Chalcogen Hetero Ring Attached Directly Or Indirectly To The Piperazine Ring By Nonionic Bonding Patents (Class 514/253.11)
  • Patent number: 8598168
    Abstract: The invention relates to the inhibition of histone deacetylase. The invention provides compounds and methods for inhibiting histone deacetylase enzymatic activity. The invention also provides compositions and methods for treating cell proliferative diseases and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: MethylGene Inc.
    Inventors: Oscar Moradei, Isabelle Paquin, Sylvie Frechette, Tammy Mallais, Simon Roy, Roger Machaalani, Arkadii Vaisburg, Jeffrey M Besterman, Pierre Tessier, David Smil, Silvana Leit, Robert Déziel
  • Publication number: 20130310375
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for modulating the Wnt signaling pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: IRM LLC
    Inventors: Dai Cheng, Guobao Zhang, Dong Han, Wenqi Gao, Shifeng Pan
  • Publication number: 20130303520
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to (heterocycle-tetrahydropyridine)(piperazinyl)-1-alkanone and (heterocycle-dihydropyrrolidine)(piperazinyl)-1-alkanone derivatives of formula (I): wherein A, B, m, n, W, and R2 are as defined in the disclosure; to the methods of preparing said derivatives, and to the therapeutic uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Marco BARONI, Francoise BONO, Sandrine DELBARY-GOSSART, Valentina VERCESI
  • Publication number: 20130296296
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), wherein R1 is heteroaryl or heterocyclyl, optionally substituted; R2 is C1-4alkyl, heterocyclyl, C1-4alkylaryl, C1-4alkylheteroaryl, carbocyclyl, C1-4alkylheterocyclyl, heterocyclyl-heteroaryl, aryl-heterocyclyl, carbocyclyl-heteroaryl, heterocyclyl-aryl, optionally substituted; R3 is hydrogen or C1-4alkyl, or R2 and R3 may together with the nitrogen atom, form a saturated ring system containing 4, 5 or 6 ring forming atoms, and optionally substituted; R4 is hydrogen, halogen, methyl or methoxy; to pharmaceutical composition containing said compounds and to the use of said compounds in therapy, for instance in treating cognitive disorders. The present invention further relates to new intermediates useful in the preparation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventor: ASTRAZENECA AB
  • Patent number: 8575161
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in the claims, including pharmaceutical compositions thereof and for their use in the treatment and/or prevention and/or amelioration of one or more symptoms of disease or disorders related to the activity of FXR. The invention is also directed to intermediates and to a method of preparation of compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Didier Roche, Gisèle Mautino, Ingo Kober, Francis Contard, Serge Christmann-Franck, Saumitra Sengupta, Ramesh Sistla, Gummadi Venkateshwar Rao
  • Publication number: 20130267516
    Abstract: Compounds of general formula I, (formula [I)], their use as calcium receptor-active compounds for the prophylaxis, treatment or amelioration of physiological disorders or diseases associated with disturbances of CaSR activity, such as hyperparathyroidism, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, and methods of treating diseases with said compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: LEO PHARMA A/S
    Inventors: Kristoffer Månsson, Lars Kristian Albert Blæhr
  • Publication number: 20130237547
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating various diseases, syndromes, conditions and disorders, including pain. Such compounds are represented by Formula I as follows: wherein Y, R1, R2, R3, R4, RA, and RB are defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Janssen Pharmaceutica, NV
    Inventor: Jay M. Matthews
  • Patent number: 8497273
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) wherein the variables have meanings given in the claims and the description. The invention also relates to the use of a compound of the formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for preparing a medicament for the treatment of a medical disorder susceptible to the treatment with a 5HT6 receptor ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Roland Grandel, Wilfried Martin Braje, Andreas Haupt, Sean Colm Turner, Udo Lange, Karla Drescher, Liliane Unger
  • Patent number: 8461156
    Abstract: Compounds of the present invention, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”). The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Sara S. Hadida Ruah, Matthew Hamilton, Mark Miller, Peter D. J. Grootenhuis, Brian Bear, Jason McCartney, Jinglan Zhou
  • Publication number: 20130143893
    Abstract: The invention provides 2-carboxamide piperazine compounds, and methods of treatment and pharmaceutical compositions that utilize or comprise one or more such compounds. Compounds of the invention are useful for the treatment of mammalian infertility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: MERCK SERONO SA
    Inventors: Sharad Magar, Andreas Goutopoulos, Yihua Liao, Matthias Schwarz, Russell J. Thomas
  • Patent number: 8445679
    Abstract: Compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Mcl-1 protein, compositions containing the compounds, and methods of treating diseases involving overexpressed or unregulated Mcl-1 protein are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Xilu Wang, Xiaohong Song, Steven W. Elmore, Milan Bruncko, David J. Madar, Andrew J. Souers, Lisa A. Hasvold, Le Wang, Zhi-Fu Tao, Aaron K. Kunzer
  • Publication number: 20130123234
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aryl- or heteroaryl-substituted benzene compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods of treating cancer by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof. The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for research or other non-therapeutic purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicants: EISAI R&D MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., EPIZYME, INC.
    Inventors: EPIZYME, INC., EISAI R&D MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130123242
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds represented by formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof useful for treating flaviviridae viral infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Canada) Incorporated
    Inventors: Laval Chan Chun Kong, Jean Bedard, Sanjoy Kumar Das, Nghe Nguyen-Ba, Oswy Z. Pereira, Thumkunta Jagadeeswar Reddy, Mohammad Arshad Siddiqui, Wuyi Wang, Constantin G. Yannopoulos
  • Publication number: 20130123252
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I: a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: David Barnes, Scott Louis Cohen, Jiping Fu, Lei Shu, Rui Zheng
  • Publication number: 20130116247
    Abstract: Compounds which directly inhibit IRE-1? activity in vitro, prodrugs, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts there-of. Such compounds and prodrugs are useful for treating diseases associated with the unfolded protein response or with regulated IRE1-dependent decay (RIDD) and can be used as single agents or in combination therapies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: MANNKIND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qingping Zeng, Andras Toro, John Bruce Patterson, Warren Stanfield Wade, Zoltan Zubovics, Yun Yang, Zhipeng Wu
  • Patent number: 8410090
    Abstract: The invention relates to heterocyclylamide-substituted thiazoles, pyrroles and thiophenes and processes for their preparation, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and to their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular for the use as antiviral agents, especially against cytomegaloviruses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: AiCuris GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Holger Zimmermann, David Brueckner, Kerstin Henninger, Martin Hendrix, Martin Radtke
  • Patent number: 8410088
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aryl- or heteroaryl-substituted benzene compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods of treating cancer by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof. The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for research or other non-therapeutic purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignees: Epizyme, Inc., Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kevin W. Kuntz, Richard Chesworth, Kenneth W. Duncan, Masashi Seki, Syuji Shirotori
  • Publication number: 20130072497
    Abstract: Novel N-alkyl substituted piperazines have been discovered, which are useful as insecticides or fungicides. Such compounds are of Formula (I) wherein X, Y, R1 and R2 are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventor: Dow AgroSciences LLC
  • Publication number: 20130053398
    Abstract: 4-(2,2-Difluoro-benzo[1,3]dioxol-5-ylmethyl)-piperazine-1-carboxylic acid (4-chloro-pyridin-3-yl)-amide is described, which is useful as a FAAH modulator. 4-(2,2-Difluoro-benzo[1,3]dioxol-5-ylmethyl)-piperazine-1-carboxylic acid (4-chloro-pyridin-3-yl)-amide may be used in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) activity, such as anxiety, pain, inflammation, sleep disorders, eating disorders, energy metabolism disorders, and movement disorders (e.g., multiple sclerosis). A method of synthesizing 4-(2,2-difluoro-benzo[1,3]dioxol-5-ylmethyl)-piperazine-1-carboxylic acid (4-chloro-pyridin-3-yl)-amide is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: John M. Keith, Jing Liu
  • Publication number: 20130053369
    Abstract: The purpose is to provide a compound which has an intestinal phosphate transporter (NPT-IIb) inhibitory action and is useful as an active ingredient of an agent for treating and/or preventing hyperphosphatemia. A tetrahydrobenzothiophene compound of the following formula (I) has NPT-IIb inhibitory action and can be used as an agent for treating and/or preventing hyperphosphatemia: wherein, R1 represents —O-lower alkyl, -lower alkylene-phenyl, or the like; R2 and R3 are the same as or different from each other and represent H, lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl or the like, or, R2 and R3 may be combined with a nitrogen atom to which they bind to form 5- to 7-membered saturated cyclic amino; R4's are the same as or different from each other and represent halogen, lower alkyl; and n represents 0 to 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventor: Astellas Pharma Inc.
  • Patent number: 8378092
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I, wherein R1; R2; R3; R4; R5, R13, R16, X and M have the meanings indicated in the claims. The compounds of formula I are valuable pharmacologically active compounds. They exhibit a strong anti-thrombotic effect and are suitable, for example, for the therapy and prophylaxis of cardio-vascular disorders like thromboembolic diseases or restenoses. They are reversible inhibitors of the blood clotting enzymes factor Xa (FXa) and thrombin and can in general be applied in conditions in which an undesired activity of factor Xa and/or thrombin are present or for the cure or prevention of which an inhibition of factor Xa and thrombin are intended. The invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of compounds of the formula I, their use, in particular as active ingredients in pharmaceuticals, and pharmaceutical preparations comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Markus Follmann, Volkmar Wehner, Jerome Meneyrol, Jean-Michel Altenburger, Frédéric Petit, Gilbert Lassalle, Jean-Pascal Herault
  • Publication number: 20130040948
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel dual modulators of the 5-HT2A and D3 receptors of formula (I) wherein n, Y, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as described herein, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof. Further the present invention is concerned with the manufacture of the compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceutical agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento, Juergen Wichmann
  • Patent number: 8367676
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), wherein R1 is heteroaryl or heterocyclyl, optionally substituted; R2 is C1-4alkyl, heterocyclyl, C1-4alkylaryl, C1-4alkylheteroaryl, carbocyclyl, C1-4alkylheterocyclyl, heterocyclyl-heteroaryl, aryl-heterocyclyl, carbocyclyl-heteroaryl, heterocyclyl-aryl, optionally substituted; R3 is hydrogen or C1-4alkyl, or R2 and R3 may together with the nitrogen atom, form a saturated ring system containing 4, 5 or 6 ring forming atoms, and optionally substituted; R4 is hydrogen, halogen, methyl or methoxy; to pharmaceutical composition containing said compounds and to the use of said compounds in therapy, for instance in treating cognitive disorders. The present invention further relates to new intermediates useful in the preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Johan Andersson, Helena Gybäck, Anh Johansson, Christian Erik Linde, Jonas Malmström, Gunnar Nordvall, Tatjana Weigelt, Gitte Terp
  • Publication number: 20130029978
    Abstract: There is a need for FAAH inhibitors capable of oral administration and having excellent efficacy, particularly agents for the prevention and treatment of pain. Disclosed are novel arylurea compounds represented by formula (I), salts or solvates thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same as an active ingredient. The pharmaceutical composition is used primarily for FAAH inhibitors, or agents for prevention and treatment of pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2010
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kamino, Yoshitaka Maeda
  • Publication number: 20130023515
    Abstract: Compounds of structural formula (I) are inhibitors of prolylcarboxypeptidase (PrCP). The compounds of the present invention are useful for the prevention and treatment of conditions related to enzymatic activity of PrCP such as abnormal metabolism, including obesity; diabetes; metabolic syndrome; obesity related disorders; and diabetes related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Fa-Xiang Ding, Jinlong Jiang, Dong-Ming Shen, Hong Shen, Zhi-Cai Shi
  • Publication number: 20130023522
    Abstract: Novel benzamide derivatives of formula (I) wherein W1, W2, R1 to R7, R8, X and Y have the meaning according to the claims, are positive allosteric modulators of the FSH receptor, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of fertility disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Henry YU, Jiezhen LI, Thomas E. RICHARDSON, Pandi BHARATHI, Brian H. HEASLEY, Andreas GOUTOPOULOS
  • Publication number: 20130005710
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel aminopyridine derivative that is excellent in pharmaceutical effects such as a neuroprotective effect, a neurogenesis or nerve regeneration promoting effect, and a cognitive function improving effect and, preferably, is low toxic and delivered at a high rate to the central nervous system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Tetsuya Tsukamoto, Takeshi Wakabayashi, Norihito Tokunaga, Yuhei Miyanohana
  • Publication number: 20120322798
    Abstract: Compounds of the present invention, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTC”). The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sara S. Hadida Ruah, Matthew Hamilton, Mark Miller, Peter D.J. Grootenhuis, Brian Bear, Jason McCartney, Jinglan Zhou
  • Publication number: 20120322807
    Abstract: The present invention provides a STAT3/5 activation inhibitor containing an aromatic compound represented by the general formula or a salt thereof as an active ingredient: Wherein X1 represents a nitrogen atom or a group —CH?, R1 represents a group —Z—R6, in which Z represents a group —CO—, a group —CH(OH)— or the like, R6 represents a 5- to 15-membered monocyclic, dicyclic or tricyclic saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic group having 1 to 4 nitrogen atoms, oxygen atoms or sulfur atoms, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, Y represents a group —O—, a group —CO—, a group —CH(OH)— or a lower alkylene group, and A represents a group
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Kazuo Sekiguchi, Takashi Suzuki, Yutaka Ohbuchi, Mitsuhiro Okuno, Naoto Ohi, Kenji Ohnishi, Masaaki Motoyama, Kenji Yoshida, Takeshi Kodama, Kazuhisa Sugiyama, Seiji Akamatsu, Kunihiko Kiyono, Yasuo Yanagihara, Takashi Watanabe, Kazuhiko Hayashi, Hideo Tanaka, Takumi Sumida
  • Patent number: 8324207
    Abstract: Compounds of the present invention, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”). The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Sara S. Hadida Ruah, Matthew Hamilton, Mark Miller, Peter D. J. Grootenhuis, Brian Bear, Jason McCartney, Jinglan Zhou, Fredrick van Goor
  • Patent number: 8318733
    Abstract: Compounds of the present invention, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”). The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Sara Sabina Hadida-Ruah, Matthew Hamilton, Mark Thomas Miller, Peter Diederik Jan Grootenhuis, Jinglan Zhou, Brian Richard Bear, Jason McCartney
  • Publication number: 20120283254
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel selective dual modulators of the 5-HT2A and D3 receptors of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, n, and Y are as described herein, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof. Further the present invention is concerned with the manufacture of the compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento, Juergen Wichmann
  • Publication number: 20120283242
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound having an excellent antitumor effect. The compound of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (1) wherein R1 and R2 are aryl or the like; A is lower alkylene; Ring X is optionally substituted arylene; E is bond or lower alkenylene; Ring Y is optionally substituted heterocycloalkylene containing one or more nitrogen atoms, one of which is attached to the adjacent carbonyl group; G is —NH-G2-, —N(lower alkyl)-G2-, —NH—CH2-G2-, —N(lower alkyl)-CH2-G2- or —CH2-G2-, [wherein G2 binds to R2, G2-R2 is bond-R2, phenylene-G3-R2, phenylene-G4-O—R2, phenylene-G5-NH—R2, phenylene-G6-N(lower alkyl)-R2 or quinolinediyl-O—R2, the phenylene of said phenylene-containing groups being optionally substituted with one or more substituents; G3-R2 is —O-lower alkylene-R2 or the like; G4-O— is lower alkylene-O— or the like; G5 is lower alkylene; G6 is lower alkylene].
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Hideki Takasu, Shigekazu Fujita, Shinya Ohtsuka, Toshiyuki Hirose, Yosuke Sato, Satoshi Yamada, Keisuke Miyajima, Koji Sakai, Yutaka Kojima, Kazuo Sekiguchi, Yasuo Yanagihara, Takashi Suzuki, Hideo Tanaka, Kazuhisa Sugiyama, Mitsuhiro Okuno, Takumi Sumida
  • Publication number: 20120270882
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of Formula I which are derivatives of 3-Hydroxypyridin-4-ones. The compounds may be used in treatment of a medical condition related to a toxic concentration of iron. The compounds may be used for preparation of a medicament for treatment of a medical condition related to a toxic concentration of iron. The medical condition related to a toxic concentration of iron may be selected from the group consisting of: cancer, pulmonary disease, progressive kidney disease and Frederich's Ataxia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: APOTEX TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Tim Fat Tam, Regis Leung-Toung, Yingsheng Wang, Yangqing Zhao, Tao Xin, Birenkumar Shah, Blaise N'zemba, Jolanta Maria Wodzinska, Maryna Premyslova
  • Patent number: 8288380
    Abstract: A compound of formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 represent hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl or R3 represents hydroxyl, lower alkoxy, lower cycloalkyloxy, aryloxy, carboxy, lower alkoxycarbonyl, or NRaRb of the formula R4 and R5 represent halogen, lower alkyl, hydroxyl, or lower alkoxy; R6 represents halogen, lower alkyl, aryl, heterocyclic, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, mercapto, lower alkylthio, lower alkylcarbonyl, amino, nitro or cyano; R7 represents lower alkyl, hydroxyl or lower alkoxy; Ra and Rb represent hydrogen or lower alkyl; ring A represents a cyclic hydrocarbon or a heterocyclic ring; ring B represents a heterocyclic ring; X represents lower alkylene; Z represents a single bond or lower alkylene; Y represents lower alkylene and W1—W2 represents CH—CH, or Y represents a single bond and W1—W2 represents N—CH, CH—N or CH—CH; and 1, m, n and o represent 0, 1, 2, or 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mogi, Hisashi Tajima, Noriko Mishina, Yusuke Yamazaki, Shinji Yoneda, Katsuhiko Watanabe, Junko Fujikawa, Minoru Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20120245141
    Abstract: Disclosed are pyruvate kinase M2 activators, which are, bis sulfonamide piperazinyl compounds of Formula (I) and 2,4-disubstituted 4H-thieno[3,2-b]pyrrole-2-(substituted benzyl)pyridazin-3(2H)ones of Formula (II), wherein L and R1 to R16 are as defined herein, that are useful in treating a number of diseases that are treatable by the activation of PKM2, for example, cancer and anemia,
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Craig J. Thomas, Douglas S. Auld, James Inglese, Amanda P. Skoumbourdis, Jian-Kang Jiang, Matthew B. Boxer
  • Publication number: 20120245150
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to (heterocycle-tetrahydropyridine)(piperazinyl)-1-alkanone and (heterocycle-dihydropyrrolidine)(piperazinyl)-1-alkanone derivatives of formula (I): wherein A, B, m, n, W, and R2 are as defined in the disclosure; to the methods of preparing said derivatives, and to the therapeutic uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: SANOFI
    Inventors: Marco BARONI, Françoise BONO, Sandrine DELBARY-GOSSART, Valentina VERCESI
  • Publication number: 20120232059
    Abstract: Compounds of the present invention, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”). The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Sara Hadida-Ruah, Matthew Hamilton, Mark Miller, Peter D.J. Grootenhuis, Brian Bear, Jason McCartney, Jinglan Zhou, Frederick van Goor
  • Patent number: 8263599
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a STAT3/5 activation inhibitor. The present invention provides a STAT3/5 activation inhibitor containing an aromatic compound represented by the general formula or a salt thereof as an active ingredient: wherein X1 represents a nitrogen atom or a group —CH?, R1 represents a group —Z—R6, in which Z represents a group —CO—, a group —CH(OH)— or the like, R6 represents a 5- to 15-membered monocyclic, dicyclic or tricyclic saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic group having 1 to 4 nitrogen atoms, oxygen atoms or sulfur atoms, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, Y represents a group —O—, a group —CO—, a group —CH(OH)— or a lower alkylene group, and A represents a group wherein R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkoxy group or the like, p represents 1 or 2, R4 represents an imidazolyl lower alkyl group or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Sekiguchi, Takashi Suzuki, Yutaka Ohbuchi, Mitsuhiro Okuno, Naoto Ohi, Kenji Ohnishi, Masaaki Motoyama, Kenji Yoshida, Takeshi Kodama, Kazuhisa Sugiyama, Seiji Akamatsu, Kunihiko Kiyono, Yasuo Yanagihara, Takashi Watanabe, Kazuhiko Hayashi, Hideo Tanaka, Takumi Sumida
  • Publication number: 20120225868
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel dual modulators of the 5-HT2A and D3 receptors of formula (I) wherein n, Y, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as described herein, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof. Further the present invention is concerned with the manufacture of the compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento, Juergen Wichmann
  • Publication number: 20120225847
    Abstract: The present application discloses novel squaric acid derivatives of the formula A: from —C(?O)—, —S(?O)2—, —C(?S)— and —P(?O)(R5)—; B: -, —O—, —NR6— and —C(?O)—NR6—; D: -, —O—, —CR7R8— and —NR9; m=0-12; n=0-12; m+n=1-20; p=0-2; R1: heteroaryl, aryl; R2: H, C1-12-alkyl, C3-12-cycloalkyl, —[CH2CH2O]1-10—(C1-6-alkyl), C1-12-alkenyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, heteroaryl; R3: C1-12-alkyl, C3-12-cycloalkyl, —[CH2CH2O]1-10—(C1-6-alkyl), C1-12-alkenyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, heteroaryl; or R2 and R3: N-containing heterocyclic/heteroaromatic ring; R4 and R4*: H, C1-12-alkyl, C1-12-alkenyl; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, and their use in the treatment of diseases/conditions caused by an elevated level of NAMPRT (inflammatory and tissue repair disorders, particularly rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, asthma and CPOD, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis and fibrotic diseases; dermatosis; autoimmune diseases including systemic lupus erythematosis, multiple sclerosis, psoriatic arthritis, ankyl
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Mette Knak Christensen, Fredrik Bjorkling
  • Publication number: 20120214798
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel hepcidin antagonists of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and the use thereof as medicaments, in particular for treatment of disorders in iron metabolism, such as, in particular, iron deficiency diseases and anaemias, in particular anaemias in connection with chronic inflammatory diseases (ACD: anaemia of chronic disease and AI: anaemia of inflammation).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: VIFOR (INTERNATIONAL) AG
    Inventors: Franz Dürrenberger, Susanna Burckhardt, Wilm Buhr, Peter O. Geisser, Felix Funk, Vincent A. Corden, Stephen M. Courtney, Tara Davenport, Stefan Jaeger, Mark P. Ridgill, Mark Slack, Christopher J. Yarnold, Wei Tsung Yau
  • Publication number: 20120207810
    Abstract: The present invention relates to drug delivery systems comprising ocular implant, which include organic molecules, capable of modulating tyrosine kinase signal transduction in order to regulate, modulate and/or inhibit abnormal cell proliferation, in combination with a polymer, which polymer serves to control, modify, modulate and/or slow the release of the therapeutic component into the environment of the eye in which said composite is placed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Lon T. SPADA, Jane Guo SHIAH, Patrick HUGHES, Thomas C. MALONE, Gerald W. DEVRIES, Jeffrey L. EDELMAN, Julie A. WURSTER
  • Publication number: 20120202795
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a series of 2,3,5-substituted pyridone derivatives of formula I: wherein R, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined herein. This invention also relates to methods of making these compounds. The compounds of this invention are inhibitors of poly(adenosine 5?-diphosphate ribose) polymerase (PARP) and are therefore useful as pharmaceutical agents, especially in the treatment and/or prevention of a variety of diseases, including diseases associated with the central nervous system and cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: AVENTIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
    Inventors: Philip M. WEINTRAUB, Paul R. EASTWOOD, Shujaath MEHDI, David W. STEFANY, Kwon Yon MUSICK, Neil MOORCROFT, Sungtaek LIM, John Z. JIANG, Hartmut RUTTEN, Stefan PEUKERT, Uwe SCHWAHN
  • Publication number: 20120201749
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: W is arylene, heteroarylene or formula (a) each L is independently alkylene, alkenylene, alkynylene, a direct bond, arylene, cycloalkylene, alkylene-arylene, alkylene-C?O or —C?O; each X is independently an N-containing heteroarylene, N-containing cycloalkylene or NR; Y is N-containing heteroaryl, N-containing cycloalkyl, NR2, OR1, CN or CO2R; Z1 is formula (b); are useful in therapy, particularly in the therapy of neurodegeneration and cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Melanie Jayne Crawshaw, Philip Spencer Fallon, Ashley Nicholas Jarvis, Jonathan Raymond Powell, Natalie Louise Winfield, David Selwood, Ian Charles Zachary, Haiyan Jia
  • Publication number: 20120172369
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds as diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT) inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the heterocyclic compounds and the use of the compounds for treating or preventing a cardiovascular disease, a metabolic disorder, obesity or an obesity-related disorder, diabetes, dyslipidemia, a diabetic complication, impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Pauline C. Ting, Joe F. Lee, Robert G. Aslanian
  • Publication number: 20120157449
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel dual modulators of the 5-HT2A and D3 receptors of formula (I) wherein n, x, Y, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as described herein, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof. Further the present invention is concerned with the manufacture of the compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento, Juergen Wichmann
  • Publication number: 20120157463
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chromone derivatives, their preparation, their pharmaceutical compositions and their application as D3 dopaminergic ligands as a medicament for disorders of the central nervous system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: PIERRE FABRE MEDICAMENT
    Inventors: Pierre Sokoloff, Thierry Imbert, Jean-François Patoiseau, Jean-Pierre Rieu
  • Patent number: 8198271
    Abstract: A compound having the following formula (1) or a salt thereof: wherein R1 and R2 represent hydrogen, a lower alkyl, a lower alkenyl, a lower alkynyl or a group having the following formula (2): (R6)n—{circle around (A)}—Z—??(2), R3 represents hydroxy, a lower alkoxy, a lower cycloalkyloxy, an aryloxy, carboxy, a lower alkoxycarbonyl, or —NRaRb having the following formula (3): (R7)o—{circle around (B)}—??(3), R4 and R5 represent halogen, a lower alkyl, hydroxy, or a lower alkoxy; R6 represents halogen, a lower alkyl, an aryl group, a heterocyclic, a hydroxy, a lower alkoxy, mercapto, a lower alkylthio, a lower alkylcarbonyl, amino, nitro or cyano; R7 represents a lower alkyl, hydroxy or a lower alkoxy; Ra and Rb represent hydrogen or a lower alkyl; the ring A represents a cyclic hydrocarbon or a heterocyclic ring; the ring B represents a heterocyclic ring having one or more heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen and oxygen; X represents a lower alkylene; Y represents a lower alkyle
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mogi, Hisashi Tajima, Noriko Mishina, Yusuke Yamazaki, Shinji Yoneda, Katsuhiko Watanabe, Junko Fujikawa, Minoru Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8183234
    Abstract: Guanidine derivatives having a condensed tricyclic ring of formula 1: are disclosed, wherein U is C(O), CRaRb, O, NRa or S(O)m; V is CRaRb or NRa; W is S(O)m; wherein Ra is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl or aralkyl; Rb is H, alkyl, OH, ORa or OCORa, and m is the integer 0, 1 or 2; R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are as defined herein with the proviso that at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 or R8 is guanidino or guanidinocarbonyl. These derivatives are sodium-proton exchange inhibitors and are useful as medicaments for the treatment of, for example, organ disorders associated with ischemia and reperfusion, cardiac arrhythmia, cardiac hypertrophy, hypertension, cell proliferative disorders and diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Piramal Life Sciences Limited
    Inventors: Bansi Lal, Swati Bal-Tembe, Usha Ghosh, Arun Kumar Jain, Tulsidas More, Anil Ghate, Jacqueline Trivedi, Sapna Parikh