Ring Nitrogen In The Additional Hetero Ring Patents (Class 514/235.5)
  • Publication number: 20120245026
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are useful as pesticides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Pitterna, Michel Muehlebach, Jurgen Harry Schaetzer
  • Publication number: 20120245124
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are modulators of TRPV3 of formula (I) wherein X1, X2, R1, R2, Rx, and n are as defined in the specification. Compositions comprising such compounds and methods for treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions are also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Bruce Clapham, Phil B. Cox, Michael J. Dart, Arthur Gomtsyan, Tammie K. Jinkerson, Ryan G. Keddy, Michael E. Kort, Philip R. Kym, Mark Matulenko, Robert G. Schmidt, Clara I. Villamil, Eric A. Voight, Kevin R. Woller
  • Publication number: 20120238574
    Abstract: The present invention relates to (1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)phenyl derivatives having the general formula (I) to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same and to the use of these (1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-hydroxy-propan-2-yl)phenyl derivatives in the treatment of atherosclerosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: N.V. ORGANON
    Inventors: Andrew John Cooke, Emma Louise Carswell, David Jonathan Bennett
  • Publication number: 20120234721
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds that are effective in treating central nervous system disorders and maintaining normal brain function. Methods of making and using the compounds are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: Neurotherapeutics Pharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Daryl W. HOCHMAN, John J. Partridge
  • Publication number: 20120238547
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel substituted aminopyridine derivatives, to their use in therapy, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the derivatives, to the use of said derivatives in the manufacture of a medicament, and to therapeutic methods comprising the administration of the derivatives. The present derivatives are useful for treating a disorder responsive to activation of Kv7 channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: NEUROSEARCH A/S
    Inventors: William Dalby Brown, Carsten Jessen, Dorte Strøbæk
  • Publication number: 20120238551
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula I: their use as H3 antagonists/inverse agonists, processes for their preparation, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicants: Cephalon France, Cephalon, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward R. Bacon, Thomas R. Bailey, Sankar Chatterjee, Derek D. Dunn, Greg A. Hostetler, Robert L. Hudkins, Brigitte Lesur, Babu G. Sundar, Allizon L. Zulli, Christophe Yue
  • Patent number: 8268821
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of pain management, and in particular, the management of neuropathic or inflammatory pain including a neuropathic or inflammatory component of nociceptive pain. More particularly, the present invention provides methods and compositions which treat, alleviate, prevent, diminish or otherwise ameliorate the symptoms of neuropathic or inflammatory pain. The present invention further contemplates combination therapy involved in the treatment of pain in association with the treatment of a particular disease condition or pathology. The present invention further also provides sustained and slow release formulations, tamper-proof deliver systems and stents, catheters and other mechanical devices coated with formulations which permit sustained or slow release of active ingredients involved in pain management.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Relevare Aust. Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Raymond Nadeson, Adam Paul Tucker, Colin Goodchild
  • Publication number: 20120231015
    Abstract: The invention relates to fragile X mental retardation protein (FMKP), compositions, and methods related thereto. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to treating a neurological disorder by administering a P13K antagonist to a subject in need thereof. In other embodiments, the invention relates to methods of diagnosing neurological disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: EMORY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Gary Bassell, Stephen Warren, Christina Gross
  • Publication number: 20120232051
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel 3-aminopyridines of the formula wherein B1, B2 and R1 to R6 are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds are GPBAR1 agonists and can be used as medicaments for the treatment of diseases such as type II diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Henrietta Dehmlow, Shawn David Erickson, Prabha Saba Karnachi, Kyungjin Kim, Rainer E. Martin, Patrizio Mattei, Ulrike Obst Sander, Sherrie Lynn Pietranico-Cole, Hans Richter, Christoph Ullmer
  • Publication number: 20120232033
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of compounds of formula I wherein the substituents are described in the description and claims for the treatment of psychoses, dysfunction in memory and learning, schizophrenia, dementia, attention deficit disorders or Alzheimer's disease. The invention also relates to some compounds of formula I and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Sabine Kolczewski, Hans-Peter Marty, Robert Narquizian, Emmanuel Pinnard, Henri Stalder
  • Publication number: 20120232052
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aryl carboxamide derivatives of formula (I), wherein Ar1 is phenyl; Ar2 is aryl; n is 1-4; X is —O—, —S—, —SO— or —SO2—, a prodrug thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which have blocking activities of voltage gated sodium channels as the TTX-S channels, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of such disorders and diseases as pain 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 as pain in which voltage gated sodium channels are involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yamagishi, Yoshimasa Arano, Mikio Morita, Tadashi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20120225877
    Abstract: This invention relates provides novel substituted 1,4-dioxa-8-azaspiro[4,5]decane of general formula (1), wherein R1 is selected from phenethyl, 4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl and (2-chloro-5-thiazolyl)methyl and R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, 4-bromo-2-chlorophenoxy, morpholin-4-yl, (2-chloro-5-thiazolyl)methyloxy, benzyloxy, phenylsulfanyl, benzotriazol-1-yl and 5-chloro-2-fluoroanilino. The present invention also relates to a process for the preparation of novel substituted 1,4-dioxa-8-azaspiro[4,5]decanes of general formula (1). The novel substituted 1,4-dioxa-8-azaspiro[4,5]decane of general formula (1) has fungicidal activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Mukund Vinayak Deshpande, Sunita Ranjan Deshpande, Fazal Shirazi, Preeti Madhukar Chaudhary, Nelavelli Malleswara Rao, Baidyanath Mohanty, Nageshwar Nath Sharma, Anand Kumar Bachhawat, Ganesan Kaliannan, Sanjoy Paul, Raj Kumar, Bommena Vittal Rao, Bhimrao Bodhanrao Gawali, Vaddu Venkata Narayana Reddy, Jhillu Singh Yadav
  • Publication number: 20120225847
    Abstract: The present application discloses novel squaric acid derivatives of the formula A: from —C(?O)—, —S(?O)2—, —C(?S)— and —P(?O)(R5)—; B: -, —O—, —NR6— and —C(?O)—NR6—; D: -, —O—, —CR7R8— and —NR9; m=0-12; n=0-12; m+n=1-20; p=0-2; R1: heteroaryl, aryl; R2: H, C1-12-alkyl, C3-12-cycloalkyl, —[CH2CH2O]1-10—(C1-6-alkyl), C1-12-alkenyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, heteroaryl; R3: C1-12-alkyl, C3-12-cycloalkyl, —[CH2CH2O]1-10—(C1-6-alkyl), C1-12-alkenyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, heteroaryl; or R2 and R3: N-containing heterocyclic/heteroaromatic ring; R4 and R4*: H, C1-12-alkyl, C1-12-alkenyl; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, and their use in the treatment of diseases/conditions caused by an elevated level of NAMPRT (inflammatory and tissue repair disorders, particularly rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, asthma and CPOD, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis and fibrotic diseases; dermatosis; autoimmune diseases including systemic lupus erythematosis, multiple sclerosis, psoriatic arthritis, ankyl
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Mette Knak Christensen, Fredrik Bjorkling
  • Publication number: 20120225061
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I): as further described herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, enantiomers, rotamers, tautomers, or racemates thereof. Also provided are methods of treating a disease or condition mediated by PIM kinase using the compounds of Formula I, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Matthew Burger, Yu Ding, Wooseok Han, Gisele Nishiguchi, Alice Rico, Robert Lowell Simmons, Aaron R. Smith, Victoriano Tamez, JR., Huw Tanner, Lifeng Wan
  • Publication number: 20120225062
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula I: and related compounds as further described herein, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The invention further provides methods to use these compounds and compositions for treating disorders associated with undesired levels of Pim kinase activity, including cancers and autoimmune disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Matthew Burger, Gisele Nishiguchi, Timothy D. Machajewski, Alice Rico, Robert Lowell Simmons, Aaron R. Smith, Victoriano Tamez, JR., Huw Tanner, Lifeng Wan
  • Publication number: 20120220568
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a compound of formula I, wherein R1, R2, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 and n are as defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a pharmaceutical composition containing a compound of formula I, a process of preparation of a compound of formula I, a method of treatment of a disorder or condition such as depression, mood disorders, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, Alzheimer's disease, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), psychotic disorders, cognitive disorders, sleep disorders, obesity, dizziness, epilepsy, motion sickness, respiratory diseases, allergy, allergy-induced airway responses, allergic rhinitis, nasal congestion, allergic congestion, congestion, hypotension, cardiovascular disease, diseases of the GI tract, hyper and hypo motility and acidic secretion of the gastro-intestinal tract that may be treated by antagonizing histamine H3 receptors, the method comprising administering to a mammal in need of such treatment a compound of formula I as descri
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Travis T. Wager, Ramalakshmi Y. Chandrasekaran, Todd William Butler
  • Publication number: 20120220590
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are described. The use of the compounds and compositions are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Pravin S. Thombare, Amitgiri Goswami, Edouard Zamaratski, Tomas Hansson, Thomas Norin
  • Publication number: 20120220564
    Abstract: Methods and compounds effective in ameliorating conditions characterized by unwanted calcium channel activity, particularly unwanted T-type calcium channel activity are disclosed using a series of compounds containing N-acylated cyclic amines linked to an a?l ring as shown in formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: Zalicus Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Hassan Pajouhesh, Yongbao Zhu, Yuanxi Zhou, Michael E. Grimwood, Eric Simonson
  • Publication number: 20120214810
    Abstract: Salts of N-[6-(cis-2,6-dimethylmorpholin-4-yl)pyridine-3-yl]-2-methyl-4?-(trifluoromethoxy)[1,1?-biphenyl]-3-carboxamide are prepared and characterized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Joginder Singh Bajwa, Marilyn De La Cruz, Stephanie Kay Dodd, Liladhar Murlidhar Waykole, Raeann Wu
  • Publication number: 20120214783
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I: wherein X, R2, R3, R3a, R3b, R5 and R6 are defined herein, are useful as inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus NS5B polymerase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Pierre L. BEAULIEU, Pasquale FORGIONE, Alexandre GAGNON, Cedrickx GODBOUT, Marc-Andre JOLY, Montse LLINAS-BRUNET, Julie NAUD, Martin POIRIER, Jean RANCOURT
  • Publication number: 20120214809
    Abstract: The present application provides novel aminoindane compounds and methods for preparing and using these compounds. These compounds are useful in treating pain and/or itch in patients by administering one or more of the compounds to a patient. The methods include administering a compound of formula (I) or (II) and a TRPV 1 receptor activator. In one embodiment, the TRPV 1 receptor activator is lidocaine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Scott Kevin Thompson, Tony Priestley, Roger Astbury Smith, Ashis K. Saha, Sonali Rudra, Arun Kuma Hajra, Dipanwita Chatterjee, Carl Henry Behrens, Yigang He, Hui-Yin Li
  • Publication number: 20120214796
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which is expressed anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Hong Ding, Steven W. Elmore, Laura A. Hexamer, Aaron R. Kunzer, Cheol-Min Park, Andrew J. Souers, Gerard M. Sullivan, Michael D. Wendt
  • Publication number: 20120214808
    Abstract: A method of treating a condition associated with the CB-1 receptor, in particular obesity, by administering an effective amount of an aryl urea CB-1 receptor modulating compound to a subject in need of such treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: Prosidion Limited
    Inventors: Jason Bloxham, Matthew Colin Thor Fyfe, James Horswill, Revathy Perpetua Jeevaratnam, John Keily, Martin James Procter, Karen Lesley Schofield, Salam Shaaban, Simon Andrew Swain, Philippe Wong-Kai-In
  • Publication number: 20120214807
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of general formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein X, n, Y, and R1 are defined generally and in subsets herein. Compounds of the invention are inhibitors of CCR2 and accordingly are useful for the treatment of a variety of inflammatory, allergic, and autoimmune diseases, disorders, or conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Shomir Ghosh, Prakash Raman, Kevin Sprott, Amy M. Elder, Sian Griffiths, Francois Soucy, Qing Ye
  • Publication number: 20120214735
    Abstract: Acetamide derivatives, their stereoisomers, tautomers, prodrugs, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, polymorphs, solvates and formulations thereof for the prophylaxis, management, treatment, control of progression, or adjunct treatment of diseases and/or medical conditions where the activation of glucokinase would be beneficial, are disclosed. The disclosure also provides process of preparation of these acetamide derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: Advinus Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Debnath Bhuniya, Anil Deshpande, Sachin Kandalkar, Balasaheb Kobal, Santosh Kurhade, Vinod Vyavahare, Rahul Kaduskar
  • Publication number: 20120208803
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, Ar and n are as defined herein and pharmaceutically active salts, racemic mixtures, enantiomers, optical isomers or tautomeric forms thereof. The compounds can be used for the treatment of depression, anxiety or schizophrenia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Philippe Jablonski, Henner Knust, Andreas Koblet, Anja Limberg, Matthias Nettekoven, Hasane Ratni, Claus Riemer
  • Publication number: 20120207810
    Abstract: The present invention relates to drug delivery systems comprising ocular implant, which include organic molecules, capable of modulating tyrosine kinase signal transduction in order to regulate, modulate and/or inhibit abnormal cell proliferation, in combination with a polymer, which polymer serves to control, modify, modulate and/or slow the release of the therapeutic component into the environment of the eye in which said composite is placed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Lon T. SPADA, Jane Guo SHIAH, Patrick HUGHES, Thomas C. MALONE, Gerald W. DEVRIES, Jeffrey L. EDELMAN, Julie A. WURSTER
  • Publication number: 20120208815
    Abstract: New compounds, compositions and methods of inhibition of kinase activity associated with tumorigenesis in a human or animal subject are provided. In certain embodiments, the compounds and compositions are effective to inhibit the activity of at least one serine/threonine kinase or receptor tyrosine kinase. The new compounds and compositions may be used either alone or in combination with at least one additional agent for the treatment of a serine/threonine kinase- or receptor tyrosine kinase-mediated disorder, such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Matthew Burger, Mika Lindvall, Wooseok Han, Jiong Lan, Gisele Nishiguchi, Cynthia Shafer, Comelia Bellamacina, Kay Huh, Gordana Atallah, Christopher Mcbride, William Antonios-Mccrea, JR., Tatiana Zavorotinskaya, Annette Walter, Pablo Garcia
  • Patent number: 8242175
    Abstract: New histone deacetylase inhibitors according to the general formula (I) wherein: Q is a bond, CH2, CH—NR3R4, NR5 or oxygen, X is CH or nitrogen, Y is a bond, CH2, oxygen or NR6, Z is CH or nitrogen, R1, R2 are, independently, hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6 alkyl or C1-C6 haloalkyl, R11, R12 are, independently, hydrogen or C1-C6 alkyl, and R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as further defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: DAC S.R.L.
    Inventors: Antonello Mai, Saverio Minucci, Florian Thaler, Gilles Pain, Andrea Colombo, Stefania Gagliardi, Pier Giuseppe Pelicci, Marco Ballarini, Gaetano Gargiulo, Silvio Massa
  • Publication number: 20120202795
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a series of 2,3,5-substituted pyridone derivatives of formula I: wherein R, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined herein. This invention also relates to methods of making these compounds. The compounds of this invention are inhibitors of poly(adenosine 5?-diphosphate ribose) polymerase (PARP) and are therefore useful as pharmaceutical agents, especially in the treatment and/or prevention of a variety of diseases, including diseases associated with the central nervous system and cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: AVENTIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
    Inventors: Philip M. WEINTRAUB, Paul R. EASTWOOD, Shujaath MEHDI, David W. STEFANY, Kwon Yon MUSICK, Neil MOORCROFT, Sungtaek LIM, John Z. JIANG, Hartmut RUTTEN, Stefan PEUKERT, Uwe SCHWAHN
  • Patent number: 8236798
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel carboxamide compounds and their use for the manufacture of a medicament. The carboxamide compounds are inhibitors of calpain (calcium dependant cysteine proteases). The invention therefore also relates to the use of these carboxamide compounds for treating a disorder associated with an elevated calpain activity. The carboxamide compounds are compounds of the general formula I in which R1, R2, R3a, R3b, R4, Q, Y, A and X have the meanings mentioned in the claims and the description, the tautomers thereof and the pharmaceutically suitable salts thereof. In particular, the compounds have the general formula Ia and Ib in which R1, r, R2b, R3a, R3b, R4, Y and X have the meanings mentioned in the claims, including the tautomers thereof and the pharmaceutically suitable salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignees: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG, Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Helmut Mack, Andreas Kling, Katja Jantos, Achim Moeller, Wilfried Hornberger, Charles W. Hutchins
  • Patent number: 8236799
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Kinex Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventor: David G. Hangauer, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20120196857
    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: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Davies, Jingwang Xu
  • Publication number: 20120196856
    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: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Michael J. Breslin, Christopher D. Cox, Izzat T. Raheem
  • Publication number: 20120196849
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for modulating the activity of the hedgehog signaling pathway. In particular, the invention provides a method for inhibiting aberrant growth states resulting from phenotypes such as Ptc loss-of-function, hedgehog gain-of-function, smoothened gain-of-function or Gli gain-of-function, comprising contacting a cell with a sufficient amount of a compound of Formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: IRM LLC
    Inventors: Wenqi Gao, Jiqing Jiang, Yongqin Wan, Dai Cheng, Dong Han, Xu Wu, Shifeng Pan
  • Publication number: 20120196858
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of promoting apoptosis in tumor cells, which can result in inhibiting tumor growth, or inhibiting tumor metastasis, or promoting tumor apoptosis, or any combination thereof, by administration of an effective amount of a focal adhesion kinase (FAK) inhibitor. The inhibitor is a small molecule organic compound. Accordingly, the focal adhesion kinase inhibitor can be used in the treatment of tumors, such as malignant cancer. For example, administration of effective amounts of the FAK inhibitor PND-1186 has been found to inhibit tumor cells in murine models for breast and ovarian cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: Poniard Pharmaceuticals ,Inc.
    Inventor: David Schlaepfer
  • Patent number: 8232271
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula I wherein R1, R2, R3a, R3b, R3c, R4, R5 and p are as defined herein are Hepatitis C virus NS5b polymerase inhibitors. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for treating an HCV infection and inhibiting HCV replication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Jim Li, Alfred Sui-Ting Lui, Kristen Lynn McCaleb, Francisco Xavier Talamas
  • Publication number: 20120184549
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds of the Formula Ik, Im1, Im2, Im5, In1, In2, In5, Io1, Io2, Io5, Ip1, Ip3, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, which are useful for the therapeutic treatment of diseases associated with the modulation or inhibition of 11?-HSD1 in mammals. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions of the novel compounds and methods for their use in the reduction or control of the production of cortisol in a cell or the inhibition of the conversion of cortisone to cortisol in a cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventor: Frank Himmelsbach
  • Publication number: 20120184553
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds that inhibit LRRK2 kinase activity, processes for their preparation, to compositions containing them and to their use in the treatment of diseases characterised by LRRK2 kinase activity, particularly Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Paula Louise Nichols, Andrew John Eatherton, Paul Bamborough, Karamjit Singh Jandu, Oliver James Philps, Daniele Andreotti
  • Publication number: 20120184550
    Abstract: Substituted nicotinamides, processes for their preparation, medicaments comprising these compounds and methods of using these compounds to treat pain, epilepsy, urinary incontinence, anxiety, dependency, mania, bipolar disorders, migraine, cognitive diseases, and/or dystonia-associated dyskinesias.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: GRUNENTHAL GMBH
    Inventors: SVEN Kühnert, Beatrix Merla, Gregor Bahrenberg, Wolfgang Schröder
  • Publication number: 20120183522
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a genus of biaryl compounds containing at least one further ring. The compounds are PDE4 inhibitors useful for the treatment and prevention of stroke, myocardial infarct and cardiovascular inflammatory diseases and disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: DECODE GENETICS EHF
    Inventors: Jasbir Singh, Mark E. Gurney, Alex Burgin, Vincent Sandanayaka, Alexander Kiselyov, Adalie Motta, Gary Schiltz, Georgeta Hategan, Timothy Hagen
  • Patent number: 8222290
    Abstract: The present invention discloses and claims a series of substituted N-phenyl-bipyrrolidine ureas of formula (I). Wherein R, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as described herein. More specifically, the compounds of this invention are modulators of H3 receptors and are, therefore, useful as pharmaceutical agents, especially in the treatment and/or prevention of a variety of diseases modulated by H3 receptors including diseases associated with the central nervous system. Additionally, this invention also discloses methods of preparation of substituted N-phenyl-bipyrrolidine ureas and intermediates therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Werngard Czechtizky, Zhongli Gao, William Joseph Hurst, Lothar Schwink, Siegfried Stengelin
  • Publication number: 20120178752
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1 and X 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: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: John David GINN, Daniel Richard MARSHALL, Robert SIBLEY, Ronald John SORCEK, Erick Richard Roush YOUNG, Yunlong ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20120172358
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are GPCR agonists and are useful as for the treatment of obesity and diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: Prosidion Limited
    Inventors: Stuart Edward Bradley, Matthew Colin Thor Fyfe, Lisa Sarah Bertram, William Gattrell, Revathy Perpetua Jeevaratnam, John Keily, Martin James Procter, Chrystelle Marie Rasamison, Philip John Rushworth, Colin Peter Sambrook-Smith, David French Stonehouse, Simon Andrew Swain, Geoffrey Martyn Williams
  • Publication number: 20120172359
    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: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Sangamesh BADIGER, Murali CHEBROLU, Mathias FREDERIKSEN, Philipp HOLZER, Konstanze HURTH, Rainer Martin LUEOEND, Lei LI, Hui LIU, Rainer MACHAUER, Henrik MOEBITZ, Ulf NEUMANN, Rita RAMOS, Heinrich RUEEGER, Michael SCHAEFER, Siem Jacob VEENSTRA, Marina TINTELNOT-BLOMLEY, Markus VOEGTLE, Xin XIONG
  • Patent number: 8207164
    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: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Philipp Holzer, Rainer Machauer, Marina Tintelnot-Blomley
  • Publication number: 20120157455
    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: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: CANTHERA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Foley, Robert Gould, Peter Elliott, Anna Mandinova, Sam Lee
  • Patent number: 8202861
    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: August 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jesus E Gonzales, III, Andreas P Termin, Esther Martinborough, Nicole Zimmerman
  • Publication number: 20120149694
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel substituted piperidines, to processes for preparation thereof, to the use thereof for treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases and to the use thereof for production of medicaments for treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, especially of cardiovascular disorders and tumour disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: BAYER PHARMA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Dirk Heimbach, Susanne Röhrig, Yolanda Cancho Grande, Ulrich Rester, Eckhard Bender, Katja Zimmermann, Dmitry Zubov, Anja Buchmüller, Georges Von Degenfeld, Christoph Gerdes, Mark Jean Gnoth, Kersten Matthias Gericke, Mario Jeske
  • Publication number: 20120149674
    Abstract: The instant invention provides compounds of Formula II which are 5-lipoxygenase activating protein inhibitors. Compounds of Formula II are useful as anti-atherosclerotic, anti-asthmatic, anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory and cytoprotective agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Sharpe & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Lin Chu, Bing Li, Anthony K. Ogawa, Hyun O. Ok, Debra L. Ondeyka, Minal Patel, Rosemary Sisco, Feroze Ujjainwalla, Jinyou Xu