Plural Ring Nitrogens In The Bicyclo Ring System Patents (Class 514/234.5)
  • Patent number: 9163027
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are erythropoietin-mimetic compounds of Formula I, which modulate the survival, function, or differentiation of, for example, kidney cells, neurons, erythroid cells, or other erythropoietin-responsive cells. The present invention also relates to compounds and methods that preferentially modulate cells expressing the tissue-protective erythropoietin receptor. The compounds of the invention are useful in preventing and treating diseases, such as anemia, organ injury, and diseases of the central nervous system, and as an adjunct to cellular treatments, such as stem cell therapies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: STATegics, Inc.
    Inventors: Juha Punnonen, Jeffrey R. Spencer, Timothy J. Church, Connie S. Tettenborn, Karen Lariosa-Willingham, Dimitri Leonoudakis, James L. Miller
  • Patent number: 9149447
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of Formula 1, wherein: (A) is heteroaryl or aryl; each (A?), if present, is independently chosen from aryl, arylalkoxy, arylalkyl, heterocyclyl, aryloxy, halo, alkoxy, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, haloalkoxy, and cyano, wherein each (A?) is substituted with 0, 1, 2, or 3 substituents independently chosen from halo, haloalkyl, haloalkoxy, aryl, arylalkoxy, alkyl, alkoxy, amido, —CH2C(?0)NH2, heteroaryl, cyano, sulfonyl, and sulfinyl; X is 0, 1, 2, or 3; (B) is a cyclopropyl ring, wherein (A) and (Z) are covalently bonded to different carbon atoms of (B); (Z) is —NH—; (L) is chosen from a single bond, —CH2—, —CH2CH2—, —CH2CH2CH2—, and —CH2CH2CH2CH2—; and (D) is an aliphatic carbocyclic group or benzocycloalkyl, wherein said aliphatic carbocyclic group or said benzocycloalkyl has 0, 1, 2, or 3 substituents independently chosen from —NH2, —NH(C1-C6 alkyl), —N(C1-C6 alkyl)(C1-C6 alkyl), alkyl, halo, amido, cyano, alkoxy, haloalkyl, and haloalkoxy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Oryzon Genomics S.A.
    Inventors: Alberto Ortega Muñoz, Julio Castro-Palomino Laria, Matthew Colin Thor Fyfe
  • Patent number: 9139563
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a compound represented by the following structural formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: Compounds represented by this structural formula are kinase inhibitors and are therefore disclosed herein for the treatment of cancer. Definitions for the variables in the structural formula are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: University Health Network
    Inventors: Peter Brent Sampson, Yong Liu, Sze-Wan Li, Bryan T. Forrest, Heinz W. Pauls, Louise G. Edwards, Miklos Feher, Narendra Kumar B. Patel, Radoslaw Laufer
  • Patent number: 9133137
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel quinazoline derivatives, their derivatives, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. This invention also provides compositions comprising a compound of this invention and the use of such compositions in methods of treating diseases and conditions that are beneficially treated by inhibiting cell surface tyrosine receptor kinases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Roger Tung
  • Patent number: 9133188
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of synthesizing compounds of formula (1) and intermediates thereto. The present invention also provides intermediates useful in the synthesis of compounds of formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Bionomics Limited
    Inventors: Dharam Paul, Andrew John Harvey, Bernard Luke Flynn
  • Patent number: 9120767
    Abstract: Arylsulphonamide derivatives of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds may be useful for the treatment and/or prevention of disorders of the central nervous system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: ADAMED SP. Z.O.O.
    Inventors: Marcin Kołaczkowski, Piotr Kowalski, Jolanta Jaśkowska, Monika Marcinkowska, Katarzyna Mitka, Adam Bucki, Anna Wesołowska, Maciej Pawłowski
  • Patent number: 9120775
    Abstract: The present invention relates to viral polymerase inhibitors of formula (I) or salts, N-oxides, solvates, hydrates, racemates, enantiomers or isomers thereof, processes for their preparation and their use in the treatment of Flaviviridae viral infections such as Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: BIOTA SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT PTY LTD
    Inventors: Tyrone Pieter Jeynes, Alistair George Draffan, Michael Harding, Silas Bond, Rosliana Halim
  • Patent number: 9120756
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted phenylureas and phenylamides, to processes for the preparation thereof, to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and also to the use of these compounds for preparing pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Frank, Gregor Bahrenberg, Thomas Christoph, Klaus Schiene, Jean De Vry, Nils Damann, Sven Frormann, Bernhard Lesch, Jeewoo Lee, Yong-Soo Kim, Myeong-Seop Kim, Derek Saunders, Hannelore Stockhausen
  • Patent number: 9115092
    Abstract: The present application provides novel substituted quinazoline and pyrido-pyrimidine compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also provided are methods for preparing these compounds. These compounds are useful in co-regulating PI3K and/or mTOR activity by administering a therapeutically effective amount of one or more of the compounds to a patient. By doing so, these compounds are effective in treating conditions associated with the dysregulation of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway. Advantageously, these compounds perform as dual PI3K/mTOR inhibitors. A variety of conditions can be treated using these compounds and include diseases which are characterized by inflammation or abnormal cellular proliferation. In one embodiment, the disease is cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Asana Biosciences, LLC
    Inventors: Roger Astbury Smith, Scott Kevin Thompson, Subramanya Hosahalli, Mallesham Bejugam, Srinivas Nanduri, Sunil Kumar Panigrahi, Natarajan Mahalingam
  • Patent number: 9108949
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention that the novel nicotinic receptor antagonists disclosed herein may be used in a broad array of clinical or medicinal facets. For example, it is a contemplated use of the present invention that the novel nicotinic receptor antagonists be used to inhibit the growth cycle of non-small cell lung cancer cells. Without being bound by theory, it is an object of the present invention that the nicotinic receptor antagonists disclosed herein are believed to possess reversible binding properties. Moreover, the compounds of the present invention are selective for 0.7 nAChR. For example, the compounds of the present invention are not believed to bind to 0.4 (32 nAChR neuromuscular receptors. It is also contemplated that the nicotinic receptor antagonists of the present invention will be used as a counter measure to treat exposure, or potential exposure, to a wide array of potential neurotoxins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: INTRA-CELLULAR THERAPIES, INC.
    Inventors: Youyi Peng, Lawrence P. Wennogle, Qiang Zhang, John Tomesch
  • Patent number: 9108980
    Abstract: Provided herein are pyrimidinyl and 1,3,5-triazinyl benzimidazole sulfonamides, e.g., compounds of Formulae IA, IB, and IC, and their pharmaceutical compositions, preparation, and use as agents or drugs for cancer therapy, either alone or in combination with radiation and/or other anticancer drugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: VETDC, INC.
    Inventors: Gordon William Rewcastle, Swarnalatha Akuratiya Gamage, Jack Urquhart Flanagan, Anna Claire Giddens, Kit Yee Tsang
  • Patent number: 9102668
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polymorphs and salts of a compound which is an inhibitor of kinase activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Julie Nicole Hamblin, Paul Spencer Jones, Suzanne Elaine Keeling, Joelle Le, Charlotte Jane Mitchell, Nigel James Parr, Robert David Willacy
  • Patent number: 9096504
    Abstract: Agents of formula: where R1 and R2 vary independently and are acyl, sulfonyl, phosphoryl, alkyl, substituted alkyl, halogen, aryl, arylalkyl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycle, or heteroatoms; and R3 is H or a member of a ring structure which includes R2, are provided; as are agents of formula: where R1, R2 and R3 vary independently and: R1=OH, OR?, NHR?, NR?R? (with R? R?=alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, etc); R2=acyl, alkyl, aryl, sulfonyl, etc; R3=alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, etc; and R4 and R5 are (independently) H, methyl or alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, etc. Methods of using the agents to treat e.g. cardiovascular disease, stroke, shock, injuries caused by hypoxia, male erectile dysfunction, and Alzheimer's are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Washington State University
    Inventors: Ming Xian, Yu Zhao
  • Patent number: 9090606
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) defined herein are both inhibitors of the phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) enzyme and muscarinic M3 receptor antagonists and are useful for the prevention and/or treatment of a disease of the respiratory tract characterized by airway obstruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: CHIESI FARMACEUTICI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Elisabetta Armani, Gabriele Amari, Mauro Riccaboni, Charles Baker-Glenn
  • Patent number: 9084760
    Abstract: The present invention concerns compositions and methods related to utilizing glycine and N-acetylcysteine for a variety of methods, including, for example, reducing deleterious effects of oxidative stress; treating and/or preventing diabetes; and/or increasing GSH levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Baylor College of Medicine
    Inventor: Rajagopal V. Sekhar
  • Patent number: 9073916
    Abstract: The invention provides novel prodrug compounds comprising a kinase inhibitor and a reductively-activated fragmenting aromatic nitroheterocycle or aromatic nitrocarbocycle trigger, where the compound carries a positive charge. In preferred embodiments, the compounds are of Formula I: where: X is any negatively charged counterion; R1 is a group of the formula —(CH2)nTr, where Tr is an aromatic nitroheterocycle or aromatic nitrocarbocycle and —(CH2)nTr acts as a reductively-activated fragmenting trigger; and n is an integer from 0 to 6; R2, R3 and R4 may each independently be selected from aliphatic or aromatic groups of a tertiary amine kinase inhibitor (R2)(R3)(R4)N, or two of R2, R3, and R4 may form an aliphatic or aromatic heterocyclic amine ring of a kinase inhibitor, or one of R2, R3 and R4 may be absent and two of R2, R3 and R4 form an aromatic heterocyclic amine ring of a kinase inhibitor. The compounds of the invention are useful in treating proliferative diseases such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: AUCKLAND UNISERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Jeffrey Bruce Smaill, Adam Vorn Patterson, Michael Patrick Hay, William Alexander Denny, William Robert Wilson, Guo-Liang Lu, Robert Forbes Anderson, Ho Huat Lee, Amir Ashoorzadeh
  • Patent number: 9062003
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of benzimidazole derivatives for the modulation, notably the inhibition of the activity or function of the phosphoinositide 3? OH kinase family (hereinafter PI3 kinases), suitably, PI3K?, PI3K?, PI3K?, and/or PI3K?. Suitably, the present invention relates to the use of benzimidazoles in the treatment of one or more disease states selected from: autoimmune disorders, inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, allergy, asthma, pancreatitis, multiorgan failure, kidney diseases, platelet aggregation, cancer, sperm motility, transplantation rejection, graft rejection and lung injuries. More suitably, the present invention relates to PI3K? selective benzimidazoles compounds for treating cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Junya Qu, Ralph A. Rivero, Robert Sanchez, Rosanna Tedesco
  • Patent number: 9050341
    Abstract: Methods employing and uses of a compound of formula (I) in inhibiting the growth of a tumor cell in a subject in need thereof. Methods employing and uses of a compound of formula (I) in treating pancreatic cancer in a subject in need of treatment for pancreatic cancer. Methods employing and uses of a compound of formula (I) in treating HER-2 positive breast cancer in a subject in need of treatment for HER-2 positive breast cancer. Methods employing and uses of a compound of formula (I) in treating drug resistant non-small cell lung cancer in a subject in need of treatment for drug resistant non-small cell lung cancer. Each of these methods can include administering to the subject an effective amount of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: NATCO PHARMA LIMITED
    Inventors: Bhujanga rao Abidhatla Kali Satya, Ramanadham Jyothi Prasad, Bollepalli Nageshwara Rao, Nannapaneni Venkaiah Chowdary
  • Patent number: 9051316
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel substituted 4-aryl-1,4-dihydro-1,6-naphthyridine-3-carboxamides, a process for their preparation, their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, and their use for the manufacture of medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, especially cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Lars Bärfacker, Peter Kolkhof, Karl-Heinz Schlemmer, Rolf Grosser, Adam Nitsche, Martina Klein, Klaus Münter, Barbara Albrecht-Küpper, Elke Hartmann
  • Patent number: 9050292
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for treating conditions associated with a chemosensory receptor, including diabetes, obesity, and other metabolic diseases, disorders or conditions by administrating a composition comprising a chemosensory receptor ligand, such as a bitter receptor ligand. Also provided herein are chemosensory receptor ligand compositions, including bitter receptor ligand compositions, and methods for the preparation thereof for use in the methods of the present invention. Also provided herein are compositions comprising metformin and salts thereof and methods of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Elcelyx Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Alain D. Baron, Martin R. Brown, Christopher R. G. Jones, Nigel R. A. Beeley, Mark S. Fineman
  • Patent number: 9050347
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate or salt thereof in the preparation of a medicinal product for the prevention and/or the treatment of a disease in which the GLP-1 receptor participates or mediates, such as eating disorders or diseases, for example, obesity, anorexia, lipid dysfunction, diabetes, hyperinsulinism and cardiovascular diseases or metabolic syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: VIVIABIOTECH, S.L.
    Inventors: Fernando Antonio Rodríguez De Fonseca, Miguel Romero Cuevas, Laura Orio Ortíz, Juan Manuel Decara Del Olmo, Monica Alonso Scrignoli
  • Publication number: 20150148331
    Abstract: A pro-apoptotic solid dispersion comprises, in essentially non-crystalline form, a Bcl-2 family protein inhibitory compound of Formula I as defined herein, dispersed in a solid matrix that comprises (a) a pharmaceutically acceptable water-soluble polymeric carrier and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable surfactant. A process for preparing such a solid dispersion comprises subjecting to elevated temperature the compound of Formula I, the water-soluble polymeric carrier and the surfactant, to provide an extrudable semi-solid mixture; extruding the semi-solid mixture; and cooling the resulting extrudate to provide a solid matrix comprising the polymeric carrier and the surfactant and having the compound dispersed in essentially non-crystalline form therein. The solid dispersion is suitable for oral administration to a subject in need thereof for treatment of a disease characterized by overexpression of one or more anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins, for example cancer or an immune or autoimmune disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Esther Birtalan, Peter Hoelig, David J. Lindley, Yeshwant D. Sanzgiri, Ping Tong
  • Publication number: 20150148342
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bicyclic heterocycles which are inhibitors of BET proteins such as BRD2, BRD3, BRD4, and BRD-t and are useful in the treatment of diseases such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: INCYTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eddy W. Yue, Andrew P. Combs, Brent Douty
  • Publication number: 20150147314
    Abstract: Provided are methods of using curcuphenol compounds to increase expression of major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I) antigen in cells, particularly on the surface of diseased cells such as cancer cells, and thereby increase the immunogenicity of the cells. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions that comprise curcuphenol compounds and methods of use thereof, for instance, to treat various cancers, alone or in combination with other therapies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Wilfred Jefferies, Reinhard Gabathuler
  • Patent number: 9040529
    Abstract: The invention relates compounds of general formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof wherein R1 is halogen, vinylene-aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl or a benzo[1,3]dioxolil group, W is a group of formula —NH—SO2—R2 or heteroaryl group or NHR3 group where R3 is hydrogen or heteroaryl; and n is 1, 2, 3 or 4. Furthermore, the present invention is directed to pharmaceutical composition containing at least one compound of general formula (I) and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof and for the use of them for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for the prophylaxis and/or the treatment of protein kinase related, especially CDK9-related diseases e.g. cell proliferative disease, infectious disease, pain, cardiovascular disease and inflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Vichem Chemie Kutató Kft.
    Inventors: Zoltán Greff, Zoltán Varga, György Kéri, Gábor Németh, László Örfi, Csaba Szántai Kis
  • Publication number: 20150141400
    Abstract: The present invention relates to quinazolinedione derivatives represented by formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Takeshi Murata, Hatsuo Kawada, Satoshi Niizuma, Sousuke Hara, Kihito Hada, Hideaki Shimada, Hiroshi Tanaka, Toshiyuki Mio
  • Publication number: 20150141406
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a superior JAK inhibitory action, which is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of autoimmune diseases (rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease, Sjogren's syndrome, Behcet's disease, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, etc.), cancer (leukemia, uterine leiomyosarcoma, prostate cancer, multiple myeloma, cachexia, myelofibrosis, etc.) and the like, or a salt thereof. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nara, Masaki Daini, Akira Kaieda, Taku Kamei, Toshihiro Imaeda, Fumiaki Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20150141421
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) in which: R1 is: and R2 is —CH3 or —CH2CH3; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions including the compound of formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Processes for preparing the compound of formula (I). Methods of inhibiting a receptor tyrosine kinase in a subject in need thereof. Methods of inhibiting the growth of a tumor cell in a subject in need thereof. Methods of treating pancreatic cancer in a subject in need of treatment for pancreatic cancer. Methods of treating HER2 positive breast cancer in a subject in need of treatment for HER2 positive breast cancer. Methods of treating drug resistant non-small cell lung cancer in a subject in need of treatment for drug resistant non-small cell lung cancer. Each of these methods can include administering to the subject an effective amount of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Bhujanga rao ADIBHATLA KALI SATYA, Ramanadham JYOTHI PRASAD, Bollepalli NAGESHWARA RAO, Nannapaneni VENKAIAH CHOWDARY
  • Publication number: 20150141372
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), processes for their production and their use as Bub1 kinase inhibitors for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases and/or disorders responsive to induction of cell death.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Marion Hitchcock, Christoph-Stephan Hilger, Anne Mengel, Hans Briem, Simon Holton, Vera Pütter, Gerhard Siemeister, Stefan Prechtl, Amaury Ernesto Fernández-Montalván, Christian Stegmann, Cornelia Preuße, Mark Jean Gnoth
  • Patent number: 9029356
    Abstract: Substituted indazole derivatives of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as defined in the specification; the compounds of the invention may be useful in therapy in the treatment of diseases associated with a deregulated protein kinase activity, like cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Nerviano Medical Sciences S.R.L.
    Inventors: Andrea Lombardi Borgia, Maria Menichincheri, Paolo Orsini, Achille Panzeri, Ettore Perrone, Ermes Vanotti, Marcella Nesi, Chiara Marchionni
  • Publication number: 20150126492
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses as inhibitor of the complement alternative pathway and particularly as inhibitor of Factor B for the treatment of e.g. age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Michael Dechantsreiter, Jonathan E. Grob, Aengus Macsweeney, Wolfgang Miltz, Stefan Andreas Randl, Richard Sedrani, Holger Sellner, Finton Sirockin, Eric Valeur
  • Publication number: 20150126503
    Abstract: The invention relates to new substituted naphthyridines of formula 1, as well as pharmacologically acceptable salts, diastereomers, enantiomers, racemates, hydrates or solvates thereof, wherein R1 is selected from among —O—R3 or —NR3R4, R3 is C1-6-alkyl which is substituted by R5 and R6, R5 is selected from hydrogen, branched or linear C1-6-alkyl, C2-6-alkenyl, —C1-6-alkylen-O—C1-3-alkyl, C1-3-haloalkyl, R6 is ring X wherein n is either 0 or 1, and is a either a single or a double bond and wherein A, B, D and E are each independently from one another selected from CH2, CH, C, N, NH, O or S and wherein ring X is attached to the molecule either via position A, B, D or E, wherein said ring X may optionally be further substituted by one, two or three residues each selected individually from the group consisting of -oxo, hydroxy, —C1-3-alkyl, —C1-3-haloalkyl, —O—C1-3-alkyl, —C1-3-alkanol and halogen, and wherein R4, R2, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11 and Q may have the meanings as given in claim 1, as well as pha
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Matthias HOFFMANN, Georg DAHMANN, Dennis FIEGEN, Sandra HANDSCHUH, Jasna KLICIC, Guenter LINZ, Gerhard SCHAENZLE, Andreas SCHNAPP, Stephen Peter EAST, Michael Philip MAZANETZ, Robert John SCOTT, Edward Walker
  • Patent number: 9023847
    Abstract: The invention provides novel substituted azaheterocyclic compounds according to Formula (I), their manufacture and use for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Amanda E. Sutton, Nadia Brugger, Thomas E. Richardson, Harold George Vandeveer, Bayard R. Huck, Ruoxi Lan, Justin Potnick
  • Patent number: 9023356
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the treatment of EGFR-mediated disease, particularly cancer by inhibiting or blocking EGFR and src in combination or simultaneously. The invention relates to treatment, prevention, or modulation of cancer, particularly EGFR-mediated disease, with one or more EGFR modulator and src inhibitor in combination. The invention further relates to the treatment of cancer with anti-EGFR antibodies and src inhibitors. Methods and compositions for treatment of cancer with the antibody anti-EGFR mAb806 in combination or series with a src inhibitor or src inhibitors are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignees: Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Terrance Grant Johns, Webster Cavenee, Frank Furnari, Andrew Scott
  • Patent number: 9023354
    Abstract: Provided is a method of treating a proliferative disease, condition, or disorder in a subject by administering a combination of an inhibitor of p53 and MDM2 binding and an EGFR inhibitor. Various embodiments of the disclosed methods provide a synergistic anti-proliferative or anti-apoptotic effect compared to administration of one agent alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Inventor: Joseph P. Errico
  • Patent number: 9024017
    Abstract: The present invention comprises compounds of Formula (I). wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, Z1 and Z2 are as defined in the specification. The invention also comprises a method of preventing, treating or ameliorating a syndrome, disorder or disease, wherein said syndrome, disorder or disease is type II diabetes, obesity and asthma. The invention also comprises a method of inhibiting CCR2 activity in a mammal by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of Formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Chaozhong Cai, David F. McComsey, Zhihua Sui, Fu-An Kang
  • Publication number: 20150119394
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that are capable of inhibiting, modulating and/or regulating Insulin-Like-Growth Factor I Receptor and Insulin Receptor. The compounds of the instant invention possess a core structure that comprises a sulfonyl indole moiety. The present invention is also related to the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and stereoisomers of these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Abhijit Roychowdhury, Rajiv Sharma, Malcolm Mascarenhas, Chandrika B-Rao, Shashikant M. Patil, Sambhaji Chavan, Nitin Lad, Smriti Khanna, Christopher J. Dinsmore
  • Publication number: 20150119385
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a method for manufacturing said compound, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Nicole Buschmann, Robin Alec Fairhurst, Pascal Furet, Thomas Knöpfel, Catherine Leblanc, Lv Liao, Robert Mah, Pierre Nimsgern, Sebastien Ripoche, Jing Xiong, Bo Han, Can Wang, Xianglin Zhao
  • Publication number: 20150119387
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound having the structure of Formula I as inhibitor of WNT signal transduction pathways, as well as a composition comprising the compound. Further, the present invention relates to the use of the compound and the method of inhibiting the WNT signal transduction pathways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Curegenix Inc.
    Inventor: Songzhou An
  • Patent number: 9018214
    Abstract: The invention relates to bicyclic heterocycle compounds of formula (I): or tautomeric or stereochemically isomeric forms, N-oxides, pharmaceutically acceptable salts or the solvates thereof; wherein R1, R2a, R2b, R3a, R3b, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, p and E are as defined herein; to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and to the use of said compounds in the treatment of diseases, e.g. cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Alison Jo-Anne Woolford, Steven Howard, Ildiko Maria Buck, Gianni Chessari, Christopher Norbert Johnson, Emiliano Tamanini, James Edward Harvey Day, Elisabetta Chiarparin, Thomas Daniel Heightman, Martyn Frederickson, Charlotte Mary Griffiths-Jones
  • Publication number: 20150112116
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods comprising providing a tyrosine derivative and a solid particulate material (and, optionally, melanin) and applying force to said tyrosine derivative and said solid particulate material for a time and under conditions effective to impregnate at least one of said tyrosine derivative and said solid particulate material with the other of said tyrosine derivative and said solid particulate material. The invention also provides compositions comprising at least one of a tyrosine derivative impregnated with a solid particulate material and a solid particulate material impregnated with a tyrosine derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventor: STEVEN HOFFMAN
  • Publication number: 20150105370
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to selectively substituted quinoline compounds that act as antagonists or inhibitors for Toll-like receptors 7 and/or 8, and their use in pharmaceutical compositions effective for treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and lupus nephritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: ERIC CARLSON, HANS HANSEN, LYNN HAWKINS, SALLY ISHIZAKA, MATTHEW MACKEY, SHAWN SCHILLER, CHIKAKO OGAWA, HEATHER DAVIS
  • Publication number: 20150105367
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula (I); and use of a compound of Formula (I) for treating specified cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel L. Flynn, Michael D, Kaufman, Lakshminarayana Vogeti, Scott Wise, Wei-Ping Lu, Bryan Smith, Timothy Malcolm Caldwell, William C. Patt, James R. Henry, Philip A. Hipskind, Sheng-Bin Peng
  • Patent number: 9006239
    Abstract: Provided is a compound of the formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or stereoisomer thereof: wherein Ar represents R5, R7, R8, R2?, R4?, R5?, R6?, R7?, R8? independently represent H, OH, F, Cl, Br, methoxyl group, NH2 group or NMe2 group; X represents NH, O or S; and R6 is selected from the group consisting of: pyrrolidinyl group, piperidinyl group, morpholino group, methoxyl group, and dimethylamine group. The present invention also provides a composition comprising the compound of formula I. The compound and the composition in accordance with the present invention are effective on treating or alleviating a disease or disorder, such as malignant glioma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: China Medical University
    Inventors: Mann-Jen Hour, Po-Wu Gean, Sheng-Chu Kuo, Hong-Zin Lee, Jai-Sing Yang, Li-Chen Chou, Tai-Lin Chen, Yang-Chang Wu
  • Patent number: 8999957
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the Formula I: (Formular I should be inserted here) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or ester thereof, wherein R, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein. The compounds are ERK inhibitors. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the above compounds and methods of treating cancer using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Yongqi Deng, Liang Zhu, Gerald W. Shipps, Jr., Sie-Mun Lo, Binyuan Sun, Xiaohua Huang, Corey Bienstock, Alan B. Cooper, Xiaolei Gao, Xin Yao, Hugh Y. Zhu, Joseph M. Kelly, Sobhana Babu Boga, Abdul-Basit Alhassan, Jayaram R. Tagat, Umar Faruk Mansoor, Kevin J. Wilson, Brendan M. O'Boyle, Matthew Hersh Daniels, Adam Schell, Phieng Siliphaivanh, Christian Fischer
  • Patent number: 8999968
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a compound represented by the following structural formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: Compounds represented by this structural formula are kinase inhibitors and are therefore disclosed herein for the treatment of cancer. Definitions for the variables in the structural formula are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: University Health Network
    Inventors: Peter Brent Sampson, Yong Liu, Sze-Wan Li, Bryan T. Forrest, Heinz W. Pauls, Louise G. Edwards, Miklos Feher, Narendra Kumar B. Patel, Guohua Pan
  • Publication number: 20150094306
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrrolopyridinone derivatives which have blocking activities of voltage gated sodium channels as the TTX-S channels, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of disorders and diseases in which voltage gated sodium channels are involved. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which voltage gated sodium channels are involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Kawamura, Mikio Morita, Tatsuya Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 8993779
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to benzimidazolone derivatives which are positive allosteric modulators of the mGluR2 receptor, useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR2 receptor is involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved, such as schizophrenia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Vadim Y. Dudkin, Mark E. Fraley, Kenneth L. Arrington, Mark E. Layton, Alexander J. Reif, Kevin J. Rodzinak, Joseph E. Pero
  • Patent number: 8993564
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) in which R1, R2 and R3 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are inhibitors of PDK1 and cell proliferation/cell vitality and can be employed treatment of tumours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Timo Heinrich, Margarita Wucherer-Plietker, Hans-Peter Buchstaller
  • Publication number: 20150086543
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of predicting response to a cancer therapy based on the methylation status of the ERBB2 gene. One aspect of the invention provides a method of predicting response to an EGFR inhibitor therapy based on the methylation status of the ERBB2 gene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Januario, David Shames