Additional Hetero Ring Attached Directly Or Indirectly To The Purine Ring System By Nonionic Bonding Patents (Class 514/263.2)
  • Publication number: 20090281126
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) and their preparation and use as pharmaceuticals wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventors: Robin Alec Fairhurst, Roger John Taylor
  • Patent number: 7601713
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds that inhibit protein kinases, such as JAK, Axl, or Syk kinases, compositions comprising the compounds and methods of using the compounds to inhibit protein kinase and treat and/or prevent diseases associated with inappropriate kinase activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Pingyu Ding, Ankush Argade, Dane Goff, Rajinder Singh, Esteban Masuda, Vanessa Taylor, Sacha Holland
  • Publication number: 20090253718
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound having the formula (I): or salts, solvates, tautomers or N-oxides thereof, wherein T is N or CR5; J1-J2 is N?C(R6), (R7)C?N, (R8)N—C(O), (R8)2C—C(O), N?N or (R7)C?C(R6); A is an optionally substituted saturated C1-7 hydrocarbon linker group having a maximum chain length of 5 atoms extending between R1 and NR2R3 and a maximum chain length of 4 atoms extending between E and NR2R3, one of the carbon atoms in the linker group being optionally replaced by oxygen or nitrogen; E is a monocyclic or bicyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group or an acyclic group X-G wherein X is CH2, O, S or NH and G is a C1-4 alkylene chain wherein one of the carbon atoms is optionally replaced by O, S or NH; R1 is hydrogen or an aryl or heteroaryl group; R2 and R3 are each hydrogen, optionally substituted C1-4 hydrocarbyl or optionally substituted C1-4 acyl; or NR2R3 forms an imidazole group or a saturated monocyclic heterocyclic group having 4-7 ring members; or NR2R3 and A together form a satur
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicants: Astex Therapeutics Limited, The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Glanmor Davies, Michelle Dawn Garrett, Robert George Boyle, Ian Collins
  • Publication number: 20090239885
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I) which are inhibitors of purine nucleoside phosphorylases (PNP), purine phosphoribosyltransferases (PPRT), 5?-methylthioadenosine phosphorylases (MTAP), 5?-methylthioadenosine nucleosidases (MTAN) and/or nucleoside hydrolases (NH). The invention also relates to the use of these compounds in the treatment of diseases and infections including cancer, bacterial infections, protozoal infections, and T-cell mediated disease and to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Gary Brian Evans, Richard Hubert Furneax, Dirk Henning Lenz, Vern L. Schramm, Peter Charles Tyler, Olga Vladimirovna Zubkova
  • Patent number: 7579348
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds and pharmaceutical compositions that are substituted pyridyl-linked-xantbines of formula I which are selective antagonists of A2B adenosine receptors (ARs). These compounds and compositions are useful as pharmaceutical agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: PGxHealth, LLC
    Inventors: Guoquan Wang, Jayson M. Rieger, Robert D. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20090209560
    Abstract: An anti-inflammation substrate for decreasing the proinflammation induced by the cytokines and inhibiting the lung function degeneration is provided. The anti-inflammation substrate includes one selected from the group consisting of a 7-[2-[4-(2-chlorobenzene)piperazinyl]ethyl]-1,3-dimethylxanthine, a 7-[2-[4-(4-nitrobenzene)piperazinyl]ethyl]-1,3-dimethylxanthine, a respective pharmaceutical acceptable salt thereof, and a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ing-Jun Chen, Bin-Nan Wu, Jwu-Lai Yeh
  • Patent number: 7576090
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formulas (I), (Ia) and (II) and salts and physiologically functional derivatives thereof, wherein the substituents —Y are attached to the 5- or 6-position of the benzazole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Thomas Herz, Rolf Krauss, Michael Kubbutat, Martin Lang, Christoph Schaechtele, Stefan Tasler, Frank Totzke
  • Patent number: 7572800
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for treating hepatitis B virus infection in humans comprising administering a synergistically effective amount of agents having known anti-hepatitis B virus activity in combination or alternation. Specifically, the invention is directed to a method for treating hepatitis B virus infection comprising administering FTC in combination or alternation with penciclovir, famciclovir or Bis-POM-PMEA. Additionally, the invention is directed to a method for treating hepatitis B virus infection comprising administering L-FMAU in combination or alternation with DAPD, penciclovir or Bis-POM-PMEA. The invention is further directed to a method for treating hepatitis B virus infection comprising administering DAPD in combination or alternation with Bis-POM-PMEA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip A. Furman, George R. Painter, III, David W. Barry, Franck Rousseau
  • Patent number: 7569573
    Abstract: A new class of diketo acids constructed on nucleobase scaffolds, designed as inhibitors of HIV replication through inhibition of HIV integrase, is described. These compounds are useful in the prevention or treatment of infection by HIV and in the treatment of AIDS and ARC, either as the compounds, or as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, with pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, used alone or in combination with antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics, vaccines, and other therapeutic agents. Methods of treating AIDS and ARC and methods of treating or preventing infection by HIV are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Vasu Nair, Guochen Chi, Vinod R. Uchil
  • Patent number: 7569574
    Abstract: The invention relates to new purine derivatives of general formula wherein R1 to R4 are defined as in the claims, the tautomers, the stereoisomers, the mixtures, the prodrugs thereof and the salts thereof, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof with inorganic or organic acids or bases which have valuable pharmacological properties, particularly an inhibiting effect on the activity of the enzyme dipeptidylpeptidase-IV (DPP-IV), the preparation thereof, the use thereof for the prevention or treatment of diseases or conditions associated with an increased DPP-IV activity or capable of being prevented or alleviated by reducing the DPP-IV activity, particularly type I or type II diabetes mellitus, the pharmaceutical compositions containing a compound of general formula (I) or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof as well as processes for the preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Roland Maier, Frank Himmelsbach, Matthias Eckhardt, Elke Langkopf, Michael Mark, Ralf R. H. Lotz
  • Publication number: 20090192146
    Abstract: The present invention provides substituted di-, tri-, tetra- and penta-sulfide compounds and compositions, and methods of using the same for the treatment and/or prevention of a cell proliferative disorder. The present invention also provides methods for preparing trisulfide compounds and compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: ACEA BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Xiao XU, Haoyun An, Xiaobo Wang
  • Publication number: 20090186034
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of gene expression profiling for inflammatory bowel disease pathogenesis, in which the differential expression in a test sample from a mammalian subject of one or more IBD markers relative to a control is determined, wherein the differential expression in the test sample is indicative of an IBD in the mammalian subject from which the test sample was obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: Genetech, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Abbas, Hilary Clark, Lauri Diehl
  • Patent number: 7560450
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted xanthines of general formula the tautomers, the stereoisomers, the mixtures thereof, the prodrugs thereof and the salts thereof, which have valuable pharmacological properties, particularly an inhibitory effect on the activity of the enzyme dipeptidylpeptidase-IV (DPP-IV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Matthias Eckhardt, Frank Himmelsbach, Elke Langkopf, Roland Maier, Michael Mark, Mohammad Tadayyon
  • Publication number: 20090169558
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug ester thereof: wherein the groups R1-R6, A and Y are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Richard Heng, Guido Koch, Achim Schlapbach, Juraj Velcicky, Rudolf Wälchli
  • Patent number: 7550455
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted xanthines of the general formula in which R1 to R3 and n are as defined in claims 1 to 8, their tautomers, their enantiomers, their diastereomers, their mixtures, their prodrugs and their salts, which have valuable pharmacological properties, in particular an inhibitory action on the activity of the enzyme dipeptidylpeptidase-IV (DPP-IV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Himmelsbach, Elke Langkopf, Matthias Eckhardt, Mohammad Tadayyon, Leo Thomas
  • Publication number: 20090149475
    Abstract: There are disclosed novel compounds of Formula (I) wherein L, R1, X and Y are as defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; together with processes for their preparation, compositions containing them and their use in therapy. The compounds are inhibitors of the enzyme MPO and are thereby particularly useful in the treatment or prophylaxis of neuroinflammatory disorders, cardio- and cerebrovascular atherosclerotic disorders and peripheral artery disease and respiratory disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Anna-Karin Tiden, Jenny Viklund
  • Publication number: 20090143400
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula wherein n, Y, Z, R, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the specification, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas McInally, Stephen Thom, Hiroki Wada
  • Publication number: 20090143377
    Abstract: Compounds and compositions for treating disorders related to TRPA1 are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Howard Ng, Manfred Weigele, Magdalene Moran, Jayhong Chong, Christopher Fanger, Glenn R. Larsen, Donato Del Camino, Neil Hayward, Steven P. Adams, Amy Ripka
  • Publication number: 20090137624
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds having the formula (I): and to their pharmaceutical compositions and to their methods of use. These novel compounds provide a treatment for cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Michelle Lamb, Tao Wang, Dingwel Yu, Yongxin Han, Peter Mohr, Bin Wang
  • Patent number: 7521454
    Abstract: This invention relates to an adenine derivative, a tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof represented by general formula (I): wherein X represents NR3 (wherein R3 represents a hydrogen atom or C1-3 alkyl) or the like; R1 represents substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like; R2 represents hydroxyl or the like; and Y represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hetero ring or the like. Also, the present invention relates to pharmaceuticals such as an interferon inducer, antiviral agent, anticancer agent, type 2 helper T cell selective immune response inhibitor, antiallergic agent, and immune response modulator comprising the above derivative as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Isobe, Haruhisa Ogita, Masanori Tobe, Haruo Takaku, Tetsuhiro Ogino, Ayumu Kurimoto, Hajime Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20090099212
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel methods of antagonizing the A3 adenosine receptor in a mammal, comprising administering to a mammal in need thereof a therapeutically effective dose of a compound of the formula: wherein R is hydrogen or acyl; R1 is hydrogen, halo, optionally substituted C1-4 alkyl, optionally substituted alkenyl, optionally substituted aryl, or optionally substituted heteroaryl; R2 is optionally substituted C1-4 alkyl; Y is C1-4 alkylene; and Z is phenyl, optionally substituted with halo, optionally substituted C1-4 alkyl, or C1-4 alkoxy. The A3 adenosine receptors may be antagonized in order to treat a disease state is chosen from renal failure, nephritis, hypertension, oedemas, Alzheimers disease, stress, depression, cardiac arrhythmia, restoration of cardiac function, asthma, respiratory disorders, ischemia-induced injury of the brain, heart and kidney, and diarrhea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Jeff Zablocki, Rao Kalla, Dewan Zeng
  • Patent number: 7514417
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel compounds that are partial and full A1 adenosine receptor agonists having the structure of Formula I: which are useful for treating various disease states, in particular tachycardia and atrial flutter, angina, and myocardial infarction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: CV Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Elfatih Elzein, Rao Kalla, Thao Perry, Jeff Zablocki, Xiaofen Li
  • Patent number: 7514444
    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: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Pharmacyclics, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Honigberg, Erik Verner, Zhengying Pan
  • Publication number: 20090082332
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, Y1, X1, Z1, X2, Y2, A, Y3, n, R and R2 are as defined in the specification, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Philip Abbot, Roger Victor Bonnert, Stephen Brough, Kamaldeep Chohan, Thomas McInally, Stephen Thom, Yoshiaki Isobe, Kei Nakamura, Shingo Tojo
  • Patent number: 7507726
    Abstract: Novel PDF inhibitors and novel methods for their use are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: SmithKlineBeecham Corporation
    Inventors: Kelly M. Aubart, Andrew B. Benowitz, Siegfried B. Christensen, IV, Jinhwa Lee, Domingos J. Silva
  • Publication number: 20090069289
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel purinones and purines useful for the prevention and treatment of autoimmune diseases, inflammatory disease, mast cell mediated disease and transplant rejection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: PHARMACOPEIA, INC.
    Inventors: Irina Neagu, David Diller, Celia Kingsbury, Adolph C. Bohnstedt, Michael J. Ohlmeyer, Vidyadhar Paradkar, Ansari Nasrin
  • Publication number: 20090068143
    Abstract: The present invention relates to orally effective ligands of the peripheral cannabinoid receptor CB2, especially (+)-?-pinene derivatives, and to pharmaceutical compositions thereof, which are useful for prevention, alleviation or treatment of autoimmune neurodegenerative disorders, in particular multiple sclerosis and associated symptoms. Methods of the invention are useful when the active ingredient is administered alone or in combination with existing therapeutic modalities. The compositions are administered by oral route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: PHARMOS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Avihai Yacovan, Avi Bar-Joseph, Sigal Meilin, Shimon Amselem
  • Publication number: 20090054468
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of MPO inhibitors for the treatment of multiple system atrophy. The present invention also relates to the use of MPO inhibitors for the treatment of Huntington's disease. The present invention also relates to the use of MPO inhibitors for neuroprotection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Hakan Eriksson, Werner Poewe
  • Patent number: 7495003
    Abstract: The application relates to new substituted xanthines of general formula wherein R1 and R2 are defined as in claims 1 to 11, the tautomers, the enantiomers, the diastereomers, the mixtures thereof and the salts thereof, which have valuable pharmacological properties, particularly an inhibiting effect on the activity of the enzyme dipeptidylpeptidase-IV (DPP-IV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Eckhardt, Frank Himmelsbach, Elke Langkopf, Mohammad Tadayyon, Leo Thomas
  • Patent number: 7495002
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new substituted xanthines of general formula wherein R1, R2 and X are defined as in the claims, the tautomers, the enantiomers, the diastereomers, the mixtures thereof and the salts thereof, which have valuable pharmacological properties, particularly an inhibiting effect on the activity of the enzyme dipeptidylpeptidase-IV (DPP-IV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Elke Langkopf, Matthias Eckhardt, Frank Himmelsbach, Mohammad Tadayyon, Leo Thomas, Ralf R. H. Lotz
  • Publication number: 20090047292
    Abstract: Graft rejection is a serious problem associated with tissue or organ transplantation (e.g., allotransplantation or xenotransplantation), performed to treat various organ failures (e.g., liver, heart, lung, kidney, or pancreas). Described are pharmaceutical compositions for suppressing, treating, or preventing graft rejection comprising a substance having an activity to modulate signal transduction mediated by AILIM, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco, Inc.
    Inventors: Seiichi Suzuki, Atsuko Suzuki, Mitsuaki Isobe
  • Publication number: 20090047249
    Abstract: The present application includes a compound of Formula I or II: or a pharmaceutically acceptable-salt, solvate, and/or ester thereof, compositions containing such compounds, therapeutic methods that include the administration of such compounds, and therapeutic methods that include the administration of such compounds with at least one additional active agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Micheal Graupe, Randall L. Halcomb
  • Publication number: 20090042890
    Abstract: Provided herein are Heteroaryl Compounds having the following structure: wherein R1, R3, R4, L, X, Y, A and B are as defined herein, compositions comprising an effective amount of a Heteroaryl Compound and methods for treating or preventing cancer, inflammatory conditions, immunological conditions, metabolic conditions and conditions treatable or preventable by inhibition of a kinase pathway comprising administering an effective amount of a Heteroaryl Compound to a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Deborah Sue Mortensen, Maria Mercedes Delgado Mederos, John Joseph Sapienza, Ronald J. Albers, Steven Spencer Clareen, Kimberly Lyn Schwarz, Jason Simon Parnes, Jennifer R. Riggs, Patrick William Papa, Sayee Gajanan Hegde, Jeffrey Mark McKenna
  • Publication number: 20090030019
    Abstract: This invention provides 2-, 6, and 9-substituted purine derivatives, particularly 2(1-R hydroxymethylpropylamino)-6-benzylamino-9-isopropyl purine, having, in particular, antiproliferative properties, and suitable for use as pharmaceutical compositions and herbicidal compositions. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and herbicidal compositions comprising the 2-, 6, and 9-substituted purine derivatives, and methods of treatment using the 2-, 6, and 9-substituted purine derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Laurent Meijer, Emile Bisagni, Michel Legraverend, Miroslav Strnad
  • Patent number: 7482337
    Abstract: Disclosed are substituted xanthines of general formula wherein R1 to R4 are defined hereinbelow, the tautomers, the stereoisomers, the mixtures thereof, the prodrugs thereof and the salts thereof, which have valuable pharmacological properties, particularly an inhibitory effect on the activity of the enzyme dipeptidylpeptidase-IV (DPP-IV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Frank Himmelsbach, Elke Langkopf, Matthias Eckhardt, Roland Maier, Michael Mark, Mohammad Tadayyon, Ralf R. H. Lotz
  • Patent number: 7476670
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel products of formula (I): in which: Y represents N, O, S, CHR3 or ?CR3 the dashed line representing a single or double bond, R and R1 represent in particular H, Hal, OH, alkyl, alkoxy, cyano, NO2, NR4R5, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, aryl, heteroaryl, —S(O)n-NR4R5 with n representing 0 to 2, acyl, —NH—CO-alkyl or —NH—CO—NH-phenyl, R3 represents H, Hal, alkyl, cyano, NO2, NR4R5, trifluoromethyl or aryl, R2 represents R4, OR4, SR4 or NR4R5, R4 represents H, alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl, either R4 and R5 are chosen from the values for R4, or R4 and R5 form, with N, a heterocyclic radical which may contain N, O and S, all these radicals being optionally substituted, these products being in all the isomeric forms and the salts, as medicinal products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Aventis Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: Florence Bordon-Pallier, Jean-Luc Haesslein
  • Publication number: 20090004279
    Abstract: A method for improvement of tolerance for therapeutically effective agents delivered by inhalation comprising a pretreatment of a patient with a nebulized lidocaine or a lidocaine-like compound administered immediately or up to about thirty minutes before administration of the primary therapeutically effective agent. The pretreatment of the patient with the nebulized lidocaine or a lidocaine-like compound improves airway tolerance and deposition of the agent in the lungs and makes such deposition more safe, efficacious, controllable and predictable. The method of the invention is especially useful for enhancement of deposition of immunosuppressive agents in the lung(s) of transplant patients, improved tolerance of the drugs by reducing cough, and improving pulmonary drug deposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas Hofmann, Alan Bruce Montgomery, Kevin Stapleton, William R. Baker
  • Publication number: 20080318983
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for treating asthma, inflammatory gastrointestinal tract disorders, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, neurological disorders, and diseases related to undesirable angiogenesis using A2B adenosine receptor antagonists having the structure of Formula I or Formula II:
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Rao Kalla, Thao Perry, Elfatih Elzein, Vaibhav Varkhedkar, Xiaofen Li, Prabha Ibrahim, Venkata Palle, Dengming Xiao, Jeff Zablocki, Dewan Zeng, Hongyan Zhong
  • Publication number: 20080293705
    Abstract: Compounds of the general formula (I) are described: wherein A is a 5- or 6-membered aromatic or heteroaromatic ring. Compositions comprising such compounds and methods of use thereof are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: Endacea, Inc.
    Inventors: Constance Neely Wilson, John J. Partridge
  • Publication number: 20080287468
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel purine and imidazopyridine derivatives useful for the prevention and treatment of autoimmune diseases, inflammatory disease, mast cell mediated disease and transplant rejection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: PHARMACOPEIA, INC.
    Inventors: Michael J. Ohlmeyer, Adolph C. Bohnstedt, Celia Kingsbury, Koc-Kan Ho, Jorge Gabriel Quintero, Ming You, Haengsoon Park, Yingchun Lu
  • Publication number: 20080287454
    Abstract: The present invention is drawn to novel antiviral compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and their use. More specifically this invention is drawn to derivatives of monocyclic polyamines which have activity in standard tests against HIV- or FIV-infected cells as well as other biological activity related to binding of ligands to chemokine receptors that mediate a number of mammalian embryonic developmental processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Gary J. BRIDGER, Eva Maria BOEHRINGER, Zhongren WANG, Dominique SCHOLS, Renato Tony SKERLJ, David Earl BOGUCKI
  • Patent number: 7452886
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof wherein the symbols have meaning as defined, which are inhibitors of cathepsin K and find use pharmaceutically for treatment of diseases and medical conditions in which cathepsin K is implicated, e.g. various disorders including inflammation, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis and tumors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Claudia Betschart, Kenji Hayakawa, Osamu Irie, Junichi Sakaki, Genji Iwasaki, Rene Lattmann, Martin Missbach, Naoki Teno
  • Publication number: 20080280926
    Abstract: The present invention relates to purine derivatives, which can be used as selective phosphodiesterase (PDE) type IV inhibitors. Compounds disclosed herein can be useful in the treatment of asthma, arthritis, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), psoriasis, allergic rhinitis, shock, atopic dermatitis, Crohn's disease, adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), eosinophilic granuloma, allergic conjunctivitis, osteoarthritis, ulcerative colitis and other inflammatory diseases especially in humans. Also provided are processes for the preparation of disclosed compounds, pharmaceutical composition containing the disclosed compounds and their use as selective phosphodiesterase (PDE) type IV inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Venkata P. Palle, Sarala Balachandran, Mohammad Salman, Gagan Kukreja, Lalit Kumar Baregama, Abhijit Ray, Sunanda Ghosh Dastidar
  • Publication number: 20080279822
    Abstract: The present invention relates to four distinct crystalline polymorphs of a monohydrate of Compound A having the following chemical structure: Compound A. These four polymorphic forms, herein referred to as Forms I, II III and IV are active as a CXC-chemokine receptor ligands. The invention is further directed to formulations, methods of treatment, and processes of synthesis of these polymorphic forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Mengwei Hu, Younong Yu, Michael Dwyer, Arthur Taveras, Agnes Kim-Meade, Jianguo Yin, Xiaoyong Fu, Timothy McAllister, Shuyi Zhang, Kevin Klopfer
  • Publication number: 20080274176
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a particulate composition containing; a) 5 to 90% of at least one phosphatidyl choline component b) 5 to 90% of at least one diacyl glycerol component, at least one tocopherol, or mixtures thereof, and c) 1 to 40% of at least one non-ionic stabilising amphiphile, where all parts are by weight relative to the sum of the weights of a+b+c and where the composition contains particles of at least one non-lamellar phase structure or forms particles of at least one non-lamellar phase structure when contacted with an aqueous fluid. The invention additionally relates to pharmaceutical formulations containing such compositions, methods for their formation and methods of treatment comprising their administration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: CAMURUS AB
    Inventors: Markus Johnsson, Fredrik Tiberg
  • Publication number: 20080261973
    Abstract: The invention relates to sulphonamidoanilines of formula I, wherein A is N or CH, W, X, Y and Z are N or CH under the proviso that at least one of the three symbols W, X and Y represent CH, R1 represents NR4R5 or OR4, wherein R4 represents optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl optionally comprising one or two nitrogen or oxygen atoms, or substituted aryl, and R5 represents hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted alky, or R4 and R5 together with the nitrogen to which they are attached represent an optionally substituted five- or six-membered nitrogen containing monocyclic ring, an optionally substituted nitrogen containing fully saturated bicyclic ring, or an spirocyclic fully saturated ring system containing one or two nitrogen atoms, R2 is hydrogen, lower alkenyl or alkyl, R3 is alkyl which is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted by halogen; alkenyl or aryl, and their salts; processes for their preparation, their application in the treatment of the human or animal body
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Capraro, Bernard Coupez, Pascal Furet, Paul W. Manley, Carole Pissot Soldermann
  • Patent number: 7439240
    Abstract: The present invention therefore provides a compound of formula (I) and compositions for treating diseases associated with cysteine protease activity. The compounds are reversible inhibitors of cysteine proteases S, K, F, L and B. Of particular interest are diseases associated with Cathepsin S. In addition this invention also discloses processes for the preparation of such inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Andrew Bailey, Garry Pairaudeau, Anil Patel, Stephen Thom
  • Publication number: 20080248123
    Abstract: Described are controlled release nanoparticulate formulations comprising a nanoparticulate agent to be administered and a rate-controlling polymer which functions to prolong the release of the agent following administration. The novel compositions release the agent following administration for a time period ranging from about 2 to about 24 hours or longer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Jon Swanson, Rajeev A. Jain, Robert Hontz, John G. Devane, Kenneth Iain Cumming, Maurice Joseph Anthony Clancy, Janet Elizabeth Codd, Gary Liversidge
  • Patent number: 7427616
    Abstract: A compound of the Formula (I), wherein A together with the carbon atoms to which it is attached forms a fused 5-membered heteroaryl ring, wherein said heteroaryl ring contains 1 or 2 heteroatoms selected from O, N and S, and wherein the 5-membered ring containing G is linked to the ring formed by A in the meta position to the bridgehead carbon marked # in Formula (I): G is selected from O, S and NR5; Z is selected from N and CR6; Q1 is selected from optionally substituted aryl and heteroaryl, and the substituents R1 to R6 are as defined in the text for use in the production of an anti-angiogenic effect in a warm blooded animal such as man.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Richard William Arthur Luke, Clifford David Jones, William McCoull, Barry Raymond Hayter
  • Patent number: 7423041
    Abstract: Compounds of the general formula (I) are described: wherein A is a 5- or 6-membered aromatic or heteroaromatic ring. Compositions comprising such compounds and methods of use thereof are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Endacea, Inc.
    Inventors: Constance Wilson, John J. Partridge