Abstract: Described is a novel combination therapy for diabetes mellitus type I and/or for obesity and its concomitant and/or secondary diseases or conditions, in particular the metabolic syndrome and/or syndrome X, and/or diabetes mellitus type II, by administering a combination of at least one KATP channel opener as a first active agent and at least one CB1 cannabinoid receptor antagonist as a second active agent. The invention is further directed to such novel combination therapy wherein a dually acting compound with combined KATP channel opening and CB1 antagonistic properties is used.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel N-sulfamoyl-piperidineamides of Formula I and their physiologically acceptable acid addition salts, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, processes for their preparation, and their use for the treatment of obesity and its concomitant and/or secondary diseases and related or other conditions.

Abstract: N-sulfamoyl-N?-benzopyranpiperidine compounds of formula I and their physiologically acceptable acid addition salts, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, processes for their preparation, and their use for the treatment and/or inhibition of glaucoma, epilepsy, bipolar disorders, migraine, neuropathic pain, obesity, type II diabetes, metabolic syndrome, alcohol dependence, and/or cancer, and related concomitant and/or secondary diseases or conditions

Abstract: A sulfamate compound corresponding to Formula I wherein R1 to R3 and n have defined meanings, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds; a process for preparing these compounds, and the use of such compounds or compositions to treat or inhibit various disorders or disease states in patients in need thereof by administering to such a patient a therapeutically effective amount of such a compound.

Abstract: Treatment and/or inhibition of renal dysfunction, disease or disorder in larger mammals, and particularly in humans, especially in human patients suffering from diabetes, using benzazepine-N-acetic acid derivatives which contain an oxo-group in the ?-position to the nitrogen atom and are substituted in position 3 by a 1-(carboxyalkyl)cyclopentylcarbonylamino radical, and/or salts or biolabile esters or physiologically acceptable solvates thereof, and production of pharmaceutical compositions and products suitable for treatment and/or inhibition of renal dysfunction, disease or disorder, particularly in diabetic patients, but also in patients with syndrome X or in patients with a renal dysfunction, disease and/or disorder, which patients are additionally hypertensive, obese, hyperglycemic and/or subject to a metabolic disorder.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel N-sulfamoyl-piperidineamides of Formula I and their physiologically acceptable acid addition salts, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, processes for their preparation, and their use for the treatment of obesity and its concomitant and/or secondary diseases and related or other conditions.

Abstract: N-sulfamoyl-N?-benzopyranpiperidine compounds of formula I and their physiologically acceptable acid addition salts, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, processes for their preparation, and their use for the treatment and/or inhibition of glaucoma, epilepsy, bipolar disorders, migraine, neuropathic pain, obesity, type II diabetes, metabolic syndrome, alcohol dependence, and/or cancer, and related concomitant and/or secondary diseases or conditions.

Abstract: Substituted ?-lactones (oxetanones) corresponding to the formula I, wherein R1, R2 and n have the meanings given in the specification, and pharmaceutical compositions which contain these compounds and have a pancreatic lipase-inhibiting action, as well as a process for the preparation of the compounds of Formula I and intermediate products of this process.

Abstract: Described is a novel combination therapy for diabetes mellitus type I and/or for obesity and its concomitant and/or secondary diseases or conditions, in particular the metabolic syndrome and/or syndrome X, and/or diabetes mellitus type II, by administering a combination of at least one KATP channel opener as a first active agent and at least one CB1 cannabinoid receptor antagonist as a second active agent. The invention is further directed to such novel combination therapy wherein a dually acting compound with combined KATP channel opening and CB1 antagonistic properties is used.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of known and novel N-sulfamoyl-N?-arylpiperazines corresponding to Formula I and their physiologically compatible acid addition salts for the treatment or inhibition of obesity and related conditions.

Abstract: Substituted ?-lactones (oxetanones) corresponding to the formula I, wherein R1, R2 and n have the meanings given in the specification, and pharmaceutical compositions which contain these compounds and have a pancreatic lipase-inhibiting action, as well as a process for the preparation of the compounds of Formula I and intermediate products of this process.

Abstract: Novel and known trifluoroacetyl-substituted phenyl, phenol and benzoyl compounds for the treatment and/or inhibition of obesity and of concomitant and/or secondary diseases involved therewith, in particular metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases. Novel trifluoroacetyl-substituted phenyl, phenol and benzoyl compounds, pharmaceutical preparations containing them and processes for the preparation of these compounds. Also compounds acting as inhibitors of lipase, in particular pancreatic lipase.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel medical use of e.g. 4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazole compounds which are potent antagonists of the cannabis CB1-receptor in combination with lipase inhibitors. Said compounds are particularly suitable in combination with lipase inhibitors in the manufacture of medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of obesity in adolescent or in juvenile patients and/or for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of drug induced obesity in juvenile as well as in adolescent patients. The compounds have the general formula (I) wherein the group Bb represents sulfonyl or carbonyl, and the substituents R, R1, R2 and R3, and the group Aa are defined as shown in the description. Preferred lipase inhibitors are orlistat, panclicins, ATL-962 and/or lipstatin.

Abstract: Treatment and/or inhibition of renal dysfunction, disease or disorder in larger mammals, and particularly in humans, especially in human patients suffering from diabetes, using benzazepine-N-acetic acid derivatives which contain an oxo-group in the ?-position to the nitrogen atom and are substituted in position 3 by a 1-(carboxyalkyl)cyclopentylcarbonylamino radical, and/or salts or biolabile esters or physiologically acceptable solvates thereof, and production of pharmaceutical compositions and products suitable for treatment and/or inhibition of renal dysfunction, disease or disorder, particularly in diabetic patients, but also in patients with syndrome X or in patients with a renal dysfunction, disease and/or disorder, which patients are additionally hypertensive, obese, hyperglycemic and/or subject to a metabolic disorder.

Abstract: The use of benzazepin-N-acetic acid derivatives which contain an oxo group in the a position to the nitrogen atom and are substituted in the 3 position by a 1-(carboxyalkyl)-cyclopentyl-carbonyl-amino radical, and of their salts and biolabile esters, for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of heart damage caused by cardiotoxic doses of medicaments or chemicals, in larger mammals and in particular humans. The invention is particularly applicable to the prophylaxis and/or treatment of heart damage, in particular to the myocardium, which may occur during cytostatic chemotherapy. The invention also includes the use of the afore-mentioned benzazepin-N-acetic acid derivatives for adjuvant treatment in therapies in which medicaments having oxidative-toxic side-effects are used, and the preparation of medicaments suitable for this prophylaxis and/or treatment or adjuvant treatment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel medical use of compounds with CB1-receptor activity selected from the group of 4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazole derivatives, 1H-Imidazole derivatives, thiazole derivatives and/or 1H-1,2,4-triazole-3-carboxamide derivatives, as each defined in the specification, or of a prodrug thereof, a tautomer thereof or a salt thereof, in the manufacture of medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of CB1 receptor related diseases in juvenile patients and/or for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of drug induced obesity in juvenile, as well as in adolescent, patients. Furthermore, the invention pertains to the use of said compounds with CB1-receptor activity in combination with lipase inhibitors.

Abstract: Novel and known trifluoroacetyl-substituted phenyl, phenol and benzoyl compounds for the treatment and/or inhibition of obesity and of concomitant and/or secondary diseases involved therewith, in particular metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases. Novel trifluoroacetyl-substituted phenyl, phenol and benzoyl compounds, pharmaceutical preparations containing them and processes for the preparation of these compounds. Also compounds acting as inhibitors of lipase, in particular pancreatic lipase.

Abstract: Compounds having combined, particularly concurrent, inhibitory activity on neutral endopeptidase (NEP) and on a novel metalloprotease designated IGS5, or of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate or biolabile ester thereof, and related methods for treating and for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition for a mammal, preferably a larger mammal such as a human, suffering from or being susceptible to a disease or condition which can be alleviated or inhibited by combined or concurrent inhibition of NEP and IGS5. Treatments for diseases or conditions where big-ET-1 levels are elevated, or where ET-1 is upregulated, where such diseases or conditions can be alleviated or inhibited by combined or concurrent inhibition of NEP and IGS5.

Abstract: The use of benzazepin-N-acetic acid derivatives which contain an oxo group in the a position to the nitrogen atom and are substituted in the 3 position by a 1-(carboxyalkyl)-cyclopentyl-carbonyl-amino radical, and of their salts and biolabile esters, for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of heart damage caused by cardiotoxic doses of medicaments or chemicals, in larger mammals and in particular humans. The invention is particularly applicable to the prophylaxis and/or treatment of heart damage, in particular to the myocardium, which may occur during cytostatic chemotherapy. The invention also includes the use of the afore-mentioned benzazepin-N-acetic acid derivatives for adjuvant treatment in therapies in which medicaments having oxidative-toxic side-effects are used, and the preparation of medicaments suitable for this prophylaxis and/or treatment or adjuvant treatment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of benzazepine-N-acetic acid derivatives which contain an oxo-group in the &agr;-position to the nitrogen atom and are substituted in position 3 by a 1-(carboxyalkyl)cyclo-entylcarbonylamino radical, and their salts and biolabile esters for the treatment of hypertension, particularly for the treatment of certain forms of secondary hypertension, in larger mammals and particularly humans, and for the production of pharmaceutical compositions suitable for this treatment. The cause of the hypertension to be treated may have a wide variety of origins. The invention particularly relates to the treatment of those forms of secondary hypertension which may occur as a result of various non-cardiac diseases.