Patents Issued in February 4, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160031839
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Compounds of the present invention are useful for inhibiting arginine methyltransferase activity. Methods of using the compounds for treating arginine methyltransferase-mediated disorders are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: Epizyme, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Chesworth, Lorna Helen Mitchell, Gideon Shapiro
  • Publication number: 20160031840
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to 1,4-disubstituted piperidines, 1,4-disubstituted piperazines, 1,4-disubstituted diazepanes, and 1,3-disubstituted pyrrolidine compounds and their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Peter A. CROOKS, Linda P. DWOSKIN, John CULVER, Justin R. NICKELL, Guangrong ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20160031841
    Abstract: Provided herein are 2,5-disubstituted arylsulfonamide CCR3 antagonists, e.g., compounds of Formula I, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof: Also provided herein are methods of their use for treating, preventing, or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a CCR3-mediated disorder, disease, or condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Tai Wei Ly, Garrett Thomas Potter
  • Publication number: 20160031842
    Abstract: Dicarbamates of the reduction products of 2-hydroxymethyl-5-furfural (HMF) and a method of preparing the same are described. The method involves reacting a mixture of an isohexide and a cynate salt in a non-aqueous solvent, with a miscible acid having a pKa of about 3.7 or less. The dicarbamates of HMF-reduction products can serve as precursor materials from which various derivative compounds can be synthesized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventor: Kenneth Stensrud
  • Publication number: 20160031843
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for synthesizing ionic liquids from lignin derived compounds comprising: contacting a starting material comprising lignin with a depolymerization agent to depolymerize the lignin and form a mixture of aldehyde containing compounds; contacting the mixture of aldehyde containing compounds with an amine under conditions suitable to convert the mixture of aldehyde containing compounds to a mixture of amine containing compounds; and contacting the mixture of amine containing compounds with an acid under conditions suitable to form an ammonium salt, thereby preparing the ionic liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Aaron Socha, Seema Singh, Blake Simmons, Maxime Bergeron
  • Publication number: 20160031844
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a compound of formula I, as defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a pharmaceutical composition containing a compound of formula I, a method of treatment of a disorder or condition that may be treated by administration of the compound, the method comprising administering to a mammal in need of such treatment a compound of formula I as described above, and a method of treatment of a disorder or condition selected from the group consisting of depression, mood disorders, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, anxiety and addiction, the method comprising administering to a mammal, including a human, in need of such treatment a compound of formula I as described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Dennis Michael Godek, Harry Ralph Howard
  • Publication number: 20160031845
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing olefins by means of metathesis, which comprises the following steps a. provision of an olefin reaction mixture containing at least one olefin, b. addition of a ruthenium compound of the general formula [RuX2L1xL2y]z (I), where X=anionic ligand; L1=uncharged ?-bonding ligand; L2=uncharged electron donor ligand; x=0, 1; y=1, 2, 3; z=1, 2, c. addition of a Lewis acid and/or an anionic, noncoordinating salt, d. reaction at temperatures in the range from 30° C. to 140° C., where no addition of an alkyne or alkynol is carried out. The invention further relates to the use of this process in metathesis reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Renat Kadyrov, Christa Dumrath, Andreas Dumrath, Helfried Neumann, Matthias Beller
  • Publication number: 20160031846
    Abstract: A ketal amide has a structure represented by formula (I): wherein R is hydrogen or C1-8 alkyl; R1 is substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated C1-36 alkyl, or an alkylene oxide of the formula (CnH2nO)pCnH2nORa wherein n is 1-4, p is 1-1000 and Ra is H or CnH2n+1 wherein n is 1 to 4, R2 is hydrogen or C1-3 alkyl, each R3, R4, and R5 is independently hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl, R6 is hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl, R7 is C1-6 alkyl substituted with 1-4 hydroxyl groups, a is 0-3, and b is 0-1. Methods to prepare the ketal amide and compositions containing the ketal amide are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: BRIAN D. MULLEN, DORIE J. YONTZ, MARC D. SCHOLTEN
  • Publication number: 20160031847
    Abstract: [Problem]To provide a compound which is useful as an agent for preventing and/or treating kidney diseases. [Means for Solution]The present inventors have studied compounds having a trypsin inhibitory activity, and have confirmed that a guanidinobenzoic acid ester compound has a trypsin inhibitory activity, thereby completing the present invention. The guanidinobenzoic acid ester compound of the present invention can be used as an agent for preventing and/or treating kidney diseases (for example, chronic kidney disease, acute glomerulonephritis, acute kidney injury, and the like) as an agent which will substitute low-protein diet therapy, and/or as an agent for preventing and/or treating trypsin-related diseases (for example, chronic pancreatitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease, hepatic encephalopathy, influenza, and the like).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Jiro FUJIYASU, Toru ASANO, Susumu YAMAKI, Osamu KANEKO, Yuka KOIKE, Tomoyoshi IMAIZUMI, Yasuharu URANO, Tomohki SATOU, Satoshi SASAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160031848
    Abstract: 3-(3-Chloro-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine is prepared by cyclizing 3-hydrazinopyridine-•dihydrochloride with commercially available 3-ethoxyacrylonitrile to provide 3-(3-amino-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine, and by converting the amino group to a chloro group by a Sandmeyer reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Xiaoyong LI, Qiang YANG, Gary ROTH, Beth LORSBACH
  • Publication number: 20160031849
    Abstract: 3-(3-Chloro-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine is prepared by coupling 3-bromopyridine with commercially available 3-aminopyrazole, purifying the 3-(3-amino-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine by crystallization, and converting the amino group to a chloro group by a Sandmeyer reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Qiang YANG, Beth LORSBACH, Carl DeAMICIS, Ann M. BUYSSE, Ronald ROSS, JR., Xiaoyong LI
  • Publication number: 20160031850
    Abstract: 3-(3-Chloro-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine is prepared by cyclizing 3-hydrazinopyridine-dihydrochloride with acrylonitrile to provide 1-(pyridin-3-yl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazol-3-amine, by oxidizing to provide 3-(3-amino-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine, and by converting the amino group to a chloro group by a Sandmeyer reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Qiang YANG, Beth LORSBACH, Xiaoyong LI, Gary ROTH, David E. PODHOREZ
  • Publication number: 20160031851
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel triazolinthione derivatives, to processes for preparing these compounds, to compositions comprising these compounds, and to the use thereof as biologically active compounds, especially for control of harmful microorganisms in crop protection and in the protection of materials and as plant growth regulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: Bayer Cropscience Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sebastian HOFFMANN, Alexander SUDAU, Peter DAHMEN, Ulrike WACHENDORFF-NEUMANN, David BERNIER, Helene LACHAISE, Stephane BRUNET, Jacky VIDAL, Pierre GENIX, Pierre-Yves COQUERON, Julie GEIST, Jean-Pierre VORS, Philippe KENNEL, Ricarda MILLER
  • Publication number: 20160031852
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds that bind to the vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2), pharmaceutical compositions comprising those compounds, and methods of treatment using said compounds and pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Aaron Janowsky, Peter Meltzer
  • Publication number: 20160031853
    Abstract: Disclosed are heterocyclic compounds that are ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. The compounds are useful for treating a mammal suffering from any one of a range of therapeutic indications, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, dyskinesias, Tourette's syndrome, schizophrenia, attention deficit disorder, anxiety, pain, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, chemical substance abuse, alcoholism, memory deficit, pseudodementia, Ganser's syndrome, migraine pain, bulimia, obesity, premenstrual syndrome or late luteal phase syndrome, tobacco abuse, post-traumatic syndrome, social phobia, chronic fatigue syndrome, premature ejaculation, erectile difficulty, anorexia nervosa, disorders of sleep, autism, mutism, trichotillomania, and hypothermia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: Georgetown University
    Inventors: Yingxian Xiao, Kenneth J. Kellar, Milton L. Brown, Mikell A. Paige, Yong Liu
  • Publication number: 20160031854
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an in vitro or in vivo method of activating or reversing inactivation of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) or butyrylcholinesterase (BuchE) using compounds of the present disclosure. Also disclosed is a method of treating a subject exposed to a nerve agent using such compounds. Also disclosed is a method of treating organophosphate poisoning in a subject using such compounds. Also disclosed is a method of modulating neuronal signaling and transmission in a subject using such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Milan Stojanovic, Francine Katz, Donald W. Landry
  • Publication number: 20160031855
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein R1 to R5, A, B, Z, Z1 and Z2 are as defined in the claims or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is disclosed. The compounds of formula (I) possess utility as FGFR inhibitors and are useful in the treatment of a condition, where FGFR kinase inhibition is desired, such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: Orion Corporation
    Inventors: Srinivasan RAJAGOPALAN, Prasad APPUKUTTAN, Karthikeyan NARASINGAPURAM ARUMUGAM, Ravi UJJINAMATADA, Shyie GEORGE, Tero LINNANEN
  • Publication number: 20160031856
    Abstract: The invention relates to new quinoxaline derivative compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, to processes for the preparation of said compounds and to the use of said compounds in the treatment of diseases, e.g. cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LTD
    Inventors: Gordon SAXTY, Christopher William MURRAY, Valerio BERDINI, Gilbert Ebai BESONG, Christopher Charles Frederick HAMLETT, Steven John WOODHEAD, Yannick Aime Eddy LIGNY, Patrick René ANGIBAUD
  • Publication number: 20160031857
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel substituted condensed pyrimidine compounds of general formula (I) in which the chemical groupings, substituents and indices are as defined in the description, and to their use as medicaments, in particular as medicaments for the treatment of conditions and diseases that can be treated by inhibition of the PDE4 enzyme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: GRÜNENTHAL GMBH
    Inventors: Ingo KONETZKI, Florian JAKOB, Tobias CRAAN, Christian HESSLINGER, Paul RATCLIFFE, Antonio NARDI
  • Publication number: 20160031858
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel biologically active compounds, in particular dicarboxylic acid bisamide derivatives of general formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are able to form complexes with or chelate metal ions. The invention also relates to the use of said compounds as an agent for the prevention and/or treatment of cardiovascular, viral, cancer, neurodegenerative and inflammatory diseases, diabetes, age-related diseases, diseases caused by microbial toxins, alcoholism and alcoholic cirrhosis, anaemia, porphyria cutanea tarda, and transition metal salt poisoning. The present invention also relates to novel methods for preparing dicarboxylic acid bisamide derivatives of general formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Vladimir Evgenievich NEBOLSIN, Tatyana Alexandrovna KROMOVA, Galina Alexandrovna ZHELTUKHINA
  • Publication number: 20160031859
    Abstract: The present invention relates to NS5A inhibitors, to novel pharmaceutical composition, antiviral medicament, method for prophylaxis and treatment of viral diseases, in particular caused by hepatitis C (HCV) virus and hepatitis GBV-C virus. Alkyl [(S)-1-((S)-2-{5-[4-(4-{2-[(S)-1-((S)-2-methoxycarbonylamino-3-methyl-butyryl)-pyrrolidin-2-yl]-3 H-imidazol-4-yl}-buta-1,3-diynyl)-phenyl]-1H-imidazol-2-yl}-pyrrolidine-1-carbonyl)-2-methyl-propyl]-carbamate naphthaline-1,5-disulfonate of the general formula 1, possibly in crystalline or polycrystalline form, have been proposed, wherein: R is C1-C3 alkyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Andrey Alexandrovich IVASHCHENKO, Nikolay Filippovich SAVCHUK, Alexandre Vasilievich IVACHTCHENKO
  • Publication number: 20160031860
    Abstract: The invention provides alkyne substituted quinazoline compounds, such as compounds of the formula (I), which are irreversible ErbB kinase inhibitors. The compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases and disorders where ErbB kinase activity is implicated such as a hyperproliferative disorder (e.g., cancer).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Wang SHEN, Aimin ZHANG, Jack MAUNG, Xiaoling ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20160031861
    Abstract: This invention relates to a compound of formula I and their use as inhibitors of Cathepsin C, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods of using the same as agents for treatment and/or prevention of diseases connected with dipeptidyl peptidase I activity, e.g. respiratory diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Matthias GRAUERT, Ralf ANDERSKEWITZ, Achim BIXENMANN, Marc GRUNDL, Peter Wilhelm HAEBEL, Alexander PAUTSCH
  • Publication number: 20160031862
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel cycloalkyl-substituted pyrimidine dione compounds that are useful for the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and conditions associated with left ventricular hypertrophy or diastolic dysfunction. The synthesis and characterization of the compounds is described, as well as methods for treating HCM and other forms of heart disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Johan Oslob, Robert Anderson, Danielle Aubele, Marc Evanchik, Jonathan Charles Fox, Brian Kane, Robert McDowell, Hector Rodriguez, Yonghong Song, Arvinder Sran, Pu-Ping Lu
  • Publication number: 20160031863
    Abstract: Provided are certain histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors of Formula I, compositions thereof, and methods of their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Celia Dominguez, Ignacio Muñoz-Sanjuán, Michel Maillard, Huw D. Vater, Rebecca E. Jarvis, Christopher A. Luckhurst, Roland W. Bürli, Grant Wishart, Andrew J. Stott
  • Publication number: 20160031864
    Abstract: Monomers having formula (I) and process for their synthesis which comprises the etherification reaction of a halogen-derivative (Z?Cl, Br, I) having formula (III) with the hydroxyl group of the glycerol derivative (IV), according to the following scheme:
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: ENI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giuliana SCHIMPERNA, Riccardo PO', Andrea Pellegrino, Maria Caldararo
  • Publication number: 20160031865
    Abstract: Provide herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions suitable as modulators of hemoglobin, methods and intermediates for their preparation, and methods for their use in treating disorders mediated by hemoglobin and disorders that would benefit from tissue and/or cellular oxygenation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhe LI, Qing XU, Brian W. METCALF, Stephen L. GWALTNEY, II, Jason R. HARRIS, Calvin W. YEE
  • Publication number: 20160031866
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the Formula (I), Formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 are as described in the description, their preparation and their use as pharmaceutically active compounds. Said compounds particularly act as immunomodulating agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS LTD.
    Inventors: Martin Bolli, Cyrille Lescop, Oliver Nayler, Beat Steiner
  • Publication number: 20160031867
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the preparation of 5-[[(2R,3S)-2-[(1R)-1-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethoxy]-3-(4-fluorophenyl)-4-morpholinyl]methyl]-1,2-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazole-3-one (Aprepitant) comprising condensation of 2-(R)-[(1R)-1-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethoxy]-3-(S)-(4-fluorophenyl)morpholine hydrochloride salt with 2-(2-chloro-1-iminoethyl)hydrazinecarboxylic acid methyl ester to obtain the reaction mixture containing 2-[2-[(2R,3S)-2-[(1R)-1-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethoxy]-3-(4-fluorophenyl)-4-morpholinyl]-1-iminoethyl]hydrazinecarboxylic acid methyl ester, which is in-situ cyclized in the presence of dimethylsulfoxide and a polar protic solvent at a low temperature to yield aprepitant having purity ?99.5%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: PIRAMAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED
    Inventors: Prashant LADKAT, Ganesh WAGH, Ashutosh JAGTAP, Mita ROY, Sivaramakrishnan HARIHARAN, Milind CHOUKEKAR
  • Publication number: 20160031868
    Abstract: This application relates to chemical compounds which may act as inhibitors of, or which may otherwise modulate the activity of, a bromodomain-containing protein, including bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4), and to compositions and formulations containing such compounds, and methods of using and making such compounds. Compounds include compounds of Formula (I) wherein R1a, R1b, R2a, R2b, R3, and X are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Evangelos Aktoudianakis, Gregory Chin, Britton Kenneth Corkey, Jinfa Du, Kristyna Elbel, Robert H. Jiang, Tetsuya Kobayashi, Ruben Martinez, Samuel E. Metobo, Michael Mish, Sophie Shevick, David Sperandio, Hai Yang, Jeff Zablocki
  • Publication number: 20160031869
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or polymorph thereof, including all tautomers and stereoisomers thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein, as inhibitors of glutaminyl cyclase (QC, EC 2.3.2.5). QC catalyzes the intramolecular cyclization of N-terminal glutamine residues into pyroglutamic acid (5-oxo-prolyl, pGlu*) under liberation of ammonia and the intramolecular cyclization of N-terminal glutamate residues into pyroglutamic acid under liberation of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Ulrich Heiser, Mirko Buchholz, Robert Sommer, Antje Meyer, Hans-Ulrich Demuth
  • Publication number: 20160031870
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds that can be used for treating tuberculosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Timothy A. Lewis, Sivaraman Dandapani, Deborah Hung, Benito Munoz, Partha Nag, Sarah Grant, Tomohiko Kawate
  • Publication number: 20160031871
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein X1, X2, W, R1 to R5, L and m have the meaning according to the claims, are glucosidase inhibitors, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Henry YU, Lesley LIU-BUJALSKI, Theresa L. JOHNSON
  • Publication number: 20160031872
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of the formula (I) wherein the groups A, Cy, X1 and Y are defined herein, which are suitable for the treatment of diseases related to BTK, process of making, pharmaceutical preparations which contain compounds and their methods of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Joerg Martin BENTZIEN, Angela Kay BERRY, Todd BOSANAC, Michael Jason BURKE, Darren Todd DISALVO, Joshua Courtney HORAN, Shuang LIANG, Can MAO, Wang MAO, Yue SHEN, Fariba SOLEYMANZADEH, Renee M. ZINDELL
  • Publication number: 20160031873
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides substituted pyridyl-, pyrimidinyl-, pyrazinyl-, pyridazinyl-, and triazinyl-based carboxamides of Formula I-A: R10 Z-HET-E I-A and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein Z, HET, R10 and E are defined as set forth in the specification. The present disclosure is also directed to the use of compounds of Formula I-A to treat a disorder responsive to the blockade of sodium channels. Compounds of the present disclosure are especially useful for treating pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Jiangchao YAO, Laykea TAFESSE
  • Publication number: 20160031874
    Abstract: Disclosed are substituted aminothiazoles, which can be used for, among other things, the treatment of tuberculosis, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Deborah Hung, Michael Serrano-Wu, Sarah Grant, Tomohiko Kawate
  • Publication number: 20160031875
    Abstract: Compounds represented by formula 1 can be potent and/or partially selective for the Kv7.2/7.3 heteromultimer. They may be useful in treating disorders related to seizures, pain, neurotransmitter release, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Lynn Resnick, George T. Topalov, Steven A. Boyd, Justin K. Belardi, Charles A. Flentge, James S. Hale, Scott S. Harried, David A. Mareska, Kai Zhang, Charles R. Heap, Mark Hadden, Wenge Cui, Hélène Decornez, Shuang Liu
  • Publication number: 20160031876
    Abstract: Provided are certain histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors of Formula I, compositions thereof, and methods of their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Celia Dominguez, Ignacio Muñoz-Sanjuán, Michel Maillard, Christopher A. Luckhurst, Rebecca E. Jarvis, Roland W. Bürli, Daniel R. Allen, Alan F. Haughan, Perla Breccia, Huw D. Vater, Andrew J. Stott, Stephen D. Penrose, Michael Wall, Elizabeth A. Saville-Stones, Grant Wishart, Samantha J. Hughes
  • Publication number: 20160031877
    Abstract: The invention provides kinase inhibitors of Formula I: wherein either: (1) R1 is H, and (a) R2 is (3-chlorobenzyl)oxy- and R3 is chloro; (b) R2 and R3, together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached, form 1-(3-fluorobenzyl)-1H-pyrazole; (c) R2 is 2-pyridinylmethoxy and R3 is chloro; (d) R2 and R3 are both chloro; (e) R2 is chloro and R3 is bromo; (f) R2 and R3 are both bromo; (g) R2 is fluoro and R3 is ethynyl; (h) R2 is chloro and R3 is ethynyl; (i) R2 is bromo and R3 is ethynyl; (j) other than when R2 is in the 3-position in combination with R3 in the 4-position, R2 is bromo and R3 is fluoro; (k) R2 is 2-pyridinylmethoxy and R3 is fluoro; or (l) R2 is 2-pyridinylmethoxy and R3 is bromo; or (2) at least one of R1, R2 and R3 is selected from benzyloxy, 3-chlorobenzyloxy and 2-pyridinylmethoxy and when at least one of R1, R2 and R3 is not benzyloxy, 3-chlorobenzyloxy or 2-pyridinylmethoxy, each of the others is independently selected from H, halogen, and C2-C4 alkynyl, with the proviso that
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Jeffrey Bruce Smaill, Adam Vorn Patterson, Guo-Liang Lu, Ho Huat Lee, Amir Ashoorzadeh, Robert Forbes Anderson, William Robert Wilson, William Alexander Denny, Huai-Ling Hsu, Andrej Maroz, Stephen Michael Frazer Jamieson, Alexandra Marie Mowday, Kendall Marie Carlin
  • Publication number: 20160031878
    Abstract: The present invention relates to radiolabeled compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Edilio BORRONI, Alexander FLOHR, Luca GOBBI, Thomas HARTUNG, Raphael HOAREAU, Michael HONER, Laurent MARTARELLO
  • Publication number: 20160031879
    Abstract: The present invention relates to indolizine compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, useful as antagonists of P2X7, and for the treatment of P2X7-related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Srinivasa R. KARRA, Andreas GOUTOPOULOS
  • Publication number: 20160031880
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of NAMPT, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which NAMPT is expressed. Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of ROCK, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which ROCK is expressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: ABBVIE INC.
    Inventors: Rick F. Clark, Michael L. Curtain, Todd M. Hansen, Howard R. Heyman, Helmut Mack, Michael Michaelides, Marina A. Pliushchev, Omar J. Shah, Bryan K. Sorensen, Ramzi Sweis, Chris Tse, Anil Vasudevan, Kevin R. Woller
  • Publication number: 20160031881
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula I: which are useful as modulators of GPR6, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, methods for treatment of conditions associated with GPR6, processes for making the compounds and intermediates thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Jason W. Brown, Stephen Hitchcock, Maria Hopkins, Shota Kikuchi, Holger Monenschein, Holly Reichard, Kristin Schleicher, Huikai Sun, Todd Macklin
  • Publication number: 20160031882
    Abstract: This invention relates to imidazopyridyl compounds of the structural formula: or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein the variable are defined herein. The inventive compounds selectively inhibit aldosterone synthase. This invention also provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of Formula I or their salts as well as potentially to methods for the treatment, amelioration or prevention of conditions that could be treated by inhibiting aldosterone synthase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, D. Jonathan Bennett, Jaiqiang Cai, Emma Carswell, Andrew Cooke, Scott B. Hoyt, Michael Lo, Clare London, John MacLean, Min K. Park, Paul Ratcliffe, Jerry Andrew Taylor, Brent Whitehead, Yusheng Xiong
  • Publication number: 20160031883
    Abstract: The present invention provides 2-substituted imidazo[4,5-d]phenanthroline compounds, which are capable of inhibiting proliferation of one or more renal cancer cells, pancreatic cancer cells, prostate cancer cells, colon cancer cells, leukemia cells, brain cancer/tumour cells or non-small cell lung cancer cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Yoon LEE, Howard CUKIER, Venkata NEDUNURI, Robert PERALTA, Mario HUESCA, Aiping H. YOUNG
  • Publication number: 20160031884
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a drug having the inhibitory activity on ENPP2 which is a different target from that of the existing drug, as a medicament useful in a urinary excretion disorder patient for whom the existing drug has the insufficient effect. The present invention provides a compound represented by the general formula (I): (wherein definition of each group is as defined in the description) having the ENPP2 inhibitory activity, a salt thereof or a solvate thereof or a prodrug thereof, and an agent for preventing or treating urinary excretion disorder and/or improving symptoms thereof, containing them as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira OHATA, Shingo NAKATANI, Tetsuya SUGIYAMA, Takashi MORIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160031885
    Abstract: The invention relates to particular substituted heterocycle fused gamma-carbolines, their prodrugs, in free, pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or substantially pure form as described herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use in the treatment of diseases involving 5-HT2A receptor, serotonin transporter (SERT) and/or pathways involving dopamine D2 receptor signaling systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Peng Li, Qiang Zhang, Robert Davis, Lawrence P. Wennogle
  • Publication number: 20160031886
    Abstract: Chemical entities that modulate PI3 kinase activity, pharmaceutical compositions containing the chemical entities, and methods of using these chemical entities for treating diseases and conditions associated with PI3 kinase activity are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Pingda REN, Yi LIU, Troy Edward WILSON, Liansheng LI, Katrina CHAN, Christian ROMMEL
  • Publication number: 20160031887
    Abstract: A conjugate of formula (A): and salts and solvates thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventor: Philip Wilson HOWARD
  • Publication number: 20160031888
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula I as inhibitors of cancer stem cells as well as cancer stem cell pathway kinase and other related kinases, pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof in the treatment of cancer or a related disorder in a mammal, wherein i.a. R2 is an optionally substituted heterocycle or optionally substituted aryl; and one of R4, R5, R6 and R7 is a substituted heterocycle or substituted aryl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: BOSTON BIOMEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Chiang Jia Li, Ji-feng Liu, Wei Li, Amanda Gibeau, Harry Rogoff, Katsunori Tsuboi, Yosuke Takanashi, Shingo Tojo, Tomohiro Kodama, Katsumi Kubota, Toshio Kanai