The Additional Hetero Ring Is A Five-membered Nitrogen Hetero Ring Patents (Class 514/252.05)
  • Publication number: 20120178678
    Abstract: The present invention concerns compounds of general formula (I) characterized in that (formula 1) wherein, in particular: —R1 represents one or more groups such as: trifluoromethyl, halogen such as F, Cl, —when n=m=1, W represents CH then Y represents oxygen, —U represents: either —(C?O)CH2NH— and is branched at position 4 of pyridazinone, then R2 represents H, or —(C?O)NH— and U is branched at positions (4), (5) or (6) of pyridazinone, then R2 represents H, —R3 represents a hydrogen or methyl and the addition salts with pharmaceutically acceptable bases and acids and the different isomers, and their mixtures in any proportion for use as SCD-1 enzyme inhibitors for the treatment of obesity, type-2 diabetes and lipid disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: PIERRE FABRE MEDICAMENT
    Inventors: Elisabeth Dupont-Passelaigue, Samuel Mialhe, Jean-Pierre Rieu, Didier Junquero, Karine Valeille
  • Patent number: 8217171
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of formula I their salts, and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and their use in the treatment of picornavirus infections in mammals, as well as novel intermediates useful in the preparation of the compounds of formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Biota Scientific Management Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Keith Watson, Guy Krippner, Pauline Stanislawski, Darryl McConnell
  • Patent number: 8217043
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds capable of modulating the stability and/or activity of hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) by inhibiting the activity of at least one HIF hydroxylase enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Fibrogen, Inc.
    Inventors: Shaojiang Deng, Wen-Bin Ho, Lee A. Flippin
  • Publication number: 20120157410
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions, conjugates and methods comprising pyridazine compounds and cholinesterase inhibitors for modulation of cellular pathways (e.g., signal transduction pathways), for treatment or prevention of inflammatory diseases (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), for research, drug screening, and therapeutic applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicants: U.S. Government, National Institute of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHSS),
    Inventors: D. Martin WATTERSON, Linda VAN ELDIK, Wenhui HU
  • Publication number: 20120149679
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or tautomers thereof, to processes for the preparation of, intermediates used in the preparation of, and compositions containing such compounds, and the uses of such compounds, in particular for the treatment of pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Serge Beaudoin, Michael Christopher Laufersweiler, Christopher John Markworth, Brian Edward Marron, David Simon Millan, David James Rawson, Steven Michael Reister, Kosuke Sasaki, Robert Ian Storer, Paul Anthony Stupple, Nigel Alan Swain, Christopher William West, Shulan Zhou
  • Patent number: 8188085
    Abstract: Novel derivatives of enfumafungin are disclosed herein, along with their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and prodrugs. Also disclosed are compositions comprising such compounds, methods of preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds as antifungal agents and/or inhibitors of (1,3)-?-D-glucan synthase. The disclosed compounds, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and prodrugs, as well as compositions comprising such compounds, salts, hydrates and prodrugs, are useful for treating and/or preventing fungal infections and associated diseases and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Seynexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark L. Greenlee, Robert Wilkening, James Apgar, Donald Sperbeck, Kenneth J. Wildonger, Dongfang Meng, Dann L. Parker, Jr., Gregory J. Pacofsky, Brian H. Heasley, Ahmed Mamai, Kingsley Nelson
  • Patent number: 8188084
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or tautomers thereof which are inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP) and thus useful for the treatment of cancer, inflammatory diseases, reperfusion injuries, ischaemic conditions, stroke, renal failure, cardiovascular diseases, vascular diseases other than cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, neurodegenerative diseases, retroviral infections, retinal damage, skin senescence and UV-induced skin damage, and as chemo- or radiosensitizers for cancer treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Istituto di Ricerche di Biologia Molecolare P. Angeletti SpA.
    Inventors: Philip Jones, Olaf Kinzel, Giovanna Pescatore, Laura Llauger Bufi, Carsten Schultz-Fademrecht, Federica Ferrigno
  • Publication number: 20120128630
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a 1-(6 members azo-heterocyclic)-pyrrolin-2-one compound of the following formula I or a salt, solvate, tautomer, isotope, enantiomer, diastereoisomer or racemic mixture thereof: the pharmaceutical composition thereof and their therapeutic use as inhibitors of Hepatitis C NS5B polymerase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: VIVALIS
    Inventors: Amaya Berecibar, Philippe Guedat, Céline Mohamed-Arab
  • Publication number: 20120129858
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating a disease in an animal, which disease is responsive to inhibiting of functional cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) polypeptide by administering to a mammal in need thereof an effective amount of a compound defined herein (including those compounds set forth in Tables 1-3 or encompassed by formula I-III) or compositions thereof, thereby treating the disease. The present invention particularly, relates to a method of treating diarrhea and polycystic kidney disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Stephen David Penrose, Kevin James Doyle
  • Patent number: 8183241
    Abstract: The present invention concerns 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: UCB Pharma, S.A.
    Inventors: Benoît Kenda, Yannick Quesnel, Ali Ates, Philippe Michel, Laurent Turet, Joël Mercier
  • Patent number: 8178538
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel pyridazinones of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts and esters thereof. These compounds inhibit PDE10A and can be used for the treatment of CNS disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Daniela Alberati, Luca Gobbi, Matthias Koerner, Bernd Kuhn, Jens-Uwe Peters, Rosa Maria Rodriguez-Sarmiento, Mark Rogers-Evans, Markus Rudolph
  • Publication number: 20120110705
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyridazine compounds of formulae I or II and the salts and N-oxides thereof, wherein A is a substituted or unsubstituted isoxazole or isothiazole radical; V is C(Rv) or N; W is C(Rw) or N; with the proviso that either V or W is N; Rt, Ru, Rv, Rw are H, halogen, C1-C4-alkyl and the like; X1 is S, O or NR1a, wherein R1a is selected H, C1-C10-alkyl and the like; X2 is OR2a, NR2bR2c, S(O)mR2d, wherein m is 0, 1 or 2, R2a is C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl and the like, R2b, R2c are H, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl and the like, or R2b and R2c together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bound form a heterocycle, and R2d is C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl and the like; and R1 is H, CN, C1-C10-alkyl and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ronan Le Vezouet, Sebastian Soergel, Christian Defieber, Steffen Gross, Karsten Koerber, Deborah L. Culbertson, Douglas D. Anspaugh
  • Publication number: 20120108576
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, salts and hydrates of Formula I, wherein the variables Ar1, R2, R3, R4, r, q, and t are defined herein. Certain compounds of Formula I described herein possess potent antiviral activity. The invention also provides compounds of Formula I that are potent and/or selective inhibitors of Hepatitis C virus replication. Certain compounds described herein inhibit assembly of the HCV replication complex. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more compounds of Formula I, or a salt, solvate, or acylated prodrug of such compounds, and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, excipients, or diluents. The invention further comprises methods of treating patients suffering from certain infectious diseases by administering to such patients an amount of a compound of Formula I effective to reduce signs or symptoms of the disease. These infectious diseases include viral infections, particularly HCV infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: ACHILLION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Suoming Zhang, Avinash Phadke, Cuixian Liu, Xiangzhu Wang, Jesse Quinn, Dawei Chen, Venkat Gadhachanda, Shouming Li, Milind Deshpande
  • Publication number: 20120110704
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyridazine compounds of formulae I or II and the salts and N-oxides thereof, wherein A is a substituted or unsubstituted oxazole or thiazole or imidazole radical; V is C(Rv) or N; W is C(Rw) or N; with the proviso that either V or W is N; Rt, Ru, Rv, Rw are H, halogen, C1-C4-alkyl and the like; X1 is S, O or NR1a, wherein R1a is selected H, C1-C10-alkyl and the like; X2 is OR2a, NR2bR2c, S(O)mR2d, wherein m is 0, 1 or 2, R2a is C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl and the like, R2b, R2c are H, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl and the like, or R2b and R2c together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bound form a heterocycle, and R2d is C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl and the like; and R1 is H, CN, C1-C10-alkyl and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ronan Le Vezouet, Sebastian Soergel, Christian Defieber, Steffen Gross, Karsten Koerber, Deborah L. Culbertson, Douglas D. Anspaugh
  • Patent number: 8163793
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula (I) wherein A, R1-R6 are as defined in the description and in the claims. The compound of formula (I) can be used as a medicament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Rubén Alvarez Sánchez, David Banner, Simona M. Ceccarelli, Uwe Grether, Wolfgang Haap, Peter Hartman, Guido Hartmann, Hans Hilpert, Holger Kuehne, Harald Mauser, Jean-Marc Plancher
  • Publication number: 20120095012
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), wherein R1 is a monocyclic 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl; R4 is phenyl or monocyclic 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl; and the other substituents as defined in the claims, that inhibit cell and cell division and that inhibit the activation of Hypoxia Inducible Factor (HIF)—mediated transcription and signaling under hypoxic conditions. In one aspect, the compounds of the present invention are useful for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of a disease or disorder selected from the group consisting of an inflammatory disease, a hyperproliferative disease or disorder, a hypoxia-related pathology and a disease characterized by excessive vascularisation. Also provided is a pharmaceutical composition, comprising a compound of the invention and a second therapeutic agent or radiation, useful for the treatment or prevention of the mentioned diseases or disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Elara Pharmaceuticals GmbH
    Inventors: Jorge Alonson, Arantxa Encinas Lopez, Marcel Muelbaier, Jochen Ammenn, Bernd Wendt, Joe Lewis, Christoph Schultes, Bernd Janssen
  • Publication number: 20120088759
    Abstract: The present invention relates to thiazolidin-4-one and [1,3]-thiazinan-4-one compounds of formula (I) wherein X, Y, R3 and R4 are as described in the description, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for the prevention or treatment of diseases related to the orexin system. The present invention also relates to novel thiazolidin-4-one compounds of formula (II) and their use as pharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more compounds of formula (II), and especially their use as orexin receptor antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: Hamed Aissaoui, Christoph Boss, Christine Brotschi, Markus Gude, John Gatfield, Romain Siegrist, Thierry Sifferlen, Jodi T. Williams
  • Patent number: 8153634
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a novel LXR? agonist that is useful as a preventative and/or therapeutic agent for atherosclerosis; arteriosclerosis such as those resulting from diabetes; dyslipidemia; hypercholesterolemia; lipid-related diseases; inflammatory diseases that are caused by inflammatory cytokines; skin diseases such as allergic skin diseases; diabetes; or Alzheimer's disease. [Solving Means] A carbinol compound represented by the following general formula (I) or salt thereof, or their solvate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Kowa Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Yamaguchi, Minoru Koura, Sayaka Kurobuchi, Takayuki Matsuda, Ayumu Okuda, Hisashi Sumida, Yuichiro Watanabe, Takashi Enomoto, Kimiyuki Shibuya
  • Publication number: 20120065162
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pyrrolidine compound of General Formula (1) or a salt thereof, wherein R101 and R102 are each independently a phenyl group or a pyridyl group, the phenyl group or the pyridyl group may have one or more substituents selected from halogen atoms and lower alkyl groups optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, etc. The pyrrolidine compound or a salt thereof of the present invention is usable to produce a pharmaceutical preparation having a wider therapeutic spectrum and being capable of exhibiting sufficient therapeutic effects after short-term administration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Muneaki KURIMURA, Shinichi TAIRA, Takahiro TOMOYASU, Nobuaki ITO, Kuninori TAI, Noriaki TAKEMURA, Takayuki MATSUZAKI, Yasuhiro MENJO, Shin MIYAMURA, Yohji SAKURAI, Akihito WATANABE, Yasuyo SAKATA, Takumi MASUMOTO, Kohei AKAZAWA, Haruhiko SUGINO, Naoki AMADA, Satoshi OHASHI, Tomoichi SHINOHARA, Hirofumi SASAKI, Chisako MORITA, Junko YAMASHITA, Satoko NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20120065212
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula wherein A1, A2, A3 and R1 to R8 are defined in the description, and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases which can be treated with HDL-cholesterol raising agents, such as particularly dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Paul Hebeisen, Hugues Matile, Stephan Roever, Matthew Wright, Sannah Zoffmann Jensen
  • Patent number: 8134000
    Abstract: A compound of general Formula (I) having histone deacetylase (HDAC) and/or Cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitory activity, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, and a method useful to treat diseases using the compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventor: Chandrasekar Venkataramani
  • Publication number: 20120059015
    Abstract: The invention is directed to methods of using antagonists selective for the metabotropic mGlu5 receptor to treat conditions of neuromuscular dysfunction of the lower urinary tract in a mammal. Provided are methods of treating a mammal suffering from a condition of neuromuscular dysfunction of the lower urinary tract by administering a selective mGlu5 antagonist. The selective mGlu5 antagonist may be administered alone or in combination with one or more additional therapeutic agents for treating such a condition. Also provided are methods of identifying selective mGlu5 antagonists that are useful for treating neuromuscular dysfunction of the lower urinary tract in a mammal. Methods for treating migraine and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) using selective mGlu5 antagonists are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: Recordati Ireland Ltd.
    Inventors: Amedeo Leonardi, Gianni Motta, Carlo Riva, Luciano Guarneri, Davide Graziani, Carlo De Toma, Katia Dimitrova Karamfilova
  • Publication number: 20120053181
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and method of using the same in the treatment or prevention of diseases mediated by the activation of ?3-adrenoceptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme, Corp.
    Inventors: Peter Lin, Lehua Chang, Scott D. Edmondson
  • Patent number: 8124764
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of general Formula (I) having histone deacetylase (HDAC) and/or Cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitory activity, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, and a method useful to treat diseases using the compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence S. Melvin, Jr., Michael Graupe, Chandrasekar Venkataramani
  • Patent number: 8124628
    Abstract: The instant invention provides compounds of Formula II which are 5-lipoxygenase activating protein inhibitors. Compounds of Formula II are useful as anti-atherosclerotic, anti-asthmatic, anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory and cytoprotective agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Lin Chu, Bing Li, Anthony K. Ogawa, Hyun O. Ok, Debra L. Ondeyka, Minal Patel, Rosemary Sisco, Feroze Ujjainwalla, Jinyou Xu
  • Publication number: 20120046289
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pyridazine carboxamide compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Paul J. Coleman, Christopher D. Cox, Swati P. Mercer, Anthony J. Roecker, John D. Schreier
  • Publication number: 20120028951
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound which has the effect of PDE inhibition, and which is useful as a medicament for preventing or treating schizophrenia or so on. A compound of formula (I0), wherein R1 represents a substituent; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, or a substituent; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, or a substituent; Ring A represents an aromatic ring which can be substituted, and Ring B represents a 5-membered heteroaromatic ring which can be substituted, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Takahiko Taniguchi, Akira Kawada, Mitsuyo Kondo, John F. Quinn, Jun Kunitomo, Masato Yoshikawa, Makoto Fushimi
  • Publication number: 20120014906
    Abstract: The present invention provides heterocyclic derivatives that modulate the activity of stearoyl-CoA desaturase. Methods of using such derivatives to modulate the activity of stearoyl-CoA desaturase and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives are also encompassed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicants: XENON PHARMACEUTICALS INC., NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Sultan Chowdhury, Natalie Dales, Julia Fonarev, Jianmin Fu, Duanjie Hou, Qi Jia, Vishnumurthy Kodumuru, Natalia Pokrovskaia, Shaoyi Sun, Zaihui Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120015941
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel amide and sulfonamide substituted heterocyclic urea compounds having useful antibacterial activity. Use of these compounds as pharmaceutical compositions and method of their production are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: CRESTONE, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Guiles, Thale Jarvis, Sarah Strong, Xicheng Sun, Jian Qiu, John C. Rohloff
  • Publication number: 20120010182
    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: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicants: ICAGEN INC., PFIZER LIMITED
    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
  • Publication number: 20120004231
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds having histamine H3 antagonist activity, as well as methods of their use and preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: CEPHALON, INC.
    Inventors: Robert L. Hudkins, Lars J.S. Knutsen, Catherine P. Prouty, Babu G. Sundar, Kevin J. Wells-Knecht
  • Publication number: 20120004234
    Abstract: This invention provides for certain phthalazine-containing compounds of the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester or solvate thereof, wherein G is an optionally substituted N—N containing heteroaryl group and the variables are defined herein; the inventive compounds are agonists of the G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40, also known as free fatty acid receptor FFAR). This invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and the use of these compounds to regulate insulin levels in a mammal. The compounds may be used, for example in the prevention and treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus and in the prevention and treatment of conditions related to Type 2 diabetes mellitus, such as insulin resistance, obesity and lipid disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Jason L. Davis, Michael John Mayer, Hubert B. Josien
  • Patent number: 8084442
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pyrrolidine compound of General Formula (1) or a salt thereof, wherein R101 and R102 are each independently a phenyl group or a pyridyl group, the phenyl group or the pyridyl group may have one or more substituents selected from halogen atoms and lower alkyl groups optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, etc. The pyrrolidine compound or a salt thereof of the present invention is usable to produce a pharmaceutical preparation having a wider therapeutic spectrum and being capable of exhibiting sufficient therapeutic effects after short-term administration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Muneaki Kurimura, Shinichi Taira, Takahiro Tomoyasu, Nobuaki Ito, Kuninori Tai, Noriaki Takemura, Takayuki Matsuzaki, Yasuhiro Menjo, Shin Miyamura, Yohji Sakurai, Akihito Watanabe, Yasuyo Sakata, Takumi Masumoto, Kohei Akazawa, Haruhiko Sugino, Naoki Amada, Satoshi Ohashi, Tomoichi Shinohara, Hirofumi Sasaki, Chisako Morita, Junko Yamashita, Satoko Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20110311482
    Abstract: Hepatitis C virus inhibitors are disclosed having the general formula: wherein R1, R2, R3, R?, B, Y and X are described in the description. Compositions comprising the compounds and methods for using the compounds to inhibit HCV are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Xiangdong Alan Wang, Li-Qiang Sun, Sing-Yuen Sit, Ny Sin, Paul Michael Scola, Yan Chen
  • Publication number: 20110312967
    Abstract: This invention provides for certain bridged and fused compounds of the formula G-L-A I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester of solvate thereof wherein: A is: (I) and the other variables are defined herein; the inventive compounds are agonists of the G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40, also known as free fatty acid receptor FFAR). This invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and the use of these compounds to regulate insulin levels in a mammal. The compounds may be used, for example in the prevention and treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus and in the prevention and treatment of conditions related to Type 2 diabetes mellitus, such as insulin resistance, obesity and lipid disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Hubert B. Josien, John W. Clader, William J. Greenlee, Michael John Mayer, Jason L. Davis, Shuangyi Wan
  • Patent number: 8080551
    Abstract: HIV replication inhibitors having formula (I) defined herein are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions containing the HIV replication inhibitors; the use of the HIV replication inhibitors in the treatment of HIV; and processes for preparing the HIV replication inhibitors are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Jérôme Emile Georges Guillemont, Patrice Palandijian, Marc René De Jonge, Lucien Maria Henricus Koymans, Hendrik Maarten Vinkers, Frederik Frans Desiré Daeyaert, Jan Heeres, Koen Jeanne Alfons Van Aken, Paulus Joannes Lewi, Paul Adriaan Jan Janssen, Frank Xavier Jozef Herwig Arts, legal representative
  • Patent number: 8076331
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds having histamine H3 antagonist activity, as well as methods of their use and preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Cephalon, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Hudkins, Lars J. S. Knutsen, Catherine P. Prouty, Babu G. Sundar, Kevin J. Wells-Knecht
  • Patent number: 8076334
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds of the formula (I): as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the substituents are as those disclosed in the specification. These compounds, and the pharmaceutical compositions containing them, are useful for the treatment of diseases such as obesity, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia and diabetes and other related disorders and diseases, and may be useful for other diseases such as NASH, atherosclerosis, cardiovascular diseases, hypothyroidism, thyroid cancer and other disorders and diseases related thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Nancy-Ellen Haynes, Nathan Scott, Jefferson Wright Tilley
  • Publication number: 20110301174
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a superior acid secretion inhibitory effect and showing an antiulcer activity and the like. The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (I) wherein R1 is a nitrogen-containing monocyclic heterocyclic group optionally condensed with a benzene ring or a heterocycle, the nitrogen-containing monocyclic heterocyclic group optionally condensed with a benzene ring or a heterocycle optionally has substituent(s), R2 is an optionally substituted C6-14 aryl group, an optionally substituted thienyl group or an optionally substituted pyridyl group, R3 and R4 are each a hydrogen atom, or one of R3 and R4 is a hydrogen atom and the other is an optionally substituted lower alkyl pup, an acyl group, a halogen atom, a cyano group or a nitro group, and R5 is an alkyl group or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Masahiro Kajino, Atsushi Hasuoka, Haruyuki Nishida
  • Publication number: 20110301173
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a superior acid secretion inhibitory effect and showing an antiulcer activity and the like. The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (I) wherein R1 is a nitrogen-containing monocyclic heterocyclic group optionally condensed with a benzene ring or a heterocycle, the nitrogen-containing monocyclic heterocyclic group optionally condensed with a benzene ring or a heterocycle optionally has substituent(s), R2 is an optionally substituted C6-14 aryl group, an optionally substituted thienyl group or an optionally substituted pyridyl group, R3 and R4 are each a hydrogen atom, or one of R3 and R4 is a hydrogen atom and the other is an optionally substituted lower alkyl group, an acyl group, a halogen atom, a cyano group or a nitro group, and R5 is an alkyl group or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Masahiro Kajino, Atsushi Hasuoka, Haruyuki Nishida
  • Publication number: 20110301145
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I that inhibit Btk are described herein. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one compound of Formula I, together with at least one pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle chosen from carriers, adjuvants, and excipients, are described. Methods of treating patients suffering from certain diseases responsive to inhibition of Btk activity and/or B-cell activity are described. Methods for determining the presence of Btk in a sample are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: Gilead Connecticut INc.
    Inventors: Antonio J.M. Barbosa JR., Peter A. Blomgren, Kevin S. Currie, Seung Lee, Jeffrey Kropf, Scott A. Mithchell, Daniel Ortwine, William M. Rennells, Aaron C. Schmitt, Jianjun Xu, Wendy B. Young, Zhongdong Zhao, Pavel E. Zhichkin
  • Publication number: 20110288093
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for treating a disease in an animal, which disease is responsive to blocking of chloride channel by administering to a mammal in need thereof an effective amount of a compound defined herein (including those compounds set forth in Tables 1-3 or encompassed by formula I-III) or compositions thereof
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Eugenio L. de Hostos, Tue H. Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20110288075
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel pyridazinone derivatives that mediate enzymatic activity. In particular, the compounds may be effective in the treatment of diseases or disease states related to the activity of the histamine H3 receptor, including, for example, neurodegenerative disorders, sleep/wake disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and cognition/cognitive disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: CEPHALON, INC.
    Inventors: Edward R. Bacon, Thomas R. Bailey, Nadine C. Becknell, Sankar Chatterjee, Derek Dunn, Greg A. Hostetler, Robert L. Hudkins, Kurt A. Josef, Lars J.S. Knutsen, Ming Tao, Allison L. Zulli
  • Publication number: 20110269765
    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 tumours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Dorsch, Oliver Schadt, Frank Stieber, Andree Blaukat
  • Publication number: 20110269770
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazole compounds of formulae I or II and the salts and N-oxides thereof, wherein A is a pyrazole radical of formulae A1, A2 or A3, wherein # denotes the binding site; R41, R42, R43, R51 are H, halogen, CN, NO2, C1-C10-alkyl and the like; R52, R53 are H, halogen, CN, NO2, C1-C10-alkyl, and the like; R61, R62, R63 are H, CN, NO2, C1-C10-alkyl, and the like; T is C(Rt) or N; U is C(Ru) or N; V is C(Rv) or N; W is C(Rw) or N; with the proviso that at least one of the groups T, U, V and W is N; Rt, Ru, Rv, Rw are H, halogen, C1-C4-alkyl and the like; X1 is S, O or NR1a, wherein R1a is selected H, C1-C10-alkyl and the like; X2 is OR2a, NR2bR2c, S(O)mR2d, wherein m is 0, 1 or 2, R2a is C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl and the like, R2b, R2c are H, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl and the like, or R2b and R2c together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bound form a heterocycle, and R2d is C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl and the like; and R1 is H, CN, C1-C10-alky
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Steffen Gross, Karsten Körber, Wolfgang von Deyn, Florian Kaiser, Prashant Deshmukh, Joachim Dickhaut, Ronan Le Vezouet, Sebastian Sörgel, Matthias Pohlman, Douglas D. Anspaugh, Deborah L. Culbertson, Hassan Oloumi-Sadeghi, Faraneh Oloumi
  • Publication number: 20110269771
    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 tumours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Dieter Dorsch, Oliver Schadt, Frank Stieber, Andree Blaukat
  • Patent number: 8049016
    Abstract: The present invention provides heterocyclic derivatives that modulate the activity of stearoyl-CoA desaturase. Methods of using such derivatives to modulate the activity of stearoyl-CoA desaturase and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives are also encompassed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignees: Novartis AG, Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc
    Inventors: Sultan Chowdhury, Natalie Dales, Julia Fonarev, Jianmin Fu, Duanjie Hou, Qi Jia, Vishnumurthy Kodumuru, Natalia Pokrovskaia, Shaoyi Sun, Zaihui Zhang
  • Publication number: 20110263567
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of general formula (i) having an oxime moiety or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate or solvate thereof and its use for inhibiting semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidase (SSAO), also known as vascular adhesion protein-1 (VAP-1), a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound or a salt, hydrate or solvate thereof as an active ingredient, a method for the prevention or the treatment of a SSAO/VAP-1 related disease, said diseases including acute or chronic inflammatory diseases, diseases related to carbohydrate metabolism, diabetes-associated complications, diabetic retinopathy and macular oedema, diseases related to adipocyte or smooth muscle dysfunctions, neurodegenerative diseases and vascular diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: Semmelweis Egyetem
    Inventors: Péter Mátyus, Kálmán Magyar, Marjo Pihlavisto, Klára Gyires, Norbert Haider, Yinghua Wang, Patrick Woda, Petra Dunkel, Éva Tóth-Sarudy, Gÿorgy Túrós
  • Patent number: 8044053
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted pyrazoline compounds of general formula (I), methods for their preparation, medicaments comprising these compounds as well as their use for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of humans and animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Laboratories del Dr. Esteve, S.A.
    Inventors: Helmut Buschmann, Antonio Torrens-Jover, Josef Mas-Prio, Susana Yenes-Minguez
  • Publication number: 20110251168
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-aminopyrrolidine derivatives of the formula I: (wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, X, Y and X are as defined herein) which are useful as modulators of chemokine receptor activity. In particular, these compounds are useful as modulators of chemokine receptors and more specifically as a modulator of the CCR2 and/or CCR5 receptor. The compounds and compositions of the invention may bind to chemokine receptors, e.g., the CCR2 and/or CCR5 chemokine receptors, and are useful for treating diseases associated with chemokine, e.g., CCR2 and/or CCR5, activity, such as atherosclerosis, restenosis, lupus, organ transplant rejection and rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Chu-Biao Xue, Brian W. Metcalf, Hao Feng, Ganfeng Cao, Taisheng Huang, Changsheng Zheng, Darius J. Robinson, Amy Qi Han