Abstract: The present invention provides 7-14 membered ring ether protease inhibitors and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and solvates thereof which inhibit proteases, including cathepsin K, pharmaceutical compositions of such compounds, novel intermediates of such compounds, and methods for treating diseases of excessive bone loss or cartilage or matrix degradation, including osteoporosis; gingival disease including gingivitis and periodontitis; arthritis, more specifically, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis; Paget's disease; hypercalcemia of malignancy; and metabolic bone disease, comprising inhibiting said bone loss or excessive cartilage or matrix degradation by administering to a patient in need thereof a compound of the present invention.

Abstract: Cyclic oxyguanidine pyrazinone compounds are described, including compounds of the Formula I: wherein R3, R4, R5, W, and A are as set forth in the specification, as well as hydrates, solvates or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds of the invention are potent inhibitors of proteases, especially trypsin-like serine proteases, such as chymotrypsin, trypsin, thrombin, plasmin and factor Xa. Certain of the compounds exhibit antithrombotic activity via direct, selective inhibition of thrombin. Compositions for inhibiting loss of blood platelets, inhibiting formation of blood platelet aggregates, inhibiting formation of fibrin, inhibiting thrombus formation, and inhibiting embolus formation are described.

Abstract: This invention relates to certain benzenesulfonamides and their use as PDE7 inhibitors

Abstract: Compounds defined by the following general structure are disclosed: These compounds display pharmacological activities, including inhibition of tyrosine kinase activity and enhancement of the function and/or survival of trophic factor responsive cells, e.g., cholinergic neurons.

Abstract: Novel hydroxamic acid compounds are disclosed. These hydroxamates inhibit peptide deformylase (PDF), an enzyme present in prokaryotes and are therefore useful as antimicrobials and antibiotics. Methods of synthesis and of use of the compounds are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides non-steroidal compounds of Formula I, and prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are selective modulators (e.g., agonists, partial agonists and antagonists) of a steroid receptor, specifically, the glucocorticoid receptor. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods for using these compounds to treat animals requiring glucocorticoid receptor agonist or antagonist therapy. Glucocorticoid receptor modulators are useful to treat diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, inflammation and others as described below. The present invention also provides processes for preparing these compounds.

Abstract: A method for the treatment of bacterial infections in humans and non-human mammals, which comprises administering to a subject suffering such infection an antibacterially effective dose of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically or veterinarily acceptable salt thereof: wherein: R1 represents hydrogen, or C1-C6 alkyl or C1-C6 alkyl substituted by one or more halogen atoms; R2 represents a group R10—(X)n—(ALK)m— wherein R10 represents hydrogen, or a C1-C6 alkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl, C2-C6 alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, or heterocyclyl group, any of which may be unsubstituted or substituted by (C1-C6)alkyl, (C1-C6)alkoxy, hydroxy, mercapto, (C1-C6)alkylthio, amino, halo (including fluoro, chloro, bromo and iodo), trifluoromethyl, cyano, nitro, —COOH, —CONH2, —COORA, —NHCORA, —CONHRA, NHRA, —NRARB, or —CONRARB wherein RA and RB are independently a (C1-C6)alkyl group, and ALK represents a straight or branched divalent C1-C6 alkylene, C2-C

Abstract: The present invention relates to prodrugs of a class of sulfonamides which are aspartyl protease inhibitors. In one embodiment, this invention relates to a novel class of prodrugs of HIV aspartyl protease inhibitors characterized by favorable aqueous solubility, high oral bioavailability and facile in vivo generation of the active ingredient. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these prodrugs. The prodrugs and pharmaceutical compositions of this invention are particularly well suited for decreasing the pill burden and increasing patient compliance. This invention also relates to methods of treating mammals with these prodrugs and pharmaceutical compositions.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula as described in the claims, or an optical isomer, diastereomer or enantiomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically-acceptacle salt, or biohydrolyzable amide, ester, or imide thereof are useful as inhibitors of metalloproteases. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating diseases, disorders and conditions characterized by metalloprotease activity using these compounds or the pharmaceutical compositions containing them.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds comprising a sulfonamide moiety. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the heterocyclic compounds comprising a sulfonamide moiety to treat diseases, afflictions or maladies caused at least in part by abnormal activity of one or more GPCRs or ligand-gated ion channels. An additional aspect of the present invention relates to the synthesis of combinatorial libraries of the heterocyclic compounds comprising a sulfonamide moiety, and the screening of those libraries for biological activity, e.g., in animal models of psychosis.

Abstract: A class of cysteine protease inhibitors which inactivate a cysteine protease by covalently bonding to the protease and releasing a heterocyclic leaving group is presented. The cysteine protease inhibitors of the present invention comprise a first portion which targets a desired cysteine protease and positions the inhibitor near the thiolate anion portion of the active site of the protease, and a second portion which covalently bonds to the cysteine protease and irreversibly deactivates that protease by providing a carbonyl or carbonyl-equivalent which is attacked by the thiolate anion of the active site of the cysteine protease to sequentially cleave a heterocyclic leaving group. The heterocyclic leaving group of the protease inhibitor is of the formula: —O— Het, where Het is a heterocycle having 4-7 atoms in the ring, with at least one of the heterocycle atoms being N, O or S.

Abstract: Composition which is useful in particular for the treatment and protection of domestic animals which are infested with parasites or are likely to be infested with them, these compositions comprising, in the form of a ready-to-use solution: a) an insecticidal active substance of formula (I), b) a crystallization inhibitor, c) an organic solvent having a dielectric constant of between 10 and 35, preferably of between 20 and 30, d) an organic co-solvent having a boiling point below 100° C., preferably below 80° C., and a dielectric constant of between 10 and 40, preferably of between 20 and 30.

Abstract: Phenyl acetamide compounds are described, including compounds of Formula I: 1

Abstract: The invention provides a method of treatment or prophylaxis of obesity, comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of an aryl sulfonamide compound of formula (I) or formula (II) 1

Abstract: Compounds of the general structural formula 1

Abstract: The invention relates to a method to inhibit bacteria from adhering to a submergible surface. The method contacts the submergible surface with an effective amount of at least one sulfamic acid or salt thereof to inhibit bacterial adhesion to the submergible surface. The invention also relates to a method for controlling biofouling of an aqueous system. This method adds an effective amount of at least one sulfamic acid or salt thereof to inhibit bacteria from adhering to a submerged surface within the aqueous system. This method effectively controls biofouling without substantially killing the fouling organisms. The sulfamic acid used in the method of the invention has the formula R1R2NS(O)2(OH). In this formula, R1 and R2 are independently a hydrogen, a C4-C20 alkyl group or a cyclohexyl group. However, R1 and R 2 are not both hydrogen.

Abstract: This invention relates to neurotrophic low molecular weight, small molecule N-linked sulfonamides of heterocyclic thioesters having an affinity for FKBP-type immunophilins, and their use as inhibitors of the enzyme activity associated with immunophilin proteins, particularly peptidyl-prolyl isomerase, or rotamase, enzyme activity.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which have been found useful in the treatment of nitric oxide synthase mediated diseases and disorders, including neurodegenerative disorders, disorders of gastrointestinal motility and inflammation.

Abstract: Compounds of formula 1, 1

Abstract: A process for preparing enantiomerically enriched tetrahydrobenzothipeine oxides comprises cyclizing an enantiomerically enriched aryl-3-propanalsulfoxide wherein the sulfur atom of the aryl-3-propanalsulfoxide is a chiral center.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds which inhibit prenyl-protein transferase (FTase) and the prenylation of the oncogene protein Ras. The invention is further directed to chemotherapeutic compositions containing the compounds of this invention and methods for inhibiting prenyl-protein transferase and the prenylation of the oncogene protein Ras.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel N-type calcium channel blockers, compositions comprising them, and methods of their use. The compounds of the invention are useful in the treatment of stroke, cerebral ischemia, pain, epilepsy, and head trauma.

Abstract: Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a group of enzymes that have been implicated in the pathological destruction of connective tissue and basement membranes. These zinc containing endopeptidases consist of several subsets of enzymes including collagenases, stromelysins and gelatinases. TNF-&agr; converting enzyme (TACE), a pro-inflmatory cytokine, catalyzes the formation of TNF-&agr; from membrane bound TNF-&agr; precursor protein. It is expected that small molecule inhibitors of MMPs and TACE therefore have the potential for treating a variety of disease states.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, methods and pharmaceutical compositions for inhibiting proteases, particularly serine proteases, and more particularly HCV NS3 proteases. The compounds, and the compositions and methods that utilize them, can be used, either alone or in combination to inhibit viruses, particularly HCV virus.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel N-type calcium channel blockers, compositions comprising them, and methods of their use. The compounds of the invention are useful in the treatment of stroke, cerebral ischemia, pain, epilepsy, and head trauma.

Abstract: A method for stimulation of transcription factor AP (activator protein)-1 by administering a compound of the formula (I) 1

Abstract: The present invention is directed to substituted 1,4-thiazepine and analogs thereof, represented by the general Formula I: 1

Abstract: The present invention provides novel N-type calcium channel blockers, compositions comprising them, and methods of their use. The compounds of the invention are useful in the treatment of stroke, cerebral ischemia, pain, epilepsy, and head trauma.

Abstract: This invention relates to neurotrophic low molecular weight, small molecule N-oxides of heterocyclic esters amides, thioesters, and ketones having an affinity for FKBP-type immunophilins, and their use as inhibitors of the enzyme activity associated with immunophilin proteins, particularly peptidyl-prolyl isomerase, or rotamase, enzyme activity.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are selected indolocarbazole derivatives which are represented by the general formula: The compounds are useful for enhancing the function and/or survival of a trophic factor responsive cell. They inhibit interleukin-2 production and have immunosuppressive activity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel pyrimidinone compounds and the pharmaceutical acceptable salts thereof having remarkable antagonistic action against angiotensin II receptor, thereby, being useful in treating cardiovascular disease caused by binding angiotensin II to its receptor.

Abstract: Compounds, or solvates or salts thereof, of formula (I): selective delta opioid agonists and antagonists and may be of therapeutic utility as analgesics, immunosuppressants to prevent rejection in organ transplant and skin graft, anti-allergic and anti-inflammatory agents, brain cell protectants, agents for treating drug and alcohol abuse, gastritis, diarrhoea, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, cough, mental illness, epilepsy and, in general, agents for the treatment of those pathological conditions which, customarily, can be treated with agonists and antagonists of the delta opioid receptor.

Abstract: 4-Aryl-1-(indanmethyl, dihydrobenzofuramethyl or dihydrobenzothiophenemethyl) piperidine, -tetrahydropyridine or -piperazine compounds of general formula (I) wherein one of X and Y is CH2, and the other one is CH2, O or S; Z is N, C, CH or COH; Ar is an optionally substituted aryl group; R1 is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, acyl, thioacyl, alkylsulfonyl, trifluoromethylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, a group R9VCO— where V is O or S and R9 is alkyl or aryl, or a group R10R11NCO— or R10R11NCS— wherein R10 and R11 are hydrogen, alkyl or aryl, or R10 and R11 are linked to form a ring; R2 is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl; or R1 and R2 are linked to form a ring; R3-R5 are hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkylcarbonyl, phenylcarbonyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, hydroxy, alkylsulfonyl, cyano, trifluoromethyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl or nitro; R6 and R7 are hydrogen or alkyl or they are linked to constitute a 3-7-membered ring; R8 is hydrogen or alkyl

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), any of it enantiomers, or any mixture thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R11, R12, R13, R14 and R15 each independently are hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, halogen, trifluoromethyl, nitro, cyano, amino, acyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, aminocarbonyl, or acylamino; R5 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxyalkyl, or phenylalkyl; X is —CH2—Z—, Z—CH2—, NH—CO—, —CO—NH—, or —CH═CH—; wherein Z is O, S, CH2, or NH; Y is O, —CH2—W—, —W—CH2—; wherein W is O, or S; and n is 0, 1 or 2. The compounds are useful in the treatment of psychotic disorders.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are therapeutic methologies utilizing a ring substituted derivative of the indolocarbazole K-252a, the derivative represented by the formula: