Tricyclo Ring System Having The Additional Six-membered Nitrogen Hetero Ring As One Of The Cyclos Patents (Class 514/253.03)
  • Publication number: 20090023722
    Abstract: Imidazoquinoline and tetrahydroimidazoquinoline compounds that contain amide functionality at the 1-position are useful as immune response modifiers. The compounds and compositions of the invention can induce the biosynthesis of various cytokines and are useful in the treatment of a variety of conditions including viral diseases and neoplastic diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Patrick L. Coleman, Stephen L. Crooks, George W. Griesgraber, Kyle J. Lindstrom, Bryon A. Merrill, Michael J. Rice
  • Publication number: 20090018122
    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: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    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: 20090005365
    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: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Helicon Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan P. Kaplan, Varsha Gupta, Jan W.F. Wasley
  • Publication number: 20080306049
    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: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: Helicon Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan P. Kaplan, Varsha Gupta, Jan W.F. Wasley
  • Publication number: 20080306048
    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: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: Helicon Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan P. Kaplan, Varsha Gupta
  • Patent number: 7462717
    Abstract: The invention concerns substituted tricyclic isoxazoline derivatives, more in particular tricyclic dihydrobenzopyranoisoxazoline, dihydroquinolinoisoxazoline, dihydronaphthalenoisoxazoline and dihydrobenzothiopyranoisoxazoline derivatives substituted on at least one of the C6- and C9-positions of the phenylpart of the tricyclic moiety with a selected radical, according to Formula (I) wherein X=CH2, N—R7, S or O, R1, R2, R14 and R15 are certain specific substituents, with the proviso that at least one of R14 and R15 is not hydrogen, Pir is preferably an optionally substituted piperidinyl or piperazinyl radical and R3 represents an optionally substituted aromatic homocyclic or heterocyclic ring system including a partially or completely hydrogenated hydrocarbon chain of maximum 6 atoms long with which the ring system is attached to the Pir radical and which may contain one or more heteroatoms selected from the group of O, N and S; a process for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: José Ignacio Andrés-Gil, Manuel Jesús Alcázar-Vaca, Maria Encarnacion Matesanz-Ballesteros, Margaretha Henrica Maria Bakker, Antonius Adrianus Hendrikus Petrus Megens
  • Publication number: 20080293712
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Benzo[c][2,7]naphthyridine Derivatives, compositions comprising an effective amount of a Benzo[c][2,7]naphthyridine Derivative, methods for treating or preventing a proliferative disorder or an autoimmune disease, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a Benzo[c][2,7]naphthyridine Derivative, methods for modulating PDK-1 activity, PKA activity, Akt activity, S6K activity, or PKC activity, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a Benzo[c][2,7]naphthyridine Derivative. The invention also relates to processes for preparing a Benzo[c][2,7]naphthyridine Derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: WYETH
    Inventors: Allan WISSNER, Middleton Brawner FLOYD, JR., Russell DUSHIN, Heidi L. FRASER, Yongbo HU, Andreas MADERNA, Thomas NITTOLI, Yanong Daniel WANG
  • Publication number: 20080287432
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel class of compounds of formula I, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with abnormal or deregulated kinase activity, particularly diseases or disorders that involve abnormal activation of the AbI, Bcr-AbI, Aurora-A, SGK, Tie-2, Trk-B, FGFR3, c-kit, b-RAF, c-RAF, DYRK2, Fms, Fyn and PDGFRalpha and PDGFR&bgr; kinases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2006
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicants: IRM LLC, The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Barun Okram, Pingda Ren, Nathanael S. Gray
  • Publication number: 20080255110
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a compound of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, X, Z, m, n, o, p and r are as defined herein, its preparation, pharmaceutical composition and use as an adenosine A3 receptor ligand preferably an antagonist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: Peter ARANYI, Laszlo BALAZS, Maria BALOGH, Sandor BATORI, Lajos T. NAGY, Geza TIMARI, Kinga BOER, Zoltan KAPUI, Endre MIKUS, Katalin GERBER, Judit VARGANE SZEREDI, Katalin URBAN-SZABO, Erzsebet WALCZ
  • Publication number: 20080221118
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I, in which s, k, I, W, R1, R2, R3, and U have the meanings indicated in claim 1, can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of tumours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Wolfgang Staehle, David Bruge, Kai Schiemann, Dirk Finsinger, Hans-Peter Buchstaller, Frank Zenke, Christiane Amendt
  • Publication number: 20080214536
    Abstract: Compounds of a certain formula (I) in which R1, R2, R3, R31, R4, R5, R51, R6 and R7 have the meanings indicated in the description, are novel effective PDE4 inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: NYCOMED Gmbh
    Inventors: Ulrich Kautz, Beate Schmidt, Dieter Flockerzi, Maria Vittoria Chiesa, Armin Hatzelmann, Christof Zitt, Johannes Barsig, Degenhard Marx, Hans-Peter Kley
  • Publication number: 20080194579
    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: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Carlos Garcia-Echeverria, Frederic Stauffer, Pascal Furet
  • Publication number: 20080176847
    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: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Dane Goff, Jing Zhang, Rajinder Singh, Sacha Holland, Jiaxin Yu, Pingyu Ding, Joane Litvak
  • Publication number: 20080171744
    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: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: 6441513 CANADA INC.
    Inventors: Wayne R. Danter, Martyn Brown, Franck LePifre
  • Publication number: 20080146546
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein W, Q, X, X1, Y and Z are as defined herein. These compounds bind with high selectivity and/or high affinity to the benzodiazepine site of GABAA receptors and are therefore useful in the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) diseases and as probes for the localization of GABAA receptors in tissue samples. Also disclosed are intermediates useful in the preparation of these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Jun Yuan, Pamela Albaugh, Kenneth Shaw, Alan Hutchison
  • Publication number: 20080146557
    Abstract: The invention relates to indol-3-yl-carbonyl-spiro-piperidine derivatives which act as V1a receptor antagonists and which are represented by Formula I: wherein the spiro-piperidine head group A and the residues R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, methods for preparing the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions, and their use in the treatment of dysmenorrhea, hypertension, chronic heart failure, inappropriate secretion of vasopressin, liver cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome, obsessive compulsive disorder, anxious and depressive disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Christophe Grundschober, Hasane Ratni, Mark Rogers-Evans, Patrick Schnider
  • Publication number: 20080146568
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel indol-2-yl-carbonyl-spiro-piperidine derivatives as V1a receptor antagonists, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use for the treatment of anxiety, depressive disorders and other diseases. The compounds of present invention are represented by the general formula (I) wherein R1 to R1, X and Y are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Christophe Grundschober, Raffaello Masciadri, Hasane Ratni, Mark Rogers-Evans, Patrick Schnider
  • Publication number: 20080139553
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel indol-2-yl-carbonyl-spiro-piperidine derivatives as V1a receptor antagonists, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use for the treatment of anxiety, depressive disorders and other diseases. The compounds of present invention are represented by the general formula (I) wherein R1 to R1, X and Y are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Christophe Grundschober, Raffaello Masciadri, Hasane Ratni, Mark Rogers-Evans, Patrick Schnider
  • Publication number: 20080139554
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel indol-2-yl-carbonyl-spiro-piperidine derivatives as V1a receptor antagonists, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use for the treatment of anxiety, depressive disorders and other diseases. The compounds of present invention are represented by the general formula (I) wherein R1 to R1, X and Y are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Christophe Grundschober, Raffaello Masciadri, Hasane Ratni, Mark Rogers-Evans, Patrick Schnider
  • Publication number: 20080113962
    Abstract: The invention relates to condensed tricyclic benzimidazoles of formula (I) in which the substituents and symbols have the meanings indicated in the description. The compounds have gastric secretion inhibiting and excellent gastric and intestinal protective action properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: Aitana Pharma AG
    Inventors: Peter Jan Zimmermann, Wilm Buhr, Christof Brehm, Andreas Palmer, M. Vittoria Chiesa, Wolfgang-Alexander Simon, Stefan Postius, Wolfgang Kromer
  • Publication number: 20080108627
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a quinoline derivative having the general formula (A): in which R1, R2, X, Y and Z are indicated in the description and the claims, the use of the compounds of the general formula (A) for the treatment of various disorders, and the preparation of compounds of the general formula (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Olaf Prien, Knut Eis, Wolfgang Schwede, Judith Guenther, Dieter Zopf
  • Patent number: 7312209
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula (I), wherein R3 is selected from H, OH and NH2; R30 is selected from ?O and ?S; W is —C(?O)—, —S(?O)—, or —S(O)2—; or W may be —CH2— if X is —C(?O)—; X is selected from —CH2—, —N(R4)—, and —O—, except that when W is —CH2—, X is —C(?O)—; Y is a bond or —C(R40)(R45)—; Q is a linker; Z is optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, or heterocyclyl; and R1, R2, R24, and R25 are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Edwin J. Iwanowicz, Scott H. Watterson, Ping Chen, T. G. Murali Dhar, Henry H. Gu, Yufen Zhao
  • Patent number: 7291612
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds, to methods for their preparation, to compositions containing them, and to methods and use for clinical treatment of medical conditions which may benefit from immunomodulation, including rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, asthma, transplantation, systemic lupus erythematosis and psoriasis. More particularly the present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds, which are CD80 antagonists capable of inhibiting the interactions between CD80 and CD28.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Active Biotech A.B.
    Inventors: Ian Richard Matthews, Thomas Stephen Coutler, Chiara Ghiron, Chris James Brennan, Muhammed Kamal Uddin, Lars Olof Goran Pettersson, Dorthe da Graca Thrige, Philip Huxley
  • Publication number: 20070213341
    Abstract: The present invention relates to spiroindolinone derivatives of the formula and enantiomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof which have utility as antiproliferative agents, especially, as anticancer agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventors: Li Chen, Qingjie Ding, Jin-Jun Liu, Song Yang, Zhuming Zhang
  • Patent number: 7265103
    Abstract: The invention concerns substituted amino isoxazoline derivatives, more in particular tricyclic dihydrobenzopyranoisoxazoline, dihydroquinolinoisozazoline, dihydronaphthalenoisoxazoline and dihydrobenzothiopyranoisoxazoline derivatives substituted on the phenylpart of the tricyclic moiety with primary, secondary and/or tertiary amino groups, according to Formula (I) wherein X=CH2, N—R7, S or O, R1, R2 and R3 are certain specific substituents, with the proviso that at least one of R1 and R2 is an amino radical of formula N—R10R11 wherein R10 and R11 are each a variety of radicals, Pir is an optionally substituted piperidyl or piperazyl radical and R3 represents an optionally substituted aromatic homocyclic or heterocyclic ring system including a partially or completely hydrogenated hydrocarbon chain of maximum 6 atoms long with which the ring system is attached to the Pir radical and which may contain one or more heteroatoms selected from the group of O, N and S; a process for their preparation, pharmaceuti
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV.
    Inventors: José Ignacio Andrés-Gil, Manuel Jesús Alcázar-Vaca, Margaretha Henrica Maria Bakker, Ana Isabel De Lucas Olivares
  • Patent number: 7235557
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using the disclosed compounds for inhibiting PARP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: MGI GP, Inc.
    Inventors: Dana Victor Ferraris, Jia-He Li, Vincent Kalish, Jie Zhang
  • Patent number: 7226928
    Abstract: The disclosure provides methods for the treatment and prevention of periodontal disease. In preferred embodiments, the invention provides for local treatment of periodontal tissues with a pharmaceutical composition including an immune response modifier (IRM) selected from the group of immune response modifiers comprising imidazoquinoline amines, imidazopyridine amines, 6,7-fused cycloalkylimidazopyridine amines, imidazonaphtyridine amines, oxazoloquinoline amines, thiazoloquinoline amines and 1,2-bridged imidazopyridine amines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Sumita B. Mitra, Charles E. Shelburne, Mark A. Tomai
  • Patent number: 7199128
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds and salts of Formula I and Formula II: which possess antimicrobial activity. The invention also provides novel synthetic intermediates useful in making compounds of Formula I and Formula II. The variables A1, A8, R2, R3, R5, R6, R7, 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 compounds of Formula I and/or Formula II and one or more other active agents. The invention also provides methods for treating microbial and protozoal infections in animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Barton J. Bradbury, Jason Allan Wiles, Milind Deshpande, Qiuping Wang, Akihiro Hashimoto, Edlaine Lucien
  • Patent number: 7169786
    Abstract: The invention concerns substituted isoxazolines derivatives according to Formula (I): wherein X=CH?2#191, N—R7, S or O, R1, R2 and R3 are certain specific substituents, Pir is an optionally substituted piperidyl or piperazyl radical and R3 represents an optionally substituted aromatic homocyclic or heterocyclic ring system including a partially or completely hydrogenated hydrocarbon chain of maximum 6 atoms long with which the ring system is attached to the Pir radical and which may contain one or more heteroatoms selected from the group of O, N and S; a process for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and their use as a medicine, in particular for the treatment of depression and/of anxiety and disorders of body weight. The compounds according to the invention have surprisingly been shown to have a serotonine (5-HT) reuptake inhibitor activity in combination with additional ?2-adrenoceptor antagonist activity and show a strong anti-depressant activity without being sedative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Inventors: José Ignacio Andrés-Gil, Francisco Javier Fernández-Gadea, Manuel Jesús Alcázar-Vaca, José Maria Cid-Nuñez, Joaquin Pastor-Fernandez, Antonius Adrianus Hendrikus Petrus Megens, Godelieve Irma Christine Maria Heylen, Xavier Jean Michel Langlois, Margaretha Henrica Maria Bakker, Thomas Horst Wolfgang Steckler
  • Patent number: 7153849
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: are useful for the treatment of depression (including but not limited to major depressive disorder, childhood depression and dysthymia), anxiety, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, premenstrual dysphoric disorder (also known as pre-menstrual syndrome), attention deficit disorder (with and without hyperactivity), obsessive-compulsive disorder, social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obesity, eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, vasomotor flushing, cocaine and alcohol addiction, sexual dysfunction and related illnesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Deborah Ann Evrard, Dahui Zhou, Gary Paul Stack, Aranapakam Madumbai Venkatesan, Amedeo A. Failli, Susan Christman Croce
  • Patent number: 7153859
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel a condensed polycyclic compound useful as a phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor, which is shown by the formula [I]: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuzo Ukita, Yoshihiro Terakawa, Kazuteru Wada, Aya Nakata, Atsuko Sakai, Koji Ogawa
  • Patent number: 7115621
    Abstract: Compounds of general structural formula (I) and use of the compounds and salts and solvates thereof, as therapeutic agents as inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 5 cardiovascular disorders
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Lilly Icos LLC
    Inventors: Jason S. Sawyer, Mark W. Orme, James D. Copp
  • Patent number: 7081456
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds, to methods for their preparation, to compositions containing them, and to methods and use for clinical treatment of medical conditions which may benefit from immunomodulation, including rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, asthma, transplantation, systemic lupus erythematosis and psoriasis. More particularly the present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds, which are CD80 antagonists capable of inhibiting the interactions between CD80 and CD28.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Active Biotech AB
    Inventors: Ian Richard Matthews, Thomas Stephen Coulter, Chiara Ghiron, Chris James Brennan, Muhammed Kamal Uddin, Lars Olof Göran Pettersson, Dorthe da Graca Thrige, Philip Huxley
  • Patent number: 7053091
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of compounds as inhibitors of type 3 17?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, 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 type 3 17?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Guzi, Yi-Tsung Liu, Ronald J. Doll, Anil Saksena, Viyyoor M. Girijavallabhan, Jonathan A. Pachter
  • Patent number: 6989390
    Abstract: Disclosed is a salt of amonafide or amonafide analogs represented Structural Formula (I): R1 is —(CH2)nN+HR3R4 X? or R1 is —(CH2)nN+HR3R4 X? or —(CH2)nNR3R4 when R2 is —N+HR6R7. R2 is —OR5, halogen, —NR6R7, —N+HR6R7 X?? sulphonic acid, nitro, —NR5COOR5, —NR5COR5 or —OCOR5; R3 and R4 are independently H, C1-C4 alkyl group or, taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded, a non-aromatic nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group; each R5 is independently —H or a C1-C4 alkyl group; R6 and R7 are independently H, C1-C4 alkyl group or, taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded, a non-aromatic nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group; n is an integer from 0-3; and X? is the carboxylate anion of an organic carboxylic acid compound. Also disclosed are methods of preparing certain compounds represented by Structural Formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Xanthus Life Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred M. Ajami, David O. Barlow
  • Patent number: 6939881
    Abstract: Methods for preventing ulcers, such as gastric ulcers, in a horse about to undergo stress that causes gastric ulcers and prior to occurrence of a gastric ulcer condition in the horse involving administering a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) are disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Inventor: Frank Pipers
  • Patent number: 6924289
    Abstract: The present invention relates to lactam derivatives of the formula wherein R1, R2, R3, A, X, Z, n and the dashed line are defined herein, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, to processes and intermediates for their preparation, and to their medicinal use as selective agonists and antagonists of serotonin 1 (5-HT1) receptors, specifically, of one or both of the 5-HT1A and 5-HT1D receptors. These compounds are useful in treating or preventing migraine, depression and other disorders for which a 5-HT1 agonist or antagonist is indicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc
    Inventor: Harry R. Howard
  • Patent number: 6875761
    Abstract: Condensed pyridine compounds represented by formula (I): wherein: R1 and R3 are, independently, hydrogen, lower alkyl, or lower alkoxy; R2 represent an amino substituent; ring A is a benzene ring, pyridine ring, thiophene ring, or furan ring; and B represents a substituent containing a ring structure. Also, pharmaceutically acceptable salt and hydrates thereof. These compounds are clinically useful medicaments having serotonin antagonism, and in particular, for treating, ameliorating, or preventing spastic paralysis. They are also useful as central muscle relaxants for ameliorating myotonia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Eisai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohshi Ueno, Atsushi Sasaki, Koki Kawano, Tadashi Okabe, Noritaka Kitazawa, Keiko Takahashi, Noboru Yamamoto, Yuichi Suzuki, Manabu Matsunaga, Atsuhiko Kubota
  • Publication number: 20040235839
    Abstract: This invention provides beta-carboline compounds of formula I: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Hepperle, Julie Fields Liu, Francois Soucy, Yingchun Ye, Robert S. Murray, Raman Prakash, Jeremy D. Little, Alfredo Castro, Hormoz Mazdiyasni, Paul E. Fleming, Dominic Reynolds
  • Patent number: 6815449
    Abstract: Compounds having immunosuppressive activity, cell growth inhibitory activity, anti-tumor activity, etc. are represented by formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Akama, Hiroyuki Nagata, Atsuhiro Hasegawa, Harumi Ue, Isami Takahashi, Yutaka Saitoh, Kenichi Mochida, Shun-ichi Ikeda, Yutaka Kanda
  • Publication number: 20040214826
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of treating sexual disturbances in humans and inducing mating in non-human mammals using the compounds of formula (A) 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicant: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Robert M. McCall, Martin Durham Meglasson
  • Publication number: 20040214823
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of treating sexual disturbances in humans and inducing mating in non-human mammals using the compounds of formula (A) 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicant: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Robert B. McCall, Martin Durham Meglasson
  • Publication number: 20040214825
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of treating sexual disturbances in humans and inducing mating in non-human mammals using the compounds of formula (A) 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicant: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Robert B. McCall, Martin Durham Meglasson
  • Publication number: 20040214815
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicant: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: William W. McWhorter, Valentina Badescu
  • Patent number: 6800624
    Abstract: Imidazoquinoline and tetrahydroimidazoquinoline compounds that contain sulfonamide or sulfonamide functionality at the 1-position are useful as immune response modifiers. The compounds and compositions of the invention can induce the biosynthesis of various cytokines and are useful in the treatment of a variety of conditions including viral diseases and neoplastic diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Stephen L. Crooks, Kyle J. Lindstrom, Bryon A. Merrill, Michael J. Rice
  • Publication number: 20040186103
    Abstract: This invention is directed to compounds which are selective antagonists for melanin concentrating hormone-1 (MCH1) receptors. The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of the compound of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. This invention provides a pharmaceutical composition made by combining a therapeutically effective amount of the compound of this invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. This invention further provides a process for making a pharmaceutical composition comprising combining a therapeutically effective amount of the compound of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. This invention also provides a method of reducing the body mass of a subject which comprises administering to the subject an amount of a compound of the invention effective to reduce the body mass of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: Synaptic Pharmaceutical Corporation
    Inventors: Mohammad R. Marzabadi, John M. Wetzel, Chien-An Chen, Yu Jiang, Kai Lu
  • Patent number: 6794382
    Abstract: The invention relates to benzimidazole derivatives of general formula in which X represents a nitrogen atom or a carbon atom; and when X represents a nitrogen atom: R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C4 alkyl group, or does not exist, to give the compounds of formula (I) comprising a secondary or tertiary amine; R4 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C6 alkyl, C3-C7 cycloalkyl, optionally substituted C3-C7 heterocycloalkyl, —(CH2)p-heteroaryl, heteroaryl-carbonyl, phenylcarbonyl, (C1-C6)alkylcarbonyl, —(CH2)pCOOR, optionally substituted phenylsulphonyl or optionally substituted —(CH2)p-phenyl group, and, when X represents a carbon atom: R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a group —NR5R6, —N(R5)3+, —NHCOR7, —CONHR5, —COR7, —NHCONH2, —OH or —CH2OH, R4 represents a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted —(CH2)p-phenyl, —(CH2)p-heteroaryl or —(CH2)tNR7R8 group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Sanofi-Synthelabo
    Inventors: Francis Barth, Daniel Bichon, Frank Bolkenius, Viviane Van Dorsselaer
  • Publication number: 20040180875
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel compounds represented by structural Formula (I): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Taekyu Lee, Wenting Chen, Wei Deng, Albert J. Robichaud, Ruth R. Wexler
  • Patent number: 6790844
    Abstract: Condensed pyridine compounds represented by formula (I): wherein: R1 and R3 are, independently, hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, or lower alkoxy; R2 represents an amino substituent; ring A is a benzene ring, pyridine ring, thiophene ring, or furan ring; and B represents a substituent containing a ring structure. Also, pharmaceutically acceptable salt and hydrates thereof. These compounds are clinically useful medicaments having; serotonin antagonism, and in particular, for treating, ameliorating, or preventing spastic paralysis. They are also useful as central muscle relaxants for ameliorating myotonia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Eisai Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kohshi Ueno, Atsushi Sasaki, Koki Kawano, Tadashi Okabe, Noritaka Kitazawa, Keiko Takahashi, Noboru Yamamoto, Yuichi Suzuki, Manabu Matsunaga, Atsuhiko Kubota
  • Publication number: 20040176367
    Abstract: 1-Amino 1H-imidazoquinoline compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, intermediates, and methods of making 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: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: George W. Griesgraber, Karl J. Manske