Exactly Four Ring Nitrogens In The Bicyclo Ring System Patents (Class 514/262.1)
  • Publication number: 20120053157
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of ameliorating the drawbacks of anti-platelet drug named clopidogrel. The method of the present invention comprises administration of an (S)oxo-clopidogrel or its derivative of the Formula IIA in its free or pharmaceutically acceptable salt form for alleviating the symptoms of thrombosis or embolism by inhibiting blood platelet aggregation. Compositions for use in such methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: IPCA LABORATORIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Ashok Kumar, Nellithanath Thankachen Byju
  • Publication number: 20120041004
    Abstract: The invention described herein relates to novel fused pyrimidinediones derivatives of formula (I) which are TRPA (Transient Receptor Potential subfamily A) modulators. In particular, compounds described herein are useful for treating or preventing diseases, conditions and/or disorders modulated by TRPA1 (Transient Receptor Potential subfamily A, member 1). This invention also provides processes for preparing compounds described herein, intermediates used in their synthesis, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for treating or preventing diseases, conditions and/or disorders modulated by TRPA1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Sachin Sundarlal Chaudhari, Sukeerthi Kumar, Abraham Thomas, Nisha Parag Patil, Ashok Bhausaheb Kadam, Vishal Govindrao Deshmukh, Sachin Vasantrao Dhone, Rajendra Prakash Chikhale, Neelima Khairatkar-Joshi, Indranil Mukhopadhyay
  • Publication number: 20120039888
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating inflammation-associated tissue damage, and particularly transfusion-associated, disorders, by inhibiting or reducing E-selectin mediated signal transduction pathways, such as E-selectin mediated activation of ?M?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Paul Frenette, Andrés Hidalgo
  • Publication number: 20120041005
    Abstract: Erectile dysfunction is treated with a combination of propionyl L-carnitine in combination with sildenafil, apomorphine prostaglandin El, pentolamine and papaverine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: SIGMA-TAU INDUSTRIE FARMACEUTICHE RIUNITE S.p.A
    Inventors: Aleardo Koverech, Andrea Lenzi
  • Patent number: 8114893
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides for a compound of Formula I in which in Formula I, the variables X1, X2a, X2b, X2c, R1, B, L, E, A and the subscript n are as defined herein. In another aspect, the present invention provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I as well as methods for using compounds of Formula I for the treatment of diseases and conditions (e.g., cancer, thrombocythemia, etc) characterized by the expression or over-expression of Bcl-2 anti-apoptotic proteins, e.g., of anti-apoptotic Bcl-xL proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignees: Genentech, Inc., Abbott Laboratories, The Walter and Eliza Hall Medical Research Institute
    Inventors: Jonathan Bayldon Baell, Chinh Thien Bui, Peter Colman, Danette A. Dudley, Wayne J. Fairbrother, John A. Flygare, Guillaume Laurent Lessene, Chudi Ndubaku, George Nikolakopoulos, Carl Steven Rye, Brad Edmund Sleebs, Brian John Smith, Keith Geoffrey Watson, Steven W. Elmore, Andrew M. Petros, Andrew J. Souers, Peter Czabotar
  • Patent number: 8106061
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to the use of inhibitors of phosphodiesterase I, IV and V for the prophylaxis and treatment of prostatic diseases, in particular the use of a) 2-(2-propoxy-phenyl)-8-azapurin-6-one (zaprinast); b) dipyridamole; c) 1-(3-chlorophenylamino)-4-phenylphthalazine (M5445); d) 2-(N-(4-carboxypiperidine-6-chloro-4-(3,4-(methylen-dioxy)benzyl)amino)quinazoline (E 4021, ER 21355); e) 2,3-dihydro-8-hydroxy-7-nitro-1,4-benzodioxine-2-methanol, alpha-nitrate (E 4701); f) 4-((3,4-(methylendioxy)benzyl)amino)-6,7,8-trimethoxy-quinazoline; g) 1-methyl-3-propyl-6-(5-(N-(4-methylmorpholino)sulfonyl)-2-ethoxyphenyl)pyrazole[4,5]pyrimidin-4(5H)one (sildenafil); i) 1-cyclopentyl-3-methyl-6-(4-pyridinyl)pyrazolo (3,4-d)pyrimidin-4(5H)-one (WIN 58237); j) 7-(3-(4-acetyl-3-hydroxy-2-propyl-phenoxy)-2-hydroxy-propoxy)-2-carboxy-2,3-didehydro-chronan-4-one (FPL-557212); k) quinazolines and their trimethoxy derivatives; l) Pyrazolopyrimidones; as well as pharmacologically compatible salts thereof, qui
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Uropep Biotech GBR
    Inventors: Wolf-Georg Forssmann, Christian Georg Stief, Michael Carsten Truss, Stefan Uckert, Udo Jonas
  • Publication number: 20120022048
    Abstract: A family of pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine derivatives (SPPs) with different substituents on the pyrimidine and pyrazolo rings have been characterized with a panel of tests demonstrating their effects in cell proliferation, toxicity, apoptosis and inhibition of virus replication. We have identified compounds and molecular structures suitable for the treatment of viral infection because they have antiviral activity, anti-proliferative activity or, preferably, both so that, as a single molecule, they both limit T cell hyperactivation and inhibit virus replication. These compounds are not toxic at effective concentrations and are poorly apoptotic. Other nontoxic compounds within this family with excellent anti-proliferative and apoptotic features are potentially effective as anti-cancer drugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Franco Lori, Davide De Forni, Michael Ray Stevens
  • Publication number: 20120022028
    Abstract: The present invention relates to soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) and to phosphodiesterases (PDEs) and the pharmacology of sGC stimulators, sGC activators and PDE inhibitors. More particularly, the invention relates to the use of sGC stimulators and sGC activators in combination with PDE5 inhibitors for preparation of medicaments for the treatment of male erectile dysfunction (MED) in particular for the MED treatment of difficult to treat patients and patients not or not fully responding to PDE5 inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: BAYER PHARMA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Peter Sandner, Johannes-Peter Stasch, Michael-Friedrich Böttcher
  • Publication number: 20120015904
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for diagnosing and predicting the risk and cause of transient ischemic attacks (TIA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Frank SHARP, Xinhua ZHAN, Glen C. JICKLING, S. Claiborne JOHNSTON
  • Publication number: 20120015963
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to novel compounds of Formula (I) pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pro-drugs, biologically active metabolites, stereoisomers and isomers thereof wherein the variables are as defined herein. The compounds of Formula (I) are useful as kinase inhibitors and as such would be useful in treating certain conditions and diseases, especially inflammatory conditions and diseases and proliferative disorders and conditions, for example, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis, Crohn's disease, psoriasis and asthma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Kevin R. Woller, Michael L. Curtin, Kristine E. Frank, Nathan S. Josephsohn, Biqin C. Li, Neil Wishart
  • Patent number: 8097621
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of formula (I)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Simon Bell, David Graham Brown, Kevin Dack, David Nathan Abraham Fox, Ian Roger Marsh, Andrew Ian Morrell, Michael John Palmer, Carol Ann Winslow
  • Publication number: 20120010224
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel 6-cyclylmethyl- and 6-alkylmethyl-substituted pyrazolopyrimidines, process for their preparation and their use for producing medicaments for improving perception, concentration, learning and/or memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Martin HENDRIX, Lars Bärfacker, Christina Erb, Frank-Thorsten Hafner, Heike Heckroth, Dagmar Karthaus, Adrian Tersteegen, Franz-Josef van der Staay, Marja van Kampen
  • Patent number: 8088781
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds that form covalent bonds with Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk). Also described are irreversible inhibitors of Btk. Methods for the preparation of the compounds are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the compounds. Methods of using the Btk inhibitors are disclosed, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, including lymphoma, and inflammatory diseases or conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Pharmacyclics, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Honigberg, Erik Verner, Zhengying Pan, Tarak D. Mody
  • Publication number: 20110319405
    Abstract: Embodiments are related to new uses for selective active-site mTOR inhibitors in treating or preventing pulmonary fibrosis in diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD) patients, such as a DPLD of environmental cause, a collagen vascular disease (e.g., scleroderma and rheumatoid arthritis), an idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (e.g., idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and nonspecific interstitial pneumonia), and sarcoidosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Glenn D. Rosen, Wen-Teh Chang
  • Publication number: 20110312908
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel heteroaryl compounds that are linked to an aryl group via an amine linker. Such compounds are useful for the treatment of cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicants: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, Jianming Zhang, Barun Okram, Xianming Deng, Jae Won Chang, Amy Wojciechowski
  • Publication number: 20110311528
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a 2,5-dihydroxybenzene derivative of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, isomer, or prodrug thereof for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of, inter alia, psoriasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: Action Medicines
    Inventors: Pedro Cuevas Sánchez, Guillermo Gimenez Gallego, Inigo Saenz de Tejada Gorman, Javier Angulo Frutos, Serafin Valverde Lopez, Antonio Romero Garrido, Rosa Maria Lozano Puerto
  • Publication number: 20110312978
    Abstract: Compounds that inhibit phosphodiesterase 1 (PDE1) are useful to treat glaucoma or elevated intraocular pressure. The PDE1 inhibitors may be administered as monotherapy or in combination with additional intraocular-pressure lowering agents. In addition, the invention provides ophthalmic compositions comprising PDE 1 inhibitors and optionally one or more additional intraocular pressure-lowering agents. Topical and systemic therapy may be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Robert Davis, Allen Fienberg
  • Publication number: 20110312890
    Abstract: This invention relates to pharmaceutical compounds and nutritional supplements that are acetylated derivatives of naturally occurring amino acids and acetylated derivatives of peptides derived from naturally occurring amino acids containing hydroxyl groups. They are as useful as anti-platelet drugs, and as nutritional supplements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: SIGNATURE R&D HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventor: V. Ravi Chandran
  • Publication number: 20110301144
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds that are antagonists of PI3 kinase, PI3 kinase and tyrosine kinase, PI3 kinase and mTOR, or PI33 kinase, mTOR and tyrosine kinase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Zachary A. Knight, Beth Apsel, Kevan M. Shokat
  • Patent number: 8071608
    Abstract: (2S)-2-[1-(2-Chloro-6-cyano-phenyl)pyrazolo[4,5-e]pyrimidin-4-yl]oxy-3-[(1R)-2-hydroxy-1-methyl-ethoxy]-N-(5-methylpyrazin-2-yl)propanamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is useful in the treatment or prevention of a disease or medical condition mediated through glucokinase (GLK or GK), leading to a decreased glucose threshold for insulin secretion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Stuart Norman Lile Bennett, Rolf Peter Walker, Michael James Waring
  • Patent number: 8071607
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of pyrazolopyrimidine compounds for the production of pharmaceutical compositions for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of diseases which can be influenced by the inhibition of the kinase activity of Mnk1 and/or Mnk2 (Mnk2a or Mnk2b) and/or variants thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Stephen Coulter, Steven Taylor, Stephen Murfin, Valery Thammalaksa, Babette Aicher, Stefan Jaekel, Tanja Reuter
  • Publication number: 20110294834
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel alkyl-substituted pyrazolopyrimidines, process for their preparation, and the use thereof for producing medicaments for improving perception, concentration, learning and/or memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Martin HENDRIX, Frank-Gerhard Böß, Nils Burkhardt, Christina Erb, Adrian Tersteegen, Marja Van Kampen
  • Publication number: 20110294803
    Abstract: Methods for treating CNS disorders such as schizophrenia, psychosis and cognitive disorders using specific inhibitors of phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase p110 delta (PIK3CD) expression and/or activity are described. Methods of determining risk of CNS disorders and methods of determining treatment response are also described. An integrative systems biology approach to identify a signaling mechanism and genetic network associated with schizophrenia and with schizophrenia-associated risk variation in ErbB4. A risk pathway associated with ErbB4 genetic variation involving increased expression of a PI3K-linked ErbB4 receptor CYT-1 and a specific PI3K enzyme, PIK3CD has been identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Amanda J. Law, Daniel R. Weinberger
  • Publication number: 20110294833
    Abstract: Genome-wide association studies have been used to elucidate genes and/or pathways related to diseases; however, this methodology has yet to be used to understand the phenotype of healthy aging and/or healthspan in humans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: SCRIPPS HEALTH
    Inventors: Eric Topol, Sarah Murray, Bradley Patay
  • Publication number: 20110280886
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating cancer in a subject using a mTOR inhibitor in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of a modulator of a MNK.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL, NOVARTIS FORSCHUNGSSTIFTUNG, ZWEIGNIEDERLASSUNG, F RIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEAR
    Inventors: Michal Grzmil, Brian Arthur Hemmings, Adrian Merlo, Pier Jr Morin
  • Publication number: 20110281821
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), a polymorph, an enantiomer, a stereoisomer, a solvate, an N-oxide derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: Formula (I), which have inhibitory effect on one or more protein kinases that are involved in cell mitosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: Biogen Idec MA Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivas Rao Kasibhatla, Kevin Hong, Lin Zhang, Marcus F. Boehm, Junhua Fan, Jean-Yves LeBrazidec
  • Publication number: 20110281866
    Abstract: The present invention provides heterocyclic compounds for use as kinase inhibitors and in other applications. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatments of diseases and conditions associated with P13 kinase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: INTELLIKINE, INC.
    Inventors: Pingda Ren, Yi Liu, Liansheng Li, Katrina Chan, Troy Edward Wilson
  • Publication number: 20110281832
    Abstract: Optionally substituted (5- or 7-amino)-3,4-dihydro-(optionally 4-oxo, 4-thioxo or 4-imino)-1H-pyrrolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-2(6H)-ones, Compounds of Formula I, processes for their production, their use as pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Peng Li, Jun Zhao, Hailin Zheng, Lawrence P. Wennogle
  • Publication number: 20110275651
    Abstract: Provided herein are fused ring heteroaryl compounds useful in a variety of methods, including reducing the activity of certain kinases and treating certain disease states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Arvin Dar, Kevan M. Shokat
  • Publication number: 20110269703
    Abstract: A method for preventing stroke in a patient suffering from atrial fibrillation, wherein the patient has at least one risk factor for major bleeding events, the method comprising administering to the patient 110 mg b.i.d. of dabigatran etexilate, optionally in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventor: Paul Anthony Reilly
  • Publication number: 20110269779
    Abstract: The present invention provides chemical entities or compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that are capable of modulating signal transduction by certain protein kinases such as mTor, tyrosine kinases, and/or lipid kinases such as PB kinase in an ocular tissue. Also provided in the present invention are methods of using these compositions to modulate activities of one or more of these kinases, especially for therapeutic applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: INTELLIKINE, INC.
    Inventors: Troy Edward Wilson, Christian Rommel, Yi Liu, Pingda Ren
  • Publication number: 20110263617
    Abstract: The present invention relates to combinations of DPP-4 inhibitors with GPR119 agonists, as well as to the use of these combinations for treating and/or preventing metabolic diseases, particularly diabetes (especially type 2 diabetes mellitus) and conditions related thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Mark, Peter Eickelmann, Gerd Luippold, Leo Thomas
  • Publication number: 20110263532
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel analogs and derivatives of halofuginone. The invention also provides pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions thereof and methods for using halofuginone analogs in treating chronic inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, dry eye syndrome, fibrosis, scar formation, angiogenesis, viral infections, ischemic damage, transplant and implant rejection, neurodegenerative diseases, and cosmetic applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Tracy Keller, Ralph Mazitschek, Malcolm Whitman, Jinbo Lee
  • Patent number: 8044060
    Abstract: Described are 6-cyclylmethyl- and 6-alkylmethyl-substituted pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidines of the formula (I): as defined herein, processes for their preparation and their use for producing medicaments for treating impairment of perception, concentration, learning and/or memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Hendrix, Lars Bärfacker, Christina Erb, Frank-Thorsten Hafner, Heike Heckroth, Dagmar Karthaus, Adrian Tersteegen, Franz-Josef van der Staay, Marja van Kampen
  • Publication number: 20110257202
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating chronic kidney disease and/or a metabolic imbalance. Specifically exemplified herein are methods involving the coadministration of a RAS inhibitor with a conjunctive agent that improves endothelial NO or endothelial function. Also disclosed are methods of treating a patient exhibiting symptoms of a stage of chronic kidney disease and at least one symptom of a metabolic imbalance, such as one or more diagnostic criteria of the metabolic syndrome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Richard J Johnson, Takahiko Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20110257203
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds that form covalent bonds with Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk). Also described are irreversible inhibitors of Btk. Methods for the preparation of the compounds are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the compounds. Methods of using the Btk inhibitors are disclosed, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, including lymphoma, and inflammatory diseases or conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: Phamarcyclics, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Honigberg, Erik Verner, Zhengying Pan
  • Publication number: 20110257206
    Abstract: The invention relates to a combination comprising a microtubule active agent; and one or more pharmaceutically active agents; pharmaceutical compositions comprising said combination; methods of treatment comprising said combination; processes for making said combination; and a commercial package comprising said combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Gregory Burke, Ronald Richard Linnartz, Paul M.J. McSheehy, Richard William Versace, Markus Wartmann
  • Patent number: 8039477
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel alkyl-substituted pyrazolopyrimidines, process for their preparation, and the use thereof for producing medicaments for improving perception, concentration, learning and/or memory with compounds of formula (I):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Hendrix, Frank-Gerhard Böβ, Nils Burkhardt, Christina Erb, Adrian Tersteegen, Marja Van Kampen
  • Publication number: 20110245229
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds represented by the general formula (I) and the like. In the formula, Ar1 denotes an aryl or heteroaryl group which may have a substituent; R1 denotes a hydrogen atom, or denotes a C1-C6 alkyl, aryl, aralkyl or heteroaryl group which may have a substituent; R2 denotes an aralkyl group or a group represented by the formula (a); and R3 denotes a hydrogen atom or a C1-C6 alkyl group. The compounds of the invention have an excellent Weel kinase inhibitory effect, and therefore are useful in the field of medicine, especially in the field of treatment of various cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Makoto Bamba, Satoshi Sunami
  • Publication number: 20110244028
    Abstract: The invention describes a method of preparing lipid compositions by associating pH sensitive compounds which maybe weak acids, bases or amphoteric compounds with at least one ionisable or pH sensitive group and low water solubility into preformed and standardised lipid particles by pH manipulation. Drug association is carried out in situ by changing the pH of the aqueous medium to pH 6-8 wherein the compound spontaneously partitions into the lipid particles. Drug association may also be carried out by exploiting pH changes in the GI tract. The lipophilic compound is solubilised by the lipid particles and may be used as such for in-vitro and pharmacokinetic assessments or processed for oral, parenteral or topical therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Steve Leigh, Mathew Leuis Steven Leigh, Peter Van Hoogevest
  • Publication number: 20110243911
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the use of a compound capable of reducing the uric acid level in a mammal for the prevention and/or the treatment of IL-1? driven lung pathology, particularly to treat lung inflammation such as chronic fibrosis, COPD and interstitial fibrosis and other IL-1? driven lung pathologies including those of autoimmune origin. Preferred compounds capable of reducing the uric acid level are selected from the group consisting of xanthine oxidase inhibitors, such as allopurinol, recombinant enzyme uricase and uricosuric compound capable of enhancing uric acid excretion, such as probenecid. The invention further relates to a method for identifying in vitro whether a patient presents an IL-1? driven lung pathology or is at risk to develop an IL-1? driven lung pathology, or for the screening of a compound for treating an IL-1? driven lung pathology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Bernhard Ryffel, Isabelle Couillin
  • Publication number: 20110243891
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of General Formula (I) below, among others. In the Formula, Ar1 is an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl group; R1 is a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted C1-C6 alkyl group, or an optionally substituted aryl, aralkyl, or heteroaryl group; R2 is an optionally substituted aryl, aralkyl, or heteroaryl group; and R3 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-C6 alkyl group. A compound of the present invention has an excellent Weel kinase inhibiting effect, and is therefore useful in the filed of medicine, particularly in various types of cancer therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Makoto Bamba, Hidetomo Furuyama, Toshihiro Sakamoto, Satoshi Sunami, Keiji Takahashi, Fuyuki Yamamoto, Takashi Yoshizumi
  • Publication number: 20110245276
    Abstract: A crosslinking reaction and a reaction for reducing molecular weight that take place in a hyaluronic acid-methotrexate conjugate upon irradiation with light are suppressed to improve the photostability of the conjugate. Specifically, a substance having a quenching effect and/or a radical scaveng effect is added to a pharmaceutical composition containing the hyaluronic acid-methotrexate conjugate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: DENKI KAGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi Takahashi, Tadashi Morikawa, Tadao Yamazaki, Masaki Shibata
  • Patent number: 8030293
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of optimizing therapeutic efficacy and reducing toxicity associated with 6-mercaptopurine drug treatment of an immune-mediated gastrointestinal disorder such as inflammatory bowel disease. The method of the invention includes the step of determining the level of one or more 6-mercaptopurine metabolites in the patient having an immune-mediated gastrointestinal disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Hopital-Sainte-Justine
    Inventors: Ernest G. Seidman, Yves Theoret
  • Publication number: 20110237563
    Abstract: The present invention related to the administration of bioactive agents via oral fast dispersing/dissolving drug delivery systems for treating illnesses of patient with critical buccal condition, leading to difficulties in swallowing oral medicine forms and thus difficulties in treating said illnesses. Particularly, the present invention discloses the administration of bioactive agents via oral fast dispersing/dissolving drug delivery systems for treating illnesses of patient with dysphagia and/or odynophagia and/or aspiration risk. Another aspect of the present invention is the administration of bioactive agents via oral fast dispersing/dissolving drug delivery systems for the treatment of dysphagia and/or odynophagia and/or aspiration risk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Dominique Costantini
  • Publication number: 20110230476
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: AVILA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: DEQIANG NIU, RUSSELL C. PETTER, JUSWINDER SINGH, ARTHUR F. KLUGE, HORMOZ MAZDIYASNI, ZHENDONG ZHU, LIXIN QIAO, KEVIN KUNTZ
  • Publication number: 20110229570
    Abstract: Disclosed is an orally rapidly disintegrating tablet characterized in that the tablet can be produced in a conventional tablet manufacturing facility and has a satisfactory level of hardness for practical applications, and the change in properties of the tablet (i.e., decreased in hardness of the tablet, and delay of the disintegration time of the tablet in the oral cavity) are rarely caused by factors such as humidity. The orally rapidly disintegrating tablet has hardness of 40N or more, can be disintegrated in the oral cavity within 60 seconds, and is produced by compressing of a mixture of (a) an active ingredient, (b) an excipient having good water wettability, (c) a water-insoluble polymer that is well compactible and does not substantially cause a decrease in the water wettability of the excipient and (d) a disintegrating agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Masaaki Sugimoto, Kenichi Kitaoka, Yasunori Saito, Katsuji Uemura
  • Publication number: 20110230502
    Abstract: The present invention provides screening methods for identifying modifiers of chemosensory receptors and their ligands, e.g., by determining whether a test entity is suitable to interact with one or more interacting sites within the Venus flytrap domains of the chemosensory receptors as well as modifiers capable of modulating chemosensory receptors and their ligands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: SENOMYX, INC.
    Inventors: Catherine TACHDJIAN, Xiao-Qing Tang, Sara Werner, Marketa Rinnova, Qing Chen, Guy Servant, Xiaodong Li, Feng Zhang, Haitian Liu, Albert Zlotnik, Mark Zoller, Boris Klebansky, Richard Fine, Xinshan Kang
  • Publication number: 20110224236
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to a method of treating pulmonary hypertension based upon co-administering to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutically effective amount of an oral therapeutic agent for treating pulmonary hypertension and a pharmaceutically effective amount of an inhaled therapeutic agent for treating pulmonary hypertension. The benefit of the co-administration of these agents is to eliminate or reduce one or more side effects associated with mono-therapy of either agent, as well as one or more side effects associated with other administration routes such as subcutaneous or intravenous administration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Martine A. Rothblatt, Lewis J. Rubin
  • Publication number: 20110224235
    Abstract: Described herein are irreversible Btk inhibitor compounds, and methods for using such irreversible inhibitors in the treatment of diseases and disorders characterized by the presence or development of solid tumors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: PHARMACYCLICS, INC.
    Inventors: Lee Honigberg, Erik Verner, Joseph Buggy, David Loury, Wei Chen