1,4 Diazines Patents (Class 514/252.1)
  • Publication number: 20110251204
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to compounds which can modulate G-protein coupled receptor 88, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods for modulating G-protein coupled receptor 88.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Yingzhi Bi, Carolyn Diane Dzierba, Joanne J. Bronson, Cynthia Fink, Michael Green, David Kimball, John E. Macor, Soojin Kwon, Yulian Zhang, Greg Zipp
  • Publication number: 20110251206
    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: 8030313
    Abstract: A controlled release sterile freeze-dried aripiprazole formulation is provided which is formed of aripiprazole of a desired mean particle size and a vehicle therefor, which upon constitution with water and intramuscular injection releases aripiprazole over a period of at least about one week and up to about eight weeks. A method for preparing the controlled release freeze-dried aripiprazole formulation, and a method for treating schizophrenia employing the above formulation are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Janusz W. Kostanski, Takakuni Matsuda, Manoj Nerurkar, Vijay H. Naringrekar
  • Patent number: 8022221
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chemical compounds having a general formula I wherein A1, A2, C1, C2, D, L1, L2, Z and R3, R4, R6, R7 and R8 are defined herein, which are capable of modulating Aurora kinase protein activity, thereby influencing various disease states and conditions related to the activities of Aurora kinase proteins. For example, the compounds are capable of influencing the process of cell cycle and cell proliferation to treat cancer and cancer-related diseases. The invention also includes pharmaceutical compositions, processes of preparing compounds of the invention, synthetic intermediates and methods of treatment of conditions related to the activity of Aurora kinase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Victor J. Cee, Holly L. Deak, Bingfan Du, Stephanie D. Geuns-Meyer, Brian L. Hodous, Hanh Nho Nguyen, Philip R. Olivieri, Vinod F. Patel, Karina Romero, Laurie Schenkel
  • Publication number: 20110224202
    Abstract: Compounds that inhibit PDE10 are disclosed that have utility in the treatment of a variety of conditions, including (but not limited to) psychotic, anxiety, movement disorders and/or neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's disease, encephalitis, phobias, epilepsy, aphasia, Bell's palsy, cerebral palsy, sleep disorders, pain, Tourette's syndrome, schizophrenia, delusional disorders, drug-induced psychosis and panic and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Pharmaceutically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, solvates and prodrugs of the compounds are also provided. Also disclosed are compositions containing a compound in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, as well as methods relating to the use thereof for inhibiting PDE10 in a warm-blooded animal in need of the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: Omeros Corporation
    Inventors: Neil S. Cutshall, Jennifer Lynn Gage, Thomas Neil Wheeler, Thomas L. Little
  • Publication number: 20110224156
    Abstract: The invention relates to propionic acids, propionic acid esters, and related compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and methods of using these compounds for the treatment of various diseases or conditions, including but not limited to diseases and/or conditions of Central Nervous System (CNS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Mark A. Wolf, Keith D. Barnes
  • Patent number: 8003789
    Abstract: This invention concerns the use of compounds of formula the N-oxides, pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts, quaternary amines, stereochemically isomeric forms thereof, wherein -a1=a2-a3=a4- forms phenyl, pyridinyl, pyrimidinyl, pyridazinyl, pyrazinyl with the attached vinyl group; n is 0 to 5; R1 is hydrogen, aryl, formyl, C1-6alkylcarbonyl, C1-6alkyl, C1-6alkyloxycarbonyl, substituted C1-6alkyl, substituted C1-6alkyloxyC1-6alkylcarbonyl; R2 is hydroxy, halo, optionally substituted C1-6alkyl, C2-6alkenyl or C2-6alkynyl, C3-7cycloalkyl, C1-6alkyloxy, C1-6alkyloxycarbonyl, carboxyl, cyano, nitro, amino, mono- or di(C1-6alkyl)amino, polyhalomethyl, polyhalomethyloxy, polyhalomethylthio, —S(?O)pR6, —NH—S(?O)pR6, —C(?O)R6, —NHC(?O)H, —C(?O)NHNH2, —NHC(?O)R6, —C(?NH)R6, 5-membered heterocyclic ring; L is optionally substituted C1-10alkyl, C2-10alkenyl, C2-10alkynyl or C3-7cycloalkyl; or —X—R3; Q is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, halo, polyhalo-C1-6alkyl, optionally substituted amino group; Y represents hydroxy, hal
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V.
    Inventors: Bart De Corte, Marc René de Jonge, Jan Heeres, Chih Yung Ho, Paul Adriaan Jan Janssen, Frank Xavier Jozef Herwig Arts, legal representative, Robert W. Kavash, Lucien Maria Henricus Koymans, Michael Joseph Kukla, Donald William Ludovici, Koen Jeanne Alfons Van Aken, Koenraad Jozef Lodewijk Marcel Andries
  • Publication number: 20110200531
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of tetramethylpyrazine (TMP) for the treatment of patients at risk for the development of, or diagnosed as having, CNS disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), glaucoma, and Huntington's Disease (HD), as well as traumatic brain injury (TBI). The present invention also relates to the use of retinal imaging to diagnose and monitor efficacy of treatments for such CNS disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventor: Zhiqun Tan
  • Publication number: 20110195972
    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: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Wei Li, Long Chen, Huimin Bian, Hongmei Wen, Zheng Liu
  • Publication number: 20110195978
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions, methods, and uses thereof for treating Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventor: Arun K. Ghosh
  • Publication number: 20110176994
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for treating a subject who has suffered from a central nervous system disorder. More particularly, the invention provides sustained polymeric drug delivery systems for direct delivery of therapeutic agents into the central nervous system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: seaCoast NeuroScience, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Pratt, Samuel S. MacAusland, Keith Baker
  • Patent number: 7981436
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the formation of hydrogels based on guanosine hydrazide derivatives in the presence of cations. The hydrogels can be used as a carrier/delivery system for biologically active substances such as flavors, fragrances, insect attractants or repellents, bactericides, fungicides, pharmaceuticals or agrochemicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignees: Firmenich SA, Universite Louis Pasteur, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Lehn, Nampally Sreenivasachary, Andreas Herrmann
  • Patent number: 7981894
    Abstract: The invention relates to new crystalline modifications of the hydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl) butyl]-4-(2-carbomyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine, crystaline modification of the dihydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl) butyl]-4-(2-carbomyl-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: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patentgesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Bathe, Bernd Helfert, Steffen Neuenfeld, Heike Kniel, Matthias Bartels, Susanne Rudolph, Henning Böttcher
  • Patent number: 7977332
    Abstract: Certain noel N-(heteroarylalkyl)alkanediamine derivatives have provided unexpected insecticidal and acaricidal activity. These compounds are represented by formula I: wherein Ar, a, r, R, Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, b, c, Re, Rf, Rg, Rh, R5, d, e, U, V, X, WR6 and R7 are fully described herein. In addition, compositions comprising an insecticidally effective amount of at least one compound of formula I, and optionally, an effective amount of at least one of a second compound, with at least one insecticidally compatible carrier are also disclosed; along with methods of controlling insects comprising applying said compositions to a locus where insects are present or are expected to be present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: David M. Roush, John F. Chiarello, Jianming Yu, Benjamin J. Dugan, George Theodoridis, Manorama M. Patel, Walter H. Yeager, Steven W. Szczepanski
  • Publication number: 20110159125
    Abstract: Compositions comprising at least one ingredient that stimulates, enhances, or increases CGRP expression, and a physiologically- or cosmetically-acceptable vehicle. The ingredient may be a compound, natural ingredient, such as a plant or fungus, derivatives, analogs, mimetics, synthetics and the like that stimulates CGRP expression. The CGRP plant includes plants, plant materials, plant extracts, synthetics, or combinations thereof that stimulate CGRP expression. The disclosure is also directed to methods of using the CGRP compositions for decreasing, reducing, or inhibiting fine lines or wrinkled skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: AVON PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: John W. Lyga, Laurence Dryer
  • Patent number: 7968547
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which bind VLA-4. Certain of these compounds also inhibit leukocyte adhesion and, in particular, leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases in a mammalian patient, e.g., human, such as asthma, Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, AIDS dementia, diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, tissue transplantation, tumor metastasis and myocardial ischemia. The compounds can also be administered for the treatment of inflammatory brain diseases such as multiple sclerosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignees: Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Wyeth
    Inventors: Andrei W. Konradi, Michael A. Pleiss, Eugene D. Thorsett, Darren B. Dressen, Francine S. Grant, Christopher Semko, Ying-Zi Xu, Susan Ashwell, Gregory S. Welmaker, Anthony Kreft, Dimitrios Sarantakis
  • Patent number: 7964606
    Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of formula: where Ar1, Ar2, X, R3, and m are as disclosed herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (a “Phenylene Compound”); compositions comprising an effective amount of a Phenylene Compound; and methods for treating or preventing pain and other conditions in an animal comprising administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a Phenylene Compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Purdue Pharma L.P.
    Inventor: Qun Sun
  • Publication number: 20110144060
    Abstract: The present application provides compounds, including all stereoisomers, solvates, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable forms thereof according to Formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R8, and R9 are defined herein. Additionally, the present application provides pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one compound according to Formula I and optionally at least one additional therapeutic agent. Finally, the present application provides methods for treating a patient suffering from an MCHR-1 modulated disease or disorder such as, for example, obesity, diabetes, depression or anxiety by administration of a therapeutically effective dose of a compound according to Formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Philip D. Stein, Sharon N. Bisaha, Saleem Ahmad, Khehyong Ngu, William N. Washburn
  • Patent number: 7960384
    Abstract: Compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, kits and methods are provided for use with DPP-IV and other S9 proteases that comprise a compound of the formula: wherein the substituents are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Jun Feng, Stephen L. Gwaltney, Michael B. Wallace, Zhiyuan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20110136818
    Abstract: The invention relates to a product containing the compound of formula (I) below or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of this compound, in combination with at least one compound having prostacyclin receptor (IP) agonist properties, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventor: Martine Clozel
  • Patent number: 7951830
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a compound of Formula (I) or a salt, solvate or prodrug thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, n and m are as described in the specification, in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of a disease condition mediated through glucokinase (GLK), such as type 2 diabetes. The invention also relates to a novel group of compounds of Formula (I) and to methods for preparing compounds of Formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Scott Boyd, Peter William Rodney Caulkett, Rodney Brian Hargreaves, Suzanne Saxon Bowker, Roger James, Clifford David Jones, Darren McKerrecher, Michael Howard Block, Craig Johnstone
  • Patent number: 7951955
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of formula I their salts, and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and their use in the treatment of picornavirus infections in mammals, as well as novel intermediates useful in the preparation of the compounds of formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Biota Scientific Management Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Keith Watson, Guy Krippner, Pauline Stanislawski, Darryl McConnell
  • Publication number: 20110124651
    Abstract: There is provided a fluorine-containing organosulfur compound having an excellent control effect on harmful arthropods, which is represented by the formula (I): wherein m represents 0 or 1; n represents 0, 1 or 2; A represents an optionally substituted 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic group; R1 to R4 are the same or different and represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-C4 chain hydrocarbon group optionally substituted with a halogen atom, etc.; and Q represents a C1-C5 haloalkyl group containing at least one fluorine atom, or a fluorine atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Koji Kumamoto, Hiroyuki Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 7947684
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of formula which inhibit Factor Xa or tryptase, to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and to the use of the compounds for the treatment of patients suffering from conditions which can be ameliorated by the administration of an inhibitor of Factor Xa or tryptase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Heinz Pauls, Yong Gong, Julian Levell, Peter Astles, Paul R. Eastwood
  • Patent number: 7947685
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel pyrazine 2-carboxyamide derivatives of formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the specification. These compounds are useful for the treatment of CNS disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Georg Jaeschke, Sabine Kolczewski, Richard Hugh Philip Porter, Eric Vieira
  • Patent number: 7947835
    Abstract: At least one chemical entity chosen from compounds of Formula 2 and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, chelates, non-covalent complexes, prodrugs, and mixtures thereof is described herein. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one chemical entity of the invention, together with at least one pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle chosen from carriers adjuvants, and excipients, are described. Methods of treating patients suffering from certain diseases responsive to inhibition of Btk activity and/or B-cell activity are described. Methods for determining the presence of Btk in a sample are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: CGI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Brittelli, Kevin S. Currie, James W. Darrow, Jeffrey E. Kropf, Seung H. Lee, Steven L. Gallion, Scott A. Mitchell, Douglas A. I. Pippin, Peter A. Blomgren, Douglas Gregory Stafford
  • Publication number: 20110118254
    Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide an agent for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases. The present invention relates to an agent for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases containing the heterocyclic derivative represented by the following general formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient; In the formula (1), R1 and R2 are the same or different and each represents an optionally substituted aryl; R3 and R4 are the same or different and each represents hydrogen atom or alkyl; R5 represents hydrogen atom, alkyl or halogen atom; Y represents N or N?O; A represents NR6, and R6 represents hydrogen atom, alkyl, etc.; D represents alkylene or alkenylene which is optionally substituted with hydroxy; E represents phenylene or a single bond; G represents O, S, etc.; and Q represents carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventor: Takashi Kyoi
  • Publication number: 20110105518
    Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide a novel agent for the treatment of spinal canal stenosis. The present invention relates to an agent for the treatment of spinal canal stenosis containing the heterocyclic derivative represented by the following general formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient; In the formula (1), R1 and R2 are the same or different and each represents an optionally substituted aryl; R3 and R4 are the same or different and each represents hydrogen atom or alkyl; R5 represents hydrogen atom, alkyl or halogen atom; Y represents N or N?O; A represents NR6, and R6 represents hydrogen atom, alkyl, etc.; D represents alkylene or alkenylene which is optionally substituted with hydroxy; E represents phenylene or a single bond; G represents O, S, etc.; and Q represents carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: Nippon Shinyaku Co., LTD
    Inventor: Keiichi Kuwano
  • Publication number: 20110086860
    Abstract: A compound represented by Formula (I) is provided: wherein Ar1 represents an imidazolyl group which may be substituted with 1 to 3 substituents; Ar2 represents a phenyl group which may be substituted with 1 to 3 substituents; X1 represents (1) —C?C— or (2) a double bond etc., which may be substituted; R1 and R2 represent, for example, a C1-6 alkyl group which may be substituted, or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof and to the use thereof as pharmaceutical agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: Teiji KIMURA, Koki Kawano, Eriko Doi, Noritaka Kitazawa, Kogyoku Shin, Takehiko Miyagawa, Toshihiko Kaneko, Koichi Ito, Mamoru Takaishi, Takeo Sasaki, Hiroaki Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 7923446
    Abstract: The present invention relates to biaryl sulfonamides and their use as, for example, metalloproteinase inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Wyeth LLC
    Inventors: Jason Shaoyun Xiang, Steve Yikkai Tam, Yonghan Hu, Phaik-Eng Sum, David Brian How, Darrin William Hopper, Matthew Douglas Vera, Joshua James Sabatini, Thomas Saltmarsh Rush, III, Elisabeth Ann Morris, Katy Evangelia Georgiadis
  • Publication number: 20110065681
    Abstract: Compounds are provided according to formula 1: where A, B, W, X?, L, R1, R3, R4b, and m? are as defined herein. Provided compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are useful for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including by way of non-limiting example, pain, inflammation, cognitive disorders, anxiety, depression, and others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Zhi-Liang Wei, Sumithra Gowlugari, Carl Kaub, Zhan Wang, Yeyu Cao, John Kincaid
  • Publication number: 20110065710
    Abstract: Certain noel N-(heteroarylalkyl)alkanediamine derivatives have provided unexpected insecticidal and acaricidal activity. These compounds are represented by formula I: wherein Ar, a, r, R, Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, b, c, Re, Rf, Rg, Rh, R5, d, e, U, V, X, WR6 and R7 are fully described herein. In addition, compositions comprising an insecticidally effective amount of at least one compound of formula I, and optionally, an effective amount of at least one of a second compound, with at least one insecticidally compatible carrier are also disclosed; along with methods of controlling insects comprising applying said compositions to a locus where insects are present or are expected to be present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: David M. Roush, John F. Chiarello, Jianming Yu, Benjamin J. Dugan, George Theodoridis, Manorama M. Patel, Walter H. Yeager, Steven W. Szczepanski
  • Publication number: 20110053918
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of heterocyclic compounds as modulators of gamma secretase, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more diseases associated with the central nervous system using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Zhaoning Zhu, William J. Greenlee, Robert D. Mazzola, JR., Jun Qin, Xianhai Huang, Anandan Palani
  • Publication number: 20110046147
    Abstract: The invention relates to 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (17betaHSD1) inhibitors, the preparation thereof and the use thereof for the treatment and prophylaxis of hormone-related, especially estrogen-related or androgen-related, diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: UNIVERSITAT DES SAARLANDES
    Inventors: Rolf Hartmann, Martin Frotscher, Sandrine Oberwinkler, Emmanuel Bey
  • Publication number: 20110046159
    Abstract: The present invention relates to arylpyrazinone derivatives of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3 and A are as defined in claim 1, as insulin secretion stimulators. The invention also relates to the preparation and use of these pyrazinone derivatives for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of diabetes and pathologies associated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Patent Gesellschaft
    Inventors: Gérard Botton, Eric Valeur, Christine Charon, Micheline Kergoat, Samer Elbawab
  • Publication number: 20110021533
    Abstract: The present invention provides cysteine 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: October 4, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicants: Marquette University, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee
    Inventors: James M. Cook, David A. Baker, Edward Merle Johnson, III, Wenyuan Yin
  • Publication number: 20110015210
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazinone derivatives of formula (I), wherein n, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in claim 1, as insulin secretion stimulators. The invention also relates to the preparation and use of these pyrazinone derivatives for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of diabetes and pathologies associated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: MERCK PAATENT GESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Gérard Botton, Micheline Kergoat, Christine Charon, Samer Elbawab
  • Publication number: 20110009418
    Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of formula: where Ar1, Ar2, X, R3, and m are as disclosed herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (a “Phenylene Compound”); compositions comprising an effective amount of a Phenylene Compound; and methods for treating or preventing pain and other conditions in an animal comprising administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a Phenylene Compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: Purdue Pharma L.P.
    Inventor: Qun Sun
  • Publication number: 20110003691
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of pyrazinylmethyl sulfonamides of formula (I) wherein Ra, n, R1, R2, R3, A, Y and D are as defined in the claims, and the N-oxides, and salts thereof for combating harmful fungi, and also to compositions and seed comprising at least one such compound. The invention also relates to novel substituted pyrazinylmethyl sulfonamides and processes and intermediates for preparing these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jochen Dietz, Thomas Grote, Wassilios Grammenos, Bernd Mueller, Jan Klaas Lohmann, Jens Renner
  • Publication number: 20110003759
    Abstract: The present application provides compounds, including all stereoisomers, solvates, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable forms thereof according to Formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R8, and R9 are defined herein. Additionally, the present application provides pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one compound according to Formula I and optionally at least one additional therapeutic agent. Finally, the present application provides methods for treating a patient suffering from an MCHR-1 modulated disease or disorder such as, for example, obesity, diabetes, depression or anxiety by administration of a therapeutically effective dose of a compound according to Formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Philip D. Stein, Sharon N. Bisaha, Saleen Ahmad, Khehyong Ngu, William N. Washburn
  • Publication number: 20100331329
    Abstract: The invention concerns a compound of the formula (I) wherein Ring A is heterocyclyl; m is 0-4 and each R1 is a group such as hydroxy, halo, trifluoromethyl and cyano; R2 is halo and n is 0-2; and each R4 is a group such as hydroxy, halo, trifluoromethyl and cyano; p is 0-4; and R3 is amino or hydroxy; or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts or in-vivo-hydrolysable ester or amide thereof; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of diseases or medical condions mediated by histone deacetylase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Elaine Sophie Elizabeth Stokes, Craig Anthony Roberts, Michael James Waring
  • Publication number: 20100324025
    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: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: University of Washington
    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: 20100324056
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein, R1 is optionally substituted phenyl or optionally substituted pyridinyl, and R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 and R9 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using the compounds for treating diseases associated with P2X3 and/or a P2X2/3 receptor antagonists and methods of making the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Chris Allen Broka, Ronald Charles Hawley
  • Publication number: 20100324057
    Abstract: A novel therapeutic agent or prophylactic agent for an inflammatory bowel disease is provided. An amino alcohol derivative represented by the general formula (1): which is a sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor agonist or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof are a therapeutic agent or prophylactic agent for an inflammatory bowel disease comprises.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Naoya Yamamuro, Koichi Nakamaru, Tokutarou Yasue
  • Patent number: 7851475
    Abstract: A compound of formula I wherein R, Ra and Rb are as defined in the specification, processes for their production, their uses, in particular in transplantation, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Maurice Van Eis, Jürgen Wagner, Peter Von Matt
  • Patent number: 7851501
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one compound of e.g. the formulas (Ie) and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier which is useful in a medicine wherein the symbols and substituents have the following meaning —X— is e.g. and Y is e.g. or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters or amides and prodrugs of the above identified compounds can be applied to modulate the in-vitro and in-vivo binding processes mediated by E-, P- or L-selectin binding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Revotar Biopharmaceuticals AG
    Inventors: Ewald M. Aydt, Remo Kranich
  • Patent number: 7842808
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) as antagonists of calcitonin gene-related peptide receptors (“CGRP-receptor”), pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, methods for identifying them, methods of treatment using them and their use in therapy for treatment of neurogenic vasodilation, neurogenic inflammation, migraine and other headaches, thermal injury, circulatory shock, flushing associated with menopause, airway inflammatory diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and other conditions the treatment of which can be effected by the antagonism of CGRP-receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Prasad V. Chaturvedula, Ling Chen, Rita Civiello, Andrew P. Degnan, Gene M. Dubowchik, Xiaojun Han, Xiang Jun J. Jiang, Guanglin Luo, John E. Macor, Graham S. Poindexter, George O. Tora
  • Publication number: 20100297077
    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: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: BIONOMICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Bernard Luke Flynn, Jonathan Bayldon Baell, Jason Hugh Chaplin, Girmit Singh Gill, Damian Wojciech Grobelny, Andrew John Harvey, Jorgen Alvar Mould, Dharam Paul
  • Patent number: 7838520
    Abstract: The invention relates to the inhibition of histone deacetylase. The invention provides compounds and methods for inhibiting histone deacetylase enzymatic activity. The invention also provides compositions and methods for treating cell proliferative diseases and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: MethylGene, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Delorme, Soon Hyung Woo, Arkadii Vaisburg, Oscar Moradei, Silvana Leit, Stephane Raeppel, Sylvie Frechette, Giliane Bouchain, Zhihong Zhou
  • Patent number: 7838673
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds useful as proteasome inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward J. Olhava, Mihaela Diana Danca