Polycyclo Ring System Having The Additional 1,3-diazine Ring As One Of The Cyclos Patents (Class 514/252.16)
  • Patent number: 8198282
    Abstract: This invention relates to substituted azaquinazolines, to a process for their preparation, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and to their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, especially for use as antiviral agents, in particular against cytomegaloviruses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Aicuris GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Tobias Wunberg, Judith Baumeister, Mario Jeske, Frank Suessmeier, Holger Zimmermann, Kerstin Henninger, Dieter Lang
  • Patent number: 8198281
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the crystalline forms of 2-allyl-1-[6-(I-hydroxy-1 methylethyl)pyridin-2-yl]-6-{[4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)phenyl]amino}-1,2-dihydro-3H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-3-one or a salt thereof, which are useful in the field of treatment of various cancers as a kinase inhibitor, especially as a Weel kinase inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Masashi Kawasaki, Hiroo Mizuno, Toshihiro Sakamoto, Kimimasa Suzuki, Arlene E. McKeown
  • Publication number: 20120141454
    Abstract: The present methods and compositions are of use for treatment of conditions involving fibrosis, such as Peyronie's disease plaque, penile corporal fibrosis, penile veno-occlusive dysfunction, Dupuytren's disease nodules, vaginal fibrosis, clitoral fibrosis, female sexual arousal disorder, abnormal wound healing, keloid formation, general fibrosis of the kidney, bladder, prostate, skin, liver, lung, heart, intestines or any other localized or generalized fibrotic condition, vascular fibrosis, arterial intima hyperplasia, atherosclerosis, arteriosclerosis, restenosis, cardiac hypertrophy, hypertension or any condition characterized by excessive fibroblast or smooth muscle cell proliferation or deposition of collagen and extracellular matrix in the blood vessels and/or heart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
    Inventors: Nestor F. Gonzalez-Cadavid, Jacob Rajfer
  • Publication number: 20120142680
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrimidine compounds that are useful as anti-proliferative agents. More particularly, the present invention relates to heteroalkyl linked and substituted pyrimidine compounds, methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and uses of these compounds in the treatment of proliferative disorders. These compounds may be useful as medicaments for the treatment of a number of proliferative disorders including tumours and cancers as well as other conditions or disorders associated with kinases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: S*BIO Pte Ltd.
    Inventors: Stephanie Blanchard, Kantharaj Ethirajulu, Cheng Hsia Angeline Lee, Harish Kumar Mysore Nagaraj, Anders Poulsen, Eric T. Sun, Yee Ling Evelyn Tan, Ee Ling Teo, Anthony Deodaunia William
  • Patent number: 8193178
    Abstract: Thieno- and furo-pyrimidine compounds are described, which are useful as H4 receptor modulators. Such compounds may be used in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the modulation of histamine H4 receptor activity and for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by H4 receptor activity, such as inflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: James P. Edwards, Danielle K. Neff, Deborah M. Smith, Jennifer D. Venable
  • Patent number: 8193200
    Abstract: The present invention relates to method for treating inflammatory bowel disease that includes administration of an effective amount of an antagonist of A2B adenosine receptors (ARs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignees: University of Virginia Patent Foundation, Emory University
    Inventors: Shanthi V. Sitaraman, Joel M. Linden, Guoquan Wang, Robert Douglas Thompson, Jayson M. Rieger
  • Publication number: 20120135986
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the general formula: in which the variable groups are as defined herein, and to their preparation and use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Dong Zou, Wei-Sheng Huang, R. Mathew Thomas, Jan Antionette C. Romero, Jiwei Qi, Yihan Wang, Xiaotian Zhu, William C. Shakespeare, Rajeswari Sundaramoorthi, Chester A. Metcalf, III, David C. Dalgarno, Tomi K. Sawyer
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20120128732
    Abstract: The present invention provides combination therapy methods of treating a proliferative disease (such as cancer) comprising a first therapy comprising administering to an individual an effective amount of a taxane in a nanoparticle composition, and a second therapy which may include the administration of an effective amount of at least one other agent that inhibits a pro survival and/or inflammatory signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Vuong Trieu, Osmond D'Cruz, Neil P. Desai
  • Publication number: 20120130144
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides a method of treating lung cancer, comprising administering to a subject at least one PARP inhibitor in combination with at least one growth factor inhibitor. In another aspect, the present invention provides a method of treating non-small cell lung cancer comprising administering to a subject at least one PARP inhibitor in combination with at least one growth factor inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: BiPar Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry M. Sherman, Charles Bradley, Valeria S. Ossovskaya
  • Publication number: 20120129868
    Abstract: Compounds of the following formula are provided for use with PARP: wherein the variables are as defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits, and articles of manufacture comprising such compounds, methods and intermediates useful for making the compounds, and methods of using the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jason W. Brown, Anthony R. Gangloff, Andre A. Kiryanov
  • Publication number: 20120128740
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to nanostructured (nanoparticulated) Sildenafil base, its pharmaceutically acceptable salts and co-crystals, compositions containing them, process for the preparation thereof and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The nanoparticles of Sildenafil base, its pharmaceutically acceptable salts and co-crystals, compositions containing them according to the invention have an average particle size of less than about 500 nm. Sildenafil citrate is inhibiting cGMP specific phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDEV), an enzyme that regulates blood flow in the penis. The compositions of the invention are useful in the treatment of male or female sexual dysfunction and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Genovéva Filipcsei, Zsolt Ötvös, Katalin Pongrácz, Ferenc Darvas
  • 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: 8183248
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel class of compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with abnormal or deregulated kinase activity, particularly diseases or disorders that involve abnormal activation of Abl, Bcr-Abl, Bmx, BTK, b-RAF, c RAF, CSK, cSRC, Fes, FGFR3, Flt3, IKK?, IKK?, JNK1?1, JNK2?2, Lck, Met, MKK4, MKK6, p70S6K, PAK2, PDGFR?, PKA, PKC?, PKD2, ROCK-II, Ros, Rsk1, SAPK2?, SAPK2?, SAPK3, SAPK4, SGK, Syk, Tie2 and TrkB kinases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: IRM LLC
    Inventors: Advait Nagle, Nathanael Schiander Gray, Yi Liu, Pingda Ren, Taebo Sim, Shuli You
  • Publication number: 20120122838
    Abstract: Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions that modulate kinase activity, including PI3 kinase activity, and compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with kinase activity, including PI3 kinase activity, are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Pingda Ren, Yi Liu, Liansheng Li, Katrina Chan, Troy Edward Wilson, Alfredo C. Castro, Catherine A. Evans, Daniel A. Snyder
  • Publication number: 20120122840
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and uses thereof, including therapeutic uses thereof, such as methods useful for treating cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: Myrexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Dange Vijay Kumar, Ian A. McAlexander, Matthew Gregory Bursavich, Christophe Hoarau, Paul M. Slattum, David A. Gerrish, Jeffrey W. Lockman, Weston R. Judd, Michael Saunders, Daniel P. Parker, Daniel Feodore Zigar, In Chul Kim, J. Adam Willardsen, Kraig M. Yager, Mark D. Shenderovich, Brandi L. Williams, Keith D. Tardif
  • Publication number: 20120114739
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for inhibiting mTOR using pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine compounds and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more diseases associated with mTOR using such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Yongqi Deng, Binyuan Sun, Hongbo Zeng, Matthew Richards, Gerald W. Shipps, JR., Cliff C. Cheng, Yinyan Zhao, Andrew McRiner, Zhaoyang Meng, Yang Nan, Mehul F. Patel, Iwona E. Wrona, Panduranga Adulla Reddy, Brian M. Eklov, Shuyi Tang, Duan Liu, Amit K. Mandal, Lianyun Zhao, M. Asshad Siddiqui
  • Publication number: 20120115863
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel cycloalkyl- or cycloalkenyl-substituted pyrazolopyrimidinones of formula (I), wherein ? is selected from the group A1 consisting of a C3-C8-cycloalkyl group or a C4-C8-cycloalkenyl group, whereby the members of C3-C8-cycloalkyl group being selected from the group of cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, cycloheptanyl and cyclooctanyl; and the members of the C4-C8-cycloalkenyl group, being selected from cyclobutenyl, cyclopentenyl, cyclohexenyl, cycloheptenyl, cyclooctenyl, cyclopentadienyl, cyclohexadienyl, cycloheptadienyl, cyclooctadienyl, cycloheptatrienyl, cyclooctathenyl, cyclooctatetraenyl. The new compounds shall be used for the manufacture of medicaments, in particular medicaments for improving perception, concentration, learning and/or memory in patients in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Fuchs, Cornelia Dorner-Ciossek, Christian Eickmeier, Dennis Fiegen, Thomas Fox, Riccardo Giovannini, Niklas Heine, Martin Hendrix, Holger Rosenbrock, Gerhard Schaenzle
  • Publication number: 20120115878
    Abstract: This invention relates to (1) process of making 7-Cyclopentyl-2-(5-piperazin-1-yl-pyridin-2-ylamino)-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine-6-carboxylic acid dimethylamide and salts thereof; (2) novel salt(s) of 7-Cyclopentyl-2-(5-piperazin-1-yl-pyridin-2-ylamino)-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine-6-carboxylic acid dimethylamide; (3) pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same; and (4) methods of treatment using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: John Vincent Calienni, Guang-Pei Chen, Baoqing Gong, Prasad Koteswara Kapa, Vishal Saxena
  • Publication number: 20120115849
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to treatment of addictions and primary impulse-control disorders using phosphodiesterase 7 (PDE7) inhibitors, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Gregory A. Demopulos, George A. Gaitanaris
  • Publication number: 20120114641
    Abstract: The present invention provides a combination comprising (a) a compound of formula (I) and (b) one or more antineoplastic agents selected from the group consisting of an antimetabolite agent, analkylating or alkylating-like agent, an intercalating agent, a topoisomerase I or II inhibitor, an antimitotic agent, a kinase inhibitor, a proteasome inhibitor and an antibody inhibiting a growth factor or its receptor, wherein active ingredients of the combination are present in each case in free form or in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or any hydrate or solvate thereof, useful in the treatment of tumors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: NERVIANO MEDICAL SCIENCES S.R.L.
    Inventors: Barbara Valsasina, Italo Beria, Antonella Ciavolella, Dario Ballinari, Enrico Pesenti, Valter Domenico Croci, Mara Emanuela Casnaghi, Alessandro Luciano Croci, Juergen Moll
  • Publication number: 20120115864
    Abstract: The present invention discloses substituted fused pyrimidine compounds of formula (I), their tautomers, polymorphs, stereoisomers, solvates, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, or pharmaceutical compositions containing them and methods of treating conditions and diseases that are mediated by adenosine receptor (AR) activity. The compounds of the present invention are useful in the treatment, prevention or suppression of diseases and disorders that may be susceptible to improvement by antagonism of the adenosine receptor, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, angiogenesis, pulmonary fibrosis, emphysema, allergic diseases, inflammation, reperfusion injury, myocardial ischemia, atherosclerosis, hypertension, congestive heart failure, retinopathy, diabetes mellitus, obesity, inflammatory gastrointestinal tract disorders, and/or autoimmune diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Venkata Palle, Vidya Ramdas, Dinesh Barawkar, Sujay Basu, Summon Koul, Yogesh Waman, Meena Patel, Anil Panmand
  • Publication number: 20120108568
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) and salts thereof in which R1, R2, R3, R4, X, Y and n have the meanings given in the specification, are inhibitors of Trk kinases and are useful in the treatment of diseases which can be treated with a Trk kinase inhibitor such as pain, cancer, inflammation, neurodegenerative diseases and certain infectious diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: ARRAY BIOPHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Shelley Allen, Steven Wade Andrews, Kevin Ronald Condroski, Julia Haas, Lily Huang, Yutong Jiang, Timothy Kercher, Jeongbeob Seo
  • Publication number: 20120108534
    Abstract: The invention relates to new dihydrothienopyrimidine of formula 1, as well as pharmacologically acceptable salts, diastereomers, enantiomers, racemates, hydrates or solvates thereof, wherein X is SO or SO2, but preferably SO, and wherein R1, R2 and R3 have the meanings given in the description, and which are suitable for the treatment of respiratory or gastrointestinal complaints or diseases, inflammatory diseases of the joints, skin or eyes, diseases of the peripheral or central nervous system or cancers, as well as pharmaceutical compositions which contain these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Pascale POUZET, Christoph HOENKE, Rolf GOEGGEL, Birgit JUNG, Peter NICKOLAUS, Dennis FIEGEN, Thomas FOX
  • Publication number: 20120108604
    Abstract: A series of amine salts including a structure of formula (I) and formula (III) have provided. In formula I or formula (III), R1, Ra and RX are as defined in the specification. The amine complex salts disclosed in the present invention are characterized in a pro-drug active form and various pharmaceutical function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Ing-Jun Chen
  • Patent number: 8163755
    Abstract: The present invention provides mTOR inhibitors of the formula wherein the variables are as defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits and articles of manufacture comprising such compounds; methods of making the compounds and intermediates thereof; and methods of using the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Bohan Jin, Nicholas Scorah, Qing Dong
  • Patent number: 8163753
    Abstract: The present invention provides a 2,3-dihydro-6-nitroimidazo[2,1-b]oxazole compound represented by the following general formula: (1) in the above formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or C1-C6 alkyl group, n represents an integer of 0 to 6, R1 and —(CH2)nR2 may form a spiro ring represented by the formula (30) below, together with the adjacent carbon atom (in the formula below, RRR represents a piperidyl group which may have substituents on the piperidine ring), (30) and R2 represents a benzothiazolyloxy group, quinolyloxy group, pyridyloxy group or the like. The present compound has an excellent bactericidal action against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, multi-drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and atypical acid-fast bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetsugu Tsubouchi, Hirofumi Sasaki, Motohiro Itotani, Yoshikazu Haraguchi, Shin Miyamura, Makoto Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Hashizume, Tatsuo Tomishige, Masanori Kawasaki, Kinue Ohguro, Takumi Sumida, Takeshi Hasegawa, Kazuho Tanaka, Isao Takemura
  • Patent number: 8163754
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I in free or salt form, wherein R1, R2 and R3 have the meanings as indicated in the specification, are useful for treating conditions mediated by activation of the adenosine A2A receptor, especially inflammatory or obstructive airways diseases. Pharmaceutical compositions that contain the compounds and a process for preparing the compounds are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Robin Alec Fairhurst, Roger John Taylor, Harinder Pal Singh
  • Publication number: 20120094975
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of general formula (1) wherein the groups R1 to R4, X1, X1, X3, L1 and L2 are defined as in claim 1, which are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterised by excessive or anomalous cell pro-liferation, and the use thereof in such a treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Mantoulidis, Georg Dahmann, Peter Ettmayer, Christian Klein, Steffen Steurer, Irene Waizenegger, Stephan Karl Zahn
  • Publication number: 20120094985
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treating serotonergic neurotransmission related disease or condition, including an effective amount of a chlorophenylpiperazine derived compound of Formula (I), or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The pharmaceutical composition is safe and does not have side effect on lethargy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Ing-Jun Chen
  • Publication number: 20120094987
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of general formula (I); 1a, 1b, 1c and 1d. The invention also relates to a method for the production thereof, pharmaceutical preparations containing said compounds and/or physiologically compatible salts thereof which can be produced therefrom and/or solvates thereof, and to the pharmaceutical use of said compounds, salts or solvates thereof as inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 4. The compounds comprise active ingredients for the treatment of diseases which can have a positive influence by inhibiting the activity of phosphodiesterase 4 and/or TNF?-release, for example, in lymphocytes, eosinophile and basophile granulocytes, macrophages and mastocytes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Claudia Reichelt, Alexander Ludwig, Alexander Schulze, Mohammed Daghish, Siegfried Leistner, Andreas Krödel, Jochen Heinicke
  • 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: 20120095006
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of certain cyclic guanosine 3?,5?-monophosphate phosphodiesterase type five (cGMP PDE5) inhibitors, including in particular the compound sildenafil, for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Ghazwan Saleem Butrous, Timothy Michael Lukas, Ian Machin
  • Publication number: 20120094999
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pyrimidine, pyrrolo-pyrimidine, pyrrolo-pyridine, pyridine, purine and triazine compounds which are able to modulate epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), including Her-kinases, and the use of such compounds in the treatment of various diseases, disorders or conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, Pasi Janne, Michael J. Eck, Wenjun Zhou
  • Publication number: 20120095013
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for improving a cardiac function is provided. The pharmaceutical composition comprises an effective amount of an active component being one of a KMUP-3 compound and a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Ing-Jun Chen
  • Publication number: 20120088775
    Abstract: The present invention provides new pyrazolo-[1,5-a]-pyrimidone derivates and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or diluents. The uses of the compounds for the manufacture of potassium channel openers, anti-epilepsy medicaments, anti-anxiety medicaments and analgesic medicaments are also provided in the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicants: PEKING UNIVERSITY, HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hailin Zhang, Jinlong Qi, Diqun Zhang, Kewei Wang, Fan Zhang, Yan Fu, Yi Mi, Wen Xu, Xiaona Du, Yibing Wu, Qingzhong Jia, Shuangge Yang
  • Publication number: 20120088753
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, wherein: R1 is —NR7(CO)R11; R2 is aryl, heteroaryl, fused aryl-C3-6-heterocycloalkyl or fused heteroaryl-C3-6-heterocycloalkyl, each of which is optionally substituted; each R7 is selected from hydrogen, C1-6-alkyl and C3-7-cycloalkyl, wherein said C1-6-alkyl is optionally substituted by one or more halogens; each R11 is independently selected from C1-6-alkyl, C3-7-cycloalkyl, C1-6alkyl-C3-7-cycloalkyl, C?-heterocycloalkyl, aryl and heteroaryl, each of which may be optionally substituted. Further aspects of the invention relate to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and methods for treating or preventing a disorder selected from cancer, septic shock, Primary open Angle Glaucoma (POAG), hyperplasia, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, artherosclerosis, retinopathy, osteoarthritis, endometriosis, chronic inflammation and Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Edward Giles Mciver, Joanne HOUGH, Joanne Hough
  • Patent number: 8153628
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds and pharmaceutical compositions that are substituted xanthines of formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein: Z is selected from the group consisting of oxazoyl, isoxazoyl, thiazolyl, and isothiazoyl; and Z1 is a 5-14 member substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl ring; which are selective antagonists of A2B adenosine receptors (ARs). These compounds and compositions are useful as pharmaceutical agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Forest Laboratories Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Guoquan Wang, Jayson M Rieger, Robert D Thompson
  • Publication number: 20120077819
    Abstract: The invention provides a low molecular weight ATP-competitive CDK inhibitor and TRKA inhibitor of formula (I) for use in the treatment of thymoma and thymic carcinoma. The compound can be administered together with one or more cytotoxic or cytostatic agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: NERVIANO MEDICAL SCIENCES S.R.L.
    Inventors: Angela Scaburri, Maria Adele Pacciarini, Marina Ciomei, Bernard Laffranchi, Silvia Comis
  • Publication number: 20120076732
    Abstract: The invention provides for compounds that are phosphodiesterase inhibitors. The invention further provides for a method for screening compounds that bind to and modulate a phosphosdiesterase protein. The invention also provides methods for treating conditions associated with accumulated amyloid-beta peptide deposit accumulations by administering a phosphodiesterase-binding compound to a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Yan Feng, Ottavio Arancio, Shixian Deng, Donald W. Landry
  • Patent number: 8143249
    Abstract: Disclosed are prodrugs of A2B adenosine receptor antagonists of the formula: wherein R1 and R2 are independently lower alkyl; R4 is optionally substituted phenyl; X is hydrogen or methyl; and Y is —C(O)R, in which R is optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and their use in treating mammals for various disease states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Rao Kalla, Dmitry Koltun, Jeff Zablocki, Elfatih Elzein
  • Publication number: 20120071489
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula wherein each symbol is as defined in the present specification, which has a superior RBP4-lowering action and is useful as a pharmaceutical composition for the prophylaxis or treatment of a disease or condition mediated by an increase in RBP4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Shizuo Kasai, Kevin Francis McGee, JR.
  • Publication number: 20120071490
    Abstract: The present invention provides p70 S6 kinase inhibitors of the formula: pharmaceutical formulations comprising them, and methods for their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert Dean Dally, Jianping Huang, Sajan Joseph, Timothy Alan Shepherd, Christian L. Holst
  • Publication number: 20120071488
    Abstract: The invention relates to an orodispersible tablet comprising the components pharmaceutically acceptable sildenafil salt (a), polymeric adsorbent (b), in particular cation exchanger resin, sweetener (c), and flavoring (d) and, preferably, mucilage (e) and glidant (f).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: ratiopharm GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Winter, Max-Werner Scheiwe
  • Patent number: 8138172
    Abstract: The present invention provides 8-oxoadenine derivatives, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy. The 8-oxoadenine derivatives act as modulators of Toll-like Receptor (TLR) 7 and thus may be used in the treatment of asthma, hepatitis, allergic diseases, viral and bacterial infection as well as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignees: AstraZeneca AB, Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co Ltd.
    Inventors: Anthony Cook, Tom McInally, Stephen Thom, Hiroki Wada
  • Publication number: 20120065189
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel heterocyclic compound. A heterocyclic compound represented by general formula (1) wherein, R1 and R2, each independently represent hydrogen; a phenyl lower alkyl group that may have a substituent(s) selected from the group consisting of a lower alkyl group and the like on a benzene ring and/or a lower alkyl group; or a cyclo C3-C8 alkyl lower alkyl group; or the like; R3 represents a lower alkynyl group or the like; R4 represents a phenyl group that may have a substituent(s) selected from the group consisting of a 1,3,4-oxadiazolyl group that may have e.g., halogen or a heterocyclic group selected from pyridyl group and the like; the heterocyclic group may have at least one substituent(s) selected from a lower alkoxy group and the like or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Akira Takahashi, Masaki Suzuki, Yuichi Nakamura, Yohji Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20120065165
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of treating endothelial disorders, including: asthma, erectile dysfunction, pulmonary hypertension, cardiovascular disorders, and other disorders, using a synergistic combination of at least one arginase inhibitor and at least one phosphodiesterase (PDE1), (PDE2) and/or (PDE5) inhibitor are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: ARGINETIX, INC
    Inventors: Simon E. Aspland, Dan E. Berkowitz, Trinity Bivalacqua, Hunter Champion
  • Publication number: 20120065183
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted tetrahydro-pyrido-pyrimidine derivatives of the formula (I), wherein Y, R1, R2 and m are as defined in the description. Such compounds are suitable for the treatment of a disorder or disease which is mediated by the activity of the PI3K enzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Nigel Graham COOKE, Paulo FERNANDES GOMES DOS SANTOS, Nadege GRAVELEAU, Christina HEBACH, Klemens HOEGENAUER, Gregory John HOLLINGWORTH, Alexander Baxter SMITH, Nicolas SOLDERMANN, Frank STOWASSER, Ross STRANG, Nicola TUFILLI, Anette VON MATT, Romain WOLF, Frédéric ZECRI
  • Publication number: 20120059000
    Abstract: Chemical compounds that modulate kinase activity, including PI3 kinase activity, and chemical compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with kinase activity, including P13 kinase activity, are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Pingda Ren, Yi Liu, Liansheng Li, Katrina Chan, Alfredo C. Castro, Catherine A. Evans
  • Publication number: 20120053182
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for alleviating motor complications and motor indications in a patient suffering from moderate to severe Parkinson's disease by administering a composition which provides an effective amount of the compound of Formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: SCHERING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marc Cantillon, Susan B. Huyck, Kenneth P. Wolski