Abstract: The present invention is directed to peptide analogues of glucagon-like peptide-1, the pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, to methods of using such analogues to treat mammals and to pharmaceutical compositions useful therefor comprising said analogues.

Abstract: The invention relates to thiazole, oxazole, imidazole, isoxazole and isoxazoline derivatives of general formula (I) wherein Het is thiazole, oxazole, imidazole, isoxazole or isoxazoline, n is an integer from 0 to 6, A is notably selected from various optionally substituted aromatic radicals, B is notably hydrogen, alkyl or phenyl, R1 and R2 are notably independently hydrogen, alkyl or cycloalkyl or R1 and R2, taken together with the carbon atom which carries them, form a carbocycle with 3 to 7 members and ? is —NR46R47 or —OR48, R46 and R47 are notably independently hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl or —(CH2)k—COOR51, R51 is notably alkyl or haloalkyl and R48 is notably hydrogen or alkyl. These compounds have advantageous pharmacological properties which allow their use in therapeutics, notably for treating neurodegenerative disorders or pain.

Abstract: Disclosed is a series of somatostatin-dopamine chimeric analogs which retain both somatostatin and dopamine activity in vivo.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to peptide analogues of glucagon-like peptide-1, the pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, to methods of using such analogues to treat mammals and to pharmaceutical compositions useful therefor comprising said analogues.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to imidazolyl derivatives of formula (II), wherein the variables are defined in the specification, which are useful as prenyl transeferase inhibitors.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to peptide analogues of fragment of parathyroid hormone (PTH) or parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP), a method of using said analogues alone or in combination with a bisphosphonate or calcitonin to treat osteoporosis and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said analogues alone or in combination with a bisphosphonate or calcitonin.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to peptide analogues of fragment of parathyroid hormone (PTH) or parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP), a method of using said analogues alone or in combination with a bisphosphonate or calcitonin to treat osteoporosis and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said analogues alone or in combination with a bisphosphonate or calcitonin.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to imidazolyl derivatives of formula (II), wherein the variables are defined in the specification, which are useful as prenyl transeferase inhibitors.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to imidazolyl derivatives of formula (II), wherein the variables are defined in the specification, which are useful as prenyl transeferase inhibitors.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to imidazolyl derivatives of formula (I), wherein the variables are defined in the specification, which are useful as prenyl transferase inhibitors.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel analogues of PACAP (Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase Activating Polypeptide) as described in the specification, which are agonists of the PACAP receptor and as such are useful in treating cerebrovascular ischemia, male impotence, motor neuron disease, neuropathy, pain, depression, anxiety disorders, brain trauma, memory impairments, dementia, cognitive disorder, central nervous system diseases (such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease), migraine, neurodegenerative diseases, ischemic heart disease, myocardial infarction, fibrosis, restenosis, diabetes mellitus, muscle disease, gastric ulcer, stroke, atherosclerosis, hypertension, septic shock, thrombosis, retina disease, cardiovascular disease, renal failure and cardiac failure and the prevention of neuronal cell death in a mammal. This invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions useful therefor.

Abstract: Peptide variants of fragment (1-34) of parathyroid hormone, in which at least one of the amino acid residues at positions 7, 11, 23, 24, 27, 28, and 31 is cyclohexylalanine, or at least one of the amino acid residues at positions 3, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 34 is .alpha.-aminoisobutyric acid; or, alternatively, at least the amino acid residue at position 1 is .alpha.,.beta.-diaminopropionic acid, the amino acid residue at position 27 is homoarginine, or the amino acid residue at position 31 is norleucine.

Abstract: Peptide variants of fragment of parathyroid hormone (PTH) or parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP), in which at least one of the amino acid residues is replaced with Acc.

Abstract: A family of compounds capable of inhibiting the activity of prenyl transferases. The compounds are covered by one of the two following formulas: ##STR1## Each of the R groups is defined in the disclosure.

Abstract: Peptide variants of fragment (1-34) of parathyroid hormone, in which at least one of the amino acid residues at positions 7, 11, 23, 24, 27, 28, and 31 is cyclohexylalanine, or at least one of the amino acid residues at positions 3, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 34 is .alpha.-aminoisobutyric acid; or, alternatively, at least the amino acid residue at position 1 is .alpha.,.beta.-diaminopropionic acid, the amino acid residue at position 27 is homoarginine, or the amino acid residue at position 31 is norleucine.