Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel medical use of e.g. 4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazole compounds which are potent antagonists of the cannabis CB1-receptor in combination with lipase inhibitors. Said compounds are particularly suitable in combination with lipase inhibitors in the manufacture of medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of obesity in adolescent or in juvenile patients and/or for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of drug induced obesity in juvenile as well as in adolescent patients. The compounds have the general formula (I) wherein the group Bb represents sulfonyl or carbonyl, and the substituents R, R1, R2 and R3, and the group Aa are defined as shown in the description. Preferred lipase inhibitors are orlistat, panclicins, ATL-962 and/or lipstatin.

Abstract: The invention relates to a group of 1H-imidazole derivatives which are modulators of cannabinoid receptors, to methods for the preparation of these compounds, to novel intermediates useful for the synthesis of said imidazole derivatives, to methods for the preparation of these intermediates, to pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more of these 1H-imidazole derivatives as active ingredient, as well as to the use of these pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of psychiatric and neurological disorders in which cannabinoid receptors are involved. The compounds have the general formula (I) wherein R, R1-R4 and X have the meanings given in the specification.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel medical use of compounds with CB1-receptor activity selected from the group of 4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazole derivatives, 1H-Imidazole derivatives, thiazole derivatives and/or 1H-1,2,4-triazole-3-carboxamide derivatives, as each defined in the specification, or of a prodrug thereof, a tautomer thereof or a salt thereof, in the manufacture of medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of CB1 receptor related diseases in juvenile patients and/or for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of drug induced obesity in juvenile, as well as in adolescent, patients. Furthermore, the invention pertains to the use of said compounds with CB1-receptor activity in combination with lipase inhibitors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a group of thiazole derivatives, to methods for the preparation of these compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one these compounds as active ingredient, as well to the use of these compositions for the treatment of psychiatric and neurological disorders and other diseases involving cannabinoid CB neurotransmission. The thiazole derivatives of the invention are either cannabinoid (CB) receptor antagonists, CB receptor agonists, CB receptor inverse agonists or CB receptor partial agonists. The compounds have the general formula (I) wherein R, R1 and X have the meanings given in the specification.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a group of novel 1H-imidazole derivatives, to methods for the preparation of these compounds, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more of these compounds as an active component. These 1H-imidazole derivatives are potent cannabinoid-CB1 receptor agonists, partial agonists or antagonists, useful for the treatment of psychiatric and neurological disorders, as well as and other diseases involving cannabinoid neurotransmission. The compounds have the general formula (I) wherein R and R1-R4 have the meanings given in the specification.

Abstract: The invention relates to new aryl-substituted (N-piperidinyl)methyl- and (N-piperazinyl)methylazoles having interesting pharmacological, notably antipsychotic, properties.The compounds may be prepared in a manner known for the synthesis of analogous compounds and be processed to compositions according to known methods.