Patents by Inventor Valerio Berdini

Valerio Berdini 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: 20100286113
    Abstract: The invention relates to new bicyclic heterocyclic derivative compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, q, A, B, X1, X2, X3, X4, X5 and R2 are as defined herein, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and to the use of said compounds in the treatment of diseases, e.g. cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Gordon Saxty, Valerio Berdini, Christopher William Murray, Charlotte Mary Griffiths-Jones, Emma Vickerstaffe, Gilbert Ebai Besong
  • Patent number: 7825140
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (0) or salts or tautomers or N-oxides or solvates thereof for use in the prophylaxis or treatment of disease states and conditions such as cancers mediated by cyclin-dependent kinase and glycogen synthase kinase-3. In formula (0): X is a group R1-A-NR4— or a 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; A is a bond, SO2, C?O, NRg(C?O) or O(C?O) wherein Rg is hydrogen or C1-4 hydrocarbyl optionally substituted by hydroxy or C1-4 alkoxy; Y is a bond or an alkylene chain of 1, 2 or 3 carbon atoms in length; R1 is hydrogen; a carbocyclic or heterocyclic group having from 3 to 12 ring members; or a C1-8 hydrocarbyl group optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from halogen (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics, Ltd.
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Maria Grazia Carr, Theresa Rachel Early, Adrian Liam Gill, Gary Trewartha, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford, Andrew James Woodhead, Paul Graham Wyatt
  • Patent number: 7745638
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (0) or salts or tautomers or N-oxides or solvates thereof for use in the prophylaxis or treatment of disease states and conditions such as cancers mediated by cyclin-dependent kinase and glycogen synthase kinase-3. In formula (0): X is a group R1—A—NR4— or a 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; A is a bond, SO2, C?O, NRg(C?O) or O(C?O) wherein Rg is hydrogen or C1-4 hydrocarbyl optionally substituted by hydroxy or C1-4 alkoxy; Y is a bond or an alkylene chain of 1, 2 or 3 carbon atoms in length; R1 is hydrogen; a carbocyclic or heterocyclic group having from 3 to 12 ring members; or a C1-8 hydrocarbyl group optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from halogen (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignees: Astex Therapeutics Limited, The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Maria Grazia Carr, Theresa Rachel Early, Adrian Liam Gill, Gary Trewartha, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford, Andrew James Woodhead, Paul Graham Wyatt
  • Publication number: 20100160324
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of the formula (I): for use in medicine: or salts or tautomers or N-oxides or solvates thereof; wherein R1 is an optionally substituted heterocyclic group having from 3 to 12 ring members provided that the cyclic group joined to the pyrazole contains at least one heteroatom selected from N, O or S; A is a bond or —Y—(B)n—; B is C?O, NRg(C?O) or O(C?O) wherein Rg is hydrogen or C1-4 hydrocarbyl optionally substituted by hydroxy or C1-4 alkoxy; n is 0 or 1; Y is a bond or an alkylene chain of 1,2 or 3 carbon atoms in length; R2 is hydrogen; halogen; C1-4 alkoxy (e.g. methoxy); or a C1-4 hydrocarbyl group optionally substituted by halogen (e.g. fluorine), hydroxyl or C1-4 alkoxy (e.g. methoxy); R3 is selected from optionally substituted carbocyclic and heterocyclic groups having from 3 to 12 ring members or an optionally substituted C1-8 hydrocarbyl group; with the proviso that R1 is not formula (II): where X, R3? and R4? are defined in the claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Maria Grazia Carr, Nicholas Gareth Morse Davies, Adrian Liam Gill, Eva Figueroa Navarro, Steven Howard, Gary Trewartha, Andrew James Woodhead, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford, Paul Graham Wyatt
  • Publication number: 20100120761
    Abstract: The invention relates to new bicyclic heterocyclic derivative compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and to the use of said compounds in the treatment of diseases, e.g. cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: Astex Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Gilbert Ebai Besong, Owen Callaghan, Maria Grazia Carr, MIles Stuart Congreve, Adrian Liam Gill, Charlotte Mary Griffiths-Jones, Andrew Madin, Christopher William Murray, Rajdeep Kaur Nijjar, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Andrew Pike, Gordon Saxty, Richard David Taylor, Emma Vickerstaffe
  • Publication number: 20100093718
    Abstract: The invention relates to new bicyclic heterocyclic derivative compounds of Formula (I), to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and to the use of said compounds in the treatment of diseases, e.g. cancer The compounds of Formula (I) are inhibitors of FGFR, VEGFR or PDGFR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Gilbert Ebai Besong, Owen Callaghan, Maria Grazia Carr, Miles Stuart Congreve, Adrian Liam Gill, Charlotte Mary Griffiths-Jones, Andrew Madin, Christopher William Murray, Rajdeep Kaur Nijjar, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Andrew Pike, Gordon Saxty, Richard David Taylor, Emma Vickerstaffe
  • Publication number: 20100004232
    Abstract: The use of a compound for the manufacture of a medicament for the prophylaxis or treatment of: A. a disease state or condition mediated by a kinase which is BCR-abl, VEGFR, PDGFR, EGFR, Flt3, JAK (e.g. JAK2 or JAK3), C-abl, PDK1, Chk (e.g. Cbk1 or Chk2), FGFR (e.g. FGFR3), Ret, Eph (e.g. EphB2 or EphB4), or Src (e.g. cSrc); or B. a cancer in which the cancer cells thereof contain a drug resistant kinase mutation which is: (a) a threonine gatekeeper mutation; or (b) a drug-resistant gatekeeper mutation; or (c) an imatinib resistant mutation; or (d) a nilotinib resistant mutation; or (e) a dasatinib resistant mutation; or (f) a T670I mutation in KIT; or (g) a T674I mutation in PDGFR; or (h) T790M mutation in EGFR; or (i) a T315I mutation in abl; or C. a cancer which expresses a mutated molecular target which is a mutated form of BCRabl, c-kit, PDGF, EGF receptor or ErbB2; or D.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Jayne Elizabeth Curry, Neil James Gallagher, Adrian Liam Gill, John Francis Lyons
  • Publication number: 20090247538
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound for use as a protein kinase B inhibitor, the compound being a compound of the formula (I) or salts, solvates, tautomers or N-oxides thereof, wherein T is N or CR5; J1-J2 is N?C(R6), (R7)C?N, (R8)N—C(O), (R8)2C—C(O), N?N or (R7)C?C(R6); E is a monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group of 5 or 6 ring members, the heterocyclic group containing up to 3 heteroatoms selected from O, N and S; Q1 is a bond or a saturated C1-3 hydrocarbon linker group, one of the carbon atoms in the linker group being optionally be replaced by an oxygen or nitrogen atom, or an adjacent pair of carbon atoms may be replaced by CONRq or NRqCO where Rq is hydrogen or methyl, or Rq is a C1-4 alkylene chain linked to R1 or a carbon atom of Q1 to form a cyclic moiety; and wherein the carbon atoms of the linker group Q1 may optionally bear one or more substituents selected from fluorine and hydroxy; Q2 is a bond or a saturated hydrocarbon linker group containing from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, wherein one of the
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicants: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Robert George Boyle, Gordon Saxty, David Winter Walker, Steven John Woodhead, Paul Graham Wyatt, Alastair Donald, John Caldwell, Ian Collins, Tatiana Faria Da Fonseca
  • Publication number: 20090099213
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound for use in the prophylaxis or treatment of a disease state or condition mediated by protein kinase B, the compound having the formula (I): or salts, solvates, tautomers or N-oxides thereof, wherein T is N or CR5; J1-J2 is N?C(R6), (R7)C?N, (R8)N—C(O), (R8)2C—C(O), N?N or (R7)C?C(R6); A is an optionally substituted saturated C1-7 hydrocarbon linker group having a maximum chain length of 5 atoms extending between R1 and NR2R3 and a maximum chain length of 4 atoms extending between E and NR2R3, one of the carbon atoms in the linker group being optionally replaced by oxygen or nitrogen; E is a monocyclic or bicyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group or an acyclic group X-G wherein X is CH2, O, S or NH and G is a C1-4 alkylene chain wherein one of the carbon atoms is optionally replaced by O, S or NH; R1 is hydrogen or an aryl or heteroaryl group; R2 and R3 are each hydrogen, optionally substituted C1-4 hydrocarbyl or optionally substituted C1-4 acyl; or NR2R3 forms an imidazole g
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicants: Astex Therapeutics Limited, The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, Cancer Research Techology Limited
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Robert George Boyle, Gordon Saxty, Marinus Leendert Verdonk, Steven John Woodhead, Paul Graham Wyatt, Hannah Fiona Sore, John Caldwell, Ian Collins, Tatiana Faria Da Fonseca, Alastair Donald
  • Publication number: 20080312223
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of the formula (I): or a salt, N-oxide, tautomer or solvate thereof, wherein X is CR5 or N; each of Q1 and Q2 is a carbon atom; Q3 is selected from S and CH; Q4 is selected from CR2 and S; provided that one of Q3 and Q4 is S and the other of Q3 and Q4 is not S; wherein when Q3 is S, there is a double bond between Q1 and Q4 and a double bond between Q2 and the adjacent ring nitrogen atom N; and when Q4 is S, there is a double bond between Q1 and Q2, and a double bond between Q3 and the adjacent ring nitrogen atom N; A is a bond or —(CH2)m—(B)n—; B is C?O, NR8(C?O) or O(C?O) wherein R1 is hydrogen or C1_4 hydrocarbyl optionally substituted by hydroxy or C1-4 alkoxy; m is 0, 1 or 2; n is 0 or 1; Ro is hydrogen or, together with NRg when present, forms a group —(CH2)p— wherein p is 2 to 4; R1 is hydrogen, a carbocyclic or heterocyclic group having from 3 to 12 ring members, or an optionally substituted C1-8 hydrocarbyl group; R2 is hydrogen, halogen, methoxy, or a C1-4 hydrocarby
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Theresa Rachel Phillips, Paul Graham Wyatt
  • Publication number: 20080306069
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (I), or salts, tautomers, N-oxides or solvates thereof wherein: R1 is selected from: (a) 2,6-dichlorophenyl; (b) 2,6-difluorophenyl; (c) a 2,3,6-trisubstituted phenyl group wherein the substituents for the phenyl group are selected from fluorine, chlorine, methyl and methoxy; (d) a group RO; (e) a group R a; (f) a group RIb; (g) a group RIc; (h) a group RId; and 0) 2,6-difluorophenylamino; wherein R) 0?, r R>llaa, T Rj HbD, T R) HcC, r R>Iid?, r R>>2zaa, r R>22bD and RJ are as defined in the claims. The compounds have activity as inhibitors of cdk kinase (such as cdk1 or cdk2) and glycogen synthase kinase-3 activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Graham Wyatt, Valerio Berdini, Adrian Liam Gill, Gary Trewartha, Andrew James Woodhead, Eva Figueroa Navarro, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Theresa Rachael Phillips
  • Publication number: 20080275029
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of the formula (I) or a salt, solvate, tautomer or N-oxide thereof for use in the treatment or prophylaxis of a disease state or condition mediated by protein kinase A and/or protein kinase B; wherein the ring Q is a benzene ring; J2-J1 is N?CR7 or R1aN—CO; G is OH or NR5R6; E is CONR7, NR7CO, C(R8)?C(R8) or (X)m(CR8R8a)n where X is O, S or NR7; provided that when J2-J1 is R1aN—CO, E is other than NR7CO; m and n are each 0 or 1, where m+n=1 or 2; A is a bond and R4 and R4a are absent or A is a saturated optionally substituted C1-7 hydrocarbon linker group having a maximum chain length of 5 atoms extending between E and G, one carbon atom in the linker group A being optionally replaced by O or N; R1, R1a, R2, and R3 are each H; halogen; C1-6 hydrocarbyl optionally substituted by halogen, OH or C1-2 alkoxy; CN; CONHR8; NH2; NHCOR10 or NHCONHR10; R4 is H or C1-4 alkyl; R4a is H, C1-4 alkyl or a group R9; R5 and R6 are each selected from H, R9 and C1-4 hydrocarbyl optionally
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicants: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, THE INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH: ROYAL CANCER HOS
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Robert George Boyle, Gordon Saxty, Marinus Leendert Verdonk, Steven John Woodhead, Paul Graham Wyatt, Hannah Fiona Sore, David Winter Walker, John Caldwell, Ian Collins
  • Publication number: 20080269207
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (0) or salts or tautomers or N-oxides or solvates thereof for use in the prophylaxis or treatment of disease states and conditions such as cancers mediated by cyclin-dependent kinase and glycogen synthase kinase-3. In formula (0): X is a group R1-A-NR4— or a 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; A is a bond, SO2, C?O, NRg(C?O) or O(C?O) wherein Rg is hydrogen or C1-4 hydrocarbyl optionally substituted by hydroxy or C1-4 alkoxy; Y is a bond or an alkylene chain of 1, 2 or 3 carbon atoms in length; R1 is hydrogen; a carbocyclic or heterocyclic group having from 3 to 12 ring members; or a C1-8 hydrocarbyl group optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from halogen (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS, LTD.
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Maria Grazia Carr, Theresa Rachel Early, Adrian Liam Gill, Gary Trewartha, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford, Andrew James Woodhead, Paul Graham Wyatt
  • Publication number: 20080200509
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (0) or salts or tautomers or N-oxides or solvates thereof for use in the prophylaxis or treatment of disease states and conditions such as cancers mediated by cyclin-dependent kinase and glycogen synthase kinase-3. In formula (0): X is a group R1-A-NR4— or a 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; A is a bond, SO2, C?O, NRg(C?O) or O(C?O) wherein Rg is hydrogen or C1-4 hydrocarbyl optionally substituted by hydroxy or C1-4 alkoxy; Y is a bond or an alkylene chain of 1, 2 or 3 carbon atoms in length; R1 is hydrogen; a carbocyclic or heterocyclic group having from 3 to 12 ring members; or a C1-8 hydrocarbyl group optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from halogen (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS, LTD.
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Maria Grazia Carr, Theresa Rachel Early, Adrian Liam Gill, Gary Trewartha, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford, Andrew James Woodhead, Paul Graham Wyatt
  • Publication number: 20080194562
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (I) or a salt, tautomer, solvate or N-oxides thereof; wherein: R1 is selected from (a) 2,6-dichlorophenyl; (b) 2,6-difluorophenyl; (c) a 2,3,6-trisubstituted phenyl group wherein the substituents are fluorine, chlorine, methyl or methoxy; and (d) a group R0 wherein R0 is a 3-12 membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic group; or optionally substituted C1-8 hydrocarbyl; R2a and R2b are each hydrogen or methyl; and R3 is as defined in the claims. The compounds have activity as inhibitors of Cyclin Dependent Kinases (CDK) and Glycogen Synthase Kinases (GSK) kinases and are useful in the treatment or prophylaxis of disease states or conditions mediated by the kinases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Graham Wyatt, Valerio Berdini, Adrian Liam Gill, Gary Trewartha, Andrew James Woodhead, Eva Figueroa Navarro, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Theresa Rachael Phillips
  • Publication number: 20080167309
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound for use in the prophylaxis or treatment of a disease state or condition mediated by a cyclin dependent kinase, the compound having the formula (I): and salts, tautomers, N-oxides or solvates thereof, wherein A is a bond, C?O, NRg(C?O) or O(C?O) wherein Rg is hydrogen or C1-4 hydrocarbyl optionally substituted by hydroxy or C1-4 alkoxy; Y is a bond or an alkylene chain of 1, 2 or 3 carbon atoms in length; Q is S or CR2; J is S or CH; provided that one of Q and J is S, and the other of Q and J is not S; when Q is S, there is a double bond between the ring carbon atoms “a” and “b” and a double bond between the ring nitrogen N and J; and when J is S, there is a double bond between Q and the ring carbon atom “a” and a double bond between the ring nitrogen N and the ring carbon atom “b”; and R1 to R4 are as defined in the claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS, LTD.
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Theresa Rachael Early, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Andrew James Woodhead, Paul Graham Wyatt
  • Publication number: 20080139620
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of the formula (I): or salts, tautomers, solvates and N-oxides thereof; wherein: R1 is 2,6-dichlorophenyl; R2a and R2 are both hydrogen; and R3 is a group: where R4 is C1-4 alkyl. The compounds have activity as inhibitors of CDK kinases and inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Graham Wyatt, Valerio Berdini, Adrian Liam Gill, Gary Trewartha, Andrew James Woodhead
  • Patent number: 7385059
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (0) or salts or tautomers or N-oxides or solvates thereof for use in the prophylaxis or treatment of disease states and conditions such as cancers mediated by cyclin-dependent kinase and glycogen synthase kinase-3. In formula (0): X is a group R1-A-NR4— or a 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; A is a bond, SO2, C?O, NRg(C?O) or O(C?O) wherein Rg is hydrogen or C1-4 hydrocarbyl optionally substituted by hydroxy or C1-4 alkoxy; Y is a bond or an alkylene chain of 1, 2 or 3 carbon atoms in length; R1 is hydrogen; a carbocyclic or heterocyclic group having from 3 to 12 ring members; or a C1-8 hydrocarbyl group optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from halogen (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Maria Grazia Carr, Theresa Rachel Early, Adrian Liam Gill, Gary Trewartha, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford, Andrew James Woodhead, Paul Graham Wyatt
  • Publication number: 20080132495
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of the formula (I): or a salt, solvate, tautomer or N-oxide thereof, wherein M is selected from a group D1 and a group D2: and R?, E, A and X are as defined in the claims. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, processes for making the compounds and the use of the compounds in the prophylaxis or treatment of a disease state mediated by a CDK kinase, GSK-3 kinase or Aurora kinase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Maria Grazia Carr, Adrian Liam Gill, Steven Howard, Eva Figueroa Navarro, Gary Trewartha, David Charles Rees, Mladen Vinkovic, Paul Graham Wyatt
  • Publication number: 20080045522
    Abstract: (R)-2-Arylpropionamide compounds of formula (I) are described. The process for their preparation and pharmaceutical preparations thereof are also described. The 2-Arylpropionamides of the invention are useful in the prevention and treatment of tissue damage due to the exacerbate recruitment of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (leukocytes PMN) and of monocytes at the inflammatory sites. In particular, the invention relates to the R enantiomers of omega-aminoalkylamides of 2-aryl propionic acids, of formula (I), for use in the inhibition of the chemotaxis of neutrophils and monocytes induced by the C5a fraction of the complement and by other chemotactic proteins whose biological activity is associated with activation of a 7-TD receptor. Selected compounds of formula (I) are dual inhibitors of both the C5a-induced chemotaxis of neutrophils and monocytes and the IL-8-induced chemotaxis of PMN leukocytes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: Dompe pha.r.ma S.p.A.
    Inventors: Marcello ALLEGRETTI, Riccardo Bertini, Valerio Berdini, Cinzia Bizzarri, Maria Cesta, Vito Di Cioccio, Gianfranco Caselli, Francesco Colotta, Carmelo Gandolfi, Janete Gandolfi, Giulio Gandolfi, Maria Gandolfi, Arrigo Gandolfi