Abstract: The invention relates to compounds corresponding to formula (I), in the form of the base or of an acid-addition salt: in which n is equal to 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; m is equal to 0, 1 or 2; o is equal to 0 or 1; X represents a group —CH2, —CH(R?)—, —NH(R?)— or a heteroatom chosen from O and S, it being understood that R? represents a group —(C1-C5)alkyl, —(C1-C5)alkoxy, —CH2-aryl, —C(O)R5 or —COOR5; R1 represents an oxo group, —COOR5, —W—OH or —W—NR5R6; R2 represents an H atom or a group chosen from the groups (i) —(C1-C5)alkyl, (ii) —(C1-C5)alkoxy, (iii) —COOR5, (iv) —NR5R6, (v) —C(O)—NR5R6, (vi) —SO2—NR3R4, (vii) heteroaryl optionally substituted with a group —(C1-C5)alkyl, (viii) —W-aryl, (ix) —W-heteroaryl, (x) —O—W-aryl, (xi) —O—W-heteroaryl and (xii) —O—W—NR5R6; it being understood that R3 and R4, (i) which may be identical or different, represent, independently of each other, an H atom, a group —(C1-C5)alkyl, —(C3-C6)cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, —CH2-heteroaryl, —(C1-C5)alkyl-NR5R6, —W—OH or —W—NR5R6; or

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds which antagonize epsilon protein kinase C (PKC?). These compounds have a structural formula (Ia), (Ic) or (II). The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods of treating various diseases, conditions, and/or symptoms by using these compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel substituted dihydropyrazolone derivatives, to their preparation and to their therapeutic use as activators of the transcription factor HIF.

Abstract: Novel benzamide compounds including their pharmaceutically acceptable isomers, salts, hydrates, solvates and prodrug derivatives having activity against mammalian factor Xa are described. Compositions containing such compounds are also described. The compounds and compositions are useful in vitro or in vivo for preventing or treating coagulation disorders.

Abstract: The present invention provides a combination which comprises (a) methotrexate and (b) a non-hepatotoxic DHODH inhibitor of formula (I): wherein: R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atoms, halogen atoms, C1-4 alkyl, C3-4 cycloalkyl, —CF3 and —OCF3, R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atoms, halogen atoms and C1-4 alkyl groups, R3 is selected from the group consisting of —COOR5, —CONHR5, tetrazolyl, —SO2NHR5 and —CONHSO2R5 groups, wherein R5 is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and linear or branched C1-4 alkyl groups, R4 is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a C1-4 alkyl group, R9 is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a phenyl group, G1 represents a group selected from N and CR6 wherein R6 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atoms, halogen atoms, C1-4 alkyl, C3-4 cycloalkyl, C1-4 alkoxy, —CF3, —OCF3, monocyclic N-containing C5-7 heteroaryl, monocyclic N— containing C3-7 heterocyclyl groups and C6-1

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds according to general formula (I) which are proposed for the treatment of respiratory complaints, particularly asthma and COPD.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with the activity of GPR119.

Abstract: The invention provides novel, substituted 3-arylamino pyridine compounds pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates and prodrug compounds thereof, wherein W, R1, R2, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14 are as defined in the specification. Such compounds are MEK inhibitors and useful in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, such as cancer, restenosis and inflammation. Also disclosed is the use of such compounds in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases in mammals, especially humans, and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to new azabiphenylaminobenzoic acid derivatives of formula (I); as well as processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and their use in therapy as inhibitors of the dehydroorotate dihydrogenase (DHODH).

Abstract: The present invention concerns prodrugs of opioid analgesics and pharmaceutical compositions containing such prodrugs. Methods for providing more consistent pain relief by increasing the bioavailability of the opioid analgesic with the aforementioned prodrugs are provided. The invention also provides for decreasing the adverse GI side effects of opioid analgesics.

Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of general formula (1), wherein the groups R1 to R3 and L are defined as in claim 1, which are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterised by excessive or abnormal cell proliferation, and their use for preparing a medicament having the above-mentioned properties.

Abstract: Chemical agents, such as derivatives of hydroxypiperidine moieties, and similar heterocyclic ring structures, including salts thereof, that act as anti-cancer and anti-tumor agents, especially where such agents modulate the activity of enzymes and structural polypeptides present in cells, such as cancer cells, or where the agents modulate levels of gene expression in cellular systems, including cancer cells, are disclosed, along with methods for preparing such agents, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing such agents as active ingredients and methods of using these as therapeutic agents.

Abstract: Antibacterial compounds of formula I are provided: As well as stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, and prodrugs thereof; pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of treating bacterial infections by the administration of such compounds; and processes for the preparation of the compounds.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also provided is a method of using a compound of Formula I for treating a disease or condition mediated by a CDK inhibitor.

Abstract: Heterocyclyl-substituted thiazoles of the formula (I), in which the symbols have the meanings given in the description, and also to the agrochemically active salts thereof, and their use for controlling phytopathogenic harmful fungi, and also processes for preparing compounds of the formula (I).

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating colitis and other inflammatory bowel diseases, inter alia, indeterminate colitis, Crohn's disease, irritable bowel syndrome and ischemic colitis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to HSF activating compounds, methods for their discovery, and their research and therapeutic uses, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, chelates, non-covalent complexes, prodrugs, mixtures (including both R and S enantiomeric forms and racemic mixtures thereof), and pharmaceutical Formulations thereof. In particular, the present invention provides compounds capable of facilitating HSF1 homotrimerization, and methods of using such compounds as therapeutic agents to treat a number of conditions associated with irregular HSF1 activity.

Abstract: This invention is related to new histone deacetylase inhibitors according to the general formula (I) wherein: the dotted line is an optional additional bond; R1 is hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, C1-C6 haloalkyl or C1 C6 haloalkoxy; R2, R3 are, independently, hydrogen; C1-C6 alkyl; aryl; or taken together with the carbon atoms to which they are bound form a bridged bicyclic ring or a fused heterocycle; X is CH or nitrogen; Y is a bond, oxygen, (CH2)mCR4R5(CH2)n, or (CH2)oNR6(CH2)p; m, n, o, p, R4, R5 and R6 are as further defined in the specification; and pharmaceutical acceptable salts thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to oxycarbamoyl compounds of Formula I: The invention is also directed to the use compounds of Formula I to treat, prevent or ameliorate a disorder responsive to the blockade of calcium channels, and particularly N-type calcium channels. Compounds of the present invention are especially useful for treating pain.

Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted phenylpiperidine derivatives as melanocortin-4 receptor modulators. Depending on the structure and the stereochemistry the compounds of the invention are either selective agonists or selective antagonists of the human melanocortin-4 receptor (MC-4R). The agonists can be used for the treatment of disorders and diseases such as obesity, diabetes and sexual dysfunction, whereas the antagonists are useful for the treatment of disorders and diseases such as cancer cachexia, muscle wasting, anorexia, anxiety and depression. Generally all diseases and disorders where the regulation of the MC-4R is involved can be treated with the compounds of the invention.

Abstract: Viruses, and particularly RNA viruses, have high mutation rates. Hence, antiviral agents that have been developed to date targeting protease or reverse transcriptase of viruses have quickly lost their effectiveness and resistant viruses have emerged. Also, in recent years, viral diseases caused by various new viruses such as SARS, avian influenza, and the hepatitis C have become social menaces. Therefore, the development of a novel antiviral agent that can cope with a virus resistant to an existing drug or a new virus and has a wide range of applications has been demanded. The present invention provides a novel anti-RNA viral agent and a method for use thereof. The present invention further provides an anti-RNA viral agent that is also effective against a new virus or a drug-resistant virus, and a method for use thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds and to the use thereof, to pharmaceutical compositions containing said chemical compounds as an active ingredient and to the use thereof for producing medicinal preparations for the human being and warm-blood animals for treating diseases caused by the aberrant activity of an Hedgehog (Hh)-signal system, in particular oncological diseases. The invention also relates to the use of the above-mentioned compounds in the form of ‘molecular pharmacological tools’ for examining (in vitro and in vivo) the biochemical features of the Hh-signal system, in particular, the interaction of Hh protein and transmembrane proteins, namely, suppressor Patched (Ptc) and protooncogenic proteins.

Abstract: A compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug ester thereof: wherein the variants R, R9, Z, X, Q and Y are defined in the specification.

Abstract: The present invention pertains generally to the field of therapeutic compounds. More specifically the present invention pertains to certain amido-thiophene compounds that, inter alia, inhibit 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11?-HSD1). The present invention also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds and compositions, both in vitro and in vivo, to inhibit 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1; to treat disorders that are ameliorated by the inhibition of 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1; to treat the metabolic syndrome, which includes disorders such as type 2 diabetes and obesity, and associated disorders including insulin resistance, hypertension, lipid disorders and cardiovascular disorders such as ischaemic (coronary) heart disease; to treat CNS disorders such as mild cognitive impairment and early dementia, including Alzheimer's disease; etc.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound that is useful for treatment of, for example, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, bulimia and obesity because of having an antagonistic action to a neuropeptide Y receptor and is represented by formula (I) [wherein R1 represents hydrogen, cyano, or the like; R represents a group represented by formula (II); X1 represents C1-4 lower alkylene or the like; X2 represents lower alkylene or the like; and Het represents a 5-membered heteroaromatic ring that has at least one nitrogen atom and, in addition, one or two hetero atoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, sulfur and oxygen atoms] or to a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The invention provides a novel chemical series of formula I, as well as methods of use thereof for binding to the benzodiazepine site of the GABAA receptor and modulating GABAA, and use of the compound of formula I for the treatment of GABAA receptor associated disorders. The general structure of formula I is shown below and can exist in tautomeric forms: The invention further provides a method of modulation of one or more GABAA subtypes in an animal comprising administering to the animal an effective amount of a compound of formula (I).

Abstract: The invention provides a novel chemical series of formula I, as well as methods of use thereof for binding to the benzodiazepine site of the GABAA receptor and modulating GABAA, and use of the compound of formula I for the treatment of GABAA receptor associated disorders. The general structure of formula I is shown below: The invention further provides a method of modulation of one or more GABAA subtypes in an animal comprising administering to the animal an effective amount of a compound of formula (I).

Abstract: The invention provides a novel chemical series of formula I, as well as methods of use thereof for binding to the benzodiazepine site of the GABAA receptor and negatively modulating the ?5 subtype of GABAA, and use of the compound of formula I for the treatment of GABAA receptor associated disorders. The general structure of formula I is shown below: The invention further provides a method of modulation of one or more GABAA subtypes in an animal comprising administering to the animal an effective amount of a compound of formula (I).

Abstract: Antibacterial compounds of formula I are provided: As well as stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, and prodrugs thereof; pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of treating bacterial infections by the administration of such compounds; and processes for the preparation of the compounds.

Abstract: A renin inhibitor comprising a compound represented by the formula: wherein each symbol is as defined in the description, or a salt thereof or a prodrug thereof. The compound of the present invention has a superior renin inhibitory activity, and thus is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of hypertension, various organ damages attributable to hypertension and the like.

Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) are effective in the treatment of a microbial infection.

Abstract: Thiazole amides, imidazole amides and related analogues of the Formula: are provided, in which variables are as described herein. Such compounds may be used to modulate ligand binding to histamine H3 receptors in vivo or in vitro, and are particularly useful in the treatment of a variety of central nervous system (CNS) and other disorders in humans, domesticated companion animals and livestock animals. Compounds provided herein may be administered alone or in combination with one or more other CNS agents to potentiate the effects of the other CNS agent(s). Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating such disorders are provided, as are methods for using such ligands for detecting histamine H3 receptors (e.g., receptor localization studies).

Abstract: Novel benzamide compounds including their pharmaceutically acceptable isomers, salts, hydrates, solvates and prodrug derivatives having activity against mammalian factor Xa are described. Compositions containing such compounds are also described. The compounds and compositions are useful in vitro or in vivo for preventing or treating coagulation disorders.

Abstract: The present teachings provide compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, and esters thereof, wherein Ar, R1, R2, R3, p, and X are defined herein. The present teachings also provide processes for producing said compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and esters, and methods of treating a pathological condition or disorder, or alleviating a symptom thereof, using said compounds including their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and esters. The compounds can be useful in modulating ion channel activity including treating a variety of conditions associated with the abnormal modulation of one or more voltage-gated calcium channels.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a therapeutic and/or prophylactic agent for urinary frequency, urinary urgency, and urinary incontinence associated with various lower urinary tract diseases including overactive bladder, various lower urinary tract diseases accompanied by lower urinary tract pain, such as interstitial cystitis, chronic prostatitis, and the like, and various diseases accompanied by pain, based on an excellent trkA receptor inhibitory action.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel Oxypiperidine Derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the Oxypiperidine Derivatives and the use of the Oxypiperidine Derivatives for treating or preventing treating allergy, an allergy-induced airway response, congestion, hypotension, a cardiovascular disease, a gastrointestinal disorder, obesity, a sleep disorder, pain, diabetes, a diabetic complication, impaired glucose tolerance, impaired fasting glucose or a central nervous system (CNS) disorder.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP/ABCG2) inhibitor. The invention provides an acrylonitrile derivative represented by formula (1): (wherein A represents an optionally substituted 3- to 8-membered heterocyclic ring) or a salt thereof.

Abstract: Chemical agents, such as derivatives of hydroxy benzene moieties, and similar heterocyclic ring structures, including salts thereof, that act as anti-cancer and anti-tumor agents, especially where such agents modulate the activity of enzymes and structural polypeptides present in cells, such as cancer cells, or where the agents modulate levels of gene expression in cellular systems, including cancer cells, are disclosed, along with methods for preparing such agents, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing such agents as active ingredients and methods of using these as therapeutic agents.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds represented by Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, or prodrug thereof which are inhibitors of Factor Xa. The present invention is also directed to and intermediates used in making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, methods to prevent or treat a number of conditions characterized by undesired thrombosis and methods of inhibiting the coagulation of a blood sample.

Abstract: This invention comprises the novel compounds of formula (I) wherein n, m, t, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, L, Q, X, Y, Z and have defined meanings, having histone deacetylase inhibiting enzymatic activity; their preparation, compositions containing them and their use as a medicine.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to compounds of formula (I): wherein A, Z, Z?, L, R2 and R3 are as defined in the disclosure, to compositions comprising said compounds, and to methods for the manufacture and therapeutic use thereof.

Abstract: A 2-acylaminothiazole derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof having an excellent effect of proliferating human c-mpl-Ba/F3 cells and an activity of increasing platelets based on the effect of promoting the formation of megakaryocytic colonies. A compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof useful in treating thrombocytopenia.

Abstract: An active ingredient is a compound represented by the general formula [I]: [wherein R1 and R2 represent a lower alkyl group, a C3-6 cycloalkyl group or the like, X1 and X2 represent methine, an Ar—Y1—Y2—Y3-substituted methine or the like, however either of them is an Ar—Y1—Y2—Y3-substituted methine, X3 to X8 represent methine, —N— or the like, Y1 and Y3 represent a single bond, —O— or the like, Y2 represent a single bond, a lower alkylene group or the like, W represent —(O)—(CH2)n-(O)— or the like, n represents an integer of 1 to 4, L and Z2 represent a single bond or a methylene group, Z1 represents a single bond, a C1-4 alkylene group or the like, and Ar represents an aromatic carbocyclic group or the like]. The compound acts as a melanin-concentrating hormone receptor antagonist and useful as a therapeutic agent for obesity or the like.

Abstract: This disclosure concerns compounds which are useful as inhibitors of protein kinase C (PKC) and are thus useful for treating a variety of diseases and disorders that are mediated or sustained through the activity of PKC. This disclosure also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, processes for preparing these compounds and intermediates useful in these processes.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for modulating the activity of the hedgehog signaling pathway. In particular, the invention provides a method for inhibiting aberrant growth states resulting from phenotypes such as Ptc loss-of-function, hedgehog gain-of-function, smoothened gain-of-function or Gli gain-of-function, comprising contacting a cell with a sufficient amount of a compound of Formula I.

Abstract: The present application relates to novel 6-alkylamino-substituted dicyanopyridines, to their amino acid ester prodrugs, to processes for their preparation, to their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases and to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, preferably for the treatment and/or prevention of cardiovascular disorders.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of treating patients for pain by administering noribogaine. Noribogaine may also be used to treat patients for the symptoms associated with withdrawal from drug dependency. In the latter case, the noribogaine treatment should be supplemented with the administration of an opioid antagonist such as naloxone.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein R1 to R4 and G are as defined in the description and claims and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases which are associated with the modulation of H3 receptors.

Abstract: Novel benzamide compounds including their pharmaceutically acceptable isomers, salts, hydrates, solvates and prodrug derivatives having activity against mammalian factor Xa are described. Compositions containing such compounds are also described. The compounds and compositions are useful in vitro or in vivo for preventing or treating coagulation disorders.

Abstract: Compounds of Formulas Ia and Ib, and stereoisomers, geometric isomers, tautomers, solvates, metabolites and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are useful for inhibiting receptor tyrosine kinases and for treating disorders mediated thereby. Methods of using compounds of Formula Ia and Ib, and stereoisomers, geometric isomers, tautomers, solvates and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for in vitro, in situ, and in vivo diagnosis, prevention or treatment of such disorders in mammalian cells, or associated pathological conditions are disclosed.