Plural 1,4-diazine Rings Attached Directly Or Indirectly To Each Other By Nonionic Bonding Patents (Class 514/252.11)
  • Patent number: 8232277
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nordihydroguaiaretic acid derivative compounds, namely, butane bridge modified nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) compounds and butane bridge modified tetra-O-substituted NDGA compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, methods of making them, and methods of using them and kits including them for the treatment of diseases and disorders, in particular, diseases resulting from or associated with a virus infection, such as HIV infection, HPV infection, or HSV infection, an inflammatory disease, such as various types of arthritis and inflammatory bowel diseases, metabolic diseases, such as diabetes and hypertension, or a proliferative disease, such as diverse types of cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Erimos Pharmaceuticals LLC
    Inventors: Qingqi Chen, Jonathan Daniel Heller, Rocio Alejandra Lopez, Amanda Jean Morris
  • Publication number: 20120190686
    Abstract: The present invention provides bicyclo[3.2.1]octyl amide derivatives of formula (I): wherein L, R1 and R2 are as defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and pharmaceutical compositions and methods using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: H. LUNDBECK A/S
    Inventors: Guiying Li, Hao Zhou, Jesse Weiss, Dario Doller, James Ford Burns
  • Publication number: 20120189539
    Abstract: Inhibitors of Bcl-2/Bcl-xL and compositions containing the same are disclosed. Methods of using the Bcl-2/Bcl-xL inhibitors in the treatment of diseases and conditions wherein inhibition of Bcl-2/Bcl-xL provides a benefit, like cancers, also are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Shaomeng Wang, Haibin Zhou, Jianfang Chen, Angelo Aguilar, Jennifer L. Meagher, Duxin Sun, Chao-Yie Yang, Liu Liu, Longchuan Bai, Donna McEachem, Jeanne Stuckey, Xiaoqin Li
  • Publication number: 20120190687
    Abstract: Pyrazin-2-ylpyrazoles are described, as is the use thereof as insecticides and/or parasiticides. Additionally described are processes for preparation thereof, and compositions which comprise such pyrazin-2-ylpyrazoles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Schwarz, Jens Frackenpohl, Achim Hense, Simon Maechling, Stefan Schnatterer, Robert Velten, Stefan Werner, Angela Becker, Olga Malsam, Eva-Maria Franken, Arnd Voerste, Ulrich Görgens, Peter Lümmen
  • Publication number: 20120190676
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for treating or preventing viral infections using modulators of host cell enzymes relating to mTOR. The invention also provides methods and compositions for treating or preventing viral infections using modulators of host cell enzymes relating to mTOR and modulators of the unfolded protein response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Nathaniel Moorman, Thomas Shenk
  • Publication number: 20120184524
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of protein kinase. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders. The invention also provides processes for preparing compounds of the inventions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Dean Boyall, Guy Brenchley, Damien Fraysse, Juan-Miguel Jimenez, Luca Settimo
  • Publication number: 20120183579
    Abstract: The invention relates to certain compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, clathrates, or prodrugs thereof, that are useful as immunosuppressive agents and for treating and preventing inflammatory conditions, allergic disorders, and immune disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Gary Bohnert, Zhiqiang Xia, Shoujun Chen, Lijun Sun
  • Publication number: 20120183607
    Abstract: The field of the invention relates to stable dosage forms comprising spiro or dispiro 1,2,4-trioxolane antimalarials, or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs and analogues, and processes for their preparation. The water content of the dosage form is not more than 6.5% w/w.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: RANBAXY LABORATORIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Arno Appavoo ENOSE, Harish Kumar MADAN, Sumit MADAN, Anupam TREHAN, Puneet TYAGI, Vinod Kumar ARORA
  • Publication number: 20120178740
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of general formula (I) wherein A, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R9, m and n are defined as defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, or solvates thereof, for use—alone or in combination with one or more other pharmaceutically active compounds—in therapy, as JAK kinase and protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors for preventing, treating or ameliorating diseases and complications thereof, including, for example, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, rosacea, lupus, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, Type I diabetes, asthma, cancer, autoimmune thyroid disorders, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, Alzheimer's disease, leukaemia, eye diseases such as diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration as well as other autoimmune diseases and indications where immunosuppression would be desirable for example in organ transplantation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: LEO PHARMA A/S
    Inventors: Simon Feldbæk Nielsen, Daniel Rodriguez Greve, Carsten Ryttersgaard, Gunnar Grue-Sørensen, Erik Rytter Ottosen, Tina Dahlerup Poulsen, Søren Christian Schou, Anthony Murray
  • Publication number: 20120178756
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazine and pyridine 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 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: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, Steven John Durrant, Ronald Marcellus Alphonsus Knegtel, Joanne Pinder, Stephen Young, Philip Michael Reaper
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20120172349
    Abstract: Compounds and compositions comprising compounds that modulate pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) are described herein. Also described herein are methods of using the compounds that modulate PKM2 in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Francesco G. Salituro, Jeffrey Saunders, Shunqi Yan
  • Publication number: 20120164102
    Abstract: The pharmaceutically acceptable salts of bicycle-substituted pyrazolon azo derivatives represented by the general formula (I), their preparation methods, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same and their use as a therapeutic agent, especially as thrombopoietin (TPO) mimetics and their use as agonists of thrombopoietin receptor. The definitions of substituents in the general formula (I) are the same as the description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Peng Cho Tang, Hejun Lü, Hongbo Fei, Yiqian Chen
  • Patent number: 8207170
    Abstract: The present application discloses a compound, or enantiomers, stereoisomers, rotamers, tautomers, racemates or prodrug of said compound, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or esters of said compound, or of said prodrug, said compound having the general structure shown in Formula 1: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or ester thereof, wherein the various moieties are defined herein. Also disclosed is a method of treating chemokine mediated diseases, such as, palliative therapy, curative therapy, prophylactic therapy of certain diseases and conditions such as inflammatory diseases (non-limiting example(s) include, psoriasis), autoimmune diseases (non-limiting example(s) include, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis), graft rejection (non-limiting example(s) include, allograft rejection, xenograft rejection), infectious diseases (e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignees: Schering Corporation, Pharmacopeia Drug Discovery, Inc.
    Inventors: Seong Heon Kim, Gopinadhan N. Anilkumar, Michael K. C. Wong, Qingbei Zeng, Stuart B. Rosenblum, Joseph A. Kozlowski, Yuefei Shao, Brian F. McGuinness, Douglas W. Hobbs
  • Patent number: 8202870
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel oxindole derivatives of general formula (I), in which the substituents R1, R2, R3, Y1, Y2, m, n, W, X, B and Z are defined as cited in claim 1, to medicaments containing said derivatives and to the use of the latter for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of vasopressin-dependent and/or oxytocin-dependent diseases
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wilfried Lubisch, Thorsten Oost, Wolfgang Wernet, Wilfried Hornberger, Liliane Unger, Hervé Geneste
  • Patent number: 8202868
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 4-piperazinylpyrimidine compounds. The compounds possess valuable therapeutic properties and are suitable, in particular, for treating diseases that respond to modulation of the dopamine D3 receptor. The 4-piperzinylpyrimidine compounds have the general formula I wherein Ar, X, A, R1 and R1a are as defined in the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Haupt, Liliane Unger, Karla Drescher, Ana Lucia Jongen-Relo, Roland Grandel, Wilfried Braje, Herve Geneste
  • Publication number: 20120149695
    Abstract: Disclosed are dihydropyrimidine compounds and preparation methods, pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof. Specifically, the compounds described herein in general formula (I), or their isomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts or hydrates are provided, wherein each variable has the meaning as defined in the description. Also provided are a process for preparing the compounds of the general formula (I), the use of the compounds, an isomer thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a hydrate thereof as a medicament, in particular as a medicament for the treatment and/or prevention of Hepatitis B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY ACADEMY OF MILITARY MEDICAL SCIENCES P.L.A.
    Inventors: Song Li, Xiaoqian Xu, Guoming Zhao, Lili Wang, Hua Guan, Junhai Xiao, Wu Zhong, Zhibing Zheng, Yunde Xie, Xingzhou Li, Xiaokui Wang, Xinbo Zhou, Hongying Liu
  • Publication number: 20120149681
    Abstract: The present invention provides cyclobutyl substituted pyrrolopyrimidines and pyrrolopyridines of Formula I: wherein X, Y, Z, L, A, R5, n and m are defined above, as well as their compositions and methods of use, that modulate the activity of Janus kinases (JAKs) and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to the activity of JAKs including, for example, inflammatory disorders, autoimmune disorders, cancer, and other diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: JAMES D. RODGERS, Stacey Shepard, Wenyu Zhu, Lixin Shao, Joseph Glenn
  • Publication number: 20120148560
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing one or both of neural anoxia and reperfusion injury, which includes a pharmacological activator of the PKG pathway, and methods of treating or preventing medical conditions using a pharmacological activator of the PKG pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Florida Atlantic University
    Inventors: Kenneth DAWSON-SCULLY, Sara Louise Milton
  • Patent number: 8198280
    Abstract: The present invention is related to N-hydroxyamide derivatives of Formula (I) and use thereof in particular for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of autoimmune disorders, inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, respiratory diseases and fibrosis, including multiple sclerosis, arthritis, emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, liver and pulmonary fibrosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Serono SA
    Inventors: Dominique Swinnen, Jerome Gonzalez
  • Publication number: 20120141491
    Abstract: The subject application provides small compounds that are able to increase/enhance autophagy in various cells. These compounds are useful in augmenting existing treatments of various cancers, microbial/viral infections, and neurodegenerative diseases. Thus, the subject application also provides methods of treating various types of cancers, microbial/viral infections, and neurodegenerative diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation Inc.
    Inventors: William A. Dunn, Debra Everton Akin, Brian Keith Law
  • Publication number: 20120136001
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel oxindole derivatives of general formula (I), in which the substituents A, B, R1, R2 and R3 are defined as cited in claim 1, to medicaments containing said derivatives and to the use of the latter for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of vasopressin-dependent and/or oxytocin-dependent diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Wilfried Lubisch, Thorsten Oost, Wolfgang Wernet, Wilfried Hornberger, Liliane Unger, Hervé Geneste
  • Publication number: 20120136000
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of protein kinase. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders. The invention also provides processes for preparing compounds of the inventions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Juan-Miguel Jimenez, John Studley, Ronald Knegtel, Luca Settimo, Damien Fraysse, Philip N. Collier, Guy Brenchley, Dean Boyall, Andrew Miller, Heather Twin, Stephen Young
  • Publication number: 20120134955
    Abstract: The invention is to provide a novel anticancer agent or sensitizer for cancer chemotherapy or radiotherapy. A compound of a general formula (I): wherein A means an aryl group or a heteroaryl group, or a group of a formula (a):; R1 means a —(C?O)aOb(C1-C6)alkyl group, a —(C?O)aOb(C2-C6)alkenyl group, a —(C?O)aOb(C3-C6)cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or a heteroaryl group; R2 and R3 each mean a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, a —(C?O)aOb(C1-C6)alkyl group or a group of —(C?O)aN(R1e)R2e; R4 means a hydrogen atom or a (C1-C6)alkyl group, and the like have an excellent Wee 1-kinase-inhibitory effect, and are therefore useful in the field of medicine, especially in the field of various cancer treatments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Goto, Kenji Niyama, Satoshi Sunami, Keiji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8188087
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel crystalline forms of (3-cyano-1H-indol-7-yl)-[4-(4-fluorophenethyl)piperazin-1-yl]methanone phosphate and to pharmaceutical compositions containing said forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Susan Marie Reutzel-Eden, Gregory Alan Stephenson
  • Publication number: 20120129853
    Abstract: This invention pertains to methods of treating systemic lupus erythematosus, lupus nephritis or Sjogren's Syndrome with compounds that selectively inhibit the activity of Bcl-2 anti-apoptotic proteins. Specifically, the current invention is directed to treatment with compounds that selectively inhibit the activity of Bcl-2 proteins, with a lesser affinity for inhibiting the activity of other BCL-2 family proteins, including Bcl-xL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Steven Elmore, Andrew Souers, Li Chun Wang, Tariq Ghayur, Stuart J. Perper
  • Publication number: 20120129807
    Abstract: Provided herein are Aminopurine Compounds having the following structure: wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein, compositions comprising an effective amount of an Aminopurine Compound and methods for treating or preventing scleroderma, keloids, UV injury, or sunburn, and methods for improving or preventing scar formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Brydon L. Bennett, Brian Edwin Cathers, Kristen Lee Jensen-Pergakes, Heather Raymon, Weilin Xie, Jaman May Maroni
  • Patent number: 8183234
    Abstract: Guanidine derivatives having a condensed tricyclic ring of formula 1: are disclosed, wherein U is C(O), CRaRb, O, NRa or S(O)m; V is CRaRb or NRa; W is S(O)m; wherein Ra is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl or aralkyl; Rb is H, alkyl, OH, ORa or OCORa, and m is the integer 0, 1 or 2; R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are as defined herein with the proviso that at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 or R8 is guanidino or guanidinocarbonyl. These derivatives are sodium-proton exchange inhibitors and are useful as medicaments for the treatment of, for example, organ disorders associated with ischemia and reperfusion, cardiac arrhythmia, cardiac hypertrophy, hypertension, cell proliferative disorders and diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Piramal Life Sciences Limited
    Inventors: Bansi Lal, Swati Bal-Tembe, Usha Ghosh, Arun Kumar Jain, Tulsidas More, Anil Ghate, Jacqueline Trivedi, Sapna Parikh
  • Publication number: 20120121540
    Abstract: Provided are certain chemical entities, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment of a member of the flaviviradae family of viruses such as hepacivirus (Hepatitis C or HCV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Franz Ulrich Schmitz, Vincent W.F Tai, Roopa Ral, Christopher Don Roberts, Ali Dehghani Mohammad Abadi, Subramanian Baskaran, Irina Slobodov, Jack Maung, Martin Leon Neitzel
  • Patent number: 8178527
    Abstract: Disclosed are nordihydroguaiaretic acid derivative compounds including various end groups bonded by a carbon atom or heteroatom though a side chain bonded to the respective hydroxy residue O groups by an ether bond or a carbamate bond, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of making them, and methods of using them and kits including them for the treatment of diseases and disorders, in particular, diseases resulting from or associated with a virus infection, such as HIV infection, HPV infection, or HSV infection, an inflammatory disease, such as various types of arthritis and inflammatory bowel diseases, a metabolic disease, such as diabetes, a vascular disease, such as hypertension and macular degeneration, or a proliferative disease, such as diverse types of cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Erimos Pharmaceuticals LLC
    Inventors: Qingqi Chen, Rocio Alejandra Lopez, Jonathan Daniel Heller, Amanda Jean Morris
  • Publication number: 20120115877
    Abstract: The present invention discloses compositions of facially amphiphilic compounds and their use in methods for treating or reducing cancers in animals, such as humans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: POLYMEDIX, INC.
    Inventors: Richard W. Scott, Dylan Clements, Yongjiang Xu, Haizhong Tang, Carol Mulrooney, Ehab Khalil, Damian Weaver, Xiaodong Fan
  • Publication number: 20120115874
    Abstract: The present invention provides pyrazine derivatives of formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the designation of R1, R2, R3 and R4 is provided herein. The invention also provides syntheses for preparation of such compounds. The invention further provides methods of use of these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing them for treatment and/or prevention of diseases and for manufacture of medicaments. These compounds and pharmaceutical compositions have antioxidative and thrombolytic effects, and thus can be used for the treatment and/or prevention of cerebral stroke caused by ischemia, and used for manufacture of medicaments for the treatment and/or prevention of nervous system diseases caused by excessive amount of radicals and/or thrombosis, infectious diseases, metabolic system diseases, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and age-related degenerative diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Jinan University
    Inventors: Yuqiang Wang, Yewei Sun, Pei Yu, Jing Du, Gaoxiao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120114600
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I): wherein the variables are defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, that are inhibitors of replication of the hepatitis C virus. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods of using such compounds to treat hepatitis C viral infections, and processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: THERAVANCE, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Murray McKINNELL, Daniel D. LONG, Lori Jean VAN ORDEN, Lan JIANG, Mandy LOO, Daisuke Roland SAITO, Shella ZIPFEL, Eric L. Stangeland, Kassandra Lepack, Gavin Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20120115855
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and combination therapies for inhibition of hepatitis C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: PRESIDIO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Leping Li, Min Zhong
  • Publication number: 20120107273
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by the following formula [I] wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof and an anti-HCV agent and an HCV polymerase inhibitor containing this compound. The compound of the present invention shows an anti-HCV activity based on the HCV polymerase inhibitory activity, and useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of hepatitis C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Abe, Masahiro Tanaka, Kazuyuki Sugimoto, Akira Suma, Masahiro Yokota, Makoto Shiozaki, Kiyosei Ilo, Kazuhito Ueyama, Dai Motoda, Toru Noguchi, Tsuyoshi Adachi, Junichiro Tsuruha, Satoki Doi
  • Publication number: 20120108602
    Abstract: DGAT-1 inhibitor compounds of formula (1), pharmaceutically-acceptable salts and pro-drugs thereof are described, together with pharmaceutical compositions, processes for making them and their use in treating, for example, obesity wherein, for example, Ring A is optionally substituted 2,6-pyrazindiyl; X is ?0; Ring B is optionally substituted 1,4-phenylene; Y1 is a direct bond or —O—; Y2 is —(CH2)r— wherein r is 2 or 3; n is 0 or n is 1 when Y1 is a direct bond between Ring B and Ring C and when Ring B is 1,4-phenylene and Ring C is (4-6C)cycloalkane; Ring C is optionally substituted (4-6C)cycloalkane, (7-10C)bicycloalkane, (8-12C)tricycloalkane, phenylene or pryidindiyl; L is a direct bond or —O—; p is 0, 1 or 2 and when p is 1 or 2 RA1 and RA2 are each independently hydrogen or (1-4C)alkyl; Z is carboxy or a mimic or bioisostere thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Udo Andreas BAUER, Jonas Gunnar BARLIND, Petra JOHANNESSON, Jan Magnus JOHANSSON, Alexander Tobias NOESKE, Annika Ulrika PETERSSON, Alan Martin BIRCH, Roger John BUTLIN, Clive GREEN, Andrew LEACH, Ragnar HOVLAND
  • Publication number: 20120108588
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of Formula (I): wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 are as defined above. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and to methods of treating diabetes mellitus and its complications (including in particular diabetic retinopathy, nephropathy or neuropathy), cancer, ischemia, inflammation, central nervous system disorders, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease and dermatological disease pression, viral diseases, inflammatory disorders, or diseases in which the liver is a target organ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Pfizer, Inc.
    Inventors: Iriny Botrous, Yufeng Hong, Hui Li, Kevin Kun-Chin Liu, Seiji Nukui, Min Teng, Eileen Valenzuela Tompkins, Chunfeng Yin
  • Publication number: 20120108590
    Abstract: A pro-apoptotic solid dispersion comprises, in essentially non-crystalline form, a Bcl-2 family protein inhibitory compound of Formula I as defined herein, dispersed in a solid matrix that comprises (a) a pharmaceutically acceptable water-soluble polymeric carrier and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable surfactant. A process for preparing such a solid dispersion comprises subjecting to elevated temperature the compound of Formula I, the water-soluble polymeric carrier and the surfactant, to provide an extrudable semi-solid mixture; extruding the semi-solid mixture; and cooling the resulting extrudate to to provide a solid matrix comprising the polymeric carrier and the surfactant and having the compound dispersed in essentially non-crystalline form therein. The solid dispersion is suitable for oral administration to a subject in need thereof for treatment of a disease characterized by overexpression of one or more anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins, for example cancer or an immune or autoimmune disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Esther Birtalan, Peter Hoelig, David J. Lindley, Yeshwant D. Sanzgiri, Ping Tong
  • Publication number: 20120100100
    Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter relates to methods and compositions for protecting healthy cells from damage due to DNA damaging agents. In particular, the presently disclosed subject matter relates to the protective action of selective cyclin dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK4/6) inhibitors administered to subjects that have been exposed to or that are at risk of exposure to DNA damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Norman E. Sharpless, Patrick J. Roberts, Kwok Wong, Yan Liu, Soren Johnson
  • Publication number: 20120095005
    Abstract: A series of substituted pyrazolo[1,5-?][1,3,5]triazine and pyrazolo[1,5-?j-pyrimidine derivatives, being selective inhibitors of PI3 kinase enzymes, are accordingly of benefit in medicine, for example in the treatment of inflammatory, autoimmune, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, metabolic, oncological, nociceptive or ophthalmic conditions. Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: UCB PHARMA S.A.
    Inventors: Daniel Rees Allen, Julien Alistair Brown, Roland Burli, Alan Findlay Haughan, Barry John Langham, Mizio Matteucci, Andrew Pate Owens, Gilles Raphy, Andrew Sharpe
  • Publication number: 20120088760
    Abstract: Disclosed are new compounds of formula (1) exhibiting excellent activity for glucokinase, pharmaceutical compositions having the same as an active ingredient, and a method of using the same as an active ingredient for lowering blood glucose level: in which the substituents are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: Soon Ha KIM, Sung Bae LEE, Seung Hyun YOON, Mi Kyoung CHO, Kyoung Hee KIM, Heui Sul PARK, Hyoung Jin KIM
  • Publication number: 20120088754
    Abstract: This invention comprises the novel compounds of formula (I) wherein n, m, t, R1, R2, R3, R4, L, Q, X, Y, Z and have defined meanings, having histone deacetylase inhibiting enzymatic activity; their preparation, compositions containing them and their use as a medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: Kristof Van Emelen, Janine Arts, Leo-Jacobus Jozef Backx, Hans Louis Jos De Winter, Sven Franciscus Anna Van Brandt, Marc Gustaaf Celine Verdonck, Lieven Meerpoel, Isabelle Noëlle Constance Pilatte, Virginie Sophie Poncelet, Alexey Borisovich Dyatkin, Jimmy Arnold Viviene Van heusden
  • Patent number: 8153635
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula I: wherein A, L, m, q, Q, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are defined in the Summary of the Invention. The invention further provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with the activity of GPR119.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: IRM LLC
    Inventors: Phillip B. Alper, Mihai Azimioara, Christopher Cow, Robert Epple, Songchun Jiang, Gerald Lelais, Pierre-Yves Michellys, Daniel Mutnick, Victor Nikulin
  • Publication number: 20120077787
    Abstract: New compounds of the Formula (I): for the treatment of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Daniel Kaspar Baeschlin, Nils OSTERMANN, Francois GESSIER, Finton SIROCKIN, Kenji NAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20120076756
    Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: which inhibit RNA-containing virus, particularly the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Consequently, the compounds of the present invention interfere with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HCV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Yao-Ling Qiu, Ce Wang, Xiaowen Peng, Lu Ying, Yat Sun Or
  • Patent number: 8143256
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds represented by formula (I): where the structural variables are defined herein. The compound of the present invention are useful as sodium channel blockers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Parion Sciences, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael R. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20120064060
    Abstract: Provided are: a compound represented by formula (I): (wherein ring A and ring D each represent a cyclic group which may have a substituent(s); E and G each represent a bond or a spacer having 1 to 8 atoms in its main chain; L represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; X represents amino which may have a substituent(s), or a heterocylic group which contains at least one nitrogen atom and which may have a substituent(s); n represents 0 to 3, and when n is 2 or more, a plurality of ring A's may be the same or different from one another); a salt, an N-oxide form, a solvate, or a prodrug thereof; and a medicament which includes those. The compound of formula (I) is capable of binding S1P receptors (in particular, EDG-1 and/or EDG-6), and useful for preventing and/or treating rejection in transplantation, autoimmune diseases, allergic diseases, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromu HABASHITA, Shinji NAKADE
  • Publication number: 20120065205
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pyrazine 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: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Swati P. Mercer, Anthony J. Roecker
  • Patent number: 8129389
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel oxindole derivatives of general formula (I), in which the substituents A, B, R1, R2 and R3 are defined as cited in claim 1, to medicaments containing said derivatives and to the use of the latter for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of vasopressin-dependent and/or oxytocin-dependent diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wilfried Lubisch, Thorsten Oost, Wolfgang Wernet, Wilfried Hornberger, Liliane Unger, Hervé Geneste
  • Publication number: 20120046232
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and compositions comprising mGluR modulators and procysteine drugs. The methods and compositions can be used to treat subjects with prior addiction in order to reduce drug use, drug seeking or relapse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Peter Kalivas, Khaled Moussawi, Robert Malcolm