Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted imidazopyridine derivatives as melanocortin-4 receptor (MC-4R) modulators, in particular as melanocortin-4 receptor antagonists. The antagonists are useful for the treatment of disorders and diseases such as cancer cachexia, muscle wasting, anorexia, amytrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), anxiety and depression.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising ocaperidone as an active substance and an effective amount of water-soluble polymers to increase solubility of ocaperidone. The present invention further relates to a therapeutic system for ocaperidone with a compartment for the drug formulation comprising said composition, and to a process for the preparation thereof as well as to the therapeutic use of said composition as antipsychotic drug. The present invention also relates to the solubilisation of ocaperidone in an aqueous medium with the aid of water soluble swellable polymers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted imidazopyridine derivatives as melanocortin-4 receptor (MC-4R) modulators, in particular as melanocortin-4 receptor antagonists. The antagonists are useful for the treatment of disorders and diseases such as cancer cachexia, muscle wasting, anorexia, amytrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), anxiety and depression.

Abstract: The invention relates to new salts of ocaperidone and uses thereof, particularly in the pharmaceutical industry. The invention discloses specific salts of ocaperidone having increased water solubilities, as well as therapeutic methods by administering said salts, in particular for treating various diseases of the central or peripheral nervous system, especially central nervous system. It further deals with pharmaceutical compositions comprising said salts and methods for preparing the same.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds having PDE2 inhibitory activities, as well as therapeutic methods by administering said compounds, in particular for treating various diseases of the central or peripheral nervous system. It further deals with pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and methods for preparing said compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising ocaperidone as an active substance and an effective amount of water-soluble polymers to increase solubility of ocaperidone. The present invention further relates to a therapeutic system for ocaperidone with a compartment for the drug formulation comprising said composition, and to a process for the preparation thereof as well as to the therapeutic use of said composition as antipsychotic drug. The present invention also relates to the solubilisation of ocaperidone in an aqueous medium with the aid of water soluble swellable polymers.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds having PDE2 inhibitory activities, as well as therapeutic methods by administering said compounds, in particular for treating various diseases of the central or peripheral nervous system. It further deals with pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and methods for preparing said compounds.

Abstract: The invention concerns the use of PDE2 inhibitors for treating disorders of the central and peripheral nervous system, a method for therapeutic treatment by administering to an animal said inhibitors. More specifically, the invention concerns novel benzodiazepinone derivatives and their uses in therapeutics more particularly for treating pathologies involving activity of a cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase type 2. The invention also concerns methods for preparing same and novel synthesis intermediates.

Abstract: A method of providing symptomatic relief from sleep induced insomnia in a patient comprising administering an effective amount of R-(+)-?-(2,3-Dimethoxyphenyl)-1-[2-(4-fluorophenyl)ethyl]-4-piperidinemethanol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a patient in need of such treatment.

Abstract: A method of treating a patient for a Sleep Disorder comprising administering an effective amount of R-(+)-&agr;-(2,3-Dimethoxyphenyl)-1-[2-(4-fluorophenyl)ethyl]-4-piperidinemethanol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a patient in need of such treatment.

Abstract: A method of treating a patient for a Sleep Disorder comprising administering an effective amount of R-(+)-&agr;-(2,3-Dimethoxyphenyl)-1-[2-(4-fluorophenyl)ethyl]-4-piperidinemethanol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a patient in need of such treatment.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods to identify test compounds that alter circadian rhythms of mammals, and more specifically, directed to methods for determining the ability of a test compound to alter hCKI &dgr; and &egr; phosphorylation of a human Period protein. The present invention is also directed to a method for determing the ability of a test compound to selectively alter phosphorylation, interaction with, or alternatively degradation, of one or more human Period proteins relative to its ability to alter phosphorylation, interaction with, or alternatively degradation, of a different human Period protein.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the use of (+)-&agr;-(2,3-dimethoxyphenyl)-1-[2-(4-fluorophenyl)ethyl]-4-piperidinemethanol in treating Depressive Disorders and Bipolar Disorders.

Abstract: A method of treating a patient for a Sleep Disorder comprising administering an effective amount of R-(+)-&agr;-(2,3-Dimethoxyphenyl)-1-[2-(4-fluorophenyl)ethyl]-4-piperidinemethanol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a patient in need of such treatment.

Abstract: A method of treating a patient for a Sleep Disorder comprising administering an effective amount of R-(+)-&agr;-(2,3-Dimethoxyphenyl)-1-[2-(4-fluorophenyl)ethyl]-4-piperidinemethanol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a patient in need of such treatment.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the use of (+)-.alpha.-(2,3-dimethoxyphenyl)-1-[2-(4-fluorophenyl)ethyl]-4-piperidine methanol in treating Depressive Disorders and Bipolar Disorders.

Abstract: 4-(7-Bromo-5-methoxybenzofuran-2-yl)piperidine (brofarornine) of formula I ##STR1## and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts can be used as active ingredients in medicaments for retarding the degeneration of nerve cells that accompanies degenerative nerve disorders, and as a nootropic agent for treating disorders that are responsive to treatment with nootropic agents.

Abstract: Novel hydrogenated heterocyclic compounds, containing two nitrogen atoms, of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.5 and Rhd 7 are each, independently of the others, hydrogen or lower alkyl, m is 2 or 3, n is 1 or 2, and either R.sub.4 and R.sub.6 are each hydrogen or R.sub.4 and R.sub.6 together form an additional bond, in free form or in form of a salt, can be used as pharmaceutical active ingredients and can be manufactured in a manner known per se.

Abstract: Novel hydrogenated heterocyclic compounds, containing two nitrogen atoms, of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.5 and R.sub.7 are each, independently of the others, hydrogen or lower alkyl, m is 2 or 3, n is 1 or 2, and either R.sub.4 and R.sub.6 are each hydrogen or R.sub.4 and R.sub.6 together form an additional bond, in free form or in form of a salt, can be used as pharmaceutical active ingredients for memory improvement and can be manufactured in a manner known per se.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of secondary 2-aminoalkyl-5-pyridinols of the general formula I ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or lower alkyl, m is an integer from 2 to 4 and n is an integer from 1 to 7, and the acid addition salts thereof, as nootropic agents and antidepressants and for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions having nootropic and antidepressant activity.