Additional Hetero Atom In The Polycyclo Ring System Patents (Class 514/215)
  • Patent number: 7067510
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the formula (I) wherein R1 is —H, —OH, —O(C1–C4 alkyl), —OCOC6H5, —OCO(C1–C6 alkyl), or —OSO2(C2–C6 alkyl); R0, R2 and R3 are each independently —H, —OH, —O(C1–C4 alkyl), —OCOC6H5, —OCO(C1–C6 alkyl), —OSO2(C2–C6 alkyl) or halo; R4 is 1-piperidinyl, 1-pyrrolidinyl, methyl-1-pyrrolidinyl, dimethyl-1-pyrrolidinyl, 4-morpholino, dimethylamino, diethylamino, diisopropylamino, or 1-hexamethyleneimino; n is 2 or 3; X is —S— or —HC?CH—; G is —O—, —S—, —SO—, SO2, or —N(R5)—, wherein R5 is —H or C1–C4 alkyl; and Y is —O—, —S—, —NH—, —NMe-, or —CH2—; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; pharmaceutical compositions thereof, optionally in combination with estrogen and progestin; methods of inhibiting a disease associated with estrogen deprivation; and methods for inhibiting a disease associated with an aberrant physiological response to endogenous estrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventor: Owen Brendan Wallace
  • Patent number: 7056910
    Abstract: To provide a compound having a superior arginine vasopressin antagonism. A novel 1,4,5,6-tetrahydroimidazo[4,5-d]benzazepine derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Koshio, Akio Kakefuda, Ippei Sato, Ryutaro Wakayama, Masanao Sanagi
  • Patent number: 7056909
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel chain-fluorinated alkanoic acid derivatives thereof, their synthesis, and their use as ?v integrin receptor antagonists. More particularly, the compounds of the present invention are antagonists of the integrin receptors ?v?3 and/or ?v?5 and are useful for inhibiting bone resorption, treating and preventing osteoporosis, and inhibiting vascular restenosis, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, angiogenesis, atherosclerosis, inflammation, inflammatory arthritis, viral disease, cancer, and metastatic tumor growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Jiabing Wang
  • Patent number: 7049310
    Abstract: Compounds are disclosed which are Fab I inhibitors and are useful in the treatment bacterial infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Affinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter J. Burgess, Dalia Jakas, William F. Huffman, William H. Miller, Kenneth A. Newlander, Mark A. Seefeld, Irene N. Uzinskas
  • Patent number: 7037919
    Abstract: Tetrahydroquinoline derivatives of general formula (I) or salts thereof, having a specific and strong binding affinity for AR and exhibiting AR agonism or antagonism; and pharmaceutical compositions containing the derivatives or the salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Kaken Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Keigo Hanada, Kazuyuki Furuya, Kiyoshi Inoguchi, Motonori Miyakawa, Naoya Nagata
  • Patent number: 7030109
    Abstract: The present invention discloses radioligands of 9-arylsulfone of the formula (X) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or enantiomer thereof, which are useful in diagnosing depression, obesity and other CNS disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Eric Jon Jacobsen, Kalpana M. Merchant
  • Patent number: 7022694
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and --- have any of the values defined in the specification, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds. The invention also provides therapeutic methods as well as processes and intermediates useful for preparing compounds of Formula (I). The compounds are useful as 5-HT ligands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Pharmacia & UpJohn Company
    Inventors: Jian-Min Fu, Jeanette Kay Morris, Arthur Glenn Romero
  • Patent number: 6987104
    Abstract: N-[1-oxo-(optionally 2-aza)-2-alkyl-3-(carboxyl or thiol or hydroxyaminocarbonyl or N-hydroxyformamido)-propyl]-(aryl or heteroaryl)-azacyclo4-7alkanes or thiazacyclo4-7alkanes, salts or prodrugs thereof have interesting properties, e.g., in the treatment or prevention of disorders amenable to treatment by PDF inhibitors, such as treatment of bacterial infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Vicuron Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Jacobs, Rakesh K. Jain, Jason G. Lewis, Dinesh V. Patel, Zhengyu Yuan
  • Patent number: 6960577
    Abstract: Methods for treating a patient suffering from or susceptible to treatment resistant major depression comprising administering olanzapine and fluoxetine are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventor: Gary Dennis Tollefson
  • Patent number: 6953787
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of Formula (I): which act as 5HT2C receptor modulators. These compounds are useful in pharmaceutical compositions whose use includes the treatment of obesity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Smith, Jeffrey Smith
  • Patent number: 6933304
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds represented by the Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the Formula I, and methods of selectively antagonizing the ?V?3 and/or the ?V?5 integrin without significantly antagonizing the IIb/IIIa or ?V?6 integrin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Pharmacia Corporation
    Inventors: Srinivasan Raj Nagarajan, Ish Kumar Khanna, Michael B. Tollefson, Scott B. Mohler, Barbara Chen, Mark Russell, Balekudru Devadas, Thomas D. Penning, Lori A. Schretzman, Dale P. Spangler, Mark Laurence Boys, Nizal Samuel Chandrakumar, Hung-Fun Lu
  • Patent number: 6903090
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I): wherein R1-R4, p and q have any of the values described in the specification, as well as pharmaceutical salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds or salts. The compounds and salts are 5-HT ligands and are useful for treating diseases, disorders, and/or conditions in a mammal wherein activity of a 5-HT receptor is implicated. The compounds and salts are particularly useful for treating diseases of the central nervous system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Pfizer
    Inventors: Kristine E. Frank, Brad A. Acker, Michael D. Ennis, Jed F. Fisher, Jian-min Fu, William W. McWhorter, Jr., Jeanette K. Morris, Donald Joseph Rogier, Eric Jon Jacobsen
  • Patent number: 6897211
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the dibenzoazulene compounds represented by formula I as well as to their pharmaceutical preparations for the inhibition of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-?) and interleukine 1 (IL-1) in mammals at all diseases and conditions where these mediators are excessively secreted. The compounds of the present invention also demonstrate an analgetic action and can be used to relieve pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Pliva-Istrazivacki Institut d.o.o.
    Inventors: Mladen Mercep, Milan Mesic, Dijana Pesic, Zeljko Zupanovic, Boska Hrvacic
  • Patent number: 6875762
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein R1, R2, X and Y have any of the values defined in the specification, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds. The invention also provides therapeutic methods as well as processes and intermediates useful for preparing compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Pfizer
    Inventors: Jackson B. Hester, Bruce N. Rogers, Eric Jon Jacobsen, Michael D. Ennis, Brad A. Acker, Susan L. Vander Velde, Kristine E. Frank
  • Patent number: 6852741
    Abstract: The present invention concerns methods for treating or preventing neurological disorders characterized by dysfunction of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by co-administration of metanicotine and at least one compound which exhibits antagonist activity, or both agonistic and antagonists activity, toward one or more nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes. The subject invention, in another aspect, pertains to pharmaceutical compositions containing metanicotine and at least one compound which inhibits antagonistic activity, or both agonistic and antagonistic activity, toward one or more nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: University of Florida
    Inventor: Roger L. Papke
  • Patent number: 6852730
    Abstract: Heterocyclic compounds such as 3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2,3,10-triaza-benzo[e]azulene-1-carboxylic acid arylamides, 5,7-Dihydro-6H-pyrazolo[3,4-h]quinoline-9-carboxylic acid arylamides, 5,7-Dihydro-6H-pyrazolo[3,4-h]quinazoline-9-carboxylic acid arylamides, 2,4,5,6-Tetrahydro-1,2,6,7-tetraaza-as-indacene-8-carboxylic acid arylamides and related compounds are disclosed. 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 treatment of anxiety, depression, sleep and seizure disorders, overdose with benzodiazepine drugs, Alzheimer's dementia, and for enhancement of memory. Pharmaceutical compositions, including packaged pharmaceutical compositions, are further provided. Intermediates useful for the synthesis of pyrazolecarboxylic acid arylamides are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: George Maynard, Jun Yuan, Stanislaw Rachwal
  • Publication number: 20040248879
    Abstract: Pharmaceutically acceptable salts of compounds of the formula below are poly(ADP-ribosyl)transferase (PARP) inhibitors, and are useful as therapeutics in treatment of cancers and the amelioration of the effects of stroke, head trauma, and neurodegenerative disease. As cancer therapeutics, the compounds of the invention may be used, e.g., in combination with cytotoxic agents and/or radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Stacie Canan-Koch, Jan-Jon Chu, Jia Liu, Jean Matthews
  • Publication number: 20040248880
    Abstract: The present invention discloses radioligands of 9-arylsulfone of the formula (X) 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Eric Jon Jacobsen, Kalpana M. Merchant
  • Patent number: 6828314
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula (I): wherein R1-R4, p and q have any of the values described in the specification, as well as pharmaceutical salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds or salts. The compounds and salts are 5-HT ligands and are useful for treating diseases, disorders, and/or conditions in a mammal wherein activity of a 5-HT receptor is implicated. The compounds and salts are particularly useful for treating diseases of the central nervous system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Pfizer
    Inventors: Kristine E. Frank, Brad A. Acker, Michael D. Ennis, Jed F. Fisher, Jian-min Fu, Eric Jon Jacobsen, William W. McWhorter, Jr., Jeanette K. Morris, Donald Joseph Rogier
  • Publication number: 20040242623
    Abstract: The present invention relates to tricyclic pyridines compounds of formula (I) including stereoisomers, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Romano Difabio, Collin F. Regan, Yves St-Denis, Fabrizio Micheli, Michael K. Schwaebe
  • Publication number: 20040229862
    Abstract: The invention relates to 2-imidazo-benzothiazoles of general formula 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Alexander Flohr, Roland Jakob-Roetne, Roger David Norcross, Claus Riemer
  • Publication number: 20040224939
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I and methods for their preparation are disclosed. Further disclosed are methods of making biologically active compounds of formula I as well as pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising compounds of formula I. Compounds of formula I as disclosed herein can be used in a variety of applications including use as antibacterial agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Louis S. Chupak, Frederick Earl Boyer, Susan Hagen, Takushi Kaneko, Manjinder Lall, Martin Pettersson, Joysula Venkata Nagendra Vara Prasad
  • Publication number: 20040220178
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of treating addictive behavior and sleep disorders by administering compounds represented by structural Formula (I) 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Albert J. Robichaud, Taekyu Lee, Wei Deng, Ian S. Mitchell, Michael G. Yang, Simon Haydar, Wenting Chen, Christopher D. McClung, Emilie J. Calvello, David M. Zawrotny
  • Publication number: 20040209864
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of treating addictive behavior and sleep disorders by administering compounds represented by structural Formula (I) 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Albert J. Robichaud, Taekyu Lee, Wei Deng, Ian S. Mitchell, Wenting Chen, Christopher D. McClung, Emilie J. Calvello, David M. Zawrotny
  • Publication number: 20040204398
    Abstract: Certain novel N-acylated piperazine derivatives are agonists of the human melanocortin receptor(s) and, in particular, are selective agonists of the human melanocortin-4 receptor (MC-4R). They are therefore useful for the treatment, control, or prevention of diseases and disorders responsive to the activation of MC-4R, such as obesity, diabetes, sexual dysfunction, including erectile dysfunction and female sexual dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Raman K. Bakshi, Liangqin Guo, Qingmei Hong, Ravi P. Nargund, Patrick G. Pollard, Iyassu K. Sebhat, Feroze Ujjainwalla, Zhixiong Ye
  • Publication number: 20040198717
    Abstract: Compounds of structural formula (I) are disclosed as useful for modulating the androgen receptor (AR) in a tissue selective manner in a patient in need of such modulation, and in particular for antagonizing AR in the prostate of a male patient or in the uterus of a female patient and agonizing AR in bone and/or muscle tissue. These compounds are useful in the treating conditions caused by androgen deficiency or which can be ameliorated by androgen administration, including: osteoporosis, periodontal disease, bone fracture, bone damage following bone reconstructive surgery, sarcopenia, frailty, aging skin, male hypogonadism, female sexual dysfunction, post-menopausal symptoms in women, atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia, aplastic anemia and other hematopoietic disorders, pancreatic cancer, renal cancer, prostate cancer, arthritis and joint repair, alone or in combination with other active agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Paul J Coleman, Lou Anne Neilson
  • Publication number: 20040192670
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cyclic urea derivatives, their synthesis, and their use as &agr;v integrinreceptor antagonists. More particularly, the compounds of the present invention are antagonists of the integrin receptors &agr;v&bgr;3 and &agr;v&bgr;15 and are useful for inhibiting bone resorption, treating and preventing osteoporosis, and inhibiting vascular restenosis, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, angiogenesis, atherosclerosis, inflammatory arthritis, tumor growth and metastasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: John H Hutchinson, Aiwen Li
  • Publication number: 20040180875
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel compounds represented by structural Formula (I): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Taekyu Lee, Wenting Chen, Wei Deng, Albert J. Robichaud, Ruth R. Wexler
  • Publication number: 20040176354
    Abstract: Combinations of diuretics and vasopressin antagonists are useful to slow and reverse the symptoms and process of congestive heart failure, to increase the excretion of water in the urine, and to decrease the excretion of sodium and potassium ions in urine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Rebecca Guggemos Bakker-Arkema, Milton Lethan Pressler
  • Patent number: 6777406
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to certain novel compounds represented by structural Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, wherein is R1, R6a, R6b, R7, R8, R9, X, b, m, and n are described herein. The invention is also concerned with pharmaceutical formulations comprising these novel compounds as active ingredients and the use of the novel compounds and their formulations in the treatment of certain disorders. The compounds of this invention are serotonin agonists and antagonists and are useful in the control or prevention of central nervous system disorders including obesity, anxiety, depression, psychosis, schizophrenia, sleep disorders, sexual disorders, migraine, conditions associated with cephalic pain, social phobias, and gastrointestinal disorders such as dysfunction of the gastrointestinal tract motility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma Company
    Inventors: John M. Fevig, Ian S. Mitchell, Taekyu Lee, Wenting Chen, Joseph Cacciola
  • Publication number: 20040147505
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel diazabicycloalkane derivatives, which are found to be cholinergic ligands at the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and modulators of the monoamine receptors and transporters. Due to their pharmacological profile the compounds of the invention may be useful for the treatment of diseases or disorders as diverse as those related to the cholinergic system of the central nervous system (CNS), the peripheral nervous system (PNS), diseases or disorders related to smooth muscle contraction, endocrine diseases or disorders, diseases or disorders related to neuro-degeneration, diseases or disorders related to inflammation, pain, and withdrawal symptoms caused by the termination of abuse of chemical substances. A diazabicycloalkane derivative selected from those represented by Formula I, by Formula II, by Formula III, by Formula IV, and by Formula V.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Dan Peters, Gunnar M Olsen, Elsebet Ostergaard Nielsen, Philip K Ahring, Tino Dyhring Jorgensen, Frank Abilgaard Slok
  • Patent number: 6767907
    Abstract: 4-Aryl-1-(indanmethyl, dihydrobenzofuranmethyl 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, cykcloalkyl 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 3-7 membered ring; R8 is hydrogen or alkyl; have effects at c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: H. Lundbeck A/S
    Inventors: Jens Kristian Perregaard, John Willie Stenberg, Bitten Hansen
  • Patent number: 6765004
    Abstract: The invention is directed to tricyclic indoloazepine compounds useful as vasopressin receptor antagonists, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the present invention and methods of treating conditions involving increased vascular resistance and cardiac insufficiency which include hypertension, congestive heart failure, cardiac insufficiency, coronary vasospasm, cardiac ischemia, liver cirrhosis, renal vasospasm, renal failure, cerebral edema and ischemia, stroke, thrombosis or water retention in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Hoekstra, Michael N. Greco, Leonard R. Hecker, Bruce E. Maryanoff, Jay M. Matthews
  • Publication number: 20040138202
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula I: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: Pharmacia and Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Jackson B. Hester, Bruce N. Rogers, Eric Jon Jacobsen, Michael D. Ennis, Brad A. Acker, Susan L. Vander Velde, Kristine E. Frank
  • Patent number: 6737419
    Abstract: Stable tablets comprising benazepril hydrochloride are prepared by employing zinc stearate as the lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Inventor: Bernard Charles Sherman
  • Publication number: 20040092502
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to certain novel compounds represented by structural Formula (I) 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: John M. Fevig, Ian S. Mitchell, Taekyu Lee, Wenting Chen, Joseph Cacciola
  • Publication number: 20040092503
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treatment of certain metabolic diseases, and to novel compounds and their prodrugs, and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds useful in treating such diseases. In particular, this invention relates to the use of novel compounds and compositions for treatment of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers, acidosis, and obesity through the inhibition of malonyl-CoA decarboxylase (MCD). These compounds have the formulae (I) and (II), wherein Y, C, R1, R2, R6, and R7 are defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas Arrhenius, Jie Fei Cheng, Mark E Wilson, Rossy Serafimov
  • Patent number: 6730707
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of reducing intraocular pressure by administering pharmaceutical compositions comprising indole derivatives. The pharmaceutical compositions useful in this invention comprise indole derivatives and melatonin analogs of Formulae I-IV. A preferred embodiment is a method of lowering intraocular pressure using 5-(methoxycarbonylamino)-N-acetyltryptamine (5-MCA-NAT), also known as GR 135531, which has a prolonged duration of action and greater efficacy in lowering intraocular pressure compared to melatonin. The present invention further provides a method of treating disorders associated with ocular hypertension, and a method of treating various forms of glaucoma; the method comprises administering an effective dose of a pharmacuetical composition comprising an indole derivative with or without agents commonly used to treat such disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignees: Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Universidad Complutense de Madrid
    Inventors: Jesus J. Pintor, Maria A. Peral, Ward M. Peterson, Robert Plourde, Jr., Edward G. Brown, Benjamin R. Yerxa
  • Patent number: 6727258
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (IA): the preparation thereof, pharmaceutical formulations thereof, and their use in medicine as allosteric adenosine receptor modulators for uses including protection against hypoxia and ischemia induced injury and treatment of adenosine-sensitive cardiac arrhythmias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: King Pharmaceutical Research & Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Pier Giovanni Baraldi
  • Publication number: 20040077630
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formulas (IA) and (IB): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventor: Pier Giovanni Baraldi
  • Patent number: 6720316
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 and Z have any of the values defined in the specification, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds. The invention also provides therapeutic methods as well as processes and intermediates useful for preparing compounds of Formula (I). The compounds are 5-HT ligands, and are useful for treating diseases whereas modulation of 5-HT activity is desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventor: William W. McWhorter, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6713471
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to certain novel compounds represented by structural Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, wherein R1, R5, R6a, R6b, R7, R8, R9, X, b, k, m, and n, and the dashed lines are described herein. The invention is also concerned with pharmaceutical formulations comprising these novel compounds as active ingredients and the use of the novel compounds and their formulations in the treatment of certain disorders. The compounds of this invention are serotonin agonists and antagonists and are useful in the control or prevention of central nervous system disorders including obesity, anxiety, depression, psychosis, schizophrenia, sleep disorders, sexual disorders, migraine, conditions associated with cephalic pain, social phobias, and gastrointestinal disorders such as dysfunction of the gastrointestinal tract motility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma Company
    Inventors: Albert J. Robichaud, Taekyu Lee, Wei Deng, Ian S. Mitchell, Simon Haydar, Wenting Chen, Christopher D. Mc Clung, Emilie J. B. Calvello, David M. Zawrotny
  • Publication number: 20040058906
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, which, are novel antagonists for D1/D5 receptors as well as methods for preparing such compounds. In another embodiment, the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such D1/D5 receptor antagonists as well as methods of using them to treat CNS disorders, obesity, metabolic disorders, eating disorders such as hyperphagia, and diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Applicant: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Lian Wu, Duane A. Burnett, William J. Greenlee, Thavalakulam K. Sasikumar
  • Publication number: 20040048912
    Abstract: Compounds having Formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and solvates thereof: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Steven H. Olson, James M. Balkovec, Yuping Zhu
  • Patent number: 6699989
    Abstract: Disclosed are guanidine and biguanidine derivatives which have anti-viral and anti-bacterial activity. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds as an active ingredient, and anti-viral and anti-bacterial methods utilizing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Inventor: B. Vithal Shetty
  • Publication number: 20040038963
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel chain-fluorinated alkanoic acid derivatives thereof, their synthesis, and their use as &agr;v integrin receptor antagonists. More particularly, the compounds of the present invention are antagonists of the integrin receptors &agr;v&bgr;3 and/or &agr;v&bgr;5 and are useful for inhibiting bone resorption, treating and preventing osteoporosis, and inhibiting vascular restenosis, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, angiogenesis, atherosclerosis, inflammation, inflammatory arthritis, viral disease, cancer, and metastatic tumor growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventor: Jiabing Wang
  • Publication number: 20040034012
    Abstract: To provide a compound having a superior arginine vasopressin antagonism. A novel 1,4,5,6-tetrahydroimidazo[4,5-d]benzazepine derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Koshio, Akio Kakefuda, Ippei Sato, Ryutaro Wakayama, Masanao Sanagi
  • Publication number: 20040023947
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods for modulating the activity of receptors are provided. In particular compounds and compositions are provided for modulating the activity of receptors and for the treatment, prevention, or amelioration of one or more symptoms of disease or disorder directly or indirectly related to the activity of the receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Applicant: X-Ceptor Therapeutics Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Martin, Tie-Lin Wang, Brenton T. Flatt, Xiao-Hui Gu, Ronald Griffith
  • Publication number: 20040019037
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel alkanoic acid derivatives thereof, their synthesis, and their use as &agr;v integrin receptor antagonists. More particularly, the compounds of the present invention are antagonists of the integrin receptors &agr;v&bgr;3 and/or &agr;v&bgr;5 and are useful for inhibiting bone resorption, treating and preventing osteoporosis, and inhibiting vascular restenosis, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, angiogenesis, atherosclerosis, inflammatory arthritis, cancer, and metastatic tumor growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Ben C. Askew, Michael J. Breslin, Mark E. Duggan, John H. Hutchinson, Robert S. Meissner, James J. Perkins, Thomas G. Steele, Michael A. Patane
  • Publication number: 20040006066
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds which are generally CRF-1 receptor antagonists and which are represented by Formula I or Formula II: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventors: David Garrett Loughhead, Counde O'Yang