Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of quinolone carboxylic acid formulations in the treatment of ocular and periocular infections. The present invention also relates to sustained release compositions comprising specific quinolone carboxylic acid compounds. The invention also relates to quinolone carboxylic acid compositions and methods of preparing the same.

Abstract: CGRP antagonists of theformula 1

Abstract: A method to treat allergic rhinitis is disclosed in which patients are administered certain indolyl compounds.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein R, Ar, A, n, R1 and R2 are defined herein. These compounds are highly selective agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAA brain receptors or prodrugs of agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAA brain receptors and are therefore useful in the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety, depression, Down Syndrome, sleep and seizure disorders, overdose with benzodiazepine drugs and for enhancement of memory. Pharmaceutical compositions, including packaged pharmaceutical compositions, are also disclosed.

Abstract: A compound of formula I and a method of treatment of diseases, related to modulation of the adenosine A2 receptor system comprising administering a compound of formula to a person in need of such treatment.

Abstract: The present invention describes difluororthioacetamide oxazolidinones as novel antibacterial agents, and antimicrobial combination therapies for combating infective diseases caused by gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) in which: each A is independently hydrogen, C1-6alkyl optionally substituted by hydroxyl, C1-6alkoxy, C1-6alkenyl or C1-6acyl group or a halogen atom or hydroxyl, CN or CF3 group; R3 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; R4 is an optionally substituted aromatic carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; Z is an O or S atom, or an NH or CH2 group, or a single bond, at the 3 or 4 position of R4 relative to the carbonyl group; R5 is an optionally substituted aromatic carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring, or an optionally substituted, saturated or unsaturated, carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; and Q is (a) Where X, Y, R1 and R2 are as defined in claim 1; are antagonists of a human 11CBy receptor.

Abstract: This invention provides compounds of Formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 are independent substituents or are fused to form spirocyclic rings; R3, RC, and R4 are as defined herein; and R5 is a substituted benzene ring or a substituted five or six membered heterocyclic ring having in its backbone 1, 2, or 3 heteroatoms including O, S, SO, SO2 or NR6; or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as well as pharmaceutical compositions and methods using the compounds as antagonists of the progesterone receptor.

Abstract: A compound which is a chymase inhibitor and which is represented by a formula [I] and salts thereof. In the formula [I], X is R6—(A2)n—N, R1 and R2 are H, alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl, R3 and R4 are H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aromatic heterocycle, R5 is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or —A3—A4—R7, R6 is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, OH, alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy or an aromatic heterocycle, R7 is H, alkyl, OH, alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy, amino, alkylamino, arylamino, an aromatic heterocycle or a nonaromatic heterocycle, A1 is alkylene, A2 is carbonyl or sulfonyl, A3 is alkylene, A4 is carbonyl or oxalyl and n is o or 1.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I′), wherein A, R1 to R3 and t are as defined in the disclosure, exhibit COMT enzyme inhibiting activity so that they are useful as COMT inhibitors.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): 1

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of pharmacologically valuable pyridyl alkane, pyridyl alkene and/or pyridyl alkine acid amides according to general formula (I) in the treatment of tumors or for immunosuppression.

Abstract: The present invention provides non-steroidal compounds of Formula I, including 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: The invention relates to new pyridyl alkane acid amides according to general formula (I) as well as methods for their production, medicaments containing these compounds as well as their medical use, especially in the treatment of tumors or for immunosuppression.

Abstract: Compounds having the formula 1

Abstract: Selective MMP-13 inhibitors are benzo thiadiazines of the Formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R2 is hydrogen or alkyl; R1 and R3 include hydrogen, alkyl, and aryl, with the proviso that R3 is not (CH2)m biphenyl or (CH2)m substituted biphenyl; X is O or NH, n is 0, 1, or 2. The compounds of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, is useful for treating diseases mediated by an MMP-13 enzyme, including diseases selected from osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, inflammation, and heart failure.

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds which are alpha-1 receptor agonists, preferably alpha-1A/L receptor agonists, and which are represented by Formula I: 1

Abstract: Novel compounds having activity as non-covalent inhibitors of urokinase and having activity in reducing or inhibiting blood vessel formation are provided. These compounds have at a group having a guanidino moiety or derivative thereof. These compounds are useful in vitro for monitoring plasminogen activator levels and in vivo in treatment of conditions which are ameliorated by inhibition of or decreased activity of urokinase and in treating pathologic conditions wherein blood vessel formation is related to a pathologic condition.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I), wherein R1 represents C1-4 alkoxy optionally substituted by one or more fluorine atoms; R2 represents H or C1-6 alkoxy optionally substituted by one or more fluorine atoms; R3 represents one or more groups independently selected from H, halogen, C1-4 alkoxy and CF3; in addition, R2 and one R3 group may together represent —OCH2—, the methylene group being attached to the ortho-position of the pendant phenyl ring; R4 represents a 4-, 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring containing 1 or 2 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S, the ring being optionally fused to a benzene ring or a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring containing 1 or 2 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S, the ring system as a whole being optionally substituted; X represents CH or N; and L is absent or represents a cyclic group or an open chain group; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

Abstract: Cyclic oxyguanidine compounds, including compounds of Formulae I and II: wherein R1, R3-R6, R21-R26, L, Y, Z, and A are set forth in the specification, as well as hydrates, solvates or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that inhibit proteolytic enzymes such as thrombin are described. Also described are methods for preparing the compounds of Formulae I and II. The novel compounds of the present 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, or are intermediates useful for forming compounds having antithrombotic activity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for modulating the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway. The level of cholesterol in the body is linked to numerous pathological states. The methods of the present invention alter the transcription levels of genes involved in the cholesterol biosynthesis. The methods of the present invention can used for treating diseases mediated by the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway.

Abstract: Compounds having the structural formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R is optionally substituted phenyl, cycloalkenyl, or heteroaryl; X is alkylene or —C(O)CH2—; Y is —N(R2)CH2CH2N(R)3)—, —OCH2CH2N(R2)—, —O—, —S—, —CH2S—, —(CH2)2—NH—, or optionally substituted  m and n are 2-3, and Q is nitrogen or optionally substituted carbon; and Z is optionally substituted phenyl, phenylalkyl or heteroaryl, diphenylmethyl, R6—C(O)—, R6—SO2—, R6—OC(O)—, R7—N(R8)—C(O)—, R7—N(R8)—C(S)—,  phenyl-CH(OH)—, or phenyl-C(═NOR2)—; or when Q is CH, phenylamino or pyridylamino; or Z and Y together are substituted piperidinyl or substituted phenyl; and R2, R3, R6, R7, and R8 are as defined in the specification are disclosed, their use in the treatment of Parkinso

Abstract: The present invention relates to cyclized amino acid derivatives for treating or preventing neuronal damage associated with neurological diseases. The invention also provides compositions comprising the compounds of the present invention and methods of utilizing those compositions for treating or preventing neuronal damage.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisochinoline derivatives of formula (I) and their use as active ingredients in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions. The invention also concerns related aspects including processes for the preparation of the compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more of those compounds and especially their use as orexin receptor antagonists.

Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods are provided that are useful in the treatment and/or prevention of a condition or disorder mediated by a G-protein coupled receptor. In particular, the compounds of the invention are useful in the treatment and/or prevention of eating disorders, obesity, anxiety disorders and mood disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I which are antagonists of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) activity. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical formulations, the use of a compound of the present invention in the manufacture of a medicament, a method of therapeutic treatment using such a compound and processes for producing the compounds.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula having an inhibitory effect on signal transduction mediated by tyrosine kinases, their use in the treatment of diseases, especially tumoral diseases and diseases of the lungs and air-ways, and the preparation thereof.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein R1, R2 and R3 represent various functional groups, and one of X1 and X2 is N and the other is NR10; and their use as pharmaceuticals.

Abstract: This invention relates to a series of imidazopyrimidines of Formula I, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The compounds of the invention inhibit the production of a number of inflammatory cytokines and are useful in the treatment and prevention of diseases associated with the overproduction thereof.

Abstract: Compounds of formula I 1

Abstract: This invention provides compounds of Formula (I), where A″, Z, X and n are defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof which are useful as antineoplastic agents and in the treatment of polycystic kidney disease.

Abstract: This invention provides a compound of the following formula: or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein Z is OH, C1-6 alkoxy, —NR2R3 or heterocycle; Q is selected from the following: (a) an optionally substituted phenyl, (b) an optionally substituted 6-membered monocyclic aromatic group containing one, two, three or four nitrogen atom(s), (c) an optionally substituted 5-membered monocyclic aromatic group containing one heteroatom selected from O, S and N and optionally containing one, two or three nitrogen atom(s) in addition to said heteroatom, (d) an optionally substituted C3-7 cycloalkyl and (e) an optionally substituted benzo-fuzed heterocycle; R1 is hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl or halo; R2 and R3 are independently hydrogen, OH, C1-4 alkoxy, C1-4 alkyl or C1-4 alkyl substituted with halo, OH, C1-4 alkoxy or CN; X is independently selected from H, halo, C1-4 alkyl, halo-substituted C1-4 alkyl, OH, C1-4 alkoxy, halo-substituted C1-4 alkoxy, C1-4 alkylthio, NO2, NH2, di-(C1-4 al

Abstract: Compounds of general formula (I) 1

Abstract: This invention relates to a series of N-heterocyclyl hydrazides of Formula I, 1

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt, or an in-vivo-hydrolysable ester thereof, 1

Abstract: The invention provides compounds of general formula 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds with the formula (I) 1

Abstract: Compounds of formula I, 1

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds comprising urea functionality. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the novel heterocyclic compounds comprising urea functionality as ligands for various cellular receptors, including opioid receptors, other G-protein-coupled receptors and ion channels. An additional aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the novel heterocyclic compounds comprising urea functionality as analgesics.

Abstract: The present invention provides a preventive or therapeutic agent of a new type for diabetes mellitus and diabetic complications on the basis of an adenosine A2 receptor antagonistic action. A purine compound represented by the formula (I), its pharmacologically acceptable salt or hydrates thereof has an adenosine A2 receptor antagonistic action and is useful for prevention or therapy of diabetes mellitus and diabetic complications. In addition, adenosine A2 receptor antagonists having different structures from those of the compounds described above, for example KW6002, are also effective for prevention or therapy of diabetes mellitus and diabetic complications. In the formula, W is —CH2CH2—, —CH═CH— or —C≡C—; R1 is: (in the formula, X is hydrogen atom, hydroxyl group, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, etc.

Abstract: Benzo[f]naphthyridine derivatives of formula (I): benzo[f]naphthyridine derivatives and benzo[f]naphthyridine esters of formula (IVa): aminoquinoline derivatives of formula (X): processes for preparing such compounds; and compositions comprising them.

Abstract: Pyrimidones of formula (I) are inhibitors of the enzyme LpPLA2 and thereof use in treating inter alia atherosclerosis, in which: R1 is COOH or a salt thereof, COOR10, CONR11R12, CN or CH2OH; R2 is a mono- or bicyclic aromatic ring system or a mono- or bicyclic heteroaromatic ring system; R3 is C1-20alkyl, C3-6cycloalkyl, C3-6cycloalkylC1-5alkyl, C1-10alkoxyC1-10alkyl, or an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system; W is SO2 or a bond; X is O or S; and Y is a group of the formula A1—A2—A3 in which A1 and A3 each represent a bond or a straight chain or branched alkylene group, said alkylene group(s) containing a total of 1 to 10 carbon atoms and A2 represents a bond or O, S, SO, SO2, CO, C═CH2, CONH, NHCO, CR15R16, CH═CH or C═C, providing that when A2 is O, S, SO, SO2 or CONH, A3 contains at least two carbon atoms linking the A2 group and the CH2 group in formula (I).

Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula 1 1

Abstract: The present application describes novel substituted aryl hydroxamic acids of formula I: 1

Abstract: Benzimidazole and indole derivatives that act as selective modulators of CRF 1 receptors are provided. These compounds are useful in the treatment of a number of CNS and periphereal disorders, particularly stress, anxiety, depression, cardiovascular disorders, and eating disorders. Methods of treatment of such disorders and well as packaged pharmaceutical compositions are also provided.

Abstract: There is provided a pharmaceutical preservative free composition suitable for topical administration to an eye, the composition comprising (a) an oxazolidinone antimicrobial drug, for example linezolid, in a therapeutically or prophylactically effective drug concentration that is above the practical limit of solubility of the drug in a substantially isotonic aqueous solution at a physiologically compatible pH, and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable cyclodextrin compound in a concentration sufficient to maintain the drug-in solution at such a drug concentration. The composition is particularly useful for the treatment and/or prevention of eye infections due to gram positive bacteria.

Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods are provided that are useful in the treatment of chemokine receptor-mediated conditions and diseases. In particular, the invention provides compounds which modulate CCR4 function or a CCR4-mediated response. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment or prevention of inflammatory conditions and diseases.

Abstract: This invention provides compounds of Formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 may be single substituents or fused to form spirocyclic or hetero-spirocyclic rings; R3 is H, OH, NH2, C1 to C6 alkyl, substituted C1 to C6 alkyl, C3 to C6 alkenyl, substituted C1 to C6 alkenyl, alkynyl, or substituted alkynyl, CORC; RC is H, C1 to C3 alkyl, substituted C1 to C3 alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, C1 to C3 alkoxy, substituted C1 to C3 alkoxy, C1 to C3 aminoalkyl, or substituted C1 to C3 aminoalkyl; R4 is H, halogen, CN, NO2, C1 to C6 alkyl, substituted C1 to C6 alkyl, alkynyl, or substituted alkynyl, C1 to C6 alkoxy, substituted C1 to C6 alkoxy, amino, C1 to C6 aminoalkyl, or substituted C1 to C6 aminoalkyl; and R5 is selected from a trisubstituted benzene ring of a five or six membered ring with 1, 2, or 3 heteroatoms from the group including O, S, SO, SO2 or NR6 and containing one or two independent substituents from the group including H, halogen, CN, N02, amino, and C1 to C3 alkyl, C1 to C3 alkoxy, C1 to C3 a

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of quinolone carboxylic acid formulations in the treatment of ocular and periocular infections. The present invention also relates to sustained release compositions comprising specific quinolone carboxylic acid compounds. The invention also relates to quinolone carboxylic acid compositions and methods of preparing the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of quinolone carboxylic acid formulations in the treatment of ocular and periocular infections. The present invention also relates to sustained release compositions comprising specific quinolone carboxylic acid compounds. The invention also relates to quinolone carboxylic acid compositions and methods of preparing the same.