Patents by Inventor Eric Vieira

Eric Vieira 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).

  • Patent number: 8334287
    Abstract: The present invention relates to imidazole derivatives of the general formula wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined in the specification and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Compounds of formula I are metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonists. They can be used in the treatment or prevention of mGluR5 receptor mediated disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Georg Jaeschke, Lothar Lindemann, Eric Vieira, Juergen Wichmann
  • Publication number: 20120277213
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ethynyl derivatives of formula I X, G, R1, R2, R3, R3?, R4, R4?, R5, R6, R6?, m, and n are as defined herein or to a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt, to a racemic mixture, or to its corresponding enantiomer and/or optical isomer and/or stereoisomer thereof. Compounds of formula I are positive allosteric modulators (PAM) of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5). They can be used for the treatment of schizophrenia or cognitive disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Georg Jaeschke, Synese Jolidon, Lothar Lindemann, Heinz Stadler, Eric Vieira
  • Publication number: 20120277243
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ethynyl derivatives of formula I wherein G, X, R1, R2, R3, R3?, R4, and R4? are as defined herein or to a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt, to a racemic mixture, or to its corresponding enantiomer and/or optical isomer and/or stereoisomer thereof. Compounds of formula I are positive allosteric modulators (PAM) of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Georg Jaeschke, Synese Jolidon, Lothar Lindemann, Antonio Ricci, Daniel Rueher, Heinz Stadler, Eric Vieira
  • Publication number: 20120270852
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ethynyl derivatives of formula I wherein Y is N or C—R3; R3 is hydrogen, methyl, halogen or nitrile; R1 is phenyl or pyridinyl, each of which is optionally substituted by halogen, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy; R2/R2? are each independently hydrogen, lower alkyl or lower alkyl substituted by halogen, or R2 and R2? together with the N-atom to which they are attached form a morpholine ring, a piperidine ring or an azetidine ring, each of which is unsubstituted or substituted one or more substituents selected from lower alkoxy, halogen, hydroxy and methyl; R4/R4? are each independently hydrogen or lower alkyl, or R4 and R4? together form a C3-5 cycloalkyl-, tetrahydrofuran- or an oxetane-ring; or to a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt, to a racemic mixture, or to its corresponding enantiomer and/or optical isomer and/or stereoisomer thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: Georg Jaeschke, Synese Jolidon, Lothar Lindemann, Antonio Ricci, Daniel Rueher, Heinz Stadler, Eric Vieira
  • Patent number: 8293916
    Abstract: The present invention relates to diazole derivatives of the general formula wherein A, E, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in application and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The invention also relates to use of such compounds for the treatment of diseases mediated by the metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR), such as anxiety, chronic and acute pain, protection against liver damage, urinary incontinence, obesity, Fragile-X and autism, Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, schizophrenia, ischemia, Huntington's chorea, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), dementia caused by AIDs, and Parkinson's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Bernd Buettelmann, Simona Maria Ceccarelli, Georg Jaeschke, Sabine Kolczewski, Richard Hugh Philip Porter, Paul Spurr, Eric Vieira
  • Publication number: 20110251169
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ethynyl compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2, R2?, R3, R3?, R4, R4?, U, V, W, Y, m, and n are as defined herein and to a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts, to a racemic mixtures, or to its corresponding enantiomers and/or optical isomers and/or stereoisomers thereof. Compounds of formula I are allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Luke Green, Wolfgang Guba, Georg Jaeschke, Synese Jolidon, Lothar Lindemann, Antonio Ricci, Daniel Rueher, Heinz Stadler, Eric Vieira
  • Publication number: 20110183979
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with novel nitrogen-containing heteroaryl derivatives of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, A1, A2, and Y are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts and esters thereof. These compounds inhibit PDE10A and can be used as medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Konrad Bleicher, Alexander Flohr, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Matthias Koerner, Bernd Kuhn, Jens-Uwe Peters, Rosa Maria Rodriguez-Sarmiento, Eric Vieira
  • Patent number: 7973165
    Abstract: The present invention relates to process for the preparation of an imidazole derivative of formula I, wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are described hereinabove. These compounds can be used in the treatment or prevention of mGluR5 receptor mediated disorders. These compounds are useful, inter alia, in the treatment or prevention of acute and/or chronic neurological disorders such as psychosis, epilepsy, schizophrenia, Alzheimer' disease, cognitive disorders and memory deficits, as well as chronic and acute pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Bernd Buettelmann, Simona Maria Ceccarelli, Georg Jaeschke, Sabine Kolczewski, Richard Hugh Philip Porter, Eric Vieira
  • Publication number: 20110152257
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ethynyl compounds of formula wherein X, Y, Z, and R4 are as defined herein or to a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or acid addition salt, to a racemic mixture, or to its corresponding enantiomer and/or optical isomer and/or stereoisomer thereof. Compounds of formula I are positive allosteric modulators (PAM) of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5) and they are therefore useful for the treatment of diseases related to this receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Luke Green, Wolfgang Guba, Georg Jaeschke, Synese Jolidon, Lothar Lindermann, Heinz Stadler, Eric Vieira
  • Patent number: 7964620
    Abstract: The present invention relates to imidazole derivatives of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X, Y and R are described hereinabove, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the imidazole derivatives of formula I, a process for preparing a compound of formula I, and a method of treating or preventing acute and/or chronic neurological disorder comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment and/or prevention a therapeutically effective amount of said pharmaceutical composition. These disorders include Alzheimer's disease. These disorders also include mild cognitive impairment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Bernd Buettelmann, Simona Maria Ceccarelli, Georg Jaeschke, Sabine Kolczewski, Richard Hugh Philip Porter, Eric Vieira
  • Patent number: 7951824
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pyridine-2-carboxyamide derivatives of formula (I) useful as metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonists: wherein Y, Z, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the specification herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Georg Jaeschke, Will Spooren, Eric Vieira
  • Patent number: 7947685
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel pyrazine 2-carboxyamide derivatives of formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the specification. These compounds are useful for the treatment of CNS disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Georg Jaeschke, Sabine Kolczewski, Richard Hugh Philip Porter, Eric Vieira
  • Publication number: 20110098313
    Abstract: The present invention relates to phenylethynyl compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2, X, L, R3, R4, R4?, cyc, and n are as defined in the specification and claims and to a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt, to a racemic mixture, or to its corresponding enantiomer and/or optical isomer and/or stereoisomer thereof. Compounds of formula I are positive allosteric modulators (PAM) of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5). They are useful for the treatment of schizophrenia or cognitive diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Luke Green, Wolfgang Guba, Georg Jaeschke, Synese Jolidon, Lothar Lindemann, Antonio Ricci, Daniel Rueher, Heinz Stadler, Eric Vieira
  • Publication number: 20110015202
    Abstract: The present invention relates to imidazole derivatives of the general formula wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined in the specification and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Compounds of formula I are metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonists. They can be used in the treatment or prevention of mGluR5 receptor mediated disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Georg Jaeschke, Lothar Lindemann, Eric Vieira, Juergen Wichmann
  • Publication number: 20100227887
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyridine-2-yl-carboxylic acid amides which act as metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonists. In particular, the present invention relates to pyridine-2-yl-carboxylic acid amides of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as described in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Georg Jaeschke, Eric Vieira, Juergen Wichmann
  • Patent number: 7678815
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel thiazole 4-carboxyamide derivatives of the general formula (I) and with methods for the preparation thereof, which compounds are useful as metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonists: wherein R1 to R4 are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Bernd Buettelmann, Simona Maria Ceccarelli, Georg Jaeschke, Sabine Kolczewski, Richard Hugh Philip Porter, Eric Vieira
  • Publication number: 20100048569
    Abstract: The present invention relates to diazole derivatives of the general formula wherein A, E, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in application and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The invention also relates to use of such compounds for the treatment of diseases mediated by the metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR), such as anxiety, chronic and acute pain, protection against liver damage, urinary incontinence, obesity, Fragile-X and autism, Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, schizophrenia, ischemia, Huntington's chorea, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), dementia caused by AIDs, and Parkinson's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Bernd Buettelmann, Simona Maria Ceccarelli, Georg Jaeschke, Sabine Kolczewski, Richard Hugh Philip Porter, Paul Spurr, Eric Vieira
  • Patent number: 7659401
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of general formula I: wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the description such compounds are metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonists and are useful in the treatment or prevention of mGluR5 receptor mediated disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Georg Jaeschke, Sabine Kolczewski, Richard H. P. Porter, Patrick Schnider, Eric Vieira
  • Publication number: 20090233944
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel pyrazine 2-carboxyamide derivatives of formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the specification. These compounds are useful for the treatment of CNS disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Georg Jaeschke, Sabine Kolczewski, Richard Hugh Phillip Porter, Eric Vieira
  • Patent number: 7531529
    Abstract: The present invention relates to imidazole derivatives of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are described hereinabove. These compounds can be used in the treatment or prevention of mGluR5 receptor mediated disorders. These compounds are useful, inter alia, in the treatment of genitourinary diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Bernd Buettelmann, Simona Maria Ceccarelli, Georg Jaeschke, Sabine Kolczewski, Richard Hugh Philip Porter, Eric Vieira, Anthony P. D. W. Ford, Yu Zhong