Plural 1,4-diazine Rings Attached Directly Or Indirectly To Each Other By Nonionic Bonding Patents (Class 514/252.11)
  • Publication number: 20120045454
    Abstract: The present invention provides 2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds that inhibit the IgE and/or IgG receptor signaling cascades that lead to the release of chemical mediators, intermediates and methods of synthesizing the compounds and methods of using the compounds in a variety of contexts, including in the treatment and prevention of diseases characterized by, caused by or associated with the release of chemical mediators via degranulation and other processes effected by activation of the IgE and/or IgG receptor signaling cascades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Rajinder Singh, Ankush Argade, Donald Payan, Susan Molineaux, Sacha J. Holland, Jeffrey Clough, Holger Keim, Somasekhar Bhamidipati, Catherine Sylvain, Hui Li, Alexander B. Rossi
  • Publication number: 20120040967
    Abstract: The present invention pertains generally to the field of therapeutic compounds, and more specifically to certain biarylamine compounds (referred to herein as BAA compounds), and especially certain pyrazin-2-yl-pyridin-2-yl-amine and pyrazine-2-yl-pyrimidin-4-yl-amine compounds, which, inter alia, inhibit Checkpoint Kinase 1 (CHK1) kinase function. The present invention also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds and compositions, both in vitro and in vivo, to inhibit CHK1 kinase function, and in the treatment of diseases and conditions that are mediated by CHK1, that are ameliorated by the inhibition of CHK1 kinase function, etc., including proliferative conditions such as cancer, etc., optionally in combination with another agent, for example, (a) a DNA topoisomerase I or II inhibitor; (b) a DNA damaging agent; (c) an antimetabolite or TS inhibitor; (d) a microtubule targeted agent; and (e) ionising radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Ian Collins, John Charles Reader, Thomas Peter Matthews, Kwai Ming Cheung, Nicolas Proisy, David Hugh Williams, Sukhbinder Singh Klair, Jane Elizabeth Scanlon, Nelly Piton, Glynn Jonathan Addison, Michael Cherry
  • Publication number: 20120040977
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and combination therapies for inhibition of hepatitis C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: PRESIDIO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Leping Li, Min Zhong
  • Publication number: 20120040020
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to pyrazine compounds of formula I: wherein L, n, R1, and R2 are as described in the specification. These compounds are useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The disclosure also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the disclosure; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of the disclosure; processes for preparing the compounds of the disclosure; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of the disclosure; 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, Steven John Durrant, David Kay, Michael O'Donnell, Ronald Marcellus Alphonsus Knegtel, Somhairle MacCormick, Joanne Pinder, Stephen Clinton Young, Haley Marie Binch, Thomas Cleveland, Lev Tyler Dewey Fanning, Dennis James Hurley, Pramod Joshi, Urvi Jagdishbhai Sheth, Alina Silina, Philip Michael Reaper, Anisa Nizarali Virani
  • Publication number: 20120040993
    Abstract: Multifunctional compounds are provided, comprising two or more functional moieties selected from: (i) a moiety that imparts an iron chelator function; (ii) a moiety that imparts a neuroprotective function; (iii) a moiety that imparts combined antiapoptotic, neuroprotective and/or neurorestorative functions; (iv) a moiety that imparts brain MAO inhibition, preferably with little or no MAO inhibition in liver and small intestine; (v) a moiety that imparts cholinesterase inhibitory function; and (vi) a moiety that imparts an N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor (NMDAR) inhibition, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and optical isomers thereof. The multifunctional compounds are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases, disorders or conditions that can be prevented and/or treated by iron chelation therapy, and/or neuroprotection and/or neurorestoration, and/or apoptosis inhibition and/or MAO inhibition and/or cholinesterase inhibition and/or NMADR inhibition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicants: TECHNION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LTD., YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moussa B. H. Youdim, Mati Fridkin, Hailin Zheng
  • Publication number: 20120040992
    Abstract: The present invention relates to oligooxopiperazines and their use. Methods for preparing oligooxopiperazines are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Paramjit S. Arora, Petra Tosovska, Danielle Guarracino, Brooke Bullock
  • Publication number: 20120040968
    Abstract: Provided is a compound useful as an inhibitor against the kinase activity of EML4-ALK fusion protein. As a result of intensive and extensive studies on compounds having inhibitory activity against the kinase activity of EML4-ALK fusion protein, the present inventors found that the diamino heterocyclic carboxamide compounds of the present invention had inhibitory activity against the kinase activity of EML4-ALK fusion protein. By this finding, the present invention was completed. The compounds of the present invention can be used as a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating cancer, such as lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, and small cell lung cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: Waters Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Itsuro Shimada, Kazuo Kurosawa, Takahiro Matsuya, Kazuhiko Iikubo, Yutaka Kondoh, Akio Kamikawa, Hiroshi Tomiyama, Yoshinori Iwai
  • Patent number: 8114879
    Abstract: The use of CCR5 antagonists of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R is optionally substituted phenyl, pyridyl, thiophenyl or naphthyl; R1 is hydrogen or alkyl; R2 is substituted phenyl, substituted heteroaryl, naphthyl fluorenyl, diphenylmethyl or optionally substituted phenyl- or heteroaryl-alkyl; R3 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, or optionally substituted phenyl, phenylalkyl, naphthyl, naphthylalkyl, heteroaryl or heteroarylalkyl; R4, R5 and R7 are hydrogen or alkyl; R6 is hydrogen, alkyl or alkenyl; for the treatment of HIV, solid organ transplant rejection, graft v.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Bahige M. Baroudy, John W. Clader, Hubert B. Josien, Stuart W. McCombie, Brian A. McKittrick, Michael W. Miller, Bernard R. Neustadt, Anandan Palani, Elizabeth M. Smith, Ruo Steensma, Jayaram R. Tagat, Susan F. Vice, Mark A. Laughlin, Eric Gilbert, Marc A. Labroli
  • Publication number: 20120035407
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazine 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 II: wherein the variables are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, Steven John Durrant, Ronald Marcellus Alphonsus Knegtel, Michael O'Donnell, Philip Michael Reaper
  • Publication number: 20120035408
    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 V: wherein the variables are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, Steven John Durrant, Stephen Clinton Young, Pierre-Henri Storck, Anisa Nizarali Virani, Phillip Michael Reaper, Joanne Pinder
  • Patent number: 8110578
    Abstract: Provided herein are Heteroaryl Compounds having the following structure: wherein R1-R4 are as defined herein, compositions comprising an effective amount of a Heteroaryl Compound and methods for treating or preventing cancer, inflammatory conditions, immunological conditions, neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes, obesity, neurological disorders, age-related diseases, or cardiovascular conditions, comprising administering an effective amount of a Heteroaryl Compound to a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Signal Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Sophie Perrin-Ninkovic, Roy L. Harris, John Sapienza, Graziella Shevlin, Patrick Papa, Branden Lee, Garrick Packard, Lida Tehrani, Jingjing Zhao, Jennifer Riggs, Jason Parnes, Deborah Mortensen, Weiming Xu, Loui Madakamutil, Kimberly Fultz, Rama K. Narla, Sabita Sankar, Jan Elsner
  • Publication number: 20120028954
    Abstract: Disclosed are substituted pyridine compounds as well as pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use. One embodiment is a compound having the structure wherein E, J, T, the ring system denoted by “B”, T, R3, R4, w and x are as described herein. In certain embodiments, a compound disclosed herein activates the AMPK pathway, and can be used to treat metabolism-related disorders and conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Dane Goff, Donald Payan, Rajinder Singh, Simon Shaw, David Carroll, Yasumichi Hitoshi
  • Publication number: 20120028979
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are described. Processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, their use as medicaments and their use in the treatment of bacterial infections are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Gregory BASARAB, Pamela HILL, Brian SHERER, Fei ZHOU
  • Patent number: 8106062
    Abstract: The present invention is directed in part towards methods of modulating the function of calcium channels with dihydropyrimidine, dihydropyrimidone, dihydropyrimidinethione, and dihydropyridine compounds. In addition, the invention describes methods of preventing and treating protein kinase-related abnormal conditions in organisms with a compound identified by the invention. Furthermore, the invention pertains to T-channel agonists that have a slow onset of activity and long duration of activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Diakron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Bibbs, Srirama Rao
  • Publication number: 20120022075
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof having superior glucokinase activating activity, and is a compound represented by general formula (I), or pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof: [wherein, A represents, for example, an oxygen atom or sulfur atom, R1 represents, for example, a C1-C6 alkyl group, a C1-C6 alkoxy group or a C1-C6 halogenated alkyl group, A and R1 together with the carbon atom bonded thereto form a heterocyclic group that may be substituted with 1 to 3 group(s) independently selected from Substituent Group ?, R2 represents a phenyl group that may be substituted with 1 to 5 group(s) independently selected from Substituent Group ? or a heterocyclic group that may be substituted with 1 to 3 group(s) independently selected from Substituent Group ?, R3 represents a hydroxy group or a C1-C6 alkoxy group, and Substituent Group ? consists of, for example, a halogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl group, a C1-C6 alkyl group substituted with 1 or 2 hyd
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Akihiro FURUKAWA, Takehiro FUKUZAKI, Yukari ONISHI, Hideki KOBAYASHI, Takeshi HONDA, Yumi MATSUI, Masahiro KONISHI, Kenjiro UEDA, Tetsuyoshi MATSUFUJI
  • Publication number: 20120022028
    Abstract: The present invention relates to soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) and to phosphodiesterases (PDEs) and the pharmacology of sGC stimulators, sGC activators and PDE inhibitors. More particularly, the invention relates to the use of sGC stimulators and sGC activators in combination with PDE5 inhibitors for preparation of medicaments for the treatment of male erectile dysfunction (MED) in particular for the MED treatment of difficult to treat patients and patients not or not fully responding to PDE5 inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: BAYER PHARMA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Peter Sandner, Johannes-Peter Stasch, Michael-Friedrich Böttcher
  • Patent number: 8097611
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V.
    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 Viviane Van heusden
  • Patent number: 8097628
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or N-oxides thereof: (relative chemistry shown) pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, their use in therapy especially against tuberculosis, and methods of preparing them are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Carlos Alemparte-Gallardo, Christopher Barfoot, David Barros-Aguirre, Monica Cacho-Izquierdo, Jose Maria Fiandor Roman, Alan Joseph Hennessy, Neil David Pearson, Modesto Jesus Remuinan-Blanco
  • Patent number: 8093248
    Abstract: The present application relates to new compounds of formula (I), to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, to processes for their preparation, and to the use of the compounds as leptin receptor modulator mimetics in the preparation of medicaments against conditions associated with weight gain, type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB (PUBL)
    Inventors: Joseph W. Boyd, Giles A. Brown, Michael Higginbottom, Viet-Anh Anne Horgan (Nee Nguyen), Jaqueline Ouzman, Iain Simpson
  • Publication number: 20120004241
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of compounds which are therapeutically active in the central nervous system. In one aspect, the invention relates to a process for the preparation of compounds of the general formula (I): wherein HA is a pharmaceutically acceptable acid and R1-R4 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, and di-C1-C6-alkylamino-C2-C6-alkoxy. The invention also relates to the use of said compound to manufacture a medicament for the treatment of a serotonin-related disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Tom Fleck, Bruce Fleck, Magnus Cernerud, Helena Lundström, Claes Löfström, Margit Pelcman, Alexander Paptchikhine, Emma Andersson, Alf Nygren
  • Publication number: 20120004221
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) have antibacterial activity: wherein: m is 0 or 1; Q is hydrogen or cyclopropyl; Alk is an optionally substituted, divalent C1-C6 alkylene, alkenylene or alkynylene radical which may contain an ether (—O—), thioether (—S—) or amino (—NR)— link, wherein R is hydrogen, —CN or C1-C3 alkyl; X is —C(?O)NR6—, —S(O)NR6—, —C(?O)O— or —S(?O)O— wherein R6 is hydrogen, optionally substituted C1-C6 alkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl, C2-C6 alkynyl, -Cyc, or —(C1-C3 alkyl)-Cyc wherein Cyc is optionally substituted monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic having 3-7 ring atoms; Z is N; R2 and R3 are as defined in the description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: Biota Europe Limited
    Inventors: David John Haydon, Lloyd George Czaplewski, Nicholas John Palmer, Dale Robert Mitchell, John Frederick Atherall, Christopher Richard Steele, Tamara Ladduwahetty
  • Publication number: 20120004207
    Abstract: Compound corresponding to the general formula (I): in which A=N or CR2; R2?H, F, OH, CN, CF3, C1-6-alkyl, C1-6-alkoxy; n=2 or 3 and m=2 when A=N; n=1, 2 or 3 and m=1 or 2 when A=CR2; B=covalent bond or C1-8-alkylene; R1=optionally substituted heteroaryl; R3?CHR4CONHR5; R4?H or C1-6-alkyl; R5?H, C1-6-alkyl, C3-7-cycloalkyl, C3-7-cycloalkyl-C1-C6-alkylene; in the form of a base, an acid-addition salt, a hydrate or a solvate. Therapeutic uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: Ahmed Abouabdellah, Philippe Burnier, Christian Hoornaert, Jean Jeunesse, Frederic Puech
  • Patent number: 8088761
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), are aurora kinase inhibitors: wherein X is —N—, —CH2-N—, —CH2-CH—, or —CH—; R1 is a radical of formula (IA) wherein Z is —CH2-, —NH—, -0-, —S(O)— —S—, —S(O)2 or a divalent monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic radical having 3-7 ring atoms; Alk is an optionally substituted divalent C1-C6 alkylene radical; A is hydrogen or an optionally substituted monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring having 5-7 ring atoms; r, s and t are independently 0 or 1, provided that when A is hydrogen then at least one of r and s is 1; R2 is halogen, —CN, —CF3, —OCH3, or cyclopropyl; and R3 is a radical of formula (IB) wherein Q is hydrogen or an optionally substituted phenyl or monocyclic heterocyclic ring with 5 or 6 ring atoms; Z&It;1> is —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O)2-, —O—, —SO2NH—, —NHSO2-, NHC(?O)NH, —NH(C?S)NH—, Or —N(R4)— wherein R4 is hydrogen, C1-C3 alkyl, cycloalkyl, or benzyl; and Alk&It;1> and Alk&It;2> are, independently, optionally substituted divalent C1-C3 alkyle
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Vassilios Bavetsias, Edward McDonald, Spyridon Linardopoulos
  • Publication number: 20110319393
    Abstract: This invention is directed to compounds and salts that are generally useful as anthelmintic agents or as intermediates in processes for making anthelmintic agents. This invention also is directed to processes for making the compounds and salts, pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising the compounds and salts, uses of the compounds and salts to make medicaments, and treatments comprising the administration of the compounds and salts to animals in need of the treatments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Christophe Pierre Alain Chassaing, Thorsten Meyer
  • Publication number: 20110306589
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with novel nitrogen-containing heteroaryl compounds of formula (I) wherein A1, A2, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 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 as therapeutics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Konrad Bleicher, Alexander Flohr, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Felix Gruber, Matthias Koerner, Bernd Kuhn, Jens-Uwe Peters, Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento
  • Publication number: 20110306590
    Abstract: Aryl- and heteroaryl-nitrogen heterocyclic compounds, and compositions containing them, and processes for preparing such compounds. Provided herein also are methods of treating disorders or diseases treatable by inhibition of PDE10, such as obesity, non-insulin dependent diabetes, schizophrenia, Huntington's Disease, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Jennifer R. Allen, Kristin L. Andrews, Michael J. Frohn, Paul E. Harrington, Alexander J. Pickrell, Robert M. Rzasa
  • Patent number: 8076341
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein R1 is selected from H, F, Cl, Br, CF3, C1-C6 alkoxy and OH; R2 is selected from H and C1-C6 alkyl; n is 1-12; m is O or 1; Y is selected from CH2, NR3, (NR3R4)+X, O and S; R3 and R4 are independently selected from H and C1-C4 alkyl; and X? is selected from phannaceutically acceptable anions. A method of preparing the compound, its use as a pharmaceutical, and a method of treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Vironova AB
    Inventors: Mohammed Homman, Robert Engovist, Cecilia E Söderberg-Nauclér, Jan Bergman
  • Publication number: 20110301143
    Abstract: Heterocyclic compounds of structural formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein W is a R1— substituted heteroaryl, R1 is an heteroaryl ring substituted with an ester or carboxylic acid containing radical, X-T is N—CR5R6, C?CR5 or CR13—CR5R6, Y is a bond or —C(O)—, a and b represent an integer selected from 1 to 4, and Ar is an optionally substituted phenyl or naphtyl, are inhibitors of stearoyl-coenzyme A delta-9 desaturase (SCD) The heterocyclic compounds are useful for the prevention and treatment of conditions related to abnormal lipid synthesis and metabolism, including cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis, obesity, diabetes, neurological disease, Metabolic Syndrome, insulin resistance, cancer, liver steatosis, and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Elise Isabel, Nicolas Lachance, Jean-Philippe Leclerc, Serge Leger, Renata M. Oballa, David Powell, Yeeman K. Ramtohul, Patrick Roy, Geoffrey K. Tranmer, Renee Aspiotis, Lianhai Li, Evelyn Martins
  • Patent number: 8071600
    Abstract: A heterocyclic compound or a salt thereof represented by the formula (1): where R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; A represents a lower alkylene group or lower alkenylene group; and R1 represents an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group. The compound of the present invention has a wide treatment spectrum for mental disorders including central nervous system disorders, no side effects and high safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamashita, Hideaki Kuroda, Nobuaki Ito, Shin Miyamura, Kunio Oshima, Jun Matsubara, Haruka Takahashi, Tae Fukushima, Satoshi Shimizu, Kazumi Kondo, Yohji Sakurai, Takeshi Kuroda, Shinichi Taira, Motohiro Itotani, Tatsuyoshi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20110294809
    Abstract: The invention relates to tropane urea derivatives of general formula (I) and to the application thereof as modulators of the activity of 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenose type 1 (11?HSD1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: Alain Jean Braun, Olivier Crespin, Eric Nicolai, Cecile Pascal, Olivier Venier
  • Publication number: 20110294793
    Abstract: The present invention provides compound of Formula (I): or a stereoisomer, tautomer, salt or solvate thereof, wherein the variables are defined herein. The compounds of formula (I) are inhibitors of Bcl-2 family antiapoptotic proteins, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases using the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: kyoung S Kim, Robert M. Borzilleri, Zhen-Wei Cai, Kap-Sun Yeung
  • Publication number: 20110294819
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to antiviral compounds, and more specifically directed to compounds which can inhibit the function of the NS5A protein encoded by Hepatitis C virus (HCV), compositions comprising such compounds, and methods for inhibiting the function of the NS5A protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Omar D. Lopez, Denis R. St. Laurent, Jason Goodrich, Jeffrey Lee Romine, Michael Serrano-Wu, Fukang Yang, Ramesh Kakarla, Xuejie Yang, Yuping Qiu, Lawrence B. Snyder
  • Publication number: 20110288091
    Abstract: The present invention relates to small molecule modulators of mTORC1 and mTORC2, syntheses thereof, and intermediates thereto. Such small molecule modulators are useful in the treatment of proliferative diseases (e.g., benign neoplasms, cancers, inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, diabetic retinopathy) and metabolic diseases. Novel small molecules are provided that inhibit one or more of mTORC1, mTORC2, and PI3K-related proteins. Novel methods of providing soluble mTORC1 and mTORC2 complexes are discussed, as well as methods of using the soluble complexes in a high-throughput manner to screen for inhibitory compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicants: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathanael Gray, Jae Won Chang, Jianming Zhang, Carson C. Thoreen, Seong Woo Anthony Kang, David M. Sabatini, Qingsong Liu
  • Publication number: 20110288065
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by general formula [1] satisfying the following (I) or (II), or a pharmaceutical acceptable salt of the compound. (I) X is CH or N; R1 is a halogen atom,; and R2 is H, a halogen atom, CN, [2], [3], [8], [9], an —O-alkyl, an —O-(saturated ring), etc. [2]: —C(RC)(RD)(RE) (RC to RE each are H, an alkyl, etc.) [3]: —N(RF)(RG) (RF and RG each are H, OH, amino, a (hetero)aryl, etc.) [8]: —C(?O)RL (RL is an alkyl, OH, an alkoxy, amino, etc.) [9]: a (substituted)phenyl; (II) X is >C—C(—O)R3 (R3 is a (substituted)amino, an alkoxy, OH, etc.); R1 is a halogen atom; R2 is H; R3 is H or OH; and R3 and R4 each are H or an alkyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: NIPPON SHINYAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Fujihara, Tetsuo Asaki, Katsutoshi Hori, Haruna Naito
  • Publication number: 20110288090
    Abstract: The instant invention provides for compounds that inhibit Akt activity. In particular, the compounds disclosed selectively inhibit one or two of the Akt isoforms. The invention also provides for compositions comprising such inhibitory compounds and methods of inhibiting Akt activity by administering the compound to a patient in need of treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Donna J. Armstrong, Yasuhiro Goto, Takashi Hashihayata, Tetsuya Kato, Michael J. Kelly, III, Mark E. Layton, Craig W. Lindsley, Yoshio Ogino, Yu Onozaki, Kenvin J. Rodzinak, Michael A. Rossi, Philip E. Sanderson, Jiabing Wang, Melissa M. Yaroschak
  • Publication number: 20110281838
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of general Formula (1) wherein R1 to R4 are defined as in claim 1, which are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterised by excessive or abnormal cell proliferation, and the use thereof for preparing a medicament having the above-mentioned properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Tobias Wunberg, Ralph Brueckner, Dirk Kessler, Oliver Kraemer, Darryl McConnell, Siegfried Schneider, Lars van der Veen
  • Publication number: 20110281841
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new group of protein kinase inhibitors, pyrropyrimidine and pyrazolopyrimidine derivatives, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof that are useful for treating cell proliferative disease and disorder such as cancer, autoimmune diseases, infection, cardiovascular disease and neurodegenerative disease and disorder. The present invention provides methods for synthesizing and administering the protein kinase inhibitor compounds. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical formulations comprising at least one of the protein kinase inhibitor compounds together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient therefor. The invention also provides useful intermediates generated during the syntheses of the pyrropyrimidine and pyrazolopyrimidine derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicants: Oscotec, Inc., Genosco
    Inventors: Jaekyoo Lee, Ho-Juhn Song, Jong Sung Kon, Hee Kyu Lee, Yougsam Kim, Hong Woo Kim, Sunhwa Chang, Sun-Hee Lim, Jang-Sik Choi, Jung-Ho Kim, Se-Won Kim
  • Patent number: 8058045
    Abstract: The present invention pertains generally to the field of therapeutic compounds, and more specifically to certain biarylamine compounds (referred to herein as BAA compounds), and especially certain pyrazin-2-yl-pyridin-2-yl-amine and pyrazine-2-yl-pyrimidin-4-yl-amine compounds of formula (I), which, inter alia, inhibit Checkpoint Kinase 1 (CHK1) kinase function. The present invention also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds and compositions, both in vitro and in vivo, to inhibit CHK1 kinase function, and in the treatment of diseases and conditions that are mediated by CHK1, that are ameliorated by the inhibition of CHK1 kinase function, etc., including proliferative conditions such as cancer, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ian Collins, John Charles Reader, Thomas Peter Matthews, Kwai Ming Cheung, Nicolas Proisy, David Hugh Williams, Sukhbinder Singh Klair, Jane Elizabeth Scanlon, Nelly Piton, Glynn Jonathan Addison, Michael Cherry
  • Publication number: 20110275596
    Abstract: Various methods for treating a patient with neoplasia are disclosed, in particular, methods using topoisomerase Ila-preferential poisons, methods using a combination of a topoisomerase Illi-preferential inhibitor and a topoisomerase II poison, and methods using a combination of a topoisomerase II poison and a proteasome inhibitor are disclosed. Novel topoisomerase Ila-preferential poisons are disclosed, particularly, several novel 13-carboline derivatives are identified. Methods for identifying the novel topoisomerase Ila-preferential poisons and methods for identifying the novel topoisomerase EP-preferential inhibitors are also provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY
    Inventors: Leroy F. Liu, Yi Lisa Lyu, Anna M. Azarova, Johnson Yiu-Nam Lau
  • Publication number: 20110269772
    Abstract: Axl kinase inhibitory compounds are disclosed, as well as compositions and methods of using the same in the treatment of cancer and other conditions mediated by and/or associated with Axl kinase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: SUPERGEN, INC.
    Inventors: David J. BEARSS, Hariprasad VANKAYALAPATI, Yong XU
  • Publication number: 20110269760
    Abstract: Compounds of general formula (I), (II), (III) and (V) are described for use in modulating microtubule polymerisation and in the treatment of associated disease states. Use of compounds (I), (III) and (V) in the treatment of kinase-associated disease states is also described. Further described are novel compounds of formula (II), (III) and (V).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: Cytopia Research Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Christopher John Burns, Andrew Frederick Wilks, Michael Francis Harte, Harrison Sikanyika, Emmanuelle Fantino
  • Publication number: 20110269737
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds according to general formula (I) which are proposed for the treatment of respiratory complaints, particularly asthma and COPD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Wagner, Birgit Jung, Frank Himmelsbach, Rolf Goeggel, Georg Dahmann
  • Patent number: 8048881
    Abstract: The invention relates to 4-aminocarbonyl-pyrimidine derivatives and their use as P2Y12 receptor antagonists in the treatment and/or prevention and/or treatment of peripheral vascular, of visceral-, hepatic- and renal-vascular, of cardiovascular and of cerebrovascular diseases or conditions associated with platelet aggregation, including thrombosis in humans and other mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Eva Caroff, Heinz Fretz, Kurt Hilpert, Olivier Houille, Francis Hubler, Emmanuel Meyer
  • Publication number: 20110263590
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) have antibacterial activity: wherein: m is 0 or 1; Q is hydrogen or cyclopropyl; Alk is an optionally substituted, divalent C1-C6 alkylene, alkenylene or alkynylene radical which may contain an ether (—O—), thioether (—S—) or amino (—NR)— link, wherein R is hydrogen, —CN or C1-C3 alkyl; X is —C(?O)NR6—, —S(O)NR6—, —C(?O)O— or —S(?O)O— wherein R6 is hydrogen, optionally substituted C1-C6 alkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl, C2-C6 alkynyl, -Cyc, or —(C1-C3 alkyl)-Cyc wherein Cyc is optionally substituted monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic having 3-7 ring atoms; Z is N or CH, or CF; R2 and R3 are as defined in the description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: Biota Europe Limited
    Inventors: David John Haydon, Lloyd George Czaplewski, Nicholas John Palmer, Dale Robert Mitchell, John Frederick Atherall, Christopher Richard Steele, Tamara Ladduwahetty
  • Publication number: 20110263571
    Abstract: Provided are a novel low-molecular-weight compound that suppresses production of induction type MMPs, particularly MMP-9, rather than production of hemostatic type MMP-2, as well as a prophylactic/therapeutic drug for autoimmune diseases or osteoarthritis. An amide derivative represented by the following formula (I) wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, or a hydrate or solvate thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seigo Ishibuchi, Hidemasa Hikawa, Akiko Tarao, Jun-ichi Endoh, Kunitomo Adachi, Kazuhiro Maeda, Kaoru Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20110256064
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds that can be employed in the treatment of a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with amyloid protein, such as Alzheimer's disease, and of diseases or conditions associated with amyloid-like proteins. The compounds of the present invention can also be used in the treatment of ocular diseases associated with pathological abnormalities/changes in the tissues of the visual system. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to the use of these compounds for the preparation of medicaments for treating or preventing diseases or conditions associated with amyloid and/or amyloid-like proteins. A method of treating or preventing diseases or conditions associated with amyloid and/or amyloid-like proteins is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: AC Immune, S.A.
    Inventors: Heiko Kroth, Cotinica Hamel, Pascal Benderitter, Wolfgang Froestl, Nampally Sreenivasachary, Andreas Muhs
  • Publication number: 20110251209
    Abstract: A compound, particularly an antimalarial compound, according to formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: X is an electron-withdrawing group; A is an optionally substituted alkanediyl or an optionally substituted cycloalkanediyl that includes 2 to 5 carbon atoms; and R1 and R2 are each individually H, tert-butyl, isopropyl, or optionally substituted cycloalkyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Michael K. Riscoe, Rolf W. Winter, David J. Hinrichs
  • Publication number: 20110251194
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns heterobicyclic compounds of general formula (I) and acid addition salts, hydrates and solvates thereof, as well as enantiomers, diastereoisomers and mixtures thereof. Methods for preparing the compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment also are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: Claude BERNHART, Gary MCCORT, Samir JEGHAM, Jean Marc HERBERT, Pierre CASELLAS, Monsif BOUABOULA, Olivier DUCLOS
  • Publication number: 20110245230
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula I, including tautomers, resolved enantiomers, diastereomers, solvates, metabolites, salts and pharmaceutically acceptable prodrugs thereof. Also provided are methods of using the compounds of this invention as AKT protein kinase inhibitors and for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicants: Array BioPharma Inc., Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian S. Mitchell, James F. Blake, Rui Xu, Nicholas C. Kallan, Dengming Xiao, Keith Lee Spencer, Josef R. Bencsik, Eli M. Wallace, Stephen T. Schlachter, Anna L. Banka, Jun Liang, Brian Safina, Jun Li, Christine Chabot
  • Publication number: 20110237572
    Abstract: A compound of Formula I in free or salt or solvate form, where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10 and R11 have the meanings as indicated in the specification, is useful for treating diseases which respond to the blockade of the epithelial sodium channel. Pharmaceutical compositions that contain the compounds and processes for preparing the compounds are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Gurpid Bhalay, Emma Budd, Graham Charles Bloomfield, Stephen Paul Collingwood, Andrew Dunstan, Lee Edwards, Peter Gedeck, Catherine Howsham, Peter Hunt, Thomas Anthony Hunt, Paul Oakley, Nichola Smith