Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for the treatment and diagnosis of diseases or disorders amenable to treatment through modulation of expression of a gene encoding a Jun N-terminal kinase 1 (JNK1 protein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that are useful for treating cellular proliferative diseases, for treating disorders mediated, at least in part, by KSP, and for inhibiting KSP. The invention also related to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods of treating cancer by the administration of such compositions, and processes for the preparation of the compounds. Compounds of the invention have the following formula: formula (I).

Abstract: Tetrahydro-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidines and related compounds of Formula (A): are described as inhibitors of HIV integrase and inhibitors of HIV replication, wherein n is an integer equal to zero, 1, 2 or 3, and R1, R3, R4, R12, R14, R16, R30, R32, R34 and R36 are defined herein. These compounds are useful in the prevention and treatment of infection by HIV and in the prevention, delay in the onset, and treatment of AIDS. The compounds are employed against HIV infection and AIDS as compounds per se or in the form of pharmaceutically acceptable salts. The compounds and their salts can be employed as ingredients in pharmaceutical compositions, optionally in combination with other antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics or vaccines.

Abstract: Tetrahydro-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidines and related compounds of Formula A: are described as inhibitors of HIV integrase and inhibitors of HIV replication, wherein n is an integer equal to zero, 1, 2 or 3, and R1, R3, R4, R12, R14, R16, R30, R32, R34 and R36 are defined herein. These compounds are useful in the prevention and treatment of infection by HIV and in the prevention, delay in the onset, and treatment of AIDS. The compounds are employed against HIV infection and AIDS as compounds per se or in the form of pharmaceutically acceptable salts. The compounds and their salts can be employed as ingredients in pharmaceutical compositions, optionally in combination with other antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics or vaccines.

Abstract: Pyridin[1,2-a]pyrimidinyl compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and prodrugs thereof; compositions that include a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and one or more of the pyridino[1,2-a]pyrimidinyl compounds, either alone or in combination with at least one additional therapeutic agent. Methods of using the pyridino[1,2-a]pyrimidinyl compounds, either alone or in combination with at least one additional therapeutic agent, in the prophylaxis or treatment of proliferative diseases.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition, and provides for the use thereof for the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness and/or a sleep disturbance in a psychiatric patient in need thereof. The pharmaceutical composition comprises a therapeutically effective amount of paliperidone, its pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts, enantiomeric forms, and esters thereof, together with a pharmaceutical carrier, and provides a relatively low plasma concentration variation of paliperidone to the psychiatric patient in need of treatment. The present invention also provides for the use of a pharmaceutical composition as defined above, in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness and/or a sleep disturbance in a psychiatric patient in need thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pyrimidone derivative represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof wherein: (I) X represents two hydrogen atoms, a sulphur atom, an oxygen atom or a C1-2 alkyl group and a hydrogen atom; Y represents a bond, an ethenylene group, an ethynylene group or a methylene group optionally substituted; R1 represents a 2, 3 or 4-pyridine ring or a 2, 4 or 5-pyrimidine ring optionally substituted; R2 represents a heterocyclic bicyclic rings, having 1–4 heteroatoms selected from an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom and a nitrogen atom and having 5–9 carbon atoms, of formula (II) R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, a hydroxy group, a C1-4 alkoxy group or a halogen atom; R4 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, a C1-4 alkoxy group or a halogen atom.

Abstract: Substituted 3,4-dihydropyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidines of formula I and processes for the production thereof Also disclosed are substance libraries and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compound, and methods of treatment for pain, urinary incontinence, pruritus, tinnitus and/or diarrhoea using the pharmaceutical composition.

Abstract: Novel pyridopyrimidine derivatives which have a binding affinity for the human 5-HT6 receptor and, therefore, are useful in treating disorders responsive to antagonism of the 5-HT6 receptor such as psychosis, schizophrenia, manic depression, depression, neurological disorder, memory disorder, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease and Huntington's chorea.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): wherein R1-R6 and K have any of the values defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, that are useful as antibacterial agents. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more compounds of Formula I, processes for preparing compounds of Formula I, and intermediates useful for preparing compounds of Formula I.

Abstract: Myocardial infarction in a mammal is treated by administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a chemical Src family tyrosine kinase protein inhibitor and the use of such inhibitor compounds for the preparation of a medicament for treating myocardial infarction. Myocardial infarction can be prevented by administering to the mammal a prophylactic amount of the inhibitor. The inhibitor preferably is an inhibitor of Src protein selected from the group consisting of a pyrazolopyrimidine class Src family tyrosine kinase inhibitor, a macrocyclic dienone class Src family tyrosine kinase inhibitor, a pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine class Src family tyrosine kinase inhibitor, a 4-anilino-3-quinolinecarbonitrile class Src family tyrosine kinase inhibitor, and a mixture thereof.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I), wherein R1 represents C1-4 alkoxy optionally substituted by one or more fluorine atoms; R2 represents H or C1-6 alkoxy optionally substituted by one or more fluorine atoms; R3 represents one or more groups independently selected from H, halogen, C1-4 alkoxy and CF3; in addition, R2 and one R3 group may together represent —OCH2—, the methylene group being attached to the ortho-position of the pendant phenyl ring; R4 represents a 4-, 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring containing 1 or 2 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S, the ring being optionally fused to a benzene ring or a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring containing 1 or 2 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S, the ring system as a whole being optionally substituted; X represents CH or N; and L is absent or represents a cyclic group or an open chain group; and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

Abstract: Squaric acid derivatives of formula (1) are described: wherein Het is an optionally substituted bicyclic fused ring heteroaromatic group; L2 is a covalent bond or an atom or group —O—, —S—, —C(O)—, —C(S)—, —S(O)—, —S(O)2, —N(R8)— or —C(R8)(R8a)—; Ar2 is an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group; Alk is a chain  in which R is a carboxylic acid (—CO2H) or a derivative or biostere thereof; R1 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-6alkyl group; L1 is a covalent bond or a linker atom or group; Alk1 is an optionally substituted aliphatic chain; n is zero or the integer 1; R2 is a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted heteroaliphatic, cycloaliphatic, heterocycloaliphatic, polycycloalphatic, heteropolycycloaliphatic, aromatic or heteroaromatic group other than a 2,6-naphthyridin-1-yl, isoquinolin-1-yl, 2,7-naphthyridin-1-yl or quinazolin-4-yl group; and the salt

Abstract: Novel pyridopyrimidine derivatives which have a binding affinity for the human 5-HT6 receptor and, therefore, are useful in treating disorders responsive to antagonism of the 5-HT6 receptor such as psychosis, schizophrenia, manic depression, depression, neurological disorder, memory disorder, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease and Huntington's chorea.

Abstract: The present invention provides a medicinal composition having an excellent antitumor activity.

Abstract: Substituted 3,4-dihydropyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidines of formula I 1

Abstract: Selected novel substituted pyrimidinone and pyridone compounds are effective for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases, such as TNF-&agr;, IL-1&bgr;, IL-6 and/or IL-8 mediated diseases, and other maladies, such as pain and diabetes. The invention encompasses novel compounds, analogs, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases and other maladies or conditions involving inflammation, pain, diabetes and the like. The subject invention also relates to processes for making such compounds as well as to intermediates useful in such processes.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): 1

Abstract: Novel heterocyclic dihydropyrimidine compounds useful as inhibitors of potassium channel function (especially inhibitors of the Kv1 subfamily of voltage gated K+ channels, especially inhibitors Kv1.5 which has been linked to the ultra-rapidly activating delayed rectifier K+ current IKur), methods of using such compounds in the prevention and treatment of arrhythmia and IKur-associated conditions, and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.

Abstract: The present invention also provides a general method to whereby mono-, bi-, or tricyclic heterocycles may be modified to obtain potent antagonists at the NPY1 receptor. The present invention provides novel, potent, non-peptidic antagonists of NPY receptors, particularly, the NPY1 receptors, designed from a selection of mono-, bi-, or tri-cyclic heterocyclic cores. This invention relates to novel compounds, compositions, and methods for the treatment of physiological disorders associated with an excess of neuropeptide Y. The novel compounds encompassed by the present invention are those of the formula I-XV.

Abstract: The invention is directed to substituted 2-aminoacetamides represented by formula (II): and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein the substituents are defined herein. The invention is also directed to the use of substituted 2-aminoacetamides in methods for the treatment of neuronal damage following global and focal ischemia, and for the treatment, prevention or amelioration of pain, as anticonvulsants, as antimanic depressants, as local anesthetics, as antiarrhythmics and for the treatment or prevention of diabetic neuropathy.

Abstract: A compound represented by the formula: 1