The Additional Five-membered Hetero Ring Also Has Chalcogen As A Ring Member Patents (Class 514/254.02)
  • Patent number: 7750013
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to N-oxides of certain piperazine and piperidine derivatives and to methods for the preparation of these compounds. The disclosure also relates to the use of the compounds for the manufacture of a medicament giving a beneficial effect. The disclosure also relates to the use of the compounds for the manufacture of a medicament for treating a disease or condition. The disclosure further relates to the treatment of CNS-disorders, in particular the treatment of anxiety disorders, including generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, aggression, addiction (including craving), depression, autism, vertigo, schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, Parkinson's disease and disturbances of cognition and memory. The compounds have the general formula (1) wherein the symbols have the meanings given in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Solvay Pharmaceuticals, B.V.
    Inventors: Theodorus S. M. Koopman, Hendrink J. Koster, Peter H. Van Amsterdam, Roelof W. Feenstra, Marinus Verhage, Andrew C. McCreary, Mayke B. Hesselink, Gustaaf J. M. Van Scharrenburg
  • Publication number: 20100160301
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of selective factor Xa inhibitors, in particular of oxazolidinones of the formula (I) for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of microangiopathies and also their use for the production of medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of microangiopathies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: BAYER HEALTHCARE AG
    Inventors: Elisabeth Perzborn, Frank Misselwitz
  • Publication number: 20100159033
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new benzisoxazole modulators of D2 receptors and/or 5-HT2A receptors, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: AUSPEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas G. Gant, Manoucherhr M. Shahbaz
  • Publication number: 20100160308
    Abstract: The invention is directed to compounds of formula (1) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, methods for the preparation thereof, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Jianping Cai, Shaoqing Chen, Yi Chen, Xin-Jie Chu, Robert Alan Goodnow, JR., Kang Le, Kin-Chun Luk, Steven Gregory Mischke, Peter Michael Wovkulich
  • Patent number: 7737166
    Abstract: A 1,6-?-glucan synthetase inhibitor is provided, having potent growth inhibition and having excellent safety. A compound is provided, capable of expressing in a wide spectral range and specifically or selectively, an antifungal effect based on its functional mechanism of 1,6-?-glucan synthesis inhibition. Also provided is a drug, a salt or hydrate thereof, especially an antifungal that contains the compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Kawakami, Kazuo Kanai, Takao Horiuchi, Hiroshi Takeshita, Syozo Kobayashi, Yuichi Sugimoto, Issei Achiwa, Junichi Kuroyanagi
  • Publication number: 20100144712
    Abstract: A triazole derivative of formula 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate or isomer thereof is superior to the conventional antifungal drugs in antifungal activity against a wide spectrum of pathogenic fungi, and has advantageously low toxicity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicants: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, CHEMON INC.
    Inventors: Bum Tae Kim, Yong Ki Min, Jung Nyoung Heo, Hyuk Lee, Sung Youn Chang, No Kyun Park, Si-Whan Song, Jung-Ja Oh
  • Publication number: 20100144721
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of PI3K, particularly of PI3K?. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tiansheng Wang, Jeremy Green, Brain Ledford, Francois Maltais, Andreas Termin
  • Publication number: 20100144702
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a glucokinase activator useful as a pharmaceutical agent such as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes, obesity and the like. The present invention provides a glucokinase activator containing a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; R2 is a group represented by wherein each symbol is defined in the specification, or a salt thereof or a prodrug thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Tsuneo Yasuma, Osamu Ujikawa, Masahiro Itoh, Kazuko Aoki
  • Publication number: 20100137274
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of blood coagulation. Novel oxazolidinone derivatives of the general formula (I) processes for their preparation and their use as medicinally active compounds for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of disorders are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: Bayer Schering Pharma AG
    Inventors: Alexander Straub, Thomas Lampe, Jens Pohlmann, Susanne Rohrig, Elisabeth Perzborn, Karl-Heinz Schlemmer, Joseph Pernerstorfer
  • Publication number: 20100137294
    Abstract: The present application discloses the Tv-stp-1 serine/threonine phosphatase gene from Trichostrongylus vitrinus, and compounds that are useful as invertebrate control agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicants: GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, MEAT & LIVESTOCK AUTRALIA LIMITED
    Inventors: Robin Beat Gasser, Adam McCluskey
  • Publication number: 20100130508
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition according to the present invention comprises: (I) at least one member selected from the group consisting of oxazole compounds, optically active isomers thereof, and salts thereof, the oxazole compounds being represented by general formula (1): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or C1-6 alkyl group; n represents an integer from 0 to 6; and R2 represents, for example, a group of general formula (A) shown below: wherein R3 represents a phenoxy group, optionally substituted on the phenyl ring with one or more members selected from the group consisting of halogen atoms, halo-substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl groups, and halo-substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkoxy groups; and (II) at least one cellulose compound selected from the group consisting of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose phthalate and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose acetate succinate. The present pharmaceutical composition has an improved oxazole compound water solubility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junichi Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 7718659
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with novel heteroarylacetamides of formula (I) Rd—C(O)—N(Re)—Rc—CH2—C(O)—N(Ra)(Rb)??(I) wherein Ra to Re are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds inhibit the coagulation factor Xa and can be used as medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Markus Boehringer, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Wolfgang Haap, Hans Hilpert, Narendra Panday, Fabienne Ricklin
  • Publication number: 20100119622
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new 3H-benzooxazol-2-one modulators of D2 receptors and/or 5-HT1A receptors, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: AUSPEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas G. Gant, Sepehr Sarshar
  • Patent number: 7713979
    Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of Formula I: (I) having 11beta-HSD type 1 antagonist activity, as well as methods for preparing such compounds. In another embodiment, the invention discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I, as well as the use of the Formula I and compositions as medicaments to treat diabetes, hyperglycemia, obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, Syndrome X, and other conditions associated with hyperglycemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Thomas Daniel Aicher, Mark Joseph Chicarelli, Ronald Jay Hinklin, Hongqi Tian, Owen Brendan Wallace, John Gordon Allen, Zhaogen Chen, Thomas Edward Mabry, Jefferson Ray McCowan, Nancy June Snyder, Leonard Larry Winneroski, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20100113435
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds with the formula (II) and also to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, to processes for their preparation, as well as to the use of the compounds in medicine and for the preparation of a medicament which acts on the human 11-?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 enzyme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Tjeerd BARF, Rikard Emond, Guido Kurz, Jerk Vallgarda, Marianne Nilsson
  • Publication number: 20100113448
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compound which is useful as an 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 inhibitor. A compound represented by the formula: its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or a solvate thereof, wherein R1 is optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkylalkyl, optionally substituted heterocycle or optionally substituted heterocyclealkyl, X is —O—, —NR3—, —NR3C(?O)— or —NR3S(?O)2—, R2 is optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted arylalkyl, optionally substituted heteroaryl or optionally substituted heteroarylalkyl, R3 is hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicants: INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL MOLECULAR DESIGN, INC., SHIONOGI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akiko Itai, Susumu Muto, Ryuko Tokuyama, Hiroshi Fukasawa, Takeshi Yanase
  • Publication number: 20100099662
    Abstract: A hydrazone derivative of formula [I]: wherein Ring A is aryl or heteroaryl, Ring T is heteroaryl or heterocycle, R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen atom, halogen atom, cycloalkylsulfonyl, etc., R3 and R4 combine each other together with the adjacent nitrogen atom to form substituted or unsubstituted heterocycle, R5 is hydrogen atom, halogen atom, cyano, nitro, tetrazolyl, etc., and R6 is hydrogen atom, etc.; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is useful as a glucokinase activation agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Iwao Takamuro, Kazutoshi Sugawara, Hiroshi Sugama
  • Publication number: 20100099677
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating a disease in an animal, which disease is responsive to inhibiting of functional cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) polypeptide by administering to a mammal in need thereof an effective amount of a compound defined herein (including those compounds set forth in Tables 1-2 or encompassed by formulas I-V) or compositions thereof, thereby treating the disease. The present invention particularly, relates to a method of treating diarrhea and polycystic kidney disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Kevin James Doyle
  • Publication number: 20100093690
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I in free or salt form, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 have the meanings as indicated in the specification, are useful for treating diseases mediated by phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase. Pharmaceutical compositions that contain the compounds and processes for preparing the compounds are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Ian Bruce, Peter Finan, Catherine LeBlanc, Clive McCarthy, Lewis Whitehead, Nicola Press, Graham Charles Bloomfield, Judy Hayler, Louise Kirman, Mrinalini Sachin Oza, Lena Shukla
  • Publication number: 20100087413
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of an 11-?-HSD-type 1 and or type 2 inhibitor for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical agent for the prevention and/or treatment of inflammation-induced and/or immune-mediated loss of bone and/or cartilage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2004
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventor: Thomas Wilckens
  • Publication number: 20100075931
    Abstract: Certain oxazole ketone compounds are described, which are useful as FAAH inhibitors. Such compounds 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. Thus, the compounds may be administered to treat, e.g., anxiety, pain, inflammation, sleep disorders, eating disorders, or movement disorders (such as multiple sclerosis).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Dale L. Boger
  • Publication number: 20100075983
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the general formula (I) wherein X, n and R1 are as described herein, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof, methods for their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments. The active compounds of the present invention are dual modulators of the serotonin 5-HT2a and dopamine D3 receptors, useful in the treatment and/or the prevention of cognitive disorders, drug addiction, depression, anxiety, drug dependence, dementias, memory impairment, psychotic disorders comprising schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorders, bipolar disease, mania, psychotic depression, and psychoses comprising paranoia and delusions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Luca Gobbi, Georg Jaeschke, Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento, Lucinda Steward
  • Publication number: 20100074857
    Abstract: The described invention relates to the formulation and delivery of compositions to treat an epithelial-related condition selected from the group consisting of sparse hair growth, short hair growth, thin hair growth, alopecia and hair depigmentation and methods for their use. In some embodiments, the composition contains a first component and a second component wherein the first component is at least one prostaglandin analog and the second component is at least one imidazole analog, such that the at least one imidazole analog improves the efficacy of the at least one prostaglandin analog when delivered to a subject refractory to the effect of the prostaglandin analog alone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Pamela Lipkin, Beverly Lubit
  • Publication number: 20100075928
    Abstract: Invented is a method of treating cancer and pre-cancerous syndromes in a mammal, including a human, in need thereof which comprises the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a non-peptide TPO receptor agonist to such mammal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Connie Lynn Erickson-Miller
  • Publication number: 20100069378
    Abstract: The present invention refers to new indanyl sulphonamide compounds with general formula (I), as well as to their preparation procedure, their application as medicine and the pharmaceuticals composition which they are made up of. The new compounds of formula (I) show affinity for 5-HT6 receptors and are, therefore, effective for treating diseases mediated by these receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: LABORATORIOS DEL DR. ESTEVE, S.A.
    Inventors: Jordi Frigola-Constansa, Joerg Holenz, Ramon Merce-Vidal, Maria de las Ermitas Alcalde-Pais, Maria de les Neus Mesquida-Estevez, Sara Lopez-Perez
  • Patent number: 7678791
    Abstract: Substituted rifamycin derivatives in which a nitroimidazole, nitrothiazole or nitrofuran pharmacophore is covalently bonded to a rifamycin, methods of using the rifamycin derivatives, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the rifamycin derivatives are disclosed. Methods of synthesizing these substituted rifamycin derivatives are also disclosed. The rifamycin derivatives possess antibacterial activity, and are effective against a number of human and veterinary pathogens in the treatment of bacterial diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Cumbre IP Ventures, L.P.
    Inventors: Charles Z. Ding, In Ho Kim, Jiancheng Wang, Zhenkun Ma, Yafei Jin, Keith D. Combrink, Genliang Lu, A. Simon Lynch
  • Patent number: 7678789
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 5-imino-5H-[1,2,4]-dithiazol-3-yl-amine and [1,2,4]-dithiazolidine-3,5-diylidene-diamine derivatives as inducers of gluthathione-S-transferase (GST) and NADPH quinone oxidoreductase (NQO), to methods for the preparation of these compounds and to novel intermediates useful for the synthesis of said [1,2,4]-dithiazoli(di)ne derivatives. The invention also relates to the use of a compound disclosed herein for the treatment of adverse conditions associated with cytotoxicity in general and apoptosis in particular. The invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I): wherein wherein the symbols have the meanings given in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Solvay Pharmaceuticals B.V.
    Inventors: Roelof W. Feenstra, Hiskias G. Keizer, Maria L. Pras-Raves, Bernard J Van Vliet, Gustaaf J. M. Van Scharrenburg
  • Publication number: 20100063040
    Abstract: The present invention provides an sulfonamide derivative having DP receptor antagonistic activity and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the said compound as an active ingredient, and further a therapeutic agent for treating allergic diseases. A compound of the general formula (II): wherein the ring A is an aromatic carbocyclic ring etc.; the ring B is a nitrogen-containing non-aromatic heterocyclic ring etc.; the ring C is an aromatic carbocyclic ring etc.; R1 is carboxy etc.; R2 is independently a halogen atom etc.; R3 is optionally substituted alkyloxy etc.; R4 is independently a halogen atom etc.; R5 is independently optionally substituted alkyl etc.; M is sulfonyl etc.; Y is a single bond etc.; L1 is a single bond etc.; L2 is a single bond etc.; k is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; n is 0, 1 or 2; and q is 0, 1, 2 or 3; provided that a) k is not 0 when the ring B is a 6-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring containing one or two nitrogen atom(s) and the ring C is a benzene ring, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventor: Akira Kugimiya
  • Publication number: 20100063022
    Abstract: The present application relates to cannabinoid receptor ligands of formula (I) wherein X1, A1, Rx, R2, R3, R4, and z are as defined in the specification. The present application also relates to compositions comprising such compounds, and methods for treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: William A. Carroll, Michael J. Dart, Jennifer M. Frost, Teodozyj Kolasa, Tongmei Li, Bo Liu, Arturo Perez-Medrano, Meena Patel, Xueqing Wang, Sridhar Peddi
  • Publication number: 20100055090
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel Anilinopiperazine Derivatives of formula (I), compositions comprising the Anilinopiperazine Derivatives, and methods for using the Anilinopiperazine Derivatives for treating or preventing a proliferative disorder, an anti-proliferative disorder, inflammation, arthritis, a central nervous system disorder, a cardiovascular disease, alopecia, a neuronal disease, an ischemic injury, a viral disease, a fungal infection, or a disorder related to the activity of a protein kinase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Gerald W. Shipps, JR., Cliff C. Cheng, Xiaohua Huang, Thierry O. Fischmann, Jose S. Duca, Matthew Richards
  • Publication number: 20100048555
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): are inhibitors of MARK, and hence useful for treatment of disorders involving 10 hyperphosphorylation of tau.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Ian Churcher, Victoria Alexandra Doughty, Peter Hunt, Matthew Stanton
  • Publication number: 20100048577
    Abstract: The invention relates to the discovery that resveratrol, and substituted forms of resveratrol, are effective in alleviating benign prostate hyperplasia. Formulations containing the resveratrol or resveratrol derivative, lack omega-3 fatty acids, and also contain no other compounds which activate SIRT1 and PGC?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Joerg R. Leheste, German Torres
  • Publication number: 20100029682
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel chromene or thiochromene carboxamide derivatives, the preparation of same, pharmaceutical compositions of same and the use of same as dopamine D3 ligands as a medicament for central nervous system disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Pierre Sokoloff, Thierry Imbert, Laurent Vergnes, Florence Cuisiat
  • Publication number: 20100029681
    Abstract: Methods and compounds effective in ameliorating conditions characterized by unwanted calcium channel activity, particularly unwanted N-type calcium channel activity are disclosed. Specifically, a series of heterocyclic compounds are disclosed of the general formula (1) where X1 and X2 are linkers and W is an optionally substituted imidazolyl, oxazolyl, thiazolyl, benzimidazolyl, benzoxazolyl, or benzothiazolyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Hassan Pajouhesh, Yanbing Ding
  • Publication number: 20100029607
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, or esters thereof, are useful in treating diseases or conditions mediated by CB1 receptors, such as metabolic syndrome and obesity, neuroinflammatory disorders, cognitive disorders and psychosis, addiction (e.g., smoking cessation), gastrointestinal disorders, and cardiovascular conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Eric J. Gilbert, Michael W. Miller, Jack D. Scott, Andrew W. Stamford, William J. Greenlee, Jay Weinstein
  • Publication number: 20100003331
    Abstract: A sustained release solid oral dosage form for treatment of a psychotic disorder, for example schizophrenia, in a mammal is provided, which oral dosage form comprises ziprasidone in an amount effective in treating said psychotic disorder and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Imran Ahmed, Leah Elizabeth Appel, Walter Christian Babcock, Dwayne Thomas Friesen, Scott Herbig, David Keith Lyon, Sheri L. Shamblin, Ravi Mysore Shanker, Daniel Tod Smithey, Steven C. Sutton, Avinash Govind Thombre, Kenneth C. Waterman, Jaymin C. Shah, Parag Suresh Shah, Peter Wisniecki, Dawn Renee Wagner
  • Patent number: 7638536
    Abstract: A 2-acylaminothiazole derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof having an excellent effect of proliferating human c-mpl-Ba/F3 cells and an activity of increasing platelets based on the effect of promoting the formation of megakaryocytic colonies. A compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof useful in treating thrombocytopenia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Keizo Sugasawa, Susumu Watanuki, Yuji Koga, Hiroshi Nagata, Kazuyoshi Obitsu, Ryutaro Wakayama, Fukushi Hirayama, Ken-ichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20090318429
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating a disease in an animal, which disease is responsive to inhibiting of functional cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) polypeptide by administering to a mammal in need thereof an effective amount of a compound defined herein (including those compounds set forth in Tables 1-14 or encompassed by formulas I-XII) or compositions thereof, thereby treating the disease. The present invention particularly, relates to a method of treating diarrhea and polycystic kidney disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Kevin James Doyle, Graham Peter Jones, Michael Geoffrey Neil Russell, Sebastian Bruckner, Jacqueline Anne Macritchie, Joanne Peach
  • Publication number: 20090312310
    Abstract: There is provided a novel compound that inhibits interaction between murine double minute 2 (Mdm2) protein and p53 protein and exhibits anti-tumor activity. The present invention provides an imidazothiazole derivative represented by the following formula (1) having various substituents that inhibits interaction between Mdm2 protein and p53 protein and exhibits anti-tumor activity: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 in the formula (1) each has the same meaning as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Haruko Kawato, Masaki Miyazaki, Yuuichi Sugimoto, Hiroyuki Naito, Tooru Okayama, Tsunehiko Soga, Kouichi Uoto
  • Publication number: 20090298832
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 2,4,5-trisubstituted thiazole compounds of formula (I) or all possible isomers, prodrugs, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or hydrates thereof for the inhibition of plasma PLTP activity and/or plasma CETP activity, wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification; a process for the preparation of the compounds of formula (I); a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound of formula (I) and its use for the preparation of a medicament for treatment and/or prevention of diseases associated with the increased plasma PLTP activity and/or the increased plasma CETP activity in a mammal, such as atherosclerosis, cardiovascular diseases and peripheral vascular diseases, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2006
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Song Li, Changbin Guo, Xiancheng Jiang, Junhai Xiao, Zhong Wu
  • Publication number: 20090298831
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel piperazine derivatives or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, a process for preparing the same, and in particular, a high binding for Serotonin 1A(5-hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT1A) receptor, a pharmaceutical composition for treatment and/or prevention of depression and anxiety including an effective amount of the piperazine compound, and a method of treating depression, anxiety and other conditions related to 5-HT1A receptor in a mammal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Yonggil Kim, Nahmryune Cho, Yunhee Kim, Joon Heo, Seonmin Dong, Mi Kyung Ji, Man-Young Cha, Kiho Lee
  • Patent number: 7625889
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a series of substituted bis aryl and heteroaryl compounds of formula (I): Wherein X, Y, Z, A, B, D, Ar, R1 and R2 are as defined herein. The compounds of this invention are selective 5HT2A antagonists, and are therefore, useful in treating a variety of diseases including but not limited to a wide variety of sleep disorders as disclosed and claimed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Robert Eastwood, Hazel Hunt, David Mark Fink, Helen Katherine Smith, Richard Simon Todd
  • Publication number: 20090291936
    Abstract: The problem of the present invention is to provide a useful compound as a glucokinase activating agent, which is the oxime derivative of the formula [I]: wherein Ring A is aryl or heteroaryl; Q is cycloalkyl, heterocycle, alkyl or alkenyl; Ring T is heteroaryl or heterocycle; R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen atom, halogen atom, cycloalkylsulfonyl or the like; R3 and R4 are independently hydrogen atom, hydroxy, oxo, halogen atom or the like; R5 is hydrogen atom, halogen atom, cyano, nitro, tetrazolyl or the like; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Sugawara, Tetsuji Matsudaira, Hiroshi Sugama, Masao Nawano, Rikiya Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20090286766
    Abstract: Provided is an agent for treating or preventing urinary frequency, urinary urgency and urinary, incontinence which are associated with overactive bladder, a lower urinary tract disease such as interstitial cystitis and chronic prostatitis accompanied by lower urinary tract pain, and various diseases accompanied by pain. A novel azolecarboxamide derivative in which an azole ring such as thioazole or oxazole is bonded to a benzene ring, pyridine ring or pyrimidine ring through carboxamide was confirmed to have a potent trkA receptor-inhibitory activity and found to be an agent for treating or preventing lower urinary tract disease and various diseases accompanied by pain, which is excellent in efficacy and safety, and thus the present invention was accomplished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Keizo Sugasawa, Kenichi Kawaguchi, Takaho Matsuzawa, Ryushi Seo, Hironori Harada, Akira Suga, Tomoaki Abe, Hidenori Azami, Shunichiro Matsumoto, Takashi Shin, Masayuki Tanahashi, Toru Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20090286805
    Abstract: A solution-type preparation of lurasidone comprising N-[4-[4-(1,2-benzisothiazol-3-yl)-1-piperazinyl]-(2R,3R)-2,3-tetramethylene-butyl]-(1?R,2?S,3?R,4?S)-2,3-bicyclo[2,2,1]heptanedicarboxyimide hydrochloride (lurasidone) as an active ingredient and containing at least one substance selected from benzyl alcohol, N,N-dimethylacetamide, lactic acid and propylene glycol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: Kazuya Otoda, Mayumi Nakamura, Teruko Ariyama, Takashi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 7618961
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds with the formula (II) and also to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, to processes for their preparation, as well as to the use of the compounds in medicine and for the preparation of a medicament which acts on the human 11-?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Biovitrum AB
    Inventors: Tjeerd Barf, Rikard Emond, Guido Kurz, Jerk Vallgårda, Marianne Nilsson
  • Publication number: 20090281088
    Abstract: The current invention provides a series of bicyclic nitroimidazole-substituted phenyl oxazolidinones in which a bicyclic nitroimidazole pharmacophore is covalently bonded to a phenyl oxazolidinone, their pharmaceutical compositions, and the method of use of the compositions for prevention and treatment of bacterial infections. The bicyclic nitroimidazole-substituted phenyl oxazolidinones possess surprising antibacterial activity against wild-type and resistant strains of pathogens, and are therefore useful for the prevention, control and treatment of a number of human and veterinary bacterial infections caused by these pathogens, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: Global Alliance for TB Drug Development
    Inventors: Charles Z. Ding, Genliang Lu, Keith Combrink, Dianjun D. Chen, Minsoo Song, Jiancheng Wang, Zhenkun Ma, Brian Desmond Palmer, Adrian Blaser, Andrew M. Thompson, Iveta Kmentova, Hamish Scott Sutherland, William Alexander Denny
  • Publication number: 20090275528
    Abstract: The present invention provides antituberculous therapeutic drugs with a higher potency. The present invention provides also antituberculous therapeutic drugs containing oxazole compounds represented by (I) general formula (1): [wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or C1-6 alkyl group, n represents an integer of 0-6, and R2 represents general formula (A) or the like, wherein R3 represents a phenoxy group (at least one group selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, an optionally halogen-substituted C1-6 alkyl group and an optionally halogen-substituted C1-6 alkoxy group may be substituted on the phenyl ring) or the like], optically active forms thereof or salts thereof, and drugs (II) such as primary antituberculous drugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Makoto Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Hashizume, Tatsuo Tomishige, Masanori Kawasaki, Yoshihiko Shimokawa
  • Publication number: 20090264405
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors, and are useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, Julianne A. Hunt, Florida Kallashi, Jennifer Kowalchick, Dooseop Kim, Cameron J. Smith, Peter J. Sinclair, Ramzi F. Sweis, Gayle E. Taylor, Christopher F. Thompson, Liya Chen, Nazia Quraishi
  • Patent number: 7605162
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel group of phenylpiperazines having interesting pharmacological properties such as a high affinity for the dopamine D2 receptor and/or the serotonin reuptake site, and the ability to treat conditions related to disturbances in the dopaminergic and/or the serotonergic systems such as anxiety disorders, depression, Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia. The invention relates to a group of novel phenylpiperazine derivatives of the formula (I): wherein: X is a group of formula 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 as defined in the text, m has the value 2 to 6; n has the value 0-2; R5 and R6 are independently H or alkyl (1-3C); or R5+R6 represent a group —(CH2)—p wherein p has the value 3-5, and R7 is alkyl (1-3C), alkoxy (1-3C), halogen or cyano; or R6+R7 (R7 at position 7 of the indole group) represent a group —(CH2)q wherein q has the value 2-4, and salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Solvay Pharmaceuticals
    Inventors: Roelof Van Hes, Johannes A. M. Van der Heijden, Cornelis G. Kruse, Jacobus Tipker, Martinus T. M. Tulp, Gerben M. Visser, Bernard J. Van Vliet