The Chalcogen Is Bonded Directly To Two Carbon Atoms Patents (Class 514/239.2)
  • Publication number: 20100098690
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a combination of an Hsp 90 family protein inhibitor and at least one compound, the said pharmaceutical composition wherein the Hsp 90 family protein inhibitor is a benozoyl compound represented by formula (I): [wherein n represents an integer of 1 to 5; R1 represents substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, CONR7R8 (wherein R7 and R8, which may be the same or different, each represent a hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, or the like), or the like; R2 represents substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or the like; R3 and R5, which may be the same or different, each represent a hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, or the like; R4 represents a hydrogen atom, hydroxy or halogen; and R6 represents a hydrogen atom, halogen, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, or the like], or a prodrug thereof; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shiro Soga, Toshihiko Ishii, Takayuki Nakashima, Yukimasa Shiotsu, Shiro Akinaga
  • Publication number: 20100093735
    Abstract: The present invention provides low molecular weight compounds useful as cytokine inhibitors, and compositions thereof. In particular, compounds of the invention are useful as anti-inflammatory agents. There are further provided methods for the preparation of such agents and their use in preventing or treating conditions mediated by cytokines such as arthritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicants: iTherx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Boman, Susana Conde Ceide, Russell Dahl, Nancy G.J. Delaet, Justin Ernst, Antonio Garrido Montalban, Jeffrey Kahl, Christopher Larson, Stephen Miller, Hiroshi Nakanishi, Edward Roberts, Eddine Saiah, Robert Sullivan, Zhinjun Wang
  • Publication number: 20100093734
    Abstract: The present invention provides low molecular weight compounds useful as cytokine inhibitors, and compositions thereof. In particular, compounds of the invention are useful as anti-inflammatory agents. There are further provided methods for the preparation of such agents and their use in preventing or treating conditions mediated by cytokines such as arthritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicants: iTherx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Boman, Susana Conde Ceide, Russell Dahl, Nancy G.J. Delaet, Justin Ernst, Antonio Garrido Montalban, Jeffrey Kahl, Christopher Larson, Stephen Miller, Hiroshi Nakanishi, Edward Roberts, Eddine Saiah, Robert Sullivan, Zhijun Wang
  • Publication number: 20100087439
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an agent for preventing and/or treating neuropathic pain comprising a 2-[(substituted-inden-7-yloxy)methyl]morpholine of the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. The invention is useful for providing an excellent agent for preventing and/or treating neuropathic pain, and particularly useful for providing an agent for preventing and/or treating allodynia, hyperalgesia, hyperesthesia, spontaneous pain, cancer pain, trigeminal neuralgia, phantom limb pain, postherpetic neuralgia, fibromyalgia, low back/leg pain, thalamic pain, entrapment (compressive) peripheral neuropathy, atypical facial pain, pain accompanying spinal cord injury, pain accompanying multiple sclerosis, pain accompanying chemotherapy-induced neuropathy, cancer pain on which an analgesic effect of a narcotic analgesic such as morphine is insufficient, pain accompanying diabetic neuropathy, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: TOSHIAKI AOKI, SEIJI TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20100081660
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new compounds, a process for their preparation and new intermediates used therein, pharmaceutical formulations containing said therapeutically active compounds and to the use of said active compounds in therapy, such as provide compounds having a selective inhibiting effect at GSK3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Stefan Berg, Sven Hellberg, Peter Söderman
  • Publication number: 20100075950
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new phenylpropanone modulators of dopamine receptors, serotonin receptors, and/or nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: AUSPEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas G. Gant, Manouchehr M. Shahbaz, Sepehr Sarshar
  • Publication number: 20100069390
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method for treatment of ADHD or ADHD-related disorders by a pharmaceutical agent exhibiting combined serotonergic or noradrenergic reuptake transporters and monoamine receptor activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventor: Christopher D. Breder
  • Publication number: 20100069389
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel crystalline forms of (2R)-2-[(R)-(2-ethoxyphenoxy)-phenylmethyl]morpholine hydrochloride. In various embodiments, the novel crystalline forms may be substantially enantiopure. The preparation and characterization of the novel crystalline forms of (2R)-2-[(R)-(2-ethoxyphenoxy)-phenylmethyl]morpholine hydrochloride is also described. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing novel crystalline forms of (2R)-2-[(R)-(2-ethoxyphenoxy)-phenylmethyl]morpholine hydrochloride, which are useful to treat and/or prevent various conditions such as nervous system and pain disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: Bionevia Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Isabel Kalofonos, G. Patrick Stahly, William Martin-Doyle, Dimitris Kalofonos, Wei Lai, David T. Jonaitis, A. Gracia Lityo
  • Publication number: 20100055137
    Abstract: An oil in water microemulsion or sub-micron emulsion composition for dermal delivery of at least one pharmaceutically active ingredient, is provided. The composition includes an oil phase dispersed throughout a water phase, the oil phase including at least one member selected from the group consisting of an animal oil, a mineral oil, a vegetable oil, a silane member, a siloxane, an ester, a fatty acid, a fat, a halogen compound, and an alkoxylated alcohol; and at least one lipophilic surfactant, the water phase including at least one hydrophilic surfactant, water and optionally a non-surfactant amphiphilic compound, the weight ratio of the at least one hydrophilic surfactant to the at least one lipophilic surfactant being approximately 9.0:1.0 to 2.0:3.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: STIEFEL RESEARCH AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
    Inventors: Maria Graziella Larm, Ronald Harding, Michael Johnston, Albert Zorko Abram, Prema Vijayakumar, Phoebe Sun
  • Publication number: 20100055185
    Abstract: The invention provides an oil-in-water emulsion useful in the treatment of anorectal disorders comprising a local anesthetic, vasoconstrictor, glycerin and water, and method of preparation of the emulsion and a method for treating hemorrhoids using the composition of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: Wyeth
    Inventors: Gary Robert AGISIM, Richard John Kenny, Miron Gerard Still, Ellen Bland Gilliam, Helen Elizabeth Taylor
  • Publication number: 20100041659
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising synergistic amounts of a compound of the formula (I) wherein X, E, R, A and Z are as defined herein, and at least one fungicidal active compound as defined herein. The compositions of the present invention find use as pesticides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Stefan Dutzmann, Christoph Erdelen, Wolfram Andersch, Heinz-Wilhelm Dehne, Jürgen Hartwig, Klaus Stenzel, Wolfgang Krämer
  • Patent number: 7638514
    Abstract: There are described compounds of formula (I) wherein X1 and X2 are each independently of the other fluorine, chlorine or bromine; A1 and A2 are, for example, a bond or a C1-C6alkylene bridge; A3 is a C1-C6alkylene bridge; R1 and R2 are, for example, halogen, OH, SH, CN, nitro, C1-C6alkyl, C1-C6haloalkyl, C1-C6alkyl-carbonyl, C2-C6alkenyl, C2-C6haloalkenyl or C3-C6alkynyl; R,3 is, for example, H, halogen, OH, SH, CN, nitro, C1-C6alkyl or C1-C6haloalkyl; R4 and R5 are, for example, H, halogen, cyano, nitro, C1-C6alkyl or C1-C3haloalkyl; m is 1 or 2; Y is, for example, O, S, SO or SO2; Q is, for example, O, S, SO or SO2; W is, for example, a bond, O, S, SO, S02, —C(?O)—O— or —O—C(?O)—; T is, for example, a bond, O, S, SO, SO2, —C(?O)—O— or —O—C(?O)—; and E is aryl unsubstituted or substituted from one to five times or heterocyclyl unsubstituted or, depending upon the possibilities of substitution on the ring, substituted from one to four times; and, where applicable, their possible E/Z isomers, E/Z isomeric mixt
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Werner Zambach, Stephan Trah, Roger Graham Hall, William Lutz
  • Publication number: 20090291953
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel crystalline, water-soluable salts of the 2S,3S enantiomer of reboxetine, which are the fumarate and succinate salts thereof, to a process for their preparation, to their utility in therapy and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Annalisa Airoldi, Alessando Martini, Massimo Zampieri
  • Publication number: 20090281103
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel renin inhibitors of the general Formula (I), and their use as active ingredients in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions. The invention also concerns related aspects including processes for the preparation of the compounds. These novel renin inhibitors are used in treating cardiovascular events and renal insufficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventors: Christopher I. Bayly, Austin C. Chen, Daniel Dube, Laurence Dube, Michel Gallant, Patrick Lacombe, Dwight MacDonald, Daniel McKay, David A. Powell, Erich L. Grimm
  • Publication number: 20090281104
    Abstract: Compounds comprising or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof, are disclosed, wherein J, B, Y, and A are as described. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: Yariv Donde, Jeremiah H. Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20090275563
    Abstract: Patients suffering from serotonin-mediated diseases or conditions, such as depression, may be treated by administering an effective combined amount of a 5-HT7 receptor antagonist and a serotonin reuptake inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventor: Pascal Bonaventure
  • Publication number: 20090275562
    Abstract: A reduction in the side effects of treating with an agent having combined 5HT2/5HT3 and alpha-2 antagonistic activity is obtained by administering an agent having selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitory or histamine H1 agonist activity. In some embodiments, the invention provides synergistic combinations of 5HT2/5HT3 antagonist/alpha-2 antagonist and selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor or histamine H1 agonist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: Cypress Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivas Rao, Jay Kranzler, Jeffery J. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20090270385
    Abstract: Compounds comprising or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof, are disclosed, wherein G, B, Y, and A are as described. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: David W. Old, Vinh X. Ngo
  • Publication number: 20090253702
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing Naratriptan, a compound selected from the group consisting of 2-HPOD, 2-HPHM, 4-PPED, 4-BPED and 2-PPED, and optionally, a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: Emisphere Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Cristina Castelli
  • Publication number: 20090247528
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating humans suffering from, or preventing a human from suffering, a physiological or psychiatric disease, disorder, or a condition where inhibiting reuptake of norepinephrine is a benefit are disclosed. The compositions comprise a compound having a pharmacological selectivity of serotonin (Ki)/norepinephrine (Ki) of at least about 5000. Examples of such compounds include reboxetine, and more preferably optically pure (S,S) enantiomer of reboxetine. The methods generally include administration of a therapeutic amount of such compositions. Also disclosed are preparations of a medicament from the composition, and uses of the composition in a manufacture of the medicament to treat a human suffering from, or preventing a human from suffering, a physiological or psychiatric disease, disorder, or condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Erik H.F. Wong, Saeeduddin Ahmed, Robert C. Marshall, Robert McArthur, Duncan P. Taylor, Lars Birgerson, Pasquale Cetera
  • Publication number: 20090239869
    Abstract: Therapeutic compounds are disclosed herein. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed. The compounds described herein are used to treat ocular conditions, bowel disease and baldness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: Yariv Donde, Robert M. Burk, Jeremiah H. Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20090227562
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a combination of a selective noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor (NRI) and a phospho-diesterase type 5 (PDEV) inhibitor. Such a combination is particularly useful in the treatment of pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventor: Bernadette Hughes
  • Publication number: 20090220450
    Abstract: Methods and compositions comprising combinations of one or more anti-connexin agents and one or more other agents useful for the promotion and/or improvement of wound healing and/or tissue repair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Colin R. Green, Bradford J. Duft, David L. Becker
  • Publication number: 20090203670
    Abstract: A sheet-like pharmaceutical preparation (dosage form) that quickly disintegrates on contact with moisture, based on hydrophilic polymers for the release of at least one active agent. The dosage form contains an active agent combination for treating depression, and at least one active agent selected from the antidepressant group of drugs. In addition, the use of such a combination of active agents for the production of an orally administrable pharmaceutical product for the treatment of depression, and the therapeutic treatment of depression by oral administration of one of the named pharmaceutical preparations, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG
    Inventors: Hans-Rainer Hoffmann, Reto Brandli, Frank Theobald
  • Publication number: 20090203607
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with methods and compositions for simultaneously treating or modulating memory and mood within the same individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Evian Gordon, Lea Williams
  • Publication number: 20090192162
    Abstract: The present invention describes phenoxy-acetic acids and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same and methods of using the same. The phenoxy-acetic acids are activators of PPAR-? and should be useful for treating conditions mediated by the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: TRANSTECH PHARMA, INC.
    Inventor: Soren Ebdrup
  • Publication number: 20090181943
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds for the inhibition of histone deacetylase. More particularly, the invention provides for compounds of formula compounds of the Formula (I) and N-oxides, hydrates, solvates, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs and complexes thereof, and racemic and scalemic mixtures, diastereomers and enantiomers thereof, wherein groups L, M, X and Y are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: METHYLGENE INC.
    Inventors: Pierre Tessier, Silvana Leit, David Smil, Robert Deziel, Alain Ajamian, Yves Andre Chantigny, Celia Dominguez
  • Publication number: 20090176698
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions comprising benzimidazolone derivatives of formula (I), optionally in form of the free base or in form of the pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salts thereof and methods of treating or preventing urinary incontinence, comprising the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of compound of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 denote hydrogen or hydroxy with the proviso that R1, R2, R3, and R4 cannot simultaneously represent hydrogen, optionally in form of the free base or in form of the pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Baiker, Angelo Ceci
  • Publication number: 20090170824
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I: are potent and selective antagonists of the human 5-HT2A receptor, and hence useful in treatment of a variety of adverse conditions of the CNS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Jose Luis Castro Pineiro, Laura Catherine Cooper, Myra Gilligan, Alexander Charles Humphries, Peter Alen Hunt, Tamara Ladduwahetty, Angus Murray MacLeod, Kevin John Merchant, Monique Bodil Van Niel, Kevin Wilson
  • Publication number: 20090143387
    Abstract: A sustained-release pharmaceutical composition in a form of an orally deliverable tablet containing reboxetine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, dispersed in a matrix containing a hydrophilic polymer and a starch, wherein the starch has a tensile strength of at least 0.15 kN cm?2 at a solid fraction of 0.75 to 0.85.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Gregory E. Amidon, Loksidh D. Ganorkar, John M. Heimlich, Ernest J. Lee, Alice C. Martino, Robert M. Noack, Joseph P. Reo, Connie J. Skoug
  • Publication number: 20090111814
    Abstract: The present invention provides a substantially clear gel designed to reduce itching discomfort when applied to the vulvar tissue. The gel includes at least one anesthetic, protectant, emulsifier, and pH modifier, such as a base. The gel has a pH adapted to vulvar use and may be applied to the vulvar tissues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Nelson Ayala, Michael L. Caswell
  • Publication number: 20090048257
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the general formula (I), the use of these compounds as pharmaceutical compositions, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and methods of treatment employing these compounds and compositions. The present compounds are activators of PPAR? and should be useful for treating conditions mediated by the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventor: Per Sauerberg
  • Publication number: 20090036426
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating obesity, anorexia nervosa, or bulimia nervosa comprising administering a compound of the invention conjointly with zonisamide, naltrexone, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention further relates to the treatment of metabolic syndrome comprising administering a compound of the invention conjointly with zonisamide, naltrexone, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: AMPLA Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventor: James R. Hauske
  • Publication number: 20090023705
    Abstract: The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising droxidopa alone, or in combination with one or more further active ingredients, for the treatment of conditions, such as mood disorders, sleep disorders, or attention deficit disorders. In certain embodiments, the compositions useful in the methods of the invention comprise droxidopa and a compound selected from the group consisting of DOPA decarboxylase inhibiting compounds, catechol-O-methyltransferase inhibiting compounds, cholinesterase inhibiting compounds, monoamine oxidase inhibiting compounds, norepinephrine reuptake inhibiting compounds, selective serotonin reuptake inhibiting compounds, tricyclic antidepressant compounds, serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibiting compounds, norepinephrine dopamine reuptake inhibiting compound, noradrenergic and specific serotonergic antidepressants, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Michael J. Roberts, Simon Pedder
  • Publication number: 20080280908
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to novel melatonin analogues or naphthyl(ethyl)acetamides, their derivatives, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and hydrates thereof. This disclosure also provides compositions comprising a compound of this disclosure and the use of such compositions in methods of treating diseases and conditions that are beneficially treated by administering a dual melatoninergic agonist and serotoninergic antagonist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: CONCERT PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
    Inventors: Julie F. Liu, Roger Tung
  • Publication number: 20080275047
    Abstract: This invention relates to tetrahydro-naphthalene derivatives and salts thereof which are useful as an active ingredient of pharmaceutical preparations. The tethrahydro-naphthalene derivatives of the present invention have excellent activity as VR1 antagonist and useful for the prophylaxis and treatment of diseases associated with VR1 activity, in particular for the treatment of urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, urge urinary incontienence, chronic pain, neuropathic pain, post-operative pain, rheumatoid arthritic pain, neuralgia, neuropathies, algesia, nerve injury, ischaemia, neurodegeneration, stroke, inflammatory disorders, asthma and COPD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Masaomi Tajimi, Toshio Kokubo, Masahiro Shiroo, Yasuhiro Tsukimi, Takeshi Yura, Klaus Urbahns, Noriyuki Yamamoto, Muneto Mogi, Hiroshi Fujishima, Tsutomu Masuda, Nagahiro Yoshida, Toshiya Moriwaki
  • Publication number: 20080261984
    Abstract: Use of (S,S)- or racemic reboxetine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of a pain condition selected from neuropathic pain, nociceptive pain, cancer pain, back pain, inflammatory pain, musculo-skeletal disorders, visceral pain, pain from strains/sprains, post-operative pain, posttraumatic pain, burns, renal colic, acute pain, central nervous system trauma, head pain, and orofacial pain, is disclosed. Use of (S,S)-reboxetine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of pain in a patient refractory to an alpha-2-delta ligand, and use of (S,S)- or racemic reboxetine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the manufacture of a medicament for use as a mental performance or mood enhancer, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Bernadette Hughes, Ian McKenzie, Malcolm John Stoker
  • Publication number: 20080207622
    Abstract: Disclosed are sulfone compounds and compositions that inhibit soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH), methods for preparing the compounds and compositions, and methods for treating patients with such compounds and compositions. The compounds, compositions, and methods are useful for treating a variety of sEH mediated diseases, including hypertensive, cardiovascular, inflammatory, pulmonary, and diabetes-related diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventor: Richard D. Gless
  • Publication number: 20080207621
    Abstract: Disclosed are sulfonamide compounds and compositions that inhibit soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH), methods for preparing the compounds and compositions, and methods for treating patients with such compounds and compositions. The compounds, compositions, and methods are useful for treating a variety of sEH mediated diseases, including hypertensive, cardiovascular, inflammatory, pulmonary, and diabetes-related diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventor: Richard D. Gless
  • Publication number: 20080194564
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I): in which R, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the description, the use thereof for the treatment of dyslipidaemia, atherosclerosis and diabetes, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and processes for the preparation of these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Jean Jacques Zeiller, Herve Dumas, Valerie Guyard-Dangremont, Isabelle Berard, Francis Contard, Daniel Guerrier, Gerard Ferrand, Yves Bonhomme
  • Publication number: 20080161309
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, and n have any of the values defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that are useful as agents in the treatment of conditions including urinary disorders, pain, premature ejaculation, ADHD and fibromyalgia. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Paul Vincent Fish, Malcolm Christian MacKenny, Alan Stobie, Florian Wakenhut, Gavin Alistair Whitlock
  • Publication number: 20080153808
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor and a pan-alpha-2 receptor agonist. The composition is effective for treating chronic pain, and methods of treating pain using the composition and compounds comprising it are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel W. Gil, John E. Donello
  • Patent number: 7384941
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): wherein A is S or O; R is H; Ar is an optionally substituted phenyl group; X is an optionally substituted phenyl group, a C1-C4 alkyl, a C3-C6 cycloalkyl group or a CH2(C3-C6 cycloalkyl) group; R? is H or C1-C4 alkyl; and each R1 is independently H or C1-C4 alkyl; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are selective inhibitors of norepinephrine reuptake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Magnus Wilhelm Walter, Barry Peter Clark, Peter Thaddeus Gallagher, Helen Louise Haughton, Hélène Catherine Eugénie Rudyk
  • Patent number: 7378446
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a compound useful for the prevention and treatment of viral infectious diseases, and particularly liver diseases caused by HCV infection due to its having a high degree of replication inhibitory activity against HCV, its production method, an intermediate compound useful for its production and a pharmaceutical composition containing these compounds, and the present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): (wherein A represents —(CH2)n—, etc.; B represents —(C?O)—, etc.; D represents —(CH2)m—R?, etc.; E represents a hydrogen atom, etc.; G represents —(CH2)p-J, etc.; bond Q represents a single bond or double bond; and R1, R2 and R3 may be the same or different and each represent a hydrogen atom, etc.), a prodrug thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki Sudoh, Takuo Tsukuda, Miyako Masubuchi, Kenichi Kawasaki, Takeshi Murata, Fumio Watanabe, Hiroshi Fukuda, Susumu Komiyama, Tadakatsu Hayase
  • Publication number: 20080103127
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for the treatment of Disruptive Behavior Disorders including both Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of one or more carbamate compounds of Formula 1 and/or Formula 2 as herein defined and shown below. The present invention is directed to a method for the treatment of Disruptive Behavior Disorders including both Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder, which includes mono-therapy and alternatively, co-therapy with at least one additional psychoactive medication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventor: Magali HAAS
  • Publication number: 20080058290
    Abstract: Substituted phenol derivatives of Formula (I) are useful as antiproliferative agents including, for example, anticancer agents, and as radioprotective and chemoprotective agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicants: TEMPLE UNIVERSITY - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, ONCONOVA THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: E. Premkumar Reddy, M. V. Ramana Reddy, Stanley C. Bell
  • Patent number: 7338953
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of treating an individual suffering from, chronic fatigue syndrome. The methods generally include administration of a therapeutic amount of racemic reboxetine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to the individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Erik H. F. Wong, Saeeduddin Ahmed, Robert C. Marshall, Robert McArthur, Duncan P. Taylor, Lars Birgerson
  • Publication number: 20080026081
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treatment using the compound (+)-isopropyl 2-methoxyethyl 4-(2-chloro-3-cyano-phenyl)-1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-pyridine-3,5-dicarboxylate, as a sole active agent or in combination with other pharmacological agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Axel Unterbeck, Michael De Vivo, Gregory M. Rose
  • Patent number: 7317011
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of treating an individual suffering from peripheral neuropathy. The methods generally include administration of a therapeutic amount of optically pure (S,S) reboxetine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Embodiments of these methods can diminish adverse side effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn
    Inventors: Erik H. F. Wong, Saeeduddin Ahmed, Robert Clyde Marshall, Robert McArthur, Duncan P. Taylor
  • Patent number: 7314875
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the structure: wherein the constituent members are defined herein, including pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of treating diseases therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Cephalon, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward R. Bacon, Sankar Chatterjee, Derek Dunn, John A. Gruner, Rabindranath Tripathy