Abstract: Compounds are provided having inter alia good duration of action, high potency and/or convenient dosing regimens including oral administration. The compounds are engineered polypeptides which incorporate an albumin binding domain in combination with one or more biologically active polypeptides. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment for diseases and disorders including obesity and overweight, diabetes, dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, Alzheimer's disease, fatty liver disease, short bowel syndrome, Parkinson's disease, cardiovascular disease, and other and disorders of the central nervous system.

Abstract: Compounds are provided having inter alia good duration of action, high potency and/or convenient dosing regimens including oral administration. The compounds are engineered polypeptides which incorporate an albumin binding domain in combination with one or more biologically active polypeptides. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment for diseases and disorders including obesity and overweight, diabetes, dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, Alzheimer's disease, fatty liver disease, short bowel syndrome, Parkinson's disease, cardiovascular disease, and other and disorders of the central nervous system.

Abstract: There is provided inter alia a method of covalently attaching an amine derivatizing agent to a glutamine of a first polypeptide. The method includes adding an amine derivatizing agent, a transglutaminase a first polypeptide which includes a glutamine, and a co-solvent to a reaction mixture. The method further includes allowing the amine derivatizing agent to react with the glutamine of the first polypeptide in the reaction mixture to form an amide bond, thereby covalently attaching the amine derivatizing agent to the glutamine of the first polypeptide.

Abstract: The present invention discloses novel peptide compounds containing eleven amino acid residues which have HCV protease inhibitory activity as well as methods for preparing such compounds. In another embodiment, the invention discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising such peptides as well as methods of using them to treat disorders associated with the HCV protease.

Abstract: Methods for the synthesis of &agr;-hydroxy-&bgr;-amino acid and amide derivatives and &agr;-ketoamide derivatives and novel derivatives made by these methods are provided. These methods involve reacting a N-terminally blocked (protected) aminoaldehyde with an isonitrile and a carboxylic acid to give an amino-&agr;-acyloxy carboxamide. The acyloxy group may be removed to give the derivative. Alternatively the protecting group is removed and acyl shift occurs to give the derivative. These derivatives are useful in the synthesis of compounds such as peptidyl &agr;-ketoamides and &agr;-hydroxy-&bgr;-carboxylic acid and amide derivatives. Certain of these compounds have been reported to have activity as inhibitors of proteases, such as serine proteases and cysteine proteases.

Abstract: The present invention discloses peptide aldehydes having a lactam group as part of the peptide backbone and having an original mimic group such as an amidinopiperidine or amidinophengyl tail. These compounds are potent and specific inhibitors of thrombin, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, and methods of using them as therapeutic agents for disease states in mammals characterized by abnormal thrombosis.

Abstract: The present invention discloses peptide aldehydes which are potent and specific inhibitors of thrombin, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, and methods of using them as therapeutic agents for disease states in mammals characterized by abnormal thrombosis.

Abstract: The present invention discloses peptide aldehydes which are potent and specific inhibitors of thrombin, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, and methods of using them as therapeutic agents for disease slates in mammals characterized by abnormal thrombosis.