Five-membered Nitrogen Hetero Ring Attached Directly Or Indirectly To The 1,3-diazine Ring By Nonionic Bonding Patents (Class 514/252.19)
  • 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: 20110269732
    Abstract: The present invention relates to drug discovery methods, particularly methods for assaying compounds for activity as Aurora kinase inhibitors. This invention also relates to a pharmacophore describing compounds that are able to promote a conformational change in the protein AuroraB and whose binding constant for the two-step process is given as Ki*. Finally, this invention also relates to compounds having the features of the pharmacophore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Julian M.C. GOLEC, John POLLARD, James WESTCOTT, Hayley Marie BINCH, Michael Paul MORTIMORE, Daniel David ROBINSON
  • Publication number: 20110269721
    Abstract: Provided herein are method of treating, ameliorating, or delaying at least one symptom of a genetic blood disorder, e.g. sickle cell disorder or thalassemia, in a patient in need thereof, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a Jak2 inhibitor. Also provided in part is a method of reducing an enlarged spleen in a patient suffering from thalassemia, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a Jak2 inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: TargeGen, Inc.
    Inventor: John D. Hood
  • 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: 20110263525
    Abstract: The invention describes a cytotoxic composition containing a drug combination targeting two or more functional elements in pancreatic cancer cells, the functional elements comprising EGFR or Src and Stat3 or Jaks. Preferred drugs in the drug combination are selected from ZD and S3I-201, Das and S3I-201, ZD and AG490, Das and AG490, and combinations thereof. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the drug combination further includes a nucleoside analog inhibitory for DNA replication, for example, Gemcitabine. Disclosed is also a method of cytotoxically affecting pancreatic cancer cells using the described drug combination. A method of making the cytotoxic composition is additionally described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventor: James Turkson
  • Publication number: 20110263609
    Abstract: The invention described herein relates to diagnostic and treatment methods and compositions useful in the management of disorders, for example cancers, involving NUP214-ABL1 positive T-cell malignancies and methods for treating an individual suffering from a NUP214-ABL1 positive T cell malignancy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Alfonso Quintas-Cardama Lee, Guillermo Garcia-Manero
  • Publication number: 20110263596
    Abstract: Described are compounds which inhibit, regulate and/or modulate kinase signal transduction, for example of Met kinase. The compounds are of the formulae A1 to A148 and B1 described herein, including 2-oxobenzoxazol-3-ylmethyl]phenyl}carbamate and 2-oxooxazolo[4,5-b]pyridin-3-ylmethyl)phenyl]carbamate compounds, and pharmaceutically usable salts, tautomers and stereoisomers thereof, including mixtures thereof in all ratios. Also described are compositions containing these compounds. Also described are methods for the treatment of diseases in which the inhibition, regulation and/or modulation of kinase signal transduction plays a role by administering these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Oliver Schadt, Dieter Dorsch, Frank Stieber, Andree Blaukat
  • Patent number: 8044055
    Abstract: The invention relates to 2-phenyl-6-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. Formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Eva Caroff, Kurt Hilpert, Emmanuel Meyer
  • Patent number: 8026241
    Abstract: Therapeutic benzimidazoles and compositions containing them, for the treatment of acute, inflammatory and neuropathic pain, dental pain, general headache, migraine, cluster headache, mixed-vascular and non-vascular syndromes, tension headache, general inflammation, arthritis, rheumatic diseases, osteoarthritis, inflammatory bowel disorders, inflammatory eye disorders, inflammatory or unstable bladder disorders, psoriasis, skin complaints with inflammatory components, chronic inflammatory conditions, inflammatory pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, neuropathic pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, diabetic neuropathy pain, causalgia, sympathetically maintained pain, deafferentation syndromes, asthma, epithelial tissue damage or dysfunction, herpes simplex, disturbances of visceral motility at respiratory, genitourinary, gastrointestinal or vascular regions, wounds, burns, allergic skin reactions, pruritus, vitiligo, general gastrointestinal disorders, gastric ulceration, duodenal ulcers,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Chenera Balan, Yunxin Bo, Celia Dominguez, Christopher H. Fotsch, Vijay K. Gore, Vu Van Ma, Mark H. Norman, Vassil I. Ognyanov, Yi-xin Qian, Xianghong Wang, Ning Xi, Shimin Xu
  • Publication number: 20110224197
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of protein kinases, such as inhibitors of GSK-3. The invention provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders. The invention provides processes for preparing compounds of the invention. The invention provides methods of identifying compounds useful for treatment of diabetes, diabetic neuropathy, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, AIDS-associated dementia, bipolar disorder, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, schizophrenia, leukocytopenia, cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, stroke, post-stroke, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, Charcot-Marie-Tooth, peripheral nerve regeneration, and rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Gregory William Henkel, Michael Liu, Timothy Neuberger
  • Publication number: 20110212077
    Abstract: The invention provides biaryl meta-pyrimidine compounds having the general structure (A). The pyrimidine compounds of the invention are capable of inhibiting kinases, such as members of the Jak kinase family, and various other specific receptor and non-receptor kinases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: TargeGen, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Noronha, Chi Ching Mak, Jianguo Cao, Joel Renick, Andrew McPherson, Binqi Zeng, Ved P. Pathak, Daniel L. Lohse, John D. Hood, Richard M. Soll
  • Publication number: 20110207719
    Abstract: A series of novel anthra[1,2-d]imidazole-6,11-dione derivatives, and the preparation method and application of said derivatives, wherein said application includes a pharmaceutical composition containing said derivatives for treating cancer, and said application involves effects of said derivatives for inhibiting telomerase activity, inhibiting the growth of cancer cell, treating cancer and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventor: Hsu-Shan HUANG
  • Publication number: 20110207741
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating a medical condition in which RAS activation is increased. The method comprises the step of administering to a subject a c-Src inhibitor in an amount effective to treat the medical condition. The invention also provides a method of treating or preventing a cardiac arrhythmia. The method comprises the step of administering to the subject a c-Src inhibitor in an amount effective to treat or prevent the cardiac arrhythmia. The invention additionally provides a method of delaying the onset of sudden cardiac death. The method comprises the step of administering to the subject a c-Src inhibitor in an amount effective to delay the onset of SCD. Methods of augmenting gap junction function and methods of increasing Connexin 43 levels in a subject in need thereof are further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    Inventor: Samuel Dudley
  • Publication number: 20110207699
    Abstract: Compounds effective in inhibiting replication of Hepatitis C virus (“HCV”) are described. This invention also relates to processes of making such compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat HCV infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABAORATORIES
    Inventors: David A. DeGoey, Warren M. Kati, Charles W. Hutchins, Pamela L. Donner, Allan C. Krueger, John T. Randolph, Christopher E. Motter, Lissa T. Nelson, Sachin V. Patel, Mark A. Matulenko, Ryan G. Keddy, Tammie K. Jinkerson, Todd N. Soltwedel, Douglas K. Hutchinson, Charles A. Flentge, Rolf Wagner, Clarence J. Maring, Michael D. Tufano, David A. Betebenner, Todd W. Rockway, Dachun Liu, John K. Pratt, Michael J. Lavin, Kathy Sarris, Kevin R. Woller, Seble H. Wagaw, Jean C. Califano, Wenke Li, Daniel D. Caspi, Mary E. Bellizzi, William A. Carroll
  • Publication number: 20110200597
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the identification and diagnostic use of biomarkers in primary colorectal cancer tumors whose activation level are predictive of the likelihood of the onset of metastatic disease. These biomarkers may be used to determine the suitability of a patient for aggressive and/or targeted treatments. Kits and compositions of the invention are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Emanuel F. Petricoin, III, Lance A. Liotta, Mariaelena Pierobon, Alessandra Sllvestri
  • Publication number: 20110190220
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to the use of defensin ?1 and/or defensin ?4, as a marker for predicting and following the response of a patient suffering from chronic myeloid leukaemia to a treatment with imatinib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Béatrice Turcq, Gabriel Etienne, Maryse Dupouy, François-Xavier Mahon, Bertrand Garbay, Patricia Costaglioli
  • Publication number: 20110190271
    Abstract: The present invention provides 2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds having antiproliferative activity, compositions comprising the compounds and methods of using the compounds to inhibit cellular proliferation and to treat proliferative diseases such as tumorigenic cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Ankush Argade, Rajinder Singh, Hui Li, David Carroll, Susan Catalano
  • Publication number: 20110189167
    Abstract: Methods of modulating a kinase activity of a wild-type kinase species, oncogenic forms thereof, aberrant fusion proteins thereof and polymorphs of any of the foregoing, are provided which employ compounds of the formula Ia:
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Daniel L. FLYNN, Peter A. PETILLO, Michael D. KAUFMAN
  • Publication number: 20110178095
    Abstract: The present invention relates to tyrosine kinase inhibitors that contain a zinc-binding moiety and their use in the treatment of tyrosine related diseases and disorders such as cancer. The said derivatives may further act as HDAC inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Xiong Cai, Changgeng Qian, Stephen Gould, Haixiao Zhai
  • Publication number: 20110178153
    Abstract: Methods of treating or preventing chemoresistance or relapse growth of cancer cells are provided. Methods of treating or preventing resistance to tyrosine kinase based chemotherapeutic treatment in hematologic and solid tumors are provided. BCR-ABL drug resistance in chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) and models for conducting further study on the same are presented. The methods comprise administering a therapeutically effective amount of one or more SIRT1 modulators to the cells or subject in need thereof. The methods may be administered in combination with, prior to or subsequent to chemotherapy or may be administered to counteract the effect of a spontaneous genetic mutation. Methods of using SIRT1 inhibitors to treat or prevent insulin and transferrin-induced resistance are also presented. A novel cell model to study mechanisms of acquired chemoresistance is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventor: Wenyong CHEN
  • Publication number: 20110172242
    Abstract: A method of treating exposure to organophosphate agents through the use of compounds comprising tetrahydroindolone and arylpiperazine moieties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: David HELTON, David FICK
  • Publication number: 20110166154
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided useful in the diagnosis, treatment and management of cancers wherein cancer cells express certain polynucleotides and/or polypeptides that are differentially expressed in colon cancer subtypes that are sensitive to therapy with abl kinase inhibitors and src kinase inhibitors. In particular, PTK-7, PLK-2 and PLK-3 could be identified as markers for determining the responsiveness of cancer to dasatinib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
    Inventors: Dennis J. Slamon, Richard S. Finn, Judy Dering, J. Randolph Hecht, Zev A. Wainberg, Edwin A. Clark, Charles L. Ginther
  • Publication number: 20110158983
    Abstract: In alternative embodiments, this invention provides compositions and methods for treating cancer or any condition caused by dysfunctional cells, side effects from treatments for cancer or any condition caused by dysfunctional cells, e.g., mucositis therapies (e.g., for oral mucositis; digestive mucositis; esophageal mucositis; intestinal mucositis). In alternative embodiments, the invention provides cytoprotection products that may be used either alone or in combination with other medical therapies such as cancer chemotherapies and radiation therapies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Newell Bascomb, John Maki, Fredric S. Young
  • Patent number: 7968550
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted N-aryl heterocycles and to the physiologically tolerated salts and physiologically functional derivatives thereof. Compounds of the formula I in which the radicals have the stated meanings the N-oxides and the physiologically tolerated salts thereof and process for the preparation thereof are described. The compounds are suitable for example as anorectic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignees: Aventis Pharma Deutschland GmbH, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Schwink, Siegfried Stengelin, Matthias Gossel, Thomas Boehme, Gerhard Hessler, Petra Stahl, Dirk Gretzke
  • Publication number: 20110152235
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing those compounds, and uses of the compounds and compositions as modulators of casein kinase 1 (e.g., CK1?), casein kinase 2 (CK2), Pim 1, Pim2, Pim3, the TGF? pathway, the Wnt pathway, the JAK/STAT pathway, and/or the mTOR pathway. Uses are also disclosed for the treatment or prevention of a range of therapeutic indications due at least in part to aberrant physiological activity of casein kinase 1 (e.g., CK1?), casein kinase 2 (CK2), Pim 1, Pim2, Pim3, the TGF? pathway, the Wnt pathway, the JAK/STAT pathway, and/or the mTOR pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Jasco Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Carmen M. Baldino, Justin L. Caserta, Chee-Seng Lee, Robert B. Nicewonger, Yvonne L. Flanders, Stephane A. Dumas
  • Publication number: 20110129463
    Abstract: Provided are quinazolin-4(3A)-one derivatives, which are inhibitors of the ubiquitin ligase activity of a human polypeptide, particularly to POSH inhibitors, and to compositions and methods for the treatment RING E3 ubiquitin ligase related diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: Proteologics, Ltd.
    Inventors: Omri EREZ, Philippe NAKACHE
  • Publication number: 20110124619
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or in vivo hydrolysable ester thereof and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these, all for use in the treatment of chemokine mediated diseases and disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: David Ranulf Cheshire, Rhona Jane Cox, Premji Meghani, Neal Michael Smith, Jeffrey Paul Stonehouse, Cherylin Francis Preston
  • Publication number: 20110112096
    Abstract: The invention provides novel pyrimidine derivatives of formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for using such compounds. For example, the pyrimidine derivatives of the invention may be used to treat, ameliorate or prevent a condition which responds to inhibition of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-IR) or analplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: ITM LLC
    Inventors: Thomas H. Marsilje, Wenshuo Lu, Bei Chen, Xiaohui He, Songchun Jiang, Kunyong Yang
  • Publication number: 20110105520
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating various diseases, syndromes, conditions and disorders, including pain. Such compounds are represented by Formula I as follows: wherein R1, R2, R3, and L, A, and Ra are defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: STEVEN J. COATS, HAIYAN BIAN, PETER J. CONNOLLY, GILLES BIGNAN, CHAOZHONG CAI, SCOTT L. DAX, BART L. DECORTE, SHU-CHEN LIN, LI LIU, MARK J. MACIELAG, PHILIP M. PITIS, YUE-MEI ZHANG, BIN ZHU, WEI HE
  • Patent number: 7935704
    Abstract: Compounds represented by the following structure (I) are disclosed: as are methods for making such compounds, wherein said methods comprise reacting a diacyldiketopiperazine with a first aldehyde to produce an intermediate compound; and reacting the intermediate compound with a second aldehyde to produce the class of compounds with the generic structure, where the first aldehyde and the second aldehydes are selected from the group consisting of an oxazolecarboxaldeyhyde, imidazolecarboxaldehyde, a benzaldehyde, imidazolecarboxaldehyde derivatives, and benzaldehyde derivatives, thereby forming the above compound wherein R1, R1?, R1?, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6, X1 and X2, Y, Z, Z1, Z2, Z3, and Z4 may each be separately defined in a manner consistent with the accompanying description. Compositions and methods for treating vascular proliferation are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Nereus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Palladino, George Kenneth Lloyd, Yoshio Hayashi, Benjamin Nicholson
  • Publication number: 20110098296
    Abstract: The present invention provides thiazole and oxazole compounds, compositions containing the same, as well as processes for the preparation and methods for their use as pharmaceutical agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: George Adjabeng, Neil Bifulco, Ronda G. Davis-Ward, Scott Howard Dickerson, Keith Hornberger, Kimberly Petrov, Tara Renae Rheault, Daivd Edward Uehling, Alex Gregory Waterson
  • Publication number: 20110092490
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates and physiologically hydrolysable, solubilising or immobilisable derivatives wherein: Ar is a 5-membered heteroaryl ring wherein X1 and X2 are one or two heteroatoms or Ar is a 6-membered aromatic ring, wherein heteroatoms are selected from S, O, N, Se; Z is NH, NHCO, NHSO2, N-alkyl, CH2NH, CH2N-alkyl, CH2, CH2CH2, CH?CH, CH2CONH, SO2, or SO; Y is N CR3; R1, R2, R5, R6, R7, R8 and R9 are each independently H, or a substituent; R3, when present, is selected from alkyl and a substituent, with the proviso that when Y is CR3, Ar is a 5-membered heterocycle comprising one or two N heteroatoms and Z is NH, then R3 is selected from C3+ alkyl and a substituent; R4 is selected from H, alkyl and R13 as hereinbefore defined, with the proviso that when R3 is absent, R4 is selected from alkyl and a substituent; processes for the preparation thereof, intermediates and precursors therefore and the use thereof as a medicament, and therapeutic comp
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
    Inventors: Shudong Wang, Shenhua Shi, Andrey Zaytsev, Peter Martin Fischer
  • Publication number: 20110086856
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful of inhibitors of protein kinases. 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: David Bebbington, Hayley Binch, Jean-Damien Charrier, Simon Everitt, Juliam M.C. Golec, David Kay, Ronald Knegtel, Andrew Miller, Francoise Pierard
  • Patent number: 7919489
    Abstract: The invention relates to heterocyclylamide-substituted imidazoles and methods for their preparation, their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases as well as their use for the production of medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular for the use as antiviral agents, especially against cytomegaloviruses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Aicuris GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Holger Zimmermann, David Brueckner, Kerstin Henninger, Ulrich Rosentreter, Martin Hendrix, Joerg Keldenich, Dieter Lang, Martin Radtke, Daniela Paulsen, Armin Kern
  • Patent number: 7910585
    Abstract: Novel pyrimidine derivatives of formula I to processes for their production, their use as pharmaceuticals and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Eiji Kawahara, Takahiro Miyake, Johannes Roesel
  • Publication number: 20110065706
    Abstract: A compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, processes for preparing such compounds, their use as GPR119 modulators, methods for their therapeutic use, particularly in the treatment of obesity and diabetes mellitus, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Alan Martin Birch, Roger John Butlin, David Stephen Clarke, Andrew Leach, Philip Alexander MacFaul, Charles John O'Donnell, James Stewart Scott, Paul Robert Owen Whittamore, Dan Anders Broo, Öjvind Percy Davidsson, Kjell Erik Johansson, Hanna De La Motte
  • Patent number: 7902184
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts wherein formula I is: wherein X, Y, Z, R1 and R2 are as defined in the description and claims. The compounds of the present invention act as antagonists and/or inverse agonists at the histamine 3 receptor and are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases such as obesity, metabolic syndrome (syndrome X), and other eating disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Matthias Heinrich Nettekoven, Olivier Roche
  • Publication number: 20110053916
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of treating tuberculosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Tiansheng Wang, Brian Hanzelka, Ute Muh, Guy Bemis
  • Patent number: 7893064
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel bicyclic pyrimidine compounds of Formula (I) or a form or composition thereof as inhibitors of ATP-protein kinase interactions, wherein substituents on each side of the iminomethyl double bond in Formula (I) may be in the E or Z configuration; and wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Guozhang Xu, Lily Lee Searle, Shenlin Huang
  • Patent number: 7888361
    Abstract: The present invention relates to tyrosine kinase inhibitors that contain a zinc-binding moiety and their use in the treatment of tyrosine related diseases and disorders such as cancer. The said derivatives may further act as HDAC inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Curis, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiong Cai, Changgeng Qian, Stephen Gould, Haixiao Zhai
  • Publication number: 20110034470
    Abstract: The invention relates to JNK inhibitors and corresponding methods, formulations, and compositions for inhibiting JNK and treating JNK-mediated disorders. The application discloses JNK inhibitors, as described below in Formula I: wherein p, q, Y?, r, R1, R2, X, X1, X2, X3, and X4 are as defined herein. The compounds and compositions disclosed herein are useful to modulate the activity of JNK and treat diseases associated with JNK activity. Disclosed are methods and formulations for inhibiting JNK and treating JNK-mediated disorders, and the like, with the compounds, and processes for making said compounds, and corresponding compositions, disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: Leyi Gong, Xiaochun Han, Ferenc Makra, Wylie Solang Palmer, Lubica Raptova
  • Publication number: 20110033461
    Abstract: Compositions which act synergistically to inhibit the growth of cancer cells and methods of use thereof are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: Vladimir Ratushny, Erica Golemis, Igor Astsaturov, Iiya G. Serebriiskii, Louis M. Weiner
  • Publication number: 20110028489
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new use of pyrimidine derivatives of formula I, as a free base or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the manufacture of a medicament in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of Alzheimer's Disease:
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Lars Andersson, Stefan Berg, Jeremy Burrows, Sven Hellberg, Fernando Huerta, Tobias Rein
  • Publication number: 20110020376
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of protein kinases. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising those compounds and methods of using the compounds and compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, and disorders. The invention also provides processes for preparing compounds of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Juan-Miguel Jimenez, Andrew Miller, Jeremy Green, Huai Gao, Gregory Henkel, Michael Liu, Timothy Neuberger
  • Publication number: 20110021524
    Abstract: This invention provides a combination of ATP-competitive BCR-ABL inhibitor and a non-ATP competitive BCR-ABL inhibitor. The combination of the present invention may be used for treating cancers known to be associated with BCR-ABL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: IRM LLC
    Inventors: Francisco Adrian, Christine Dierks, Nathanael S. Gray, Markus Warmuth
  • Publication number: 20110020217
    Abstract: There is described a pharmaceutical composition comprising dexanabinol, or a derivative thereof, in combination with a second therapeutic agent that targets BRAF or MEK, and a pharmaceutically acceptable adjuvant, diluent or carrier. There is also described a method of treating a patient suffering from melanoma and uses related thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: E-THERAPEUTICS PLC
    Inventors: Malcolm Philip Young, Catherine Mary Thomas, Olusola Clement Idowu
  • Publication number: 20100324063
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for inhibiting JAK2 tyrosine kinase. Further, the present invention also provides methods of treating or preventing myeloproliferative disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Carolyn A. Buser-Doepner, Steven J. Freedman, Jackson B. Gibbs, Frank J. Giles, Christopher G. Marshall, John R. Pollard
  • Publication number: 20100316607
    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: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Yat Sun Or, Xiaowen Peng, Lu Ying, Ce Wang, Yao-Ling Qiu
  • Publication number: 20100310675
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of protein kinases. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising those compounds and methods of using the compounds and compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, and disorders. The invention also provides processes for preparing compounds of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Hayley Binch, Michael Mortimore, Chris Davis, Dean Boyall, Simon Everitt, Daniel Robinson, Sharn Ramaya, Damien Fraysse, John Studley, Andrew Miller, Michael O'Donnell, Alistair Rutherford, Joanne Pinder
  • Publication number: 20100311750
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I): wherein the variants R1, R2, R3, R4, R6, R7 are as defined herein, and wherein said compound is an inhibitor of CETP, and thus can be employed for the treatment of a disorder or disease mediated by CETP or responsive to the inhibition of CETP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Muneto Mogi, Toshio Kawanami, Ken Yamada, Kayo Yasoshima, Hidetomo Imase, Takahiro Miyake, Osamu Ohmori