Patents by Inventor Jorg Frei

Jorg Frei 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: 20060217388
    Abstract: The invention relates to the treatment of leukemias with an inhibitor of the activity of VEGF receptor tyrosine kinase of the formula I, the substituents being defined in the specification; as well as to new phthalazine derivatives; processes for the preparation thereof; the application thereof in a process for the treatment of the human or animal body; the use thereof for the treatment of a disease, especially a disease caused by ocular neovascularization, such as age-related macula degeneration or diabetic retinopathy, or other diseases that respond to the inhibition of tyrosine kinases, such as a proliferative disease; a method for the treatment of such disease in mammals; and the use of such a compound for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical preparation for the treatment especially of a disease as mentioned above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Guido Bold, Janet King, Jorg Frei, Richard Heng, Paul Manley, Bernhard Wietfeld, Jeanette Wood
  • Patent number: 6911440
    Abstract: The invention relates to the treatment of an inflammatory disease, especially an inflammatory rheumatoid or rheumatic disease, and/or pain with an inhibitor of the activity of VEGF receptor tyrosine kinase of the formula I, the substituents being defined in the specification; as well as to new phthalazine derivatives; processes for the preparation thereof, the application thereof in a process for the treatment of the human or animal body; the use thereof for the treatment of a disease, especially a disease caused by ocular neovascularization, such as age-related macula degeneration or diabetic retinopathy, or other diseases that respond to the inhibition of tyrosine kinases, such as a proliferative disease; a method for the treatment of such disease in mammals; and the use of such a compound for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical preparation for the treatment especially of a disease as mentioned above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Guido Bold, Janet Dawson King, Jörg Frei, Richard Heng, Paul William Manley, Bernhard Wietfeld, Jeanette Marjorie Wood
  • Publication number: 20040142934
    Abstract: The invention relates to the treatment of an inflammatory disease, especially an inflammatory rheumatoid or rheumatic disease, and/or pain with an inhibitor of the activity of VEGF receptor tyrosine kinase of the formula I, 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Guido Bold, Janet Dawson King, Jorg Frei, Richard Heng, Paul William Manley, Bernhard Wietfeld, Jeanette Marjorie Wood
  • Patent number: 6710047
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I, wherein r is 0 to 2, n is 0 to 2; m is 0 to 4; R1 and R2 (i) are in each case a lower alkyl, or (ii) together form a bridge in subformula I* or (iii) together form a bridge in subformula I** wherein one or two of the ring members T1, T2, T3, and T4 are nitrogen, and the remainder are in each case CH; A, B, D, and E are N or CH, wherein not more than 2 of these radicals are N; G is lower alkylene, acyloxy- or hydroxy-lower alkylene, —CH2—O—, —CH2—S—, —CH2—NH—, oxa, thia, or imino; Q is methyl; R is H or lower alkyl; X is imino, oxa, or thia; Y is aryl, pyridyl, or (un)substituted cycloalkyl; and Z is mono- or disubstited amino, halogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, hydroxy, etheritied or esterified hydroxy, nitro, cyano, carboxy, esterified carboxy, alkanoyl, carbamoyl, N-mono- or N,N-disubstituted carbamoyl, amidino, guanidino, mercapto, sulfo, phenylthio, p
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Guido Bold, Jörg Frei, Peter Traxler, Karl-Heinz Altmann, Helmut Mett, David Raymond Stover, Jeanette Marjorie Wood
  • Patent number: 6686347
    Abstract: The invention relates to the treatment of an inflammatory disease, especially an inflammatory rheumatoid or rheumatic disease, and/or pain with an inhibitor of the activity of VEGF receptor tyrosine kinase of the formula I, the substituents being defined in the specification; as well as to new phthalazine derivatives; processes for the preparation thereof; the application thereof in a process for the treatment of the human or animal body; the use thereof for the treatment of a disease, especially a disease caused by ocular neovascularization, such as age-related macula degeneration or diabetic retinopathy, or other diseases that respond to the inhibition of tyrosine kinases, such as a proliferative disease; a method for the treatment of such disease in mammals; and the use of such a compound for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical preparation for the treatment especially of a disease as mentioned above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Guido Bold, Janet Dawson King, Jörg Frei, Richard Heng, Paul William Manley, Bernhard Wietfeld, Jeanette Marjorie Wood
  • Publication number: 20030191129
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I, 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Guido Bold, Jorg Frei, Peter Traxler, Karl-Heinz Altmann, Helmut Mett, David Raymond Stover, Jeanette Marjorie Wood
  • Patent number: 6514974
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I, wherein r is 0 to 2, n is 0 to 2; m is 0 to 4; R1 and R2 (i) are in each case a lower alkyl, or (ii) together form a bridge in subformula I* or (iii) together form a bridge in subformula I** wherein one or two of the ring members T1, T2, T3, and T4 are nitrogen, and the remainder are in each case CH; A, B, D, and E are N or CH, wherein not more than 2 of these radicals are N; G is lower alkylene, acyloxy- or hydroxy-lower alkylene, —CH2—O—, —CH2—S—, —CH2—NH—, oxa, thia, or imino; Q is methyl; R is H or lower alkyl; X is imino, oxa, or thia; Y is aryl, pyridyl, or (un)substituted cycloalkyl; and Z is mono- or disubstited amino, halogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, hydroxy, etherified or esterified hydroxy, nitro, cyano, carboxy, esterified carboxy, alkanoyl, carbamoyl, N-mono- or N,N-disubstituted carbamoyl, amidino, guanidino, mercapto, sulfo, phenylthio, p
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Guido Bold, Jörg Frei, Peter Traxler, Karl-Heinz Altmann, Helmut Mett, David Raymond Stover, Jeanette Marjorie Wood
  • Publication number: 20030013718
    Abstract: The invention relates to the treatment of an inflammatory disease, especially an inflammatory rheumatoid or rheumatic disease, and/or pain with an inhibitor of the activity of VEGF receptor tyrosine kinase of the formula I, 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Guido Bold, Janet Dawson King, Jorg Frei, Richard Heng, Paul William Manley, Bernhard Wietfeld, Jeanette Marjorie Wood
  • Publication number: 20020091261
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I, 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventors: Guido Bold, Jorg Frei, Peter Traxler, Karl-Heinz Altmann, Helmut Mett, David Raymond Stover, Jeanette Marjorie Wood
  • Patent number: 6258812
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I, wherein r is 0 to 2, n is 0 to 2; m is 0 to 4; R1 and R2 (i) are in each case a lower alkyl, or (ii) together form a bridge in subformula I* (I*) or (iii) together form a bridge in subformula I** (I**), wherein one or two of the ring members T1, T2, T3, and T4 are nitrogen, and the remainder are in each case CH; A, B, D, and E are N or CH, wherein not more than 2 of these radicals are N; G is lower alkylene, acyloxy- or hydroxy-lower alkylene, —CH2—O—, —CH2—S—, —CH2—NH—, oxa, thia, or imino; Q is methyl; c is H or lower alkyl; X is imino, oxa, or thia; Y is aryl, pyridyl, or (un)substituted cycloalkyl; and Z is mono- or disubstited amino, halogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, hydroxy, etherified or esterified hydroxy, nitro, cyano, carboxy, esterified carboxy, alkanoyl, carbamoyl, N-mono- or N,N-disubstituted carbamoyl, amidino, guanidino, mercapto, sulfo, p
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Guido Bold, Jörg Frei, Peter Traxler, Karl-Heinz Altmann, Helmut Mett, David Raymond Stover, Jeanette Marjorie Wood
  • Patent number: 6251911
    Abstract: 4-Amino-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine derivatives of formula I wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are described. These compounds inhibit the tyrosine kinase activity of the receptor for epidermal growth factor (EGF) and c-erbB2 kinase and can be used as anti-tumor agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Guido Bold, Jörg Frei, Marc Lang, Peter Traxler
  • Patent number: 6180636
    Abstract: There are described 7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives of the formula I in which the substituents are as defined in claim 1. These compounds inhibit the tyrosine kinase activity of the receptor for the epidermal growth factor (EGF) and c-erbB2 kinase and can be used as anti-tumor agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Peter Traxler, Guido Bold, Marc Lang, Jörg Frei
  • Patent number: 6140332
    Abstract: Described are 7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives of formula I ##STR1## wherein the symbols are as defined in claim 1. Those compounds inhibit tyrosine protein kinase and can be used in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, for example tumour diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Peter Traxler, Guido Bold, Wolfgang Karl-Diether Brill, Jorg Frei
  • Patent number: 6140317
    Abstract: There are described compounds of formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are as defined in the description, Q is heterocyclyl boned via a ring nitrogen atom and having the formula IA ##STR2## wherein R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 and m and n are as defined in the description, the ring marked A is a heterocyclyl having 5 to 9 ring atoms and having at least one saturated bond, it being possible for a further ring hetero atom selected from O and S to be present in addition to the bonding nitrogen atom, the ring system marked B is a free or benzo-, thieno-, furo-, pyrrolo- or dihydropyrrolo-fused carbocyclic ring having from 5 to 9 carbon atoms that is fused to the ring A and may be unsaturated, partially saturated or fully saturated, and the bond marked by a parallel dotted line between the ring systems marked A and B is either a single bond or a double bond, and a salt thereof where at least one salt-forming group is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Peter Traxler, Jorg Frei, Guido Bold
  • Patent number: 5981533
    Abstract: 4-Amino-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine derivatives of formula I ##STR1## wherein the symbols are as defined in claim 1, and intermediates for their manufacture are described.The compounds of formula I inhibit especially the tyrosine kinase activity of the receptor for epidermal growth factor and can be used, for example, in the case of epidermal hyperproliferation (psoriasis) and as anti-tumor agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Peter Traxler, Pascal Furet, Guido Bold, Jorg Frei, Marc Lang
  • Patent number: 5840911
    Abstract: Described are compounds of formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen or hydroxy;R.sub.2, R.sub.2 ' and R.sub.2 " are each independently of the others hydrogen or a substituent other than hydrogen;eitherR.sub.3 is hydrogen or a substituent other than hydrogen andR.sub.4 is hydrogen or lower alkyl,orR.sub.3 and R.sub.4 together form a divalent radical of the formula --(CH.sub.2).sub.n -- wherein n is 2 or 3;R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are each independently of the other hydrogen, alkyl or aryl; andeither R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 are each hydrogen, or R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 together form a bond; tautomers thereof, provided that at least one tautomerisable group is present; and salts thereof.The compounds inhibit the enzyme S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase and are suitable, for example, for the treatment of tumours and protozoal infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Jorg Frei, Jaroslav Stanek
  • Patent number: 5834486
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) ##STR1## wherein either R.sub.1 is hydrogen andR.sub.2 is lower alkyl lower alkenyl or lower alkynyl,m is 3 or 4 andn is 2 or 3;orR.sub.1 and R.sub.2 together are tetrainethylene,m is 3 or 4 andn is 2;or salts thereof.The compounds of formula (I) influence polyamine biosynthesis and have antiproliferative activity as well as an action against protozoans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Jorg Frei, Jaroslav Stanek
  • Patent number: 5639911
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I ##STR1## wherein A, X, Z and R.sub.1 -R.sub.5 are as defined in the description, and their salts have valuable pharmaceutical properties and are effective especially against tumours. They are prepared in a manner known per se.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Jaroslav Stanek, Jorg Frei, Giorgio Caravatti
  • Patent number: 5627215
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I), R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, each independently of the other, are selected from lower alkyl that is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more fluorine atoms which are not linked to the carbon atom of R.sub.1 or R.sub.2 bonding the nitrogen; from lower alkenyl wherein the double bond does not originate from the carbon atom that is bonded to a nitrogen bonding R.sub.1 or R.sub.2 ; from lower alkynyl wherein the triple bond does not originate from the carbon atom that is bonded to a nitrogen bonding R.sub.1 or R.sub.2 ; from cycloalkyl; and from cycloalkyl-lower alkyl; with the proviso that not more than one of the two radicals R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is methyl; or salts thereof. The mentioned compounds are pharmacologically active against disorders that are responsive to a recuction in intracellular polyamines, such as tumours or protozoal diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1997
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Jorg Frei, Jaroslav Stanek
  • Patent number: 5516806
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): H.sub.2 N--(CH.sub.2).sub.n --A--(CH.sub.2).sub.m --O--NH.sub.2 and salts thereof are described in which the radical A is C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 cycloalkylene; n is 0 or 1 and, independently thereof, m is 0 or 1; with the provisos that a) the distance between the aminooxy radical H.sub.2 N--O-- and the amino group --NH.sub.2 is at least 3 and not more than 4 carbon atoms and that b) the two radicals H.sub.2 N--(CH.sub.2).sub.n -- and --(CH.sub.2).sub.m --O--NH.sub.2 are not bonded to the same ring carbon of A. The compounds of formula (I) and their salts are ornithine decarboxylase inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Jorg Frei, Jaroslav Stanek