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: 8940743
    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: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    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: 8937060
    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: January 20, 2015
    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
  • Patent number: 8933101
    Abstract: The present invention relates to [1-(benzyl)-piperidin-4-yl]-([1,3,4]thiadiazol-2-yl)-amine and [1-(benzyl)-piperidin-4-yl]-(thiazol-2-yl)-amine derivatives of formula (I) 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: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Gregor James MacDonald, José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda, Michiel Luc Maria Van Gool
  • Patent number: 8906939
    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: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignees: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Addex Pharma, S.A.
    Inventors: Jose Maria Cid-Nunez, Andres Avelino Trabanco-Suarez, Gregor James MacDonald, Guillaume Albert Jacques Duvey
  • Patent number: 8906921
    Abstract: The present invention relates to (1-benzyl-piperidin-4-yl)-(4-alkoxy-pyridazin-3-y1)-amines 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: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Gregor James MacDonald, José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda
  • Patent number: 8901125
    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: December 2, 2014
    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: 8895562
    Abstract: The present invention relates to piperazin-1-yl-trifluoromethyl-substituted-pyridines 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 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda, Gregor James MacDonald, Michiel Luc Maria Van Gool
  • Publication number: 20140336381
    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: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Gregor James Macdonald, Xavier Jean Michel Langlois, José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda, Michiel Luc Maria Van Gool
  • Publication number: 20140315903
    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: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    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
  • Patent number: 8865725
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to imidazopyrimidin-5(6H)-one 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: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Shaun R. Stauffer, Jose Manuel Bartolome-Nebreda, Gregor James MacDonald, Susana Conde-Ceide, Carrie K. Jones, Maria Luz Martin-Martin, Han Min Tong
  • Patent number: 8859543
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel imidazo[1,2-a]pyrazine derivatives which are inhibitors of the phosphodiesterase 10 enzyme (PDE10) and which are useful for the treatment or prevention of neurological, psychiatric and metabolic disorders in which the PDE10 enzyme is involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, to processes to prepare such compounds and compositions, to the use of such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention or treatment of neurological, psychiatric and metabolic disorders and diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda, Susana Conde-Ceide, Gregor James MacDonald, Joaquin Pastor-Fernández, Michiel Luc Maria Van Gool, María Luz Martín-Martín, Greta Constantia Peter Vanhoof
  • Patent number: 8853237
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to naphthyridinone 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: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Shaun R. Stauffer, Jason Manka, Jon Jacobs, Ya Zhou, José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda, Gregor James MacDonald, Susana Conde-Ceide, Carrie K. Jones
  • Patent number: 8841323
    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: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignees: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Addex Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: Jose Maria Cid-Nunez, Jose Ignacio Andres-Gil, Andres Avelino Trabanco-Suarez, Julen Oyarzabal Santamarina, Frank Matthias Dautzenberg, Gregor James MacDonald, Shirley Elizabeth Pullan, Robert Johannes Lutjens, Guillaume Albert Jacques Duvey, Vanthea Nhem, Terry Patrick Finn, Gagik Melikyan, Vincent Mutel
  • Patent number: 8796311
    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: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignees: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Addex Pharma, SA
    Inventors: Jose Maria Cid-Nunez, Andres Avelino Trabanco-Suarez, Gregor James MacDonald, Guillaume Albert Jacques Duvey
  • Patent number: 8791144
    Abstract: The present invention relates to N-phenyl-1-(4-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-amine derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy, according to formula (I) Wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 have the meaning defined in the claims. The invention particularly relates to positive allosteric modulators of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, such positive allosteric modulator having the capability to increase the efficacy of nicotinic receptor agonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Gregor James Macdonald, Johannes Wilhelmus John F. Thuring, Frans Alfons Maria Van den Keybus, Yves Emiel Maria Van Roosbroeck
  • Patent number: 8791120
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 4-aryl-6-piperazin-1-yl-3-substituted-pyridazines of formula (I) 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: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Gregor James MacDonald, Xavier Jean Michel Langlois, José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda, Michiel Luc Maria Van Gool
  • Publication number: 20140200208
    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: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicants: ADDEX PHARMA, S.A., JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: JOSE MARIA CID-NUNEZ, ANA ISABEL DE LUCAS OLIVARES, ANDRES AVELINO TRABANCO-SUAREZ, GREGOR JAMES MACDONALD
  • Patent number: 8779158
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1-alkyl-3-aniline-5-aryl-pyrazole derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy, according to Formula (I). The invention particularly relates to positive allosteric modulators of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, such positive allosteric modulator having the capability to increase the efficacy of nicotinic receptor agonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Johannes Wilhelmus John F. Thuring, Gregor James MacDonald, Wei Zhuang
  • Patent number: 8778974
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1-aryl-3-aniline-5-alkyl-1,2,4-triazole derivatives and analogues or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy, according to Formula (I). The invention particularly relates to potent positive allosteric modulators of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, such positive allosteric modulator having the capability to increase the efficacy of nicotinic receptor agonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Gregor James MacDonald, Johannes Wilhelmus John F. Thuring, Pauline Carol Stanislawski, Wei Zhuang, Yves Emiel Maria Van Roosbroeck, Frans Alfons Maria Van Den Keybus
  • Patent number: 8772504
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel substituted benzoxazole, benzimidazole, oxazolopyridine and imidazopyridine derivatives of Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X, A1, A2, A3, A4, Y1, Y2, Y3 and Z 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 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignees: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cellzome Limited
    Inventors: Henricus Jacobus Maria Gijsen, François Paul Bischoff, Wei Zhuang, Sven Franciscus Anna Van Brandt, Michel Surkyn, Mirko Zaja, Didier Jean-Claude Berthelot, Michel Anna Jozef De Cleyn, Gregor James MacDonald, Daniel Oehlrich