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: 20120172354
    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: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Gregor James MacDonald, Johannes Wilhelmus John F. Thuring, Frans Alfons Maria Van den Keybus, Yves Emiel Maria Van Roosbroeck
  • Publication number: 20120172391
    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: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 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, Carrie K. Jones
  • Patent number: 8143419
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-aniline-5-aryl 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 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: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N. V.
    Inventors: Johannes Wilhelmus John F. Thuring, Gregor James MacDonald, Anne Simone Josephine Lesage, Wei Zhuang, Marcel Frans Leopold De Bruyn, Frans Alfons Maria Van Den Keybus, Yves Emiel Maria Van Roosbroeck, Theodorus Dinklo, James Edward Stewart Duffy
  • Publication number: 20120035167
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel indole and benzoxazine derivatives which are positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 2 (“mGluR2”) and 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 24, 2009
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Jose Maria Cid-Nunez, Andres Avelino Trabanco-Suarez, Gregor James Macdonald
  • Publication number: 20120022090
    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: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Henricu Jacobus Maria Gijsen, Francois Paul Bischoff, Wei Zhuang, Sven Franciscus Anna Van Brandt, Michel Surkyn, Mirko Zaja, Didier Jean-Claude Berthelot, Michel Anna Jozef Cleyn, Gregor James Macdonald, Daniel Oehlrich
  • Publication number: 20110281881
    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: February 2, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    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, Josef De Cleyn, Daniel Oehlrich
  • Publication number: 20110269748
    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: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Johannes Wilhelmus John F. Thuring, Gregor James MacDonald, Christopher James Grantham, Theodorus Dinklo, Anne Simone Josephine Lesage
  • Publication number: 20110269752
    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: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    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 Martin-Martín, Sergio-Alvar Alonso-de Diego, Kelly Ann Swinney, Carina Leys, Johan Erwin Edmond Weerts, Stijn Wuyts
  • Publication number: 20110237792
    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: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Mahmood AHMED, Christopher Norbert Johnson, Martin C. Johnes, Gregor James MacDonald, Stephen Frederick Moss, Mervyn Thompson, Charles Edward Wade, David R. Witty
  • Publication number: 20110237580
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel substituted bicyclic imidazole derivatives of Formula (I) wherein R0, R1, R3, R4, X, A1, A2, A3, A4, Y1, Y2 and Y3 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 novel compound as an active ingredient as well as the use of said compounds as a medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Henricus Jacobus Maria Gijsen, Gregor James MacDonald, François Paul Bischoff, Gary John Tresadern, Andrés Avelino Trabanco-Suárez, Sven Franciscus Anna Van Brandt, Didier Jean-Claude Berthelot
  • Patent number: 7977337
    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: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    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
  • Patent number: 7964602
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel biaryl derivatives such as compounds of formula (I), which have activity as agonists of the GPR38 receptor and the use of such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions thereof in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Gregor James MacDonald, Darren Jason Mitchell, Mervyn Thompson, Susan Marie Westaway
  • Publication number: 20110130408
    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: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: José Manuel l Bartolmé-Nebreda, Gregor James Macdonald, Michiel Luc,Maria Van Gool
  • Publication number: 20110112107
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel substituted 6-(1-piperazinyl)-pyridazines of Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3 and X have the meaning defined in the claims, having 5-HT6-antagonistic properties. The invention further relates to processes for preparing such novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said novel compound as an active ingredient as well as the use of said compounds as a medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda, Gregor James MacDonald, Michiel Luc Maria Van Gool, Susana Conde-Ceide, Francisca Delgado-Jiménez
  • Publication number: 20110065683
    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: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Johannes Wilhelmus John F. Thuring, Gregor James MacDonald, Wei Zhuang
  • Publication number: 20100324053
    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: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    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
  • Publication number: 20100305107
    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: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    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: 20100286206
    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: September 12, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicants: ORTHO-MCNEIL-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
  • Publication number: 20100240688
    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: September 12, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicants: ORTHO-MCNEIL-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
  • Publication number: 20100240706
    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: September 12, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicants: ORTHO-MCNEIL-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