the treatment and or prophylaxis of a disease in which 5-HT is involved, such as CNS disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Antoni Torrens Jover, Susana Yenes Minguez, Josep Mas Prio, Luz Romero Alonso, Alberto Dordal Zueras, Helmut Henrich Buschmann
  • Publication number: 20080214603
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds having pharmacological activity towards the 5-HT7 receptor, and more particularly to some tetrahydroisoquinoline substituted sulfonamide compounds, to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use for the treatment and or prophylaxis of a disease in which 5-HT is involved, such as CNS disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Antoni Torrens Jover, Susana Yenes Minguez, Josep Mas Prio, Luz Romero Alonso, Alberto Dordal Zueras, Helmut Henrich Buschmann
  • Publication number: 20080119516
    Abstract: It was an object of the present invention to provide novel compounds that are suitable in particular as active substances in medicaments, preferably in medicaments for the regulation of neuropeptide Y receptors, particularly preferably of neuropeptide Y5 (NPY5) receptor, for the regulation of food ingestion (food intake), preferably for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of disorders of food ingestion, such as obesity, anorexia, cachexia, bulimia or type II (non insulin dependent) diabetes, for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of disorders of the peripheral nervous system, disorders of the central nervous system, anxiety, depression, cognitive disorders, preferably memory disorders, cardiovascular diseases, pain, epilepsy, arthritis, hypertensive syndrom, inflammatory diseases, immune diseases and other NPY5 mediated disorders in animals and mammals, including man. Said object was achieved by providing 1,4-disubstituted piperidine compounds of general formula (I) wherein the substituents are defined in claim 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: LABORATORIOS DEL DR. ESTEVE S.A.
    Inventors: Antoni Torrens Jover, Josep Mas Prio, Alberto Dordal Zueras, Maria Angeles Fisas Escasany
  • Patent number: 7345057
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds having pharmacological activity towards the 5-HT7 receptor, and more particularly to some some tetrahydroisoquinoline substituted sulfonamide compounds, to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use for the treatment and or prophylaxis of a disease in which 5-HT is involved, such as CNS disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Laboratorios Del Dr. Esteve, S.A.
    Inventors: Antoni Torrens Jover, Susana Yenes Minguez, Jose Mas Prio, Luz Romero Alonso, Alberto Dordal Zueras, Helmut H. Buschmann
  • Publication number: 20070105853
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1,4-disubstituted piperidine compounds of general formula (I), methods for their preparation, medicaments comprising these compounds as well as their use for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of humans or animals. The substituents are as defined in the present claim 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicant: LABORATORIOS DEL DR. ESTEVE S.A.
    Inventors: Antoni Torrens Jover, Josep Mas Prio, Alberto Dordal Zueras, Maria Fisas Escasany, Helmut-Heinrich Buschmann
  • Patent number: 7211585
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds having pharmacological activity towards the 5-HT7 receptor, and more particularly to some tetrahydroisoquinoline substituted sulfonamide compounds, to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use for the treatment and or prophylaxis of a disease in which 5-HT is involved, such as CNS disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Laboratorios del Dr. Esteve, S.A.
    Inventors: Antoni Torrens Jover, Josep Mas Prio, Susana Yenes Minguez, Monica Garcia Lopez, Alberto Dordal Zueras, Luz Romero Alonso, Helmut H. Buschmann
  • Patent number: 7211584
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds having pharmacological activity towards the 5-HT7 receptor, and more particularly to some tetrahydroisoquinoline propyl sulfonamide compounds, to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use for the treatment and or prophylaxis of a disease in which 5-HT is involved, such as CNS disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Laboratorios del Dr. Esteve, S.A.
    Inventors: Antoni Torrens Jover, Josep Mas Prio, Susana Yenes Minguez, Monica Garcia Lopez, Alberto Dordal Zueras, Luz Romero Alonso, Helmut H. Buschmann
  • Publication number: 20070073056
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 4-substituted pyrazoline compounds, methods for their preparation, medicaments comprising these compounds as well as their use for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of humans and animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: LABORATORIOS DEL DR. ESTEVE, S.A.
    Inventors: Antoni TORRENS, Helmut BUSCHMANN, Jordi QUINTANA, Susana YENES, Josep MAS
  • Publication number: 20070059364
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an active substance combination comprising at least one compound with neuropeptide Y-receptor affinity and at least one compound with 5-HT6 receptor affinity, a medicament comprising said active substance combination, and the use of said active substance combination for the manufacture of a medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: Laboratorios Del Dr. Esteve S.A.
    Inventors: Antoni Torrens Jover, Josep Mas Prio, Alberto Dordal Zueras, Xavier Codony Soler, Ramon Merce Vidal, Jose-Aurello Castrillo Perez, Jordi Frigola Constansa, Helmut-Heinrich Buschmann
  • Publication number: 20070032482
    Abstract: The present invention relates to benzoxazinone-derived sulphonamide compounds of general formula (I), a process for their preparation, a medicament comprising these compounds and the use of benzoxazinone-derived sulphonamide compounds for the preparation of medicaments for 5-HT6 receptor regulation as well as for the treatment of disorders related thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Applicant: Laboratorios Del Dr. Esteve S.A.
    Inventors: Antoni Torrens Jover, Josep Mas Prio, Alberto Dordal Zueras, Maria Fisas Escasany
  • Publication number: 20070032471
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an active substance combination comprising at least one 2,5-dihydroxybenzenesulfonic compound and at least one K+ channel modulator, a medicament comprising said active substance combination, a pharmaceutical formulation comprising said active substance combination and the use of said active substance combination for the manufacture of a medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Applicant: LABORATORIOS DEL DR. ESTEVE S.A.
    Inventors: Antoni Torrens Jover, Ines Alvarez Mathieu, Inigo Saenz De Tejada Gorman, Javier Angulo Frutos, Helmut-Heinrich Buschmann
  • Publication number: 20070021398
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted pyrazoline compounds, methods for their preparation, medicaments comprising these compounds as well as their use for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of humans and animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Applicant: LABORATORIOS DEL DR. ESTEVE, S.A.
    Inventors: Antoni TORRENS, Jordi QUINTANA, Helmut BUSCHMANN, Albert DORDAL, Josep MAS
  • Publication number: 20070009597
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an active substance combination comprising at least one compound with neuropeptide Y-receptor affinity, preferably neuropeptide Y5-receptor affinity, and at least one compound with 5-HT6 receptor affinity, a medicament comprising said active substance combination, and the use of said active substance combination for the manufacture of a medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: LABORATORIOS DEL DR. ESTEVE S.A.
    Inventors: Antoni Torrens Jover, Josep Mas Prio, Albert Dordal Zueras, Xavier Codony Soler, Ramon Merce Vidal, Jose-Aurello Castillo Perez, Jordi Frigola Constansa, Helmut-Heinrich Buschmann
  • Patent number: 7109349
    Abstract: A process is described for the preparation of a precursor alcohol of Cizolirtine, (±)-2-[phenyl(1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-5-yl)methoxy]-N,N-dimethylethanamine and its enantiomers. The process involves the asymmetric addition of a metalated phenyl reagent to a pyrazolcarbaldehyde in the presence of a chiral ligand to yield chiral alcohols. The chiral alcohols are further O-alkylated to yield Cizolirtine or its enantiomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Laboratorios Del Dr. Esteve, S/A
    Inventors: Antoni Torrens Jover, Helmut H. Buschmann, Stefan Dahmen, Matthias Lormann