1,4 Diazines Patents (Class 514/252.1)
  • Patent number: 8318744
    Abstract: The invention relates to new crystalline modifications of the hydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine, crystalline modification of the dihydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine and amorphous 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine hydrochloride which are suitable in particular for the preparation of solid medicaments for the treatment or prevention of depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, mania, dementia, substance-related disorders, sexual dysfunctions, eating disorders, obesity, fibromyalgia, sleeping disorders, psychiatric disorders, cerebral infarct, tension, for the therapy of side-effects in the treatment of hypogonadism, secondary amenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome and undesired puerperal lactation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patentgesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Bathe, Bernd Helfert, Steffen Neuenfeld, Heike Kniel, Matthias Bartels, Susanne Rudolph, Henning Böttcher
  • Patent number: 8304413
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds and methods for treating inflammatory and fibrotic disorders, including methods of modulating a stress activated protein kinase (SAPK) system with an active compound, wherein the active compound exhibits low potency for inhibition of the p38 MAPK; and wherein the contacting is conducted at a SAPK-modulating concentration that is at a low percentage inhibitory concentration for inhibition of the p38 MAPK by the compound. Also disclosed are derivatives and analogs of pirfenidone, useful for modulating a stress activated protein kinase (SAPK) system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Intermune, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl Kossen, Scott D. Seiwert, Vladimir Serebryany, Donald Ruhrmund, Leonid Beigelman, Luca Francesco Mario Raveglia, Stefania Vallese, Ivana Bianchi, Tao Hu
  • Patent number: 8304430
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to phosphonic acid compounds useful as serine protease inhibitors, compositions thereof and methods for treating inflammatory and serine protease mediated disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael N. Greco, Harold R. Almond, Jr., Michael J. Hawkins, Eugene Powell
  • Publication number: 20120277209
    Abstract: Pyrazine compounds of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein m, n, p, R1, R2, R3, R4, X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, X8, X9, X10, X11, Y and Z are defined in the specification, 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, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer R. Allen, Matthew P. Bourbeau, Ning Chen, Essa Hu, Roxanne Kunz, Shannon Rumfelt
  • Patent number: 8293750
    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, L, X, and Y are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Peter J. Connolly, Shu-Chen Lin, Mark J. Macielag, Yue-Mei Zhang
  • Patent number: 8273748
    Abstract: An amino alcohol derivative useful as an excellent immunosuppressive agent is provided. As a result of intensive research to create a highly safe compound which has an excellent immunosuppressive activity, it was discovered that an amino alcohol derivative represented by the general formula (1), has excellent immunosuppressive activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Kohno, Kiyoshi Fujii, Tatsuhiro Saito, Kazuhiko Kuriyama, Tokutarou Yasue
  • Patent number: 8273747
    Abstract: The present invention makes available methods and reagents for modulating proliferation or differentiation in a cell or tissue comprising contacting the cell with a compound. In certain embodiments, the methods and reagents may be employed to correct or inhibit an aberrant or unwanted growth state, e.g., by antagonizing a normal patched pathway or agonizing smoothened or hedgehog activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Curis, Inc.
    Inventors: Shirley Ann Brunton, Oivin M. Guicherit, Lawrence I. Kruse
  • Publication number: 20120238581
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, salt of a prodrug, or a combination thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions of formula (I) and related methods for treating or preventing metabolic diseases or conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Andrew J. Souers, Ju Gao, Todd M. Hasen, Rajesh R. Iyengar, Philip R. Kym, Bo Liu, Zhonghua Pei, Vince S. Yeh, Gang Zhao, Zhili Xin
  • Publication number: 20120225846
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are new heterocyclic compounds and compositions and their application as pharmaceuticals for the treatment of disease. Methods of inhibiting PAS Kinase (PASK) activity in a human or animal subject are also provided for the treatment of diseases such as diabetes mellitus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: BIOENERGENIX
    Inventors: John M. McCall, Donna L. Romero, Michael Clare
  • Patent number: 8258137
    Abstract: A process for the release of a biologically active species comprising the steps of: providing a mesoporous oxide-based material having structural order and at least one level of porosity; fixing or immobilizing said biologically active species in said ordered mesoporous oxide; and providing said ordered mesoporous oxide with said fixed or immobilized biologically active species in vivo thereby realizing intraluminally induced substantially pH-independent supersaturation of said biologically active species resulting in enhanced transepithelial transport; wherein said biologically active species is a poorly soluble therapeutic drug classified as belonging to Class II or Class IV of the Biopharmaceutical Classification System and said ordered mesoporous oxide has a pore size in the range of 4 to 14 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
    Inventors: Patrick Augustijns, Johan Adriaan Martens, Randy Mellaerts, Guy Van Den Mooter
  • Publication number: 20120220596
    Abstract: The present invention provides cysteine and cystine prodrugs for the treatment of schizophrenia and drug addiction. The invention further encompasses pharmaceutical compositions containing prodrugs and methods of using the prodrugs and compositions for treatment of schizophrenia and drug addiction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicants: UWM RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: James M. Cook, David A. Baker, Wenyuan Yin, Edward Merle Johnson, II
  • Patent number: 8247418
    Abstract: Pyrazine 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, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer R. Allen, Matthew P. Bourbeau, Ning Chen, Essa Hu, Roxanne Kunz, Shannon Rumfelt
  • Patent number: 8236804
    Abstract: The invention relates to new crystalline modifications of the hydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine, crystalline modification of the dihydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine and amorphous 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine hydrochloride which are suitable in particular for the preparation of solid medicaments for the treatment or prevention of depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, mania, dementia, substance-related disorders, sexual dysfunctions, eating disorders, obesity, fibromyalgia, sleeping disorders, psychiatric disorders, cerebral infarct, tension, for the therapy of side-effects in the treatment of hypogonadism, secondary amenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome and undesired puerperal lactation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patentgesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Bathe, Bernd Helfert, Steffen Neuenfeld, Heike Kniel, Matthias Bartels, Susanne Rudolph, Henning Böttcher
  • Patent number: 8227467
    Abstract: A compound of formula: wherein Ar1, Ar2, V, X, R3, R4, and m are as disclosed herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (a “Cyclo(hetero)alkenyl Compound”); compositions comprising an effective amount of a Cyclo(hetero)alkenyl Compound; and methods for treating or preventing, e.g., pain, UI, an ulcer, IBD, or IBS in an animal, comprising administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a Cyclo(hetero)alkenyl Compound are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Purdue Pharma L.P.
    Inventors: Donald J. Kyle, Qun Sun, Laykea Tafesse
  • Publication number: 20120184486
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (A) and (B) are described herein and the uses thereof for the treatment of diseases, conditions and/or disorders mediated by sodium-glucose transporter inhibitors (in particular, SGLT2 inhibitors).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventor: Vincent Mascitti
  • Patent number: 8222256
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of treating cancer with a compound which inhibits kinases, more specifically IGF1R and Abl, in combination with treatments(s) selected from surgery, radiation, monoclonal antibody, bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplantation, and one or more chemotherapeutic agent(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Exelixis, Inc.
    Inventor: Wentao Zhang
  • Patent number: 8211921
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the Formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein R1, R2, R7, R8, R9, W, and X are as defined in the specification. Such compounds are MEK inhibitors and useful in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, such as cancer and inflammation, in mammals, and inflammatory conditions. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases in mammals and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Array BioPharma Inc.
    Inventors: James F. Blake, Joseph P. Lyssikatos, Allison L. Marlow, Jeongbeob Seo, Eli M. Wallace, Hong-Woon Yang
  • Patent number: 8211896
    Abstract: Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR9 receptor, and which have been further confirmed in animal testing for inflammation, one of the hallmark disease states for CCR9. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR9-mediated diseases, and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR9 antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Chemocentryx, Inc.
    Inventors: Solomon Ungashe, Zheng Wei, J. J. Wright, Andrew Pennell
  • Publication number: 20120157462
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula wherein the symbols have the meaning described in the specification are hydroxamic acid derivatives of aniline and capable of inhibiting the lethal effects of infection by anthrax bacteria and are useful in the treatment of poisoning by anthrax.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Alan T. Johnson, Guan-Sheng Jiao
  • Patent number: 8202513
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful in the modulation of potassium channel activity in cells, in particular the activity of Kv1.3 channels found in T cells. The invention also relates to the use of these compounds in the treatment or prevention of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, including multiple sclerosis, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Bionomics Limited
    Inventors: Bernard Luke Flynn, Jonathan Bayldon Baell, Jason Hugh Chaplin, Gurmit Singh Gill, Damian Wojciech Grobelny, Andrew John Harvey, Jorgen Alvar Mould, Dharam Paul
  • Publication number: 20120148604
    Abstract: The present invention, relates to methods including compounds, derivatives, antibodies, interfering RNA, biologies, polypeptides, dominant negative effectors, and their use in the treatment of neuropathic pain by inhibition of transient receptor potential (TRP) channels. In another embodiment, this invention relates to inhibitors, antagonists, and agonists of TRPC4. TRPC4 therapeutic agents and modulators include but are not limited to small molecule inhibitors, compounds, amino acid derivatives, polypeptides, RNA interference agents, natural chemicals, ligand derivatives, and ions. TRPC4 therapeutic agents and modulators are developed for the treatment of neuropathic pain, including but not limited to pain sensations such as nociception, hyperalgesia, allodynia, and loss of sensory function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: TRANSPOSAGEN BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Eric M. Ostertag, John Stuart Crawford
  • Patent number: 8198267
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel substituted oxazolidinones, to processes for preparation thereof, to the use thereof for treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, and to the use thereof for producing medicaments for treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, especially of thromboembolic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Swen Allerheiligen, Marcus Bauser, Hartmut Schirok, Michael Härter, Stephan Siegel, Ulrich Rester, Christoph Gerdes, Stefan Heitmeier, Georges Von Degenfeld, Anja Buchmüller, Elke Dittrich-Wengenroth, Uwe Saatman, Julia Strassburger, Mark Jean Gnoth, Dieter Lang
  • Patent number: 8193192
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which bind to the NR1H4 receptor (FXR) and act as agonists or partial agonists of the NR1H4 receptor (FXR). The invention further relates to the use of the compounds for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of diseases and/or conditions through binding of said nuclear receptor by said compounds, and to a process for the synthesis of said compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Phenex Pharmaceuticals AG
    Inventors: Claus Kremoser, Ulrich Deuschle, Ulrich Abel, Andreas Schulz
  • Patent number: 8187632
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an orally administrable preparation comprising a quinolone antibiotic which releases the active compound with a delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer Schering Pharma AG
    Inventors: Venkata-Rangarao Kanikanti, Roland Rupp, Wolfgang Weber, Peter Deuringer, Jan-Olav Henck, Heino Stab, Takaaki Nishioka, Yoshifumi Katakawa, Chika Taniguchi, Hitoshi Ichihashi
  • Patent number: 8178539
    Abstract: Substituted 3,4,6,7-tetrahydro-5H-1,2a,4a,8-tetraazacyclopenta[cd]phenalene-9-amines, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds or salts thereof, intermediates, methods of making the compounds or salts thereof, and methods of use of these compounds or salts thereof or pharmaceutical compositions as immunomodulators, for inducing cytokine biosynthesis in animals and in the treatment of diseases including viral and neoplastic diseases, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: George W. Griesgraber
  • Publication number: 20120115874
    Abstract: The present invention provides pyrazine derivatives of formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the designation of R1, R2, R3 and R4 is provided herein. The invention also provides syntheses for preparation of such compounds. The invention further provides methods of use of these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing them for treatment and/or prevention of diseases and for manufacture of medicaments. These compounds and pharmaceutical compositions have antioxidative and thrombolytic effects, and thus can be used for the treatment and/or prevention of cerebral stroke caused by ischemia, and used for manufacture of medicaments for the treatment and/or prevention of nervous system diseases caused by excessive amount of radicals and/or thrombosis, infectious diseases, metabolic system diseases, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and age-related degenerative diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Jinan University
    Inventors: Yuqiang Wang, Yewei Sun, Pei Yu, Jing Du, Gaoxiao Zhang
  • Patent number: 8173157
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising a phenylamidine derivative or a salt thereof, represented by a general formula, wherein R1 and R2 may be same or different, and represent an optionally substituted C3-4alkyl group; and one or more agents selected from azole antifungal agents, polyene antifungal agents, candin antifungal agents and fluoropyrimidine antifungal agents, and a method for combination use of the phenylamidine derivative or a salt thereof and the agents are useful for treating fungal infections caused by a fungal pathogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 8168638
    Abstract: The present invention provides the compounds represented by the general formula (I): [wherein X is a halogen atom or an (C1-C3)alkyl group which may be substituted with a halogen atom(s); Y is a hydrogen or halogen atom, or a cyano, a (C1-C3)alkyl or (C1-C3)alkoxy group; R is a hydrogen or halogen atom, a cyano group, or a (C1-C6)alkyl, (C2-C6)alkenyl group, (C2-C6)alkynyl, (C1-C6)alkoxy, (C2-C6)alkenyloxy, (C2-C6)alkynyloxy, (C1-C6)alkylthio, (C1-C6)alkylsulfinyl or (C1-C6)alkylsulfonyl group which may be substituted with a halogen atom(s), a (C1-C6)alkoxycarbonyl group, a (C1-C6)alkoxyimino(C1-C3)alkyl group, a tri(C1-C10)alkylsilyl group, or a phenyl, phenoxy, pyridyloxy or pyrimidyloxy group which may be substituted with a substituent(s); n is an integer of 1 to 5], which compounds cause reduced loads of deleterious, harmful effects to the earth environment, and exhibit a widened controlling spectrum at lowered chemical application rates, thereby finding useful application as a plant disease controlli
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatsugu Oda, Takashi Furuya, Motohiro Hasebe, Nobutaka Kuroki
  • Publication number: 20120101105
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aryl substituted carboxamide derivatives of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which have blocking activities of T-type calcium channels or voltage gated sodium channels as the tetrodotoxin-sensitive (TTX-S) blockers such as Nav1.3 and Nav1.7, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of disorders and diseases in which T-type calcium channels or voltage gated sodium channels are involved. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which T-type calcium channels or voltage gated sodium channels are involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Tadashi Inoue, Shuzo Watanabe, Tatsuya Yamagishi, Yoshimasa Arano, Mikio Morita, Kaoru Shimada
  • Patent number: 8158630
    Abstract: An application of 2,5-dihydroxymethyl-3,6-dimethyl pyrazine and its derivatives in the preparation of drugs for the treatment of, prevention of, and/or protection from heart failure wherein the structural formula of the compound is as follows:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine
    Inventors: Wei Li, Long Chen, Huimin Bian, Hongmei Wen, Zheng Liu
  • Patent number: 8158631
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are as defined herein are Hepatitis C virus NS5b polymerase inhibitors. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for treating an HCV infection and inhibiting HCV replication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Elbert Chin, Javier de Vicente Fidalgo, Jim Li, Alfred Sui-Ting Lui, Kristen Lynn McCaleb, Ryan Craig Schoenfeld, Francisco Xavier Talamas
  • Publication number: 20120077806
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of inhibiting a deubiquitinase (DUB), methods of treating pathogenic infections (e.g., viral, bacterial, and/or parasitic), methods of inhibiting cell proliferation, methods of treating a neurodegenerative disease, methods of treating one or more symptoms of a neurodegenerative disease or a genetic disorder, and compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Donato, Christiane Wobus, Hollis D. Showalter, Moshe Talpaz, Jeffrey W. Perry, Roderick J. Sorenson, Mary X. O'Riordan, Yafei Jin
  • Publication number: 20120071485
    Abstract: The present invention relates in general to therapeutic compositions and methods of use. In preferred embodiments, the invention relates to the field of eye health. In some embodiments, the invention relates to the prevention and treatment of macular degeneration by administering compounds disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the invention relates to compositions and methods of improving vision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventor: George C. Chiou
  • Patent number: 8138189
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein R.sup.1a to R.sup.1e and R.sup.2 to R.sup.5 are as defined in the description and claims, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are glucocorticoid receptor antagonists useful for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases such as diabetes, dyslipidemia, obesity, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, adrenal imbalance or depression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Hunziker, Chrisitan Lerner, Werner Mueller, Ulrike Obst Sander, Philippe Pflieger, Pius Waldmeier
  • Publication number: 20120052130
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) that modulate the activity of the G-protein-coupled receptor GPFM 19 and their uses in the treatment of diseases linked to the modulation of the G-protein-coupled receptor GPR119 in animals are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Etzer Darout, Michael Paul DeNinno, Kentaro Futatsugi, Cristiano Ruch Werneck Guimaraes, Bruce Allen Lefker, Vincent Mascitti, Kim Francis McClure, Michael John Munchhof, Ralph Pelton Robinson, JR.
  • Publication number: 20120046232
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and compositions comprising mGluR modulators and procysteine drugs. The methods and compositions can be used to treat subjects with prior addiction in order to reduce drug use, drug seeking or relapse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Peter Kalivas, Khaled Moussawi, Robert Malcolm
  • Patent number: 8114898
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to compositions and methods for the treatment of purpura. Preferred compositions comprise an ? adrenergic receptor agonist selected from selective ?1 adrenergic receptor agonist, selective ?2 adrenergic receptor agonist, non-selective ?1/?2 adrenergic receptor agonist, agents with ?2 adrenergic receptor agonist activity and combinations thereof, in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier in order to treat and improve the cosmetic appearance of hemorrhagic (purpuric) lesions in the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart D. Shanler, Andrew Ondo
  • Patent number: 8110577
    Abstract: The present invention provides histone deacetylase inhibitors of general formula (I), a process for the preparation of such compounds and uses of the compounds in medicine, especially in the treatment of cancers and the inhibition of histone deacetylase activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Queen Mary & Westfield College
    Inventors: Simon Peter Joel, Charles Michael Marson
  • Publication number: 20120020915
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the general formula (I): compositions comprising an effective amount of said compounds either alone or in combination with other chemotherapeutic agents, and methods useful for treating or preventing cancer and for inhibiting tumour tissue growth. These compounds attenuate the oxidative damage associated with increased heme-oxygenase activity and can reduce cell proliferation in transformed cells. In addition, the described compounds and compositions are useful as neuroprotectants and for treating or preventing neurodegenerative disorders and other diseases of the central nervous system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicants: QUEENS UNIVERSITY AT KINGSTON, THE SIR MORTIMER B. DAVIS JEWISH GENERAL HOSPITAL, OSTA BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ajay Gupta, Hyman M. Schipper, Moulay Alaoui-Jamali, Walter A. Szarek, Kanji Nakatsu, Jason Z. Vlahakis
  • Patent number: 8097625
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing two or more active agents that when taken together can be used to treat, e.g., insomnia and/or depression. The first component of the pharmaceutical composition is a GABA receptor modulating compound. The second component of the pharmaceutical composition is a serotonin reuptake inhibitor, a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, a 5-HT2A modulator, or dopamine reuptake inhibitor. In certain embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition comprises eszopiclone. In a preferred embodiment, the pharmaceutical composition comprises eszopiclone and fluoxetine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Karim Lalji, Timothy J. Barberich, Judy Caron, Thomas Wessel
  • Patent number: 8088920
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazine derivatives of the formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1 to R8 are as defined in the description and claims for use as HDL-cholesterol raising agents in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases or disorders that can be treated with such agents such as dyslipidemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Hebeisen, Constantinos G. Panousis, Stephan Roever, Matthew Wright
  • Patent number: 8084615
    Abstract: Antibacterial compounds of formula I are provided: As well as stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, and prodrugs thereof; pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of treating bacterial infections by the administration of such compounds; and processes for the preparation of the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignees: University of Washington, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Niels H. Andersen, Jason Bowman, Alice L. Erwin, Eric A. Harwood, Toni Kline, Khisimuzi E. Mdluli, Simon Ng, Keith B. Pfister, Ribhi Shawar, Allan S. Wagman, Asha Yabannavar
  • Publication number: 20110306614
    Abstract: The invention relates to N-hydroxysulfonamide derivatives that donate nitroxyl (HNO) under physiological conditions and are useful in treating and/or preventing the onset and/or development of diseases or conditions that are responsive to nitroxyl therapy, including heart failure and ischemia/reperfusion injury. Novel N-hydroxysulfonamide derivatives release NHO at a controlled rate under physiological conditions, and the rate of HNO release is modulated by varying the nature and location of functional groups on the N-hydroxysulfonamide derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicants: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, CARDIOXYL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: John P. Toscano, Frederick Arthur Brookfield, Andrew D. Cohen, Stephen Martin Courtney, Lisa Marie Frost, Vincent Jacob Kalish
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8071594
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (1) wherein R1 is 2-indanyl, R2 is 1-methylpropyl, R3 is 2-methyl-1,3-oxazol-4-yl and R4 and R5 together with the notrogen atom to which they are attached represents morpholino, process for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventor: John Liddle
  • Patent number: 8067418
    Abstract: There is provided compounds of formula I, wherein the dotted line, X1, X2, X3, A, Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, Z1, Z2, R2 and R3 have meanings given in the description, and pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, which compounds are useful as selective agonists of the AT2 receptor, and thus, in particular, in the treatment of inter alia gastrointestinal conditions, such as dyspepsia, IBS and MOF, and cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Vicore Pharma AB
    Inventors: Mathias Alterman, Anders Hallberg, Xiongyu Wu
  • Patent number: 8048884
    Abstract: The present invention provides selective 5-HT7 receptor antagonist compounds of Formula I and their use in the treatment of migraine: where A is —C(H)? or —N?; m is 0, 1 or 2; R1 is optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted pyrazol-4-yl; optionally substituted imidazolyl, optionally substituted pyridyl, or thienyl; R2 is hydrogen or methyl; and R3 and R4 are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Michael Philip Cohen, Sarah Lynne Hellman, Sean Patrick Hollinshead, Sandra Ann Filla, Michael Wade Tidwell
  • Patent number: 8044053
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted pyrazoline compounds of general formula (I), methods for their preparation, medicaments comprising these compounds as well as their use for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of humans and animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Laboratories del Dr. Esteve, S.A.
    Inventors: Helmut Buschmann, Antonio Torrens-Jover, Josef Mas-Prio, Susana Yenes-Minguez
  • Publication number: 20110251205
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein, which are useful for treating diseases which respond to CXCR2 receptor mediators. Pharmaceutical compositions that contain the compounds and processes for preparing the compounds are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Urs Baettig, Anne-Marie D'Souza, Peter Hunt, Neil John Press, Simon James Watson
  • Patent number: RE43748
    Abstract: Nitrogen-containing heterocyclic carboxamide derivatives represented by the following general formula: wherein ring A is a substituted or unsubstituted pyrazine, pyrimidine, pyridazine or triazine ring; R1 is O or OH; R2 is a hydrogen atom, an acyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted carbamoylalkyl or carboxyalkyl group; and the broken line represents a single bond or a double bond; or salts thereof are useful for preventing and treating virus infections and especially influenza virus infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yousuke Furuta, Hiroyuki Egawa, Nobuhiko Nomura