Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of structural formula I: I useful as potassium channel inhibitors to treat cardiac arrhythmias, and the like.

Abstract: Patients are subject to a post-seizure treatment regime to separately inhibitor consecutive targets of an epileptogenic cascade comprising neurotransmitter receptor signaling, kinase/phosphatase activity, protein translation, and apoptosis or inflammation.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which is expressed anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein.

Abstract: The invention provides new oxazolidinone compounds of formula (I) wherein A is certain heterocycles optionally substituted; R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently selected from —H and halogen; X is selected from O, S, NR9 and CR9R10; R9 and R10 having different meanings; Y is selected from O, S, SO, SO2, NO, NR12 and CR12R13; R12 and R13 having different meanings. It also provides different processes for the preparation of such compounds. Oxazolidinone compounds of formula (I) are active against Gram-positive and some Gram-negative human and veterinary pathogens with a weak monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitory activity. They are useful for the treatment of bacterial infections.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein m, n, X, Y, Z, Ar, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, methods of using, and methods of preparing the compounds.

Abstract: One aspect of the present application relates to a method for limiting damage to neuronal cells by ischemic or epoxic conditions, e.g., such as may be manifest by a reduction in brain infarct volume, by administering to an individual a hedgehog therapeutic or ptc therapeutic in an amount effective for reducing cerebral infarct volume.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compound having general formula (I): Wherein m, R1 and R2 are as defined herein. The invention also relates to the use of the compound in therapeutics. More specifically, the compounds of the invention are inhibitors of the FAAH enzyme, and therefore, can be used for the treatment of various disorders associated with FAAH enzyme, which include in a non-limiting manner, pain, eating disorders, neurological and psychiatric pathologies, among other disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel organic compounds comprising a naphthyridine which may be mediators of a selective subset of kinases belonging to the AGC kinase family, such as for example PKC, PKD, PKN-1/2, CDK-9, MRCK-beat, PASK, PRKX, ROCK-I/II or mediators of other kinases, the selectivity of which would be depending on the structural variation thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein s, R1a and R1 to R3 are as defined in the description and claims, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases which are associated with the modulation of H3 receptors.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel class of azadecalin compounds and methods of using the compounds as glucocorticoid receptor modulators.

Abstract: A compound represented by the general formula (I): wherein R1 is wherein R26 and R28 are each independently lower alkyloxy and the like; n1 is an integer of 0 to 3; Z is a optionally substituted C1-C5 alkynylene which may be interrupted with a substituent selected from Substituent group a and the like; A is a group represented by the formula: wherein R6 and R7 are each independently lower alkyl and the like; m and n are each independently 0, 1, or 2; R2 is a hydrogen atom and the like; R3 is optionally substituted lower alkyl and the like; R4 is a hydrogen atom; or R3 and R4 may be taken together with an adjacent carbon atom to from a ring; R5 is hydroxyl and the like, or an optically active isomer, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a solvate thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to isoquinolinone derivatives of formula (I): wherein are as herein defined; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy.

Abstract: This application discloses 5-phenyl-1H-pyridin-2-one and 6-phenyl-2H-pyridazin-3-one derivatives according to generic Formulae I-III: wherein, variables R, X, Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, n and m are defined as described herein, which inhibit Btk. The compounds disclosed herein are useful to modulate the activity of Btk and treat diseases associated with excessive Btk activity. The compounds are further useful to treat inflammatory and auto immune diseases associated with aberrant B-cell proliferation such as rheumatoid arthritis. Also disclosed are compositions containing compounds of Formulae I-III and at least one carrier, diluent or excipient.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compound having general formula (I): Wherein m, R1 and R2 are as defined herein. The invention also relates to the use of the compound in therapeutics. More specifically, the compounds of the invention are inhibitors of the FAAH enzyme, and therefore, can be used for the treatment of various disorders associated with FAAH enzyme, which include in a non-limiting manner, pain, eating disorders, neurological and psychiatric pathologies, among other disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.

Abstract: A combination of a Rho kinase inhibitor and a prostaglandin as a therapeutic agent for treating glaucoma. The actions of reducing intraocular pressure are complemented and/or enhanced by combining a Rho kinase inhibitor with a prostaglandin. Each of the Rho kinase inhibitor and the prostaglandin can be administered in combination or in a mixture.

Abstract: The invention relates to 6-substituted isoquinolone derivatives of the formula (I) useful for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases associated with Rho-kinase and/or Rho-kinase mediated phosphorylation of myosin light chain phosphatase, and compositions containing such compounds.

Abstract: A method for treating glaucoma comprising administering to a patient pharmaceutically effective amounts of a Rho kinase inhibitor and a prostaglandin.

Abstract: This application discloses 5-phenyl-1H-pyridin-2-one and 6-phenyl-2H-pyridazin-3-one derivatives according to generic Formulae I-III: wherein, variables R, X, Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, n and m are defined as described herein, which inhibit Btk. The compounds disclosed herein are useful to modulate the activity of Btk and treat diseases associated with excessive Btk activity. The compounds are further useful to treat inflammatory and auto immune diseases associated with aberrant B-cell proliferation such as rheumatoid arthritis. Also disclosed are compositions containing compounds of Formulae I-III and at least one carrier, diluent or excipient.

Abstract: Chemical entities that modulate smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin are described.

Abstract: Provided are compositions and methods of treating inflammation of the heart of a subject diagnosed with inflammation of the heart, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an inhibitor of Calmodulin Kinase II, whereby the administration of the inhibitor treats inflammation of the heart in the subject. Also provided are compositions and methods of preventing inflammation of the heart of a subject, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an inhibitor of Calmodulin Kinase II, whereby the administration of the inhibitor prevents inflammation of the heart in the subject.

Abstract: This invention provides novel aryl piperazine derivatives having medical utility, in particular as modulators of dopamine and serotonin receptors, preferably the D3, D2-like and 5-HT2 receptor subtypes, and in particular useful for the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders incl. schizophrenia.

Abstract: Regenerative growth of an adult mammalian central nervous system neuron axon subject to growth inhibition by endogenous, myelin growth repulsion factors is promoted by delivering to the axon a therapeutically effective amount of a specific inhibitor of protein kinase C, whereby regenerative growth of the axon is promoted and a resultant promotion of the regenerative growth of the axon is detected.

Abstract: The present invention provides kinase inhibitors of Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, and X are as described herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The present application relates to new compounds of formula (I), to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, to processes for their preparation, and to the use of the compounds as leptin receptor modulator mimetics in the preparation of medicaments against conditions associated with weight gain, type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemias.

Abstract: Isoquinolone derivatives of the general formula are provided. The compounds are NK3 antagonists and useful for the treatment of e.g. psychosis and schizophrenia.

Abstract: The compounds of the present invention are represented by the chemical structure found in Formula (I): wherein: the carbon atom designated * is in the R or S configuration; and X is a fused bicyclic carbocycle or heterocycle selected from the group consisting of benzofuranyl, benzo[b]thiophenyl, benzoisothiazolyl, benzoisoxazolyl, indazolyl, indolyl, isoindolyl, indolizinyl, benzoimidazolyl, benzooxazolyl, benzothiazolyl, benzotriazolyl, imidazo[1,2-a]pyridinyl, pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridinyl, [1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyridinyl, thieno[2,3-b]pyridinyl, thieno[3,2-b]pyridinyl, 1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridinyl, indenyl, indanyl, dihydrobenzocycloheptenyl, tetrahydrobenzocycloheptenyl, dihydrobenzothiophenyl, dihydrobenzofuranyl, indolinyl, naphthyl, tetrahydronaphthyl, quinolinyl, isoquinolinyl, 4H-quinolizinyl, 9aH-quinolizinyl, quinazolinyl, cinnolinyl, phthalazinyl, quinoxalinyl, benzo[1,2,3]triazinyl, benzo[1,2,4]triazinyl, 2H-chromenyl, 4H-chromenyl, and a fused bicyclic carbocycle or fused bicyclic heterocycle opti

Abstract: The present application features the use of the somatostatin subtype 3 receptor (SST3) as a target for affecting insulin secretion and for diagnosing diabetes related disorders. Glucose stimulated insulin secretion was found to be stimulated by knocking down expression of SST3 and through the use of a SST3 selective antagonist.

Abstract: There is Provided an Agent for Prevention of glaucoma or an agent for prevention or treatment of ocular hypertension, with a potent ocular hypotensive effect and prolonged duration thereof. An agent for prevention or treatment of glaucoma comprising a Rho kinase inhibitor and a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor in combination.

Abstract: Certain substituted tetrahydroisoquinoline compounds are histamine H3 receptor modulators useful in the treatment of histamine H3 receptor-mediated diseases.

Abstract: The invention relates to 6-piperidinyl-substituted isoquinoline derivatives of the formula (I) useful for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases associated with Rho-kinase and/or Rho-kinase mediated phosphorylation of myosin light chain phosphatase, and compositions containing such compounds.

Abstract: There is provided a preventive for glaucoma or a preventive or a remedy for ocular hypertension, with a potent ocular hypotensive effect and prolonged duration thereof. A preventive or a remedy for glaucoma comprising a Rho kinase inhibitor and an ?1 blocker in combination.

Abstract: This invention is directed to compounds, which are PDE10A enzyme inhibitors. The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The present invention also provides a process for the preparation of the compounds of formula I. The present invention further provides a method of treating a subject suffering from a neurodegenerative disorder comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I. The present invention further provides a method of treating a subject suffering from a psychiatric disorder comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I.

Abstract: A method for treating Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in humans and the symptoms associated therewith, inattentiveness, and hyperactivity with impulsivity, using eltoprazine and related compounds is provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound selected from compounds of formula I as ligand binding to the HDM2 protein, inducing apoptosis and inhibiting proliferation, and having therapeutic utility in cancer therapy. Compounds of formula (I) can be used as therapeutics for treating stroke, myocardial infarction, ischemia, multi-organ failure, spinal cord injury, Alzheimer's Disease, injury from ischemic events, heart valvular degenerative disease Moreover, compounds of formula (I) can be used to decrease the side effects from cytotoxic cancer agents and to treat viral infections.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an isoquinoline compound represented by the following formula (I) or (II), an optically active form thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a water adduct thereof, a hydrate thereof and a solvate thereof, as well as an agent for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of a disease caused by hyperreactivity of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase, containing the compound, and a poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase inhibitor containing the compound. In addition, this compound is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of cerebral infarction, particularly as an agent for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of acute cerebral infarction.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to certain isoquinolin-1(2H)-one compounds, useful as PDE10 inhibitors, having the formula: where R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and processes for preparing such compounds. The invention is also directed to methods of treating diseases mediated by PDE10, such as obesity, non-insulin dependent diabetes, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the like.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new compounds of formula I, or salts, solvates or solvated salts thereof, wherein Q, R1, R2, R3, R4 and n are defined as in claim 1, processes for their preparation and to new intermediates used in the preparation thereof, pharmaceutical formulations containing said compounds and to the use of said compounds in therapy.

Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (1) [A represents a nitrogen-containing saturated ring; m represents an integer of 0 to 2; n represents an integer of 1 to 4; G1 represents hydrogen atom, chlorine atom, hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group, or amino group; G2 represents a halogen atom, hydroxyl group, cyano group, carboxy group, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an amino group, an alkylsulfinyl group, an alkylsulfonyl group, or an aryl group; G3 represents hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, hydroxyl group, cyano group, carboxy group, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an amino group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an acyl group, an acyloxy group, an alkylsulfinyl group, an alkylsulfonyl group, or an aryl group; Y represents a single bond, or —C(R3)(R4)— (R3 and R4 represent hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group, or alkylene groups which combine together to form a saturated hydrocarbon ring group); G4 represents hydro

Abstract: Methods for treatment of pulmonary hypertension include administration of a first amount of treprostinil and administration of a second amount of a Rho kinase inhibitor such that the first amount and the second amount form together an amount effective for pulmonary hypertension treatment. Kits for treatment pulmonary hypertension are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polyphenol-like compounds that are useful for inhibiting VCAM-1 expression, MCP-1 expression and/or SMC proliferation in a mammal. The disclosed compounds are useful for regulating markers of inflammatory conditions, including vascular inflammation, and for treatment and prevention of inflammatory and cardiovascular diseases and related disease states.

Abstract: The present invention relates to isoquinolinone derivatives of formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are as herein defined; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy.

Abstract: The present invention relates to 2-amino-imidazo[4,5-d]pyridazin-4-ones and 2-amino-imidazo[4,5-c]pyridin-4-ones of general formula wherein R1 to R4 and X are defined as in claims 1 to 6, the tautomers, the enantiomers, the diastereomers, the mixtures thereof and the salts thereof, which have valuable pharmacological properties, particularly an inhibiting effect on the activity of the enzyme dipeptidylpeptidase-IV (DPP-IV).

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the formula which are activators of glucokinase activity and, thus, may be employed as therapeutic agents for the treatment of glucokinase mediated conditions. Accordingly, the compounds of formula (I) may be employed for the prevention and the treatment of impaired glucose tolerance, type 2 diabetes and obesity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds Formula (I) as inhibitors of AKT activity, which are useful for the treatment of susceptible neoplasms and viral infections.

Abstract: The present invention provides kinase inhibitors of Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, and X are as described herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to thiadiazole compounds useful for treating diseases mediated by protein kinase B (PKB). The invention also relates to the therapeutic use of such thiadiazole compounds and compositions thereof in treating disease states associated with abnormal cell growth, cancer, inflammation, and metabolic disorders.

Abstract: Racemic mixtures and enantiomerically pure forms of novel 1-[(2?-substituted)-piperazin-1?-yl]-isoquinolines are norepinephrine (NE) transporter (NET) inhibitor compounds. Compounds of the invention are considered therapeutic agents for central nervous system (CNS) diseases and disorders, without limitation, including neurodegeneration, anxiety, depression, attention deficit disorders, drug dependency, and post traumatic stress disorder. Examples of the chemical syntheses of the compounds of the invention are provided. The isoquinoline compounds of the invention competitively bind at NET at nanomolar concentrations. The isoquinoline agents of the invention bind selectively to NET over other competitive transporter targets and receptor binding sites, including those of serotonin and dopamine, amongst others. The chemical syntheses of the invention are suitable for labeling with radionuclide atoms.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of general formula IA or IB wherein X1 and X2 are each independently N or C—R? and R1, R2,R3, R4, R5, and R6 are as defined in the specification and to pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof. The compounds can be used for the treatment of diseases related to the glycine transporter inhibitor, such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease.