Patents Issued in August 6, 2013
  • Patent number: 8501730
    Abstract: This invention provides a process for preparing benzazepine compounds of the formula (1): wherein X1 is a halogen atom, R1 and R2 are a lower alkyl group, or salts thereof as well as intermediate benzoic acid compounds in high yield and high purity on industrial scale, which are useful as an intermediate for preparing a pharmaceutically active 2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-1-benzazepine compound having vasopressin antagonistic activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Torisawa, Kaoru Abe, Yasuaki Muguruma, Shigekazu Fujita, Hidenori Ogawa, Naoto Utsumi, Masahiro Miyake
  • Patent number: 8501731
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of pyridazinones of formula I, which comprises 6-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]pyridazin-3(2H)-one as a mother nucleus, the preparation method thereof and the use thereof in manufacturing medicaments against tumors, especially liver cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Youhong Hu, Liguang Lou, Shijun Lin, Hongbing Zhao, Zhende Liu, Yongping Xu, Bo Chao
  • Patent number: 8501732
    Abstract: The invention relates to JNK inhibitors and corresponding methods, formulations, and compositions for inhibiting JNK and treating JNK-mediated disorders. The application discloses JNK inhibitors, as described below in Formula I: wherein the variables are as defined herein. The compounds and compositions disclosed herein are useful to modulate the activity of JNK and treat diseases associated with JNK activity. Disclosed are methods and formulations for inhibiting JNK and treating JNK-mediated disorders, and the like, with the compounds, and processes for making said compounds, and corresponding compositions, disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Bilotta, Adrian Wai-Hing Cheung, Fariborz Firooznia, Kevin Richard Guertin, Stuart Hayden, Nancy-Ellen Haynes, Christine M. Lukacs-Lesburg, Nicholas Marcopulos, Eric Mertz, Lida Qi, Yimin Qian, Sung-Sau So, Jenny Tan, Kshitij C. Thakkar
  • Patent number: 8501733
    Abstract: A compound represented by the general formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, has an A? production inhibitory effect or a BACE1 inhibitory effect and is useful as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for a neurodegenerative disease caused by A? and typified by Alzheimer-type dementia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi Motoki, Toshihiko Kaneko, Noboru Yamamoto, Afzal Khan
  • Patent number: 8501734
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the medical and pharmaceutical use of substituted 1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-4-amines, in particular Imiquimod® and Gardiquimod®, alone or preferably in combination with Akt inhibitors, in particular with Akti1/2 and AktX, and most preferably with Akti1/2, in the treatment, prevention and/or amelioration of haematological cancers, in particular multiple myeloma disorders or B-cell disorders, and most particular in the therapy of multiple myeloma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Oncotyrol-Center for Personalized Cancer Medicine GmbH (Ltd.)
    Inventors: Lukas Huber, Simon Schnaiter, Inge Tinhofer, Karin Jöhrer, Richard Greil
  • Patent number: 8501735
    Abstract: N-containing heteroaryl derivatives of formula I or II, wherein the meanings for the various substituents are as disclosed in the description. These compounds are useful as JAK, particularly JAK3, kinase inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Palau Pharma, S.A.
    Inventors: Carmen Almansa Rosales, Jorge Salas Solana, Robert Soliva Soliva, Sergio Rodriguez Escrich, Maria Cristina Sicre González
  • Patent number: 8501736
    Abstract: The invention relates to 6-piperidinyl-substituted isoquinoline derivatives of the formula (I) useful for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases associated with Rho-kinase and/or Rho-kinase mediated phosphorylation of myosin light chain phosphatase, and compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Oliver Plettenburg, Armin Hofmeister, Dieter Kadereit, Stefan Peukert, Sven Ruf, Kurt Ritter, Matthias Loehn, Yuri Ivashchenko, Peter Monecke, Matthias Dreyer, Aimo Kannt
  • Patent number: 8501737
    Abstract: This invention comprises the novel compounds of formula (I) wherein t, R1, R2, L, Q, X, Y, Z and have defined meanings, having histone deacetylase inhibiting enzymatic activity; their preparation, compositions containing them and their use as a medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventor: Kristof Van Emelen
  • Patent number: 8501738
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel substituted triazolo-pyridazines and pharmaceutically acceptable salts 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 an ?1-GABAA receptor antagonist or an ?2- and/or an ?3-GABAA receptor partial agonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott L. Harbeson, Julie F. Liu
  • Patent number: 8501739
    Abstract: Novel compounds which interact with the histamine H3 receptor are defined. These compounds are particularly useful in the treatment of a variety of diseases or conditions in which histamine H3 interactions are beneficial. Thus, the compounds may find use, e.g., in the treatment of diseases of the central nervous system, the peripheral nervous system, the cardiovascular system, the pulmonary system, the gastrointestinal system and the endocrinological system. The novel compounds have a core consisting of a 6 membered aromatic ring containing at least one nitrogen atom and two carbon atoms in the ring and, at the remaining positions in the ring, there is either a carbon or a nitrogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: High Point Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Rolf Hohlweg, Knud Erik Andersen, Jan Lindy Sorensen, Jane Marie Lundbeck
  • Patent number: 8501740
    Abstract: Methods of preventing the development and reversing or partially reversing opioid tolerance in a subject are provided herein. Such methods include the step of administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a PDGFR modulator or EGFR modulator alone or together with an opiate analgesic. The methods can also be used for the treatment of refractory neuropathic pain, physical dependence or addiction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventor: Howard Gutstein
  • Patent number: 8501741
    Abstract: Anti-infection levorotatory optically active compound (S-configuration) of prulifloxacin represented by the following formula (1) and preparation method thereof are disclosed. Said method utilizes levorotatory ulifloxacin as the raw material and the reaction is conducted in organic solvent in the presence of alkaline materials, wherein the reaction temperature is ?20° C.˜60° C. and the reaction time is 15 minutes to 24 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Hainan Hualon Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Ying, Feng Peng, Yuping Wang, Suiwei An, Jinqiang Liang, Beimei Liang, Qingchun Ni, Cheng Luo
  • Patent number: 8501742
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating a patient suffering from a disorder of the central nervous system associated with 5-HT1A receptor subtype, comprising as an active ingredient a carbostyril derivative or a salt thereof represented by the formula (1): wherein the carbon-carbon bond between 3- and 4-positions in the carbostyril skeleton is a single or a double bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shaun Jordan, Tetsuro Kikuchi, Katsura Tottori, Tsuyoshi Hirose, Yasufumi Uwahodo
  • Patent number: 8501743
    Abstract: A personal care composition comprising a eutectic mixture, the eutectic mixture comprising a tertiary system, in which menthol may form part of the eutectic mixture or in the eutectic mixture comprises an antidandruff agent such as ketoconazole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Shaun Burry, Richard Livesey Evans, Caroline Alexandra Hall, Ezat Khoshdel, Colina MacKay
  • Patent number: 8501744
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, complex or pro-drug thereof, wherein one of R1 and R2 is H, and the other is selected from C1-8-alkyl, C3-6-cycloalkyl and C1-8-alkyl-C5-10-aryl; R3 is selected from tert-butylmethyl, iso-propylmethyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl and 1-methylcyclopentyl; R9 is selected from the following: wherein: R4 is selected from C1-8-alkyl and C3-8-cycloalkyl; G is selected from: CH, CMe and N; E is selected from: O, S, SO2, NH, NMe and N-oxide (N?O); J and R are independently selected from: CH, N and N-oxide (N?O); and R41 is selected from amino, methylamino, dimethylamino, isopropylamino, isopropyl(methyl)amino, cyclopropylamino, cyclopropyl(methyl)amino, cyclopentylamino, morpholino, piperidin-1-yl, piperidin-1-ylmethyl, morpholinomethyl, 4-methylpiperazin-1-yl, 4-(2-methoxyethyl)piperazin-1-yl, 1-morpholinoethyl, 1-(dimethylamino)ethyl, 1-(methylamino)ethyl, 4-fluoro-1-methylpyrrolidin-2-yl, 4,4-difluoropiperidin-1
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Amura Therapeutics, Limited
    Inventors: Martin Quibell, John Paul Watts
  • Patent number: 8501745
    Abstract: The invention includes a compound of formula I: wherein R1, X, Z, n, and m have any of the values described herein, as well as salts of such compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and therapeutic methods that comprise the administration of such compounds. The compounds are inhibitors of PDE4 function and are useful for improving cognitive function in animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Dart Neuroscience (Cayman) Ltd.
    Inventors: Terence P. Keenan, Alan P. Kaplan
  • Patent number: 8501746
    Abstract: The present invention provides heterocyclic derivatives that modulate the activity of stearoyl-CoA desaturase. Methods of using such derivatives to modulate the activity of stearoyl-CoA desaturase and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives are also encompassed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignees: Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc., Novartis AG
    Inventors: Natalie Dales, Julia Fonarev, Jianmin Fu, Duanjie Hou, Rajender Kamboj, Vishnumurthy Kodumuru, Natalia Pokrovskaia, Vandna Raina, Shaoyi Sun, Zaihui Zhang
  • Patent number: 8501747
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of biaryl compounds as inhibitors of ÿ2C adrenergic receptor agonists, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more conditions associated with the ÿ2C adrenergic receptors using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Manuel de lera Ruiz, Kevin D. McCormick, Christopher W. Boyce, Robert G. Aslanian, Younong Yu, Pietro Mangiaracina, Junying Zheng, Michael Y. Berlin, Stephanie Louise Ciesla, Chia-Yu Huang, Bo Liang
  • Patent number: 8501748
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing ?-ketonitriles of the general formula I in which R1 is, inter alia, C1-C12-alkyl, C2-C12-alkenyl, C2-C12-alkinyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl-C1-C4-alkyl, phenyl-C1-C4-alkyl, phenoxy-C1-C4-alkyl or benzyloxy-C1-C4-alkyl; R2 is, inter alia, hydrogen, C1-C12-alkyl, C2-C12-alkenyl, C2-C12-alkinyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl-C1-C4-alkyl, phenyl, phenyl-C1-C4-alkyl, phenoxy-C1-C4-alkyl or benzyloxy-C1-C4-alkyl, which comprises reacting a nitrile of the formula II in which R1 has one of the meanings given above with a carboxylic ester of the formula III in which R2 has one of the meanings given above and R3 is C1-C12-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy-C1-C4-alkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl-C1-C4-alkyl, phenyl-C1-C4-alkyl, phenoxy-C1-C4-alkyl or benzyloxy-C1-C4-alkyl, where the reaction is carried out in the presence of a potassium alkoxide and at least 80% of the nitrile of the formula II are added to the reaction under reactio
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Uwe Josef Vogelbacher, Peter Otto, Michael Rack
  • Patent number: 8501749
    Abstract: Disclosed are small molecule inhibitors of the formula (I), which are useful in treating various diseases and conditions involving chymase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Xin Guo, Chuk Chui Man, Hidenori Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8501750
    Abstract: Heterocyclic compounds, pharmaceutical agent and methods thereof, having superior pharmacological action and/or physicochemical properties, which are useful for the prophylaxis or treatment of circulatory diseases such as hypertension, cardiac diseases, arteriosclerosis, renal diseases and cerebral apoplexy and/or metabolic diseases such as hyperlipidemia, obesity and diabetes and/or central nervous disorders such as cerebral infarction, and/or mental diseases such as dementia depression and depression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Takanobu Kuroita, Hideyuki Igawa, Hiroki Sakamoto, Kouhei Asano, Minoru Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8501751
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds that form covalent bonds with Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk). Also described are irreversible inhibitors of Btk. Methods for the preparation of the compounds are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the compounds. Methods of using the Btk inhibitors are disclosed, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, including lymphoma, and inflammatory diseases or conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Pharmacyclics, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Honigberg, Erik Verner, Zhengying Pan
  • Patent number: 8501752
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for treating cancer and other pathological proliferating conditions by inhibiting mitosis using at least one pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine having the general formula (16): where X is selected from the group consisting of lower alkyls, heteroalkyls, substituted or unsubstituted aryls or heteroaryls, arylalkyls, and heteroarylalkyls; where R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyls, heteroalkyls, substituted or unsubstituted aryls or heteroaryls, arylalkyls, and heteroarylalkyls; where R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyls, heteroalkyls, alkoxys, substituted or unsubstituted aryls or heteroaryls; where R3 is selected from the group consisting of zero, lower alkyls, heteroalkyls, alkenyls, and heteroalkenyls; and where R4 is selected from the group consisting of substituted or unsubstituted aryls or heteroaryls, arylalkyls, heteroarylalkyls, and hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Duquesne University of the Holy Ghost
    Inventor: Aleem Gangjee
  • Patent number: 8501753
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel hemi- and mono-salts of 7-[(3R,4R)-3-Hydroxy-4-hydroxymethyl-pyrrolidin-1-ylmethyl]-3,5-dihydro-pyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidin-4-one (Compound 1) with various organic and inorganic acids. In one embodiment, the organic acid is a C4 organic diacids. The present disclosure further provides novel methods for preparing these salts. The novel monohydrates hemisalts of the C4 organic diacids are isostructural and can be prepared with different properties. Multiple acids can be used simultaneously and the proportion of acids can be varied offering the opportunity to select hemi-salts of compound 1 with desired properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Bartley, Thomas Cleary, John Lang
  • Patent number: 8501754
    Abstract: Novel quinazolinamide derivatives of the formula (I), in which R1-R3 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are HSP90 inhibitors and can be used for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of diseases in which the inhibition, regulation and/or modulation of HSP90 plays a role.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Michael Eggenweiler, Christian Sirrenberg, Hans-Peter Buchstaller
  • Patent number: 8501755
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), wherein the variables are as disclosed in the specification, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, to methods of making the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions, and to methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for treating or preventing disorders, in particular cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Chengzhi Zhang, Kanwar Sidhu, Mario Lobell, Gaetan Ladouceur, Qian Zhao, Zheng Liu, Kristen M. Allegue, Chetan P. Darne, Jason Newcom
  • Patent number: 8501756
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel organic compounds of formula (I) and their use in the treatment of the animal or human body, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula I and to the use of a compound of formula I for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for use in the treatment of protein kinase dependent diseases, especially of proliferative diseases, such as in the treatment of tumor diseases and ocular neovascular diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Gerald David Artman, III, Jason Matthew Elliott, Nan Ji, Donglei Liu, Fupeng Ma, Nello Mainolfi, Erik Meredith, Karl Miranda, James J. Powers, Chang Rao
  • Patent number: 8501757
    Abstract: Disclosed are negative allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Kyle A. Emmitte, Charles David Weaver, Alice L. Rodriguez, Andrew S. Felts, Carrie K. Jones, Brittney S. Bates, Brian A. Chauder
  • Patent number: 8501758
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel class of compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with abnormal or deregulated kinase activity, particularly diseases or disorders that involve abnormal activation of B-Raf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignees: IRM LLC, Novartis AG
    Inventors: Shenlin Huang, Xianming Jin, Zuosheng Liu, Daniel Poon, John Tellew, Yongqin Wan, Xing Wang, Yongping Xie
  • Patent number: 8501759
    Abstract: The present invention, which is applicable in the pharmaceutical industry, relates to the use of fibrates, in particular fenofibrate, especially in the form of a solid oral composition, for the manufacture of a drug for the treatment of sleep apnea, sleep apnea syndrome, in particular obstructive sleep apnea or obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Fournier Laboratories Ireland Limited
    Inventor: Eric Bruckert
  • Patent number: 8501762
    Abstract: The present invention relates to tetrahydroprotoberberines of the formula (I) and the physiologically acceptable salts thereof. The invention also relates to the use of the compounds of the formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof for preparing a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of a medical disorder susceptible to treatment with dopamine receptor ligand, such as schizophrenia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignees: Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Topharman Shanghai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianfeng Li, Aixiang Liu, Xinjian Chen, Guozhang Jin, Tiema Yan, Rongxia Zhang, Yi Zhu, Yanjun Pan, Jingshan Shen, Jingkang Shen
  • Patent number: 8501763
    Abstract: The invention provides inhibitors of focal adhesion kinase, an enzyme involved in the attachment of the cytoskeleton of a cell to an extracellular matrix, which has been implicated in processes such as cell migration, cell proliferation, and cell survival. The inhibitors are derivatives of a 5-substituted 2,4-diaminopyridine wherein the substituents are as defined herein. The invention also provides a method of using the inhibitors in treatment of cancer, and methods of preparation of the inhibitors by use of coupling reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Congxin Liang, Marcel Koenig, Yuanjun He, Par Holmberg
  • Patent number: 8501764
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical formulation and process for preparing the same comprising an oral dosage formulation, such as a capsule formulation, of a macrolide compound, such as tacrolimus, wherein the capsule formulation contains both a solid dispersion of the macrolide along with a non-dispersed form of the macrolide. The pharmaceutical formulation according to the invention is bioequivalent to the FDA approved product according to a bioavailability study conducted in humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Roxane Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg A. Brubaker, Thomas D. Mahon
  • Patent number: 8501765
    Abstract: The invention relates to 1,7-diazacarbazole compounds of Formula (I), which are useful as kinase inhibitors, more specifically useful as checkpoint kinase I (chk1) inhibitors, thus useful as cancer therapeutics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Huifen Chen, Hazel Joan Dyke, Charles Ellwood, Emanuela Gancia, Lewis J. Gazzard, Simon Goodacre, Samuel Kintz, Joseph Lyssikatos, Calum MacLeod, Karen Williams
  • Patent number: 8501766
    Abstract: This invention provides a method of treating a subject afflicted with rheumatoid arthritis comprising periodically administering to the subject an amount of laquinimod or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and an amount of methotrexate, wherein the amounts when taken together are effective to treat the subject. This invention also provides laquinimod or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in combination with methotrexate in treating a subject afflicted with rheumatoid arthritis. This invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising an amount of laquinimod or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and an amount of methotrexate for use in treating a subject afflicted with rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Joel Kaye, Eran Blaugrund, Nora Tarcic
  • Patent number: 8501767
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula A or B which are useful in the treatment of a subject infected with HIV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: CSIR
    Inventors: Moira Leanne Bode, Amanda Louise Rousseau, David Gravestock, Simon Sana Moleele, Christiaan Wynand Van Der Westhuyzen
  • Patent number: 8501768
    Abstract: The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula (I) wherein R1, R2, A, E, G and n are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of hormone sensitive lipase (HSL) and may be used for the treatment of diabetes, metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis, obesity, cardiovascular diseases, myocardial dysfunction, inflammation, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease or non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Aurelia Conte, Daniel Hunziker, Werner Neidhart, Matthias Nettekoven, Tanja Schulz-Gasch
  • Patent number: 8501769
    Abstract: The present invention discloses fused thienopyridyl compounds of general formula (I) wherein X1-X6, R5-R7, Z1 and L are as defined in the description. The resent invention also discloses a method for inhibiting the VR1 receptor in mammals using these compounds, a method for controlling pain, urinary incontinence, bladder overactivity, and inflammatory thermal hyperalgesia in mammals, and pharmaceutical compositions including those compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Sean T Turner, Tammie K Jinkerson, Arthur R. Gomtsyan, Chih-hung Lee
  • Patent number: 8501770
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted imidazopyridinyl-aminopyridine compounds and methods of synthesizing these compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing substituted imidazopyridinyl-aminopyridine compounds and methods of treating cell proliferative disorders, such as cancer, by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: ArQule, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Ashwell, Chris Brassard, Anton Filikov, Jason Hill, Steffi Koerner, Jean-Marc Lapierre, Yanbin Liu, Nivedita Namdev, Robert Nicewonger, Rocio Palma, Manish Tandon, David Vensel, Akihisa Matsuda, Shin Iimura, Yuko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8501771
    Abstract: The invention relates to aminoalcohol-substituted aryldihydroisoquinolinones and their derivatives, and their physiologically tolerated salts and physiologically functional derivatives, their preparation, medicaments comprising at least one aminoalcohol-substituted aryldihydroisoquinolinone of the invention or its derivative, and the use of the aminoalcohol-substituted aryldihydroisoquinolinones of the invention and their derivatives as MCH antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Lothar Schwink, Siegfried Stengelin, Matthias Gossel, Gerhard Hessler, Torsten Haack, Petra Lennig
  • Patent number: 8501772
    Abstract: A method for treatment of a systemic wasting disease, by administering, to a subject in need thereof, an effective amount of a 3,8-diaminotetrahydroquinoline derivative represented by formula (Ia) (wherein X represents CH2, C?O, CH—OR, CH—SR, or CH—NRR?; m is a number of 1 or 2; Ar represents a phenyl group, a naphthyl group, a 5-membered or 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic group having one or two elements selected from S, N, and O, or a similar group; R1 and R2, which may be identical to or different from each other, each represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R3 represents a C1 to C6 alkyl group or a similar group; n is a number of 0 or 1; R4 and R5, which may be identical to or different from each other, each represent a hydrogen atom, or a C1 to C6 alkyl group, etc.; and R6, R7, R, and R?, which may be identical to or different from one another, each represent a hydrogen atom or a C1 to C6 alkyl group), or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Zeria Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Watanabe, Masaru Terauchi, Masaaki Nagasawa, Kouichirou Tanaka, Masataka Washiduka
  • Patent number: 8501773
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to 4-fluoro-piperidine compounds which are antagonists of T-type calcium channels, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which T-type calcium channels are involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which T-type calcium channels are involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: James C. Barrow, Craig W. Lindsley, William D. Shipe, Zhiqiang Yang, David Wisnoski
  • Patent number: 8501774
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the Formula (I) that are useful antimicrobial agents and effective against a variety of multi-drug resistant bacteria:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Morphochem Aktiengesellschaft für Kombinatorische Chemie
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Jean-Luc Specklin, Daniel Baeschlin, Christine Schmitt, Stefan Muller, Michael W. Cappi
  • Patent number: 8501775
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising certain active compounds which are suitable as repellents, and to their use for preventing an infection of humans or of animals by the infectious states of parasitic flatworms (platyhelminths).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: SALTIGO GmbH
    Inventors: Achim Harder, Georg von Samson-Himmlstjerna, Bernd-Wieland Kruger, Heinz Melhorn, Jurgen Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8501776
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein a, b, c, d, n, R1, R2, R3, R6, R7, W, and A are as defined in the specification. The compounds of formula I are muscarinic receptor antagonists. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes and intermediates for preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat pulmonary disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Theravance, Inc.
    Inventors: YuHua Ji, Craig Husfeld, Li Li, Mathai Mammen, YongQi Mu, Eric L. Stangeland
  • Patent number: 8501777
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds having therapeutic effects against disorders in the central nervous system, and in particular substituted phenylpiperidines of the formula 1: wherein R is as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: NSAB, Filial AF Neurosearch Sweden AB, Sverige
    Inventor: Clas Sonesson
  • Patent number: 8501778
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aralkyl piperidine derivatives, compositions containing the same, and their uses in the preparation of antalgic or ataractic medicament. The said derivatives are a free base of the compound represented by the following formula or a salt thereof. The pharmacological experiments show that they display favorable antalgic, ataractic activity and low side effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignees: NHWA Pharma. Corporation, Shanhai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry
    Inventors: Jianqi Li, Guan Wang, Guisen Zhang, Yanqin Ma, Wenhua Ji, Yuan Zhang, Lin Guo
  • Patent number: 8501779
    Abstract: Preparation methods of mesylate, para-toluenesulfonate, succinate, tartrate, sulphate, nitrate, phosphate, salicylate, fumarate, maleate, gallate, acetylsalicylate, benzenesulphonate, citrate, aspartate, glutaminate, lactate, gluconate, ascorbate, malonate, malate, sorbate, acetate or formate of 1-benzyl-4-[(5,6-dimethoxy-1-indanon)-2-yl]methylpiperidine (i.e., Donepezil). Novel polymorphs formed from these salts and their preparation methods. Co-crystals formed from Donepezil hydrochloride and maleic acid, fumaric acid, citric acid, salicylic acid, tartaric acid or succinic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Tianjin Hemay Bio-Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hesheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 8501780
    Abstract: The invention is directed to novel indazole carboxamide derivatives. Specifically, the invention is directed to compounds according to Formula I: wherein R1 and Z are defined below, and to pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof. The compounds of the invention are inhibitors of IKK2 and can be useful in the treatment of disorders associated with inappropriate IKK2 (also known as IKK?) activity, such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, and COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). Accordingly, the invention is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of the invention. The invention is still further directed to methods of inhibiting IKK2 activity and treatment of disorders associated therewith using a compound of the invention or a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey K. Kerns, Christine Edwards
  • Patent number: 8501781
    Abstract: Heteroarylpiperidine and -piperazine derivatives of the formula (I), in which the symbols have the meanings given in the description and agrochemically active salts thereof and their use for controlling phytopathogenic harmful fungi and also processes for preparing compounds of the formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Pierre Cristau, Nicola Rahn, Tomoki Tsuchiya, Joachim Kluth, Pierre Wasnaire, Sebastian Hoffmann, Jürgen Benting, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann, Thomas Seitz