Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of biaryl spiroaminooxazoline analogues as modulators of ?2C adrenergic receptor agonists, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more conditions associated with the ?2C adrenergic receptors using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, esters, prodrugs, tautomers, or isomers of said compounds), having the general structure: wherein L, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are selected independently of each other and as defined herein. The present invention also provides compounds (and salts, solvates, esters, prodrugs, tautomers, and isomers) of Formulas II, III, IV, V, and VI, as defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, methods of preparing, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment and prophylaxis of a wide range of immune, autoimmune, and inflammatory diseases and conditions.

Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of biaryl compounds as inhibitors of ÿ2C adrenergic receptor agonists, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more conditions associated with the ÿ2C adrenergic receptors using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.

Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of biaryl spiroaminooxazoline analogues as modulators of ?2C adrenergic receptor agonists, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more conditions associated with the ?2C adrenergic receptors using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.

Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of biaryi spiroaminooxazoline analogues as modulators of ?2C adrenergic receptor agonists, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more conditions associated with the ?2C adrenergic receptors using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, esters, prodrugs, tautomers, or isomers of said compounds), having the general structure: Formula (I) wherein L, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are selected independently of each other and as defined herein. The present invention also provides compounds (and salts, solvates, esters, prodrugs, tautomers, and isomers) of Formulas (H-A), (II-A1), (II-A2), (II-A2.1), (ll-A-2.2), (ll-A-2.3), (II-A4), (H-B), (H-C), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), as described herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, methods of preparing, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment and prophylaxis of a wide range of immune, autoimmune, and inflammatory diseases and conditions.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (VII) and 11-keto analogs thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, esters, prodrugs, tautomers, and isomers of said compounds and said 11-keto analogs, having the general structure formula (VII): wherein L, R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are selected independently of each other and as defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, methods of preparing, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment and prophylaxis of a wide range of immune, autoimmune, and inflammatory diseases and conditions. The novel compounds of the present invention possess useful pharmacological activity while having unexpectedly low systemic activity. Thus, the compounds of the invention represent a safer alternative to those known glucocorticoids which have poor side-effect profiles.

Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of biaryi spiroaminooxazoline analogues as modulators of ?2C adrenergic receptor agonists, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more conditions associated with the ?2C adrenergic receptors using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel Pyrrolidine, Piperidine and Piperazine Derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the Pyrrolidine, Piperidine and Piperazine Derivatives and the use of these compounds for treating or preventing treating allergy, an allergy-induced airway response, congestion, a cardiovascular disease, an inflammatory disease, a gastrointestinal disorder, a neurological disorder, a metabolic disorder, obesity, an obesity-related disorder, diabetes, a diabetic complication, impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose.

Abstract: The present invention relates to Azine Derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the Azine Derivatives and the use of these compounds for treating or preventing allergy, an allergy-induced airway response, congestion, a cardiovascular disease, an inflammatory disease, a gastrointestinal disorder, a neurological disorder, a metabolic disorder, obesity or an obesity-related disorder, diabetes, a diabetic complication, impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, esters, prodrugs, tautomers, or isomers of said compounds), having the general structure: wherein L, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are selected independently of each other and as defined herein. The present invention also provides compounds (and salts, solvates, esters, prodrugs, tautomers, and isomers) of Formulas II, III, IV, V, and VI, as defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, methods of preparing, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment and prophylaxis of a wide range of immune, autoimmune, and inflammatory diseases and conditions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel Tricyclic Spirocycle Derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the Tricyclic Spirocycle Derivatives and the use of these compounds for treating or preventing allergy, an allergy-induced airway response, congestion, a cardiovascular disease, an inflammatory disease, a gastrointestinal disorder, a neurological disorder, a metabolic disorder, obesity or an obesity-related disorder, diabetes, a diabetic complication, impaired glucose tolerance or aired fasting glucose.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel Tricyclic Heterocycle Derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the Tricyclic Heterocycle Derivatives and the use of these compounds for treating or preventing allergy, an allergy-induced airway response, congestion, a cardiovascular disease, an inflammatory disease, a gastrointestinal disorder, a neurological disorder, a metabolic disorder, obesity or an obesity-related disorder, diabetes, a diabetic complication, impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose. R1 is formula (Ia), (Ib) or (Ic); R2 is alkvl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl or heterocycloalkyl. any of which can be optionally substituted with R11; M1 is —CH—. —C(halo)- or —N—; Y is —C(O)—, —S—. —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —CH2— or —O—, such that Y is not —O— when an adjacent atom is N.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel bicyclic heterocycle derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the bicyclic heterocycle derivatives and the use of these compounds for treating or preventing allergy, an allergy-induced airway response, congestion, a cardiovascular disease, an inflammatory disease, a gastrointestinal disorder, a neurological disorder, a metabolic disorder, obesity or an obesity-related disorder, diabetes, a diabetic complication, impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose. R1 is: I, Ia, Ib ou Ic. R2 is alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, cycloalkyl.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein M1 is M2 is N; X is a bond, optionally substituted alkylene, alkenylene, —O—, —CH2N(R12)—, —N(R12)CH2—, —N(R12)—, —NHC(O)—, —OCH2—, —CH2O—, or —S(O)0-2—; and Y is —(CH2)1-2—, —C(?O)—, —C(?NOR13)— or —SO0-2—; or M1 is N; M2 is N or CH; X is a bond, alkylene, alkenylene, —C(O)—, —NHC(O)—, —OC(O)— or —S(O)1-2—; Y is —(CH2)1-2—, —C(?O)— or —SO0-2—; and when M2 is CH, Y is also Y is —O— or —C(?NOR13)—; Z is a bond or optionally substituted alkylene or alkenylene; U and W are CH, or one is CH and one is N; R1 is optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl, heterocycloalkyl; R2 is optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, cycloalkyl or heterocycloalkyl; and the remaining variables are as defined in the specification; and compositions and methods of treating obesity, metabolic syndrome and a cognition deficit disorder, alone or in combinat

Abstract: Disclosed are novel compounds of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: M1 and M3 are CH or N; M2 is CH, CF or N; Y is —C(?O)—, —C(?S)—, —(CH2)q—, —C(?NOR7)— or —SO1-2—; Z is a bond or optionally substituted alkylene or alkenylene; R1 is H, or alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, heterocycloalkyl, all optionally substituted, or a group of the formula: where ring A is a heteroaryl ring; R2 is optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl or heterocycloalkyl; R3 is H, —C(O)NH2, or alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl or heteroaryl, all optionally substituted; and the remaining variables are as defined in the specification; compositions and methods of treating allergy-induced airway responses, congestion, obesity, metabolic syndrome, alcoholic fatty liver disease, hepatic steatosis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, cirrhosis, hepatacellular carcinoma and cognition deficit disorders using said compounds, alone or in combination with othe

Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of biaryl compounds as inhibitors of ÿ2C adrenergic receptor agonists, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more conditions associated with the ÿ2C adrenergic receptors using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I); compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds to treat or prevent pain, diabetes, a diabetic complication, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) or impaired fasting glucose (IGT) in a patient.

Abstract: The present invention relates to Compounds of Formula (I), compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds to treat or prevent pain, diabetes, a diabetic complication, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) or impaired fasting glucose (IFG) in a patient.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein: M is CH or N; U and W are each CH, or one of U and W is CH and the other is N; X is a bond, alkylene, —C(O)—, —C(N—OR5)—, —C(N—OR5)—CH(R6)—, —CH(R6)—C(N—OR5)—, —O—, —OCH2—, —CH2O— or —S(O)0-2—; Y is —O—, —(CH2)2—, —C(?O)—, —C(?NOR7)— or —SO0-2—; Z is a bond, optionally substituted alkylene or alkylene interrupted by a heteroatom or heterocyclic group; R1 is optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl, heterocycloalkyl, or benzimidazolyl or a derivative thereof; R2 is optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, cycloalkyl or heterocycloalkyl; and the remaining variables are as defined in the specification; compositions and methods for treating an allergy-induced airway response, congestion, diabetes, obesity, an obesity-related disorder, metabolic syndrome and a cognition deficit disorder using said compounds, alone or in combinatio