1,4-thiazines Patents (Class 514/227.5)
  • Publication number: 20020177588
    Abstract: A treatment process is disclosed that comprises administering an effective amount of an aromatic sulfone hydroxamic acid that exhibits excellent inhibitory activity of one or more matrix metalloprotease (MMP) enzymes, such as MMP-2, MMP-9 and MMP-13, while exhibiting substantially less inhibition at least of MMP-1 to a host having a condition associated with pathological matrix metalloprotease activity. Also disclosed are metalloprotease inhibitor compounds having those selective activities, processes for manufacture of such compounds and pharmaceutical compositions using an inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas E. Barta, Daniel P. Becker, Louis J. Bedell, Terri L. Boehm, Jeffery N. Carroll, Gary A. DeCrescenzo, Yvette M. Fobian, John N. Freskos, Daniel P. Getman, Joseph J. McDonald, Gunnar J. Hanson, Susan L. Hockerman, Susan C. Howard, Steve A. Kolodziej, Hui Li, Deborah A. Mischke, Joseph G. Rico, Nathan W. Stehle, Michael B. Tollefson, William F. Vernier, Clara I. Villamil
  • Publication number: 20020173508
    Abstract: An aromatic sulfonyl alpha-hydroxy hydroxamic acid compound that inter alia inhibits matrix metalloprotease activity is disclosed, as is a treatment process that comprises administering a contemplated aromatic sulfonyl alpha-hydroxy hydroxamic acid compound in an MMP enzyme-inhibiting effective amount to a host having a condition associated with pathological matrix metalloprotease activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2001
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: John N. Freskos, Terri L. Boehm, Brent V. Mischke, Robert M. Heintz, Joseph J. McDonald, Gary A. DeCrescenzo, Susan C. Howard
  • Publication number: 20020173507
    Abstract: Selected novel urea compounds are effective for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases, such as cell proliferation or apoptosis mediated diseases. The invention encompasses novel compounds, analogs, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases and other maladies or conditions involving stoke, cancer and the like. The subject invention also relates to processes for making such compounds as well as to intermediates useful in such processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Vincent Santora, Benny Askew, Arup Ghose, Andrew Hague, Tae Seong Kim, Ellen Laber, Aiwen Li, Brian Lian, Gang Liu, Mark Norman, Leon Smith, Andrew Tasker, Christopher Tegley, Kevin Yang
  • Publication number: 20020173500
    Abstract: Substituted heterocyclo-norbornylaminoderivatives having: a) an exo-configuration nitrogen and an endo-fused five-membered ring or six-membered ring of the formula (I) or b) an exo-configuration nitrogen and an exo-fused five-membered ring or six-membered ring of the formula (Ia), 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Uwe Heinelt, Hans-Jochen Lang, Klaus Wirth, Hans-Willi Jansen
  • Publication number: 20020169159
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods that are useful in the treatment of inflammatory and immune conditions and diseases are provided herein. In particular, the invention provides compounds which modulate the expression and/or function of a chemokine receptor. The subject methods are useful for the treatment of inflammatory and immunoregulatory disorders and diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and type I diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Applicant: Tularik Inc.
    Inventors: Julio C. Medina, Michael G. Johnson, An-Rong Li, Jiwen Liu, Alan Xi Huang, Liusheng Zhu, Andrew P. Marcus
  • Publication number: 20020169160
    Abstract: Matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors are tricyclic substituted cyclic sulfonamides of the formula 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: Patrick Michael O'Brien, William Chester Patt, Joseph Armand Picard, Kevon Ray Shuler, Drago Robert Sliskovic
  • Publication number: 20020156064
    Abstract: This invention relates to certain benzenesulfonamides and their use as PDE7 inhibitors
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Applicant: SmithKline Beecham Corp
    Inventors: Kelly M. Aubart, Siegfried B. Christensen, Jack D. Leber
  • Publication number: 20020156071
    Abstract: Matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors are tricyclic sulfonamides of the Formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Patrick Michael O'Brien, Drago Robert Sliskovic
  • Publication number: 20020151534
    Abstract: Antithrombotic compounds of general formula 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Uwe Joerg Ries, Henning Priepke, Herbert Nar, Jean-Marie Stassen, Wolfgang Wienen
  • Publication number: 20020147192
    Abstract: Tertiary amines containing a multiplicity of heteroaromatic substituents are useful as chemokine receptor modulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: Gary Bridger, Renato Skerlj, Al Kaller, Curtis Harwig, David Bogucki, Trevor R. Wilson, Jason Crawford, Ernest J. McEachern, Bem Atsma, Siqiao Nan, Yuanxi Zhou, Dominique Schols, Christopher Dennis Smith, Maria Rosaria Di Fluri
  • Publication number: 20020147193
    Abstract: Couplers for hair coloring compositions for oxidative dyeing of hair are compounds of the formula (1): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: Mu-III Lim, Yuh-Guo Pan
  • Publication number: 20020147194
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventor: Harry Ralph Howard
  • Publication number: 20020143011
    Abstract: Compounds of general formula (1) are described: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Applicant: Celltech Therapeutics, Limited
    Inventors: Graham John Warrellow, Ewan Campbell Boyd, Rikki Peter Alexander
  • Publication number: 20020137743
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit &bgr;-amyloid peptide release and/or its synthesis, and, accordingly, have utility in treating Alzheimer's disease. Also disclosed pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound which inhibits &bgr;-amyloid peptide release and/or its synthesis as well as methods for treating Alzheimer's disease both prophylactically and therapeutically with such pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Jing Wu, Eugene D. Thorsett, Jeffrey S. Nissen, Thomas E. Mabry, Lee H. Latimer, Varghese John, Lawrence Y. Fang, James E. Audia
  • Publication number: 20020132807
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heterocyclyl-containing diaryl sulfide compounds that are useful for treating inflammatory and immune diseases, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and to methods of inhibiting inflammation or suppressing immune response in a mammal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Gary T. Wang, Sheldon Wang, Robert Gentles
  • Patent number: 6451824
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are suitable for the production of pharmaceuticals for the prophylaxis and therapy of disorders in the course of which an increased activity of matrix-degrading metalloproteinases is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Aventis Pharma Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Thorwart, Wilfried Schwab, Manfred Schudok, Burkhard Haase
  • Publication number: 20020128208
    Abstract: The disclosed invention is a composition agonists and/or antagonists of V2, V1a or both receptors, in a host, including animals, and especially humans, using a small molecule or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: James P. Snyder, Dennis C. Liotta, Hariharan Venkatesan, Minmin Wang, Matthew C. Davis
  • Publication number: 20020123492
    Abstract: The present invention relates beta-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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2002
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventors: David Lauffer, Michael Mullican
  • Publication number: 20020123493
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cyclic amine 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2002
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventors: Michael Mullican, David Lauffer
  • Publication number: 20020123490
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating depression, obsessive compulsive disorder and psychosis in a mammal, including a human, by administering to the mammal an atypical antipsychotic in combination with an antidepressant agent with improvement in efficiency. It also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, an atypical antipsychotic, and an SRI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventor: Harry R. Howard
  • Patent number: 6444662
    Abstract: Described are salts of hyperforin and adhyperforin of formula I [A−]m[B]p+  (I) wherein m is an integer from 1 to 3, p is equal to m and gives the total number of positive charges of the residue [B], [A−] is an anion of formula II with n=0 or 1 and [B]p+ is an ion of an alkali metal or an ammonium ion of a salt-forming nitrogen base of formula III wherein R1 through R4 have a variety of meanings including hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl and similar groups which in turn may be substituted with one or more substituents. The salts serve inter alia for enriching or purifying hyperforin and adhyperforin from St. John's Wort extracts. Pharmaceutical preparations containing the salts are used for treating Alzheimer's Disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Willmar Schwabe GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Shyam Sunder Chatterjee, Clemens Erdelmeier, Klaus Klessing, Dieter Marme, Christoph Schächtele
  • Publication number: 20020119968
    Abstract: The invention concerns compounds of formula (I) 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Applicant: ZENECA LIMITED
    Inventors: Alan Wellington Faull, Andrew Stocker, Colette Marie Mayo, John Preston
  • Publication number: 20020119962
    Abstract: Novel hydroxamic acid compounds are disclosed. These hydroxamates inhibit peptide deformylase (PDF), an enzyme present in prokaryotes and are therefore useful as antimicrobials and antibiotics. Methods of synthesis and of use of the compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Jacobs, Dinesh Patel, Jason Lewis, Zhi-Jie Ni
  • Patent number: 6436437
    Abstract: This invention herein describes a method of facilitating the entry of drugs into cells and tissues at physiologically protected sites at pharmicokinetically useful levels and also a method of targeting drugs to specific organelles within the cell. This polar lipid/drug conjugate targeting invention embodies an advance over other drug targeting methods known in the prior art, because the invention provides drug concentrations in such physiologically protected sites that can reach therapeutically-effective levels after administration of systemic levels much lower than are currently administered to achieve a therapeutic dose. This technology is appropriate for use with psychotropic, neurotropic and neurological drugs, agents and compounds, for rapid and efficient introduction of such agents across the blood-brain barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Oregon Health and Science University
    Inventors: Milton B. Yatvin, Michael H. B. Stowell, Michael J. Meredith
  • Publication number: 20020111347
    Abstract: The present invention relates to amino-alkyl 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2002
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: Scott Harbeson, Michael Mullican
  • Publication number: 20020111348
    Abstract: Compound represented by the structural formula 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: Gregory A. Reichard, Neng-Yang Shih, Dasong Wang
  • Publication number: 20020107235
    Abstract: The present invention provides non-steroidal compounds of Formula I, and 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Kevin K. Liu, Bradley P. Morgan, Ralph P. Robinson
  • Publication number: 20020107240
    Abstract: The present invention relates N-substituted glycine 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2002
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: David Lauffer, Brian Ledford, Michael Mullican
  • Publication number: 20020107245
    Abstract: Provided, among other things, is a method of treating, ameliorating or preventing certain fibrotic diseases or other indications in an animal, including a human, comprising administering an effective amount of a compound of the formula I:
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Dilip Wagle, Martin Gall, Stanley C. Bell, Edmond J. LaVoie
  • Publication number: 20020107241
    Abstract: The present invention relates N-heterocyclic 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2002
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: David Lauffer, Brian Ledford, Michael Mullican
  • Publication number: 20020107244
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating depression or anxiety in a mammal, including a human, by administering to the mammal a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist in combination with an SRI antidepressant agent with improvement in sexual function and/or reduction in gastro-intestinal side effects. It also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist and an SRI antidepressant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventor: Harry R. Howard
  • Patent number: 6429206
    Abstract: Use of agonists and antagonists of the nicotinergic acetylcholine receptors of insects for the non-systemic control of parasitic insects, such as fleas, lice and flies, on humans and on animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hubert Dorn, Terence Hopkins
  • Publication number: 20020103192
    Abstract: Substituted trifluoromethyl ketones, ketooxazoles, ketoamides, ketoesters, and diketones having the formula 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Michael L. Curtin, Steven K. Davidsen, Robin R. Frey, Howard R. Heyman, Michael R. Michaelides, Anil Vasudevan, Carol K. Wada
  • Publication number: 20020103191
    Abstract: Dibenzofluorene derivatives having a formula selected from the group consisting of 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Applicant: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Frederick F. Becker, Bimal K. Banik
  • Publication number: 20020103190
    Abstract: The present invention relates to azo 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2002
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: David Lauffer, Michael Mullican
  • Publication number: 20020099035
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventors: Vincent P. Sandanayaka, Arie Zask, Aranapakam M. Venkatesan, Jannie L. Baker, Lalitha Krishnan, Sreenivasulu Megati, Joseph Zeldis
  • Publication number: 20020099045
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating depression, especially refractory depression, in a mammal, including a human, by administering to the mammal a sigma receptor ligand in combination with an antidepressant agent. It also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, a sigma receptor ligand and a serotonin reuptake inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventor: Harry Ralph Howard
  • Publication number: 20020094979
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of 5-HT6 receptor antagonists containing arylsulfamide or arylaminosulfonyl groups in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Charles Alan Reavill, Carol Routledge
  • Patent number: 6417219
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds which are useful as inhibitors of metalloproteases, and which are effective in treating conditions characterized by excess activity of these enzymes. In particular, the present invention relates to a compound having a structure according to Formula (I). Also disclosed are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating diseases characterized by metalloprotease activity using these compounds or the pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael George Natchus, Biswanath De, Stanislaw Pikul, Neil Gregory Almstead, Roger Gunnard Bookland, Yetunde Olabisi Taiwo, Menyan Cheng
  • Publication number: 20020086887
    Abstract: N-Benzoyl arylsulfonamides having the formula 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: David J. Augeri, Steven A. Baumeister, Milan Bruncko, Daniel A. Dickman, Hong Ding, Jurgen Dinges, Stephen W. Fesik, Philip J. Hajduk, Aaron R. Kunzer, William McClellan, David G. Nettesheim, Thorsten Oost, Andrew M. Petros, Saul H. Rosenberg, Wang Shen, Sheela A. Thomas, Xilu Wang, Michael D. Wendt
  • Patent number: 6413994
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a class of compounds which are capable of modulating processes mediated by peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-&ggr;). The identification of such compounds makes it possible to intervene in PPAR-&ggr; mediated pathways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
    Inventors: Ronald M. Evans, Barry M. Forman
  • Publication number: 20020082249
    Abstract: The present invention relates to prodrugs of a class of sulfonamides which are aspartyl protease inhibitors. In one embodiment, this invention relates to a novel class of prodrugs of HIV aspartyl protease inhibitors characterized by favorable aqueous solubility, high oral bioavailability and facile in vivo generation of the active ingredient. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these prodrugs. The prodrugs and pharmaceutical compositions of this invention are particularly well suited for decreasing the pill burden and increasing patient compliance. This invention also relates to methods of treating mammals with these prodrugs and pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Roger Dennis Tung, Michael Robin Hale, Christopher Todd Baker, Andrew Spaltenstein, Eric Steven Furfine, Istvan Kaldor, Wieslaw Mieczylaw Kazmierski
  • Publication number: 20020082256
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel aromatic compounds which are useful for treating diseases or pathological conditions involving inflammation such as chronic inflammatory diseases. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing and processes of making such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Rajashehar Betageri, Steffen Breitfelder, Pier F. Cirillo, Thomas A. Gilmore, Eugene R. Hickey, Thomas M. Kirrane, Monica H. Moriak, Neil Moss, Usha R. Patel, John R. Proudfoot, John R. Regan, Rajiv Sharma, Sanxing Sun, Alan D. Swinamer, Hidenori Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6410781
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which bind &agr;4&bgr;7 integrin. Certain of these compounds also inhibit leukocyte adhesion and, in particular, leukocyte adhesion mediated by &agr;4&bgr;7 integrin. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases in a mammalian patient, e.g., human, such as asthma, Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, AIDS dementia, diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, tissue transplantation, tumor metastasis and myocardial ischemia. The compounds can also be administered for the treatment of inflammatory brain diseases such as multiple sclerosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrei W. Konradi, Michael A. Pleiss, Eugene D. Thorsett
  • Patent number: 6407096
    Abstract: Benzene fused derivatives represented by the following formula: having strong TXA2 receptor antagonistic action and PGI2 receptor agonistic action, and effective for treating or preventing diseases concerning TXA2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Ohtake, Michihiro Ohno, Kazuhiro Hoshi, Takahiro Takeda, Naohiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 6407100
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds of the formula in which R1 is C1-4alkyl and (Y—X) is CH2, C1-2alkylthio-CH═ or C1-2alkyl-ON═ and Z is an aldimino or ketimino group, and to their preparation, as well as fungicidal compositions with such compounds as active substances. The compounds can be employed for controlling fungi in agriculture, in horticulture and in wood preservation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans Peter Isenring, Bettina Weiss
  • Publication number: 20020068737
    Abstract: This invention is directed to morpholinone and morpholine derivatives which are selective antagonists for human &agr;1a receptors. This invention is also related to uses of these compounds for lowering intraocular pressure, inhibiting cholesterol synthesis, relaxing lower urinary tract tissue, the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia, impotency, cardiac arrhythmia, sympathetic mediated pain, migraine, and for the treatment of any disease where the antagonism of the &agr;1a receptor may be useful. The invention further provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of the above-defined compounds and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Applicant: Synaptic Pharamceutical Corporation
    Inventors: Bharat Lagu, Dhanapalan Nagarathnam, Dake Tian, Charles Gluchowski
  • Publication number: 20020068736
    Abstract: Novel intermediates of Formula IV wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification and a process for preparing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventors: Dominique Lesuisse, Jean-Georges Teutsch
  • Publication number: 20020065265
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds comprising a sulfonamide moiety. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the heterocyclic compounds comprising a sulfonamide moiety to treat diseases, afflictions or maladies caused at least in part by abnormal activity of one or more GPCRs or ligand-gated ion channels. An additional aspect of the present invention relates to the synthesis of combinatorial libraries of the heterocyclic compounds comprising a sulfonamide moiety, and the screening of those libraries for biological activity, e.g., in animal models of psychosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Xinhe Wu, Brian M. Aquila, Liming Shao, Heike Radeke, Gregory D. Cuny, James R. Hauske, Roger L. Xie
  • Publication number: 20020065264
    Abstract: A class of cysteine protease inhibitors which inactivate a cysteine protease by covalently bonding to the protease and releasing a heterocyclic leaving group is presented. The cysteine protease inhibitors of the present invention comprise a first portion which targets a desired cysteine protease and positions the inhibitor near the thiolate anion portion of the active site of the protease, and a second portion which covalently bonds to the cysteine protease and irreversibly deactivates that protease by providing a carbonyl or carbonyl-equivalent which is attacked by the thiolate anion of the active site of the cysteine protease to sequentially cleave a heterocyclic leaving group. The heterocyclic leaving group of the protease inhibitor is of the formula: —O— Het, where Het is a heterocycle having 4-7 atoms in the ring, with at least one of the heterocycle atoms being N, O or S.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Mary P. Zimmerman, Robert E. Smith