Patents Issued in May 27, 2008
  • Patent number: 7378398
    Abstract: A method for treating an adenocarcinoma excluding colon cancer, lung cancer and gastric cancer, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof and suffering from adenocarcinoma cancer, a pharmaceutically effective amount of at least one sulfoquinovosylacylglycerol compound represented by formula (1): wherein R101 represents an acyl residue of an unsaturated higher fatty acid, and R102 represents a hydrogen atom, and/or at least one pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Toyo Suisan Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Yamazaki, Fumio Sugawara, Keisuke Ohta, Kazuyoshi Masaki, Kotaro Nakayama, Kengo Sakaguchi, Noriyuki Sato, Hiroeki Sahara, Tatsuya Fujita
  • Patent number: 7378399
    Abstract: What is described are a compound of the formula (I) Wherein A-B is —CH?CH— or —CH2—CH2—; n is 0 or 1; R1, is C1-C12alkyl, C3-C8cycloalkyl or C2-C12alkenyl; R2 and R3 for instance are either, (i) independently from each other for instance -Q, —C(?Y)-Q, or —C(?Y)—O-Q; or (ii) together form with the nitrogen atom to which they are bound a three- to seven-membered ring, (iii) together are ?C(R4)R5; R4 and R5 are, independently from each other, for instance -Q, —C(?Y)-Q, or —C(?Y)—O-Q; Y is O or S; Q is for instance H or unsubstituted or mono- to pentasubstituted C1-C12alkyl; or, if appropriate, an E/Z isomer, E/Z isomer mixture and/or tautomer thereof; a process for preparing these compounds, their isomers and tautomers and the use of these compounds, their isomers and tautomers; pesticidal compositions whose active compound is selected from these compounds and their tautomers; intermediates for the preparation of the said compounds of the formula (I), methods for the preparation of the compounds of the formula (
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Merial Limited
    Inventors: Jerome Cassayre, Hans Tobler, Thomas Pitterna, Peter Maienfisch, Fiona Murphy Kessabi, Laura Quaranta, Ottmar Franz Hueter
  • Patent number: 7378400
    Abstract: The present invention provides a therapeutic method for treating an inflammatory response caused by autoimmune stimulation, comprising the administration to a patient in need thereof of an antiinflammatory amount amount of an A2A adenosine receptor agonist. The autoimmune stimulation can be caused by arthritis, particularly rheumatoid arthritis. Optionally, the method includes administration of a type IV PDE inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: Jayson M. Rieger, Donald L. Kimpel, Joel M. Linden, Gail W. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 7378401
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the systemic administration of Fosfluridine Tidoxil, (5-fluorouridine)-5?-phosphoric acid (3-dodecylmercapto-2-decyloxy)propylester or a salt thereof, for the treatment of intraepithelial proliferative diseases such as actinic keratosis. The Fosfluridine Tidoxil can be systemically administered alone or in combination with topical treatment agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Heidelberg Pharma GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Boehm, Michael Kulke, Eggert Stockfleth
  • Patent number: 7378402
    Abstract: 4-Amino-1-((2R,3S,4S,5R)-5-azido-3,4-dihydroxy-5-hydroxymethyl-tetrahydro-furan-2-yl)-1H-pyrimidin-2-one (I:R1=R2=R3=R4=H) and prodrugs thereof are hepatitis C(HCV) polymerase inhibitors. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for inhibiting HCV and treating HCV-mediated diseases, processes for making the compounds and synthetic intermediates employed in the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Armstrong Martin, Keshab Sarma, David Bernard Smith, Mark Smith
  • Patent number: 7378403
    Abstract: Disclosed are inhibitors of the serine/threonine kinase Akt, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such inhibitors, and a method of preventing or treating a disease or condition in an animal by the use of such inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services, Georgetown University
    Inventors: Alan P. Kozikowski, Phillip Dennis, Haiying Sun, John Brognard
  • Patent number: 7378404
    Abstract: This invention describes the new 8?-substituted estratrienes of general formula I in which R2, R3, R6, R6?, R7, R7?, R9, R11, R11?, R12, R14, R15, R15?, R16, R16?, R17 and R17? have the meanings that are indicated in the description, and R8 means a straight-chain or branched-chain, optionally partially or completely halogenated alkyl or alkenyl radical with up to 5 carbon atoms, an ethinyl- or prop-1-inyl radical, as pharmaceutical active ingredients that have in vitro a higher affinity to estrogen receptor preparations of rat prostates than to estrogen receptor preparations of rat uteri and in vivo preferably a preferential action on bone rather than the uterus and/or a pronounced action with respect to stimulation of the expression of 5HT2a-receptors and 5HT2a-transporters, their production, their therapeutic use and pharmaceutical dispensing forms that contain the new compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Schering Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Olaf Peters, Alexander Hillisch, Ina Thieme, Walter Elger, Christa Hegele-Hartung, Uwe Kollenkirchen, Karl-Heinrich Fritzemeier, Vladimir Patchev
  • Patent number: 7378405
    Abstract: Stabilized 17-substituted hydrocortisone containing compositions and methods of manufacture. Isomerization of the hydrocortisone component of topical steroid compositions is markedly reduced by introducing an omega-6. acid in the form of linoleic acid into the skin preparation. Preferably, the linoleic acid is added as a component of refined safflower oil. The omega-6 acid has been found to be an effective way of preventing the isomerization of hydrocortisone 17-butyrate into the undesirable isomer HC21-B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Triax Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventor: Pravin M. Patel
  • Patent number: 7378406
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and uses for preventing or treating hormone-dependent disease, in particular breast cancer, in a mammal by antiprogestins, in particular antiprogestin 11?-(4-acetylphenyl)-17?-hydroxy-17?-(1,1,2,2,2-pentafluoroethyl)-estra-4,9-dien-3-one or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative or analogue thereof. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said antiprogestin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Schering AG
    Inventors: Jens Hoffmann, Rosemarie Lichtner, Gerhard Siemeister, Martin Schneider, Ulrike Fuhrmann
  • Patent number: 7378407
    Abstract: Geldanamycin compounds having a structure according to formula I where Q1, L, L1, R5, R6, and R11 are as defined herein, are useful for treating a disease or disorder ameliorated by inhibiting the function of extracellular heat shock protein-90.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Kosan Biosciences Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel V. Santi, Zong-Qiang Tian, Yaoquan Liu, Zhan Wang
  • Patent number: 7378408
    Abstract: Formulations containing an antibacterial alkali metal salt of a cephalosporin compound and methods of treating bacterial infections in dogs and cats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignees: Pfizer Inc., Pfizer Products Inc.
    Inventors: Roger N. Kimball, Renuka D. Reddy, Evgenyi Y. Shalaev
  • Patent number: 7378409
    Abstract: The present application describes modulators of MCP-1 of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, useful for the prevention of asthma, multiple sclerosis, artherosclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Percy H. Carter, Robert J. Cherney, Douglas G. Batt, Gregory D. Brown, John V. Duncia, Daniel S. Gardner, Michael G. Yang
  • Patent number: 7378410
    Abstract: This invention relates to certain substituted lactam compounds of the formula (I), particularly caprolactam compounds, which are useful for the treatment of cancer
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Kenneth Walter Bair, Frederick Ray Kinder, Jr., Richard William Versace
  • Patent number: 7378411
    Abstract: The present invention relates to thienopyrimidinone compounds that are useful for treating cellular proliferative diseases, for treating disorders associated with KSP kinesin activity, and for inhibiting KSP kinesin. The invention also related to compositions which comprise these compounds, and methods of using them to treat cancer in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Mark E. Fraley, George D. Hartman, William F. Hoffman
  • Patent number: 7378412
    Abstract: Compounds or their salts having general formula: A-B—C—NO2 wherein: A is a drug radical; B is a linker; and C is a bivalent radical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Nicox S.A.
    Inventor: Piero Del Soldato
  • Patent number: 7378413
    Abstract: A pyrimidone derivative represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof: Wherein: R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl group which may be substituted by a C6,10 aryl group; R2 represents a C1-10 alkyl group which may be substituted, a C2-6 alkenyl group which may be substituted, a C3-6 alkynyl group which may be substituted, a C3-6 cycloalkyl group which may be substituted, or a C6-10 ARYL group which may be substituted; or R1 and R2 form together a C2-6 alkylene group which may be substituted; or R1 and R2 form together a chain of formula —(CH2)2—X—(CH2)2— or —(CH2)2—X—(CH2)3— where X represents a oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or a nitrogen atom which may be substituted; R3 represents a 2, 3 or 4-pyridyl group optionally substituted by a C1-4 alkyl group, C1-4 alkoxy group or halogen atom; and R4 represents a C1-10 alkyl group optionally substituted by a hydroxyl group, amino, C1-6 monoalkylamino group, C2-12 dialkylamino group or C6,10 aryl group which may be substituted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignees: Sanofi Aventis, Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Antonio Almario Carcia, Ryoichi Ando, Keiichi Arimoto, Fumiaki Uehara, Adrien Tak Li, Aya Shoda, Jonathan Reid Frost, Kazutoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7378414
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula are hepatitis C (HCV) polymerase inhibitors. Also disclosed are a composition and method for inhibiting hepatitis C (HCV) polymerase, processes for making the compounds, and synthetic intermediates employed in the processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Douglas K. Hutchinson, John R. Bellettini, David A. Betebenner, Richard D. Bishop, Thomas B. Borchardt, Todd D. Bosse, Russell D. Cink, Charles A. Flentge, Bradley D. Gates, Brian E. Green, Mira M. Hinman, Peggy P. Huang, Larry L. Klein, Allan C. Krueger, Daniel P. Larson, M. Robert Leanna, Dachun Liu, Darold L. Madigan, Keith F. McDaniel, John T. Randolph, Todd W. Rockway, Teresa A. Rosenberg, Kent D. Stewart, Vincent S. Stoll, Rolf Wagner, Ming C. Yeung
  • Patent number: 7378415
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or prodrug thereof, wherein k, m, n, p, q, X, Y, Z, Ar, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined herein. Also provided are methods for preparing, compositions comprising, and methods for using compounds of formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Steven Sethofer, Li Zhang, Shu-Hai Zhao
  • Patent number: 7378416
    Abstract: 3,4-dihydro-benzo[e][1,3]oxazin-2-ones which are substituted at the nitrogen atom by unsubstituted or substituted (C3-8)cycloalkyl, (C1-4)alkyl(C3-8)cycloalkyl, (C6-18)aryl or (C6-18)aryl(C1-4)alkyl and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Inventors: Andreas Billich, Philipp Lehr, Hubert Gstach
  • Patent number: 7378417
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and p are as defined in the description and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, to the manufacture of such compounds and compositions, and to methods of treating or preventing acute and/or chronic central nervous system disorders by administering such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Erwin Goetschi, Juergen Wichmann, Thomas Johannes Woltering
  • Patent number: 7378418
    Abstract: The present application describes compounds according to Formula I, pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one compound according to Formula I and optionally one or more additional therapeutic agents and methods of treatment using the compounds according to Formula I both alone and in combination with one or more additional therapeutic agents. The compounds have the general Formula I: including all prodrugs, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and stereoisomers, R1, R2, R3, R6, R7, m and n are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Guixue Yu, William R. Ewing, Amarendra B. Mikkilineni, Annapurna Pendri, Philip M. Sher, Samuel Gerritz, Bruce A. Ellsworth, Gang Wu, Yanting Huang, Chongqing Sun, Natesan Murugesan, Zhengxiang Gu, Ying Wang, Doree Sitkoff, Stephen R. Johnson, Ximao Wu
  • Patent number: 7378419
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I), wherein R1 is a group selected from hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, aryalkil, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, alkylcarbonyl, arylcarbonyl, arylalkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, arylalkoxycarbonyl, heterocycloalkoxycarbonyl, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, arylalkylsulfonyl, phosphonic and Si(Ra)2Rb, Y is a group selected from HN—NH and N—R2, R3 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl group, R4 is hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, enantiomers, diastereoisomers and the salts thereof
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignees: Les Laboratoires Servier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
    Inventors: Claude Monneret, Daniel Dauzonne, John Hickman, Alain Pierre, Laurence Kraus-Berthier, Bruno Pfeiffer, Pierre Benard
  • Patent number: 7378420
    Abstract: Derivatives of urea that contain piperazine rings and additional substitution with aromatic groups are effective in ameliorating conditions associated with unwanted calcium ion channel activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Neuromed Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Hassan Pajouhesh, Hossein Pajouhesh, Yanbing Ding, Terrance P. Snutch
  • Patent number: 7378421
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the formula I in which R1, R2, R3 and Het are as defined herein, which are inhibitors of tyrosine kinases and/or Raf kinases and can be employed for the treatment of tumours, for neuroprotection and for protection of the stress proteins of the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Teresa Mujica-Fernaud, Herwig Buchholz, Wilfried Rautenberg, Christian Sirrenberg
  • Patent number: 7378422
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that inhibit serine protease activity, particularly the activity of hepatitis C virus NS3-NS4A protease. As such, they act by interfering with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The invention further relates to compositions comprising these compounds either for ex vivo use or for administration to a patient suffering from HCV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a patient by administering a composition comprising a compound of this invention. The invention further relates to processes for preparing these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert B. Perni, John J. Court, Shawn D. Britt, Janos Pitlik, John H. van Drie
  • Patent number: 7378423
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pyrimidine compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof represented by the following formula [I] wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification and a method of therapeutically or prophylactically treating an undesirable cell proliferation, comprising administering such a compound. The compound of the present invention has superior activity in suppressing undesirable cell proliferation, particularly, an antitumor activity, and is useful as an antitumor agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of cancer, rheumatism, and the like. In addition, the compound of the present invention can be a more effective antitumor agent when used in combination with other antitumor agents such as an alkylating agent or metabolism antagonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Hisashi Kawasaki, Hiroyuki Abe, Kazuhide Hayakawa, Tetsuya Iida, Shinichi Kikuchi, Takayuki Yamaguchi, Toyomichi Nanayama, Hironori Kurachi, Masahiro Tamaru, Yoshikazu Hori, Mitsuru Takahashi, Takayuki Yoshida, Toshiyuki Sakai
  • Patent number: 7378424
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds or salts thereof of the general formula (I): wherein each of R1 and R2 independently represents a C1-6 alkyl or C2-7 acyl group; X represents OCH2 or a group CR3R4; wherein each of R3 or R4 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-3 alkyl group; R5 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-3 alkyl, C2-3 alkenyl or C2-3 alkynyl group; R6 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl, C2-6 alkenyl, C2-6 alkynyl, amino, C1-6 alkylamino, di(C1-6) alkylamino or C2-7 acylamino group; each of R7 and R8 independently represents a hydrogen or halogen atom or a hydroxy, trifluoromethyl, C1-6 alkyl, C2-6 alkenyl, C2-6 alkynyl, C2-7 acyl, C1-6 alkylthio, C1-6 alkoxy, C3-6 cycloalkyl; and R9 represents a hydrogen or halogen atom or a hydroxy, trifluoromethyl, C1-6 alkyl, C2-6 alkenyl, C2-6 alkynyl, C2-7 acyl, C1-6 alkylthio, C1-6 alkoxy or C3-6 cycloalkyl group. The compounds or salts thereof are useful for treatment of respiratory disorders such as asthma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Verona Pharma PLC
    Inventors: Alexander William Oxford, David Jack
  • Patent number: 7378425
    Abstract: The present invention provides an excellent sigma receptor binding agent and/or acetylcholinesterase inhibitor containing an (1-indanone)-(1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine) compound. More specifically, it provides an (1-indanone)-(1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine) compound represented by the following formula, a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof or a hydrate thereof: In the formula (I), R1, R2, R3 and R4 are the same as or different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Eisai R & D Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Iimura, Takashi Kosasa, Yoshiharu Yamanishi
  • Patent number: 7378426
    Abstract: Disclosed are fused heterotricyclic compounds of the following formula I, or an enantiomer, diastereomer, tautomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein one of A ring or C ring is a 5-7 membered unsaturated heterocyclic ring. The disclosed compounds are useful as inhibitors of 17?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 3 (17?-HSD3). Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds in the treatment of hormone sensitive diseases such as prostate cancer, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Ashvinikumar V. Gavai, Derek J. Norris, Wen-Ching Han, Gregory D. Vite, Brian E. Fink, John S. Tokarski
  • Patent number: 7378427
    Abstract: Synthetic methods are provided for production of compounds of the formula: where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13 and R14 are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Brian Hugh Ridgway, William Jay Moore, Mark Anthony Ashwell, William Ronald Solvibile, Amy Tsai-Ting Lee, Molly Elizabeth Hoke, Madelene Antane, Amedeo A. Failli
  • Patent number: 7378428
    Abstract: A nitrogen-containing bicyclic compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (wherein the symbols have the same meanings as described in the specification). The compound of formula (I) has an inhibitory activity against PDE7 and it is useful for the prevention and/or treatment of various diseases, i.e. autoimmune diseases (ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, rheumatism, psoriasis, multiple sclerosis, collagenosis, etc.), inflammatory diseases (obstructive pulmonary disease, sepsis, pancreatitis, sarcoidosis, nephritis, hepatitis, enteritis, etc.), allergic diseases (asthma, allergic rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis, seasonal conjunctivitis, atopic dermatitis, etc.), rejection of organ transplants, serious graft versus host disease (GVHD), diabetic disease, osteoporosis, bone fracture, restenosis, atherosclerosis, obesity, ischemic reperfusion injury, depression, Parkinson's disease, dementia, leukemia, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Ohhata, Yoshikazu Takaoka, Mikio Ogawa, Hisao Nakai, Susumu Yamamoto, Hiroshi Ochiai
  • Patent number: 7378430
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) are useful as inhibitors of cGMP PDE especially Type 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Yingzhi Bi, Guixue Yu, David P. Rotella, John E. Macor
  • Patent number: 7378431
    Abstract: Compounds having NR2B selective NMDA receptor antagonist activity are disclosed of the formula (I) wherein one of the neighboring R1, R2, R3 and R4 groups is hydroxy, and the others are each hydrogen atoms, R5 and R6 together with the nitrogen between them form a saturated or unsaturated, 4-6 membered heterocyclic ring, which is substituted by phenoxy, phenyl-(C1-C4 alkyl), phenyl-(C1-C4 alkoxy), phenoxy-(C1-C4 alkyl), or benzoyl, optionally substituted on the aromatic ring by one or more halogen atoms, cyano or hydroxy groups, C1-C4 alkyl or C1-C4 alkoxy groups, X is NH—, Y is a nitrogen atom, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof formed with acids or bases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Richter Gedeon Vegyeszeti Gyar Rt.
    Inventors: Csilla Horvath, Sandor Farkas, György Domany, Istvan Borza, Gizella Bartane Szalai, Jozsef Nagy, Sandor Kolok
  • Patent number: 7378432
    Abstract: Novel compounds designed to allow interactions with binding sites of GSK-3 and hence are capable of inhibiting GSK-3 activity, via inhibition of substrate binding are disclosed. Further disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions including same and methods of using same in the treatment of GSK-3 mediated conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Tel Aviv University Future Technology Development L.P.
    Inventors: Hagit Eldar-Finkelman, Moshe Portnoy
  • Patent number: 7378433
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with compounds of formula the N-oxides, the pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts and the stereochemically isomeric forms thereof, wherein R1 is hydrogen, hydroxy, C1-6alkyl or aryl; R2 is hydrogen; optionally substituted C1-12alkyl; C3-7cycloalkyl; C2-8alkenyl, optionally substituted pyrrolidinyl or aryl; R3 is hydrogen, optionally substituted C1-6alkyl or aryl; Het is an optionally substituted unsaturated heterocycle selected from imidazolyl, triazolyl, tetrazolyl and pyridinyl; is an optionally substituted unsaturated mono- or bicyclic heterocycle; and aryl is optionally substituted phenyl. The present invention also relates to processes for their preparation and compositions comprising said new compounds, as well as their use as a medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V.
    Inventors: Marc Gaston Venet, Dominique Jean-Pierre Mabire, Jean Fernand Armand Lacrampe, Gerard Charles Sanz
  • Patent number: 7378434
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of using metaxalone. In one embodiment, the method comprises obtaining metaxalone from a container providing information that metaxalone affects the activity of a cytochrome p450 isozyme. In another embodiment, the method comprises informing a user that metaxalone affects the activity of a cytochrome p450 isozyme. Also included are articles of manufacture comprising a container containing a dosage form of metaxalone, wherein the container is associated with published material informing that metaxalone affects activity of a cytochrome p450 isozyme. Also disclosed are a method of treatment and a method of manufacturing a metaxalone product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Mutual Pharmaceutical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Du, Richard H. Roberts
  • Patent number: 7378435
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with aryl-isoxazole-4-carbonyl-indole-carboxylic acid amide derivatives of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are as defined in the specification and claims and with their pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts. The invention also relates to methods for preparing such compounds. This class of compounds has a high affinity and selectivity for GABA A ?5 receptor binding sites and might be useful as cognitive enhancer or for the treatment of cognitive disorders like Alzheimer's disease. Thus, the invention also is concerned with pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of formula I or their pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts and methods for the treatment of GABA A?5 mediated diseases, including Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Bernd Buettelmann, Bo Han, Henner Knust, Matthias Nettekoven, Andrew Thomas
  • Patent number: 7378436
    Abstract: A compound of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically and/or veterinarily acceptable derivatives thereof, wherein R1 is H, C1-6alkyl, —C(X)Y, C3-8cycloalkyl, aryl, het, aryl-C1-4alkyl or het-C1-4alkyl, wherein the cycloalkyl, aryl or het groups are optionally substituted by at least one substituent independently selected from C1-8alkyl, C1-8alkoxy, OH, halo, CF3, OCF3, SCF3, hydroxy-C1-6alkyl, C1-4alkoxy-C1-6alkyl and C1-4alkyl-S—C1-4alkyl; R2 is aryl or heteroaryl, each optionally substituted by at least one substituent independently selected from C1-8alkyl, C1-8alkoxy, OH, halo, CF3, OCF3, SCF3, hydroxy-C1-6alkyl, C1-4alkoxy-C1-6alkyl and C1-4alkyl-S—C1-4alkyl; R3 is C1-6alkyl, C3-8cycloalkyl, C3-8cycloalkyl-C1-6alkyl, aryl, het, aryl-C1-4alkyl or het-C1-4alkyl, wherein the cycloalkyl, aryl or het groups are optionally substituted by at least one substituent independently selected from C1-6alkyl, C1-6alkoxy, OH, halo, CF3, OCF3, SCF3, hydroxy-C1-6alkyl, C1-4alkoxy —C1-6alkyl and C1-4alkyl-S—C1-4alkyl; X is S o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Vincent Fish, Michael Jonathan Fray, Alan Stobie, Florian Wakenhut, Gavin Alistair Whitlock, Mark David Andrews, Alan Daniel Brown, Mark Ian Lansdell
  • Patent number: 7378437
    Abstract: Use for the diabetes treatment of compounds or salts thereof, having the following general formula (I): A-(B)b0—(C)c0—NO2 wherein A contains the radical of a drug having an antiinflammatory or analgesic activity, B is a bivalent linking group wherein the precursor must meet the tests described in the application, C is a a bivalent linking group as defined in the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: NICOX S.A.
    Inventor: Piero Del Soldato
  • Patent number: 7378438
    Abstract: The present invention relates to multifunctional ?-agonist compounds comprising a reactive oxygen species scavenger group and a nitric oxide donor, and their use for the treatment of respiratory diseases involving airway obstruction, such as asthma and chronic bronchitis. The invention further relates to methods and devices for administering the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    Inventor: Abdullah Ibrahim Haj-Yehia
  • Patent number: 7378439
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a novel process and novel intermediates for the Preparation of 4-[2-(di-n-propyl amino) ethyl]-1,3-dihydro-2H-indol-2-one, commonly known as Ropinirole (I) and pharmaceutical composition comprising the same. Further the present invention also discloses a method of treatment for cardiovascular disorders and Parkinson's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: USV, Ltd.
    Inventors: Venkatasubramanian Radhakrishna Tarur, Dhananjay Govind Sathe, Harish Kashinath Mondkar, Rajesh Ganpat Bhopalkar, Samadhan Daulat Patil
  • Patent number: 7378440
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted benzoylureido-o-benzoylamides and to their physiologically tolerated salts and physiologically functional derivatives. The invention relates to compounds of the formula I in which the radicals have the stated meanings, and to the physiologically tolerated salts thereof. The compounds are suitable for example as medicaments for the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Kadereit, Elisabeth Defossa, Karl Schoenafinger, Thomas Kalbunde, Andreas Herling
  • Patent number: 7378441
    Abstract: Resistance-repellent and multidrug resistant retroviral protease inhibitors are provided. Pharmaceutical composition comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat HIV infections in mammals, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Sequoia Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Eissenstat, Andrey Topin, Greg Delahanty, Gnana Ravi Rajendran
  • Patent number: 7378442
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of treatment and pharmaceutical compositions of new chemical compounds that inhibit the various enzymes in the arachidonic acid pathway implicated in inflammatory disease conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Sami Labs Limited
    Inventors: Muhammed Majeed, Kalyanam Nagabushnam, Rajendran Ramanujam, Subbalakshmi Prakash
  • Patent number: 7378443
    Abstract: A fatty acid analogue of the general formula: R1-[xi-CH2]n—COOR2, wherein R1 is: a C2-C24 alkene with one or more double bonds and/or with one or more triple bonds, and/or a C2-C24 alkyne, and/or a C1-C24 alkyl, or a C1-C24 alkyl substituted in one or several positions with one or more compounds selected from the group comprising fluoride, chloride, hydroxy, C1-C4 alkoxy, C1-C4 alkylthio, C2-C5 acyloxy or C1-C4 alkyl, and wherein R2 represents hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl, and wherein n is an integer from 1 to 12, and wherein i is an odd number and indicates the position relative to COOR2, and wherein Xi independent of each other are selected from the group comprising O, S, SO, SO2, Se and CH2, and with the proviso that at least one of the Xi is not CH2, and or a salt, prodrug or complex thereof is used in the treatment and/or prevention of primary and secondary metastatic neoplasms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Thia Medica, AS
    Inventor: Rolf Berge
  • Patent number: 7378444
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds that are analogues of lipid mediators derived from a fish oil-derived fatty acid, eicosapentaenoic acid [C20:5 ?-3; EPA], but with a longer tissue half-life and enhanced bioactivity. These analogues may be used to treat inflammatory, angioproliferative, cardiovascular, thrombophlebotic, vascular, ocular, dermatologic, neurodegenerative, pulmonary, endocrine, reproductive, rheumatologic and gastrointestinal diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignees: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., Resolvyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel W. Goodman, Michael R. Hanley, Stuart L. Bursten, Charles N. Serhan
  • Patent number: 7378445
    Abstract: A chemical agent of the diterpene family obtained from a member of the Euphorbiaceae family of plants for use in the treatment of prophylaxis of prostate cancer or a related cancer or condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Peplin Research Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: James Harrison Aylward, Peter Gordon Parsons
  • Patent number: 7378446
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a compound useful for the prevention and treatment of viral infectious diseases, and particularly liver diseases caused by HCV infection due to its having a high degree of replication inhibitory activity against HCV, its production method, an intermediate compound useful for its production and a pharmaceutical composition containing these compounds, and the present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): (wherein A represents —(CH2)n—, etc.; B represents —(C?O)—, etc.; D represents —(CH2)m—R?, etc.; E represents a hydrogen atom, etc.; G represents —(CH2)p-J, etc.; bond Q represents a single bond or double bond; and R1, R2 and R3 may be the same or different and each represent a hydrogen atom, etc.), a prodrug thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki Sudoh, Takuo Tsukuda, Miyako Masubuchi, Kenichi Kawasaki, Takeshi Murata, Fumio Watanabe, Hiroshi Fukuda, Susumu Komiyama, Tadakatsu Hayase
  • Patent number: 7378447
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I): which are agonists of the M-1 muscarinic receptor
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Jennifer Rebecca Allen, Stephen Andrew Hitchcock, William Wilson Turner, Bin Liu
  • Patent number: 7378448
    Abstract: A compound of the formula (I) wherein the variables X1, X2, B, D, R1 to R7 including R3?, p, y, q, and z, are as defined or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, enantiomer, racemate, diastereomer or mixtures thereof, useful for the treatment, prevention or amelioration of obesity and Related Diseases is disclosed
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Charles Howard Mitch, Steven James Quimby, Miles Goodman Siegel