Bicyclo Ring System Having The Additional Hetero Ring As One Of The Cyclos Patents (Class 514/233.5)
  • Publication number: 20140329802
    Abstract: The purpose is to provide a compound which has an intestinal phosphate transporter (NPT-IIb) inhibitory action and is useful as an active ingredient of an agent for treating and/or preventing hyperphosphatemia. A tetrahydrobenzothiophene compound of the following formula (I) has NPT-IIb inhibitory action and can be used as an agent for treating and/or preventing hyperphosphatemia: wherein, R1 represents —O-lower alkyl, -lower alkylene-phenyl, or the like; R2 and R3 are the same as or different from each other and represent H, lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl or the like, or, R2 and R3 may be combined with a nitrogen atom to which they bind to form 5- to 7-membered saturated cyclic amino; R4's are the same as or different from each other and represent halogen, lower alkyl; and n represents 0 to 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Shunichiro HACHIYA, Masanori Miura, Yoshimasa Imamura, Daisuke Kaga, Ippei Sato, Hiroyuki Moritomo, Koji Kato, Kazuhiro Terai, Yoh Terada
  • Publication number: 20140329813
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel benzofuran-2-sulfonamide pyridine derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of chemokine receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Haiqing Yuan, Richard L. Beard, Michael E. Garst, Xiaoxia Liu, John E. Donello, Veena Viswanath
  • Patent number: 8877778
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel dual modulators of the 5-HT2A and D3 receptors of formula (I) wherein n, x, Y, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as described herein, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof. Further the present invention is concerned with the manufacture of the compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento, Juergen Wichmann
  • Publication number: 20140322278
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for modulating the physiological activation of tissue transglutaminase (TG2); which methods can include inhibiting the activation of TG2 associated with enteric inflammatory disorders, which disorders may include celiac disease, irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn's Disease, dermatitis herpetiformis, and the like. In other embodiments of the invention, methods are provided for reducing undesirable paracellular transport in enteric tissues, in particular the paracellular transport of molecules greater than about 500 mw, e.g. peptides, including without limitation immunogenic gluten peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Thomas DiRaimondo, Xi Jin, Cornelius Kloeck, Chaitan Khosla
  • Patent number: 8871789
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds that inhibit JMJD2 proteins, including those of the formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are as defined herein or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed is a method of preventing or treating a viral infection of a host, comprising administering to the host an effective amount of an inhibitor of the JMJD2 family of histone demethylases, for example, a compound of the formula (I). The viral infection may be a primary infection, reactivation of a virus after latency in a host, or may be in a mammal that has undergone, is undergoing, or will undergo immunosuppressive therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Kristie, Yu Liang, Jodi Vogel, David J. Maloney, Ganesha Rai Bantukallu, Anton Simeonov, Ajit Jadhav
  • Publication number: 20140315899
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating various diseases, syndromes, conditions and disorders, including pain. Such compounds are represented by Formula I as follows: wherein A, B, G, Y, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Shawn T. Branum, Raymond W. Colburn, Scott L. Dax, Christopher M. Flores, Michele C. Jetter, Yi Liu, Donald Ludovici, Mark J. Macielag, Jay M. Matthews, James J. McNally, Laura M. Andraka, Ronald K. Russell, Ning Qin, Christopher Teleha, Kenneth M. Wells, Scott C. Youells, Mark A. Youngman
  • Publication number: 20140315881
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel retinoid-related orphan receptor gamma (ROR?) modulators and their use in the treatment of diseases mediated by ROR?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Erkan Baloglu, Gary J. Bohnert, Shomir GHOSH, Mercedes Lobera, Darby R. Schmidt, Leonard Sung
  • Publication number: 20140309195
    Abstract: Provided herein are small molecules for the induction of fibroblast proliferation and increased secretion or production of proteins. The small molecules described herein can be used for the promotion of skin regeneration. Also provided herein are methods for promoting skin regeneration and wound healing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL STEM CELL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rodolfo Gonzalez, Maxim Poustovoitov, Ruslan Semechkin
  • Publication number: 20140303156
    Abstract: The invention relates to the novel materials of formula (I), where: R1 is an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl; R is an H or, when formed with R1, a 5- or 6-member ring fused with an aryl or heretoaryl group optionally containing one or more of O, S, N, NH, and Nalk, being optionally substituted; R2 and R3 are, independently, an H, Hal, or alkyl optionally substituted by one or more Hal; R4 is H; and R5 is an H or alkyl optionally substituted by one or more halogen atoms. Said materials being in any isomeric form and the salts thereof, and are intended for drugs, particularly AKT(PKB) phosphorylation inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe CARRY, Victor CERTAL, Frank HALLEY, Karl Andreas KARLSSON, Laurent SCHIO, Fabienne THOMPSON
  • Publication number: 20140303160
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions, pharmaceutical preparations and methods for the diagnosis and treatment of cancers expressing a GLI polypeptide. The disclosed compositions and pharmaceutical preparations may comprise one or more pyrazolyl-containing compounds, or an analog or derivative thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Biao He, Michael Mann, David M. Jablons
  • Patent number: 8853206
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds of formula I where X, A?, Q1, Q2, Q3, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 and R9 are each as defined below. The compounds of formula I have antithrombotic activity and inhibit especially protease-activated receptor 1 (PAR1). The invention further relates to a process for preparing the compound of formula I and to the use thereof as a medicament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Uwe Heinelt, Volkmar Wehner, Matthias Herrmann, Karl Schoenafinger, Henning Steinhagen
  • Publication number: 20140296232
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester or prodrug thereof:
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicants: Massachusetts General Hospital, The Broad Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Deborah Hung, Sarah Stanley, Tomohiko Kawate, Noriakie Iwase, Motohisa Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20140275068
    Abstract: The present invention provides neuronal gap junction blocking compounds according to formula (I) or a hydrate, solvate, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein the integers Q, R2, A, R1, Z1, Z2, and Z3 are as defined in claim 1. The compounds are useful for the treatment or prevention of a range of conditions including, e.g., migraine, epilepsy, non-epileptic seizures, brain injury, and cardiovascular disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Proximagen Limited
    Inventors: Edward Savory, Daniel Hill, Oldrich Kocian
  • Patent number: 8829199
    Abstract: A compound represented by formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, which can inhibit a fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) family kinase in cancer tissues. (In the formula, A represents a 5- to 10-membered heteroaryl group, or a C6-10 aryl group; R1 and R2 independently represent H, OH, X, CN, NO2, a C1-4 haloalkyl group, a C1-6 alkyl group, or the like <R1 and R2 together form a (substituted) 3- to 10-membered heterocyclyl group or a (substituted) 5- to 10-membered heteroaryl group>; R3 represents H, a C1-5 alkyl group, a C6-10 aryl group, a C1-5 alkyl group, or a C1-4 haloalkyl group; and R4 represents H, X, a C1-3 alkyl group, a C1-4 haloalkyl group, OH, CN, NO2, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignees: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha, F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
    Inventors: Naoki Taka, Masayuki Ohmori, Kyoko Takami, Masayuki Matsushita, Tadakatsu Hayase, Ikumi Hyodo, Masami Kochi, Hiroki Nishii, Hirosato Ebiike, Yoshito Nakanishi, Toshiyuki Mio, Lisha Wang, Weili Zhao
  • Publication number: 20140243329
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating various diseases, syndromes, conditions and disorders, including pain. Such compounds are represented by Formula I as follows: wherein Y, R1, R2, R3, R4, RA, and RB are defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Janssen Pharmaceutica, NV
    Inventor: Jay M Matthews
  • Publication number: 20140243292
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted 2-(chroman-6-yloxy)-thiazoles of the formula I, in which Ar, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the claims. The compounds of the formula I are inhibitors of the sodium-calcium exchanger (NCX), especially of the sodium-calcium exchanger of subtype 1 (NCX1), and are suitable for the treatment of diverse disorders in which intracellular calcium homeostasis is disturbed, such as arrhythmias, heart failure and stroke. The invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of the compounds of the formula I, their use as pharmaceuticals, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Sanofi
    Inventors: Werngard CZECHTIZKY, John WESTON, Nils RACKELMANN, Michael PODESCHWA, Petra ARNDT, Klaus WIRTH, Heinz GOEGELEIN, Olaf RITZELER, Volker KRAFT, Patrice BELLEVERGUE, Gary McCORT
  • Patent number: 8815857
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1-R5 and n are as defined herein. The invention 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Todd Bosanac, Angela Berry, John David Ginn, Tamara Denise Hopkins, Sabine Schlyer, Fariba Soleymanzadeh, John Westbrook, Maolin Yu, Zhonghua Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140234333
    Abstract: The invention encompasses compounds having formula I and the compositions and methods using these compounds in the treatment of conditions in which modulation of the JAK pathway or inhibition of JAK kinases are therapeutically useful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Hui Li, Ankush Argade, Sambaiah Thota, David Carroll, Arvinder Sran, Robin Cooper, Rajinder Singh, Kin Tso, Somasekhar Bhamidipati
  • Publication number: 20140235579
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are new heterocyclic compounds and compositions and their application as pharmaceuticals for the treatment of disease. Methods of inhibiting PAS Kinase (PASK) activity in a human or animal subject are also provided for the treatment of diseases such as diabetes mellitus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: John M. McCall, Donna L. Romero, Michael Clare
  • Patent number: 8809327
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating various diseases, syndromes, conditions and disorders, including pain. Such compounds are represented by Formula I as follows: wherein A, B, G, Y, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, NV
    Inventors: Shawn T. Branum, Raymond W. Colburn, Scott L. Dax, Christopher M. Flores, Michele C. Jetter, Yi Liu, Donald Ludovici, Mark J. Macielag, Jay M. Matthews, James J. McNally, Laura M. Reaney, Ronald K. Russell, Ning Qin, Christopher Teleha, Kenneth M. Wells, Scott C. Youells, Mark A. Youngman
  • Publication number: 20140220007
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of diagnosing lupus in a patient, as well as methods of monitoring the progression of lupus and/or methods of monitoring a treatment protocol of a therapeutic agent or a therapeutic regimen. The invention also relates to assay methods used in connection with the diagnostic methods described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: MESO SCALE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Eli N. Glezer, Mikayla Higgins, John Kenten, George Sigal
  • Publication number: 20140221349
    Abstract: Compounds of general formula I wherein the group R1 is defined as in claim 1, which have valuable pharmacological properties, in particular bind to the GPR40 receptor and modulate its activity. The compounds are suitable for treatment and prevention of diseases which can be influenced by this receptor, such as metabolic diseases, in particular diabetes type 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventor: Matthias ECKHARDT
  • Patent number: 8778926
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of general formula I, wherein the groups R1, LP, LQ, X1, X2, X3, A, n and m are as defined in the application. The compounds of formula I have valuable pharmacological properties, and in particular bind to the GPR119 receptor and modulate its activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Himmelsbach, Elke Langkopf, Bernd Nosse
  • Publication number: 20140194419
    Abstract: The invention concerns chromenone derivatives of Formula I or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, wherein each of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, n and R9 has any of the meanings defined hereinbefore in the description; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the manufacture of a medicament for use in the treatment of cell proliferative disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Bernard Christophe BARLAAM, Sebastien Louis DEGORCE, Christine Marie, Paul LAMBERT-VAN DER BREMPT, Remy Robert MORGENTIN, Patrick PLE
  • Patent number: 8772284
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for treating cancer, in particular drug resistant cancer, comprising an effective amount of bifunctional alkylating agent, an effective amount of a DNA repair inhibitor, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Academia Sinica
    Inventors: Te-Chang Lee, Tsann-Long Su, Ting-Chao Chou
  • Publication number: 20140179695
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound which is useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition, in particular, a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating diseases or conditions associated with and/or mediated by ?-secretase activity, hydrolysis of a ?-secretase site of a ?-amyloid precursor protein, and/or ?-amyloid protein accumulation, including a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating diseases including, but not limited to, Glaucoma, MCI (Mild cognitive impairment) or Alzheimer's disease, especially, Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicants: CoMentis, Inc., ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Ryosuke MUNAKATA, Makoto INOUE, Hiroaki TOMINAGA, Shingo YAMASAKI, Yasuhiro SHIINA, Kiyohiro SAMIZU, Hisao HAMAGUCHI, Lin HONG
  • Publication number: 20140161891
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a composition of PI3K inhibitor, comprising: 0.01˜10 mg of PI3K inhibitor; 10˜500 mg of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) which is encapsulated onto the surface of the PI3K inhibitor and the surface is non-modified by a modifier; and the composition has a size of 10˜1000 nm. Thereby, an excellent effect on suppressing the growth of tumor cells will be achieved by the encapsulation of PI3K inhibitor into PLGA nanomaterials without any modifier on its surface, the optimization of a ratio of PI3K inhibitor to PLGA, and the accordingly slow release of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: WU-CHOU SU, DAR-BIN SHIEH, CHEN-SHENG YEH, CHIA-CHENG HOU
  • Publication number: 20140163025
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of general formula I, wherein the groups (Het)Ar and R1 are defined as in claim 1, which have valuable pharmacological properties, in particular bind to the GPR40 receptor and modulate its activity. The compounds are suitable for treatment and prevention of diseases which can be influenced by this receptor, such as metabolic diseases, in particular diabetes type 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias ECKHARDT, Sara FRATTINI, Elke LANGKOPF, Holger WAGNER
  • Patent number: 8729068
    Abstract: The purpose is to provide a compound which has an intestinal phosphate transporter (NPT-IIb) inhibitory action and is useful as an active ingredient of an agent for treating and/or preventing hyperphosphatemia. A tetrahydrobenzothiophene compound of the following formula (I) has NPT-IIb inhibitory action and can be used as an agent for treating and/or preventing hyperphosphatemia: wherein, R1 represents —O-lower alkyl, -lower alkylene-phenyl, or the like; R2 and R3 are the same as or different from each other and represent H, lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl or the like, or, R2 and R3 may be combined with a nitrogen atom to which they bind to form 5- to 7-membered saturated cyclic amino; R4's are the same as or different from each other and represent halogen, lower alkyl; and n represents 0 to 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Shunichiro Hachiya, Masanori Miura, Yoshimasa Imamura, Daisuke Kaga, Ippei Sato, Hiroyuki Moritomo, Koji Kato, Kazuhiro Terai, Yoh Terada
  • Publication number: 20140135324
    Abstract: A method for treating polycystic kidney disease, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutical effective amount of an inosine-5?-monophosphate dehydrogenase inhibitor or a rapamycin derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventors: Lothar Färber, Harald GSCHAIDMEIER
  • Publication number: 20140128387
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are protein kinase inhibitors, more particularly novel pyrimidine derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and method of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicants: SHANGHAI iNSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, SHANGHAI FOCHON PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weibo WANG, Meiyu Geng, Jian Ding, Xingdong Zhao, Jing Ai, Qiang Tian, Xia Peng, Weipeng Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Haohan Tan, Ling Chen
  • Publication number: 20140113897
    Abstract: The present invention embraces compounds that modulate the activity of Epstein-Barr Nuclear Antigen 1 (BBNA1) protein and use thereof in methods for treating latent Epstein-Barr virus infection. R7 is a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, pyridyl, or pyrimidinyl group. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the invention in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier is also provide as are methods for modulating the activity of Epstein-Barr Nuclear Antigen 1 (EBNA1) protein and treating a latent EpsteinBarr virus infection with a composition of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: THE WISTAR INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Paul M. Lieberman, Troy Messick
  • Publication number: 20140107095
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are estrogen receptor modulators. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the compounds described herein, as well as methods of using such estrogen receptor modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that are mediated or dependent upon estrogen receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: SERAGON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Mehmet Kahraman, Steven P. Govek, Johnny Y. Nagasawa, Nicholas D. Smith
  • Patent number: 8680097
    Abstract: The invention discloses benzothiophene alkanol piperazine derivatives and their use as antidepressants. The invention discloses the said benzothiophene alkanol piperazine derivative having triple inhibition effect on the reuptake of 5-HT, NA and DA. Compared with clinical used antidepressants so far having single target, e.g. desipramine and fluoxetine, and clinical used antidepressants so far having double targets, e.g venlafaxine and duloxetine, the said benzothiophene alkanol piperazine derivatives of the present invention may have a broader indication range and less toxic and side effects to nervous system. The benzothiophene alkanol piperazine derivatives are the compounds with the following formula or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein Ar1, R1-R4, X, Y, m and n have the same definition as defined in claim 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignees: CSPC Zhongqi Pharmaceutical Technology (Shijiazhuang) Co. Ltd., Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry
    Inventors: Jianqi Li, Kai Gao, Na Lv
  • Publication number: 20140080827
    Abstract: The present invention provides PI3K protein kinase modulators, methods of preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and methods of treatment, prevention and/or amelioration of kinase mediated diseases or disorders with them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Rhizen Pharmaceuticals SA
    Inventors: Meyyappan MUTHUPPALANIAPPAN, Srikant Viswanadha, Govindarajulu Babu, Swaroop Kumar V.S. Vakkalanka
  • Patent number: 8673906
    Abstract: The invention concerns chromenone derivatives of Formula I or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, wherein each of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, n and R9 has any of the meanings defined hereinbefore in the description; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the manufacture of a medicament for use in the treatment of cell proliferative disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Bernard Christophe Barlaam, Sebastien Louis Degeorge, Christine Marie Paul Lambert-Van Der Brempt, Remy Robert Morgentin, Patrick Ple
  • Publication number: 20140073611
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a platform of using zebrafish in screening candidates for treating and/or preventing myopia and keratoconus disease. The disclosure is mainly based on that Lumican, one of several SLRPs, plays an important role in the regulation of fibrillogenesis or the genes affecting the size of eyeballs in zebrafish, in addition to playing an important role in clinical myopia. Therefore, the disclosure uses the established zebrafish model to further identify the drugs affecting the expression of lumican and collagen fibrillogenesis, and/or the regulation of eyeball size. These drugs are potential candidates for treating myopia and/or keratoconus disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: I-Jong Wang, Wei-Ting Ho, Ting-Hsuan Chiang, I-Tsen Lin
  • Publication number: 20140057905
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of inhibiting both proliferation and survival of cancer cells and for treating a subject having cancer. The present invention is further directed to methods of diagnosing cancer in a subject and identifying cancer therapeutics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Dafna Bar-Sagi, Cosimo Commisso, Rengin G. Soydaner-Azeloglu
  • Publication number: 20140038937
    Abstract: The invention concerns chromenone compounds of Formula I; or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, wherein each of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, n and R6 has any of the meanings defined hereinbefore in the description; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the manufacture of a medicament for use in the treatment of cell proliferative disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Astrazeneca AB
    Inventors: Bernard Christophe BARLAAM, Sebastien Louis DEGORCE, Christine Marie Paul LAMBERT-VAN DER BREMPT, Jean-Jacques Marcel LOHMANN, Patrick PLE
  • Publication number: 20140037622
    Abstract: Methods of treating a head and neck cancer are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicants: UCL BUSINESS PLC, FOUNDATION MEDICINE, INC.
    Inventors: Chris Hendrik Boshoff, Timothy Robert Fenton, Matthias Alexander Lechner, Philip James Stephens, Matthew J. Hawryluk, Roman Yelensky, Garrett Michael Frampton
  • Publication number: 20140038919
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to: (a) compounds and salts thereof that, inter alia, inhibit HCV; (b) intermediates useful for the preparation of such compounds and salts; (c) compositions comprising such compounds and salts; (d) methods for preparing such intermediates, compounds, salts, and compositions; (e) methods of use of such compounds, salts, and compositions; and (f) kits comprising such compounds, salts, and compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Clarence J. Maring, John K. Pratt, William A. Carroll, Dachun Liu, David A. Betebenner, Douglas K. Hutchinson, Michael D. Tufano, Todd W. Rockway, Uwe Schoen, Axel Pahl, Andreas Witte
  • Patent number: 8642585
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of general formula I, wherein the groups R1, R2 and m are defined as in claim 1, which have valuable pharmacological properties, in particular bind to the GPR40 receptor and modulate its activity. The compounds are suitable for treatment and prevention of diseases which can be influenced by this receptor, such as metabolic diseases, in particular diabetes type 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Eckhardt, Sara Frattini, Dieter Hamprecht, Frank Himmelsbach, Elke Langkopf, Iain Lingard, Stefan Peters, Holger Wagner
  • Publication number: 20140024645
    Abstract: Phenoxy acetic acids and phenyl propionic acids and their use in treating type I diabetes, type II diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance, insulin resistance, or obesity are provided herein. The present compounds are activators of PPAR? and may be useful for treating conditions mediated by the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: High Point Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Per Sauerberg, Pavel Pihera, Zdenek Polivka, Miroslav Havranek, Ingrid Pettersson, John Patrick Mogensen
  • Publication number: 20140011807
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nitrogen-containing saturated heterocyclic compound of the formula [I]: wherein R1 is a cycloalkyl group and the like, R22 is an optionally substituted aryl and the like, R is a lower alkyl and the like, T is a carbonyl group, Z is —O— and the like, and R3 to R6 are the same or different and a hydrogen atom and the like; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, that is useful as a renin inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicants: SHANGHAI PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDING CO., LTD., MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Iijima, Hiroshi Sugama, Takayuki Kawaguchi, Jingkang Shen, Guangxin Xia, Jianshu Xie
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    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating disease caused by increased iron levels are disclosed Fluoregenic compounds and methods of using the same are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Adam Renslo, Sumit Mahajan
  • Publication number: 20130344061
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, kits, and pharmaceutical compositions that include a PI3 kinase inhibitor for treating lupus, a fibrotic condition, or inflammatory myopathies and other conditions (e.g., skin conditions).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: INFINITY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Vito J. PALOMBELLA, David G. WINKLER
  • Publication number: 20130338106
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula I: and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein “A” is S—; —SO—, —SO2—, —O— or NRa-, and Ra, and R1 through R5 are defined herein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical formulations comprising a compound of Formula I and methods of treating, managing, or ameliorating diseases amenable to treatment, management, or amelioration by inhibition of LRRK2 kinase activity, for example, Parkinson's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: John A. McCauley, Thomas J. Greshock, John Sanders, Heather H. Stevenson, Jonathan T. Kern, Ronald K. Chang
  • Patent number: 8609640
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of specific cancers. Such compositions may generally comprise a compound of formula (I): wherein R1-R3 are as defined herein, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof; and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Eisai, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergei Agoulnik, Bruce Decosta, Hong Du, Yimin Jiang, Xiang-Yi Li, Kenichi Nomoto, John (Yuan) Wang, Huiming Zhang, Jiayi Wu
  • Publication number: 20130324517
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel antagonists for CCR2 (CC chemokine receptor 2) and their use for providing medicaments for treating conditions and diseases, especially pulmonary diseases like asthma and COPD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Heiner EBEL, Sara FRATTINI, Riccardo GIOVANNINI, Christoph HOENKE, Thomas TRIESELMANN, Patrick TIELMANN, Stefan SCHEUERER, Silke HOBBIE, Frank BUETTNER
  • Patent number: 8598162
    Abstract: A heterocyclic compound or a salt thereof represented by the formula (1): where R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; A represents a lower alkylene group or lower alkenylene group; and R1 represents an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group. The compound of the present invention has a wide treatment spectrum for mental disorders including central nervous system disorders, no side effects and high safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamashita, Hideaki Kuroda, Nobuaki Ito, Jun Matsubara, Yohji Sakurai