The Additional Hetero Ring Is A Diazine Patents (Class 514/252.02)
  • Patent number: 6562817
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the formula (I):   wherein A ring, B ring and C ring are each independently optionally substituted aromatic carbocycle or optionally substituted 5- or 6-membered heterocycle which may fuse with benzene ring, W1, W2 and/or W3 represents a bond when A ring, B ring and/or C ring is optionally substituted 5-membered heterocycle, X is —O—, —NR1— wherein R1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl etc. or the like, Y is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl or the like, one of V1 and V2 is a bond, and the other is a bond, —O— or the like, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihiko Tanimoto, Yasushi Hasegawa, Nobuhiro Haga
  • Publication number: 20030087905
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted polycyclic aryl and heteroaryl tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds useful as inhibitors of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; plasma lipid transfer protein-I) and compounds, compositions and methods for treating atherosclerosis and other coronary artery diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: G.D. Searle & Co.
    Inventors: James A. Sikorski, Richard C. Durley, Deborah A. Mischke, Emily J. Reinhard, Yvette M. Fobian, Michael B. Tollefson, Lijuan Wang, Margaret L. Grapperhaus, Brian S. Hickory, Mark A. Massa, Monica B. Norton, William F. Vernier, Barry L. Parnas, Michele A. Promo, Ashton T. Hamme, Dale P. Spangler, Melvin L. Rueppel
  • Publication number: 20030087906
    Abstract: The compounds of the present invention are 2,6,9-trisubstituted purine derivatives which are inhibitors of cyclin/cdk complexes. The compounds of the current invention also are potent inhibitors of human cellular proliferation. As such, the compounds of the present invention constitute pharmaceutical compositions with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Such compounds are useful in treating a disorder mediated by elevated levels of cell proliferation in a mammal compared to a healthy mammal by administering to such mammal an effective amount of the compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2001
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventor: Michael Peter Trova
  • Publication number: 20030083331
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted polycyclic aryl and heteroaryl tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds useful as inhibitors of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; plasma lipid transfer protein-I) and compounds, compositions and methods for treating atherosclerosis and other coronary artery diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: G.D. Searle & Co.
    Inventors: James A. Sikorski, Richard C. Durley, Deborah A. Mischke, Emily J. Reinhard, Yvette M. Fobian, Michael B. Tollefson, Lijuan Wang, Margaret L. Grapperhaus, Brian S. Hickory, Mark A. Massa, Monica B. Norton, William F. Vernier, Barry L. Parnas, Michele A. Promo, Ashton T. Hamme, Dale P. Spangler, Melvin L. Rueppel
  • Publication number: 20030083327
    Abstract: This invention describes novel pyrazole compositions comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a compound of formula VIII: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Robert Davies, Pan Li
  • Publication number: 20030083269
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds that inhibit the microbial NAD synthetase enzyme. For example, disclosed are compounds of the formula Ar1—X—Ar2—Y—L—Z—Q, wherein Q is Q1Ar3 or Ar3Q1; Ar1, Ar2, and Ar3 are independently aryl or heteroaryl, optionally substituted with one or more substituents; X, Y, and Z are independently selected from the group consisting of a covalent bond or groups containing one or more of C, H, N, O, S atoms; L is a linker and Q1 is an alkylenyl, alkylenyl carbonyloxy alkyl, or alkylenyl carbonylamino alkyl group, optionally having a substituent; a covalent bond; a group containing amidine or guanidine function wherein the amidine or guanidine may be optionally N-substituted with an alkyl; or a zwitterion; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: Virtual Drug Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne J. Brouillette, Lawrence DeLucas, Christie Brouillette, Sadanandan E. Velu, Yong-Chul Kim, Liyuan Mou, R. Stephen Porter
  • Patent number: 6555539
    Abstract: Indazole compounds that modulate and/or inhibit cell proliferation, such as the activity of protein kinases are described. These compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are capable of mediating, e.g., kinases-dependent diseases to modulate and/or inhibit unwanted cell proliferation. The invention is also directed to the therapeutic or prophylactic use of pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and to methods of treating cancer as well as other disease states associated with unwanted angiogenesis and/or cellular proliferation, such as diabetic retinopathy, neovascular glaucoma, rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriasis, by administering effective amounts of such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Agouron Pharmaceuticals
    Inventors: Siegfried Heinz Reich, Ted Michael Bleckman, Susan Elizabeth Kephart, William Henry Romines, Michael B. Wallace
  • Publication number: 20030078264
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted aryl and heteroaryl (R)-Chiral Halogenated 1-Substitutedamino-(n+1)-Alkanol compounds useful as inhibitors of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; plasma lipid transfer protein-I) and compounds, compositions and methods for treating atherosclerosis and other coronary artery diseases. Novel high yield, stereoselective processes for the preparation of the chiral substituted alkanol compounds from chiral and achiral intermediates are described. Preferred (R)-Chiral 1-Substitutedamino-(n+1)-Alkanol compounds are substituted (R)-Chiral N,N-bis-benzyl aminoalcohols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2001
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: James A. Sikorski, Richard C. Durley, Margaret L. Grapperhaus, Mark A. Massa, Emily J. Reinhard, Yvette M. Fobian, Michael B. Tollefson, Lijuan Wang, Brian S. Hickory, Monica B. Norton, William F. Vernier, Deborah A. Mischke, Michele A. Promo, Ashton T. Hamme, Dale P. Spangler, Melvin L. Rueppel
  • Publication number: 20030078236
    Abstract: According to the invention there is provided a compound the formula I; 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Applicant: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Burk, Sophie Beauchemin
  • Publication number: 20030073672
    Abstract: A method for treating an allergic condition, including an atopic allergic condition, using substituted pyrazoles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2001
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: J. Guy Breitenbucher, Hui Cai, James P. Edwards, Cheryl A. Grice, Yin Gu, Darin J. Gustin, Lars Karlsson, Haripada Khatuya, Steven P. Meduna, Barbara A. Pio, Siquan Sun, Kevin L. Tays, Robin L. Thumond, Jianmei Wei
  • Patent number: 6548512
    Abstract: The present application describes nitrogen containing heteroaromatics and derivatives thereof of formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug forms thereof, wherein J is N or NH and D may be C(═NH)NH2, which are useful as inhibitors of factor Xa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma Company
    Inventors: Donald Joseph Phillip Pinto, James Russell Pruitt, Joseph Cacciola, John Matthew Fevig, Qi Han, Michael James Orwat, Mimi Lifen Quan, Karen Anita Rossi
  • Publication number: 20030069240
    Abstract: A method for treating an allergic condition, including an atopic allergic condition, using substituted pyrazoles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: J. Guy Breitenbucher, Hui Cai, James P. Edwards, Cheryl A. Grice, Yin Gu, Darin J. Gustin, Lars Karlsson, Haripada Khatuya, Steven P. Meduna, Barbara A. Pio, Siquan Sun, Kevin L. Tays, Robin L. Thurmond, Jianmei Wei
  • Publication number: 20030069250
    Abstract: Novel benzamide compounds, their salts and compositions related thereto having activity against mammalian Factor Xa are disclosed. The compounds are useful in vitro or in vivo for preventing or treating coagulation disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Bing-Yan Zhu, Penglie Zhang, Erick A. Goldman, Zhaozhong Jon Jia, Shawn Bauer, Wenrong Huang, John Woolfrey, Robert M. Scarborough
  • Publication number: 20030064982
    Abstract: This invention describes novel protein kinase inhibitors of formula VII: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: Robert Davies, Pan Li
  • Publication number: 20030064981
    Abstract: This invention describes novel pyrazole compositions comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a compound of formula V: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: Ronald Knegtel, David Bebbington, Hayley Binch, Julian Golec, Sanjay Patel, Jean-Damien Charrier, David Kay, Robert Davies, Pan Li, Marion Wannamaker, Cornelia Forster, Albert Pierce
  • Publication number: 20030060470
    Abstract: Ortho, ortho-substituted nitrogen-containing bisaryl compounds, processes for their preparation, their use as medicaments, and pharmaceutical preparations including their use as antiarrhythmic active compounds, for example, for the treatment and prophylaxis of atrial arrhythmias, e.g. atrial fibrillation (AF) or atrial flutters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Stefan Peukert, Joachim Brendel, Horst Hemmerle, Heinz-Werner Kleemann
  • Publication number: 20030050317
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted aryl and heteroaryl (R)-Chiral Halogenated 1-Substitutedamino-(n+1)-Alkanol compounds useful as inhibitors of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; plasma lipid transfer protein-I) and compounds, compositions and methods for treating atherosclerosis and other coronary artery diseases. Novel high yield, stereoselective processes for the preparation of the chiral substituted alkanol compounds from chiral and achiral intermediates are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2001
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: James A. Sikorski, Richard C. Durley, Margaret L. Grapperhaus, Mark A. Massa, Emily J. Reinhard, Yvette M. Fobian, Michael B. Tollefson, Lijuan Wang, Brian S. Hickory, Monica B. Norton, William F. Vernier, Deborah A. Mischke, Michele A. Promo, Ashton T. Hamme, Dale P. Spangler, Melvin L. Rueppel
  • Patent number: 6521621
    Abstract: This invention concerns the compounds of formula the N-oxide forms, the pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts and the stereoisomeric forms thereof, wherein n is 0, 1 or 2; m is 1 or 2, provided that if m is 2, then n is 1; p is 1 or 2; ═Q is ═O or ═NR3; X is a covalent bond or a bivalent radical of formula —O—, —S—, —NR3—; R1 is Ar1, Ar1C1-6alkyl or di(Ar1)C1-6alkyl, wherein each C1-6alkyl group is optionally substituted with hydroxy, C1-4alkyloxy, oxo or a ketalized oxo substituent; R2 is Ar2, Ar2C1-6alkyl, Het1 or Het1C1-6alkyl; R3 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl; L is hydrogen; Ar3; C1-6alkyl; C1-6alkyl substituted with 1 or 2 substituents selected from hydroxy, C1-6alkyloxy, Ar3, Ar3C1-6alkyloxy and Het2; C3-6alkenyl; Ar3C3-6alkenyl; di(Ar3)C3-6alkenyl or a radical of formula (a-1), (a-2), (a-3), (a-4) or (a-5); Ar1, Ar2 and Ar3 are each phenyl or substituted phenyl; Het1 and Het2 are each monocyclic or a bicyclic heterocycles; as substanc
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Frans Eduard Janssens, François Maria Sommen, Dominique Louis Nestor Ghislaine Surleraux, Joseph Elisabeth Leenaerts, Yves Emiel Maria Van Roosbroeck
  • Publication number: 20030032644
    Abstract: Substituted Polycyclic Aryl and Heteroaryl tetiary-leteroalkylamines Useful for Inhibiting Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Activity Abstract The invention relates to substituted polycyclic aryl and heteroaryl tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds useful as inhibitors of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; plasma lipid transfer protein-I) and compounds, compositions and methods for treating atherosclerosis and other coronary artery diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: G.D. Searle & Co.
    Inventors: James A. Sikorski, Richard C. Durley, Deborah A. Mischke, Emily J. Reinhard, Yvette M. Fobian, Michael B. Tollefson, Lijuan Wang, Margaret L. Grapperhaus, Brian S. Hickory, Mark A. Massa, Monica B. Norton, William F. Vernier, Barry L. Parnas, Michele A. Promo, Ashton T. Hamme, Dale P. Spangler, Melvin L. Rueppel
  • Patent number: 6518273
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I): wherein R1a, R1b, R2, R3, R4, R5, X and n are defined herein. The compounds are of particular use in the treatment or prevention of depression, anxiety, pain, inflammation, migraine, emesis and postherpetic neuralgia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Kevin Tyler Chapman, Kevin Dinnell, Jason Matthew Elliott, Gregory John Hollingworth, Steven Michael Hutchins, Duncan Edward Shaw, Christopher Alan Willoughby
  • Patent number: 6518271
    Abstract: Corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) antagonists of formula I: and their use in treating anxiety, depression, and other psychiatric, neurological disorders as well as treatment of immunological, cardiovascular or heart-related diseases and colonic hypersensitivity associated with psychopathological disturbance and stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Gilligan, Rajagopal Bakthavatchalam
  • Publication number: 20030027828
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I, 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2001
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Manfred Schudok, Otmar Klingler, Hans-Peter Nestler, Hans Matter, Herman Schreuder
  • Patent number: 6514982
    Abstract: CRF receptor antagonists are disclosed which have utility in the treatment of a variety of disorders, including the treatment of disorders manifesting hypersecretion of CRF in a warm-blooded animals, such as stroke. The CRF receptor antagonists of this invention have the following structure: including stereoisomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein n, m, A, B, C, R, R1, R2 and Ar are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Mustapha Haddach, Brian P. Dyck, Charles Q. Huang, Jodie Nelson, Zhiqiang Guo, James R. McCarthy
  • Publication number: 20030013719
    Abstract: Ortho, meta-substituted bisaryl compounds, processes for their preparation, their use as medicaments, and pharmaceutical preparations including their use as antiarrhythmic active compounds, for example, for the treatment and prophylaxis of atrial arrhythmias, e.g. atrial fibrillation (AF) or atrial flutters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Stefan Peukert, Joachim Brendel, Horst Hemmerle, Heinz-Werner Kleeman
  • Publication number: 20030013718
    Abstract: The invention relates to the treatment of an inflammatory disease, especially an inflammatory rheumatoid or rheumatic disease, and/or pain with an inhibitor of the activity of VEGF receptor tyrosine kinase of the formula I, 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Guido Bold, Janet Dawson King, Jorg Frei, Richard Heng, Paul William Manley, Bernhard Wietfeld, Jeanette Marjorie Wood
  • Patent number: 6506754
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds which have a pyrazinone or pyridinone ring at P3 and which feature a six member heterocyclic ring having two ring nitrogen atoms and the remainder of the ring atoms carbon atoms at P1. These compounds have biological activity as active and potent inhibitors of thrombin. Their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of using these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds as therapeutic agents for treatment of disease states in mammals which are characterized by abnormal thrombosis are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Corvas International, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Vanna Siev, Gian Luca Araldi, Jonathan Zhanqi Ho, John Eugene Reiner, Joseph Edward Semple
  • Patent number: 6498162
    Abstract: The invention relates to new arylglycinamide derivatives of general formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1 and R2 together with the N to which they are bound form a ring of the formula in which R3, R4, R5, Ar, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, r, s and t have the meanings given in the specification and the preparation and use thereof. The new compounds are valuable neurokinin (tachykinin) antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma KG
    Inventors: Franz Esser, Gerd Schnorrenberg, Kurt Schromm, Horst Dollinger, Birgit Jung, Georg Speck
  • Publication number: 20020193375
    Abstract: The invention relates to heterocyclic derivatives, or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, which possess antithrombotic and anticoagulant properties and are accordingly useful in methods of treatment of humans or animals. The, invention also relates to processes for the preparation of the heterocyclic derivatives, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to their use in the manufacture of medicaments for use in the production of an antithrombotic or anticoagulant effect, formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Applicant: ZENECA LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter Warner, Roger James, Thorsten Nowak
  • Patent number: 6486160
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition for modulating immunity, which comprises a benzimidazole, represented by the following general formula (I), a 3H tautomer, an optically active enantiomer or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid-addition salt thereof wherein, R represents an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a hydroxyphenyl group or a methoxyphenyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Akira Matsumori
  • Patent number: 6479484
    Abstract: The invention is directed to substituted 2-aminoacetamides represented by formula (II): and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein the substituents are defined herein. The invention is also directed to the use of substituted 2-aminoacetamides in methods for the treatment of neuronal damage following global and focal ischemia, and for the treatment, prevention or amelioration of pain, as anticonvulsants, as antimanic depressants, as local anesthetics, as antiarrhythmics and for the treatment or prevention of diabetic neuropathy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Euro-Celtique S.A.
    Inventors: Nancy C. Lan, Yan Wang, Sui Xiong Cai
  • Publication number: 20020165232
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted polycyclic aryl and heteroaryl tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds useful as inhibitors of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; plasma lipid transfer protein-I) and compounds, compositions and methods for treating atherosclerosis and other coronary artery diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: James A. Sikorski, Richard C. Durley, Deborah A. Mischke, Emily J. Reinhard, Yvette M. Fobian, Michael B. Tollefson, Lijuan Wang, Margaret L. Grapperhaus, Brian S. Hickory, Mark A. Massa, Monica B. Norton, William F. Vernier, Barry L. Parnas, Michele A. Promo, Ashton T. Hamme, Dale P. Spangler, Melvin L. Rueppel
  • Publication number: 20020165236
    Abstract: Treatment of Protozoan Infections with new diphenylurea derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: Andrea Aschenbrenner, Katharina Aulinger Fuchs, Matthias Dormeyer, Gabriel Garcia, Bernd Kramer, Stefano Pegoraro, Jurgen Kraus, Rolf Krauss, Hans Leban, Wael Saeb, Kristina Wolf
  • Publication number: 20020165231
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted polycyclic aryl and heteroaryl tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds useful as inhibitors of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; plasma lipid transfer protein-I) and compounds, compositions and methods for treating atherosclerosis and other coronary artery diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: James A. Sikorski, Richard C. Durley, Deborah A. Mischke, Emily J. Reinhard, Yvette M. Fobian, Michael B. Tollefson, Lijuan Wang, Margaret L. Grapperhaus, Brian S. Hickory, Mark A. Massa, Monica B. Norton, William F. Vernier, Barry L. Parnas, Michele A. Promo, Ashton T. Hamme, Dale P. Spangler, Melvin L. Rueppel
  • Patent number: 6476016
    Abstract: Cyclic oxyguanidine pyrazinone compounds are described, including compounds of the Formula I: wherein R3, R4, R5, W, and A are as set forth in the specification, as well as hydrates, solvates or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds of the invention are potent inhibitors of proteases, especially trypsin-like serine proteases, such as chymotrypsin, trypsin, thrombin, plasmin and factor Xa. Certain of the compounds exhibit antithrombotic activity via direct, selective inhibition of thrombin. Compositions for inhibiting loss of blood platelets, inhibiting formation of blood platelet aggregates, inhibiting formation of fibrin, inhibiting thrombus formation, and inhibiting embolus formation are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: 3-Dimensional Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Aihua Wang, Bruce Edward Tomczuk, Tianbao Lu, Richard M. Soll, John Curtis Spurlino, Roger Francis Bone
  • Patent number: 6469003
    Abstract: A pyridazinone derivative represented by formula (I): a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a derivative thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising as an active ingredient the derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Gotoh, Koji Umimoto, Masanobu Onishi, Akiyuki Satoh, Yoshitami Oshita, Masashi Nagamine
  • Publication number: 20020143017
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pyridazinone compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising those compounds and to methods of using such compounds and compositions to inhibit aldose reductase, lower sorbitol levels and, thus, lower fructose levels, and/or treat or prevent diabetic complications such as diabetic neuropathy, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic cardiomyopathy, diabetic microangiopathy and diabetic macroangiopathy in mammals. This invention also relates to methods of affording cardioprotection to subjects not suffering from diabetes. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising a combination of an aldose reductase inhibitor (ARI) of this invention and a sorbitol dehydrogenase inhibitor and to methods of using such compositions or kits to treat or prevent the above diabetic complications in mammals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventor: Banavara L. Mylari
  • Publication number: 20020132812
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) which are optionally substituted 2-(&ohgr;,&ohgr;-diarylalkyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazoles and 2-(&ohgr;,&ohgr;-diarylalkyl)-1,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidines and salts thereof with inorganic and organic acids have interesting pharmacological properties. Thus, the compounds are useful in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Henrik Sune Andersen, Palle Jakobsen, Peter Madsen
  • Patent number: 6448244
    Abstract: The present invention concerns novel water-soluble azole compounds of formula (I), the N-oxide forms, the pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts and stereochemically isomeric forms thereof; as antifungals; their processes for preparation, composition containing them and their use as a medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Lieven Meerpoel, Leo Jacobus Jozef Backx, Louis Jozef Elisabeth Van der Veken
  • Patent number: 6448242
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds represented by the following general formula (1): wherein A is an aromatic compound which may be substituted, or the like, B is a nitrogen atom or CH, X is a lower alkylene group which may be substituted, or the like, Y is a single bond or the like; Z is a divalent residue of benzene which may be substituted, or the like, and m and n are independently an integer of 1 to 4, and medicines comprising such a compound. These compounds have an excellent inhibitory effect on the production of an IgE antibody and are hence useful as antiallergic agents and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Kowa Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishiwata, Seiichi Sato, Mototsugu Kabeya, Soichi Oda, Yukio Hattori, Makoto Suda, Manabu Shibasaki, Hiroshi Nakao, Takao Nagoya
  • Patent number: 6440970
    Abstract: The present invention relates to diazabicyclic compounds, and preferably N-aryl diazabicyclic compounds. Of particular interest are 2-pyridyl diazabicyclic compounds, such as (1S,4S)-2-(3-pyridyl)-2,5-diazabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane. Other exemplary compounds of the present invention include: (1S,4S)-2-(5-(4-methoxyphenoxy)-3-pyridyl)-2,5-diazabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane, (1S,4S)-2-(5-pyrimidinyl)-2,5-diazabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane and (1S,4S)-2-(6-chloro-3-pyridazinyl)-2,5-diazabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane. The present invention also relates to prodrug derivatives of the compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Targacept, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Jeffrey Clark, Gary Maurice Dull, Dwo Lynm, Lan Miao, Craig Harrison Miller, Jeffrey Daniel Schmitt
  • Patent number: 6440976
    Abstract: Compounds described by the chemical structural formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, are useful in the treatment of pain, migraine, depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, stroke, and in the treatment of neuropathies including postherpetic neuralgia, central pain from spinal cord injury, and phantom limb pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Claremon, John A. McCauley, Nigel J. Liverton, Cory R. Theberge
  • Patent number: 6432950
    Abstract: Benzothienopyrimidine derivatives for inducing or promoting apoptosis and for arresting uncontrolled neoplastic cell proliferation, and specifically for arresting and treating neoplasia, including precancerous and cancerous lesions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Cell Pathways
    Inventors: Rifat Pamukcu, Gary A. Piazza
  • Publication number: 20020103198
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel acylamino cyclopropane derivatives, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as modulators of dopamine D3 receptors and for the treatment of anxiety, psychosis, substance abuse, Parkinson's disease, sexual dysfunction, and other central nervous system disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Anton F.J Fliri, Anthony R. Reinhold
  • Publication number: 20020103203
    Abstract: Amide compounds that modulate and/or inhibit the activity of certain protein kinases are described. These compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are capable of mediating tyrosine kinase signal transduction in order to modulate and/or inhibit unwanted cell proliferation. The invention is also directed to the therapeutic or prophylactic use of pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and to methods of treating cancer as well as other disease states associated with unwanted angiogenesis and/or cellular proliferation, such as diabetic retinopathy, neovascular glaucoma, rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriasis, by administering effective amounts of such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Steven Lee Bender, Dilip Bhumralkar, Michael Raymond Collins, Stephen James Cripps, Judith Gail Deal, Lei Jia, Mitchell David Nambu, Cynthia Louise Palmer, Zhengwei Peng, Michael David Varney
  • Patent number: 6426346
    Abstract: The present application describes 6-membered aromatics of formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, wherein D may be CH2NH2 or C(═NH)NH2, which are useful as inhibitors of factor Xa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: Bristol - Myers Squibb Pharma Company
    Inventors: James Russell Pruitt, Donald Joseph Phillip Pinto, Mimi Lifen Ouan, Ruth Richmond Wexler
  • Patent number: 6423716
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds represented by formula (I): wherein W represents 1,4-piperazinediyl, etc.; U represents NR1R2 (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, etc.; and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, etc. ), OR4, or SR5; V represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, N—R6, or CR7R8, at least one of X, Y and Z represents a nitrogen atom, and the others are the same or different, and each represents a nitrogen atom or C—RA; and D1, D2, D3 and D4 each independently represent C—RB, a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, etc., optional adjoining two among D1 to D4 are combined to represent a nitrogen atom, N—R2A, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Matsuno, Yuji Nomoto, Michio Ichimura, Shin-ichi Ide, Shoji Oda
  • Patent number: 6423718
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 4,4-disubstituted-3,4-dihydro-2(1H)-quinazolinones of formula I: or stereoisomeric forms, stereoisomeric mixtures, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, which are useful as inhibitors of HIV reverse transcriptase, and to pharmaceutical compositions and diagnostic kits comprising the same, and methods of using the same for treating viral infection or as an assay standard or reagent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Corbett, Soo S. Ko
  • Publication number: 20020094978
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel isoxazolines and isoxazoles of formula (I): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Joanne M. Smallheer, Shuaige Wang, Prabhakar Jadhav
  • Publication number: 20020091261
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I, 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventors: Guido Bold, Jorg Frei, Peter Traxler, Karl-Heinz Altmann, Helmut Mett, David Raymond Stover, Jeanette Marjorie Wood
  • Patent number: 6417189
    Abstract: The present invention relates to N-substituted cyclic aza compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of their use for effecting neuronal activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: GPI NIL Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Yong-Qian Wu, Wei Huang, Gregory S. Hamilton