Ring Oxygen In The Bicyclo Ring System Patents (Class 514/302)
  • Publication number: 20130261107
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to novel bicyclic oxazole and thiazole compounds which are positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (“mGluR5”); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions; and methods for the treatment or prevention of disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR5 subtype of receptors is involved. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Shaun R. Stauffer, Carrie K. Jones, Jose Manuel Bartolome-Nebreda, Susana Conde-Ceide, James Gregor MacDonald, Manuel Jesus Alcazar Vaca
  • Patent number: 8546374
    Abstract: A compound having Formula (I) or Formula (II) is disclosed as an P2X7 antagonist, wherein A, B, C, Y, Y, Z, m, v, R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5, are as defined in the description. Methods and compositions for treating disease or condition modulated by P2X7 are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Abbvie Inc.
    Inventors: William A. Carroll, Arturo Perez-Medrano, Alan S. Florjancic, Derek W. Nelson, Sridhar Peddi, Tongmei Li, Eric M. Bunnelle, Gavin Hirst, Biquin C. Li
  • Patent number: 8546376
    Abstract: The invention relates to a series of compounds with particular activity as inhibitors of the serine-threonine kinase AKT. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising same as well as methods for treating cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Almac Discovery Limited
    Inventors: Mark Peter Bell, Timothy Harrison, Sumita Bhattacharyya, James Samuel Shane Rountree, Frank Burkamp, Stephen Price, Calum MacLeod, Richard Leonard Elliott, Phillip Smith, Toby Jonathan Blench, Colin Roderick O'Dowd, Lixin Zhang, Graham Peter Trevitt, Hazel Joan Dyke
  • Publication number: 20130252943
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted bicyclic oxazole lactam analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Shaun R. Stauffer, José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda, Gregor James Macdonald, Susana Conde-Ceide, María Luz Martín-Martín
  • Publication number: 20130245025
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which modulate the activity of store-operated calcium (SOC) channels. Also described herein are methods of using such SOC channel modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from inhibition of SOC channel activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: CalciMedica, Inc.
    Inventors: Gonul Velicelebi, Kenneth A. Stauderman, Jeffrey P. Whitten, Yazhong Pei, Jianguo Cao, Zhijun Wang, Evan Rogers, Brian Dyck, Jonathan Grey
  • Publication number: 20130244996
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): wherein R1 to R3, A, X and n are as defined herein. The compounds of formula (I) are useful as inhibitors of leukotriene A4 hydrolase (LTA4H) and treating LTA4H related disorder. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I), methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, and processes for preparing these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Asitha ABEYWARDANE, Steven Richard BRUNETTE, Michael J. BURKE, Suresh R. KAPADIA, Thomas Martin KIRRANE, Matthew Russell NETHERTON, Hossein RAZAVI, Sonia RODRIGUEZ, Anjan SAHA, Robert SIBLEY, Lana Louise SMITH-KEENAN, Hidenori TAKAHASHI, Michael Robert TURNER, Jiang-Ping WU, Erick Richard Roush YOUNG, Qiang ZHANG, Qing ZHANG, Renee M. ZINDELL
  • Publication number: 20130245063
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which modulate the activity of store-operated calcium (SOC) channels. Also described herein are methods of using such SOC channel modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from inhibition of SOC channel activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: CalciMedica, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Whitten, Jonathan Grey, Jianguo Cao, Zhijun Wang, Evan Rogers
  • Patent number: 8536164
    Abstract: Compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds are disclosed, wherein the compounds have the structure of Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X, Y, A, R4, n, and R7 are as defined in the specification. Corresponding pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treatment, methods of synthesis, and intermediates are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Todd W. Butler, Ramalakshmi Y. Chandrasekaran, Scot R. Mente, Chakrapani Subramanyam, Travis T. Wager
  • Patent number: 8536338
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compounds of formula I, II, III, IV, and V, including their salts, as well as compositions and methods of using the compounds. The compounds have activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV) and may be useful in treating those infected with HCV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Richard Pracitto, John F. Kadow, John A. Bender, Brett R. Beno, Katharine A. Grant-Young, Ying Han, Piyasena Hewawasam, Andrew Nickel, Kyle E. Parcella, Kap-Sun Yeung, Louis S. Chupak
  • Patent number: 8530483
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel amyloid binding compounds of formula (I) and methods for measuring effects of the compounds, by measuring changes of amyloid plaque level in living patients. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of using the compounds of this invention as tracers in positron emission tomography (PET/) imaging to study amyloid deposits in brain in vivo to allow diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Thus, the present invention relates to use of the novel amyloid binding compounds as a diagnostic. The invention further relates to a method of measuring clinical efficacy of Alzheimer's disease therapeutic agents. Specifically, the present invention relates to novel aryl or heteroaryl substituted azabenzoxazole derivatives, compositions, and therapeutic uses and processes for making such compounds, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or in vivo hydrolysable ester thereof, wherein: X is O or S; A and Y independently are N, or CH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: James C. Barrow, Scott Harrison, James Mulhearn, Cyrille Sur, David L. Williams, Scott Wolkenberg, Eric Hostetler
  • Patent number: 8530469
    Abstract: The invention provides a combination comprising an Hsp90 inhibitor compound of the formula (VII): or tautomer or salt thereof and one or more therapeutic agents selected from topoisomerase I inhibitors; antimetabolites; tubulin targeting agents; DNA binder and topoisomerase II inhibitors; alkylating agents; monoclonal antibodies; anti-hormones; signal transduction inhibitors; proteasome inhibitors; DNA methyl transferases; cytokines; retinoids and HDAC or HAT modulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics Ltd.
    Inventors: Gianni Chessari, Miles Stuart Congreve, Martyn Frederickson, Christopher William Murray, Eva Figueroa Navarro, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford, Maria Grazia Carr, Robert Downham, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Theresa Rachel Phillips, Andrew James Woodhead
  • Publication number: 20130225569
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which R1 and R2 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are inhibitors of Syk, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and/or systemic lupus
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Lars Burgdorf, Melanie Schultz, Tatjana Ross, Brian Hodous, Justin Potnick, Amanda E. Sutton, Bayard R. Huck
  • Publication number: 20130225601
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of general formula I, wherein the groups R1, R2, and A are as defined in the application, which have valuable pharmacological properties, and in particular bind to the GPR119 receptor and modulate its activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias ECKHARDT, Frank HIMMELSBACH, Elke LANGKOPF, Bernd NOSSE
  • Patent number: 8513264
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Mark, Peter Eickelmann, Gerd Luippold, Leo Thomas
  • Publication number: 20130210768
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to 5-substituted 1,3-dihydro-2H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine-2-one derivatives which are positive allosteric modulators of the mGluR2 receptor, useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR2 receptor is involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved, such as schizophrenia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Arrington, Vadim Dudkin, Mark E. Layton, Joseph E. Pero, Alexander J. Reif
  • Publication number: 20130203737
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fused heterocyclic derivative of the formula (I) wherein R1 is selected from cyano, (2-4C)alkenyl, (2-4C)alkynyl, (1-4C)alkyl, each optionally substituted with CN or one or more fluoro atoms, (3-6C)cycloalkyl, (4-6C)cycloalkenyl or a (8-10C)bicyclic group, each optionally substituted with halogen or (1-4C)alkyl optionally substituted with one or more fluoro atoms, phenyl, biphenyl, naphthyl, each optionally substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from halogen, cyano, (1-4C)alkyl optionally substituted with one or more fluoro atoms, (1-4C)alkoxy optionally substituted with one or more fluoro atoms, amino, dimethylamino, and (3-6C)cycloalkyl optionally substituted with phenyl which may be substituted with (1-4C)alkyl or halogen, and phenyl substituted with phenoxy, benzyl, benzyloxy, phenylethyl or monocyclic heterocycle, each optionally substituted with (1-4C)alkyl, Z is a linking group —W—(Cn-alkylene)-T- wherein W is attached to R1 and sel
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: ABBVIE B.V.
    Inventors: Pieter Smid, Wouter I. Iwema Bakker, Hein K.A.C. Coolen, Leonardus A.J.M. Sliedregt, Maria J.P. van Dongen, Jacobus A.J. den Hartog
  • Publication number: 20130196993
    Abstract: This invention relates to certain N-heteroaryl compounds that are generally useful as medicaments, more specifically as medicaments for animals. The medicament can preferably be used for the treatment of helminth infections and the treatment of parasitosis, such as caused by helminth infections. This invention also relates to uses of the compounds to make medicaments and treatments comprising the administration of the compounds to animals in need of the treatments. This invention also relates to novel N-heteroaryl compounds and the preparation of said compounds. Moreover this invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Michael Berger, Christopher Kern, Marko Eck
  • Publication number: 20130196973
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): wherein R1 to R3, A, X and n are as defined herein. The compounds of formula (I) are useful as inhibitors of leukotriene A4 hydrolase (LTA4H) and treating LTA4H related disorder. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I), methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, and processes for preparing these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Asitha Abeywardane, Michael J. Burke, Thomas Martin Kirrane, Matthew Russell Netherton, Anil Kumar Padyana, Lana Louise Smith Keenan, Hidenori Takahashi, Michael Robert Turner, Qiang Zhang, Qing Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130190271
    Abstract: Disclosed is a harmful arthropod control composition comprising, as an active ingredient, a fused heterocyclic compound represented by formula (1) [wherein A1 and A2 independently represent a nitrogen atom or the like; R1 and R4 independently represent a halogen atom or the like; R2 and R3 independently represent a halogen atom or the like; R5 and R6 independently represent a linear C1-C6 hydrocarbon group which may be substituted, or the like (provided that both R5 and R6 cannot represent a hydrogen atom simultaneously); and n represents 0 or 1]. The harmful arthropod control composition has an excellent efficacy to control harmful arthropods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
  • Publication number: 20130178457
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) along with processes for their preparation that are useful for treating, managing and/or lessening the diseases, disorders, syndromes or conditions associated with the modulation of cannabinoid (CB) receptors. Methods of treating, managing and/or lessening the diseases, disorders, syndromes or conditions associated with the modulation of cannabinoid (CB) receptors of Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: LUPIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Sanjeev Anant KULKARNI, Sachin MADAN, Nirmal Kumar JANA, Prashant Vitthalrao TALE, Narasimha Murthy CHEEMALA, Sachin Jaysing MAHANGARE, Prashant Popatrao VIDHATE, Chaitanya Prabhakar KULKARNI, Sapana Suresh PATEL, Amolsing Dattu PATIL, Seema Prabhakar ZADE, Rohan Mahadev SHINDE, Venkata P. PALLE, Rajender Kumar KAMBOJ
  • Publication number: 20130172328
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound which has the effect of PDE inhibition, and which is useful as an agent for preventing or treating schizophrenia or so on represented by the formula (I):
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: CROSSWING INC.
    Inventors: Takahiko Taniguchi, Masato Yoshikawa, Kasei Miura, Tomoaki Hasui, Eiji Honda, Keisuke Imamura, Makoto Kamata, Haruhi Kamisaki, John F. Quinn, Joseph Raker, Fatoumata Camara, Yi Wang
  • Patent number: 8471024
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Tetrahydrofuropyridones compounds useful as HIF prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors to treat anemia and like conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme, Corp.
    Inventors: Vincent J. Colandrea, Jeffrey J. Hale, Joshua G. McCoy
  • Publication number: 20130158011
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of formula I their use as positive allosteric modulators of mGlu5 receptor activity, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods of using the same as agents for treatment and/or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction such as schizophrenia or cognitive decline such as dementia or cognitive impairment. A, B, X, R1, R2, R3 have meanings given in the description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Klaus RUDOLF, Daniel BISCHOFF, Georg DAHMANN, Matthias GRAUERT, Raimund KUELZER, Bernd WELLENZOHN
  • Publication number: 20130158070
    Abstract: Novel chemical conjugates derived from unsaturated fatty acids and therapeutically active agents, are disclosed. The chemical conjugates are designed and characterized as COX-2 and/or 5-LOX inhibitors and are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases and disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, asthma, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, pain, primary dysmenorrhea, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventor: Taher Nassar
  • Patent number: 8466289
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula I where R1a, R1b, X, R2a, R2b, W, R3, R4, and R5 are as defined herein as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds have been shown to act as MEK inhibitors which may be useful in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, like cancer and inflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Mark G. Bock, Dinesh Chikkanna, Clive McCarthy, Henrik Moebitz, Chetan Pandit
  • Patent number: 8466163
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to chemical compounds and methods for their use and preparation. In particular, the invention relates to chemical compounds which may possess useful therapeutic activity, use of these compounds in methods of therapy and the manufacture of medicaments as well as compositions containing these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Bionomics Limited
    Inventors: Bernard Luke Flynn, Jason Hugh Chaplin, Dharam Paul, Damian Wojciech Grobelny, Brian Kelly
  • Patent number: 8466171
    Abstract: Disclosed are fused heterocyclic compounds of Formula (I): or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts or stereoisomers thereof. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds in the treatment of at least one androgen receptor-associated condition, such as, for example, cancer, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Weifang Shan, James Aaron Balog, Ashvinikumar V. Gavai, Yufen Zhao
  • Publication number: 20130150347
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of formula I their use as positive allosteric modulators of mGlu5 receptor activity, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods of using the same as agents for treatment and/or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction such as schizophrenia or cognitive decline such as dementia or cognitive impairment. A, B, X, R1, R2, R3 have meanings given in the description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventors: Klaus RUDOLF, Daniel BISCHOFF, Georg DAHMANN, Matthias GRAUERT, Raimund KUELZER, Bernd WELLENZOHN
  • Publication number: 20130150401
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I, wherein R1, LP, LQ, X, A, and n are as defined in the application, which have valuable pharmacological properties, and in particular bind to the GPR119 receptor and modulate its activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventor: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
  • Patent number: 8450341
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to new inhibitors of the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase having the general formula (I), processes for preparation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Almirall, S.A.
    Inventors: Paul Robert Eastwood, Jacob Gonzalez Rodriguez, Victor Giulio Matassa
  • Publication number: 20130131055
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel 4-(furo[3,2-c]pyridin-2-yl)-1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives having protein tyrosine kinase inhibitory activity, to a process for the manufacture thereof and to the use thereof for the treatment of c-Met-mediated diseases or c-Met-mediated conditions, particularly cancer and other proliferative disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Michels, Hans Briem, Alexandros Vakalopoulos, Katja Zimmermann, Nicole Teusch
  • Patent number: 8440830
    Abstract: The compounds of formula (I), wherein ring D and ring E together form a fused ring system selected from formula (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), and the salts of these compounds are novel, effective inhibitors of histone deacetylases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Thomas Maier, Thomas Beckers, Thomas Baer, Matthias Vennemann, Volker Gekeler, Astrid Zimmermann, Petra Gimmnich, Kamlesh Padiya, Hemant Joshi, Uday Joshi, Mahindra Makhija, Dipak Harel
  • Publication number: 20130116275
    Abstract: Inhibitors of the Hypoxia Inducible Factor (HIF) and angiogenesis and their methods of use including the treatment of cancer, hypoxia related pathologies, disorders leading to ischemia, for example stroke and ischemic heart disease, and non-cancerous angiogenic diseases are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicants: GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, EMORY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Erwin G. Van Meir, Binghe Wang
  • Publication number: 20130116233
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of the formula I which are inhibitors of phosphodiesterase type 10A and to their use for the manufacture of a medicament and which thus are suitable for treating or controlling of medical disorders selected from neurological disorders and psychiatric disorders, for ameliorating the symptoms associated with such disorders and for reducing the risk of such disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicants: AbbVie Inc., Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG, AbbVie Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130109649
    Abstract: Compounds having the structure of Formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors and are useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Pengcheng Patrick Shao, Wanying Sun, Revathi Reddy Katipally, Petr Vachal, Feng Ye, Jian Liu, Deyou Sha
  • Patent number: 8431572
    Abstract: Described are compounds which inhibit, regulate and/or modulate kinase signal transduction, for example of Met kinase. The compounds are of the formulae A1 to A148 and B1 described herein, including 2-oxobenzoxazol-3-ylmethyl]phenyl}carbamate and 2-oxooxazolo[4,5-b]pyridin-3-ylmethyl)phenyl]carbamate compounds, and pharmaceutically usable salts, tautomers and stereoisomers thereof, including mixtures thereof in all ratios. Also described are compositions containing these compounds. Also described are methods for the treatment of diseases in which the inhibition, regulation and/or modulation of kinase signal transduction plays a role by administering these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Oliver Schadt, Dieter Dorsch, Frank Stieber, Andree Blaukat
  • Patent number: 8431595
    Abstract: Furanopyridine cannabinoid analog compounds of the formula I are disclosed. The compounds are useful to modify the activity of CB1 and CB2 receptors and treat conditions mediated by these receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: The University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Bob M. Moore, II, Steven Gurley, Suni Mustafa
  • Publication number: 20130102603
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel [1,8]naphthyridine derivatives of formula (I) and to the use of such compounds in which the inhibition, regulation and/or modulation of signal transduction by ATP consuming proteins like kinases plays a role, particularly to inhibitors of TGF-beta receptor kinases, and to the use of such compounds for the treatment of kinase-induced diseases, in particular for the treatment of tumors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Dieter Dorsch, Alfred Jonczyk, Guenter Hoelzemann, Christiane Amendt, Frank Zenke
  • Publication number: 20130090353
    Abstract: A noxious arthropod controlling composition comprising a heterocyclic compound represented by the formula (1) [wherein, A1 and A2 represent ?C(R6)—, nitrogen and so on, R1 represents a halogen and so on, R3 and R4 represent optionally substituted C1 to C4 chain hydrocarbon group and so on, R5 represents a hydrogen and so on, n represents 0 or 1] as an active ingredient has an excellent effect for controlling noxious arthropods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Iwakoshi, Hayato Takyo
  • Patent number: 8410109
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polyphenol-like compounds that are useful for inhibiting VCAM-1 expression, MCP-1 expression and/or SMC proliferation in a mammal. The disclosed compounds are useful for regulating markers of inflammatory conditions, including vascular inflammation, and for treatment and prevention of inflammatory and cardiovascular diseases and related disease states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Resverlogix Corp.
    Inventors: Norman C. W. Wong, Henrik C. Hansen, Fabrizio S. Chiacchia, Jan O. Johansson
  • Publication number: 20130079366
    Abstract: Benzisoxazole and azabenzisoxazole compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Corey R. Hopkins, Colleen M. Niswender, Darren W. Engers
  • Publication number: 20130072449
    Abstract: Compounds, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat, prevent or diagnose diseases, disorders, or conditions associated with one or more of the lysophosphatidic acid receptors are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: InterMune, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad O. Buckman, John B. Nicholas, Kumaraswamy Emayan, Scott D. Seiwert
  • Publication number: 20130065901
    Abstract: Provided are compounds that are useful in the treatment and/or prevention of diseases mediated by deficient levels of glucokinase activity, such as diabetes mellitus. Also provided are methods of treating or preventing diseases and disorders characterized by underactivity of glucokinase or which can be treated by activating glucokinase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: ARRAY BIOPHARMA INC.
    Inventor: Array BioPharma Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130059832
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, which are useful as protein kinase inhibitors, as well as methods for using such compounds to treat, ameliorate or prevent a condition associated with abnormal or deregulated kinase activity. In some embodiments, the invention provides methods for using such compounds to treat, ameliorate or prevent diseases or disorders that involve abnormal activation of c-kit or c-kit and PDGFR (PDGFR?, PDGFR?) kinases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Valentina MOLTENI, Hank Michael James PETRASSI, Xiaolin LI, Xiaodong LIU, Jon LOREN, Juliet NABAKKA, Bao NGUYEN, Vince YEH
  • Patent number: 8389542
    Abstract: A dosage unit for treating constipation in a human patient is described. The dosage unit of the invention includes a halogenated prostaglandin analog and a pharmaceutically suitable excipient. The dosage unit relieves constipation without substantial side effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sucampo AG
    Inventors: Ryuji Ueno, Myra L. Patchen
  • Publication number: 20130053361
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula I: wherein A1, A2, A3, R1, X, Y, and B have any of the values described herein, as well as salts of such compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and therapeutic methods that comprise the administration of such compounds. The compounds are inhibitors of monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B) enzyme function and are useful for improving cognitive function and for treating psychiatric disorders in animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Alan P. Kaplan, Terence P. Keenan, Andrew J. McRiner
  • Publication number: 20130053380
    Abstract: The invention provides modulators for the orphan nuclear receptor ROR? and methods for treating ROR? mediated diseases by administrating these novel ROR? modulators to a human or a mammal in need thereof. Specifically, the present invention provides compounds of Formula (1) and the enantiomers, diastereomers, tautomers, solvates and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: PHENEX PHARMACEUTICALS AG
    Inventors: Olaf Kinzel, Christoph Steeneck, Gerald Klaymann, Michael Albers, Thomas Hoffman, Claus Kremoser, Sanja Perovic-Ottstadt, Thomas Schlüter
  • Publication number: 20130045973
    Abstract: Compounds are disclosed that have a formula represented by the following: The compounds may be prepared as pharmaceutical compositions, and may be used for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including by way of non-limiting example, pain, inflammation, traumatic injury, and others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Matthew Duncton, Donogh John Roger O'Mahony, Matthew Cox, Maria De Los Angeles Estiarte-Martinez
  • Patent number: 8372823
    Abstract: Certain tetracyclic compounds are described, which may be used in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) activity. Thus, the compounds may be administered to treat, e.g., anxiety, pain, inflammation, sleep disorders, eating disorders, or movement disorders (such as multiple sclerosis).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventor: Dale L. Boger
  • Publication number: 20130035326
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds for treatment of KIT, CSF-1R and/or FLT3 kinase mediated diseases. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and methods of using the compounds and compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: AMBIT BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sunny Abraham, Mark W. Holladay, Gang Liu, Shimin Xu