Tricyclo Ring System Having The Additional Six-membered Nitrogen Hetero Ring As One Of The Cyclos Patents (Class 514/253.03)
  • Patent number: 8071587
    Abstract: The invention relates to imidazoiso[5,1-a]quinoline and 5,6-dihydro-imidazoiso[5,1-a]quinoline derivatives according to general Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds can be used for the treatment of infertility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: N. V. Organon
    Inventors: Hubert Jan Jozef Loozen, Cornelius Marius Timmers
  • Publication number: 20110294799
    Abstract: The invention relates to compound of the formula I in which the substituents are as defined in the specification; in free base form or in acid addition salt form; to its preparation, to its use as medicament and to medicaments comprising it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Samuel Hintermann, Konstanze Hurth, Joachim Nozulak, Marina Tintelnot-Blomley
  • Publication number: 20110288091
    Abstract: The present invention relates to small molecule modulators of mTORC1 and mTORC2, syntheses thereof, and intermediates thereto. Such small molecule modulators are useful in the treatment of proliferative diseases (e.g., benign neoplasms, cancers, inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, diabetic retinopathy) and metabolic diseases. Novel small molecules are provided that inhibit one or more of mTORC1, mTORC2, and PI3K-related proteins. Novel methods of providing soluble mTORC1 and mTORC2 complexes are discussed, as well as methods of using the soluble complexes in a high-throughput manner to screen for inhibitory compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicants: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathanael Gray, Jae Won Chang, Jianming Zhang, Carson C. Thoreen, Seong Woo Anthony Kang, David M. Sabatini, Qingsong Liu
  • Publication number: 20110281846
    Abstract: Bridged bicyclic aryl or heteroaryl substituted triazoles and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds are disclosed as being useful in inhibiting the activity of the receptor protein tyrosine kinase Axl. Methods of using the compounds in treating diseases or conditions associated with Axl activity are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Dane Goff, Jing Zhang, Rajinder Singh, Sacha Holland, Jiaxin Yu, Pingyu Ding, Joane Litvak
  • Publication number: 20110281887
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of use of a compound of Formula I: and/or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, tautomer, optical isomer, or combination thereof, a composition comprising the thiosemicarbazone, a method of administration thereof, and use thereof to treat a cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: CRITICAL OUTCOME TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Wayne R. Danter, Martyn Brown, Franck LePifre
  • Publication number: 20110281862
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the description, to their pharmaceutical compositions and use thereof for the treatment of cancer expressing oncogenic ALK protein, particularly anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours (IMT) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicants: Universita' Degli Studi di Milano - Bicocca, Universite' Claude Bernard de Lyon 1, Universite' de Geneve
    Inventors: Carlo Gambacorti Passerini, Luca Mologni, Leonardo Scapozza, Shaheen Ahmed, Peter G. Goekjian, David Gueyrard, Florence Popowycz, Benoit Joseph, Cedric Schneider, Pierre Garcia
  • Publication number: 20110274651
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating or preventing infectious diseases, and inhibiting the ability of microbes to travel within mammalian cells, and inhibiting microbial replication, are disclosed. The compositions include various noscapine analogs, which are capable of blocking the movement of viruses and other microbes within mammalian and other cells by inhibiting the cytoplasmic transport mechanisms within the cells. The compositions described herein include an effective amount of the noscapine analogues described herein, along with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient. The compositions can also include one or more additional antimicrobial compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: Emory University
    Inventors: Cory Acuff, Daniel Kalman
  • Publication number: 20110269705
    Abstract: The present invention provides a quinolone compound that inhibits the chronic progression of Parkinson's disease or protects dopamine neurons from disease etiology, thereby suppressing the progression of neurological dysfunction, so as to prolong the period of time until L-dopa is administered while also improving neuronal function; the quinolone compound of the invention is represented by Formula (1): wherein: R1 represents hydrogen or the like; R2 represents hydrogen or the like; R3 represents substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or the like; R4 represents halogen or the like; R5 represents hydrogen or the like; R6 represents hydrogen or the like; and R7 represents hydrogen or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Otsubo, Takahito Yamauchi, Yuji Ochi
  • Publication number: 20110263581
    Abstract: The invention relates in part to molecules having certain biological activities that include, but are not limited to, inhibiting cell proliferation, modulating protein kinase activity and modulating polymerase activity. Molecules of the invention can modulate casein kinase (CK) activity and/or poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP) activity. The invention also relates in part to methods for using such molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: CYLENE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Peter C. CHUA, Fabrice Pierre, Jeffrey P. Whitten
  • Publication number: 20110257137
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and methods which may be useful as inhibitors of H1R and/or H4R for the treatment or prevention of inflammatory, autoimmune, allergic, and ocular diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: KALYPSYS, INC.
    Inventors: Allen Borchardt, Robert Davis, Clay Beauregard, Daniel Becker, Daniel Gamache, Stewart A. Noble, Mark Hellberg, Peter Klimko, Zhihai Qiu, Joseph Payne, John Yanni
  • Patent number: 8034815
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound of Formula I: and/or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, tautomer, optical isomer, or combination thereof, a composition comprising the thiosemicarbazone, a method of administration thereof, and use thereof to treat a cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Critical Outcome Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne R. Danter, Martyn Brown, Franck LePifre
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20110230471
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, D, Z, X, Y, m and p have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, can and be employed for the treatment of tumours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Staehle, Ingo Kober, Kai Schiemann, Melanie Schultz, Dirk Wienke
  • Publication number: 20110223132
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds and salts of Formula I and Formula which possess antimicrobial activity. The invention also provides novel synthetic intermediates useful in making compounds of Formula I and Formula II. The variables A1, R2, R3, R5, R6, R7, A8 and R9 are defined herein. Certain compounds of Formula I and Formula II disclosed herein are potent and selective inhibitors of bacterial DNA synthesis and bacterial replication. The invention also provides antimicrobial compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, containing one or more compounds of Formula I or Formula II and one or more carriers, excipients, or diluents. Such compositions may contain a compound of Formula I or Formula II as the only active agent or may contain a combination of a compound of Formula I or Formula II and one or more other active agents. The invention also provides methods for treating microbial infections in animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: ACHILLION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Barton James Bradbury, Milind Deshpande, Michael John Pucci, Qiuping Wang, Jason Allan Wiles, Monishing Song, Akihiro Hashimoto, Edlaine Lucien
  • Publication number: 20110218193
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel tricyclic derivative with efficient inhibitory activity against poly(ADP-ribose)polymerases (PARP) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, a preparation method thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same. The tricyclic derivative of the invention is useful for the prevention or treatment of diseases caused by excess PARP activity, especially neuropathic pain, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, diabetic nephropathy, inflammatory diseases, osteoporosis, and cancer, by inhibiting the activity of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: JE IL PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myung-Hwa Kim, Seung-Hyun Kim, Sae-Kwang Ku, Chun-Ho Park, Bo-Young Joe, Kwang-Woo Chun, In-Hae Ye, Jong-Hee Choi, Dong-Kyu Ryu, Ji-Seon Park, Han-Chang Lee, Ji-So Choi, Young-Chul Kim
  • Publication number: 20110218186
    Abstract: Spirocyclic heterocyclic derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and methods for their pharmaceutical use are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the spirocyclic heterocyclic derivatives are ligands of the ? opioid receptor and may be useful, inter alia, for treating and/or preventing pain, anxiety, gastrointestinal disorders, and other ? opioid receptor-mediated conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Adolor Corporation
    Inventors: Roland E. Dolle, Bertrand Le Bourdonnec, Guo-Hua Chu
  • Patent number: 8012965
    Abstract: Bridged bicyclic aryl or heteroaryl substituted triazoles and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds are disclosed as being useful in inhibiting the activity of the receptor protein tyrosine kinase Axl. Methods of using the compounds in treating diseases or conditions associated with Axl activity are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Dane Goff, Jing Zhang, Rajinder Singh, Sacha Holland, Jiaxin Yu, Pingyu Ding, Joane Litvak
  • Publication number: 20110212053
    Abstract: Provided are compounds according to Formula (I): or stereoisomer, prodrug, polymorph, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, wherein X, Y, R1, R6, R7, and R8 are as defined, and which compounds are effective inhibitors of PI3-kinase and/or other medically and clinically relevant kinases. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using the compounds and compositions as PI3-kinase and kinase inhibitors. More particularly, the compounds of the invention provide treatments and therapeutics for human diseases regulated by, or associated with, the activity of, PI3-kinases and/or protein kinases, or mutant or variant forms thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Dapeng QIAN, Amy Qi Han, Mark Hamilton, Eric Wang
  • Publication number: 20110201593
    Abstract: The invention provides novel compounds of formula I having the general formula: wherein R1, R2, R3, X and Y are as described herein. Accordingly, the compounds may be provided in pharmaceutically acceptable compositions and used for the treatment of immunological or hyperproliferative disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivasan Babu, Phillippe Bergeron, Peter Dragovich, Hazel Joan Dyke, Paul Gibbons, Stefan Gradl, Emily Hanan, Christopher Hurley, Tony Johnson, Michael Koehler, Janusz Kulagowski, Sharada Labadie, Joseph Lyssikatos, Rohan Mendonca, Rebecca Pulk, Stuart Ward, Bohdan Waszkowycz, Mark Zak
  • Patent number: 7994170
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel organic compounds of formula (I) processes for the preparation thereof, the application thereof in a process for the treatment of the human or animal body, the use thereof—alone or in combination with one or more other pharmaceutically active compounds—for the treatment of an inflammatory or obstructive airway disease, such as asthma, disorders commonly occurring in connection with transplantation, or a proliferative disease, such as a tumor disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Carlos Garcia-Echeverria, Frédéric Stauffer, Pascal Furet
  • Publication number: 20110190262
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds defined by formula I wherein the groups R1 to R3, X, m, n and o are defined as in claim 1, possessing valuable pharmacological activity. Particularly the compounds are inhibitors of 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (HSD) 1 and thus are suitable for treatment and prevention of diseases which can be influenced by inhibition of this enzyme, such as metabolic diseases, in particular diabetes type 2, obesity and dyslipidemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Himmelsbach, Matthias Eckhardt, Bradford S. Hamilton, Armin Heckel, Joerg Kley, Thorsten Lehmann-Lintz, Herbert Nar, Stefan Peters, Annette Schuler-Metz, Matthias Zentgraf
  • Publication number: 20110183938
    Abstract: The invention relates to 1,7-diazacarbazole compounds of Formula (I), (I-a) and (I-b) which are useful as kinase inhibitors, more specifically useful as checkpoint kinase 1 (chk1) inhibitors, thus useful as cancer therapeutics. The invention also relates to compositions, more specifically pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and methods of using the same to treat various forms of cancer and hyperproliferative disorders, as well as methods of using the compounds for in vitro, in situ, and in vivo diagnosis or treatment of mammalian cells, or associated pathological conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Hazel Joan Dyke, Lewis Gazzard, Karen Williams
  • Publication number: 20110183962
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for modulating, e.g., antagonizing, the activity of the Hedgehog signaling pathway, and for treating Hedgehog related disorders such as cancers (e.g., medulloblastoma). In particular, the invention provides methods for inhibiting aberrant growth states resulting from phenotypes such as Ptch loss-of-function, Hedgehog gain-of-function, smoothened gain-of-function or Gli gain-of-function by administering to a mammal combinations of Smoothened inhibitors (e.g., a compound of Formula I, Formula II, or Formula III, or any of the compounds listed herein or incorporated by reference) and cholesterol biosynthesis pathway inhibitors (e.g., statins), Gli inhibitors, and/or Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Marion Dorsch, John E. Monahan, Michael Patrick Morrissey, Shifeng Pan, Juliet Williams
  • Publication number: 20110177105
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the discovery of new selective inhibitors of ubiquitin specific proteases, their process of preparation and their therapeutic use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Roman Lopez, Frédéric Colland
  • Publication number: 20110178053
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel azacarbonlines having formula (I), wherein: R3, R4 represent independently H; hal; CF3; substituted oxy, optionally substituted alkoxy; optionally substituted amino; substituted carbonyl; optionally substituted carboxyl; optionally substituted amide; sulphur, such as optionally substituted sulphones, sulphoxides or sulphides; linear, branched or cyclic C1-C10 alkyl optionally comprising an optionally substituted heteroatom; optionally substituted linear, branched or cyclic C2-C7 alkenyl; optionally substituted linear or branched C2-C6 alkynyl; optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl; of which may be optionally substituted; in the form of a base or an acid addition salt. The invention also relates to the use of same in therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and to synthesis methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: Christopher Arendt, Didier Babin, Olivier Bedel, Thierry Gouyon, Mikhail Levit, Ronghua Li, Serge Mignani, Neil Moorcroft, David Papin
  • Publication number: 20110166110
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel class of fused ring azadecalin compounds and methods of using the compounds as glucocorticoid receptor modulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Robin D. Clark, Nicholas C. Ray, Paul M. Blaney, Christopher A. Hurley, Karen Williams
  • Publication number: 20110165225
    Abstract: Drag derivatives are provided herein which are suitable for loading into liposomal nanoparticle carriers. In some preferred aspects, the derivatives comprise a poorly water-soluble drag derivatized with a weak-base moiety that facilitates active loading of the drag through a LN transmembrane pH or ion gradient into the aqueous interior of the LN. The weak-base moiety can optionally comprise a lipophilic domain that facilitates active loading of the drag to the inner monolayer of the liposomal membrane. Advantageously, LN formulations of the drag derivatives exhibit improved solubility, reduced toxicity, enhanced efficacy, and/or other benefits relative to the corresponding free drags.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Peter Cullis, Marcel Bally
  • Publication number: 20110160190
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, compounds that inhibit the expression of VEGF post-transcriptionally have been identified, and methods for their use provided. In one aspect of the invention, compounds useful in the inhibition of VEGF production, in the treatment of solid tumor cancer, and in reducing plasma and/or tumor VEGF levels, are provided. In another aspect of the invention, methods are provided for the inhibition of VEGF production, the treatment of cancer, and the reduction of plasma and/or tumor VEGF levels, using the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Young-Choon MOON, Liangxian CAO, Nadarajan TAMILARASU, Hongyan QI, Soongyu CHOI, William Joseph LENNOX, Donald Thomas CORSON, Seongwoo HWANG, Thomas DAVIS
  • Publication number: 20110142796
    Abstract: Compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods are provided that are useful in the treatment of CDK4-mediated disorders, such as cancer. The subject compounds are fused pyridine, pyrimide and triazine derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Amgen Inc
    Inventors: Richard V. Connors, Kang Dai, John Eksterowicz, Pingchen Fan, Benjamin Fisher, Jiasheng Fu, Kexue Li, Zhihong Li, Lawrence R. Mcgee, Rajiv Sharma, Xiaodong Wang, Dustin L. Mcminn, Jeffrey T. Mihalic, Jeffrey Deignan
  • Publication number: 20110136780
    Abstract: Disclosed are JAK inhibitors of formula I where G1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 are defined in the specification. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions, kits and articles of manufacture which contain the compounds, methods and materials for making the compounds, and methods of using the compounds to treat diseases, disorders, and conditions involving the immune system and inflammation, including rheumatoid arthritis, hematological malignancies, epithelial cancers (i.e., carcinomas), and other diseases, disorders or conditions associated with JAK.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Qing Dong, Toufike Kanouni, John David Lawson, Michael B. Wallace
  • Publication number: 20110136821
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds of the Formulae I or II and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof which are useful for the therapeutic treatment of diseases associated with the modulation or inhibition of 11 ?-HSD 1 in mammals. Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: David A. Claremon, Colin M. Tice, Yuanjie Ye, Suresh B. Singh, Wei He, Wei Zhao, Robert D. Simpson
  • Publication number: 20110136801
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I): wherein Ra, Rb, Rc, R1, R2, R3, X1, Y1, Z1, A, n and m are as defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as well as processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicants: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co. Ltd., AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Isobe, Mai Kasai, Tomoaki Nakamura, Shingo Tojo, Hirotaka Kurebayashi
  • Patent number: 7951796
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds according to general formula (1) and/or their enantiomers, diastereomers as well as their pharmaceutically compatible salts, and to the use thereof for producing a medicament suited for treating diseases associated with misfolded proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Inventors: Carsten Korth, Ralf Klingenstein, Stefan Löber, Peter Gmeiner
  • Publication number: 20110118230
    Abstract: The invention relates to 1,7-diazacarbazole compounds of Formula (I), (I-a) and (I-b) which are useful as kinase inhibitors, more specifically useful as checkpoint kinase 1 (chk1) inhibitors, thus useful as cancer therapeutics. The invention also relates to compositions, more specifically pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and methods of using the same to treat various forms of cancer and hyperproliferative disorders, as well as methods of using the compounds for in vitro, in situ, and in vivo diagnosis or treatment of mammalian cells, or associated pathological conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Huifen Chen, Hazel Joan Dyke, Charles Ellwood, Emanuela Gancia, Lewis J. Gazzard, Simon Goodacre, Samuel Kintz, Joseph Lyssikatos, Calum Macleod, Karen Williams
  • Publication number: 20110105521
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical combination which comprises (a) a phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitor compound and (b) a compound which modulates the Ras/Raf/Mek pathway for the treatment of a proliferative disease, especially a solid tumor disease; a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a combination; the use of such a combination for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of a proliferative disease; a commercial package or product comprising such a combination as a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate or sequential use; and to a method of treatment of a warm-blooded animal, especially a human.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Carlos Garcia-Echeverria, Sauveur-Michel Maira, Darrin Stuart, Susan Wee, Christine Fritsch, Tobi Nagel
  • Publication number: 20110098241
    Abstract: Analogs and derivatives of rapamycin are provided, wherein the analogs and derivatives can bind to FK-506 binding protein (FKBP), or inhibit the mTOR function of an FKBP, or both. The analogs and derivatives are rapamycin include the rapamycin skeleton substituted at the 42-hydroxyl group with certain specified chemically feasible groups. Methods of using the rapamycin analogs and derivatives in treatment of malconditions such as cancer, and methods of synthesizing the rapamycin analogs and derivatives, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Connie L. Sun, Xiaoyuan Li
  • Publication number: 20110092477
    Abstract: Imidazo-quinoline, -pyridine, and -naphthyridine ring systems (particularly quinolines, tetrahydroquinolines, pyridines, [1,5]naphthyridines, [1,5]tetrahydronaphthyridines) substituted at the 1-position with a cyclic substituent, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, methods of making these compounds, and methods of use of these compounds as immunomodulators, for inducing cytokine biosynthesis in animals and in the treatment of diseases including viral and neoplastic diseases are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Doris Stoermer, Joseph F. Dellaria, JR., David T. Amos, Bernhard M. Zimmermann, Luke T. Dressel, Jason D. Bonk, Matthew R. Radmer
  • Publication number: 20110076291
    Abstract: Benzoxepin compounds of Formula I, and including stereoisomers, geometric isomers, tautomers, solvates, metabolites and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein: Z1 is CR1 or N; Z2 is CR2 or N; Z3 is CR3 or N; Z4 is CR4 or N; and where (i) X1 is N and X2 is S, (ii) X1 is S and X2 is N, (iii) X1 is CR7 and X2 is S, (iv) X1 is S and X2 is CR7; (v) X1 is NR8 and X2 is N, (vi) X1 is N and X2 is NR8, (vii) X1 is CR7 and X2 is O, (viii) X1 is O and X2 is CR7, (ix) X1 is CR7 and X2 is C(R7)2, (x) X1 is C(R7)2 and X2 is CR7; (xi) X1 is N and X2 is O, or (xii) X1 is O and X2 is N, are useful for inhibiting lipid kinases including p110 alpha and other isoforms of PI3K, and for treating disorders such as cancer mediated by lipid kinases. Methods of using compounds of Formula I for in vitro, in situ, and in vivo diagnosis, prevention or treatment of such disorders in mammalian cells, or associated pathological conditions, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Nicole Blaquiere, Steven Do, Danette Dudley, Adrian Folkes, Richard Goldsmith, Robert Heald, Timothy Heffron, Aleksandr Kolesnikov, Chudi Ndubaku, Alan G. Olivero, Stephen Price, Steven Staben, BinQing Wei
  • Publication number: 20110071140
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel chemical series of formula I, as well as methods of use thereof for binding to the benzodiazepine site of the GABAA receptor and modulating GABAA, and use of the compound of formula I for the treatment of GABAA receptor associated disorders. The general structure of formula I is shown below: The invention further provides a method of modulation of one or more GABAA subtypes in an animal comprising administering to the animal an effective amount of a compound of formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: HELICON THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: ALAN P. KAPLAN, VARSHA GUPTA
  • Publication number: 20110065692
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel chemical series of formula I, as well as methods of use thereof for binding to the benzodiazepine site of the GABAA receptor and negatively modulating the ?5 subtype of GABAA, and use of the compound of formula I for the treatment of GABAA receptor associated disorders. The general structure of formula I is shown below: The invention further provides a method of modulation of one or more GABAA subtypes in an animal comprising administering to the animal an effective amount of a compound of formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: Helicon Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan P. Kaplan, Varsha Gupta, Jan W.F. Wasley
  • Publication number: 20110065703
    Abstract: The present invention includes a group of chemical compounds useful as modulators of calcium ion (Ca2+) channels, especially for T-type, N-Type and L-type channels. The present invention also includes pharmaceutical compositions comprising these calcium ion channel modulating agents and methods of using these calcium ion channel modulating agents for the treatment diseases and conditions associated with the calcium ion channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventor: Jay Jie-Qiang Wu
  • Publication number: 20110065693
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel chemical series of formula I, as well as methods of use thereof for binding to the benzodiazepine site of the GABAA receptor and modulating GABAA, and use of the compound of formula I for the treatment of GABAA receptor associated disorders. The general structure of formula I is shown below and can exist in tautomeric forms: The invention further provides a method of modulation of one or more GABAA subtypes in an animal comprising administering to the animal an effective amount of a compound of formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: Helicon Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan P. Kaplan, Varsha Gupta, Jan W.F. Wasley
  • Publication number: 20110059943
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The formula I compounds inhibit tyrosine kinase activity of JAK2, thereby making them useful as antiproliferative agents for the treatment of cancer and other diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Ashok V. Purandare, James W. Grebinski, Amy Hart, Jennifer Inghrim, Gretchen Schroeder, Honghe Wan
  • Publication number: 20110053906
    Abstract: Disclosed are benzonaphthyridinyl derivative compounds and analogs thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and processes for preparing the same. The compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases amenable to kinase signal transduction inhibition, regulation or modulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Bayard R. Huck, Xiaoling Chen, Lizbeth Celeste Deselm, Christopher Charles Victor Jones, Srinivasa R. Karra, Yufang Xiao, Andreas Goutopoulos, Amanda E. Sutton
  • Patent number: 7897597
    Abstract: Imidazoquinoline compounds with an aryloxy or arylalkyleneoxy or hydroxy substituent at the 6, 7, 8, or 9-position, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, intermediates, and methods of use of these compounds as immunomodulators, for modulating cytokine biosynthesis in animals and in the treatment of diseases including viral and neoplastic diseases, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Kyle J. Lindstrom, Hugues M. H. Martin, Bryon A. Merrill, Michael J. Rice, Joshua R. Wurst, Chad A. Haraldson, Tushar A. Kshirsagar, Philip D. Heppner, Shri Niwas, George W. Griesgraber, Matthew R. Radmer
  • Publication number: 20110034455
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds of the Formula (I*), pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof which are useful for the therapeutic treatment of diseases associated with the modulation or inhibition of 11?-HSD1 in mammals. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions of the novel compounds and methods for their use in the reduction or control of the production of Cortisol in a cell or the inhibition of the conversion of cortisone to Cortisol in a cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: David A. Claremon, Suresh B. Singh, Colin M. Tice, Yuanjie Ye, Salvacion Cacatian, Wei He, Robert Simpson, Zhenrong Xu, Wei Zhao
  • Publication number: 20110028445
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds defined by formula (I) wherein the groups A, B, X, m, n and o are defined as in claim 1, possessing valuable pharmacological activity. Particularly the compounds are inhibitors of 11 ?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (HSD) 1 and thus are suitable for treatment and prevention of diseases which can be influenced by inhibition of this enzyme, such as metabolic diseases, in particular diabetes type 2, obesity and dyslipidemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Eckhardt, Frank Himmelsbach, Bradford S. Hamilton, Stefan Peters
  • Publication number: 20110020338
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of compounds of formula (I) or (II) in the treatment of mammalian target of VEGF-driven angiogenic diseases, methods of use of said compounds in the treatment of said diseases in a warm-blooded animal, especially a human, pharmaceutical preparations comprising said compounds for the treatment of said diseases and said compounds for use in the treatment of said diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventor: Carlos Garcia-Echeverria
  • Publication number: 20110009387
    Abstract: The present invention relates e.g., to methods for predicting cellular sensitivity to farnesyl protein transferase inhibitors, such as lonafarnib; manumycin A; FTI-276; L-744832; BMS-214662; tipifarnib; BMS-316810K. The methods involve determining if malignant cells exhibit increased expression. of phosphorylated histone H2Ax following contact of one or more of said cells with said inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventor: Andrea Dawn Basso-Porcaro
  • Publication number: 20110003788
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a superior Smo inhibitory activity and lower toxicity, which is sufficiently satisfactory as a pharmaceutical product. The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (I) wherein ring A is 5- to 7-membered ring optionally having substituent(s), where substituents are optionally bonded to each other to form a ring; X is O, S or NR1 (R1 is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group optionally having substituent(s)); R2 is carbamoyl optionally having substituent(s); and R3 is hydroxy optionally having substituent(s), or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujii, Yuya Oguro, Satoshi Sasaki, Shigeru Kondo