Abstract: Provided is a method of treating or ameliorating 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:
October 23, 2003
Publication date:
May 20, 2004
Inventors:
Dilip Wagle, Martin Gall, Stanley C. Bell, Edmond J. LaVoie
Abstract: The present invention is directed toward substituted hydroxyethylene compounds of formula (XII):
useful in treating Alzheimer's disease and other similar diseases.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 23, 2001
Date of Patent:
May 18, 2004
Assignee:
Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Inventors:
Roy Hom, Shumeye S. Mamo, Jay Tung, Andrea Gailunas, Varghese John, Lawrence Y. Fang
Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula (I), and methods of selectively antagonizing the &agr;&ngr;&bgr;3 and/or the &agr;&ngr;&bgr;5 integrin without significantly antagonizing the IIb/IIIa integrin.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 5, 2003
Publication date:
May 13, 2004
Inventors:
Srinivasan Raj Nagarajan, Ish Kumar Khanna, Michael B. Tollefson, Scott B, Mohler, Barbara B. Chen, Mark Russell, Balekudru Devadas, Thomas D. Penning, Lori A. Schretzman, Dale P. Spangler, Mark L. Boys, Nizal S. Chandrakumar, Hwang-Fun Lu
Abstract: Compounds useful for the treatment of various metabolic disorders, such as insulin resistance syndrome, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, fatty liver disease, cachexia, obesity, atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis, are disclosed.
Abstract: Novel compounds of the formula I in which W, X, Y, T, R1 and R2 are as defined in Patent claim 1, are inhibitors of coagulation factor Xa and can be employed for the prophylaxis and/or therapy of thromboembolic disorders.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 18, 2003
Publication date:
May 6, 2004
Inventors:
Dieter Dorsch, Werner Mederski, Christos Tsaklakidis, Bertram Cezanne, Johannes Gleitz, Christopher Barnes
Abstract: This invention relates to compounds which are generally muscarinic M2/M3 receptor antagonists and which are represented by Formula I: 1
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 14, 2003
Publication date:
May 6, 2004
Inventors:
Charles Alois Dvorak, Lawrence Emerson Fisher, Keena Lynn Green, Ralph New Harris, Hans Maag, Anthony Prince, David Bruce Repke, Russell Stephen Stabler
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 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 ER-&bgr;. 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, natureal hormonal imbalances, and adverse reproductive effects associated with exposure to environmental chemicals.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 7, 2003
Publication date:
April 29, 2004
Applicant:
Signal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Inventors:
Shripad S. Bhagwat, Leah Marie Gayo-Fung, Bernd M. Stein, Qi Chao, Anthony R. Gangloff, Jeffrey A. McKie, Kenneth D. Rice
Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds (I), their prodrugs, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds useful in treating certain metabolic diseases and diseases modulated by the inhibition of the enzyme malonyl-coenzyme A decarboxylase (malonyl-CoA decarboxylase, MCD). In particular, the invention relates to compounds and compositions and the methods for the prophylaxis, management and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, acidosis, cancers, and obesity through the inhibition of malonyl-coenzyme A decarboxylase.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 21, 2003
Publication date:
April 29, 2004
Inventors:
Thomas Arrhenius, Mi Chen, Jie Fei Cheng, Yujin Huang, Alex Michael Nadzan, Richard Julius Penuliar, David Mark Wallace, Lin Zhang
Abstract: Novel compounds of the formula (I) formula (I) in which W, E, X, Y, T, R1, R2, R2′, and R2″ are as defined in Patent claim 1, are inhibitors of coagulation factor Xa and can be employed for the prophylaxis and/or therapy of thromboembolic disorders and for the treatment of tumours.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 16, 2003
Publication date:
April 29, 2004
Inventors:
Dieter Dorsch, Bertram Cezanne, Werner Mederski, Christos Tsaklakidis, Johannes Gleitz, Christopher Barnes
Abstract: Therapeutic methods for the prevention and treatment of respiratory diseases or conditions are described, the methods including administering to a subject in need thereof a respiratory disease or condition effective amount of a selective inhibitor of inducible nitric oxide synthase.
Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds which bind to integrin receptors, their use as ligands of integrin receptors, in particular as ligands of the &agr;v&bgr;3 integrin receptor, and pharmaceutical preparations comprising these compounds.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 8, 2003
Publication date:
April 22, 2004
Inventors:
Herve Geneste, Andreas Kling, Arnulf Lauterbach, Claudia Isabella Graef, Thomas Subkoski, Wilfried Hornberger
Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds of formula (I) 1
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 22, 2002
Publication date:
April 22, 2004
Inventors:
Youssef L. Bennani, William H. Bunnelle, Sou-Jen Chang, Sanjay R. Chemburkar, Jinhua Chen, Michael J. Dart, Dilinie P. Fernando, Yi-Yin Ku, Mark Lockwood, Lei Wang
Abstract: The present invention relates to sulfanilide derivatives of formula (I), in which R1 and R2 are optionally substituted aryl and heteroaryl groups and the other variables are as defined in the claims, for use as pharmaceutically active compounds, as well as pharmaceutical formulations containing such sulfanilide derivatives. Said derivatives are useful in the treatment and/or prevention of preterm labor, premature birth, dysmenorrhea, inappropriate secretion of vasopressin, congestive heart failure, arterial hypertension, liver cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome and ocular hypertension. In particular, the present invention is related to sulfanilide derivatives displaying a substantial modulatory, in particular antagonistic activity, of the oxytocin and/or vasopressin receptor.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 25, 2003
Publication date:
April 15, 2004
Inventors:
Anna Quattropani, Matthias Schwarz, Catherine Joran-Lebrun, Dennis Church, Alexander Scheer
Abstract: Novel quaternary amine containing 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 conditions in mammals characterized by undesired thrombosis.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 3, 2003
Publication date:
April 8, 2004
Inventors:
Penglie Zhang, Robert M. Scarborough, Bing-Yan Zhu
Abstract: Compounds of the formula:
are useful in treating disease conditions mediated by TNF-&agr;, such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, sepsis, AIDS, ulcerative colitis, multiple sclerosis, Crohn's disease and degenerative cartilage loss.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 27, 2003
Date of Patent:
April 6, 2004
Assignee:
Wyeth Holdings Corporation
Inventors:
Jeremy I. Levin, James M. Chen, Derek C. Cole, Mila T. Du, Leif M. Laakso
Abstract: A hydroxamic acid derivative represented by formula (1) or a prodrug thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which has a matrix metalo-proteinase inhibitor.
Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I), processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them as well as their use for the production of pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of inflammatory diseases.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 29, 2003
Publication date:
March 25, 2004
Inventors:
Thomas Rolle, Thomas Lehmann, Markus Albers, Gerhard Hebler, Gerhard Muller, Rudiger Fischer, Masaomi Tajimi, Karl Ziegelbauer, Kevin Bacon, Haruki Hasegawa, Hiromi Okigami
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. The administered enzyme inhibitor corresponds in structure to formula (I), below, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 and R2 are both hydrido or R1 and R2 together with the atoms to which they are bonded form a 5- to 8-membered ring containing one, two, or three heteroatoms in the ring that are oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen. R3 in formula (I) is an optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl radical.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 7, 2003
Publication date:
March 11, 2004
Inventors:
Thomas E. Barta, Daniel P. Becker, Terri L. Boehm, Gary A. DeCrezcenzo, John N. Freskos, Daniel P. Getman, Joseph J. McDonald, Clara I. Villamil, Louis John Bedell, Jeffery N. Carroll, Theresa R. Fletcher, Susan Landis Hockerman, Stephen A. Kolodziej, Madeleine H. Li, Deborah A. Mischke, Patrick B. Mullins, Carol Pearcy Howard, Joseph Gerace Rico, Nathan W. Stehle
Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that are useful exhibit activity as serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine reuptake inhibitors, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and their use in the treatment of central nervous system and other disorders.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 4, 2003
Publication date:
March 11, 2004
Applicant:
Pfizer Inc
Inventors:
Harry R. Howard, Christopher J. Schmidt, Thomas F. Seeger, Mark L. Elliott
Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds represented by the Formula I.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 21, 2003
Publication date:
March 4, 2004
Inventors:
Ish Kumar Khanna, Yi Yu, Hwang-Fun Lu, Nizal S. Chandrakumar, Renee M. Huff, Mark Russell, Mark L. Boys, Lori A. Schretzman, Barbara B. Chen, Bipinchandra N. Desai, Srinivasan Raj Nagarajan, Alan F. Gasiecki, Thomas D. Penning, Thomas Rogers, John Adam Wendt, Albert Khilevich, Yaping Wang
Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), wherein R 5 is an [A]—CH 3 , —[A]—C(OH)ZZ′ or —[A]—C(O) Z″ grouping where —[A]— is an alkylene, alkenylene or alkynylene radical or a single bond, and Z, Z′ and Z″ are a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl or aryl radical; and R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4, R 6, R 7 and R 8 are as defined in the description; the use thereof as a drug, pharmaceutical compositions containing same, a preparation method therefor, and intermediates of said method, are disclosed.
Abstract: This application relates to a compound of formula I (or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof) as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and its use as an inhibitor of factor Xa, as well as a process for its preparation and intermediates therefor.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 29, 2003
Publication date:
February 12, 2004
Inventors:
Douglas Wade Beight, Trelia Joyce Craft, Carl Penman Denny, Jeffry Bernard Franciskovich, Theodore Goodson, Steven Edward Hall, David Kent Herron, Sajan Joseph, Valentine Joseph Klimkowski, Jeffrey Alan Kyle, John Joseph Masters, David Mendel, Guy Milet, Marta Maria Pinelro-Nunez, Jason Scott Sawyer, Robert Theodore Shuman, Gerald Floyd Smith, Anne Louise Tebbe, Jennifer Marie Tinsley, Leonard Crayton Weir, James Howard Wikel, Michael Robert Wiley, Ying Kwong Yee
Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which bind VLA-4. Certain of these compounds also inhibit leukocyte adhesion and, in particular, leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4. 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:
Application
Filed:
December 11, 2002
Publication date:
February 12, 2004
Inventors:
Francine S. Grant, Andrei W. Konradi, Michael A. Pleiss, Eugene D. Thorsett
Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein: n is 1 or 2; R1 is chloro, fluoro, bromo, methyl or methoxy; R2 is as defined within; R3 is as defined within; and R4 is hydrogen or fluoro; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or an in vivo hydrolysable ester thereof is described. The use of compounds of formula (I) in the production of an elevation of PDH activity in a warm-blooded animal such as a human being are also described. Pharmaceutical compositions, methods and processes for preparation of compounds of formula (I) are detailed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 17, 2002
Date of Patent:
February 10, 2004
Assignee:
AstraZeneca AB
Inventors:
Roger John Butlin, Janet Elizabeth Pease, Michael Howard Block, Thorsten Nowak, Jeremy Nicholas Burrows
Abstract: A compound of formula (I):
wherein:
R1 represents hydrogen, halogen, alkyl or alkoxy,
X represents oxygen, sulphur or NR wherein R represents hydrogen or alkyl,
A represents any one of the groups described in the description,
their isomers and addition salts thereof with a pharmaceutically acceptable acid or base and medicinal products containing the same are useful as metalloprotease inhibitor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 21, 2001
Date of Patent:
February 3, 2004
Assignee:
Les Laboratoires Servier
Inventors:
Guillaume De Nanteuil, Alain Benoist, Philippe Pastoureau, Massimo Sabatini, John Hickman, Alain Pierre, Gordon Tucker
Abstract: Inhibitors of MMP enzymes are cyclic sulfonamides of Formula I
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and cyclic sulfonamides of Formula III
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof,
wherein R1 and R2 include hydrogen, alkyl, and substituted alkyl; R3 and R4 include hydrogen, halo, and alkyl; X is OH or NHOH: Z is (CH2)n: and Y is S, SO or SO2. The compounds of Formulas I and III are useful for the treatment of diseases mediated by an MMP enzyme, including cancer, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, heart failure, and inflammation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 13, 2002
Date of Patent:
February 3, 2004
Assignee:
Warner-Lambert Company
Inventors:
Nicole Chantel Barvian, Patrick Michael O'Brien, William Chester Patt, Drago Robert Sliskovic
Abstract: The present invention relates to compound of formula (I), that are potent inhibitors of &agr;4&bgr;1 mediated adhesion to either VCAM or CS-1 and which could be useful for the treatment of inflammatory diseases. Specifically, the molecules of the present invention can be used for treating or preventing &agr;4&bgr;1 adhesion mediated conditions in a mammal such as a human. This method may comprise administering to a mammal or a human patient an effective amount of the compound or composition as explained in the present specification.
Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds of Formula (I), and compositions thereof, useful in the treatment of disease states mediated by the chemokine, Interleukin-8 (IL-8).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 17, 2002
Date of Patent:
January 20, 2004
Assignee:
SmithKline Beecham Corporation
Inventors:
Michael R. Palovich, Katherine L. Widdowson, Hong Nie
Abstract: S-alkylsiothiouronium derivatives such as S-ethylisothiouronium diethylphosphate are used for the treatment of headaches, in particular, migraines, as well as for the prevention or treatment of nausea and vomiting. The compositions of the invention are also effective in preventing or alleviating emesis associated with migraines or other medical conditions such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy, as well as other symptoms of migraines including phonophobia and photophobia.
Abstract: Thio-alpha-amino acids of general formula (I), wherein R1, R2 and R3 have the meanings given in the description, methods for producing them, and medicaments containing these compounds. The invention also provides methods for treating pain and other diseases using the pharmaceutical compositions comprising the thioamino acids.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 14, 2003
Publication date:
December 25, 2003
Applicant:
Gruenenthal GmbH
Inventors:
Boris Chizh, Matthias Gerlach, Michael Haurand, Claudia Puetz, Gero Gaube, D. Enders
Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts or in vivo hydrolysable esters thereof, wherein: Ring X is phenyl or a six membered heteroaryl ring containing one or two ring nitrogens where said nitrogens are optionally oxidised to form the N-oxide; R1 and R2 are substituents as defined within; R3 and R4 are defined within and are alkyl or halo alkyl or together form a halocycloalkyl ring; R5 is a substituent as defined within; Y—Z is a linking group as defined within; are useful in the production of a elevation of PDH activity in a warm-blooded animal such as a human being. Pharmaceutical compositions, methods and processes for preparation of compounds of formula (I) are described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 22, 2000
Date of Patent:
December 23, 2003
Assignee:
Astrazeneca AB
Inventors:
David S Clarke, Jeremy N Burrows, Paul Ro Whittamore, Roger J Butlin, Thorsten Nowak
Abstract: The present invention relates to an anthranilic acid derivative expressed by the following formula (1) or the following formula (2), or its pharmacologically permissible salt or solvate.
Abstract: The invention relates to a prodrug that is capable of being converted into a drug by the catalytic action of human fibroblast activation protein (FAP&agr;), said prodrug is chemically stable under physiological conditions and can be used for the manufacture of physically stable aqueous formulations. It has a cleavage site which is recognised by FAP&agr;, and the drug released by the enzymatic activity of FAP&agr; is cytotoxic or cytostatic under physiological conditions.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 9, 2001
Publication date:
December 18, 2003
Inventors:
Stefan Peters, Dietmar Leipert, Christian Eickmeier, John Edward Park, Martin Lenter, Pilar Garin-Chesa, Juergen Mack
Abstract: Described are cyclohexylamine derivatives of Formula (I), Formula (II) or Formula (III) and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are antagonists of NMDA receptor channel complexes useful for treating cerebral vascular disorders such as, for example, cerebral ischemia, cardiac arrest, stroke, and Parkinson's disease. The substituents are described in the specification.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 2, 2002
Publication date:
December 4, 2003
Inventors:
Russell Joseph Deorazio, Sham Shridhar Nikam, Ian Leslie Scott, Brian Alan Sherer, Lawrence David Wise
Inventors:
Stacie S. Canan Koch, Therese N. Alexander, Mark Barvian, Gary Bolton, Fredrick E. Boyer, Benjamin J. Burke, Tod Holler, Tanya M. Jewell, Vara Prasad Josyula, David J. Kucera, Maria A. Linton, Jeffrey J. Machak, Lennert J. Mitchell, Sean T. Murphy, Siegfried H. Reich, Donald J. Skalitzky, John H. Tatlock, Michael D. Varney, Scott C. Virgil, Stephen E. Webber, Stephen T. Worland, Michael Melnick
Abstract: The invention relates to acyl-3-carboxyphenylurea derivatives and to their physiologically tolerated salts and physiologically functional derivatives.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 10, 2003
Publication date:
November 20, 2003
Inventors:
Elisabeth Defossa, Dieter Kadereit, Karl Schoenafinger, Thomas Klabunde, Hans-Joerg Burger, Andreas Herling, Karl-Ulrich Wendt, Erich Von Roedern, Alfons Enhsen