Hetero Ring Is Six-membered Consisting Of Two Nitrogens And Four Carbon Atoms (e.g., Pyridazines, Etc.) Patents (Class 514/247)
  • Patent number: 8916558
    Abstract: This invention relates to powders for reconstitution comprising the NNRTI TMC278 dispersed in certain water-soluble polymers, which can be used in the treatment of HIV infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Tibotec Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Lieven Elvire Colette Baert, Elke Van Gyseghem, Guy René Jaak Van Den Mooter, Peter Jozef Maria Van Remoortere
  • Patent number: 8912186
    Abstract: The invention provides specific small molecule compounds that allosterically regulate the activity or modulate protein-protein interactions of AGC protein kinases and the Aurora family of protein kinases, methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions comprising same, and their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and prevention of diseases related to abnormal activities of AGC protein kinases or of protein kinases of the Aurora family.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Universitaet des Saarlandes
    Inventors: Matthias Engel, Wolfgang Fröhner, Adriane Stroba, Ricardo M. Biondi
  • Patent number: 8906921
    Abstract: The present invention relates to (1-benzyl-piperidin-4-yl)-(4-alkoxy-pyridazin-3-y1)-amines that are fast dissociating dopamine 2 receptor antagonists, processes for preparing these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds as an active ingredient. The compounds find utility as medicines for treating or preventing central nervous system disorders, for example schizophrenia, by exerting an antipsychotic effect without motor side effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Gregor James MacDonald, José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda
  • Publication number: 20140357614
    Abstract: Diamino-pyridine, pyrimidine and pyridazine compounds which may be used as H4 receptor modulators, and in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by H4 receptor activity, such as allergy, asthma, autoimmune diseases, and pruritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Hui Cai, Frank Chavez, Paul J. Dunford, Andrew J. Greenspan, Steven P. Meduna, Jorge A. Quiroz, Brad M. Savall, Kevin L. Tays, Robin L. Thurmond, Jianmei Wei, Ronald L. Wolin, Xioahu Zhang
  • Patent number: 8901133
    Abstract: Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions that modulate kinase activity, including PI3 kinase activity, and compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with kinase activity, including PI3 kinase activity, are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Pingda Ren, Yi Liu, Liansheng Li, Katrina Chan, Troy Edward Wilson, Alfredo C. Castro, Catherine A. Evans, Daniel A. Snyder
  • Patent number: 8901124
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of novel triazolopyridine derivatives of formula I: wherein all variable substituents are defined as described herein, which are SYK inhibitors and are useful for the treatment of auto-immune and inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes Cornelius Hermann, Joshua Kennedy-Smith, Matthew C. Lucas, Fernando Padilla, Michael Soth
  • Patent number: 8901132
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compound of formula I, II, III, or IV, and/or a pharmaceutical acceptable addition salt thereof and/or a stereoisomer thereof and/or a solvate thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R11, and R12 are as defined in the claim 1. The present invention also relates to a method for their preparation, as well as to pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The present invention further relates to the use of said compounds as biologically active ingredients, more specifically as medicaments for the treatment of disorders and pathologic conditions such as, but not limited to, immune and auto-immune disorders, organ and cells transplant rejections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, K.U. Leuven R&D
    Inventors: Piet Herdewijn, Steven De Jonghe, Ling-Jie Gao, Mi-Yeon Jang, Bart Vanderhoydonck, Mark Jozef Albert Waer, Yuan Lin, Jean Ferdinand Herman, Thierry Andre Michel Louat
  • Publication number: 20140349969
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new therapies to treat pain and related diseases, as well as pharmaceutical compounds for use in said therapies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Josef PENNINGER, Graham Gregory NEELY, Shane MCMANUS, Henrik NILSSON
  • Patent number: 8895554
    Abstract: Bis- and tris-dihydroxyaryl compounds and their methylenedioxy analogs and pharmaceutically acceptable esters, their synthesis, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in the treatment of amyloid diseases, especially A? amyloidosis, such as observed in Alzheimer's disease, IAPP amyloidosis, such as observed in type 2 diabetes, and synucleinopathies, such as observed in Parkinson's disease, and the manufacture of medicaments for such treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: ProteoTech Inc
    Inventors: Alan D. Snow, Beth Nguyen, Gerardo Castillo, Virginia Sanders, Thomas Lake
  • Patent number: 8895555
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating intestinal diseases or inflammatory conditions, including HIV-AIDS, in which oxidative stress is a triggering or exacerbating factor by administering GVT to a patient suffering from the condition such that the condition is treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Bach Pharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark O. Henry, William S. Lynn
  • Patent number: 8889681
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions comprising tricyclic 3,4-propinoperhydropurines and uses thereof for the treatment of facial wrinkling are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventor: Nestor Antonio Lagos Wilson
  • Patent number: 8889163
    Abstract: Facially amphiphilic polyphenylene and heteroarylene polymers and articles made therform having biocidal surfaces are disclosed. The polymers can inhibit the growth of microorganisms in contact with the surface or in areas adjacent to said biocidal surface. There is also disclosed a methods to attach facially amphiphilic polmers to a solid support. Utility as a contact disinfectant is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: William F. DeGrado, Gregory N. Tew, Michael L. Klein
  • Publication number: 20140336198
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful in the modulation of potassium channel activity in cells, in particular the activity of Kv1.3 channels found in T cells. The invention also relates to the use of these compounds in the treatment or prevention of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, including multiple sclerosis, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods for their preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicants: MERCK PATENT GMBH, BIONOMICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Harvey, Agnes Bombrun, Rachel Cooke, Isabelle Jeanclaude-Etter, Nathan Kuchel, Jerome Molette, Jorgen Mould, Dharam Paul, Rajinder Singh, Cristina Donini, Veronique Colovray, Thomas Avery, Julia Crossman, Justin Ripper
  • Publication number: 20140336165
    Abstract: Provided is a compound having a D-amino acid oxidase (DAAO) inhibitory action, and useful as, for example, a prophylaxis and/or therapeutic agent for schizophrenia or neuropathic pain. The present inventors have studied a compound that inhibits DAAO, and confirm that a dihydroxy aromatic heterocyclic compound has a DAAO inhibitory action, and completed the present invention. That is, the dihydroxy aromatic heterocyclic compound of the present invention has a good DAAO inhibitory action, and can be used as a prophylaxis and/or therapeutic agent for, for example, schizophrenia or neuropathic pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Takeshi Hondo, Keita Nakanishi, Tatsuya Niimi, Masaichi Warizaya, Ichiji Namatame, Katsuya Harada
  • Patent number: 8883800
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted quinazolines of formula (I): wherein X and Y are defined as in claim 1, the tautomers, stereoisomers, mixtures and salts thereof, which have valuable pharmacological properties, particularly an inhibitory effect on the activity of the enzyme dipeptidylpeptidase-IV (DPP-IV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Waldemar Pfrengle, Markus Frank, Thomas Klein
  • Patent number: 8877754
    Abstract: The invention relates to new compounds of the formula I to their use as medicaments, to methods for their therapeutic use and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Gerald Juergen Roth, Martin Fleck, Heike Neubauer, Bernd Nosse
  • Patent number: 8871763
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions comprising tricyclic 3,4-propinoperhydropurines and uses thereof for the treatment of facial wrinkling are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Phytotox, Ltd.
    Inventor: Nestor Antonio Lagos Wilson
  • Publication number: 20140315878
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new sulfonamide URAT-1 inhibitor compounds of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: to compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation and to intermediates used in such processes, and to methods of treatment, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined in the description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: PFIZER LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Ian Storer, Nigel Alan Swain, Robert McKenzie Owen
  • Patent number: 8859548
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula I or II: wherein R1, R1b, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are defined herein. The compounds of Formula (I) or (II) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are useful for the treatment of B-Raf-associated diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Abran Q. Costales, Shenlin Huang, Jeff Xianming Jin, Zuosheng Liu, Sabina Pecchi, Daniel Poon, John Tellew, Qiong Zhang
  • Patent number: 8859549
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are KCNQ potassium channels modulators of formula (I) wherein ring G1, R1, and R2 are as defined in the specification. Compositions comprising such compounds; and methods for treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: AbbVie, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian S. Brown, Tongmei Li, Sridhar Peddi, Arturo Perez-Medrano, David DeGoey
  • Publication number: 20140303174
    Abstract: Pyridazine derivatives that activate the excitatory amino acid transporter 2 (EAAT2), and methods of use thereof for treating or preventing diseases, disorders, and conditions associated with glutamate excitotoxicity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory D. Cuny, Marcie Glicksman, Xeuchao Xing, Chien-Liang Glenn Lin
  • Patent number: 8853211
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) in which D, R1, R2, R3, R4 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are inhibitors of tyrosine kinases, in particular of Met kinase, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of tumors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Dorsch, Oliver Schadt, Frank Stieber, Andree Blaukat
  • Patent number: 8846918
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and methods of using the compounds in in vitro applications, such as the study of kinases in biological and pathological phenomena; the study of intracellular signal transduction pathways mediated by such kinases; and the comparative evaluation of new kinase inhibitors. The compounds of this invention have formula I: wherein the variables are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, David Kay
  • Patent number: 8846917
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and methods of using the compounds in in vitro applications, such as the study of kinases in biological and pathological phenomena; the study of intracellular signal transduction pathways mediated by such kinases; and the comparative evaluation of new kinase inhibitors. The compounds of this invention have formula I: wherein the variables are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, Steven John Durrant, David Matthew Shaw
  • Patent number: 8846948
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of formula I their use as positive allosteric modulators of mGlu5 receptor activity, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods of using the same as agents for treatment and/or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction such as schizophrenia or cognitive decline such as dementia or cognitive impairment. A, B, Ar, R1, R2, R3, R3a have meanings given in the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Rudolf, Daniel Bischoff, Georg Dahmann, Matthias Grauert, Raimund Kuelzer
  • Publication number: 20140287916
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I), wherein R1 to R4 are, for example, each hydrogen, R5 is, for example, an unsubstituted aromatic 6-membered heterocycle; R6 is, for example, hydrogen; R7 is, for example, hydrogen, cyano, hydroxyl, formyl, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C2-C4-alkenyl, or C2-C4-alkynyl; and A1 to A5 are, independently selected, from, for example, N, and C—H; and its use as a pesticidal agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Olivier Loiseleur, Thomas Pitterna, Anthony Cornelius O'Sullivan, Torsten Luksch
  • Patent number: 8841337
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and methods of using the compounds in in vitro applications, such as the study of kinases in biological and pathological phenomena; the study of intracellular signal transduction pathways mediated by such kinases; and the comparative evaluation of new kinase inhibitors. The compounds of this invention have formula I: wherein the variables are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, Pierre-Henri Storck, Joanne Pinder, John R. Studley
  • Patent number: 8841310
    Abstract: The present invention concerns combinations of a pyrimidine containing NNRTI with nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors and/or nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors useful for the treatment of HIV infected patients or for the prevention of HIV transmission or infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen R & D Ireland
    Inventor: Paul Stoffels
  • Patent number: 8841287
    Abstract: Diamino-pyridine, pyrimidine and pyridazine compounds which may be used as H4 receptor modulators, and in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by H4 receptor activity, such as allergy, asthma, autoimmune diseases, and pruritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Hui Cai, Frank Chavez, Paul J. Dunford, Andrew J. Greenspan, Steven P. Meduna, Jorge A. Quiroz, Brad M. Savall, Kevin L. Tays, Robin L. Thurmond, Jianmei Wei, Ronald L. Wolin, Xiaohu Zhang
  • Patent number: 8841450
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and methods of using the compounds in in vitro applications, such as the study of kinases in biological and pathological phenomena; the study of intracellular signal transduction pathways mediated by such kinases; and the comparative evaluation of new kinase inhibitors. The compounds of this invention have formula I: wherein the variables are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, Michael Edward O'Donnell, Simon Robert Everitt
  • Patent number: 8841459
    Abstract: The invention provides novel, substituted 3-arylamino pyridine compounds pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates and prodrug compounds thereof, wherein W, R1, R2, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14 are as defined in the specification. Such compounds are MEK inhibitors and useful in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, such as cancer, restenosis and inflammation. Also disclosed is the use of such compounds in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases in mammals, especially humans, and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Serono SA
    Inventors: Holger Deppe, Matthias Schwarz, Ulrich Abel, Achim Feurer, Ulrich Grädler, Kerstin Otte, Renate Sekul, Meinolf Thiemann, Andreas Goutopoulos, Xuliang Jiang
  • Patent number: 8841449
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and methods of using the compounds in in vitro applications, such as the study of kinases in biological and pathological phenomena; the study of intracellular signal transduction pathways mediated by such kinases; and the comparative evaluation of new kinase inhibitors. The compounds of this invention have formula I: wherein the variables are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, Steven John Durrant, Ronald Knegtel
  • Publication number: 20140274692
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein R1 to R4 are, for example, each hydrogen, R5 is, for example, a substituted phenol; R6 is, for example, hydrogen; R7 is, for example, hydrogen, cyano, hydroxyl, formyl, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C2-C4-alkenyl, or C2-C4-alkynyl; and A1 to A5 is, for example, A1 is N or C—X, A3 is C—X, and A2, A4 and A5 are C—H, where X, is, for example, halogen; and its use as a pesticidal agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Olivier Loiseleur, Thomas Pitterna, Anthony Cornelius O'Sullivan, Torsten Luksch, Anna Kickova
  • Publication number: 20140275100
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula I, (I) wherein: R represents a cyclic group selected from phenyl, heteroaryl, heterocyclyl and C 3-6 cycloalkyl; 10 wherein each cyclic group is optionally substituted with from 1 to 3 substituents selected from halo, C -6 alkyl optionally substituted with 1-3 halogen atoms, phenyl, C -6 alkoxy optionally substituted with 1-3 halogen atoms, cyano, heteroaryl 1a and heterocyclyl 1a; and wherein each cyclic group is optionally fused to a benzene ring or a 5- or 16-membered heteroaromatic or heterocyclic ring each containing from 1 to 3 heteroatoms (selected from N, O and S); and when the group is substituted the substitution may occur anywhere on the optionally fused ring system as a whole; and wherein heterocyclyl and heterocyclyl 1a may additionally be substituted with ?O; 20 X represents a bond or C -6 alkylene (which may be straight or branched); R 2 represents H or C -6 alkyl; R 3 represents H or C -6 alkyl; Y represents a bond or C -6 alkylene (which may be stra
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Karl Richard Gibson, Dafydd Rhys Owen
  • Patent number: 8828908
    Abstract: Bicyclic dione compounds of formula (I), and derivatives thereof, which are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Christopher John Mathews, Matthew Brian Hotson, Alan John Dowling, James Nicholas Scutt, Mangala Govenkar, Lee Challinor
  • Patent number: 8815286
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising the following active ingredients: 1) an angiotensin II receptor antagonist or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, 2) pioglitazone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and 3) rosuvastatin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention also provides use of the pharmaceutical composition in preparing a medicament for treating hypertension or metabolic syndrome. The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention can treat hypertension or metabolic syndrome, while effectively controlling the incidence of associated cardiovascular diseases and more potently improving survival prognosis in hypertensive patients. When blood pressure is lowered to desired level, the risk factors such as cardiovascular diseases are rectified, metabolic disorders and prognosis of patients are improved, and survival rate of hypertensive patients is raised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Lunan Pharmaceutical Group Corporation
    Inventor: Zhiquan Zhao
  • Patent number: 8809379
    Abstract: The invention provides well-defined heterocyclic compounds that are useful as subtype selective alpha 2 adrenergic agonists. As such, the compounds described herein are useful in treating a wide variety of disorders associated with selective subtype modulation of alpha 2 adrenergic receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd M. Heidelbaugh, Ken Chow, Santosh C. Sinha, Phong X. Nguyen, Ling Li, Wenkui K. Fang, Janet A. Takeuchi, Smita Bhat
  • Patent number: 8809302
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. More specifically, the present invention relates to novel combinatorial therapies of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. In particular, the invention concerns compounds which, alone or in combination(s), can effectively modulate synapse function and/or angiogenesis and/or cell stress response. The invention also relates to methods of producing a drug or a drug combination for treating Alzheimer's disease and to methods of treating Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Pharnext
    Inventors: Daniel Cohen, Ilya Chumakov, Serguei Nabirochkin
  • Patent number: 8802666
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I): wherein: n is 0, 1 or 2; A is in particular CH or N; X is in particular CO, SO2, CS, and R1 is in particular H, R2 is a group of formula NR3R4 or OR5, R3 and R4 being in particular H, and R5 an alkyl group, R6 is in particular H or an alkyl group, and R7 is in particular an aryl group, for its use in the prevention and/or the treatment of viral pathologies or infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM)
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Guichou, Lionel Colliandre, Hakim Ahmed-Belkacem, Jean-Michel Pawlotsky
  • Publication number: 20140221376
    Abstract: Pyridazine derivatives have unexpected drug properties as inhibitors of protein kinases and are useful in treating disorders related to abnormal protein kinase activities such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Xcovery Holding Company, LLC
    Inventors: Congxin Liang, Zhigang Li
  • Patent number: 8796467
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of formula I their use as positive allosteric modulators of mGlu5 receptor activity, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods of using the same as agents for treatment and/or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction such as schizophrenia or cognitive decline such as dementia or cognitive impairment. A, B, X, R1, R2, R3 have meanings given in the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Rudolf, Daniel Bischoff, Georg Dahmann, Matthias Grauert, Raimund Kuelzer, Bernd Wellenzohn
  • Publication number: 20140213598
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substituted cyanoaniline compound or a salt thereof, wherein the compound has a structure represented by General Formula I. The compound of General Formula I has broad-spectrum fungicidal activity in the field of agriculture and effectively prevents against a variety of pathogens such as cucumber downy mildew, wheat powdery mildew, maize rust disease, rice blast and cucumber gray mold. In particular, even at a low dose, the compound effectively prevents and treats rice blast, cucumber gray mold, maize rust disease and cucumber downy mildew. Moreover, the raw materials for preparing the compounds are widely available and the synthesis method therefor is simple and convenient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicants: SHENYANG RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD., SINOCHEM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Changling Liu, Guang Huang, Jie Lan, Shulin Hao, Zhinian Li, Huichao Li, Aiying Guan, Airu Jiang, Ying Xu
  • Publication number: 20140213591
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to compositions and methods for treating cancer and neoplastic disease. Provided herein are substituted amidopyridine or amidopyridazine derivative compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for inhibition histone demethylase. Furthermore, the subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of cancer, such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer, lung cancer and/or melanoma and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Quanticel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Young K. Chen, Toufike Kanouni, Zhe Nie, Jeffrey Alan Stafford, James Marvin Veal, Michael Brennan Wallace
  • Patent number: 8791116
    Abstract: Pyridazinyl compounds, compositions and related methods of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Daniel Martin Watterson, Linda J. Van Eldik, Heather Behanna, Hantamalala Ralay Ranaivo
  • Publication number: 20140206660
    Abstract: The present invention provides phenyl-heteroaryl derivatives of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof These compounds are useful in the treatment of RAGE-mediated diseases. The present invention further relates to methods for the preparation of compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds and/or pharmaceutical compositions in treating RAGE-mediated diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: TransTech Pharma, LLC
    Inventors: Devi R. Gohimukkula, David Jones, Ghassan Qabaja, Jeff J. Zhu, Jeremy T. Cooper, William K. Banner, Kurt Sundermann, Muralidhar Bondlela, Mohan Rao, Pingzhen Wang, Raju B. Gowda, Robert C. Andrews, Suparna Gupta, Anitha Hari, Rongyuan Xie
  • Patent number: 8785444
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of Aurora protein kinases. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising those compounds and methods of using the compounds and compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, and disorders. The invention also provides processes for preparing compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Mortimore, Julian Golec, Christopher Davis, Daniel Robinson, John Studley
  • Publication number: 20140199320
    Abstract: The invention provides inhibitors capable of binding to a member of the inflammasome group comprised of IL-1?, IL-1 receptor type 1, NLRP3, ASC, Caspase-1 and cathepsin B with a dissociation constant of 10-8 mol/l or smaller for the prevention and treatment of acne, specifically an antibody, an antibody fragment, an antibody-like molecule, an oligopeptide of 6 to 30 amino acid residues, a nucleic acid aptamer molecule of 10 to 75 nucleotides in length or a soluble polypeptide comprising a contiguous amino acid sequence of at least 30 amino acids comprised within the protein sequence of a member of the group comprised of IL-1?, IL-1 receptor type 1, IL-1 receptor type 2, NLRP3, ASC and Caspase-1. Similarly, an interfering RNA or an antisense modulator of gene expression of IL-1?, I L-1? receptor type 1, NLRP3, ASC, Caspase-1 and cathepsin B are provided for the prevention or treatment of acne.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: UNIVERSITAT ZURICH
    Inventors: Dragana Jankovic, Magdalena Kistowiska, Emmanuel Contassot, Lars E. French, Samuel Gehrke
  • Patent number: 8778939
    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 characterized by LRRK2 kinase activity, particularly Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Paula Louise Nichols, Andrew John Eatherton, Paul Bamborough, Karamjit Singh Jandu, Oliver James Philps, Daniele Andreotti
  • Patent number: 8772293
    Abstract: The invention relates to sulfonamide derivatives, to their use in medicine, to compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation and to intermediates used in such processes. More particularly the invention relates to new sulfonamide Nav1.7 inhibitors of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Z1, Ra, Rb, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the description. Nav 1.7 inhibitors are potentially useful in the treatment of a wide range of disorders, particularly pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignees: Pfizer Limited, Icagen Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Daniel Brown, Marcel John De Groot, Brian Edward Marron, David James Rawson, Thomas Ryckmans, Robert Ian Storer, Paul Anthony Stupple, Nigel Alan Swain, Christopher William West
  • Patent number: 8772296
    Abstract: Benzamide derivatives of formula I are described and have therapeutic utility, particularly in the treatment of diabetes, obesity and related conditions and disorders: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and n are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Jay P. Powers, Michael Degraffenreid, Lisa Julian, Jacob Kaizerman, Dustin McMinn, Yosup Rew, Daqing Sun, Xuelei Yan, Zhulun Wang, Felix Gonzalez Lopez De Turiso