Abstract: Small molecule compounds for the treatment of inflammatory conditions, and pharmaceutical compositions and methods relating thereto. The compositions may be used for the treatment of conditions such as multiple sclerosis, type 2 diabetes, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, and Crohn's disease. In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition and methods pertain to small molecule compounds previously known for the treatment of another condition, such as non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Abstract: The present invention provides for a method for treating a disease condition associated with PI3-kinase a and/or a receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) in a subject. In another aspect, the invention provides for a method for treating a disease condition associated with PI3-kinase ? and/or an RTK in a subject. In yet another aspect, a method of inhibiting phosphorylation of Akt (S473) in a cell is set forth.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polymorphic forms of N-{4-[3-chloro-4-(3-fluoro-benzyloxy)phenylamino]-quinazolin-6-yl}-acrylamide p-toluenesulfonate with the characteristic X-ray powder diffraction data as stated in the description, preparation methods thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same and the use thereof.

Abstract: Positive allosteric modulators of melanocortin receptors, especially allosteric potentiators of the receptors MC3R and MC4R are described herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the positive allosteric modulators and methods of treating obesity or an obesity-related disorder such as type 2 diabetes, comprising administering an effective amount of the positive allosteric modulator.

Abstract: Methods and composition for tumor therapy, especially esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC), are described. For example, in certain aspects methods for determining Hedgehog and mTOR signaling pathway status to select patients for administering a combination therapy of Hedgehog and mTOR signaling inhibitors are described. Furthermore, the invention provides compositions that involve testing kits for determining signaling status.

Abstract: The present invention provides a combination comprising (a) a compound of formula (I) and (b) one or more antineoplastic agents selected from the group consisting of an antimetabolite agent, analkylating or alkylating-like agent, an intercalating agent, a topoisomerase I or II inhibitor, an antimitotic agent, a kinase inhibitor, a proteasome inhibitor and an antibody inhibiting a growth factor or its receptor, wherein active ingredients of the combination are present in each case in free form or in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or any hydrate or solvate thereof, useful in the treatment of tumors.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel sulfoximine substituted quinazoline derivatives of formula I wherein Ar, R1 and R2 are as defined in the description and claims, and their use as MNK1 (MNK1a or MNK1b) and/or MNK2 (MNK2a or MNK2b) kinase inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods of using the same as agents for treatment or amelioration of MNK1 (MNK1a or MNK1b) and/or MNK2 (MNK2a or MNK2b) mediated disorders.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel heteroaryl compounds of formula (I) having a pyrimidine-containing core that is linked to a 4-trifluoromethoxyphenyl group via an amine linker. Such compounds are useful for the treatment of cancers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of methods for providing components of pharmaceutical compositions comprising poorly water-soluble drugs. In particular the present invention relates to methods for providing stable, amorphous hybrid nanoparticles, comprising at least one protein kinase inhibitor and at least one polymeric stabilizing and matrix-forming component, useful in pharmaceutical compositions.

Abstract: A method for predicting a subject's response to a TUSC2 therapy is provided. In particular, a subject's response is predicted based on the proportion of cancers cells that are apoptotic. Also provided is a method of treating a subject previously predicted to have a favorable response with a TUSC2 therapy. Methods for treating cancer by administration of a TUSC2 therapeutic in conjunction with an EGFR inhibitor and/or a protein kinase inhibitor are also disclosed. Kits and reagents for use in TUSC2 therapy are provided.

Abstract: Described herein are inhibitors of FGFR, pharmaceutical compositions including such compounds, and methods of using such compounds and compositions to inhibit the activity of tyrosine kinases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of methods for providing pharmaceutical compositions comprising poorly water-soluble drugs. In particular the present invention relates to compositions comprising stable, amorphous hybrid nanoparticles, comprising at least one protein kinase inhibitor and at least one polymeric stabilizing and matrix-forming component, useful in pharmaceutical compositions and in therapy.

Abstract: Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which inhibit the activity of histone deacetylase 8 (HDAC8). Also described herein are methods of using such HDAC8 inhibitors, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from inhibition of HDAC8 activity.

Abstract: New mutations were found in exon 19 of the EGFR gene, the exon that is often mutated in tumors. The invention comprises methods of detecting the mutations, methods of prognosis and methods of predicting response to treatment based on the presence of absence of the mutations.

Abstract: The invention provides methods of attenuating, e.g., inhibiting or reducing, cellular proliferation and migration, particularly endothelial cell proliferation and migration, including that associated with angiogenesis, using opioid antagonists, including, but not limited to, those that are peripherally restricted antagonists.

Abstract: Provided herein are kinase inhibiting compounds and methods of using the same.

Abstract: A drug in a solubility-improved form is combined with a concentration-enhancing polymer in a sufficient amount so that the combination provides substantially enhanced drug concentration in a use environment relative to a control comprising the same amount of the same solubility-improved form of drug without the concentration-enhancing polymer.

Abstract: The present application provides a method for treating a neurodegenerative disease in a subject characterised in that the endoplasmic reticulum protein retrotranslocation machinery and/or VCP is modulated by administering to said subject a therapeutically effective amount of a modulator of said endoplasmic reticulum protein retrotranslocation machinery and/or of VCP.

Abstract: Compounds of Formulas I-XLIII are identified as direct inhibitors of p97 ATPase or of the degradation of a p97-dependent ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) substrate. Methods and compositions are disclosed for inhibiting p97 ATPase and the degradation of a p97-dependent UPS substrate, and for identifying inhibitors thereof.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and compositions for treating a subject with ovarian cancer. Some embodiments include treating a subject with a particular combination of chemotherapeutic agents.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for treating a disease or disorder in a mammal which is caused by induced NFkB transcriptional activity in cells of the mammal, the method comprising administering to the mammal a compound that specifically inhibits one or more of CDK8 and CDK19.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions, pharmaceutical preparations and methods for the diagnosis and treatment of cancers expressing a GLI polypeptide. The disclosed compositions and pharmaceutical preparations may comprise one or more pyrazolyl-containing compounds, or an analog or derivative thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.

Abstract: Methods of treating cancer with a compound of formulae (I) or (Ia) are disclosed. Also provided are methods of treating a cancer with a mutation in ALK or a c-MET mutation with a compound of formulae (I) or (Ia). Further provided are methods of treating non-small cell lung cancer with a mutation in ALK with a compound of formulae (I) or (Ia); a tautomer, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the variables structural formulae are defined herein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel quinazoline derivative compound having the formula (1) as follows: with the constituents defined in claim 1, and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as a multiplex inhibitor, a method for the preparation thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition and a therapeutic composition comprising same as an active ingredient. The inventive quinazoline derivative as a multiplex inhibitor can selectively and effectively inhibit diseases caused by the overactivity of a tyrosine kinase.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical combination comprising a platinum-containing anticancer agent, and an Hsp90 inhibitor according to the following formulae (I) & (Ia), a tautomer, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the variables structural formulae are defined herein. Also provided is a method of treating a proliferative disorder such as cancer in a subject in need thereof, using the pharmaceutical combination described herein.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of promoting parkin activity in a subject, comprising: selecting a subject with a disorder associated with decreased Parkin activity; and administering to the subject an effective amount of a composition that increases parkin activity, wherein the composition is an inhibitor of a deubiquitinating enzyme.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of treating cancer and modifying a cancer treatment for a cancer with an anti-EGFR drug by creating PRDX6 expression profiles and using the profiles to evaluate and optionally modify treatment. The present disclosure also provides assays and systems for assessing sensitivity of a cancer to an anti-EGFR therapy.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel quinazoline derivatives with less skin irritation and an excellent action of strongly suppressing scratching behavior, and pharmaceutical compositions containing a quinazoline derivative as an active ingredient. The present invention is directed to the quinazoline derivatives represented by the general formula [1] or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. In the general formula [1], R1 represents hydrogen or the like; R2 represents hydrogen or the like; R3 and R4 are the same or different and represent hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy or halogen; R5 is combined with R6 to represent alkylene or represents hydrogen, hydroxy, alkyl, phenyl or alkoxy; R6 represents alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, a 5- to 10-membered aromatic heterocyclic group containing one to three heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom and a sulfur atom, or —N(R6-1)(R6-2).

Abstract: A pharmaceutical combination comprising a topoisomerase I inhibitor, and an Hsp90 inhibitor according to the following formulae (I) (Ia) a tautomer, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the variables in the structural formulae are defined herein. Also provided is a method for treating a proliferative disorder in a subject in need thereof, using the pharmaceutical combination described herein.

Abstract: Therapies effective for the treatment and prevention of cancer and other diseases are disclosed. These methods include the administration of therapeutically effective amounts of agents that increase the local production of effector cell-attracting chemokines within tumor lesions, with concomitant suppression of local production of undesirable chemokines that attract regulatory T(reg) cells. These methods include administering to the subject therapeutically effective amounts of a Toll-like receptor (TLR) agonist or other activator of NF-KB pathway in combination with a blocker of prostaglandin synthesis or a blocker of prostaglandin signaling, in combination with a type-1 interferon, or in combination with both a blocker of prostaglandin synthesis or signaling and with a type-1 interferon.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for preventing metastasis of cancer cells. The disclosed compounds can be used to prevent the spread of tumor or other types of cancer cells.

Abstract: The present invention provides a 4-aminoquinazoline derivative having the chemical structure of the following formula, and the use thereof. It is demonstrated by the pharmacological experiment that, the compound or a salt thereof according to the present invention not only has distinct inhibitory effect on histone deacetylases, but also has stronger differentiation induction and anti-proliferative activities for certain tumor cells. It can be used in the treatment of cancers and diseases related to cell differentiation and proliferation. Excellent efficacy is observed especially for leukemia and a solid tumor. As demonstrated by the animal test, the compound or a salt thereof according to the present invention is less toxic.

Abstract: Methods are disclosed for preventing toxic drug-drug interactions during combination cancer therapy with a drug that is an anti-ErbB3 agent, such as an anti-ErbB3 antibody, together with a drug that is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor and/or a drug that binds to alpha-1 acid glycoprotein (e.g., erlotinib). Health care practitioners obtaining any one of the drugs are warned that when co-administering the drug that is an anti-ErbB3 agent with either or both of a drug that is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor and a drug that binds to alpha-1 acid glycoprotein, at least one of the co-administered drugs should be administered using a reduced dosage to prevent toxicity. In a reduced dosage, the amount of drug administered per unit time is reduced as compared to a dose that would be administered if the drug was administered as monotherapy. The reduced dosage can be, for example, a reduced drug dose or a reduced drug dosing frequency, or both. Compositions useful in practicing the disclosed methods are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new aminopyrimidine inhibitors of tyrosine kinase activity, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.

Abstract: Described herein are inhibitors of FGFR, pharmaceutical compositions including such compounds, and methods of using such compounds and compositions to inhibit the activity of tyrosine kinases.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of general formula (I), corresponding enantiomeric, diastereomeric and/or tautomeric forms thereof as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and the prodrugs of said compounds. The invention also relates to the use of said compounds as binding partners for 5-HT5 receptors for treating diseases that are modulated by a 5-HT5 receptor activity, in particular, for treating neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders as well as signs, symptoms and dysfunctions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to quinazoline containing zinc-binding moiety based derivatives of Formula (IV) below. These compounds have enhanced and unexpected properties as inhibitors of epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase (EGFR-TK) and are useful in the treatment of EGFR-TK related diseases and disorders such as cancer. These compounds may further act as HDAC inhibitors.

Abstract: Disclosed are as represented by Formula (I) a quinazoline derivative and a pharmaceutical acceptable salt thereof, or, an enantiomer, a non-enantiomer, a tautomer, a racemate, a solvate, a metabolic precursor, or a prodrug of both. Also disclosed are a preparation method therefor, an intermediate, a pharmaceutical composition having the quinazoline derivative, and an application thereof. The quinazoline derivative of the present invention is provided with improved anti-tumor activity.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds having the formula (Formula I)): wherein R1, R2, R3 and Z are as defined herein, and methods of making and using the same.

Abstract: A compound for treating protein kinase-related disease or disorder having a structure of formula (A): wherein X is N or CH; Y is NH, O, or CH2; Z is an aryl or a heteroaryl; and R1, R2, R3, and R4 are independently H, halo, nitro, cyano, aryl, heteroaryl, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocycloalkenyl, —ORa, —C(O)Ra, —C(O)NRaRb, —NRaC(O)Rb, —NRaRb, —S(O)2Ra, —S(O)2NRaRb, —NRaS(O)2Rb, —N?CRaRb, or —NRaC(O)NHRb, wherein each of Ra and Rb, independently, is H, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aryloxy, alkoxy, hydroxy, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, or heterocycloalkenyl, or Ra and Rb, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded, form heteroaryl, heterocycloalkyl, or heterocycloalkenyl; or R3 and R4 are as defined above, and R1 and R2 together with the carbons, to which they are attached, form a heterocycloalkenyl or heteroaryl.

Abstract: The invention provides combination therapy, wherein one or more other therapeutic agents are administered with indibulin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and the combination is synergistic. Another aspect of the invention relates to the treatment of cancer with indibulin as a single agent. Another aspect of the invention relates to dosing regimen for administration of oral dosage forms of indibulin.

Abstract: Described herein are inhibitors of FGFR, pharmaceutical compositions including such compounds, and methods of using such compounds and compositions to inhibit the activity of tyrosine kinases.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for the preselection of a subject for therapeutic treatment with an agent based on modulated levels of hypoxia in cancerous cells in the subject. In one embodiment, the invention provides methods for the preselection of a subject for therapeutic treatment with an agent based on modulated levels of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in a cell, e.g., a cancerous cell. The invention also provides methods for treating cancer in a subject by administering an effective amount of an agent to the subject, wherein the subject has been selected based on a modulated level of hypoxia. The invention further provides kits to practice the methods of the invention.

Abstract: Quinazoline derivatives are provided that specifically inhibit proliferation of T cells without affecting the level of IL-2 secreted from said T cells. These compounds as well as pharmaceutical composition comprising them are useful for the treatment of indications mediated by T cell proliferation.

Abstract: Compounds, compositions, and methods for specific inhibition of activated cdc42-associated kinase 1 (Ack1) are provided.

Abstract: In alternative embodiments, the invention provides compositions and methods for identifying individuals that would be responsive to a treatment comprising (including) blocking activation of integrin polypeptide alphav-beta3 (or ?v-?3), or blocking the interaction of a ligand with integrin polypeptide alphav-beta3 (or ?v-?3). The invention provides compositions and methods for determining the effectiveness of such a treatment and can contribute to a prognosis for the patient.

Abstract: EMT signatures and markers useful for characterizing the status of epithelial cancers and for predicting drug responses in patients having non-small cell lung cancer are provided together with methods of using the same.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3 and B4 are as defined herein. The compounds of Formula I have been found to act as glucagon antagonists or inverse agonists. Consequently, the compounds of Formula I and the pharmaceutical compositions thereof are useful for the treatment of diseases, disorders, or conditions mediated by glucagon.

Abstract: This invention is in the fields of cancer therapy. More particularly it concerns compounds which are useful agents for treating cell proliferative disorders, especially those disorders characterized by over activity and/or inappropriate activity of a EGFR, including EGFR-related cancers, particularly for expanding the efficacy of drugs previously developed for this purpose, and for methods of treatments using the compounds for this purpose.