Patents Issued in August 31, 2010
  • Patent number: 7786117
    Abstract: Compounds comprising or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof, are disclosed, wherein J, B, Y, G and A are as described. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventor: David W. Old
  • Patent number: 7786118
    Abstract: In its several embodiments, this invention discloses a pharmaceutical formulation comprising at least one antineoplastic agent or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and at least one dissolution enhancing agent sufficient to substantially dissolve said at least one antineoplastic agent in at least one aqueous diluent, wherein said dissolution enhancing agent is urea, L-histidine, L-threonine, L-asparagine, L-serine, L-glutamine or mixtures thereof; a lyophilized powder comprising said pharmaceutical formulation, and articles of manufacture thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Sydney Ugwu, Vinay Radhakrishnan, Peter M. Ihnat, Leonore C. Witchey-Lakshmanan
  • Patent number: 7786119
    Abstract: This invention is directed to drug conjugates of certain ion channel modulating compounds having the following formula: wherein A, X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, LB, L and DM are defined herein, including isolated enantiomeric and diastereomeric isomers thereof, and mixtures thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Cardiome Pharma Corp.
    Inventors: Elizabeth L. S. Cheu, Lewis Siu Leung Choi, Doug Ta Hung Chou, Allen W. Davidoff, Alan M. Ezrin, Grace Jung, Bertrand M. C. Plouvier, Aregahegn S. Yifru
  • Patent number: 7786120
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of protein kinase. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders. The invention also provides processes for preparing compounds of the inventions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, Sharn Ramaya, Steven Durrant, Juan-Miguel Jimenez, Julian M. C. Golec, Michael Mortimore
  • Patent number: 7786121
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I), or an enantiomer or diastereoisomer thereof, or a salt, hydrate or solvate thereof: for the treatment or prophylaxis of arthritis in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignees: Vernalis (Oxford) Limited, Laboratoires Serono S.A.
    Inventors: Gilles Pain, Stephen John Davies, Agnes Bombrun
  • Patent number: 7786122
    Abstract: There is provided a series of novel ?-(N-sulfonamido)acetamide compounds of the Formula (I) wherein R, R1, R2 and R3 are defined herein, which are inhibitors of ?-amyloid peptide (?-AP) production and are useful in the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease and other conditions affected by anti-amyloid activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Michael F. Parker, Katharine E. McElhone, Robert A. Mate, Joanne J. Bronson, Yonghua Gai, Carl P. Bergstrom, Lawrence R. Marcin, John E. Macor
  • Patent number: 7786123
    Abstract: Indolylmaleimide derivatives comprising either a substituted phenyl, naphthyl, tetrahydronaphthyl, quinazolinyl, quinolyl, isoquinolyl or pyrimidinyl residue have interesting pharmaceutical properties, e.g. in the treatment and/or prevention of T-cell mediated acute or chronic inflammatory diseases or disorders, autoimmune diseases, graft rejection or cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Inventors: Rainer Albert, Nigel Graham Cooke, Sylvain Cottens, Claus Ehrhardt, Jean-Pierre Evenou, Richard Sedrani, Peter Von Matt, Jürgen Wagner, Gerhard Zenke
  • Patent number: 7786124
    Abstract: The present application discloses a compound, or enantiomers, stereoisomers, rotamers, tautomers, racemates or prodrug of said compound, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or esters of said compound, or of said prodrug, said compound having the general structure shown in Formula 1: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or ester thereof. Also disclosed is a method of treating chemokine mediated diseases, such as, palliative therapy, curative therapy, prophylactic therapy of certain diseases and conditions such as inflammatory diseases (non-limiting example(s) include, psoriasis), autoimmune diseases (non-limiting example(s) include, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis), graft rejection (non-limiting example(s) include, allograft rejection, zenograft rejection), infectious diseases (e.g, tuberculoid leprosy), fixed drug eruptions, cutaneous delayed-type hypersensitivity responses, ophthalmic inflammation, type I diabetes, viral meningitis and tumors using a compound of Formula 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart B. Rosenblum, Joseph A. Kozlowski, Neng-Yang Shih, Brian F. McGuinness, Douglas W. Hobbs
  • Patent number: 7786125
    Abstract: The present application is directed to therapeutic compounds, compositions, and methods for culturing neuronal cells and for preventing and the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Inventor: Leu-Fen H. Lin
  • Patent number: 7786126
    Abstract: A composition containing SLV308 or its N-oxide, or at least one pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof: and L-DOPA or at least one pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in the treatment of disorders requiring recovery of dopaminergic function using this composition, including Parkinson's disease and restless leg syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Solvay Pharmaceuticals B.V.
    Inventors: Andrew C. McCreary, Gustaaf J. M. Van Scharrenburg, Martinus Th. M. Tulp
  • Patent number: 7786127
    Abstract: The present invention provides benzimidazole thiophene compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and their use as pharmaceutical agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Glaxo SmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Mui Cheung, Kyle Allen Emmitte, James Michael Salovich
  • Patent number: 7786128
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of the formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, processes for making said compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compound and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and methods of using said compounds. The compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases which are associated with the modulation of CB1 receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Konrad Bleicher, Matthias Heinrich Nettekoven, Philippe Pflieger, Stephen Roever
  • Patent number: 7786129
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with new 3,3-disubstituted indol-2-one derivatives of the general Formula (I), wherein R1 stands for hydrogen, halogen, alkyl having 1-7 carbon atom(s) or sulfonamido; R2 represents hydrogen or halogen; R3 denotes hydrogen, alkyl having 1-7 carbon atom(s) optionally carrying an aryl substituent or aryl optionally carrying one or two halogen substituent(s); R4 stands for alkyl having 1-7 carbon atom(s); R5 represents a group of the general Formula (II a) or (II b), wherein Q and W each represents nitrogen or CH; R6, R7 and R8 each stands for hydrogen, halogen, trifluoromethyl, alkyl or alkoxy having 1-7 carbon atom(s), or R6 and R7 together represent ethylenedioxy; m is 0, 1, or 2; a is a single, double or triple bond; n is 0, 1 or 2; and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof which are useful in the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases of the central nervous system, the gastrointestinal system and the cardiovascular system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Egis Gyogyszergyar Nyrt
    Inventors: Balázs Volk, József Barkóczy, Gyula Simig, Tibor Mezei, Rita Kapillerné Dezsöfi, Endréné Flórian, István Gacsályi, Katalin Pallagi, Gábor Gigler, György Lévay, Krisztina Móricz, Csilla Leveleki, Nóra Sziray, Gábor Szénási, András Egyed, László Gábor Hársing
  • Patent number: 7786130
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of protein kinase. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders. The invention also provides processes for preparing compounds of the inventions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, Sharn Ramaya, Steven Durrant, Juan-Miguel Jimenez, Guy Brenchley, Ronald Knegtel, Michael Mortimore
  • Patent number: 7786131
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrimido [5,4-d] pyrimidine compounds of Formula II or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein Q is and X, E1, E2, E3, R6 and p are as defined herein. The compounds of this invention are irreversible inhibitors of tyrosine kinases and are useful in the treatment of cancer, atherosclerosis, restenosis, endometriosis and psoriasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: Alexander James Bridges, William Alexander Denny, Ellen Myra Dobrusin, Annette Marian Doherty, David William Fry, Dennis Joseph McNamara, Howard Daniel Hollis Showalter, Jeffrey B. Smaill, Hairong Zhou
  • Patent number: 7786132
    Abstract: The invention relates to aminopyrimidine compounds useful for treating diseases mediated by polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1). The invention also relates to the therapeutic use of such aminopyrimidine compounds and compositions thereof in treating disease states associated with abnormal cell growth and unwanted cell proliferation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Adrian Leonard Smith, Paul Edward Brennan, Frenel Fils DeMorin, Gang Liu, Nick A. Paras, Daniel Martin Retz, Elizabeth Rainbeau
  • Patent number: 7786133
    Abstract: The invention provides small molecule drugs that are chemically modified by covalent attachment of a water-soluble oligomer obtained from a monodisperse or bimodal water-soluble oligomer composition. A conjugate of the invention, when administered by any of a number of administration routes, exhibits a reduced biological membrane crossing rate as compared to the biological membrane crossing rate of the small molecule drug not attached to the water-soluble oligomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Michael D. Bentley, Tacey X. Viegas, Richard R. Goodin, Lin Cheng, Xuan Zhao
  • Patent number: 7786134
    Abstract: Lipophilic anticancer drug compounds, compositions that include the compounds, and methods for treating a cell proliferative disease using the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Sonus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuehua Zhang, Lynn C. Gold
  • Patent number: 7786135
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel substituted pyrroline compounds useful as kinase inhibitors and methods for treating or ameliorating a kinase mediated disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V.
    Inventors: Han-Cheng Zhang, Gee-Hong Kuo, Bruce E. Maryanoff, Hong Ye, David O'Neill, Lan Shen, Keith Demarest, Bruce R. Conway, David F. McComsey
  • Patent number: 7786136
    Abstract: The invention provides novel indazole-carboxamide 5-HT4 receptor agonist compounds. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods of using such compounds to treat diseases associated with 5-HT4 receptor activity, and processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Theravance, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Fatheree, Roland Gendron, Adam A Goldblum, Daniel D Long, Daniel Marquess, S. Derek Turner, Seok-Ki Choi
  • Patent number: 7786137
    Abstract: Bicyclic derivatives having formula (I) and a composition thereof are useful as ion channel antagonists:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Aarti S. Kawatkar, Tara M. Whitney, Timothy D. Neubert, Nicole Zimmermann, Andreas Termin, Esther Martinborough
  • Patent number: 7786138
    Abstract: A compound of the following formula wherein R? is a straight or branched C1-C4 alkyl group is useful in processes associated with the synthesis of montelukast and its salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Synthon BV
    Inventors: Petr Benovsky, Lambertus Thijs, Arjanne Overeem, Jakub Castulik, Jie Zhu, Petr Bartos, Radomir Skoumal
  • Patent number: 7786139
    Abstract: Compounds that inhibit PDE10 are disclosed that have utility in the treatment of a variety of conditions, including (but not limited to) psychotic, anxiety, movement disorders and/or neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's disease, encephalitis, phobias, epilepsy, aphasia, Bell's palsy, cerebral palsy, sleep disorders, pain, Tourette syndrome, schizophrenia, delusional disorders, drug-induced psychosis and panic and obsessive-compulsive disorders. The compounds have the general structure: wherein m, n, p, x, R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, A and B, are defined herein, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, solvates or prodrugs thereof. Also disclosed are compositions containing a compound of this invention in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, as well as methods relating to the use thereof for inhibiting PDE10 in a warm-blooded animal in need of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Omeros Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Bergmann, Neil S. Cutshall, Rene Onrust, Hongkui Zeng, Jennifer Lynn Gage, Derek Johnston, Sándor Cseh, László Ürögdi, Ákos Papp
  • Patent number: 7786140
    Abstract: A piperidine derivative of the formula (I) is found to bind specifically with the NR1/NR2B receptor and usable as an analgesic (pain treatment drug). wherein X is OH or lower alkylsulfonyloxy; Ar is optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl; n is an integer of 1 to 4; m is an integer of 0 to 1; R1 is hydrogen; R2 is OH or R1 and R2 taken together may form a single bond; excluding that 1) n is 2; m is 0; R1 and R2 taken together may form a single bond; and Ar is optionally substituted phenyl and 2) n is 3; m is 0; R1 and R2 taken together may form a single bond; and Ar is phenyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshisada Yano, Toshiyuki Kanemasa, Shoichi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7786141
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dihydrospiroindene modulators of muscarinic receptors. The present invention also provides compositions comprising such dihydrospiroindene modulators, and methods therewith for treating muscarinic receptor mediated diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Lewis R. Makings, Miguel Garcia-Guzman Blanco, Dennis J. Hurley, Ioana Drutu, Gabriel Raffai, Daniele M. Bergeron, Akiko Nakatani, Andreas P. Termin, Alina Silina
  • Patent number: 7786142
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds of the general formula (I), as IL-6 inhibitors, their derivatives, their analogs, their tautomeric forms, their stereoisomers, their polymorphs, their hydrates, their solvates, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions, their metabolites and prodrugs thereof. The present invention more particularly provides novel heterocyclic compounds of the general formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Orchid Research Laboratories, Ltd.
    Inventors: Siripragada Mahender Rao, Akella Satya Surya Visweswara Srinvas, Shikha Rani, Gaddam Om Reddy, Sriram Rajagopal, Uma Ramachandran, Duddu Savaraiah Sharada, Rajagopalan Nirmala, Velaiah Sivasudar, Lakshmanan Manikandan, Ramachandran Balaji
  • Patent number: 7786143
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the description and claims. It further relates to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof as well as to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to methods for their preparation. The compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases which are associated with the modulation of H3 receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Matthias Heinrich Nettekoven, Olivier Roche
  • Patent number: 7786144
    Abstract: The present invention relates to sulphur containing pyrazole derivatives, and their S-oxidized active metabolites, as selective cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonists having a high CB1/CB2 receptor subtype selectivity, to methods for the preparation of these compounds, to novel intermediates useful for the synthesis of these pyrazole derivatives, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more of these pyrazole derivatives as active ingredients, as well as to the use of these pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of psychiatric and neurological disorders. The compounds have the general formula (I) wherein the symbols have the meanings given in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Solvay Pharmaceuticals B.V.
    Inventors: Josephus H. M. Lange, Cornelis G. Kruse, Bernard J. Van Vliet
  • Patent number: 7786145
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for the use of compounds as depicted by structure I, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods for the prophylaxis, management and treatment of metabolic diseases and diseases modulated by MCD inhibition. The compounds disclosed in this invention are useful for the prophylaxis, management and treatment of diseases involving in malonyl-CoA regulated glucose/fatty acid metabolism pathway. In particular, these compounds and pharmaceutical composition containing the same are indicated in the prophylaxis, management and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer and obesity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jie Fei Cheng, Bin Liu, Thomas Arrhenius, Mark E. Wilson, Alex M. Nadzan, Gary D. Lopaschuk, Jason R. Dyck, Rossy Serafimov
  • Patent number: 7786146
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds of formula I where the dashed line represents an optional double bond; where R1 is phenyl, naphthyl, pyridyl, pyrimidyl, pyrrolyl, imidazolyl, pyrazyl, furyl, thienyl, oxazolyl, isoxazolyl, thiazolyl, or isothiazolyl, optionally substituted, and other substituents are defined herein. Such compounds are potassium channel modulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Vernier, Huanming Chen, Jianlan Song
  • Patent number: 7786147
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel analogs of choline and methods of use or treatment of neurodegenerative disorders and/or conditions such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington disease, Alzheimer's disease and related disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, spinal muscular atrophy, Friedrich's ataxia, Pick's disease, Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome, Refsom's disease, retinal degeneration, Cruetzfelt-Jacob syndrome or prion disease (mad cow disease), dementia with Lewy bodies, schizophrenia, paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration and neurodegenerative conditions caused by stroke. The present compounds are effective to treat any neurological condition where acetylcholine transmission neurons and their target cells are affected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignees: Medical College of Georgia Research Institute., University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry J. Buccafusco, Alvin V. Terry, J. Warren Beach, Rammamohanna R. Jonnala
  • Patent number: 7786148
    Abstract: A composition comprising at least a pyridylethylbenzamide derivative of general formula (I) (a) and a compound capable of inhibiting the transport of electrons of the respiratory chain in phytopathogenic fungal organisms (b) in a (a)/(b) weight ratio of from 0.01 to 20. A composition further comprising an additional fungicidal compound. A method for preventively or curatively combating the phytopathogenic fungi of crops by using this composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Gouot, Marie-Claire Grosjean-Cournoyer
  • Patent number: 7786149
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel compounds of the formula: and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof. Examples of groups comprising Substituent A include heteroaryl, aryl, heterocycloalkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkynyl, alkenyl, aminoalkyl, alkyl or amino. Examples of groups comprising Substituent B include aryl and heteroaryl. Also disclosed is a method of treating a chemokine mediated diseases, such as, cancer, angiogenisis, angiogenic ocular diseases, pulmonary diseases, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, stroke and ischemia reperfusion injury, pain (e.g., acute pain, acute and chronic inflammatory pain, and neuropathic pain) using a compound of formula IA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignees: Schering Corp., Pharmacopeia Drug Discovery, Inc.
    Inventors: Purakkattle J. Biju, Arthur G. Taveras, J. Robert Merritt, John J. Baldwin, Younong Yu, Junying Zheng, Jianhua Chao, Cynthia J. Aki
  • Patent number: 7786150
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound having a structure or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or a prodrug thereof. Therapeutic methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Inventors: David W. Old, Danny T. Dinh
  • Patent number: 7786151
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition of treating, preventing abnormal splicing caused by the excessive kinase induction, which comprises TG003 and a method using the same of treating, preventing abnormal splicing caused by the excessive kinase induction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: KinoPharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Hagiwara, Masaaki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7786152
    Abstract: A compound having Formula I wherein one of R1 and R2 is a group of the formula wherein R4 is selected from H and hydrocarbyl, R5 is a hydrocarbyl group and L is an optional linker group, or R1 and R2 together form a ring substituted with the group wherein R3 is H or a substituent, and wherein X is selected from S, O, NR6 and C(R7)(R8), wherein R6 is selected from H and hydrocarbyl groups, wherein each of R7 and R8 are independently selected from H and hydrocarbyl groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Sterix Limited
    Inventors: Nigel Vicker, Su Xiangdon, Dharshini Ganeshapillai, Atul Purohit, Michael John Reed, Barry Victor Lloyd Potter
  • Patent number: 7786153
    Abstract: Novel compounds of formula 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof inhibit cytochrome P450 monooxygenase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Dale J. Kempf, Charles A. Flentge, John T. Randolph, Peggy Huang, Larry L. Klein
  • Patent number: 7786154
    Abstract: A compound having the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof is disclosed herein. Y, A, and B are as described herein. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related to these compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventor: David W. Old
  • Patent number: 7786155
    Abstract: The invention relates to compound of the formula I wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification; in free base form or in acid addition salt form; to its preparation, to its use as medicament and to medicaments comprising it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Joachim Nozulak, David Orain
  • Patent number: 7786156
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of an 1,2,4-triazol-1-yl compound of the formula [A], or a salt thereof, wherein each of R3 and R4 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, said process comprising reacting a hydrazine compound of the formula [B] wherein R is hydrogen or acyl, R2 is hydrogen or a protecting group, are hydrogen or lower alkyl, and R6 is hydrogen or COOR7, or a salt thereof, with a 1,2,4-triazolyl forming reagent. In addition, novel intermediates for the synthesis of the anti-migraine agent Rizatriptan and methods for their synthesis are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: ratiopharm GmbH
    Inventors: Pierre Martin, Ulrich Berens, Andreas Boudier, Oliver Dosenbach
  • Patent number: 7786157
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds having formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and N-oxides thereof, wherein the subscript m is an integer from 0-4; Ar is an optionally substituted aryl; B is an optionally substituted aryl; L1 is an optionally substituted linking group selected from the group consisting of C1-4 alkylene, C1-4 heteroalkylene, C2-4 alkenylene and —CH2N(Ru)X5—; and L2 is a bond or C1-3 alkylene. The compounds act as potent antagonists of the CCR1 receptor, and have in vivo anti-inflammatory activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Chemocentryx, Inc.
    Inventors: Penglie Zhang, Andrew M. K. Pennell, Lianfa Li, Edward J. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 7786158
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel opioid receptor modulators of Formula (I). The invention further relates to methods for preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in the treatment of disorders that may be ameliorated or treated by the modulation of opioid receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Henry J. Breslin, Chaozhong Cai, Wei He, Robert W. Kavash
  • Patent number: 7786159
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds and their use in the treatment of thrombocytopenia resulting from diseases or conditions such as immune thrombocytopenic purpura, cancer chemotherapy, surgery, bone marrow or stem cell transplantation, radiation injury or treatment, chronic viral infection, and pancytopenia. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and compositions of the invention as well as methods for treating such diseases or conditions in a mammal, including a human, by administering to such mammal an effective amount of a selected thrombopoietin receptor agonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Stategics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Spencer, Juha Punnonen
  • Patent number: 7786160
    Abstract: Combinations of certain analgesics with certain COX-II inhibitors, related pharmaceutical compositions, including advantageous galenical forms containing these combinations, and to the use thereof in methods of treatment, in particular for the treatment of pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Schiene, Guenter Haase, Babette-Yvonne Koegel, Elmar Friderichs, Ulrich Jahnel
  • Patent number: 7786161
    Abstract: A carboxylic acid derivative of formula (I): wherein R1 is —COOH, —COOR6, etc.; A is a single bond, alkylene, etc.; R2 is alkyl, alkoxy, etc.; B is a carbocyclic ring or a heterocyclic ring; Q is alkylnene-Cyc2, etc.; D is a linking chain; and R3 is alkyl, a carbocyclic ring or a heterocyclic ring, or a non-toxic salt thereof. The compound of formula (I) binds to PGE2 receptor, especially subtypes EP3 and/or EP4 and show the antagonizing activity, are useful for the prevention and/or treatment of diseases induced pain, itch, urticaria, allergy, urinary frequency, urinary disturbance, Alzheimer's disease, cancer, dysmenorrhea, endometriosis, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kousuke Tani, Masaki Asada, Kaoru Kobayashi, Masami Narita, Mikio Ogawa
  • Patent number: 7786162
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds and methods of administering compounds to a subject that can reduce ?APP production and that is not toxic in a wide range of dosages. The present invention also provides non-carbamate compounds and methods of administering such compounds to a subject that can reduce ?APP production and that is not toxic in a wide range of dosages. It has been discovered that either the racemic or enantiomerically pure non-carbamate compounds can be used to decrease ?APP production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignees: Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp., National Institutes of Health (NIH)
    Inventors: Nigel H. Greig, Karen T. Y. Shaw, Qiang-Sheng Yu, Harold W. Holloway, Tada Utsuki, Timothy T. Soncrant, Donald K. Ingram, Arnold Brossi, Anthony Giordano, Gordon Powers, Diane M. Davidson, Michael Sturgess
  • Patent number: 7786163
    Abstract: Certain constrained cyano compounds are useful as inhibitors of post-proline/alanine cleaving amino-dipeptidases. Accordingly, these compounds can be employed, alone or with another therapeutic agent, to treat diabetes (especially, Type II diabetes), hyperglycemia, Syndrome X, diabetic complications, hyperinsulinemia, obesity, atherosclerosis and related diseases, as well as various immunomodulatory diseases and chronic inflammatory bowel disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Inventors: David Alan Campbell, Juan Manuel Betancort, David T. Winn
  • Patent number: 7786164
    Abstract: Lipophilic di(anticancer drug) compounds, compositions that include the compounds, and methods for treating a cell proliferative disease using the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Sonus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuehua Zhang, Lynn C. Gold
  • Patent number: 7786165
    Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (1): wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, and a salt thereof and a prodrug thereof unexpectedly have superior GPR40 receptor agonist activity, superior in the properties as a pharmaceutical product such as stability and the like, and can be a safe and useful pharmaceutical agent as a drug for the prophylaxis or treatment of GPR40 receptor related pathology or diseases such as diabetes and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Tsuneo Yasuma, Nobuyuki Negoro, Shinobu Sasaki
  • Patent number: 7786166
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for protecting muscarinic receptor(s) in a subject by administering at least one protective agent alone, in combination with other protective agents, or in combination with at least one neurologic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Healthpartners Research Foundation
    Inventors: William H. Frey, II, John Randall Fawcett