Abstract: Provided are compositions and methods for treating bacterial infections. It is demonstrated herein that bacteria cell wall materials stimulate germination of spores of Gram-positive bacteria, and that such activity requires Ser/Thr kinase PrkC. By modulating one or both, spores (which can be antibiotic resistant) can be stimulated or inhibited from germination, which can be exploited in various methods of therapeutic treatment. Also provided is a method of modulating germination of a spore of a Gram-positive bacterium. Also provided is a method of decontaminating an environment.

Abstract: A heterocyclic inhibitor having the formula I, with the variables defined herein, which is useful for treating inflammatory and other physiological disorders in which PKC-theta isoform plays a role:

Abstract: The present invention provides methods of detecting mutations in a Gnaq gene in a melanocytic neoplasm for diagnostic and prognostic purposes. The invention further provides methods of treating such melanocytic neoplasm by modulating the activity of the mutated Gnaq gene.

Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of general formula (1) wherein R1 to R5 are defined as in claim 1, which are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterized by excessive or abnormal cell proliferation, and the use thereof for preparing a medicament having the above-mentioned properties.

Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for enhancing the survival and promoting the maturation of mammalian oocytes, zygotes and preimplantation embryos. BDNF or BDNF agonists may be administered to an individual, or to cells in vitro, to enhance cellular maturation, embryo growth and fertilization. Accordingly, compositions comprising BDNF are herein presented for use in promoting in vivo oocyte maturation as well as for use as a component in culture media for promoting preimplantation maturation of zygotes and embryos, for instance, for use with in vitro fertilization procedures and for the production of stem cells. Additionally, compounds that interfere with the binding of BDNF to its receptor may be administered to an individual to prevent oocyte maturation, thereby acting as a contraceptive. The BNDF receptor, TrkB, and BDNF also find use in the screening and design of agonists and antagonists for use in the methods of the invention.

Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating disease caused by infectious agents, particularly tuberculosis. In particular, methods and compositions comprising novel diamine compositions for the treatment of infectious diseases are provided. In one embodiment, these methods and compositions are used for the treatment of mycobacterial infections, including, but not limited to, tuberculosis.

Abstract: The current invention provides mechanisms by which chronic stress induced hypersensitivity exacerbates the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. The invention includes methods of treating irritable bowel syndrome using agents which inhibit key molecules involved in the sensitization pathway.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of compounds of formula (I) or (II) in the treatment of mammalian target of VEGF-driven angiogenic diseases, methods of use of said compounds in the treatment of said diseases in a warm-blooded animal, especially a human, pharmaceutical preparations comprising said compounds for the treatment of said diseases and said compounds for use in the treatment of said diseases.

Abstract: N-arylsulfonyl-3-substituted indole compounds, derivatives, analogs, tautomeric forms, stereoisomers, geometric forms, N-oxides, polymorphs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating a warm-blooded animal, especially a human, having Mixed Lineage Leukemia (MLL rearranged ALL) comprising administering to said animal a therapeutically effective amount of a staurosporine derivative, especially PKC412 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, alone or in combination with further therapeutic measures, for example, those defined herein; to the use of a staurosporine derivative for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of MLL rearranged ALL; and to a commercial package comprising a staurosporine derivative together with instructions for its use in the treatment of MLL rearranged ALL.

Abstract: Aspects of this invention are related, at least in part, to the use of chemical compounds able to inhibit GSK-3 and/or to stabilize ?-catenin and formulations thereof. Some aspects of this invention relate to compositions comprising such compounds. Some aspects of the invention provide methods of using such compounds and/or compositions in the treatment of subjects having a neurological disease and/or psychiatric disorder. Some aspects of this invention provide methods of using ruboxistaurin, enzastaurin, sunitinib, midostaurin, lestaurtinib, 7-hydroxystaurosporine, and/or Chir99021 in the treatment of subjects having a neurological disease and/or psychiatric disorder. In some embodiments, compounds are administered in combination with Lithium.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds of the formula (I), in which W, X, Y, Z and CKE are each as defined above, to several methods and intermediates for preparation thereof and to the use thereof as pesticides and/or herbicides. The invention also relates to selective herbicidal compositions which comprise firstly haloalkylmethyleneoxyphenyl-substituted ketoenols and secondly a compound which improves crop plant compatibility. The present invention further relates to the enhancement of the action of crop protection compositions comprising especially haloalkylmethyleneoxyphenyl-substituted ketoenols, by the addition of ammonium or phosphonium salts and optionally penetration enhancers, to the corresponding compositions, to methods for production thereof and to the use thereof in crop protection as insecticides and/or acaricides and/or for preventing undesired plant growth.

Abstract: Methods are provided for treating a subject with a cellular proliferative disorder that include administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a JAK2 inhibitor and a therapeutically effective amount of a TNF-alpha inhibitor. In addition, methods are provided herein for determining if a subject with a cellular proliferative disorder would benefit from treatment with an agent that inhibits tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha. Methods are also provided for identifying an agent of use in treating a subject with a cellular proliferative disorder or with a predisposition for cellular proliferative disorder. The methods include contacting an isolated cell expressing an activating mutation in the JAK2 protein with a test agent, and detecting the amount of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha produced by the cell.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for lowering IOP and/or providing neuroprotection are disclosed. The compositions and methods are particularly directed to the use inhibitors of Jun N-terminal kinases (JNK) to lower IOP and/or provide neuroprotection.

Abstract: The present invention relates to CGRP receptor antagonists, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods therewith for treating CGRP receptor-mediated diseases and conditions.

Abstract: The invention provides a pharmaceutical combination comprising: a) at least one agent selected from Bcr-Abl, Flt-3, FAK and RAF kinase inhibitors; and b) at least one JAK kinase inhibitor and a method for treating or preventing a proliferative disease using such a combination.

Abstract: This invention provides methods for inhibiting or treating infection by viruses, in particular pox viruses by modulating a kinase, in particular by inhibiting a host cell kinase, involved in mediating viral infection. Methods to identify, validate, and classify the cellular proteins required by viruses during infection of host cells in order to select agents which can inhibit viral infection are described herein. Using a systems biology approach the virus/host cell interaction is studied from initial attachment of the incoming virus to the cell surface, to entry, transcription, replication, biosynthesis, and assembly of progeny particles. The method employs a siRNA screening platform and uses gene silencing to map the ‘viral infectome’—a compilation of cellular proteins that the virus needs to establish infection and drive the infectious cycle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of specific indolocarbazole compounds for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. In particular, the compounds of the invention are useful for the prevention or treatment of PD, similar forms of Parkinsonism, and synucleopathies involving Lewy body neurodegeneration.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): wherein: R1 and R2, which may be the same or different, each represent a hydrogen or halogen atom or an alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, acyl, alkoxycarbonyl, carboxy, hydroxy, hydroxyalkyl, cyano, nitro, amino, substituted or unsubstituted aminocarbonyl, aminosulphonyl, alkylsulphonylaminoalkyl, N-hydroxy-carboximidamide or benzyloxy group, R3 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl group, R4 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group Medicinal products containing the same which are useful in treating or preventing conditions treatable by an AMPA receptor modulator and/or an NMDA receptor antagonist.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of at least one active substance for producing a pharmaceutical composition for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of at least one viral disease. It is characterized by active substance(s) which inhibit(s) either at least two kinases or at least one SEK kinase of a cellular signal transmission path such that virus multiplication is inhibited.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds that potentiate the activity of antibiotic agents, particularly quinolones such as norflaxin. The invention further provides compositions, e.g., pharmaceutical compositions, comprising the inventive compounds. The invention also provides compositions comprising an antibiotic (e.g., a quinolone) and a compound that potentiates activity of the antibiotic. The invention further provides methods of treating a subject comprising administering any of the inventive compounds or compositions to the subject. The invention also provides screening methods to identify compounds that potentiate the activity of an antibiotic, e.g., a quinolone.

Abstract: A non-aqueous, particle-forming, fused pyrrolocarbazole-containing composition is disclosed. Upon contact with an aqueous medium, the particle-forming composition spontaneously disperses into suspended particles, thereby forming a stable suspension that provides greatly improved bioavailability of orally administered fused pyrrolocarbazole compounds.

Abstract: A method of inducing high anti-leukemia activity responsive to the combination of hydroxamic acid analogue histone deacetylase inhibitors and PKC412 against human acute leukemia characterized as expressing phosphorylated (p)FLT3 kinase by a novel flow cytometry-based assay.

Abstract: There are provided compounds having an anticoagulant action on the basis of inhibition of activated blood coagulation factor X and being useful as anticoagulants or preventive/therapeutic agents for diseases induced by thrombosis or embolism. Effective ingredients are the compounds such as 4?-bromo-2?-[(5-chloro-2-pyridyl) carbamoyl]-6?-?-D-galactopyranosyloxy-1-isopropylpiperidine-4-carboxanilide, 2?-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-?-D-glucopyranosyloxy)-4?-bromo-6?-[(5-chloro-2-pyridyl)carbamoyl]-1-isopropylpiperidine-4-carboxanilide, etc. or salts thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel 2-phenylbenzimidazoles of general formula (I) or (II), wherein the radicals have the meanings cited in the description, and to their tautomeric forms, possible enantiomeric and diastereomeric forms, to their prodrugs, and to possible physiologically compatible salts. The invention also relates to the production of said compounds and to their use.

Abstract: Compounds, pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds, and methods of preparation and use thereof are disclosed. The compounds are triphenyl methane analogs. The compounds and compositions can be used to treat and/or prevent a wide variety of cancers, including drug resistant cancers, inflammatory, degenerative and vascular diseases, including various ocular diseases, and parasitic infections. Representative triphenyl methane analogs include triphenyl methane analogues of various dyes, hormones, sugars, peptides, oligonucleotides, amino acids, nucleotides, nucleosides, and polyols. The compounds are believed to function by inhibiting tNOX expression, the effects of ROS, and/or the production of HIF2. Thus, the compounds are novel therapeutic agents for a variety of cancers and other diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel drug depot implant designs for optimal delivery of therapeutic agents to subjects. The invention provides a method for alleviating pain associated with neuromuscular or skeletal injury or inflammation by targeted delivery of one or more therapeutic agents to inhibit the inflammatory response which ultimately causes acute or chronic pain. Controlled and directed delivery can be provided by drug depot implants, comprising therapeutic agents, specifically designed to deliver the therapeutic agent to the desired location by facilitating their implantation, minimizing their migration from the desired tissue location, and without disrupting normal joint and soft tissue movement.

Abstract: The present application provides compounds of the Formula: and stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein U, W, R, R1, R2, R3 and R4 in each formula (when present) are as defined in the specification, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds and compositions to inhibit aspartyl protease, and to treat a variety of disease and indications including (but not limited) to cardiovascular disease and cognitive and neurodegenerative disease. The compounds of the present invention are disclosed for use alone or in combination with one or more additional active ingredients such as cholinesterase inhibitors and a muscarinic m1 agonist and/or m2 antagonists.

Abstract: Methods and compositions related to treating or preventing a proliferative disease in a subject comprising administering an inhibitor of a UL97 or a UL97 homolog to the subject are described.

Abstract: One aspect of the present application relates to a method for limiting damage to neuronal cells by ischemic or epoxic conditions, e.g., such as may be manifest by a reduction in brain infarct volume, by administering to an individual a hedgehog therapeutic or ptc therapeutic in an amount effective for reducing cerebral infarct volume.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical dosage form comprises a solid dispersion product of at least one tyrosine kinase inhibitor, at least one pharmaceutically acceptable polymer, and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable solubilizer.

Abstract: Disclosed are substituted xanthines of general formula wherein R1 to R4 are defined hereinbelow, the tautomers, the stereoisomers, the mixtures thereof, the prodrugs thereof and the salts thereof, which have valuable pharmacological properties, particularly an inhibitory effect on the activity of the enzyme dipeptidylpeptidase-IV (DPP-IV).

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel aniline derivatives and their use in therapy, in particular their use in the treatment of fungal infections.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating hematological malignancies, including acute myeloid leukemia (AML), comprising the combination of a compound that inhibits the binding of the Smac protein to IAPs (“IAP inhibitor”) and one or more pharmaceutically active agents; pharmaceutical compositions comprising said combination; and a commercial package comprising said combination. The present invention also relates to the use of IAP inhibitors in combination with one or more pharmaceutically active agents for the preparation of a medicament to treat hematological malignancies, including AML.

Abstract: Crystalline lestaurtinib hydrates and crystalline lestaurtinib hemihydrate hemicetonitrileate and crystalline lestaurtinib hemihydrate hemitetrahydrofuranate, processes to reproducibly make them and methods of treating patients using them are disclosed.

Abstract: Lestaurtinib Crystalline Form 1, isolated crystalline lestaurtinib anhydrate and amorphous lestaurtinib, processes to reproducibly make them and methods of treating patients using them.

Abstract: The invention is concerned with novel heterocyclyl compounds of formula (I) wherein A, X, Y1, Y2, Y3, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, m, n and p are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds are antagonists of CCR2 receptor, CCR5 receptor and/or CCR3 receptor and can be used as medicaments.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of staurosporines derivatives for the preparation of a drug for the treatment of diseases involving ras or FGFR3 signalling pathways and l or c-fos transcription, especially for the curative and/or prophylactic treatment of myeloma or multiple Myeloma, and to a method of treating diseases involving ras or FGFR3 signalling pathways and/or c-fos transcription.

Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted imidazo-pyridinones and imidazo-pyridazinones of general formula wherein Y and R1 to R4 are defined as in claim 1, the tautomers, enantiomers, diastereomers, the mixtures thereof and the salts thereof, which have valuable pharmacological properties, particularly an inhibiting effect on the activity of the enzyme dipeptidylpeptidase-IV (DPP-IV).

Abstract: This invention provides novel HIV-interacting host factors. The invention also provides methods of using the HIV-interacting host factors to screen for compounds that inhibit HIV infection. The methods comprise first screening test compounds for modulators of an HIV interacting host factor disclosed herein, and then further screening the identified modulating compounds for ability to inhibit HIV infection. The invention further provides methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating diseases and conditions associated with HIV infection.

Abstract: The invention relates to a combination comprising a Bcr-Abl, c-Kit and PDGF-R tyrosine kinase inhibitor; and one or more pharmaceutically active agents; pharmaceutical compositions comprising said combination; methods of treatment comprising said combination; processes for making said combination; and a commercial package comprising said combination.

Abstract: The present invention concerns boosting the activity of crop protection materials comprising active ingredients from the class of the phenyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols through the addition of ammonium salts and/or phosphonium salts or through the addition of ammonium salts and/or phosphonium salts and penetrants, the corresponding materials, processes for preparing them, and their use in crop protection.

Abstract: Sutures are used in combination with anti-scarring agents to inhibit fibrosis between the sutures and the host tissues into which the sutures are inserted. Compositions and methods are described for use in reducing excessive scarring, surgical adhesion, and other disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of the combination of tyrosine phosphate inhibitors AMN107 and PKC412 for the preparation of a drug for the treatment of a mast cell-related proliferative disease. The present invention is also drawn to a combination treatment of a tyrosine phosphate inhibitor and a TK-inhibitor that is effective against a mast cell-related proliferative disease, including especially systemic mastocytosis (SM) including aggressive SM (ASM) and mast cell leukemia (MCL).

Abstract: The present invention concerns boosting the activity of crop protection materials comprising active ingredients from the class of the phenyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols through the addition of ammonium salts and/or phosphonium salts or through the addition of ammonium salts and/or phosphonium salts and penetrants, the corresponding materials, processes for preparing them, and their use in crop protection.

Abstract: Methods are provided for inhibiting or treating stenosis or restenosis following vascular trauma or disease in a mammalian host, comprising administering to the host a therapeutically effective amount of a therapeutic agent via a catheter. Also provided is a catheter adapted for administering a therapeutically effective amount of a therapeutic agent to a mammalian host for inhibiting or treating stenosis or restenosis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted xanthines of general formula the tautomers, the stereoisomers, the mixtures thereof, the prodrugs thereof and the salts thereof, which have valuable pharmacological properties, particularly an inhibitory effect on the activity of the enzyme dipeptidylpeptidase-IV (DPP-IV).

Abstract: The present invention is directed to tricyclic compounds of formula (I) which are inhibitors of the beta-secretase enzyme and that are useful in the treatment of diseases in which the beta-secretase enzyme is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the treatment of such diseases in which the beta-secretase enzyme is involved.

Abstract: The invention described herein provides a pharmaceutical composition and oral dosage forms containing the same, having high concentrations of solubilized indolocarbazole compounds as the active ingredient in microemulsion form. The invention also provides a process for increasing the solubilized concentration of indolocarbazole compounds such as lestaurtinib using the addition of water in combination with a hydrophilic component as part of the microemulsion formation process.

Abstract: Is to provide a novel compound having an anti-viral activity, particularly a HIV integrase inhibitory activity, and a pharmaceutical composition, particularly an anti-HIV agent. (wherein R1 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; X is lower alkylene etc.; R2 is optionally substituted aryl; R3 is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, optionally substituted lower alkyl etc.; R4 is hydrogen, optionally substituted lower alkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl lower alkyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted aryl lower alkyl, optionally substituted heterocyclic group, optionally substituted heterocyclic lower alkyl etc.; A broken line indicates the presence or absence of a bond; B1 and B2 are such that any one of them is CR20R21, and the other is NR22 and, in this case, there is no broken line.