Patents Issued in February 28, 2008
  • Publication number: 20080051393
    Abstract: Water- and lipid-soluble cannabinoid compounds that are agonists for CB1 and CB2 receptors are provided. The cannabinoid compounds are useful for the treatment of retinal neurodegenerative disorders such as glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: Eastern Virginia Medical School
    Inventors: Patricia Williams, Billy Martin, Frank Lattanzio, Sandeep Samudre, Raj Razdan
  • Publication number: 20080051394
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in Claim 1, are ligands of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and/or serotonergic ligands and are suitable for the prophylaxis or treatment of psychoses, schizophrenia, depression, anxiety states, dementia, in particular Alzheimer's disease and Lewy bodies dementia, neurodegenerative disorders, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, Tourette's syndrome, learning and memory restrictions, bulimia, anorexia nervosa or other eating disorders, compulsive behaviour, premenstrual syndrome, age-induced memory impairment, amelioration of withdrawal symptoms in nicotine dependence, strokes or brain damage by toxic compounds, and for the treatment of disorders which are characterised by an excess of circulating serotonin or by serotonergic hyperactivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Kai Schiemann, Henning Bottcher, Joachim Leibrock
  • Publication number: 20080051395
    Abstract: The present invention provides 2-pyrimidinyl pyrazolopyridine compounds, compositions containing the same, as well as processes for the preparation and their use as pharmaceutical agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: David Uehling, Kirk Stevens, Scott Dickerson, Alex Waterson, Philip Harris, Douglas Sammond, Robert Hubbard, Holly Emerson, Joseph Wilson
  • Publication number: 20080051396
    Abstract: A compound of the following formula: wherein X, Y, and Z are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods for inhibiting TNF? expression, IL-1? expression, iNOS expression, and NF-?B activity and methods for treating autoimmune disease, cancer, or atherosclerosis with such a compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: Hutchison Medipharma Limited
    Inventors: Weiguo Su, Hong Jia, Weihan Zhang, Xiaoqiang Yan, Jifeng Duan, Tao Wang, Yu Cai
  • Publication number: 20080051397
    Abstract: The present invention is related to macrogol glyceride pharmaceutical formulations containing benzothiazole derivatives. In particular, the invention is related to benzothiazole stearoyl macrogol pharmaceutical formulations, method of preparation and use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: ARES TRADING S.A.
    Inventors: Pierandrea Esposito, Daniela Chicco, Luca Donati, Andrea Leonardi, Stefania Bertero, Jean-Pierre Gotteland, Pascale Gaillard, Isabelle Jeanclaude-Etter, Simone Grandolini, Mario Maio
  • Publication number: 20080051398
    Abstract: Disclosed are 4-arylamino-quinazolines and analogs thereof effective as activators of caspases and inducers of apoptosis. The compounds of this invention are useful in the treatment of a variety of clinical conditions in which uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells occurs, and in particular to the use of these compounds in treating brain cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicants: Myriad Genetics, Inc., Cytovia, Inc.
    Inventors: Sui Xiong Cai, Mark Anderson, Adam Willardsen, Nilantha Sirisoma
  • Publication number: 20080051399
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, including resolved enantiomers, resolved diastereomers, solvates and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, comprising the Formula I: Also provided are methods of using the compounds of this invention as AKT protein kinase inhibitors and for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Ian Mitchell, James Blake, Rui Xu, Nicholas Kallan, Dengming Xiao, Keith Spencer, Josef Bencsik, Eli Wallace, Stephen Schlachter, Anna Banka, Jun Liang, Brian Safina, Birong Zhang, Christine Chabot, Steven Do
  • Publication number: 20080051400
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods useful for treating or preventing anemia or thrombocytopenia, comprising administrating an effective amount of a Triheterocyclic Compound to a subject in need thereof. The present invention also relates to methods useful for preventing anemia or thrombocytopenia in a subject, comprising administrating an effective amount of a Triheterocyclic Compound to the subject, wherein the subject is at heightened risk of developing anemia or thrombocytopenia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: Gemin X Biotechnologies Inc.
    Inventors: Jean Viallet, Susan O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20080051401
    Abstract: The invention concerns pyrimidine derivatives of Formula (I) wherein each of p, R1, R2, q, R3, r, R4, X1 and Q1 have any of the meanings defined in the description; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the manufacture of a medicament for use in the production of an anti-proliferative effect in a warm-blooded animal such as man.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Martin Pass
  • Publication number: 20080051402
    Abstract: A method of reducing or inhibiting kinase activity of C-KIT in a cell or a subject, and the use of such compounds for preventing or treating in a subject a cell proliferative disorder and/or disorders related to C-KIT using a compound of the present invention: or a solvate, hydrate, tautomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention is further directed to methods for treating conditions such as cancers and other cell proliferative disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Carl Illig, Shelley Ballentine, Jinsheng Chen, Sanath Meegalla, M. Rudolph, Mark Wall, Kenneth Wilson, Renee Desjarlais, Carl Manthey, Christopher Molloy
  • Publication number: 20080051403
    Abstract: This invention provides the combination of a growth hormone secretagogue and a p38 kinase inhibitor for use in treatment or prevention of a disease associated with deposition of A? in the brain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Jose Luis Castro Pineiro
  • Publication number: 20080051404
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds that inhibit E1 activating enzymes, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds. The compounds are useful for treating disorders, particularly cell proliferation disorders, including cancers, inflammatory and neurodegenerative disorders; and inflammation associated with infection and cachexia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Claiborne, Stephen Critchley, Courtney Cullis, Steven Langston, Hiro Mizutani, Edward Olhava, Stephane Peluso, Irache Visiers, Stepan Vyskocil, Gabriel Weatherhead
  • Publication number: 20080051405
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula I, processes for preparing such compounds, their use in the treatment of obesity, psychiatric disorders, cognitive disorders, memory disorders, schizophrenia, epilepsy, and related conditions, type II diabetes, Metabolic syndrome and neurological disorders such as dementia, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, Alzheimer's disease, and pain related disorders, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Fabrizio Giordanetto, Tord Inghardt
  • Publication number: 20080051406
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions containing brimonidine and timolol. Therapeutic methods and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Richard Graham, Rhett Schiffman
  • Publication number: 20080051407
    Abstract: Antitumor compounds have the five membered fused ring ecteinascidin structure of the formula (XIV). The present compounds lack a 1,4-bridging group as found in the ecteinascidins. They have at the C-1 position a substituent selected from an optionally protected or derivatised aminomethylene group or an optionally protected or derivatised hydroxymethylene group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Ignacio Manzanares, Maria Martin, Alberto Rodriguez, Simon Munt, Carmen Cuevas, Marta Perez
  • Publication number: 20080051408
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of PDE5 inhibitors, preferably sildenafil or tadalafil, optionally in combination with a further active ingredient, for treating and/or preventing hypopigmentary disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Heidemarie Peuker
  • Publication number: 20080051409
    Abstract: The present invention concerns neuroreceptor-active carboxamide-substituted indolizine derivatives of general formula I wherein X represents a group of general formula X1
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Peter Gmeiner, Harald Hubner, Laura Bettinetti, Karin Schlotter
  • Publication number: 20080051410
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods useful in treating diseases and disorders related to protein kinases. In particular, the present invention relates to compositions and methods useful for targeting protein kinases related to mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways (e.g., p38 MAPK, JNK, ERK, and upstream and downstream protein kinases) and/or casein kinase (CK) pathways (e.g., CK1?, and upstream and downstream protein kinases), and diseases and disorders related to MAPK pathways (e.g., p38 MAPK, JNK, ERK, and upstream and downstream protein kinases) and/or CK pathways (e.g., CK1?, and upstream and downstream protein kinases).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: Northwestern University
    Inventors: D. Watterson, Linda Van Eldik
  • Publication number: 20080051411
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention relates to a formulation in the form of molecular dispersion comprising i) fenofibric acid, a physiologically acceptable salt or derivative thereof and optionally other active substances, ii) a binder component comprising at least one enteric binder, and optionally iii) other physiologically acceptable excipients. In a second aspect, the present invention relates to novel salts of fenofibric acid that are photostable when compared to other salts of fenofibric acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Russell Cink, Joseph Paterson, Yi Gao, Geoff Zhang, Michelle Long, John Morris, Joerg Rosenberg
  • Publication number: 20080051412
    Abstract: The present invention provides stereoisomers and stereoisomeric mixtures of 3-aminocarbonyl-bicycloheptene-2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds having antiproliferative activity, compositions comprising the compounds and methods of using the compounds to inhibit cellular proliferation and to treat proliferate diseases such as tumorigenic cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Ankush Argade, Rajinder Singh, Hui Li
  • Publication number: 20080051413
    Abstract: The effects of KMUP-3, (7-[2-[4-(4-Nitrobezene)peperazinyl]ethyl]-1,3-dimethylxanthine) on tracheal smooth muscle are provided. Intratracheal instillation of KMUP-3 avoids bronchoconstriction, decreases of lung resistance, and increases of dynamic lung compliance. These merits provide insightful benefits for the treatment in asthma and COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Ing-Jun Chen
  • Publication number: 20080051414
    Abstract: Protein kinase inhibitors are disclosed having utility in the treatment of protein kinase-mediated diseases and conditions, such as cancer. The compounds of this invention have the following structure: including steroisomers, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A is a ring moiety selected from: and wherein R1, R2, R3, X, Z, L1, Cycl1, L2 and Cycl2 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are compositions containing a compound of this invention, as well as methods relating to the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicants: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of The University of Arizona, SuperGen,Inc
    Inventors: Laurence Hurley, Daruka Mahadevan, Haiyong Han, David Bearss, Hariprasad Vankayalapati, Sridevi Bashyam, Ruben Munoz, Steven Warner, Kimiko Della Croce, Daniel Von Hoff, Cory Grand, James Welsh
  • Publication number: 20080051415
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel piperazine derivatives that act as agonists of the ?7 nAChR. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treating inflammatory conditions, methods of treating CNS disorders, methods for inhibiting cytokine release from mammalian cells and methods for the preparation of the novel compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Roger Clark, Daniel Elbaum
  • Publication number: 20080051416
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel compounds of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, and their use as pharmaceuticals, particularly as p38 kinase inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey Boehm, James Callahan, Zehong Wan, Hongxing Yan
  • Publication number: 20080051417
    Abstract: The present invention discloses effect of non-selective COX1 inhibitor such as aspirin, statins, thiazolidinediones or combinations thereof on COX2. Also disclosed herein is a method to avoid the adverse effects that the non-selective COX1 inhibitor may have when administered with statins and/or thiazolidinediones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Yochai Birnbaum
  • Publication number: 20080051418
    Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (I): wherein Ar is an optionally substituted aromatic ring; Xa, Xc, Ya, Yc, Z1 and Z2 are each a bond, O, S, —CO—, —CS—, —CR3(OR4)—, —NR5—, —SO—, —SO2—, —CONR6— or —NR6CO— (wherein R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined in the specification); Xb and Yb are each a bond or a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; R1 is an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group; ring A is an optionally further substituted aromatic ring, provided that the ring should not be benzimidazole; n is an integer of 1 to 8; ring B is an optionally further substituted aromatic ring, provided that the ring should not be oxazole; W is a divalent saturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and R2 is —OR8 or —NR9R10 (wherein R8, R9 and R10 are as defined in the specification) or a salt thereof, is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Maekawa, Osamu Ujikawa, Hidenori Abe, Izumi Nomura
  • Publication number: 20080051419
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: A is a moiety of formula: and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein X, Z, D, E, V, W, Y, R1, R2, R5, R6, L, and u are as defined herein. The invention also relates to methods of treating abnormal cell growth in mammals by administering the compounds of formula I to a patient in need thereof, and to compositions for treating such disorders which contain the compounds of formula I. The invention also relates to methods of making the compounds of formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Matthew Corbett, Kevin Freeman-Cook, Goss Kauffman, Blaise Lippa, Michael Luzzio, Joel Morris
  • Publication number: 20080051420
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds having the structural formula I below: and to their pharmaceutically acceptable salt, compositions and methods of use. These novel compounds provide a treatment or prophylaxis of cognitive impairment, Alzheimer Disease, neurodegeneration and dementia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicants: AstraZeneca AB, Astex Therapeutics Ltd
    Inventors: Stefan Berg, Katharina Hogdin, Jacob Kihlstrom, Niklas Plobeck, Fernando Sehgelmeble, Maria Wirstam
  • Publication number: 20080051421
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pyrazolo- and imidazo-pyrimidine derivatives of formula I wherein A, D, E, L, M, Q, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined hereinabove. The present invention also relates to a process for their preparation, a pharmaceutical composition containing said derivatives and a method of treating or preventing acute or chronic neurological disorder comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of at least one such derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Juergen Wichmann, Thomas Woltering
  • Publication number: 20080051422
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel 4-aminoquinazolines, their derivatives, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and hydrates thereof. This invention also provides compositions comprising a compound of this invention and the use of such compositions in methods of treating diseases and conditions that are beneficially treated by administering inhibitors of the EGFR and HER-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: Concert Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventor: Roger Tung
  • Publication number: 20080051423
    Abstract: Nitrogen heterocycle biaryls having a carboxylate terminus are useful for treating endometriosis, osteoporosis, restenosis following angioplasty, rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, macular degeneration and obesity. Compounds of formula: are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: PHARMACOPEIA, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Letourneau, Vidyahar Paradkar, Michael Ohlmeyer, Lawrence Dillard, John Baldwin, Christopher Riviello, Angela Wong, Yaing Rong
  • Publication number: 20080051424
    Abstract: The invention relates to nonadepsipeptides and methods for their preparation as well as their use for the production of medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular bacterial infectious diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Franz Von Nussbaum, Nina Brunner, Rainer Endermann, Chantal Fuerstner, Elke Hartmann, Jacques Ragot, Guido Schiffer, Joachim Schuhmacher, Niels Svenstrup, Joachim Telser, Sonja Anlauf, Michael-Alexander Bruening
  • Publication number: 20080051425
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel vinorelbine derivatives. Pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds as well as processes of preparation and processes of use for treatment of various conditions are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: AMR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Ian SCOTT, Jeffrey RALPH, Matthew VOSS
  • Publication number: 20080051426
    Abstract: Various calcium channel blockers and pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds are disclosed. Calcium channel blockers are compounds capable of inhibiting calcium ion channels. Methods for preparing calcium channel blockers and their use as calcium channel antagonists are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Irina Shcherbakova, Yuri Nikolyukin
  • Publication number: 20080051427
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition is provided that comprises a solid dispersion of implitapide. Such solid dispersions may include implitapide and least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. In some embodiments, the disclosed solid dispersions comprise substantially amorphous implitapide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Fritz Schuckler
  • Publication number: 20080051428
    Abstract: The invention includes compositions comprising substantially purified pyrroloquinoline quinone, that are useful in methods for the treatment and prevention of cardiac injury caused by hypoxia or ischemia. The invention also includes methods for the treatment and prevention of cardiac injury comprising contacting a composition of the invention with a human patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Paul Davis, Joel Karliner, Shaker Mousa, George Drusano
  • Publication number: 20080051429
    Abstract: Inverse agonists and antagonists of serotonin receptors are disclosed for use in treating sleep disorders such as insomnia, and specifically sleep maintenance insomnia. The compound increase slow wave sleep, decrease the number of awakenings after sleep onset, and decrease the time awake after sleep onset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Daniel van Kammen, David Weiner, Mark Brann, Robert Davis
  • Publication number: 20080051430
    Abstract: Certain novel N-acylated piperidine derivatives are agonists of the human melanocortin receptor(s) and, in particular, are selective agonists of the human melanocortin-4 receptor (MC-4R). They are therefore useful for the treatment, control, or prevention of diseases and disorders responsive to the activation of MC-4R, such as obesity, diabetes, sexual dysfunction, including erectile dysfunction and female sexual dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Khaled Barakat, Liangqin Guo, Jian Liu, Ravi Nargund, Iyassu Sebhat, Zhixiong Ye
  • Publication number: 20080051431
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions comprising one or more immunomodulatory compounds and valproic acid, hydroxyurea or trichostatin A, methods for their use in CD34+ hematopoietic stem cell expansion in vitro and in vivo for bone marrow reconstitution and bone marrow transplantation, increasing fetal hemoglobin expression, and methods for treating, preventing and/or managing cancer, tumors and hematological diseases and disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Dominique Verhelle, Kyle Chan, Laura Corral, Laure Moutouh de Parseval, Helen Brady
  • Publication number: 20080051432
    Abstract: This invention is directed to derivatives of piperidine-2,6-dione, or their organic or inorganic salts thereof, a methods of synthesis of these derivatives, and their application as active pharmaceutical ingredient as inhibitors of TNF? releasing in cells, the derivative of piperidine-2,6-dione being of the general formula (I): wherein n represents 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; R1 represents from one to four of the same or different substituents selected from F, Cl, Br, C1-4 alkyl, OH, OC1-4 alkyl, NO2, NHC(O)C1-4 alkyl, NH2, NH(C1-4 alkyl), N(C1-4 alkyl)2; R2 represents OR3, NR3R4, N(R3)COR4, O2CR5; R3 and R4 represent independently and at each occurrence H or C1-4 alkyl; R5 represents CHR6NR7R8, CHR6NR9C(O)CHR10NR7R8, a heterocycle W or CHR6NR9C(O)W; R6, R9, R10 represent independently and at each occurrence H, or C1-4 alkyl; R7 and R8 represent independently and at each occurrence H, C1-4 alkyl, or R7 and R8 taken together represent 1,3-propylene, 1,4-butylene, 1,5-pentylene, or 1,6-hexylene; W represents four-
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Hesheng ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20080051433
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) and processes for preparing such compounds, their use in the treatment of obesity, psychiatric and neurological disorders, to methods for their therapeutic use and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Magnus Bjorsne, Leifeng Cheng, Thomas Elebring, Anna Maria Boije, Eva-Lotte Lindstedt-Alstermark
  • Publication number: 20080051434
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds having formula (I): and additionally provides methods for the synthesis thereof and methods for the use thereof in the treatment of cancer, wherein R1-R7, X1, X2, R, Q, and n are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: EISAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: James Kowalczyk, Galina Kuznetsov, Shawn Schiller, Boris Seletsky, Mark Spyvee, Hu Yang
  • Publication number: 20080051435
    Abstract: The present invention provides 24 new forms of tiagabine, including 22 new crystalline forms of tiagabine and its salts, an amorphous form of tiagabine free base, and a cocrystal form of tiagabine hydrochloride with 2-furancarboxylic acid. The present invention further provides a process for preparing each of the new tiagabine forms. The present invention further provides a pharmaceutical composition containing at least one of the new tiagabine forms, and a process for the preparation thereof. The present invention further provides a method of treating a disease related to GABA uptake in a mammal, comprising the step of administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of at least one of the new tiagabine forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: Cephalon, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Childs, Karen Gushurst, R. Haltiwanger, Robert McKean, Donglai Yang
  • Publication number: 20080051436
    Abstract: This invention discloses and claims a method of treatment of a disease as defined herein using a compound conforming to the general formula (I): Wherein R1, R2, R?2, R3, R4 and R5 are as described herein. Specifically, the compounds of the present invention exhibit an inhibitory effect on the production of ?-amyloid peptide (?-A4) by inhibition of gamma protease. Therefore, the compounds of the present invention are useful in the treatment of pathologies such as senile dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Down's syndrome, Parkinson's disease, amyloid angiopathy and/or cerebrovascular disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: Sylvie BALTZER, Bruno SCHOENTJES, Viviane VAN DORSSELAER
  • Publication number: 20080051437
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of improving cognitive and motor deficits associated with central nervous system (CNS) disorder or condition in an animal. The methods comprise a general administration of phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitors and optionally training the animal under conditions sufficient to produce an improvement in performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas Hallam, Tim Tully, Rusiko Bourtchouladze
  • Publication number: 20080051438
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions that exert a superior hypotensive action while inhibiting an increase in heart rate. The present invention provides antihypertensives and preventive/therapeutic compositions useful in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, which contain cilnidipine and at least one angiotensin II receptor blocker(s). The present invention also provides methods for treating cardiovascular diseases by administration of said compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Shinobu Nagahama, Takeo Norimatsu, Toshio Maki, Masaharu Yasuda, Shinsuke Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20080051439
    Abstract: Methods for regulating food intake in a human subject; for improving a compliance of a human subject to caloric restriction; and for reducing a desire of a human subject to consume fats, utilizing H1-receptor agonists that have a pharmacological half-life that allows an efficient treatment regime thereof are disclosed. The methods can be efficiently used for treating conditions such as overeating, overweight, obesity, binge eating disorder, night eating syndrome, obsessive eating, compulsive eating and bulimia, as well as conditions associated with metabolic derangement such as dyslipidemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: Mor Research Applications Ltd.
    Inventor: Nir Barak
  • Publication number: 20080051440
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for regulating food intake in a human subject; for improving a compliance of a human subject to caloric restriction; and for reducing a desire of a human subject to consume fats, utilizing H1-receptor agonists that have a pharmacological half-life that allows am efficient treatment regime thereof are disclosed. The methods and compositions can be efficiently used for treating conditions such as overeating, overweight, obesity, binge eating disorder, night eating syndrome, obsessive eating, compulsive eating and bulimia, as well as conditions associated with metabolic derangement such as dyslipidemia and for preventing or reducing weight gain due to factors such as drug use, cessation of smoking, and the like in a human subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: Mor Research Applications Ltd.
    Inventor: Nir Barak
  • Publication number: 20080051441
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 Ar1 and X are as described in the specification, pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy, especially for treatment of conditions associated with reductions in nicotinic transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Dean Brown, Frances McLaren, Thomas Simpson
  • Publication number: 20080051442
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an agent for preventing and treating cancer comprising an oxadiazole urea compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, below, as an effective ingredient. The oxadiazole urea compound effectively inhibits the growth of cancer cell lines and the activity of STAT3, and may be thus useful in the prevention and treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology
    Inventors: Byoung-Mog Kwon, Dong Cho Han, Kwang-Hee Son, Dae-Seop Shin, Jimin Lee