Abstract: The present invention provides (I) these compounds are useful in prevention and treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's as well as type II diabetes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the compound 3,4,5-piperidinetriol, 2-(hydroxymethyl)-1-[(4-(pentyloxy)phenyl)methyl]-, (2S,3S,4R,5S), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, which is useful as an inhibitor of glucosylceramide synthase. The compounds of the Invention are useful for treating various glycolipid storage diseases, such as Gaucher's disease, Sandhoff's disease, Tay-Sacs disease, Fabry disease, and GM1 gangliosidosis; glycolipid accumulation disorders, such as Niemann-Pick disease, mucopolysaccharidoses, mucolipidosis type IV and ?-mannosidosis; various cancers that involve abnormal glycolipid synthesis; and various infectious diseases that involve cell surface glycolipids as receptors for the infectious organisms or for their toxins; as well as a variety of other disorders involving glycolipid synthesis, including neuronal disorders, inflammatory diseases, obesity, and the like.

Abstract: a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof: wherein X and Y are independently NR5 or O; W and Z are independently a bond or (CH2)mCH(R7)(CH2)n; m=0-1, n=0-2; R is hydrogen or halogen; R1 and R2 are independently selected from hydrogen halogen, CF3, CN, OR8, NR9R10, NR9COR11, NR9SO2R11 or C1-6 alkyl optionally substituted by hydroxyl, C1-6 alkoxy or NR9R10; R3 is hydrogen, halogen, CF3, CN, OR8, SR8 or SO2R11; R4 is hydrogen, halogen, CF3, OR9, NR9R10, NR9COR11, NR9SO2R11 or C1-6 alkyl optionally substituted by hydroxyl, C1-6 alkoxy or NR9R10; R5 is hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl optionally substituted by hydroxyl, C1-6 alkoxy or NR9R10; R6 is hydrogen, fluorine, C1-6 alkyl, or C1-6 alkoxy; R6 is hydrogen, fluorine, C1-6 alkyl, or C1-6 alkoxy; R7 is hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl, phenyl or C1-3 alkylphenyl wherein said phenyl groups are optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from halogen, C1-6 alkyl, CF3, OCF3 or OR9; R8 is hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl optionally substitut

Abstract: The present invention provides (I) These compounds are useful in prevention and treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's as well as type II diabetes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel piperidine derivatives that are useful as inhibitors of glucosylceramide synthase (GCS) for use in the treatment and prevention of diseases or disorders mediated by GCS, including cancer, infectious diseases, neuronal disorders or injury and inflammatory diseases. The invention further relates to the pharmaceutical composition comprising the novel piperidine derivatives and methods for preparing the same.

Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof: (I) wherein the groups Q, R2, R3, R4 and R5 represent various substituent groups, and their use as inhibitors of heparanase.

Abstract: The present invention relates to phthalimide carboxylic acid derivatives of formula (I), methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in medicine, specifically in the treatment of cancer. (I), wherein X is O or S; R1 is a phthalimide carboxylic acid group of formula (II).