Patents Issued in July 31, 2014
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Publication number: 20140213576Abstract: A novel compound according to Formula I, able to inhibit JAK as disclosed, this compound may be prepared as a pharmaceutical composition, and may be used for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including by way of non-limiting example, allergic or inflammatory conditions, autoimmune diseases, proliferative diseases, transplantation rejection, diseases involving impairment of cartilage turnover, congenital cartilage malformations, and/or diseases associated with hypersecretion of IL6 or interferons.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: GALAPAGOS NVInventor: Christel Jeanne Marie MENET
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Publication number: 20140213577Abstract: This disclosure relates to new azepino[4,5-b]indole compounds that may be used to modulate a histamine receptor in an individual. Novel compounds are described, including new 1,2,3,4,5,6-tetrahydroazepino[4,5-b]indoles. Pharmaceutical compositions are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: MEDIVATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: David T. HUNG, Andrew Asher PROTTER, Rajendra Parasmal JAIN, Sarvajit CHAKRAVARTY
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Publication number: 20140213578Abstract: Tricyclic chemical modulators of FOXO transcription factor proteins are disclosed. The compounds are useful to treat cancer, age-onset proteotoxicity, stress-induced depression, inflammation, and acne.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: MT. SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINEInventors: Michael Ohlmeyer, Goutham Narla, Neil Dhawan, David Kastrinsky
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Publication number: 20140213579Abstract: Provided are methods of determining if an individual is a responder to treatment with (R)-8-chloro-1-methyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzazepine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or hydrate thereof. Also provided are methods for selecting an individual for treatment with (R)-8-chloro-1-methyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzazepine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or hydrate thereof from a plurality of individuals in need of weight management. Also provided are methods for weight management in an individual in need thereof. Also provided are compounds, compositions, and kits for use in a method of weight management in an individual.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Inventors: Matilde Sanchez, William R. Shanahan
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Publication number: 20140213580Abstract: Provided are compounds with the following structure, formula (I) pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, use of those compounds for treating cancer and pharmaceutical compositions comprising those compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: AGIOS PHARMACEUTICALS, INCInventors: Sheldon Cao, Janeta Popovici-Muller, Francesco G. Salituro, Jeffrey O. Saunders, Xuefei Tan, Jeremy Travins, Shunqi Yan, Zhixiong Ye
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Publication number: 20140213581Abstract: The present invention provides a new class of compounds useful for the modulation of beta-secretase enzyme (BACE) activity. The compounds have a general Formula I: wherein variables A5, A6, A8, R1, R2, R3, R7, X, Y, n and o of Formula I, independently, are defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and corresponding uses of the compounds and compositions for treatment of disorders and/or conditions related to A-beta plaque formation and deposition, resulting from the biological activity of BACE. Such BACE mediated disorders include, for example, Alzheimer's Disease, cognitive deficits, cognitive impairments, schizophrenia and other central nervous system conditions. The invention further provides compounds of Formula II and sub-formula embodiments thereof, compounds of Formula III, intermediates and processes and methods useful for the preparation of compounds of Formulas I-III, and sub-Formulas thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Inventors: Ryan WHITE, Jennifer R. ALLEN, Oleg EPSTEIN, Fang-Tsao HONG, Zihao HUA, Jason Brooks HUMAN, Patricia LOPEZ, Philip R. OLIVIERI, Karina ROMERO, Laurie SCHENKEL, John STELLWAGEN, Nuria A. TAMAYO, Xiao Mei ZHENG
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Publication number: 20140213582Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Compounds of the present invention are useful for inhibiting PRMT5 activity. Methods of using the compounds for treating PRMT5-mediated disorders are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: EPIZYME, INC.Inventors: KENNETH W. DUNCAN, RICHARD CHESWORTH, MICHAEL JOHN MUNCHHOF
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Publication number: 20140213583Abstract: Provided herein are methods for the treatment of bone cancer and prevention of the metastatic spread of cancer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: NOVARTIS AGInventors: Carla De Giovanni, Pier-Luigi Lollini, Patrizia Nanni
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Publication number: 20140213584Abstract: The invention provides compounds for selectively inhibiting glycosidases, prodrugs of the compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds or prodrugs of the compounds. The invention also provides methods of treating diseases and disorders related to deficiency or overexpression of O-GlcNAcase, accumulation or deficiency of O-GlcNAc.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2011Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicants: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Alectos Therapeutics Inc.Inventors: Craig A. Coburn, Kun Liu, Ernest J. McEachern, Changwei Mu, Harold G. Selnick, David J. Vocadlo, Yaode Wang, Zhongyong Wei, Yuanxi Zhou
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Publication number: 20140213585Abstract: This invention is directed to methods of treating diseases or conditions associated with JAK2 activity in a mammal comprising the administration of a compound of formula (I): where n, m, Y, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are disclosed herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Somasekhar Bhamidipati, Jeffrey Clough, Ankush Argade, Rajinder Singh, Vadim Markovtosov, Pingyu Ding, Jiaxin Yu, Andy Atuegbu, Hui Hong, Ihab Darwish, Sambaiah Thota
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Publication number: 20140213586Abstract: The present invention relates to a series of novel compounds, methods to prevent or treat viral infections in animals by using the novel compounds and to said novel compounds for use as a medicine, more preferably for use as a medicine to treat or prevent viral infections, particularly infections with RNA viruses, more particularly infections with viruses belonging to the family of the Flaviviridae, and yet more particularly infections with the Dengue virus. The present invention furthermore relates to pharmaceutical compositions or combination preparations of the novel compounds, to the compositions or preparations for use as a medicine, more preferably for the prevention or treatment of viral infections. The invention also relates to processes for preparation of the compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN, K.U. Leuven R&DInventors: Dorothee Bardiot, Gunter Carlens, Kai Dallmeier, Suzanne Kaptein, Michael McNaughton, Arnaud Marchand, Johan Neyts, Wim Smets, Mohamed Koukni
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Publication number: 20140213587Abstract: The invention relates to compounds and methods for modulating one or more components of a kinase cascade.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: KINEX PHARMACEUTICALS, LLCInventor: David G. Hangauer, Jr.
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Publication number: 20140213588Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): as defined in the specification and compositions comprising any of such novel compounds. These compounds are endothelial lipase inhibitors which may be used as medicaments. The disclosure also provides a novel method of treating diseases or conditions related to the activity of endothelial lipase by use of compounds according to Formula (II): as defined in the specification and compositions comprising any of the compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyInventors: Lynn Abell, Leonard Adam, Cullen L. Cavallaro, Heather Finlay, Todd J. Friends, Jon J. Hangeland, Ji Jiang, R. Michael Lawrence, Jennifer X. Qiao, Carol Hui Hu, Tammy C. Wang
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Publication number: 20140213589Abstract: The invention relates to hydroxyphenyl derivatives of formula (I); and uses thereof as anti-bacterial and/or anti-parasitic agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: FAB PHARMA S.A.S.Inventors: Alexis DENIS, Vincent Gerusz, Yannick Bonvin
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Publication number: 20140213590Abstract: Provided are certain dipeptidyl peptidase inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use therefor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: FOCHON PHARMA, INC.Inventors: WEIBO WANG, TONGSHUANG LI
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Publication number: 20140213591Abstract: The present invention relates generally to compositions and methods for treating cancer and neoplastic disease. Provided herein are substituted amidopyridine or amidopyridazine derivative compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for inhibition histone demethylase. Furthermore, the subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of cancer, such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer, lung cancer and/or melanoma and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Quanticel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Young K. Chen, Toufike Kanouni, Zhe Nie, Jeffrey Alan Stafford, James Marvin Veal, Michael Brennan Wallace
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Publication number: 20140213592Abstract: The present invention relates to the treatment of oncological, chronic inflammatory and similar diseases with the aid of new families of chemical compounds having improved efficiency with regard to the inhibition of Abl kinase and mutant forms thereof, as well as other therapeutically significant kinases. It describes protein kinase inhibitors in the form of compounds of general formula (I) and compounds of general formula (II), or a tautomer, an individual isomer, a mixture of isomers, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a solvate or a hydrate thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Obshchestvo s ogranichennoy otvetstvennostyou "Fusion Pharma"Inventors: Germes G. CHILOV, Ilya Y. TITOV
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Publication number: 20140213593Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to bicyclic pyrazole compounds, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive 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: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Shaun R. Stauffer, José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda, Susana Conde-Ceide, Gregor Macdonald, Han Min Tong, Carrie K. Jones
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Publication number: 20140213594Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein, which are useful for treating diseases which respond to CXCR2 receptor mediators. Pharmaceutical compositions that contain the compounds and processes for preparing the compounds are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: NOVARTIS AGInventors: Urs BAETTIG, Anne-Marie D'SOUZA, Peter HUNT, Neil John PRESS, Simon James WATSON
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Publication number: 20140213595Abstract: Compounds effective in inhibiting replication of Hepatitis C virus (“HCV”) are described. This invention also relates to processes of making such compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat HCV infection.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: ABBVIE INC.Inventors: David A. DEGOEY, Pamela L. DONNER, Warren M. KATI, Charles W. HUTCHINS, Allan C. KRUEGER, John T. RANDOLPH, Christopher E. MOTTER, Preethi KRISHNAN, Neeta C. MISTRY, Tami J. PILOT-MATIAS, Sachin V. PATEL, Xiaoyan LI, Todd N. SOLTWEDEL, Lissa T. NELSON
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Publication number: 20140213596Abstract: Salts and crystalline forms of 4-(4-{[2-(4-chlorophenyl)-4,4-dimethylcyclohex-1-en-1-yl]methyl}piperazin-1-yl)-N-({3-nitro-4-[(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-ylmethyl)amino]phenyl}-sulfonyl)-2-(1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-5-yloxy)benzamide are suitable active pharmaceutical ingredients for pharmaceutical compositions useful in treatment of a disease characterized by overexpression of one or more anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins, for example cancer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: AbbVie Inc.Inventors: Nathaniel Catron, Shuang Chen, Yuchuan Gong, Geoff G. Zhang
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Publication number: 20140213597Abstract: The invention provides methods for treatment of acute coronary syndrome and prediction of adverse cardiac events on the basis of elevations of catalytic iron in biological fluid of a human subject. An embodiment of the invention provides a method for early detection of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in a human subject at the time of presentation of the chest pain. The method includes analyzing a test sample of the biological fluid for amount of catalytic iron and detecting acute coronary syndrome in the human subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Inventors: Mohan Rajapurkar, Suhas Lele, Sudhir Shah
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Publication number: 20140213598Abstract: Disclosed is a substituted cyanoaniline compound or a salt thereof, wherein the compound has a structure represented by General Formula I. The compound of General Formula I has broad-spectrum fungicidal activity in the field of agriculture and effectively prevents against a variety of pathogens such as cucumber downy mildew, wheat powdery mildew, maize rust disease, rice blast and cucumber gray mold. In particular, even at a low dose, the compound effectively prevents and treats rice blast, cucumber gray mold, maize rust disease and cucumber downy mildew. Moreover, the raw materials for preparing the compounds are widely available and the synthesis method therefor is simple and convenient.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicants: SHENYANG RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD., SINOCHEM CORPORATIONInventors: Changling Liu, Guang Huang, Jie Lan, Shulin Hao, Zhinian Li, Huichao Li, Aiying Guan, Airu Jiang, Ying Xu
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Publication number: 20140213599Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds that inhibit Lp-PLA2 activity, processes for their preparation, to compositions containing them and to their use in the treatment of diseases associated with the activity of Lp-PLA2, for example atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's disease.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property Development LimitedInventors: Zehong WAN, Yingxia Sang, Qing Zhang
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Publication number: 20140213600Abstract: The invention provides a method for treatment of the diseases in a human by identifying the human as one suffering from a herpes simplex virus (HSV), and then administering to the human the compound anti-HSV agent or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The diseases include dermatosis and non-dermatosis, wherein the dermatosis include acnes, impetigo, pyoderma gangrenosum, chilblains and psoriasiform, asteatotic dermatitis, ichthyosis, lichen simplex chronicus (Neurodermatitis, Prurigo), seborrhoeic dermatitis, rosacea, perioral dermatitis, epidermal cyst, wound ulcer, discoid lupus erythematosus, vitiligo, Alopecia, diagnostic criteria of some autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus or diabetic skin complications, wherein the non-dermatosis include glomerulonephritis, arthritis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, myelodysplasia, multiple myeloma, demyelinating disease, Parkison's disease, anemia, cytopenia those among the diagnostic criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Inventor: Lily Hsiao
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Publication number: 20140213601Abstract: Compounds effective in inhibiting replication of Hepatitis C virus (“HCV”) are described. This invention also relates to processes of making such compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat HCV infection.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: ABBVIE INC.Inventors: David A. DEGOEY, Pamela L. DONNER, Warren M. KATI, Charles W. HUTCHINS, Mark A. MATULENKO, Tammie K. JINKERSON, Ryan G. KEDDY
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Publication number: 20140213602Abstract: This invention provides a method for predicting a therapeutic effect of chemotherapy that uses an antitumor agent comprising ?,?,?-trifluorothymidine and 5-chloro-6-(1-(2-iminopyrrolidinyl) methyl)uracil hydrochloride at a molar ratio of 1:0.5 on a colorectal cancer patient, the method comprising: (1) detecting the presence or absence of KRAS gene mutation in a biological sample obtained from the patient; and (2) predicting that the patient is likely to sufficiently respond to the chemotherapy, when KRAS gene mutation is detected in Step (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Masanobu Ito, Hiroyuki Okabe
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Publication number: 20140213603Abstract: The invention provides orvinol and thevinol compounds useful for the treatment of drug and alcohol abuse, the compounds being particularly useful for the prevention of relapse in recovering addicts.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Inventors: John Lewis, Stephen Husbands
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Publication number: 20140213604Abstract: The subject invention concerns a method of inhibiting respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in a patient by decreasing the endogenous protein kinase C (PKC) activity within the patient. Preferably, the preventative and therapeutic methods of the present invention involve administration of a PKC inhibitor. The present inventor has determined that decreasing normal endogenous PKC activity is inhibitory to RSV infection of human cells. The subject invention also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions containing a PKC inhibitor and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDAInventors: SHYAM S. MOHAPATRA, HOMERO GABRIEL VERGARA
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Publication number: 20140213605Abstract: The present invention discloses methods for treating eye disorders using opioid receptor antagonists. The methods include the step of administering an effective amount of a topically-administered opioid receptor antagonist in the absence of moxifloxacin. Preferably, the topically-administered opioid receptor antagonist is formulated as a solution. Preferably, the topically-administered opioid receptor antagonist is at least one agent selected from the group consisting of: naltrexone, naloxone, nalmefene, and a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof. Preferably, the effective amount corresponds to a concentration of at least about 10?7 molarity. Preferably, the effective amount is based on a treatment administration of at least once every other day.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Remedeye Inc.Inventor: Moshe Rogosnitzky
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Publication number: 20140213606Abstract: Disclosed in certain embodiments is a controlled release oral dosage form comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a drug susceptible to abuse together with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients; the dosage form further including a gelling agent in an effective amount to impart a viscosity unsuitable for administration selected from the group consisting of parenteral and nasal administration to a solubilized mixture formed when the dosage form is crushed and mixed with from about 0.5 to about 10 ml of an aqueous liquid; the dosage form providing a therapeutic effect for at least about 12 hours when orally administered to a human patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicants: Purdue Pharma L.P., Purdue Pharmaceuticals L.P., The P.F. Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Curtis Wright, Benjamin Oshlack, Christopher Breder
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Publication number: 20140213607Abstract: During clinical trials on patients suffering from neurological disorders, it has been observed that some patients obtain dramatic improvements in motor control and/or higher mental functioning, when they receive a combination of dextromethorphan and quinidine, at suitable dosages. Improved motor control has been exemplified to date by improved ability to swallow and/or speak, among victims of stroke, head injury, or ALS. Improved higher mental functioning has been exemplified better job performance, increased ability to analyze and solve problems, and increased ability to have successful and satisfying interactions with other people. These types of effects can be seen in a relatively brief time period, such as within several days to a week.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Inventor: Richard A. Smith
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Publication number: 20140213608Abstract: During clinical trials on patients suffering from neurological disorders, it has been observed that some patients obtain dramatic improvements in motor control and/or higher mental functioning, when they receive a combination of dextromethorphan and quinidine, at suitable dosages. Improved motor control has been exemplified to date by improved ability to swallow and/or speak, among victims of stroke, head injury, or ALS. Improved higher mental functioning has been exemplified in better job performance, increased ability to analyze and solve problems, and increased ability to have successful and satisfying interactions with other people. These types of effects can be seen in a relatively brief time period, such as within several days to a week.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Inventor: Richard A. Smith
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Publication number: 20140213609Abstract: Survival of, or axon regeneration in a lesioned mature central nervous system (CNS) neuron is promoted by (a) contacting the neuron with a therapeutically effective amount of an exogenous activator of protein translation; and (b) detecting the resultant promotion of the survival of, or axon regeneration in the neuron.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATIONInventors: Zhigang HE, Kevin PARK, Kai LIU, Yang HU
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Publication number: 20140213610Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) inhibit the PARP enzyme and are useful for treating a disease or a disorder associated with PARP. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula (I), methods of treatment comprising compounds of Formula (I), and methods of inhibiting the PARP enzyme comprising compounds of Formula (I).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: AbbVie Inc.Inventors: Thomas D. Penning, Gui-Dong Zhu, Virajkumar B. Gandhi, Jianchun Gong, Vincent L. Giranda
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Publication number: 20140213611Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I): compositions comprising such compounds; the use of such compounds in therapy (for example in the treatment or prevention of a disease or condition in which plasma kallikrein activity is implicated); and methods of treating patients with such compounds; wherein R1 to R9 are as defined herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: KalVista Pharmaceuticals LimitedInventors: David Michael Evans, Rebecca Louise Davie, Hannah Joy Edwards, David Philip Rooker
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Publication number: 20140213612Abstract: Methods of treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) with PPAR? agonists, and in particular with the compound of formula (I) known as INT131:Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: InteKrin Therapeutics, Inc.Inventor: David Weinstein
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Publication number: 20140213613Abstract: A novel crystalline form of a compound is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Inventor: Mei-yin Lee
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Publication number: 20140213614Abstract: The present invention is in the field of pharmaceuticals and chemical industries. In particular, the present invention relates to methods for labeling, imaging and detecting the beta-amyloid (A?) peptides, oligomers, and fibrils in vitro by using carbazole-based fluorophores. A further aspect of the present invention relates to a method of reducing and preventing aggregation of beta-amyloid peptides for Alzheimer's disease (AD) as well as of treating and/or preventing Alzheimer's disease by using carbazole-based fluorophores.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Hong Kong Baptist UniversityInventors: Lei GUO, Di XU, See-Lok HO, Chung-Yan POON, Olivia T. W. NG, Hung Wing LI, Ken K. L. YUNG, Daniel W. J. KWONG, Ricky M. S. WONG
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Publication number: 20140213615Abstract: The present invention provides materials and methods to induce cell death by methuosis, a non-apoptotic cell death mechanism, to induce vacuolization without cell death, or to induce cell death without vacuolization. Small molecules herein are useful for treating cell proliferation disorders or anomalies, particularly, but not exclusively, cancer. Methods related to the research and pharmaceutical use of the small molecules are also provided herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDOInventors: William A. Maltese, Paul W. Erhardt, Christopher Trabbic, Jean H. Overmeyer
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Publication number: 20140213616Abstract: The invention relates to pyridone amide compounds of formula I and I? or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful as inhibitors of sodium channels: The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders, including pain.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATEDInventors: Sara Sabina Hadida-Ruah, Corey Anderson, Vijayalaksmi Arumugam, Iuliana Luci Asgian, Brian Richard Bear, Andreas P. Termin, James Philip Johnson
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Publication number: 20140213617Abstract: Provided are alkynyl phenyl derivative compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treating ophthalmic diseases and disorders, such as age-related macular degeneration and Stargardt's Disease, using said compounds and compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: ACUCELA INC.Inventors: Ian Leslie Scott, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kuksa, Mark W. Orme, Thomas Little, Anna Gall, Jennifer Gage, Feng Hong
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Publication number: 20140213618Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I): as described generally and in classes and subclasses herein. The present invention additionally provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of formula (I) and provides methods of treating cancer comprising administering a compound of formula (I).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Inventors: Samuel J. Danishefsky, Alexey Rivkin, Yoshimura Fumihiko, Ting-Chao Chou, Ana E. Gabarda, Huajin Dong
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Publication number: 20140213619Abstract: A composition comprising a carboxamide compound represented by following formula (I), wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R2 represents a methyl group, a difluoromethyl group or a trifluoromethyl group, and ethaboxam is provided by the present invention. This composition has excellent effect for controlling plant disease.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2011Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventor: Yuichi Matsuzaki
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Publication number: 20140213620Abstract: In recognition of the need to develop novel therapeutic agents, the present invention provides novel histone deacetylase inhibitors. These compounds include an ester bond making them sensitive to deactivation by esterases. Therefore, these compounds are particularly useful in the treatment of skin disorders. When the compounds reaches the bloodstream, an esterase or an enzyme with esterase activity cleaves the compound into biologically inactive fragments or fragments with greatly reduced activity Ideally these degradation products exhibit a short serum and/or systemic half-life and are eliminated rapidly. These compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are particularly useful in treating cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, neurofibromatosis, psoriasis, hair loss, skin pigmentation, and dermatitis, for example. The present invention also provides methods for preparing compounds of the invention and intermediates thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Inventors: James Elliot Bradner, Ralph Mazitschek
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Publication number: 20140213621Abstract: Chronic pain is treated in an individual suffering from chronic pain by administering to the individual an amount of a therapeutic containing a glycine receptor agonist such as D-cycloserine or a GlyT-1 glycine transporter antagonist such as sarcosine in an amount effective to treat the chronic pain. The therapeutic may also contain a secondary analgesic such as opiates, NSAIDs or cox-2 inhibitors. The analgesic can be formulated in a pharmaceutical composition in the form of an injectable solution that contains at least two different analgesics, at least one of the analgesics of which is a glycine receptor agonist or a GlyT-1 glycine transporter antagonist. Suitable pharmaceutical compositions contain D-cycloserine and/or sarcosine, optionally in combination with opiates, NSAIDs or cox-2 inhibitors.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Apkarian Technologies LLCInventor: A. Vania APKARIAN
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Publication number: 20140213622Abstract: The invention relates to low-dose pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aromatase inhibitor 4,4?[fluoro-(1-H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)methylene]bisbenzonitrile, as the active ingredient in a suitable carrier. The present invention also relates to a process for their preparation and to their use as therapeutic agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Inventors: Ann Taylor, Lloyd B. Klickstein, Jeewan Thakur
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Publication number: 20140213623Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula XXII and a compound of formula 17ya, which are defined as anywhere in the specification, to a composition comprising the same, and to a method of using thereof in the treatment of various forms of cancer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicants: GTx, Inc., University of Tennessee Research FoundationInventors: Duane D. Miller, Li Wei, Jianjun Chen, James T. Dalton, Chien-Ming Li, Sunjoo Ahn
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Publication number: 20140213624Abstract: The present invention encompasses methods of using fexinidazole to treat and eliminate and/or cure L. infantum infections in canines.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Merial LimitedInventors: Matthias Pollmeier, Jeffrey Lynn Blair
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Publication number: 20140213625Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel formulations for treating foot or hand pain by topically administering a sympathomimetic drug, particularly oxymetazoline, to the skin of the foot or hand.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Inventor: Jennifer L. Sanders