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: 20130197019
    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: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicants: Addex Pharmaceuticals S.A, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jose Maria CID-NUNEZ, Andres Avelino Trabanco-Suarez, Gregor James Macdonald, Guillaume Albert Jacques Duvey, Robert Johannes Lütjens, Terry Patrick Finn
  • Publication number: 20130196992
    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: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicants: ADDEX PHARMACEUTICALS S.A, JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Jose Maria CID-NUNEZ, Andres Avelino TRABANCO-SUAREZ, Gregor James MACDONALD, Guillaume Albert Jacques DUVEY, Robert Johannes LÜTJENS, Terry Patrick FINN
  • Patent number: 8466153
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 6-(piperidin-4-ylamino)pyridazin-3-carbonitriles of the general formula (I); or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a stereoisomeric form, that are fast dissociating dopamine 2 receptor antagonists, as well as 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: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Gregor James MacDonald, José Ignacio Andrés-Gil, Frans Alfons Maria Van Den Keybus, José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda, Michiel Luc Maria Van Gool
  • Publication number: 20130150412
    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: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicants: ADDEX PHARMA, S.A., JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Jose Maria Cid-Nunez, Andres Avelino Trabanco-Suarez, Gregor James MacDonald, Guillaume Albert Jacques Duvey, Robert Johannes Lutjens
  • Publication number: 20130109683
    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: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: 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
  • Publication number: 20130079349
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 5-amino-3,6-dihydro-1H-pyrazin-2-one 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 or dementia associated with beta-amyloid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA NV
    Inventors: Andrés Avelino Trabanco-Suárez, Gary John Tresadern, Gregor James MacDonald, Juan Antonio Vega Ramiro
  • Publication number: 20120329792
    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: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    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
  • Publication number: 20120309793
    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: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicants: ADDEX PHARMA, S.A., JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Guillaume Albert Jacques DUVEY, Patrick Terry FINN, Robert Johannes LÜTJENS, Gregor James MACDONALD, Jose Maria CID-NUNEZ, Andres Avelino TRABANCO-SUAREZ
  • Patent number: 8299101
    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: October 30, 2012
    Assignees: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Addex Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: José Maria Cid-Núñez, Andrés Avelino Trabanco-Suárez, Gregor James MacDonald, Guillaume Albert Jacques Duvey, Robert Johannes Lütjens
  • Publication number: 20120258955
    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: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: 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: 20120252800
    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: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Gregor James MacDonald, Gary John Tresadern, Andrés Avelino Trabanco-Suárez, Joaquin Pastor-Fernández
  • Publication number: 20120238561
    Abstract: The present invention relates to morpholinothiazole derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy. The invention particularly relates to positive allosteric modulators of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, such positive allosteric modulators having the capability to increase the efficacy of nicotinic receptor agonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Gregor James Macdonald, Benoît Christian Albert Ghislain De Boeck, Joseph Elisabeth Leenaerts
  • Publication number: 20120225844
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to bicyclic triazole and pyrazole lactams, 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: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Shaun R. Stauffer, José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda, Susana Conde-Ceide, Gregor James Macdonald, Han Min Tong, Carrie K. Jones, Manuel Jesús Alcázar-Vaca, José Ignacio Andrés-Gil, Chrysa Malosh
  • Publication number: 20120220581
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine 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: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: Janssen-Cilag, S.A.
    Inventors: Joaquin Pastor-Fernández, José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda, Gregor James MacDonald, Susana Conde-Ceide, Óscar Delgado-González, Greta Constantia Peter Vanhoof, Michiel Luc Maria Van Gool, María Luz Martín-Martín, Sergio-Alvar Alonso-De Diego
  • Patent number: 8252937
    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 28, 2012
    Assignees: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Addex Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: Jose Maria Cid-Nunez, Andres Avelino Trabanco-Suarez, Gregor James MacDonald, Guillaume Albert Jacques Duvey, Robert Johannes Lutjens, Patrick Terry Finn
  • Patent number: 8236947
    Abstract: Disclosed are quinoline compounds having affinity for the 5-HT6 receptor and having the formula: where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, n, m, p and A are defined herein, and salts thereof, compositions containing these compounds and salts and processes for making and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Mahmood Ahmed, Christopher Norbert Johnson, Martin C Jones, Gregor James MacDonald, Stephen Frederick Moss, Mervyn Thompson, Charles Edward Wade, David R Witty
  • Publication number: 20120184528
    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: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicants: ADDEX PHARMA S.A., JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
    Inventors: Jose Maria Cic-Nunez, Ana Isabel De Lucas Olivares, Andres Avelino Trabanco-Suarez, Gregor James MacDonald
  • Publication number: 20120184527
    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: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicants: ADDEX PHARMA S.A., JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
    Inventors: Jose Maria Cic-Nunez, Ana Isabel De Lucas Olivares, Andres Avelino Trabanco-Suarez, Gregor James MacDonald
  • Publication number: 20120184525
    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: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicants: ADDEX PHARMA S.A., JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
    Inventors: Jose Maria Cid-Nunez, Daniel Oehlrich, Andres Avelino Trabanco-Suarez, Gary John Tresadern, Juan Antonio Vega Ramiro, Gregor James MacDonald
  • Publication number: 20120178776
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to dihydronaphthyridinyl(organo)methanone 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: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    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, Eric S. Dawson