Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pyridylether derivatives which are cholinergic ligands at nicotinic Ach receptors. The compounds of the invention are useful for the treatment of conditions, disorders, or diseases involving the cholinergic system of the central nervous system, pain, inflammatory diseases, diseases caused by smooth muscle contractions and as assistance in the cessation of chemical substance abuse.

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 inhibiting or antagonizing the ?v?3 and/or the ?v?5 integrin without significantly inhibiting the ?v?6 integrin.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a compound having a treatment effect based on a chemokine inhibitory activity, which is satisfactory as a pharmaceutical product for oral administration. The present inventors have found that the following benzylpiperidine derivative (the formula (1)) has a chemokine inhibitory activity. Further intensive studies have resulted in successful enhancement of the chemokine inhibitory activity and stability in blood of the present compound, as well as the completion of the present invention. wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification.

Abstract: Compounds are provided which have the structure wherein Q is C or N, X1 is C or N, and R1, R2, R2a, R2b, R2c, R3, Y, A, m, n, X2, X3 and X4 are as defined herein, which compounds are useful as antidiabetic, hypolipidemic, and antiobesity agents.

Abstract: The present invention provides C1-6alkyl-4-amino-azepan-3-one protease inhibitors and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and solvates thereof which inhibit proteases, including cathepsin K, pharmaceutical compositions of such compounds, novel intermediates of such compounds, and methods for treating diseases of excessive bone loss or cartilage or matrix degradation, including osteoporosis; gingival disease including gingivitis and periodontitis; arthritis, more specifically, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis; Paget's disease; hypercalcemia of malignancy; and metabolic bone disease; and parasitic diseases, including malaria, by administering to a patient in need thereof one or more compounds of the present invention.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula I and the tautomeric forms, possible enantiomeric and diasteromeric forms thereof, and prodrugs thereof, and use thereof as PARP inhibitors.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel quinoline derivatives of the formula 1, to their preparation and to their use as medicaments, in particular for treating tumors.

Abstract: Thioether-substituted benzamide compounds having the formula: are provided that exhibit exceptionally strong inhibition of Factor Xa in combination with weak hERG binding.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) the stereoisomers and prodrugs thereof, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, stereoisomers, and prodrugs; wherein R1, R2, Ra, Rb, X, and Z are as defined herein; pharmaceutical compositions thereof; and uses thereof.

Abstract: This invention relates to certain cyclic amine derivatives of Formula (I) that are CCR-3 receptor antagonists, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, methods for their use and methods for preparing these compounds.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 are defined herein, which are useful as inhibitors of the kinase activity of the I?B kinase (IKK) complex. The compounds are therefore useful in the treatment of IKK mediated diseases including autoimmune diseases inflammatory diseases and cancer. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and processes for preparing these compounds.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 are defined herein, which are useful as inhibitors of the kinase activity of the I?B kinase (IKK) complex. The compounds are therefore useful in the treatment of IKK mediated diseases including autoimmune diseases inflammatory diseases and cancer. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and processes for preparing these compounds.

Abstract: Sulfamide compounds having formula (I) are described as well as their use in the treatment of diseases dependent on the signaling pathways associated with ?-adrenergic receptors, such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, gastrointestinal hypo- or hyper-motility and cardiovascular diseases

Abstract: This invention provides novel azepane derivatives or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, according to the general formula (I) wherein the symbols are defined in the specification, as well as processes for their manufacture. The compounds according to this invention possess anti-cell proliferation activity and show an increased plasma-stability.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel compounds of the formula Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of Formula I. Also disclosed are methods of treating various diseases or conditions, such as, for example, allergy, allergy-induced airway responses, and congestion (e.g., nasal congestion) using the compounds of Formula I. Also disclosed are methods of treating various diseases or conditions, such as, for example, allergy, allergy-induced airway responses, and congestion (e.g., nasal congestion) using the compounds of Formula I in combination with a H. receptor antagonist.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods which use 4-amino-azepan-3-one protease inhibitors of cathepsin S in the treatment of diseases in which cathepsin S is implicated, especially treatment or prevention of autoimmune disease; treatment or prevention of a disease state caused by the formation of atherosclerotic lesions and complications arising therefrom; and diseases requiring inhibition, for therapy, of a class II MHC-restricted immune response, inhibition of an asthmatic response, inhibition of an allergic response, inhibition of immune response against a transplanted organ or tissue, or inhibition of elastase activity in atheroma, and novel compounds for use therewith.

Abstract: Compounds represented by formula (I), prodrugs thereof and salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same as an active ingredient (wherein each symbol has the meaning as defined in the specification.).

Abstract: The invention relates to novel 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline derivatives of formula (I) and related compounds 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 neurohormonal antagonists especially urotensin II antagonists.

Abstract: Compounds, compositions, and methods for treating multidrug resistance are disclosed. Suitable compounds are 2-substituted heterocyclic compounds.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods which uses certain 4-amino-azepan-3-ones to inhibit cathepsin L. Consequently they are useful for preventing or treating diseases in which cathepsin L is implicated, such as rheumatoid arthritis or inhibition of positive selection of CD4+T-cells by cortical thymic epithelial cells.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) 1

Abstract: This invention relates to N-aroyl cyclic amine derivatives of formula (I): wherein: Y represents a bond, oxygen, or a group (CH2)n, wherein n represents 1, 2 or 3 m represents 1, 2 or 3; p represents 0 or 1; X is O,SC═O, SO2, or —CH═CH; Ar1 is aryl, or a mono or bicyclic heteroaryl group containing up to 4 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S; any of which may be optionally substituted; Ar2 represents phenyl or a 5- or 5-membered heterocyclyl group containing up to 3 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S, wherein the phenyl or heterocyclyl group is substituted by R1 and further optional substituents; or Ar2 represents an optionally substituted bicyclic aromatic or bicyclic heteroaromatic group containing up to 3 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S; R1 represents hydrogen, optionally substituted (C1-4)alkoxy, halo, cyano, optionally substituted (C1-16)alkyl, optionally substituted 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring containing up to 4 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S; or a pharmaceutical acc

Abstract: A chemical genus of 2-(aminomethyl)arylamides, which are useful as analgesics, is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides 4-amino-azepan-3-one protease inhibitors and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and solvates thereof which inhibit proteases, including cathepsin K, pharmaceutical compositions of such compounds, novel intermediates of such compounds, and methods for treating diseases of excessive bone loss or cartilage or matrix degradation, including osteoporosis; gingival disease including gingivitis and periodontitis; arthritis, more specifically, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis; Paget's disease; hypercalcemia of malignancy; and metabolic bone disease, comprising inhibiting said bone loss or excessive cartilage or matrix degradation by administering to a patient in need thereof a compound of the present invention.

Abstract: Benzanilides are provided which are voltage-dependent potassium channel openers. Methods of using the benzanilides of the invention are also provided.

Abstract: Aminopyridine derivatives of the following formula I which exhibit pharmacological activity at estrogen receptors alpha (ER&agr;) and beta (ER&bgr;) are described herein. The described invention also includes compositions and medicaments containing the aminopyridine derivatives as well as processes for the preparation and use of such compounds, compositions and medicaments.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrrolidine sulfonamides, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as urotensin II antagonists.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I: 1

Abstract: This invention relates to benzimidazolone derivatives, represented by compounds of a general formula [I] 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to 6-phenyl-pyridin-2-ylamine derivatives of the formula 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrrolidine sulfonamides, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as urotensin II antagonists.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of Formula I 1

Abstract: This invention relates to the novel use of amide squaramides in the treatment of disease states mediated by the chemokine, Interleukin-8 (IL-8).

Abstract: The present application describes monocyclic or bicyclic carbocycles and heterocycles and derivatives thereof of Formula I: 1

Abstract: A hydroxyformamidine compound represented by the following formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) 1

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, cycloalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl or R1 and R2 are linked to form a ring; R3-R5 are hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkylcarbonyl, phenylcarbonyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, hydroxy, alkylsulfonyl, cyano, trifluoromethyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl or nitro; R6 and R7 are hydrogen or alkyl or they are linked to constitute 3-7-membered ring; R8 is hydrogen or alkyl; h

Abstract: Substituted propane-1,3-diamine derivatives, methods for producing such derivatives, and medicaments and pharmaceutical compositions containing such derivatives useful for the treatment or prophylaxis of pain, urinary incontinence, itching, tinitus aurium, or diarrhea are provided.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel cathepsin S, K, F, L and B reversible inhibitory compounds of the formulas (Ia) and (Ib) where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R8, R9 and X are defined herein. The compounds are useful for treating autoimmune and other diseases. Also disclosed are processes for making such novel compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 are each independently lower alkyl lower alkenyl, acyl, amino, lower alkoxy, lower cycloalkyloxy, aryl, aryloxy, sulfooxy, mercapto, sulfo, hydrogen, halogen, nitro, cyano or hydroxy, or may form a ring structure; Q1 is N or CH; L is optionally substituted unsaturated 3 to 10-membered heterocyclic group; X is optionally substituted monocyclic arylene or monocyclic heteroarylene; Y is -(A1)m-(A2)n-(A4)k-; Z is directbond, —CH2-, —NH— or —O—; and R is hydrogen or lower alkyl, or a salt thereof The compounds of the present invention inhibit apolipoprotein B (Apo B) secretion and are useful as a medicament for prophylactic and treatment of diseases or conditions resulting from elevated circulating levels of Apo B.

Abstract: This invention discloses novel gamma secretase inhibitors of the formula: 1

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 inhibiting or antagonizing the &agr;v&bgr;3 and/or &agr;v &bgr;5 integrin.

Abstract: The present invention provides C3-C6 1-amino-1-acyl cycloalkane-substituted 4-amino-azepan-3-one protease inhibitors and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and solvates thereof which inhibit proteases, including cathepsin K, pharmaceutical compositions of such compounds, novel intermediates of such compounds, and methods for treating diseases of excessive bone loss or cartilage or matrix degradation, including osteoporosis; gingival disease including gingivitis and periodontitis; arthritis, more specifically, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis; Paget's disease; hypercalcemia of malignancy; and metabolic bone disease, comprising inhibiting said bone loss or excessive cartilage or matrix degradation by administering to a patient in need thereof a compound of the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods which use 4-amino-azepan-3-one protease inhibitors of cathepsin L in the treatment of diseases in which cathepsin L is implicated, especially treatment or prevention of rheumatoid arthritis; treatment or prevention of cancer metastasis; treatment or prevention of diseases requiring inhibition of tissue destruction by macrophage, particularly lung macrophage, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and emphysema; treatment or prevention of diseases requiring, for therapy, inhibition of positive selection of CD4+ T-cells by cortical thymic epithelial cells.

Abstract: Selected novel carboxylic acid substituted heterocycle compounds are effective for prophylaxis and treatment of inflammation, tissue degradation, cancer, fibrosis and related diseases. The invention encompasses novel compounds, analogs, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for prophylaxis and treatment of inflamation, tissue degradation and related diseases. The subject invention also relates to processes for making such compounds as well as to intermediates useful in such processes.

Abstract: Compounds that modulate the estrogen receptor (ER) are disclosed, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing the same. In a specific embodiment, the compounds are selective modulators for ER-&bgr; over ER-&agr;. Methods are disclosed for modulating ER-&bgr; in cell and/or tissues expressing the same, including cells and/or tissue that preferentially express ER-&bgr;. More generally, methods for treating estrogen-related conditions are also disclosed, including conditions such as is breast cancer, testicular cancer, osteoporosis, endometriosis, cardiovascular disease, hypercholesterolemia, prostatic hypertrophy, prostatic carcinomas, obesity, hot flashes, skin effects, mood swings, memory loss, urinary incontinence, hairloss, cataracts, natural hormonal imbalances, and adverse reproductive effects associated with exposure to environmental chemicals.

Abstract: This invention relates to certain cyclic amine derivatives of Formula (I) that are CCR-3 receptor antagonists, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, methods for their use and methods for preparing these compounds.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of a formula (I): 1

Abstract: Compounds of formula (1) or (2), enantiomers thereof, mixtures thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: wherein: n is 0, or 1; R is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl or aralkyl; and R1 is aryl optionally substituted with alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, cycloalkoxy, thioalkoxy, thiocycloalkoxy, methylenedioxy, aryloxy, halogen, CF3, OCF3, CN, amino, nitro, aryl, or a monocyclic 5 to 6-membered heteroaryl group, or R is a monocyclic 5 to 6-membered heteroaryl group optionally substituted with alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, cycloalkoxy, thioalkoxy, thiocycloalkoxy, methylenedioxy, aryloxy, halogen, CF3, OCF3, CN, amino, nitro, aryl, or a monocyclic 5 to 6-membered heteraryl group, or R is a bicyclic heteroaryl group composed of a monocyclic 5 to 6-membered heteroaryl group fused to a benzene ring, optionally substituted with alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, cy

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.