Abstract: The present invention is directed to certain compounds useful as phosphodiesterase 10 (PDE10) inhibitors that have the formula where R1, R2, R3, R4, X, Y and Z are as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and processes for preparing such compounds. The invention is also directed to methods of treating diseases mediated by PDE10, such as obesity, non-insulin dependent diabetes, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the like.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, useful as PDE10 inhibitors, having the formula where R1, R2, R3, R4, X, Y and Z are as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and processes for preparing such compounds. The invention is also directed to methods of treating diseases mediated by PDE10, such as obesity, non-insulin dependent diabetes, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the like.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to certain isoquinolin-1(2H)-one compounds, useful as PDE10 inhibitors, having the formula: where R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and processes for preparing such compounds. The invention is also directed to methods of treating diseases mediated by PDE10, such as obesity, non-insulin dependent diabetes, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the like.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a new class of compounds capable of modulating the c-kit receptor and, accordingly, useful for treatment of c-kit mediated diseases, including various fibrotic and mast cell related diseases such as mastocytosis. The compounds have a general Formula I wherein R1-6, X and Y are defined herein. The invention further comprises pharmaceutical compositions, methods for treatment of c-kit mediated diseases, and intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a new class of compounds capable of modulating the c-kit receptor and, accordingly, useful for treatment of c-kit mediated diseases, including various inflammatory, fibrotic and/or mast cell mediated diseases such as mastocytosis. The compounds have a general Formula I wherein A0-3 and R1-6 are defined herein. The invention further comprises pharmaceutical compositions, methods for treatment of c-kit mediated diseases, and intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a new class of compounds capable of modulating the c-kit protein kinase and, accordingly, useful for treatment of c-kit mediated diseases including, without limitation, autoimmune disease, allergies, mastcytosis, mast cell related tumors and various fibrotic diseases. The compounds have a general Formula I wherein R1-5, X, Y and Z are defined herein. The invention further comprises pharmaceutical compositions, methods for treatment of c-kit mediated diseases, and intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds which are potentiators of metabotropic glutamate receptors, including the mGluR2 receptor, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to certain cinnoline compounds that are PDE10 inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and process for preparing such compounds. This invention is also directed to methods of treating diseases treatable by inhibition of PDE10 enzyme, such as obesity, non-insulin dependent diabetes, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the like.

Abstract: Novel pyrazole compounds such as compounds of the formula (I): (where A, A1, A2, B, R11, W, X, Y and Z are as defined herein) in which the pyrazole is substituted directly, or by a bridge, with i) a heteroaryl moiety containing N adjacent to the point of connection of the heteroaryl, and ii) another heteroaryl or aryl ring, with at least one of the rings being further substituted with another ring, are mGluR5 modulators useful in the treatment of psychiatric and mood disorders such as, for example, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, panic, and bipolar disorder, as well as in the treatment of pain, Parkinson's disease, cognitive dysfunction, epilepsy, circadian rhythm disorders, obesity, drug addiction, drug abuse, drug withdrawal and other diseases.

Abstract: Cyclopentyl compounds linked to a benzoxazinyl group through an amido moiety utilizing the ring nitrogen of the benzoxazine, and further substituted with a heterocyclic moiety, such compounds represented by formula I: which are used to modulate the CCR-2 chemokine receptor to prevent or treat inflammatory and immunoregulatory disorders and diseases, allergic diseases, atopic conditions including allergic rhinitis, dermatitis, conjunctivitis, and asthma, as well as autoimmune pathologies such as rheumatoid arthritis and atherosclerosis; and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions.