Patents by Inventor Gregor Macdonald

Gregor 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: 9255103
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrazines 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 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Shaun R. Stauffer, José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda, Susana Conde-Ceide, Gregor Macdonald, Han Min Tong, Carrie K. Jones
  • Publication number: 20140329838
    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: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Shaun R. Stauffer, Jose Manuel Bartolome-Nebreda, Gregor Macdonald, Susana Conde-Ceide, Carrie K. Jones, Maria Luz Martin-Martin, Han Min Tong
  • Publication number: 20140213593
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to bicyclic pyrazole compounds, 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: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Shaun R. Stauffer, José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda, Susana Conde-Ceide, Gregor Macdonald, Han Min Tong, Carrie K. Jones
  • Publication number: 20130261107
    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: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Shaun R. Stauffer, Carrie K. Jones, Jose Manuel Bartolome-Nebreda, Susana Conde-Ceide, James Gregor MacDonald, Manuel Jesus Alcazar Vaca
  • Publication number: 20110183980
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to O-benzyl nicotinamide 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: September 21, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Charles David Weaver, Shaun Stauffer, Richard Williams, Gregor MacDonald, Ya Zhou, José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda
  • Publication number: 20080070919
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to bridged aryl piperazine derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of depression and related disorders. The compounds of the present invention are serotonin transport inhibitors and/or modulators of 5HT1A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventors: Christopher Creighton, Tina Ross, Allen Reitz, Cheryl Kordik, Steven Paget, Gregor MacDonald
  • Publication number: 20070275979
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel phenyl sulfone compounds having pharmacological activity, processes for their preparation, to compositions containing them and to their use in the treatment of CNS and other disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Gregor MACDONALD, Mervyn Thompson
  • Publication number: 20060281757
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel phenyl sulfone compounds having pharmacological activity, processes for their preparation, to compositions containing them and to their use in the treatment of CNS and other disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Gregor MacDonald, Mervyn Thompson
  • Publication number: 20060178397
    Abstract: According to the invention there are provided compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, p, P, n, s, r, W, P?, t, R2 and q are as defined in the specification, processes for preparing them and their use in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Gregor MacDonald, Harshad Rami, Mervyn Thompson
  • Publication number: 20060142333
    Abstract: Certain compounds of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, P, X, Y, q, r ans s are as defined in the specification, a process for preparing such compounds, a pharmaceutical composition comprising such compounds and the use of such compounds in medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Gregor MacDonald, Darren Mitchell, Harshad Rami, Mervyn Thompson, Susan Westaway
  • Publication number: 20050176759
    Abstract: Invented are non-peptide TPO mimetics. Also invented is a method of treating thrombocytopenia, in a mammal, including a human, in need thereof which comprises administering to such mammal an effective amount of a selected hydroxy-1-azobenzene derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Mahmood Ahmed, Steven Bromidge, Ian Forbes, Andrew Gribble, Christopher Johnson, Francis King, Andrew Lightfoot, Gregor Macdonald, Stephen Moss, Mervyn Thompson, David Witty
  • Publication number: 20050124626
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel quinoline and aza indole compounds having pharmacological activity, processes for their preparation, to compositions containing them and to their use in the treatment of CNS and other disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Christopher Johnson, Gregor Macdonald, Darren Mitchell, Stephen Moss, Mervyn Thompson, David Witty