Abstract: The present invention provides: a compound represented by the following formula (I): [wherein Y1 and Y4 represent a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; either one of Y2 and Y3 represents —NR1R2, and the other represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; X represents an aryl group or a heteroaryl group that may be substituted; R1 represents a hydrogen atom, or a C1-8 alkyl group that may be substituted; and R2 represents a C1-8 alkyl group that is substituted with one or more substituents, —COOR3, —COR4, —COSR5, —CONR6R7, —NR22R23, or —C?NR24R25; or R1 and R2, together with a nitrogen atom to which they are bonded, may form a 4- to 10-membered hetero ring containing at least one nitrogen atom (wherein the hetero ring may be substituted with one or more substituents selected from Group C)], a prodrug thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and a pharmaceutical, a pharmaceutical composition, or the like, which comprises the compound.

Abstract: The disclosure provides compounds and compositions, and methods of using these compounds and compositions, as positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate subtype 2 (mGlu2) receptor, and for treating CNS disorders associated with the mGlu2 receptor including schizophrenia, anxiety, addiction, e.g. cocaine addiction, nicotine addiction, and the like.

Abstract: The compounds of formula (I) are derived from perhydroquinoline and perhydroisoquinoline and are useful as active pharmaceutical ingredients for the prophylaxis or treatment of diseases caused by 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type I (11-beta-HSD1) enzyme-associated disorders, such as glaucoma, elevated ocular pressure, metabolic disorders, obesity, metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, hypertension, diabetes, atherosclerosis, Cushing's syndrome, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, cognitive disorders, Alzheimer's disease or neurodegeneration.

Abstract: Provided is a compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof which inhibits the activity of PI3K to regulate many biological processes including the growth, differentiation, survival, proliferation, migration, metabolism, and the like of cells and is therefore useful for the prophylaxis/therapy of diseases including inflammatory diseases, arteriosclerosis, vascular/circulatory diseases, cancer/tumors, immune system diseases, cell proliferative diseases, infectious diseases, and the like. The above problem was solved by providing a urea derivative shown in the present specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: Selected heterocyclic compounds are effective for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases, such as angiogenesis mediated diseases. The invention encompasses novel compounds, analogs, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases and other maladies or conditions involving, cancer and the like.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods of regulating interleukin-6 (IL-6) and/or vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) and methods of treating and/or preventing cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases and related disease states, such as, for example, atherosclerosis, asthma, arthritis, cancer, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, and inflammatory bowel diseases, and autoimmune disease(s) by administering a naturally occurring or synthetic quinazolone derivative. The invention provides novel synthetic quinazolone compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising those compounds.

Abstract: This present invention discloses a heterocyclic substituted acardite derivate and application thereof, namely compounds in the general formula (1) or the general formula (2) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A is monosubstituted or polysubstituted quinoline, isoquinoline, quinazoline, pyrrole or pyrimidine, and the substituent is halogen, C1-5alkyl, C1-5haloalkyl, C1-5alkoxy, C1-5haloalkoxy, C1-5alkylamino, C1-5haloalkylamino, amino or nitryl; R1 is C1-5alkyl; R2 is one or more selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl or haloalkoxy; and R3 is one or more selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl or haloalkoxy. The compound of the present invention and the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof can be used for treating tumor or leukemia.

Abstract: The invention relates to substituted 1-oxo-dihydroisoquinoline-3-carboxamides, to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and also to these compounds for use in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of pain and further diseases and/or disorders.

Abstract: [Problem] The object of the present invention is to provide a novel compound having 132 adrenergic receptor agonist activity and muscarinic receptor antagonist activity. [Means for Solving the Problem] The present invention is a quaternary ammonium salt compounds represented by formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, with superior ?32 adrenergic receptor agonist activity and muscarinic receptor antagonist activity.

Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a method of treating a subject for a condition mediated by aberrant Wnt/?-catenin signaling by selecting a subject with a condition mediated by aberrant Wnt/?-catenin signaling and administering to the selected subject a compound selected from the group consisting of those set forth in Table 1, Table 2, and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. A method of similarly modulating the Wnt/?-catenin pathway in a subject is also discussed.

Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to bicyclic mGluR5 positive allosteric modulators, for example 6-(phenylethynyl)-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-one, 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.

Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to bicyclic mGluR5 positive allosteric modulators, for example 6-(phenylethynyl)-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-one, 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.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds suitable for use in mediating hypoxia inducible factor and for treating erythropoietin-associated conditions by increasing endogenous erythropoietin in vitro and in vivo.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formulae (1) and (2): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof for the treatment of cancer, inflammation, auto-immune diseases, diabetes and diabetic complications, infection, cardiovascular disease and ischemia-reperfusion injuries.

Abstract: The invention relates to multiply-substituted tetrahydronaphthalene derivatives of formula (I) process for their production and their use as anti-inflammatory agents.

Abstract: The present application discloses compounds of formula (I) wherein X is ?O, ?S, ?NH, ?NOH and ?NO-Me; A is —C(?O)—, —S(?O)2—, —C(?S)— and P(?O)(R5)—; B is, —O—, —(CH2)3-6—, and O—(CH2)2-5—; D is, —O—, —CR7R8— and —NR9; m is 0-12, n is 0-12, m+n is 1-20; p is 0-4; R1 is opt.sub. heteroaryl; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and prodrugs thereof. The application also discloses the compound for use as a medicament for the treatment of a disease or a condition caused by an elevated level of nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPRT), e.g. inflammatory and tissue repair disorders; dermatosis; autoimmune diseases, Alzheimers disease, stroke, athersclerosis, restenosis, diabetes, glomerulonephritis, cancer, cachexia, inflammation associated with infection and certain viral infections, including Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), adult respiratory distress syndrome, ataxia telengiectasia.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides non-naturally occurring polyphenol compounds that upregulate the expression of Apolipoprotein A-I (ApoA-I). The disclosed compositions and methods can be used for treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease and related disease states, including cholesterol or lipid related disorders, such as, e.g., atherosclerosis.

Abstract: Genipin derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that inhibit the activity of uncoupling protein-2 (UCP2) and are useful in treating deficient first-phase insulin secretion, non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, and ischemia in a mammal are disclosed.

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.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the treatment and/or prevention of neuropathological and/or neurodegenerative diseases. In particular, the invention delivers novel uses of inhibitors of Urokinase-type Plasminogen activator in the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Abstract: The invention relates to substituted (2-aryloxyacetylamino)phenylpropionic acid derivatives, and to the physiologically acceptable salts thereof. The invention relates to compounds of the formula I in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 and A are each defined as specified, and the physiologically compatible salts thereof. The compounds are suitable, for example, for treatment of diabetes.

Abstract: The invention relates to aryloxyalkylene-substituted hydroxyphenylhexynoic acid derivatives, and to physiologically compatible salts thereof. The invention relates to compounds of the formula I in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14 and A are each defined as specified, and physiologically compatible salts thereof. The compounds are suitable, for example, for treatment of diabetes.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds and methods for the treatment of LFA-1 mediated diseases. In particular, LFA-1 antagonists are described herein and these antagonists are used in the treatment of LFA-1 mediated diseases. One aspect of the invention provides for diagnosis of an LFA-1 mediated disease and administration of a LFA-1 antagonist, after the patient is diagnosed with a LFA-1 mediated disease. In some embodiments, the LFA-1 mediated diseases treated are dry eye disorders. Also provided herein are methods for identifying compounds which are LFA-1 antagonists.

Abstract: Methods of reducing bone loss and treating degenerative bone diseases such as osteoporosis are disclosed. The methods comprise administration of an agent that inhibits signaling through the IL-17 pathway, such as an antibody or a quinazoline analogue such as halofuginone.

Abstract: Hepatitis C virus inhibitors are disclosed having the general formula: wherein R1, R2, R3, R?, B, Y and X are described in the description. Compositions comprising the compounds and methods for using the compounds to inhibit HCV are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a combination, such as a combined preparation or pharmaceutical composition, respectively, which comprises; 1) a dipeptidylpeptidase-IV (DPP-IV) inhibitor, 2) one antidiabetic selected from thiazolidinediones (glitazones), non-glitazone type PPAR? agonists, PPAR? agonists or dual PPAR?/PPAR? agonists, and 3) metformin, for simultaneous, separate or sequential use, especially in the prevention, delay of progression or treatment of conditions mediated by dipeptidylpeptidase-IV (DPP-IV), in particular diabetes, more particular type 2 diabetes mellitus, conditions of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), conditions of impaired fasting plasma glucose, metabolic acidosis, ketosis, arthritis, obesity and osteoporosis; the use of such combination for the preparation of a pharmaceutical preparation for the prevention, delay of progression or treatment of such conditions; the use of such combination for the cosmetic treatment of a mammal in order to effect a cosmetically beneficial loss of body w

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I: wherein: X is —OR1 or —N(R5)2, Y is halo, trifluorophenoxy, or tetrafluorophenoxy; R1 is: C1-6 straight chained or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl, wherein the alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl is optionally substituted with optionally substituted aryl, CF3, CI, F, OMe, OEt, OCF3, CN, or NMe2; C1-6 cycloalkyl, wherein 1-2 carbon atoms in the cycloalkyl is optionally replaced with —O— or —NR5—; R2 is C1-6 straight chained or branched alkyl; Art Unit 1625 R3 is hydrogen, halo, OCF3, CN, or CF3; R4 is hydrogen, halo, OCF3, CN, or CF3; and each R5 is independently H, C1-6 straight chained or branched alkyl, aryl, —O—C1-6 straight chained or branched alkyl, or —O-aryl. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods using such compositions for treating a caspase-mediated disease, particularly in the central nervous system.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of general formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein X, n, Y, and R1 are defined generally and in subsets herein. Compounds of the invention are inhibitors of CCR2 and accordingly are useful for the treatment of a variety of inflammatory, allergic, and autoimmune diseases, disorders, or conditions.

Abstract: Isoquinolone derivatives of the general formula (I) are NK3 antagonists.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating or preventing atrial fibrillation (AF). In particular, the present invention provides administration of muscarinic receptor antagonists (e.g., M2-selective muscarinic receptor blockers), administered alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents (e.g., beta-adrenergic receptor blockers) to treat and/or prevent atrial fibrillation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions, kits and methods of treating diabetes. More specifically, compositions of at least one proton pump inhibitor and at least one insulin secretagogue, kits and methods of their use to treat diabetes.

Abstract: Disclosed is a compound of formula (I). Wherein R1, R2Ar and Cy are as defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions of the compound of formula (I), methods of making the compounds of formula I, and methods of using the compounds of formula (I) to treat a disorder associated with activation of CCR10.

Abstract: A method for preventing and/or treating a metabolic disease, cerebrovascular disease, etc. which comprises administering to a mammal an effective amount of the compound of the formula (I): wherein all symbols have the same meanings as defined in the specification; a salt thereof, an N-oxide thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof. And a novel compound of the formula (I-1): wherein all symbols have the same meanings as defined in the specification; a salt thereof, an N-oxide thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof has an anti-diabetic effect and a neuroprotective effect. Accordingly, the compound of the formula (I) and the compound of the formula (I-1) are useful in a method for preventing and/or treating for a metabolic disease such as diabetes, cerebrovascular disease such as stroke, etc.

Abstract: The embodiments provide compounds of the general Formulae I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and X, as well as compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, comprising a subject compound. The embodiments further provide treatment methods, including methods of treating a hepatitis C virus infection and methods of treating liver fibrosis, the methods generally involving administering to an individual in need thereof an effective amount of a subject compound or composition.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to 2,3-disubstituted piperidine amide compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are 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 orexin receptors are involved.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and agents useful for the treatment of stroke, including ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke. In particular, methods and agents for treating stroke in a subject are provided, wherein the agent is administered prior to diagnosis of the stroke as an ischemic stroke or a hemorrhagic stroke.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compounds useful for treating multiple sclerosis.

Abstract: Methods of treating a mammal having a condition characterized by abnormal angiogenesis or hyperpermiability processes using substituted pyridazines having angiogenesis inhibiting activity and the generalized structural formula wherein the ring containing A, B, D, E, and L is phenyl or a nitrogen-containing heterocycle; groups X and Y may be any of a variety of defined linking units; R1 and R2 may be defined independent substituents or together may be a ring-defining bridge; ring J may be an aryl, pyridyl, or cycloalkyl group; and G groups may be any of a variety of defined substituents.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I): were synthesized. In at least one embodiment, they were found to down-regulate or inhibit the expression or function of the IGF-1 receptor.

Abstract: Diaryl ethers in which one of the aryl groups is a phenyl fused to a cycloalkyl or heterocyclic ring, to which is attached an acetic acid group, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and are useful as therapeutic compounds, particularly in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and of conditions that often accompany this disease, including insulin resistance, obesity and lipid disorders.

Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to antiviral compounds, and more specifically directed to combinations of compounds which can inhibit Hepatitis C virus (HCV), compositions comprising such compounds, and methods for treating Hepatitis C using such combinations.

Abstract: The invention relates to 6-cyclohexylamine-substituted isoquinolone derivatives of the formula (I) or isoquinoline derivatives of the formula (I?) useful for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases associated with Rho-kinase and/or Rho-kinase mediated phosphorylation of myosin light chain phosphatase, and compositions containing such compounds.

Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to bicyclic MGluR5 positive allosteric modulators, for example 6-(phenylethynyl)-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-one, 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.

Abstract: The present invention relates to small molecule potentiators of metabotropic receptors, in particular of the mGlu2 receptor. The present invention also relates to the use of these compounds for the prevention or treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved.

Abstract: Inhibitors of HCV replication of formula (I) the N-oxides, salts, and stereochemically isomeric forms thereof, wherein each dashed line (represented by ) represents an optional double bond; X is N, CH and where X bears a double bond it is C; R1 is aryl or a saturated, a partially unsaturated or completely unsaturated 5 or 6 membered monocyclic or 9 to 12 membered bicyclic heterocyclic ring system wherein said ring system contains one nitrogen, and optionally one to three additional heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of oxygen, sulfur and nitrogen, and wherein the remaining ring members are carbon atoms; wherein said ring system may be optionally substituted on any carbon or nitrogen ring atom with one, two, three, or four substituents; L is a direct bond, —O—, —O—C1-4alkanediyl-, —O—C(?O)—, —O—C(?O)—NR4a— or —O—C(?O)—NR4aC1-4 alkanediyl-; R2 is hydrogen, —OR5, —C(?O)OR5, —C(?O)R6, —C(?O)NR4aR4b, —C(?O)NHR4c, —NR4aR4b, —NHR4c, —NR4aSOpNR4aR4b, —NR4aSOpR7, or B(OR5)2; R3 is hydrogen, and whe

Abstract: The invention relates to substituted nitrogen containing bicyclic heterocycles of the formula (I) wherein Z is CH2 or N—R4 and X, R1, R2, R4, R6, R7 and n are as defined in the description. Such compounds are suitable for the treatment of a disorder or disease which is mediated by the activity of MDM2 and/or MDM4, or variants thereof.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof which inhibits the activity of PI3K to regulate many biological processes including the growth, differentiation, survival, proliferation, migration, metabolism, and the like of cells and is therefore useful for the prophylaxis/therapy of diseases including inflammatory diseases, arteriosclerosis, vascular/circulatory diseases, cancer/tumors, immune system diseases, cell proliferative diseases, infectious diseases, and the like. The above problem was solved by providing a ring-fused azole compound shown in the present specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a series of Isoquinolone derivatives which are suitable to treat infections with viruses belonging to the family of the Flaviviridae and more preferably infections with Hepatitis C virus (HCV). The present invention also relates to Isoquinolone compounds for use as a medicine for the prevention or treatment of viral infections, preferably infections with viruses belonging to the family of the Flaviviridae.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds suitable for use in mediating hypoxia inducible factor and for treating erythropoietin-associated conditions by increasing endogenous erythropoietin in vitro and in vivo.

Abstract: The present invention relates to isoquinolinone derivatives of formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are as herein defined; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy.