Patents by Inventor Gregor James MacDonald

Gregor James MacDonald 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).

  • Publication number: 20220000856
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds, in particular novel pyridinone derivatives according to Formula (I) wherein all radicals are as defined in the application and claims. The compounds according to the invention are positive allosteric modulators of metabotropic receptors—subtype 2 (“mGluR2”) which are useful for the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR2 subtype of metabotropic receptors is involved. In particular, such diseases are central nervous system disorders selected from the group of anxiety, schizophrenia, migraine, depression, and epilepsy. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions and processes to prepare such compounds and compositions, as well as to the use of such compounds for the prevention and treatment of such diseases in which mGluR2 is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Jose Maria Cid-Nunez, Andres Avelino Trabanco-Suarez, Gregor James MacDonald, Guillaume Albert Jacques Duvey, Robert Johannes Lutjens, Terry Patrick Finn
  • Patent number: 11071729
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds, in particular novel pyridinone derivatives according to Formula (I) wherein all radicals are as defined in the application and claims. The compounds according to the invention are positive allosteric modulators of metabotropic receptors—subtype 2 (“mGluR2”) which are useful for the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR2 subtype of metabotropic receptors is involved. In particular, such diseases are central nervous system disorders selected from the group of anxiety, schizophrenia, migraine, depression, and epilepsy. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions and processes to prepare such compounds and compositions, as well as to the use of such compounds for the prevention and treatment of such diseases in which mGluR2 is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignees: Addex Pharmaceuticals S.A., Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jose Maria Cid-Nunez, Andres Avelino Trabanco-Suarez, Gregor James MacDonald, Guillaume Albert Jacques Duvey, Terry Patrick Finn
  • Patent number: 10947242
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-yl derivatives as inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2). The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, to processes for preparing such compounds and compositions, and to the use of such compounds and compositions for the prevention and treatment of disorders in which PDE2 is involved, such as neurological and psychiatric disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, NV
    Inventors: Yves Emiel Maria Van Roosbroeck, Frans Alfons Maria Van den Keybus, Gary John Tresadern, Petrus Jacobus Johannes Antonius Buijnsters, Adriana Ingrid Velter, Edgar Jacoby, Gregor James Macdonald, Henricus Jacobus Maria Gijsen, Abdellah Ahnaou, Wilhelmus Helena Ignatius Maria Drinkenburg
  • Patent number: 10584129
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 6,7-dihydropyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrazin-4(5H)-one derivatives as negative allosteric modulators (NAMs) of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 2 (“mGluR2”). The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, to processes for preparing such compounds and compositions, and to the use of such compounds and compositions for the prevention or treatment of disorders in which the mGluR2 subtype of metabotropic receptors is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceuticals NV
    Inventors: Sergio-Alvar Alonso-de Diego, José Maria Cid-Núñez, Óscar Delgado-González, Annelies Marie Antonius Decorte, Michiel Luc Maria Van Gool, Gregor James MacDonald, Antonius Adrianus Hendrikus Petrus Megens, Andrés Avelino Trabanco-Suárez, Aránzazu García-Molina, José Ignacio Andrés-Gil
  • Publication number: 20200038391
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds, in particular novel pyridinone derivatives according to Formula (I) wherein all radicals are as defined in the application and claims. The compounds according to the invention are positive allosteric modulators of metabotropic receptors—subtype 2 (“mGluR2”) which are useful for the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR2 subtype of metabotropic receptors is involved. In particular, such diseases are central nervous system disorders selected from the group of anxiety, schizophrenia, migraine, depression, and epilepsy. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions and processes to prepare such compounds and compositions, as well as to the use of such compounds for the prevention and treatment of such diseases in which mGluR2 is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Jose Maria Cid-Nunez, Andres Avelino Trabanco-Suarez, Gregor James MacDonald, Guillaume Albert Jacques Duvey, Robert Johannes Lutjens, Terry Patrick Finn
  • Publication number: 20190276462
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-yl derivatives as inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2). The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, to processes for preparing such compounds and compositions, and to the use of such compounds and compositions for the prevention and treatment of disorders in which PDE2 is involved, such as neurological and psychiatric disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Yves Emiel Maria Van Roosbroeck, Frans Alfons Maria Van den Keybus, Gary John Tresadern, Petrus Jacobus Johannes Buijnsters, Adriana Ingrid Velter, Edgar JACOBY, Gregor James Macdonald, Henricus Jacobus Maria Gijsen, Abdellah Ahnaou, Wihelmus Helena lgnatius Drinkenburg
  • Publication number: 20190055257
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 6,7-dihydropyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrazin-4(5H)-one derivatives as negative allosteric modulators (NAMs) of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 2 (“mGluR2”). The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, to processes for preparing such compounds and compositions, and to the use of such compounds and compositions for the prevention or treatment of disorders in which the mGluR2 subtype of metabotropic receptors is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Sergio-Alvar Alonso-de Diego, José Maria Cid-Núñez, Óscar Delgado-González, Annelies Marie Antonius Decorte, Michiel Luc Maria Van Gool, Gregor James MacDonald, Antonius Adrianus Hendrikus Petrus Megens, Andrés Avelino Trabanco-Suárez, Aránzazu García-Molina, José Ignacio Andrés-Gil
  • Patent number: 10106542
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 6,7-dihydropyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrazin-4(5H)-one derivatives of formula (I) as negative allosteric modulators (NAMs) of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 2 (“mGluR2”) useful for the treatment of central nervous system disorders in which the mGluR2 subtype of metabotropic receptors is involved (e.g. mood disorder, schizophrenia, etc.). The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, to processes for preparing such compounds and compositions, and to the use of such compounds and compositions for treatment of central nervous system disorders in which the mGluR2 subtype of metabotropic receptors is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Sergio-Alvar Alonso-de Diego, José Maria Cid-Núñez, Óscar Delgado-González, Annelies Marie Antonius Decorte, Michiel Luc Maria Van Gool, Gregor James MacDonald, Antonius Adrianus Hendrikus Petrus Megens, Andrés Avelino Trabanco-Suárez, Aránzazu Garcia-Molina, José Ignacio Andrés-Gil
  • Patent number: 9828350
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 5,6-dihydro-2H-[1,4]oxazin-3-ylamine derivatives as inhibitors of beta-secretase, also known as beta-site amyloid cleaving enzyme, BACE, BACE1, Asp2, or memapsin2. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, to processes for preparing such compounds and compositions, and to the use of such compounds and compositions for the prevention and treatment of disorders in which beta-secretase is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), mild cognitive impairment, senility, dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, Down's syndrome, dementia associated with stroke, dementia associated with Parkinson's disease and dementia associated with beta-amyloid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Andrés Avelino Trabanco-Suárez, Frederik Jan Rita Rombouts, Gary John Tresadern, Michiel Luc Maria Van Gool, Gregor James Macdonald, Carolina Martinez Lamenca, Henricus Jacobus Maria Gijsen
  • Patent number: 9751860
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that are fast dissociating dopamine 2 receptor antagonists, processes for preparing these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds as an active ingredient. The compounds of the invention can be administered to a patient in need thereof to treat or prevent psychosis including, but not limited to, schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder and schizoaffective disorder. Compounds of the present invention include those encompassed by Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Marcel Frans Leopold De Bruyn, Gregor James MacDonald, Ludo Edmond Josephine Kennis, Xavier Jean Michel Langlois, Frans Alfons Maria Van Den Keybus, Yves Emiel Maria Van Roosbroeck
  • Patent number: 9737533
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating various central nervous system disorders using novel triazolo[4,3-a]pyridine derivatives of Formula (I) wherein all radicals are as defined in the claims. The compounds according to the invention are positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 2 (“mGluR2”), which are useful for the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR2 subtype of metabotropic receptors is involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, to processes to prepare such compounds and compositions, and to the use of such compounds for the prevention or treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which mGluR2 is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignees: Janssen Pharmaceuticals. Inc., Addex Pharma SA
    Inventors: Jose Maria Cid-Nunez, Daniel Oehlrich, Andres Avelino Trabanco-Suarez, Gary John Tresadern, Juan Antonio Vega Ramiro, Gregor James MacDonald
  • Publication number: 20170022181
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that are fast dissociating dopamine 2 receptor antagonists, processes for preparing these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds as an active ingredient. The compounds find utility as medicines for treating or preventing central nervous system disorders, for example schizophrenia, by exerting an antipsychotic effect without motor side effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Marcel Frans Leopold De Bruyn, Gregor James Macdonald, Ludo Edmond Josephine Kennis, Xavier Jean Michel Langlois, Frans Alfons Maria Van den Keytus, Yves Emiel Maria Van Roosbroeck
  • Patent number: 9468640
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that are fast dissociating dopamine 2 receptor antagonists, processes for preparing these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds as an active ingredient. The compounds find utility as medicines for treating or preventing central nervous system disorders, for example schizophrenia, by exerting an antipsychotic effect without motor side effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA NV
    Inventors: Marcel Frans Leopold De Bruyn, Gregor James Macdonald, Ludo Edmond Josephine Kennis, Xavier Jean Michel Langlois, Frans Alfons Maria Van den Keybus, Yves Emiel Maria Van Roosbroeck
  • Patent number: 9422296
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 4-aryl-6-piperazin-1-yl-3-substituted-pyridazines that are fast dissociating dopamine 2 receptor antagonists, processes for preparing these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds as an active ingredient. The compounds find utility as medicines for treating or preventing central nervous system disorders, for example schizophrenia, by exerting an antipsychotic effect without motor side effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA NV
    Inventors: Gregor James Macdonald, Xavier Jean Michel Langlois, José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda, Michiel Luc Maria Van Gool
  • Patent number: 9388175
    Abstract: This invention concerns the use of a compound of formula (I) a N-oxide, a pharmaceutically acceptable addition salt, a quaternary amine and a stereochemically isomeric form thereof, wherein Z is hydrogen, halo, C1-6alkyl, Het1, HO—C1-6alkyl-, cyano-C1-6alkyl-, amino-C(?O)—C1-6alkyl-, formylamino-C1-6alkyl-, C1-6alkyl-C(?O)—NH—C1-6alkyl-, mono- or di(C1-6alkyl)amino-C(?O)—C1-6alkyl-, phenyl-C1-6alkyl-, or Het4-C1-6alkyl-; Q is phenyl, pyridyl, benzofuranyl, 2,3-dihydro-benzofuranyl, pyrazolyl, isoxazolyl or indazolyl wherein each of said ring systems is optionally being substituted with up to three substituents each independently selected from halo, cyano, C1-6alkyl, C1-6alkyl-O—, C1-6alkylthio, Ar or polyhaloC1-6alkyl; L is phenyl, pyridyl, pyrimidazolyl, 8-Azapyrimidazolyl, pyridazinyl, imidazothiazolyl or furanyl wherein each of said ring systems may optionally be substituted with one or two or more substituents, each substituent independently being selected from halo, hydroxy, amino, cyano, C1-6alkyl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Wilhelmus John F. Thuring, Gregor James MacDonald, Christopher James Grantham, Theodorus Dinklo, Anne Simone Josephine Lesage
  • Publication number: 20160152581
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 5,6-dihydro-2H-[1,4]oxazin-3-ylamine derivatives as inhibitors of beta-secretase, also known as beta-site amyloid cleaving enzyme, BACE, BACE1, Asp2, or memapsin2. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, to processes for preparing such compounds and compositions, and to the use of such compounds and compositions for the prevention and treatment of disorders in which beta-secretase is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), mild cognitive impairment, senility, dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, Down's syndrome, dementia associated with stroke, dementia associated with Parkinson's disease and dementia associated with beta-amyloid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Andrés Avelino Trabanco-Suárez, Frederik Jan Rita Rombouts, Gary John Tresadern, Michiel Luc Maria Van Gool, Gregor James MacDonald, Carolina Martinez Lamenca, Henricus Jacobus Maria Gijsen
  • Publication number: 20160115169
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 6,7-dihydropyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrazin-4(5H)-one derivatives as negative allosteric modulators (NAMs) of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 2 (“mGluR2”). The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, to processes for preparing such compounds and compositions, and to the use of such compounds and compositions for the prevention or treatment of disorders in which the mGluR2 subtype of metabotropic receptors is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Sergio-Alvar Alonso-de Diego, José Maria Cid-Núñez, Óscar Delgado-González, Annelies Marie Antonius Decorte, Michiel Luc Maria Van Gool, Gregor James MacDonald, Antonius Adrianus Hendrikus Petrus Megens, Andrés Avelino Trabanco-Suárez, Arénzazu García-Molina, José Ignacio Andrés-Gil
  • Publication number: 20160067245
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating various central nervous system disorders using novel triazolo[4,3-a]pyridine derivatives of Formula (I) wherein all radicals are as defined in the claims. The compounds according to the invention are positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 2 (“mGluR2”), which are useful for the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR2 subtype of metabotropic receptors is involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, to processes to prepare such compounds and compositions, and to the use of such compounds for the prevention or treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which mGluR2 is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: JOSE MARIA CID-NUNEZ, DANIEL OEHLRICH, ANDRES AVELINO TRABANCO-SUAREZ, GARY JOHN TRESADERN, JUAN ANTONIO VEGA RAMIRO, GREGOR JAMES MACDONALD
  • Patent number: 9271967
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel triazolo[4,3-a]pyridine derivatives of Formula (I) wherein all radicals are as defined in the claims. The compounds according to the invention are positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 2 (“mGluR2”), which are useful for the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR2 subtype of metabotropic receptors is involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, to processes to prepare such compounds and compositions, and to the use of such compounds for the prevention or treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which mGluR2 is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: José Maria Cid-Núñez, Andrés Avelino Trabanco-Suárez, Juan Antonio Vega Ramiro, Daniel Oehlrich, Gary John Tresadern, Gregor James Macdonald
  • Patent number: 9266834
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds, in particular novel pyridinone derivatives according to Formula (I) wherein all radicals are defined in the application and claims. The compounds according to the invention are positive allosteric modulators of metabotropic receptors—subtype 2 (“mGluR2”) which are useful for the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR2 subtype of metabotropic receptors is involved. In particular, such diseases are central nervous system disorders selected from the group of anxiety, schizophrenia, migraine, depression, and epilepsy. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions and processes to prepare such compounds and compositions, as well as to the use of such compounds for the prevention and treatment of such diseases in which mGluR2 is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignees: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Addex Pharma SA
    Inventors: Hassan Julien Imogai, Jose Maria Cid-Nunez, Jose Ignacio Andres-Gil, Andres Avelino Trabanco-Suarez, Julen Oyarzabal Santamarina, Frank Matthias Dautzenberg, Gregor James MacDonald, Shriley Elizabeth Pullan, Robert Johannes Lutjens, Guillaume Albert Jacques Duvey, Vanthea Nhem, Terry Patrick Finn, Gagik Melikyan