Ring Nitrogen In The Additional Hetero Ring Patents (Class 514/235.5)
  • Patent number: 8357685
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (1) wherein R1 is 2-indanyl, R2 is 1-methylpropyl, R3 is 2-methyl-1,3-oxazol-4-yl and R4 and R5 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached represents morpholino, process for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventor: John Liddle
  • Publication number: 20130018046
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the general formula: in which the variable groups are as defined herein, and to their preparation and use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yihan Wang, Xiaotian Zhu, Rajeswari Sundaramoorthi, Wei-Sheng Huang, Dong Zou, R. Mathew Thomas, Jiwei Qi, Jan Antoinette C. Romero, David C. Dalgarno, William C. Shakespeare, Tomi K. Sawyer, Chester A. Metcalf, III
  • Publication number: 20130017255
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions and dosage forms comprising an adsorbent, and an adverse agent, such as an opioid antagonist. In one embodiment, at least a portion of the adverse agent is on the surface or within the micropore structure of an adsorbent material. The pharmaceutical compositions and dosage forms comprising the adsorbent and the adverse agent are useful for preventing or discouraging tampering, abuse, misuse or diversion of a dosage form containing an active pharmaceutical agent, such as an opioid. The present invention also relates to methods for treating a patient with such a dosage form, as well as kits containing such a dosage form with instructions for using the dosage form to treat a patient. The present invention further relates to process for preparing such pharmaceutical compositions and dosage forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventor: Abreu Osvaldo
  • Publication number: 20130018044
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I): wherein: n is 0, 1 or 2; A is in particular CH or N; X is in particular CO, SO2, CS, and R1 is in particular H, R2 is a group of formula NR3R4 or OR5, R3 and R4 being in particular H, and R5 an alkyl group, R6 is in particular H or an alkyl group, and R7 is in particular an aryl group, for its use in the prevention and/or the treatment of viral pathologies or infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Guichou, Lionel Colliandre, Hakim Ahmed-Belkacem, Jean-Michel Pawlotsky
  • Patent number: 8349832
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds and composition for the treatment and prevention of cancer. The invention also covers all diseases that may be treated by selective modulation of levels of reactive oxygen species in diseased cells versus normal cells. Methods for the preparation and administration of such compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignees: Canthera Therapeutics, The Massachusetts General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Foley, Robert Gould, Peter Elliott, Anna Mandinova
  • Patent number: 8349830
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to aryl aminopyridine compounds which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 10 (PDE10). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme
    Inventors: Michael J. Breslin, Christopher D. Cox, Izzat T. Raheem
  • Patent number: 8349831
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to compounds represented in Formula I, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and methods of treating of diseases or disorders related to the function of the calcium sensing receptor. The invention also relates to processes for making such compounds and to intermediates useful in these processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas S. Coulter, Adam James Davenport, Christopher H. Fotsch, Chiara Ghiron, Paul E. Harrington, Michael Gerard Kelly, Steve Fong Poon, Andrew Tasker, Ning Xi, Qing Ping Zeng
  • Publication number: 20130005717
    Abstract: Compounds of Formulas 1 and 2 where the variables have the meaning disclosed in the specification, have analgesic and in some cases immunostimulant activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicants: ExonHit Therapeutics SA, Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Bertrand Leblond, Eric Beausoleil, Thierry Taverne, John E. Donello
  • Publication number: 20130005710
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel aminopyridine derivative that is excellent in pharmaceutical effects such as a neuroprotective effect, a neurogenesis or nerve regeneration promoting effect, and a cognitive function improving effect and, preferably, is low toxic and delivered at a high rate to the central nervous system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Tetsuya Tsukamoto, Takeshi Wakabayashi, Norihito Tokunaga, Yuhei Miyanohana
  • Patent number: 8343966
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I in free or salt or solvate form, where T1, T2, X, Ra, Rb, R8 and R9 have the meanings as indicated in the specification, are useful for treating inflammatory or obstructive airways, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary fibrosis, liver fibrosis, muscle diseases and systemic skeletal disorders. Pharmaceutical compositions that contain the compounds and processes for preparing the compounds are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Claire Adcock, Urs Baettig, Peter Hunt, Catherine Leblanc, Maude Nadine Pierrette Pipet, Robert Alexander Pulz, Katrin Spiegel, Nikolaus Johannes Stiefl
  • Patent number: 8343968
    Abstract: The present invention relates to piperidine-based renin inhibitor compounds having carboxylate or carboxylic acid terminal groups, and their use in treating cardiovascular events and renal insufficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Yao-Hsiang Wu, Helene Juteau, Michel Gallant, Daniel Dube, Patrick Roy, Renee Aspiotis, Erich I. Grimm, Sebastien Laliberte, Austin Chen
  • Publication number: 20120329798
    Abstract: A combination of a BCR-ABL inhibitor and a hedgehog pathway inhibitor for the treatment of leukemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Mhairi Copland, Marion Dorsch, David Irvine, Paul W. Manley, Stefan Peukert
  • Publication number: 20120329786
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods useful for treating cancer, systemic or chronic inflammation, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, obesity, T-cell mediated autoimmune disease, ischemia, and other complications associated with these diseases and disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Myrexis, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Adam Willardsen, Jeffrey W. Lockman, Brett R. Murphy, Weston R. Judd, In Chul Kim, Se-Ho Kim, Daniel Feodore Zigar, Kraig M. Yager, Tracey C. Fleischer, Ryan T. Terry-Lorenzo, J. Jay Boniface, Daniel P. Parker, Ian A. McAlexander, Matthew Gregory Bursavich, David M. Dastrup
  • Patent number: 8338413
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds of the formula in which all of the variables are as defined in the specification, in free form or in salt form, to their preparation, to their medical use and to medicaments comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventor: Heinrich Rueeger
  • Publication number: 20120322784
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I, wherein the groups R1, LP, LQ, X1, X2, X3, Ar and n are as defined in the application, which have valuable pharmacological properties, and in particular bind to the GPR119 receptor and modulate its activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Frank HIMMELSBACH, Matthias ECKHARDT, Niklas HEINE, Elke LANGKOPF, Bernd NOSSE
  • Publication number: 20120322801
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new kinase inhibitors, more specifically ROCK inhibitors, compositions, in particular pharmaceuticals, comprising such inhibitors, and to uses of such inhibitors in the treatment and prophylaxis of disease. In particular, the present invention relates to new ROCK inhibitors, compositions, in particular pharmaceuticals, comprising such inhibitors, and to uses of such inhibitors in the treatment and prophylaxis of disease. In addition, the invention relates to methods of treatment and use of said compounds in the manufacture of a medicament for the application to a number of therapeutic indications including sexual dysfunction, inflammatory diseases, ophthalmic diseases and Respiratory diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Amakem NV
    Inventors: Dirk Leysen, Olivier Defert, Nadzeya Kaval, Petra Blom, Sandro Boland
  • Publication number: 20120316165
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula wherein R1, R2, R3, X, Z, Ar, and n are as described in the claims, Ar is phenyl or heteroaryl, selected from the group consisting of 1H-indazole-3yl, pyridine-2-yl, pyridine-3-yl, pyridine-4-yl, pyrimidine-5-yl, 1H-pyrazole-3-yl, 1H-pyrazole-4-yl and 1H-pyrazole-5-yl; or to a pharmaceutically suitable acid addition salt thereof, which may be used for the treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), stress-related disorders, psychotic disorders, schizophrenia, neurological diseases, Parkinson's disease, neurodegenerative disorders, Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, migraine, hypertension, substance abuse, metabolic disorders, eating disorders, diabetes, diabetic complications, obesity, dyslipidemia, disorders of energy consumption and assimilation, disorders and malfunction of body temperature homeostasis, disorders of sleep and circadian rhythm, and cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Guido Galley, Roger Norcross, Philippe Pflieger
  • Publication number: 20120316147
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula (I) wherein R1 to R4 are defined as in the description and in the claims. The compound of formula (I) can be used as a medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Uwe Grether, Paul Hebeisen, Atsushi Kimbara, Qingping Liu, Matthias Nettekoven, Marco Prunotto, Stephan Roever, Mark Rogers-Evans, Tanja Schulz-Gasch, Christoph Ullmer, Zhiwei Wang, Wulun Yang
  • Publication number: 20120309742
    Abstract: The invention concerns the use an mGluR modulator, e.g. an mGluR5 modulator, for the treatment, prevention or delay of progression of cognitive dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Ralf GLATTHAR, Donald JOHNS, Daniel UMBRICHT
  • Patent number: 8324204
    Abstract: A series of 5,6-dihydro-1-benzothiophen-7(4H)-one derivatives, and analogues thereof, which are substituted in the 2-position by an optionally substituted morpholin-4-yl moiety, being selective inhibitors of PI3 kinase enzymes, are accordingly of benefit in medicine, for example in the treatment of inflammatory, autoimmune, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, metabolic, oncological, nociceptive or ophthalmic conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: UCB Pharma SA
    Inventors: Rikki Peter Alexander, Stuart Bailey, Stephen Brand, Daniel Christopher Brookings, Julien Alistair Brown, Alan Findlay Haughan, Natasha Kinsella, Christopher Lowe, Stephen Robert Mack, William Ross Pitt, Marianna Dilani Richard, Andrew Sharpe, Laura Jane Tait
  • Patent number: 8324207
    Abstract: Compounds of the present invention, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”). The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Sara S. Hadida Ruah, Matthew Hamilton, Mark Miller, Peter D. J. Grootenhuis, Brian Bear, Jason McCartney, Jinglan Zhou, Fredrick van Goor
  • Publication number: 20120302539
    Abstract: Certain compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts are provided herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt therein and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle. Methods of treating patients suffering from certain disease states responsive to the inhibition of transglutaminase TG2 activity are described. These disease states include neurodegenerative disorders such as Huntington's disease. Also described are methods of treatment include administering at least one compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as a single active agent or administering at least one compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in combination with one or more other therapeutic agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Michael Prime, Stephen Martin Courtney, Richard Marston, Celia Dominguez, Douglas Macdonald, John Wityak
  • Patent number: 8318733
    Abstract: Compounds of the present invention, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”). The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Sara Sabina Hadida-Ruah, Matthew Hamilton, Mark Thomas Miller, Peter Diederik Jan Grootenhuis, Jinglan Zhou, Brian Richard Bear, Jason McCartney
  • Publication number: 20120295905
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a use of aminopyridine derivatives in the manufacture of a medicament for preventing or treating malaria. Specifically, the present invention is related to aminopyridine derivatives useful for the preparation of a pharmaceutical formulation for the inhibition of malaria parasite proliferation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: MMV MEDICINES FOR MALARIA VENTURE
    Inventors: Michael John Witty, David Hardick
  • Publication number: 20120295889
    Abstract: The invention provides novel, substituted 3-arylamino pyridine compounds pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates and prodrug compounds thereof, wherein W, R1, R2, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14 are as defined in the specification. Such compounds are MEK inhibitors and useful in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, such as cancer, restenosis and inflammation. Also disclosed is the use of such compounds in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases in mammals, especially humans, and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Serono S.A.
    Inventors: Ulrich Abel, Holger Deppe, Achim Feurer, Ulrich Grädler, Kerstin Otte, Renate Sekul, Meinolf Thiemann, Andreas Goutopoulos, Matthias Schwarz, Xuliang Jiang
  • Publication number: 20120295904
    Abstract: The present embodiments relate to compounds with physiological effects, such as the activation of hematopoietic growth factor receptors. The present embodiments also relate to use of the compounds to treat a variety of conditions, diseases and ailments such as hematopoietic conditions and disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
    Inventors: Lin Zhi, Andrew R. Hudson, Cornelis A. Van Oeveren, Steven L. Roach, Bijan Pedram, Yixing Shen, Lino J. Valdez, Jillian Basinger, Virginia Heather Sharron Grant, Jason C. Pickens
  • Publication number: 20120295906
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the formula (I), or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein G, W, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined in the specification. Further objects of the invention are processes and intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of the formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and methods for treating cell proliferative disorders. As a matter of fact, the compounds of the formula (I) are useful, in therapy, in the treatment of diseases associated with a disregulated protein kinase activity, like cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: NERVIANO MEDICAL SCIENCES S.R.L.
    Inventors: Ermes Vanotti, Marina Caldarelli, Alessandra Cirla, Barbara Forte, Antonella Ermoli, Maria Menichincheri, Antonio Pillan, Alessandra Scolaro
  • Publication number: 20120289506
    Abstract: 5-membered heterocyclic derivatives represented by general formula (I) having xanthine oxidase inhibitory activities and useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormality of serum uric acid level, prodrugs thereof, or salts thereof. In the formula (I), T represents nitro, cyano and the like; ring J represents aryl or heteroaryl; Q represents carboxy, 5-tetazolyl and the like; Y represents H, OH, NH2, halogen, haloalkyl and the like; X1 and X2 independently represent CR2 or N; R2 represents H, alkyl and the like; R1 represents halogen, cyano, haloalkyl, A-D-E-G-L-M, —N(-D-L-M)2 and the like, A represents a single bond, O, S and the like; D, G and M independently represent optionally substituted alkylene, cycloalkylene, heterocycloalkylene, arylene, heteroarylene and the like; E and L independently represent a single bond, O, S, COO, SO2 and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: KISSEI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Shimizu, Yasushi Takigawa, Hideki Fujikura, Masato Iizuka, Masahiro Hiratochi, Norihiko Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 8309608
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds which enhance the transcription of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) for treating stem and progenitor cells in the cell therapy of patients with ischemic heart diseases such as coronary heart disease or ischemic cardiomyopathy. Treatment of such cells which are isolated from bone marrow, for example, with an eNOS transcription enhancer prior to their administration improves their functional activity and ameliorates neovascularization of the heart and cardiac regeneration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Zeiher, Stefanie Dimmeler, Christopher Heeschen, Hartmut Ruetten
  • Patent number: 8309549
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions comprising 2-(5-(4-(2-morpholinoethoxy)phenyl)pyridin-2-yl)-N-benzylacetamide and its mesylate and dihydrochloride salts. The invention provides an efficient process for the synthesis of 2-(5-(4-(2-morpholinoethoxy)phenyl)pyridin-2-yl)-N-benzylacetamide and its mesylate and dihydrochloride salts and methods for modulating one or more components of a kinase cascade using the compositions of the invention. The present invention also provides a novel polymorph of the mesylate salt of 2-(5-(4-(2-morpholinoethoxy)phenyl)pyridin-2-yl)-N-benzylacetamide (Form A), characterized by a unique X-ray diffraction pattern and Differential Scanning Calorimetry profile, as well as a unique crystalline structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Kinex Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: David G. Hangauer, Jr., Debasis Patra, Jeremy A. Cody, Grant J. Palmer, Paul K. Isbester, Jonathon Salsbury
  • Patent number: 8309596
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the crystal structure of the serine protease kallikrein 7 and to the use of this crystal structure in drug discovery. The present invention also relates to compounds binding specifically to this active site of kallikrein 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Stefanie Flohr, Stefan Andreas Randl, Nils Ostermann, Ulrich Hassiepen, Frederic Berst, Ursula Bodendorf, Bernd Gerhartz, Andreas Marzinzik, Claus Ehrhardt, Josef Gottfried Meingassner
  • Patent number: 8309543
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jesus E. Gonzalez, III, Andreas P. Termin, Esther Martinborough, Nicole Hilgraf
  • Patent number: 8304547
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a therapeutic and/or prophylactic agent for urinary frequency, urinary urgency, and urinary incontinence associated with various lower urinary tract diseases including overactive bladder, various lower urinary tract diseases accompanied by lower urinary tract pain, such as interstitial cystitis, chronic prostatitis, and the like, and various diseases accompanied by pain, based on an excellent trkA receptor inhibitory action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Keizo Sugasawa, Kenichi Kawaguchi, Takaho Nomura, Shunichiro Matsumoto, Takashi Shin, Hidenori Azami, Tomoaki Abe, Akira Suga, Ryushi Seo, Masayuki Tanahashi, Toru Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8304423
    Abstract: The present invention relates to modulators of muscarinic receptors. The present invention also provides compositions comprising such modulators, and methods therewith for treating muscarinic receptor mediated diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceutical Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert J. Davies, Jinwang Xu
  • Patent number: 8304410
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds having formula 3 as well as the synthesis, intermediates and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignees: Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Università degli Studi di Siena
    Inventors: Mariangela Biava, Giulio Cesare Porretta, Raffaello Pompei, Maurizio Botta, Fabrizio Manetti, Alessandro De Logu
  • Patent number: 8299071
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyridine derivatives of the general formula (I) and their use as openers of the KCNQ family potassium ion channels for the treatment of CNS disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: H. Lundbeck A/S
    Inventors: Christian Wenzel Tornoe, Nikolay Khanzhin, Mario Rottlander, William Patrick Watson, Daniel Rodriguez Greve
  • Patent number: 8299065
    Abstract: Compound of formula (I) have antibacterial activity: wherein: m is 0 or 1; Q is hydrogen or cyclopropyl; AIk is an optionally substituted, divalent C1-C6 alkylene, alkenylene or alkynylene radical which may contain an ether (—O—), thioether (—S—) or amino (—NR)— link, wherein R is hydrogen, —CN or C1-C3 alkyl; X is —C(?O)NR6—, or —C(?O)O— wherein R6 is hydrogen, optionally substituted C1-C6 alkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl or C2-C6 alkynyl; Z1 is —N? or —CH?Z2 is —N? or —C(R1)?; R1 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, ethenyl, ethynyl, methoxy, mercapto, mercaptomethyl, halo, fully or partially fluorinated (C1-C2)alkyl, (C1-C2JaIkoxy or (C1-C2)alkylthio, nitro, or nitrile (—CN); R2 is a group Q1-[Alk1]q-Q2-, wherein q is 0 or 1; AIk1 is an optionally substituted, divalent, straight chain or branched C1-C6 alkylene, or C2-C6 alkenylene or C2-C6 alkynylene radical which may contain or terminate in an ether (—O—), thioether (—S—) or amino (—NR)— link; Q2 is an optionally substituted divalent monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic ra
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Biota Europe Ltd.
    Inventors: David John Haydon, Lloyd George Czaplewski
  • Publication number: 20120270873
    Abstract: The present invention provides adamantyl-diamide derivatives of formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 are as defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and pharmaceutical compositions and methods using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: H. Lundbeck A/S
    Inventors: Hermogenes N. JIMENEZ, Guiying LI, Dario DOLLER, Michel GRENON, Andrew D. WHITE, Gil MA, Maojun GUO
  • Publication number: 20120270877
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds which directly inhibit IRE-1? activity in vitro, prodrugs, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Such compounds and prodrugs are useful for treating diseases associated with the unfolded protein response and can be used as single agents or in combination therapies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: MannKind Corporation
    Inventors: Qingping Zeng, Warren S. Wade, John Bruce Patterson
  • Publication number: 20120270874
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds and methods for modulating one or more components of a kinase cascade. The invention relates to compounds of the formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds of the invention are useful for methods of protecting against or treating hearing loss, osteoporosis, cell proliferative disorders, obesity, diabetes, eye disease, stroke, atherosclerosis, neuropathic pain or hepatitis B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventor: David G. Hangauer, JR.
  • Publication number: 20120270848
    Abstract: The present invention includes compositions and methods for treating a subject in need of opioid therapy, wherein the opioid therapy produces or has the possibility of producing respiratory depression or a breathing control disorder in the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: James C. Mannion, Scott L. Dax
  • Publication number: 20120270852
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ethynyl derivatives of formula I wherein Y is N or C—R3; R3 is hydrogen, methyl, halogen or nitrile; R1 is phenyl or pyridinyl, each of which is optionally substituted by halogen, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy; R2/R2? are each independently hydrogen, lower alkyl or lower alkyl substituted by halogen, or R2 and R2? together with the N-atom to which they are attached form a morpholine ring, a piperidine ring or an azetidine ring, each of which is unsubstituted or substituted one or more substituents selected from lower alkoxy, halogen, hydroxy and methyl; R4/R4? are each independently hydrogen or lower alkyl, or R4 and R4? together form a C3-5 cycloalkyl-, tetrahydrofuran- or an oxetane-ring; or to a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt, to a racemic mixture, or to its corresponding enantiomer and/or optical isomer and/or stereoisomer thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: Georg Jaeschke, Synese Jolidon, Lothar Lindemann, Antonio Ricci, Daniel Rueher, Heinz Stadler, Eric Vieira
  • Publication number: 20120264734
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aryl- or heteroaryl-substituted benzene compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods of treating cancer by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof. The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for research or other non-therapeutic purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: KEVIN W. KUNTZ, RICHARD CHESWORTH, KENNETH W. DUNCAN, HEIKE KEILHACK, NATALIE WARHOLIC, CHRISTINE KLAUS, WANJUN ZHENG, MASASHI SEKI, SYUJI SHIROTORI, SATOSHI KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20120264729
    Abstract: This invention relates to co-crystals and salts of CCR3 inhibitors of formula 1, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods of using the same as agents for treatment and/or prevention of diseases related with the CCR3-receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Frank, Hans Haeberle, Manuel Henry, Thorsten Pachur, Marco Santagostino, Uwe Stertz, Thomas Trebing, Ulrike Werthmann
  • Publication number: 20120264749
    Abstract: The invention relates to morpholine spirocyclic piperidine amide compounds useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Sara Sabina Hadida-Ruah, Hayley Marie Binch, Michael Paul DeNinno, Lev Tyler Dewey Fanning, Bryan A. Frieman, Peter Diederik Jan Grootenhuis, Nicole Hilgraf, Pramod Joshi, Edward Adam Kallel, Mark Thomas Miller, Joseph Pontillo, Alina Silina, Urvi Jagdishbhai Sheth, Dennis James Hurley, Vijayalaksmi Arumugam
  • Publication number: 20120258947
    Abstract: Substituted 6-amino-nicotinamides, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and also use of these compounds in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of pain and further diseases and/or disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: Grunenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Sven KÜHNERT, Gregor Bahrenberg, Achim Kless, Wolfgang Schröder, Simon Lucas
  • Publication number: 20120258948
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a new class of hydroxamic acid derivatives of formula I, wherein the variables G, T, D, L, R1, R2, R3 are as described herein, their use as LpxC inhibitors, and more specifically their use to treat bacterial infections in a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Matthew Frank Brown, Ye Che, Anthony Marfat, Michael Joseph Melnick, Justin Ian Montgomery, Usa Reilly
  • Publication number: 20120252810
    Abstract: The invention relates to fatty non-flushing acid niacin derivatives; compositions comprising an effective amount of a fatty acid non-flushing niacin derivative; and methods for treating or preventing an metabolic disease comprising the administration of an effective amount of a fatty acid non-flushing niacin derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: CATABASIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Chi B. Vu, Jean E. Bemis, Michael R. Jirousek, Jill C. Milne, Amal Ting
  • Publication number: 20120252809
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I, wherein A, D, E, L, G, R10, R30, R40, R50 and R60 have the meanings indicated in the claims, which are valuable pharmaceutical active compounds. They are inhibitors of the protease cathepsin A, and are useful for the treatment of diseases such as atherosclerosis, heart failure, renal diseases, liver diseases or inflammatory diseases, for example. The invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of the compounds of the formula I, their use and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: SANOFI
    Inventors: Sven RUF, Thorsten SADOWSKI, Klaus WIRTH, Herman SCHREUDER, Christian BUNING
  • Publication number: 20120245172
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein A, B, X, Y, Ar, R1, R2, R?, m and n are as defined herein and to pharmaceutical active acid addition salts thereof. Compounds of formula I have a good affinity to the trace amine associated receptors (TAARs), especially for TAAR1. The compounds can be used for the treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), stress-related disorders, psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease, neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, migraine, hypertension, substance abuse and metabolic disorders such as eating disorders, diabetes, diabetic complications, obesity, dyslipidemia, disorders of energy consumption and assimilation, disorders and malfunction of body temperature homeostasis, disorders of sleep and circadian rhythm, and cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Guido Galley, Roger Norcross, Philippe Pflieger