Ring Chalcogen In The Additional Hetero Ring (e.g., Oxazole, Etc.) Patents (Class 514/236.8)
  • Patent number: 8026370
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a compound represented by the following formula (I) having a superior PPAR? agonist action and concurrently showing a hypolipidemic action can be provided, and further, a compound useful as a synthetic intermediate for the compound can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Tozawa, Osamu Tsuruta, Hiroshi Kitajima, Yoshiyuki Aoki, Naoko Ando, Hiroki Tamakawa
  • Publication number: 20110230486
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions, and methods for modulation of Hec1/Nek2 interaction are provided. Especially preferred compounds disrupt Nek2/Hec1 binding and are therefore useful as chemotherapeutic agent for neoplastic diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Johnson Lau, Jiann-Jyh Huang
  • Publication number: 20110230477
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel compounds of formula (I) and their use in treating metabolic diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: Euroscreen S.A.
    Inventors: Hamid Hoveyda, Cyrille Evangelos Brantis, Guillaume Dutheuil, Ludivine Zoute, Didier Schils, Jerome Bernard
  • Publication number: 20110224136
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds as diacylglycerol acyltransferase (“DGAT”) inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the heterocyclic compounds and the use of the compounds for treating or preventing a cardiovascular disease, a metabolic disorder, obesity or an obesity-related disorder, diabetes, dyslipidemia, a diabetic complication, impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose. An illustrative compound of the invention is shown below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Pauline C. Ting, Robert Aslanian, Mary Ann Caplen, Jianhua Cao, David Kim, Hyunjin Kim, Rongze Kuang, Joe F. Lee, John Schwerdt, Heping Wu, Gang Zhou, Nicolas Zorn
  • Publication number: 20110218182
    Abstract: The invention relates to chemical compounds of formula (I), and salts thereof. In some embodiments, the invention relates to inhibitors or modulators of PIM-1 and/or PIM-2, and/or PIM-3 protein kinase activity or enzyme function. In still further embodiments, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds disclosed herein, and their use in the prevention and treatment of PIM kinase related conditions and diseases, preferably cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Leslie Dakin, James Edward Dowling, Michelle Lamb, Jon Read, Qibin Su, Xiaolan Zheng
  • Patent number: 8012971
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for the prevention and/or treatment of a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by administrating a 5-membered cyclic compound represented by the formula below: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound or a prodrug of the compound or salt: wherein X represents an oxygen or sulfur atom; R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like; Y1 represents single bond, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene or the like; the wavy line means an (E) or (Z) coordination; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or the like; Y2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene or an alkenylene; R4 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkanoyl or the like; and R5 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinari Sugasawa, Takashi Nakajima, Hitoshi Fujita, Toshio Kanai
  • Publication number: 20110212964
    Abstract: The present application provides for a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, and/or ester thereof, compositions containing such compounds, therapeutic methods that include the administration of such compounds, and therapeutic methods and include the administration of such compounds with at least one additional therapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Manoj C. Desai, Allen Yu Hong, Hongtao Liu, Randall W. Vivian, Lianhong Xu
  • Publication number: 20110212963
    Abstract: The invention relates to the novel products of formula (I): in which: Ra represents H, Hal, aryl or heteroaryl, which is optionally substituted; Rb represents H, Rc, —COORc-CO—Rc or —CO—NRcRd; where Rc represents alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl and heteroaryl, all optionally substituted; Rd represents H, alk or cycloalkyl; these products being in all the isomer forms and the salts, as medicaments, in particular as MET inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: Ahmed Abouabdellah, Jochen Görlitzer, Peter Hamiley, Antoine Ravet
  • Patent number: 7998992
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compound which is useful as an 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 inhibitor. A compound represented by the formula: its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or a solvate thereof, wherein R1 is optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkylalkyl, optionally substituted heterocycle or optionally substituted heterocyclealkyl, X is —O—, —NR3—, —NR3C(?O)— or —NR3S(?O)2—, R2 is optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted arylalkyl, optionally substituted heteroaryl or optionally substituted heteroarylalkyl, R3 is hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignees: Institute of Medicinal Molecular Design, Inc., Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiko Itai, Susumu Muto, Ryuko Tokuyama, Hiroshi Fukasawa, Takeshi Yanase
  • Patent number: 7994166
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrrolidinone benzenesulfonamide derivatives 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 pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Dean Stamos, Esther Martinborough, Nicole Zimmermann, Timothy Neubert, Mehdi Michel Djamel Numa, Tara Whitney, Aarti Sameer Kawatkar
  • Patent number: 7994338
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula Ia or Ib below and their tautomers and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions and methods of uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignees: The J. David Gladstone Institutes, University Of Maryland, Baltimore
    Inventors: Paul J. Muchowski, Joseph M. Muchowski, Robert Schwarcz, Paolo Guidetti
  • Publication number: 20110190256
    Abstract: Compounds which modulate the CB2 receptor are disclosed. The compounds are useful for treating CB2 receptor-mediated diseases such as pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Pier Francesco Cirillo, Eugene Richard Hickey, Doris Riether, Monika Ermann, Innocent Mushi
  • Publication number: 20110190299
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide thiazolidinone derivatives. More specifically, an object of the present invention is to provide novel compounds having a CDC7 inhibitory action. The present invention provides thiazolidinone derivatives represented by the formula (I) The compounds of the present invention inhibit the CDC7 protein kinase activity, and suppress cell proliferation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicants: SBI BIOTECH CO., LTD., CRYSTALGENOMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Takayuki Irie, Masaaki Sawa, Sayuri Ito, Chika Tanaka, Seong Gu Ro, Choul Hong Park
  • Patent number: 7989450
    Abstract: Isoxazole derivatives, in particular diarylisoxazole derivatives inhibitors of cyclooxygenase (COX), in particular cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1), their pharmaceutical compositions, the process for their preparation and their use for the chemoprevention and treatment of inflammatory syndromes and in the prevention and treatment of carcinomas, in particular intestinal, ovarian and cutaneous carcinomas, in the treatment of pain syndromes, in particular after surgery, and in the cardiovascular field as antithrombotics/vasoprotectives/cardioprotectives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignees: Universita' Degli Studi Di Bari, Universita' Degli Studi “G.D.'Annunzio”—Chieti
    Inventors: Antonio Scilimati, Paola Vitale, Leonardo Di Nunno, Paola Patrignani, Stefania Tacconelli, Marta Luciana Capone
  • Publication number: 20110182856
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds inhibit serine protease, particularly the hepatitis C virus NS3-NS4A protease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin M. Cottrell, John Maxwell, Qing Tang, Anne-Laure Grillot, Amaud Le Tiran, Emanuele Perola
  • Publication number: 20110183953
    Abstract: Compounds that selectively modulate the sphingosine 1 phosphate receptor are provided including compounds which modulate subtype 1 of the S1P receptor. Methods of chiral synthesis of such compounds is provided. Uses, methods of treatment or prevention and methods of preparing inventive compositions including inventive compounds are provided in connection with the treatment or prevention of diseases, malconditions, and disorders for which modulation of the sphingosine 1 phosphate receptor is medically indicated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Marcus F. Boehm, Esther Martinborough, Enugurthi Brahmachary, Manisha Moorjani, Junko Tamiya, Liming Huang, Adam Richard Yeager
  • Patent number: 7985750
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds that are substituted oxazolidinones derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. More specifically, this invention relates to novel oxazolidinones compounds that are derivatives of rivaroxaban. The invention also provides pyrogen-free compositions comprising one or more compounds of the invention and a carrier, and the use of the disclosed compounds and compositions in methods of treating diseases and condition that are beneficially treated by administering a selective inhibitor of factor Xa, such as rivaroxaban.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Craig E. Masse
  • Patent number: 7985749
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with the activity of Cathepsin S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Hong Liu, David C. Tully, Arnab Chatterjee, Phillip B. Alper, David H. Woodmansee, Daniel Mutnick
  • Publication number: 20110178042
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, thereof, wherein: G is a group of formula (II); and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, hydrates, or solvates, thereof, wherein A, B. L1-L4 A, B, R1-R4 and m are as defined herein. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I) and their use in treating a bacterial infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew F. Brown, Charles F. Donovan, Edmund L. Eilsworth, Denton W. Hoyer, Timothy A. Johnson, Manjinder S. Lall, Chris Lim-Berakis, Sean T. Murphy, Debra A. Sherry, Clarke B. Taylor, Joseph S. Warmus
  • Publication number: 20110178084
    Abstract: Compounds comprising or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof are disclosed, wherein a dashed line represents the presence or absence of a bond; and, wherein Y, A, R, D, and n are as described. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: David W. Old, Vinh X. Ngo
  • Publication number: 20110172234
    Abstract: This invention describes a series of methods and compositions for prevention and treatment of diseases such as cancer. One aspect of the invention describes small molecule-based drugs that can be used to bind to death receptors TRAIL-R1/DR4 and/or TRAIL-R2/DR5 and induce apoptosis in cancer cells, while sparing normal cells. The invention also describes TRAIL Death Receptor Agonists/Activators (DRAs) and their uses, such as the induction of apoptosis through caspase-8 and caspase-3 activation. The present invention also describes the methods of treating cancers, such as breast, prostate, colon, pancreatic, ovarian, lung, and brain cancers, leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and mesothelioma, using DRAs either as single-agent treatments, or in combination with other therapies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicants: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE A CONSTITUENT INSTITUTION OF THE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Rakesh Srivastava, Sharmila Shankar, Alexander D. MacKerell, JR.
  • Publication number: 20110172232
    Abstract: The present application relates to prodrug derivatives of 5-chloro-N-({(5S)-3-[2-fluoro-4-(3-oxomorpholin-4-yl)phenyl]-2-oxo-1,3-oxazolidin-5-yl}methyl)thiophene-2-carboxamide, processes 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 of thromboembolic disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2008
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Bayers Schering Pharma Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Lerchen, Ursula Krenz, Michael Härter, Mark Jean Gnoth, Georges Von Degenfeld, Elke Dittrich-Wengenroth, Anja Buchmüller, Susanne Röhrig, Swen Allerheiligen, Elisabeth Perzborn, Christoph Gerdes, Karl-Heinz Schlemmer, Metin Akbaba
  • Publication number: 20110172233
    Abstract: The present invention relates to relates to macrocyclic small molecule inhibitors of the Sonic Hedgehog signaling pathway, syntheses thereof, and intermediates thereto. Such small molecule modulators of the Sonic Hedgehog signaling pathway are useful in the treatment of proliferative diseases (e.g., basal cell carcinoma, Gorlin syndrome, medulloblastoma, or pancreatic cancer), pulmonary diseases (e.g., interstitial pnuemonitis or interstitial pulmonary fibrosis), and developmental disorders (e.g., phocomelia or cyclopia). Novel non-natural macrocycles are provided that inhibit Sonic Hedgehog induced-protein transcription.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Lee F. Peng, Julia Lamenzo, Nicole Maloof, Kazuo Nakai, Benjamin Stanton, Sara Jean, Lawrence Macpherson, Michel Weiwer, Stuart L. Schreiber
  • Patent number: 7977489
    Abstract: Compounds of the following general structure for use in compositions and methods for modulating the activity of nuclear receptors are provided: The compounds are useable in compositions and methods for modulating the estrogen related receptors and are agonists, partial agonists, antagonists. or inverse agonists of ERR or ERR?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Exelixis, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Martin, Raju Mohan, Brett B. Busch, Michael Charles Nyman, William C. Stevens, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20110166129
    Abstract: The instant invention provides for compounds that inhibit the four known mammalian JAK kinases (JAK1, JAK2, JAK3 and TYK2) and PDK1. The invention also provides for compositions comprising such inhibitory compounds and methods of inhibiting the activity of JAK1, JAK2, JAK3, TYK2 and PDK1 by administering the compound to a patient in need of treatment for myeloproliferative disorders or cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Michelle R. Machacek, Andrew Haidle, Anna A. Zabierek, Kaleen M. Konrad, Michael D. Altman
  • Publication number: 20110165188
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to N-hydroxyamidino compounds which are modulators of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), as well as compositions and pharmaceutical methods thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Andrew P. Combs, Brian M. Glass, Richard B. Sparks, Eddy Way Tsun Yue
  • Publication number: 20110159092
    Abstract: The present invention provides an extended release pharmaceutical composition suitable for once daily dosing comprising Linezolid or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, derivative, prodrug, metabolite and polymorph thereof and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients and a process of preparing the same. The present invention further provides a method of treating bacterial infections in a mammal comprising administering an extended release, pharmaceutical composition suitable for once daily dosing comprising Linezolid capable of maintaining T>MIC for at least 24 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: MICRO LABS LIMITED
    Inventors: Rajesh KSHIRSAGAR, Sachin MUNDADE, Ganesh SHINDE, Pravin KAMBLE, SM MUDDA, Shivanand DHANURE
  • Publication number: 20110160211
    Abstract: A compound having a hypoglycemic effect is provided. The compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are useful for the treatment or prevention of diabetes, obesity, and the like. The compound is represented by the general formula (1): (wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an amino group, a hydroxyl group, a hydroxyamino group, a nitro group, a cyano group, a sulfamoyl group, a C1 to C6 alkyl group, a C1 to C6 alkoxy group, a C1 to C6 alkylsulfanyl group, a C1 to C6 alkylsulfinyl group, a C1 to C6 alkylsulfonyl group, or a C1 to C6 alkoxy-C1 to C6 alkylsulfonyl group, and A is a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Yasumichi Fukuda, Yoshikazu Asahina, Masanori Takadoi, Masanori Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7968577
    Abstract: Novel non-steroidal compounds are provided which are useful in treating diseases associated with modulation of the glucocorticoid receptor, AP-1, and/or NF-?B activity including inflammatory and immune diseases, obesity and diabetes having the structure of formula (I) an enantiomer, diastereomer, tautomer, solvate (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Bingwei Vera Yang, Lidia M. Doweyko, Wayne Vaccaro, Tram N. Huynh, David R. Tortolani, T. G. Murali Dhar
  • Publication number: 20110152255
    Abstract: Compounds comprising formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, are disclosed, wherein J, B, Y, and A are as described in claims 1-13. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed, for treating baldness, glaucoma or inflammatory bowel diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Yariv Donde, Jeremiah H. Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20110152266
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel cocrystal compound of 5-chloro-N-({(5S)-2-oxo-3-[4-(3-oxo-4-morpholinyl)phenyl]-1,3-oxazolidin-5-yl}methyl)-2-thiophenecarboxamide (rivaroxaban) and malonic acid, to processes for its preparation, to medicaments comprising this compound and to their use for controlling diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Bayer Schering Pharma AG
    Inventors: Alfons Grunenberg, Karsten Fähnrich, Olaf Queckenberg, Christiane Reute, Birgit Keil, Karen Sue Gushurst, Ezra John Still
  • Patent number: 7960380
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain novel compounds of the formula (I) to processes for preparing such compounds, to their the utility in modulation of nuclear hormone receptors Liver X Receptor (LXR) ? (NR1H3) and/or ? (NR1H2) and in treating and/or preventing clinical conditions including cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis; inflammatory diseases, Alzheimer's disease, lipid disorders (dyslipidemias) whether or not associated with insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and other manifestations of the metabolic syndrome, to methods for their therapeutic use and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Anders Broo, Robert Judkins, Lanna Li, Eva-Lotte Lindstedt-Alstermark, Pernilla Sandberg, Marianne Swanson, Lars Weidolf, Kay Brickmann, Patrik Holm
  • Patent number: 7960379
    Abstract: Compounds comprising or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof, are disclosed, wherein J1, J2, B, Y, A and D are as described. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Old, Robert M. Burk
  • Publication number: 20110136735
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I; a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: David BARNES, Gregory Raymond BEBERNITZ, Scott Louis COHEN, Robert Edson DAMON, Robert Francis DAY, Monish JAIN, Rajeshri Ganesh KARKI, Louise Clare KIRMAN, Tajesh Jayprakash PATEL, Brian Kenneth RAYMER, Herbert Franz SCHUSTER, Wei ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20110136779
    Abstract: The subject invention provides methods for reducing stroke rate, methods for preventing atrial remodeling, and methods for reversing atrial remodeling by administering a multiple ion channel blocker anti-arrhythmic to reduce atrial fibrillation (AF) episode duration and an anticoagulant (AC). According to some methods of the invention, the average AF episode duration can be reduced to less than about 24, 5, 3 or 1 hour(s), and the maximum AF episode duration may be reduced to less than about 20, 10 or 5 hours. According to some methods of the invention, the reduced stroke rate upon administration of multiple ion channel blocker and AC is less than the age-adjusted overall stroke rate. Further, some methods provide that patients who were refractory to one or more anti-arrhythmic drugs prior to administration of the multiple ion channel blocker may also be treated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Peter G. Milner, David Jack Ellis
  • Patent number: 7956055
    Abstract: A compound having the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof is disclosed herein. Y, A, U, and B are as described herein. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related to these compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventor: David W. Old
  • Publication number: 20110130402
    Abstract: The present invention describes 2,3-di-substituted N-heteroaromatic propionamides, wherein the substitution at the 3-position is an optionally substituted phenyl ring and the substitution at the 2-position is an alkyl or cycloalkyl group; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same; and, methods of using the same. The propionamides are glucokinase activators which increase insulin secretion for the treatment of type II diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Lone Jeppesen, Marit Kristiansen
  • Publication number: 20110124647
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel derivatives of substituted benzylamines, to processes for their preparation and to their use for controlling animal pests, especially arthropods, in particular insects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Christian Arnold, Ulrich Görgens, Hans-Georg Schwarz, Graham Holmwood, Roland Andree, Olga Malsam, Otto Schallner, Eva-Marie Franken, Horst-Peter Antonicek, Stefan Werner
  • Publication number: 20110124624
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I: in free or salt form, wherein Ra, Rb, R2, R3, R4 and R5 have the meanings as indicated in the specification, are useful for treating conditions that are mediated by phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase. Pharmaceutical compositions that contain the compounds and a process for preparing the compounds are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Graham Charles Bloomfield, Ian Bruce, Judy Fox Hayler, Catherine LeBlanc, Darren Mark Le Grand, Clive McCarthy
  • Publication number: 20110112074
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I, wherein R1; R2; R3; R4; R5, R16, X and M have the meanings indicated in the claims. The compounds of formula I are valuable pharmacologically active compounds. They exhibit a strong anti-thrombotic effect and are suitable, for example, for the therapy and prophylaxis of cardio-vascular disorders like thromboembolic diseases or restenoses. They are reversible inhibitors of the blood clotting enzymes factor Xa and thrombin and can in general be applied in conditions in which an undesired activity of factor Xa and/or thrombin are present or for the cure or prevention of which an inhibition of factor Xa and thrombin are intended. The invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of compounds of the formula I, their use, in particular as active ingredients in pharmaceuticals, and pharmaceutical preparations comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: Markus FOLLMANN, Volkmar WEHNER, Jean-Michel ALTENBURGER, Gilbert LASSALLE, Jean-Pascal HERAULT
  • Publication number: 20110112080
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein the definitions of X, R and R1 are as defined herein. The 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: November 3, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Guido Galley, Roger Norcross, Alessandra Polara
  • Publication number: 20110112097
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein the groups R and R?, A, D, E, G, L, p and R1 to R10 have the stated meanings and to their physiologically compatible salts. Said compounds are suitable, for example, as anti-obesity drugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: Gerhard Jaehne, Peter Below, Siegfried Stengelin, Matthias Gossel, Thomas Klabunde, Irvin Winkler
  • Publication number: 20110105436
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel heteroaryl compounds, compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of treatment or prevention comprising administration of the compounds. The compounds are effective in the targeting of cells defective in the von Hippel-Lindau gene and in inducing autophagic cell death. The methods are directed to treating or preventing diseases such as cancer, and in particular cancers resulting from von Hippel-Lindau disease. The compounds of the invention may be administered in combination with another therapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicants: AUCKLAND UNISERVICES LIMITED, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Sandra Turcotte, Denise A. Chan, Patrick D. Sutphin, Amato J. Giaccia, Michael P. Hay, William A. Denny, Muriel Marie Bonnet
  • Publication number: 20110105486
    Abstract: Wherein n is an integer of from 0 to 3; R1A is a 5-membered aromatic heterocyclic group containing at least one oxygen atom; R2A is —COR8 (wherein R8 is aryl); R3A is hydrogen or lower alkyl; and R12 represents cycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alicyclic heterocyclic group, aromatic heterocyclic group, alicyclic hetocyclic-alkyl, or aromatic heterocyclic-alkyl, and R1A, R2A, R3A and R12 are individually optionally substituted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Nakajima, Masamori Sugawara, Shin-ichi Uchida, Tetsuji Ohno, Yuji Nomoto, Noriaki Uesaka, Yoshisuke Nakasato
  • Publication number: 20110105505
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R9, R10, R11, Q and W have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and precursors thereof are inhibitors of sphingosine kinase and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of tumours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRÄNKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Frank Stieber, Timo Heinrich, Dirk Wienke
  • Publication number: 20110105504
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds of the Formula (I) and 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: David A. Claremon, Linghang Zhuang, Yuanjle Ye, Suresh B. Singh, Colin M. Tice, Gerard McGeehan
  • Patent number: 7935700
    Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (1) wherein ring A is aryl optionally having substituent(s) and the like; ring B is arylene optionally having substituent(s) and the like; m=0-2; n=1-5; X is a bond and the like; Y is a bond and the like; and Z is hydrogen atom and the like or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a hydrate or solvate thereof have affinity for CCR3, and can be pharmaceutical products for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of immune or inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihito Tanaka, Shuzo Takeda, Hidemitsu Higashi, Mamoru Matsuura, Fujio Kobayashi, Maiko Hamada, Minoru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20110098302
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are antagonists of PGD2 receptors. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the antagonists of PGD2 receptors described herein, as well as methods of using such antagonists of PGD2 receptors, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating respiratory, cardiovascular, and other PGD2-dependent or PGD2-mediated conditions or diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: AMIRA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: John Howard Hutchinson, Thomas Jon Seiders, Brian Andrew Stearns, Bowei Wang, Yen Pham Truong, Jeannie M. Arruda
  • Publication number: 20110092475
    Abstract: The present invention provides 2-substituted-ethynylthiazole derivatives of formula (I): wherein R1, R2 and X are as defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: H. LUNDBECK A/S
    Inventors: Allen Hopper, Anette Graven Sams, Gitte Kobberoee Mikkelsen, Mathivanan Packiarajan, Michel Grenon
  • Publication number: 20110092508
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel biomarkers, and methods of using said biomarkers, for assessing the efficacy of a treatment regimen for treating cancer in a subject, particularly for treating cancer via Hsp90 inhibition. The present invention also provides methods of identifying test agents capable of treating cancer, particularly in the case of cancers characterized by high levels of IL-8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Michaela BOWDEN, Alan BUCKLER, Chantale T. GUY