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).

  • Patent number: 9226930
    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: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    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: 20150336930
    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: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: JOSE MARIA CID-NUNEZ, ANDRES AVELINO TRABANCO-SUAREZ, GREGOR JAMES MACDONALD, GUILLAUME ALBERT JACQUES DUVEY, ROBERT JOHANNES LÜTJENS, TERRY PATRICK FINN
  • Patent number: 9181245
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel substituted 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrido[1,2- a]pyrazine-1,6-dione derivatives of Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, Z and X have the meaning defined in the claims. The compounds according to the present invention are useful as gamma secretase modulators. The invention further relates to processes for preparing such novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds as an active ingredient as well as the use of said compounds as a medicament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignees: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cellzome Limited
    Inventors: Frederik Jan Rita Rombouts, Andrés Avelino Trabanco-Suarez, Henricus Jacobus Maria Gijsen, Gregor James MacDonald, François Paul Bischoff, Sergio-Alvar Alonso-de-Diego, Adriana Ingrid Velter, Yves Emiel Maria Van Roosbroeck
  • Patent number: 9174953
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel bicyclic thiazoles which are positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (“mGluR5”) and which are useful for the treatment or prevention of disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR5 subtype of receptors is involved. 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 mGluR5 is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Gregor James MacDonald, Gary John Tresadern, Andrés Avelino Trabanco-Suárez, Joaquin Pastor-Fernández
  • Patent number: 9132122
    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: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignees: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Addex Pharma SA
    Inventors: Jose Maria Cid-Nunez, Andres Avelino Trabanco-Suarez, Gregor James MacDonald, Guillaume Albert Jacques Duvey, Robert Johannes Lütjens, Terry Patrick Finn
  • Patent number: 9114138
    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: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignees: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Addex Pharma SA
    Inventors: Jose Maria Cid-Nunez, Andres Avelino Trabanco-Suarez, Gregor James MacDonald, Guillaume Albert Jacques Duvey, Robert Johannes Lutjens, Terry Patrick Finn
  • Publication number: 20150216863
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted bicyclic alkoxy pyrazole analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Shaun R. Stauffer, José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda, Susana Conde-Ceide, Gregor James Macdonald, Han Min Tong, Manuel Jesús Alcázar-Vaca, José Ignacio Andrés-Gil, Miguel Angel Pena-Piñón
  • Patent number: 9090632
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to novel bicyclic oxazole and thiazole compounds which are positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (“mGluR5”); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions; and methods for the treatment or prevention of disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR5 subtype of receptors is involved. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Shaun R. Stauffer, Carrie K. Jones, Jose Manuel Bartolome-Nebreda, Susana Conde-Ceide, Gregor James Macdonald, Manuel Jesus Alcazar Vaca
  • Patent number: 9085577
    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: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignees: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Addex Pharma, S.A.
    Inventors: Jose Maria Cid-Nunez, Ana Isabel De Lucas Olivares, Andres Avelino Trabanco-Suarez, Gregor James MacDonald
  • Patent number: 9067891
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds, in particular novel pyridinone derivatives according to Formula (I) including any stereochemically isomeric form thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a solvate thereof, wherein all radicals are defined in the application and claims. The compounds according to the invention are positive allosteric modulators of metabotropic glutamate 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignees: JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., ADDEX PHARMA SA
    Inventors: Jose Maria Cid-Nunez, Andres Avelino Trabanco-Suarez, Gregor James Macdonald, Guillaume Albert Jacques Duvey, Robert Johannes Lutjens
  • Patent number: 9040707
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel bicyclic thiazoles which are positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (“mGluR5”) and which are useful for the treatment or prevention of disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR5 subtype of receptors is involved. 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 mGluR5 is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Gregor James MacDonald, Andrés Avelino Trabanco-Suárez, Susana Conde-Ceide, Gary John Tresadern, José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda, Joaquin Pastor-Fernández
  • Publication number: 20150141403
    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: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Jose Maria CID-NUNEZ, Daniel OEHLRICH, Andres Avelino TRABANCO-SUAREZ, Gary John TRESADERN, Juan Antonio VEGA RAMIRO, Gregor James MACDONALD
  • Publication number: 20150141411
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel substituted 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrazine-1,6-dione derivatives of Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, Z and X have the meaning defined in the claims. The compounds according to the present invention are useful as gamma secretase modulators. The invention further relates to processes for preparing such novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds as an active ingredient as well as the use of said compounds as a medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Frederik Jan Rita Rombouts, Andres Avelino Trabanco-Suarez, Henricus Jacobus Maria Gijsen, Gregor James Macdonald, Francois Paul Bischoff, Sergio-Alvar Alonso-de-Diego, Adriana Ingrid Velter, Yves Emiel Maria Van Roosbroeck
  • Publication number: 20150141432
    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: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    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: 9029366
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted bicyclic alkoxy pyrazole analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Shaun R. Stauffer, José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda, Susana Conde-Ceide, Gregor James Macdonald, Han Min Tong, Miguel Angel Pena-Piñón, Manuel Jesús Alcázar-Vaca, José Ignacio Andrés-Gil
  • Patent number: 9012448
    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: April 21, 2015
    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
  • Publication number: 20150094311
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with substituted bicyclic heterocyclic compounds of Formula (I) wherein Het1, Het2, A1, A2, A3 and A4 have the meaning defined in the claims. The compounds according to the present invention are useful as gamma secretase modulators. The invention further relates to processes for preparing such novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds as an active ingredient as well as the use of said compounds as a medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: HENRICUS JACOBUS MARIA GIJSEN, ADRIANA INGRID VELTER, GREGOR JAMES MACDONALD, FRANCOIS PAUL BISCHOFF, TONGFEI WU, SVEN FRANCISCUS ANNA VAN BRANDT, MICHEL SURKYN, MIRKO ZAJA, SERGE MARIA ALOYSIUS PIETERS, DIDIER JEAN-CLAUDE BERTHELOT, MICHEL ANNA JOZEF DE CLEYN, DANIEL OEHLRICH
  • Patent number: 8993591
    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 31, 2015
    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: 8946426
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with substituted bicyclic heterocyclic compounds of Formula (I) wherein Het1, Het2, A1, A2, A3 and A4 have the meaning defined in the claims. The compounds according to the present invention are useful as gamma secretase modulators. The invention further relates to processes for preparing such novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds as an active ingredient as well as the use of said compounds as a medicament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignees: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cellzome Limited
    Inventors: Henricus Jacobus Maria Gijsen, Adriana Ingrid Velter, Gregor James MacDonald, François Paul Bischoff, Tongfei Wu, Sven Franciscus Anna Van Brandt, Michel Surkyn, Mirko Zaja, Serge Maria Aloysius Pieters, Didier Jean-Claude Berthelot, Michel Anna Jozef De Cleyn, Daniel Oehlrich
  • Patent number: 8946205
    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: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignees: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Addex Pharma, S.A.
    Inventors: Jose Maria Cid-Nunez, Ana Isabel De Lucas Olivares, Andres Avelino Trabanco-Suarez, Gregor James MacDonald