Piperidines Patents (Class 514/315)
  • Patent number: 8053435
    Abstract: The present invention discloses novel naphthalenyloxypropenyl derivatives useful for inhibiting the enzyme activity of histone deacetylase, leading effective suppression of cancer cell proliferation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignees: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Crystalgenomics, Inc.
    Inventors: Cheol Hae Lee, Hee Jung Jung, Jae Hak Kim, Won Jang Jeong, Joong Myung Cho, Seong Gu Ro, Young Lan Hyun, Cheol Soon Lee, Dongkyu Shin
  • Patent number: 8053447
    Abstract: A novel class of compounds of the general formula (I), their use in therapy, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, as well as their use in the manufacture of medicaments are described. The present compounds modulate the activity of 11?-hydroxy-steroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11?HSD1) and are accordingly useful in the treatment of diseases in which such a modulation is beneficial, e.g. the metabolic syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: High Point Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Soren Ebdrup, Henrik Sune Andersen
  • Publication number: 20110269722
    Abstract: The invention provides the compounds of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more compounds of formula I or intermediates thereof and one more of pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, vehicles or diluents. The invention further provides methods of preparation and methods of use of prodrugs including NO-releasing prodrugs, double prodrugs and mutual prodrugs comprising the compounds of formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventor: Apparao Satyam
  • Publication number: 20110269795
    Abstract: A method provides for the use of glycosidase inhibitors selected from compounds of general formula (1), wherein R1 represents a CH3 group, or CH2OH, R2 represents H or an alkyl group having 1-5 carbon atoms, or R1 and R2 together form a group having formula (II), with carbon in position (a) and nitrogen of formula (I) mentioned above, for the preparation of a medicament used to treat mucovisidosis. A corresponding product is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicants: UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS)
    Inventors: Frédéric BECQ, Caroline NOREZ
  • Publication number: 20110269703
    Abstract: A method for preventing stroke in a patient suffering from atrial fibrillation, wherein the patient has at least one risk factor for major bleeding events, the method comprising administering to the patient 110 mg b.i.d. of dabigatran etexilate, optionally in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventor: Paul Anthony Reilly
  • Patent number: 8048441
    Abstract: Medical devices comprising nanobeads encapsulating one or more bioactive agents and methods of use thereof are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles H. Craig, John E. Papp, Dudley Jayasinghe, Lionel G. Hines, Dennis Orosa
  • Patent number: 8044058
    Abstract: Disclosed is the use of merocyanine derivatives of formula Q is hydrogen; C1-C22alkyl; —OH; —OR7; —NR7R8; or —N?R9; R1 is hydrogen; C1-C22alkyl; —OR7, —SR7; —NR7R8; C1-C22alkyl; C2-C12 alkenyl; C2-C12alkinyl; C3-C12cycloalkyl; C3-C12cycloalkenyl; C7-C12aralkyl; C1-C12heteroalkyl, C2-C11heteroaralkyl; C6-C10aryl; or C1-C9heteroaryl; R4 is cyano; COR7, COOR7; CONR7R8; SO2(C6-C12)aryl; C2-C12alk-1-enyl; C3-C12cycloalk-1-enyl; C2-C12alk-1-inyl; C2-C12heteroalkyl; C3-C5heterocycloalkyl; C6-C10aryl; or C1-C9heteroaryl; R5 is —COR7; —COOR7; —OR7; —SR7, —NHR7, —NR7R8; C1-C22alkyl; C2-C12alkenyl; C2-C12alkinyl; C3-C12cycloalkyl; C3-C12cycloalkenyl; C7-C12aralkyl; C1-C12alkylphenyl; C1-C12alkoxy-C6-C10aryl; C1-C12heteroalkyl; C2-C11heteroaralkyl; C3-C12cycloheteroalkyl; C6-C10aryl; C1-C12alkoxy-C6-C10aryl; or C1-C9heteroaryl; R6 is hydrogen; C1-C22alkyl; C1-C22alkoxy; or COR7; R7 and R8 independently from each other are hydrogen; C1-C22alkyl; C2-C12alkenyl; C2-C12alkinyl; C3-C12cycloalkyl; C3-C12cycloalkenyl; —(C
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Barbara Wagner, Frank Bienewald, Heinz Wolleb, Olof Wallquist, Bernd Herzog, Thomas Ehlis, Jürg Haase
  • Publication number: 20110257085
    Abstract: Physical crystal structures of a compound of the formula I: are provided including the free base monohydrate thereof (form H-1) and the hydrochloric acid salt thereof, including hydrochloric acid salt containing 0.75 equivalent of H2O (form H0.75-3) and hydrochloric acid salt containing 2 equivalents of H2O (form H2-1), and hydrochloric acid salt Pattern P-5, preferably in substantially pure form, and other forms as described herein, pharmaceutical compositions containing structures of compound I or IA, processes for preparing same, intermediates used in preparing same, and methods of treating diseases such as diabetes using such structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
    Inventors: Jack Z. Gougoutas, Mary F. Malley, John D. DiMarco, Xiaotian S. Yin, Chenkou Wei, Jurong Yu, Truc Chi Vu, Gregory Scott Jones, Scott A. Savage
  • Publication number: 20110257226
    Abstract: There is provided a halogen-containing organosulfur compound having a controlling effect on arthropod pests represented by the formula (I): wherein m represents 0, 1 or 2; n represents 0, 1 or 2; A represents an optionally substituted 3- to 8-membered saturated heterocyclic group; Q represents a fluorine atom or a C1-C5 haloalkyl group having at least one fluorine atom; R1, R1a and R3 independently represent an optionally halogenated C1-C4 chain hydrocarbon group, etc.; R2, R2a and R4 independently represent an optionally halogenated C1-C4 chain hydrocarbon group, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventor: Hiromasa Mitsudera
  • Patent number: 8039468
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for alleviating respiratory depression in a subject as a result of disease of pharmacological agents such as opiates, opioids or barbiturates. The invention also discloses pharmaceutical compositions for use with the method, the composition containing in combination, an analgesic, anaesthetic, or a sedative and a positive allosteric AMPA receptor modulator in an amount sufficient to reduce or inhibit respiratory depression caused by the analgesic, anaesthetic, or sedative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: The Governors of the University of Alberta
    Inventor: John Greer
  • Patent number: 8034810
    Abstract: ?-Amino hydroxamic acid derivative of the formula I, in which R is C2-C7-alkyl, which is mono-, di- or trisubstituted by halogen, nitro, lower acyloxy, trifluoromethoxy, cyano, C3-C5-cycloalkyl or unsubstituted or substituted C3-C6-heteroaryl comprising one or two heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of O, S and N; or C3-C7-alkenyl or C3-C7-alkynyl, which in each case is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted by halogen, nitro, lower acyloxy, trifluoromethoxy, cyano, C3-C5-cycloalkyl or unsubstituted or substituted C3-C6-heteroaryl comprising one or two heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of O, S and N; and the other symbols are as defined in claim 1, are described. These compounds are MMP and in particular MMP2 inhibitors and can be used for treatment of MMP dependent diseases, in particular inflammation conditions, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, tumors (tumor growth, metastasis, progression or invasion) and pulmonary disorders (e.g. emphysema, COPD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Werner Breitenstein, Kenji Hayakawa, Genji Iwasaki, Takanori Kanazawa, Tatsuhiko Kasaoka, Shinichi Koizumi, Shinichiro Matsunaga, Motowo Nakajima, Junichi Sakaki
  • Publication number: 20110245188
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions of treating or preventing inflammatory diseases or conditions in a patient comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising a glutathione donor, 5-amino 4-imidazolecarboxamide ribotide (AICAR), a 3-hydroxy-3-methylgluatryl-coenzymeA (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitor, D-threo-1-Phenyl-2-decanoylamino-3-morpholino-1-propanol HCl (D-PDMP), and/or 1,5-(butylimino)-1,5-dideoxy-D-glucitol (Miglustat), or derivatives thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: MUSC FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT
    Inventor: Inderjit Singh
  • Publication number: 20110237538
    Abstract: Described are various compounds, in particular iminosugars, and methods for the treatment of proteostatic diseases, in particular lysosomal storage disorders. The compound may be a pharmacoperone of an enzyme selected from: (a) Acid alpha-glucosidase; (b) Acid beta-glucosidase; (c) glucocerebrosidase; (d) alpha-Galactosidase A; (e) Acid beta-galactosidase; (f) beta-Hexosaminidase A; (g) beta-Hexosaminidase B; (h) Acid sphingomyelinase; (i) Galactocerebrosidase; (j) Acid ceramidase; (k) Arylsulfatase A; (l) alpha-L-Iduronidase; (m) Iduronate-2-sulfatase; (n) Heparan N-sulfatase; (o) alpha-N-Acetylglucosaminidase; (p) Acetyl-CoA: alpha-glucosaminide N-acetyltransferase; (q) N-Acetylglucosamine-6-sulfate sulfatase; (r) N-Acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfate sulfatase; (s) Acid beta-galactosidase; (t) Arylsulfatase B; (u) beta-Glucuronidase; (v) Acid alpha-mannosidase; (w) Acid beta-mannosidase; (x) Acid alpha-L-fucosidase; (y) Sialidase; and (z) alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: SUMMIT CORPORATION PLC
    Inventors: Olivier De Moor, Graeme Horne, Penny Jane Middleton, Frank Schroer, Stephen Paul Wren, Maria Ines Passos Eleuterio, Renate Van Well, Colin Richard Dorgan, Francis Xavier Wilson, Robert Nash, Richard Storer, Graham Michael Wynne, Alan Geoffrey Roach, Akane Kawamura, Jonathon Mark Tinsley
  • Patent number: 8026254
    Abstract: 4-Tetrazolyl-4-phenylpiperidine Compounds, compositions comprising an effective amount of a 4-Tetrazolyl-4-phenylpiperidine Compound, methods for treating or preventing pain or diarrhea in an animal comprising administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a 4-Tetrazolyl-4-phenylpiperidine Compound and methods for stimulating opioid-receptor function in a cell comprising contacting a cell capable of expressing an opioid receptor with an effective amount of a 4-Tetrazolyl-4-phenylpiperidine Compound are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Purdue Pharma, L.P.
    Inventor: Zhengming Chen
  • Publication number: 20110230437
    Abstract: A composition comprising a compound of formula I CH3CH(OH)CC?O)NR1R2 (I) where R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen; or C1-6 alkyl, C2-6 alkenyl or C3-6 cycloalkyl, each of which is optionally substituted by up to three substituents independently selected from phenyl, hydroxy, C1-5 alkoxy, morpholinyl and NR3R4 where R3 and R4 are each independently C1-3 alkyl; or phenyl optionally substituted by up to three substituents independently selected from C1-3 alkyl; or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a morpholinyl, pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl or azepanyl ring, each of which is optionally substituted by up to three substituents independently selected from C1-3 alkyl; and at least one agrochemical selected from Othe group consisting of Tri nexepac ethyl, Mandipropamid, Abamcctin and Emamectin, with the proviso that the agrochemical is not abamectin or emamectin when the solvent is N-(B-hydroxyethyl)-lactamide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: SYNGENTA LIMITED
    Inventors: Gordon Alastair Bell, Clair Louise Harris, Ian David Tovey
  • Patent number: 8022087
    Abstract: The present invention provides N-substituted-2(1H) pyridones or the pharmaceutical acceptable salts thereof, and the pharmaceutical preparations containing the compounds. The compounds of the present invention can be used to treat various fibrotic diseases effectively, e.g., hepatic fibrosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Shangai Genomics, Inc.
    Inventor: Xianghui Yi
  • Publication number: 20110224128
    Abstract: The invention features methods, compositions, and kits useful for the treatment of muscular dystrophy, e.g., Duchenne muscular dystrophy, in a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Anne Whalen, Jane Staunton, Janine Steiger, Amy B. Wilson, Yang Wu
  • Publication number: 20110224213
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of glutaric acid derivatives of general formula (I), which are disclosed in the invention description, as anti-arrhythmic agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Vladimir Evgenievich Nebolsin, Dmitry Sergeevich Blinov, Vladimir Pavlovich Balashov, Tatyana Alexandrovna Kromova, Galina Alexandrovna Zheltukhina
  • Patent number: 8017639
    Abstract: Imidazole compounds, compositions, and methods of using them in leukocyte recruitment inhibition, in modulating H4 receptor expression, and in treating conditions such as inflammation, H4 receptor-mediated conditions, and related conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Daniel J. Buzard, James P. Edwards, David E. Kindrachuk, Jennifer D. Venable
  • Patent number: 8012993
    Abstract: The present invention relates to stable S-nitrosothiols derivatives of formula (I) having vasodilating effect and which inhibit the aggregation of the platelets and which therefore are useful for the preparation of medicaments for treatment of NO related diseases. The invention also relates to a process for the synthesis of the compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Lacer, S.A.
    Inventors: José Repollés Moliner, Francisco Pubill Coy, Marisabel Mourelle Mancini, Juan Carlos del Castillo Nieto, Lydia Cabeza Llorente, Juan Martínez Bonín, Ana Modolell Saladrigas
  • Publication number: 20110212996
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods to determine whether a patient with a lysosomal storage disorder will benefit from treatment with a specific pharmacological chaperone. The present invention exemplifies an in vitro method for determining ?-galactosidase A responsiveness to a pharmacological chaperone such as 1-deoxygalactonojirimycin in a cell line expressing a mutant from of ?-galactosidase A. The invention also provides a method for diagnosing Fabry disease in patients suspected of having Fabry disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Elfrida Benjamin, Hung V. Do, Xiaoyang Wu, John Flanagan, Brandon Wustman
  • Publication number: 20110212080
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, ester or isomer thereof, which is useful for the treatment of diseases or conditions mediated by LpxC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Umar Faruk Mansoor, Panduranga Adulla Reddy, M. Arshad Siddiqui
  • Patent number: 8008328
    Abstract: Methods for the treatment of insulin resistance, diabetes, and/or diabetes associated dyslipidemia by administering niacin and meloxicam are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Reddy US Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Uday Saxena, Sivaram Pillarisetti, Ish Khanna
  • Patent number: 8008325
    Abstract: Compounds of the following formula (I), for example: wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are described herein, are useful as inhibitors of plasma carboxypeptidase B. Pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, methods of using these compounds as antithrombotic agents and processes for synthesizing these compounds are also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Bayer Schering Pharma AG
    Inventors: Brad O. Buckman, Kumar Emayan, Imadul Islam, Karen May, Judi Bryant, Raju Mohan, Christopher West, Shendong Yuan
  • Publication number: 20110207775
    Abstract: The present invention provides an agent that modulates physiological condition of pests, wherein the agent has an ability to modulate the activity of an insect vesicle-fusing ATPase; a method for assaying pesticidal activity of a test substance, which comprises measuring the activity of a vesicle-fusing ATPase in a reaction system in which the vesicle-fusing ATPase contacts with a test substance, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasutaka Shimokawatoko, Marc Van De Craen, Irene Nooren, Bert Oosthuyse, Bert Demey, Wendy Maddelein, Geraldine Drevon
  • Publication number: 20110200484
    Abstract: A disinfecting, nonbleaching N-halamine for use in contact lens soaking solutions. The N-halamine compound is soluble in water and contact lens formulation solutions to the extent necessary to provide disinfection, but not to cause significant bleaching of dye materials incorporated into the contact lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: Auburn University
    Inventors: Shelby D. Worley, Xuehong Ren, Hasan B. Kocer
  • Publication number: 20110200660
    Abstract: A method of forming a coating on a medical device having a controlled morphology is described. A medical device having a controlled morphology is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Lothar Walter Kleiner, Jessica Reneé DesNoyer, Stephen Dirk Pacetti, Syed Faiyaz Ahmed Hossainy
  • Patent number: 7998945
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the treatment and/or amelioration of atopic dermatitis, the method including the administration of a pharmaceutically active dose of a compound selected from miltefosine, edelfosine, perifosine and ilmofosine to a subject in need of such a treatment and/or amelioration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Jado Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Braxmeier, Tim Friedrichson, Gary Jennings
  • Publication number: 20110195929
    Abstract: Described are various compounds and methods for the treatment of flaviviral infections. In particular, alkaloids and imino sugars in arabinose and/or lyxose stereochemical configuration with antiflaviviral activity are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: SUMMIT CORPORATION PLC
    Inventors: Olivier De Moor, Graeme Horne, Penny Jane Middleton, Frank Schroer, Stephen Paul Wren, Maria Ines Passos Eleuterio, Renate Van Well, Colin Richard Dorgan, Francis Xavier Wilson, Robert Nash, Richard Storer, Graham Michael Wynne, Alan Geoffrey Roach, Akane Kawamura, Jonathon Mark Tinsley
  • Patent number: 7993659
    Abstract: The present invention provides immunostimulatory combinations. Generally, the immunostimulatory combinations include a TLR agonist and a TNF/R agonist. Certain immunostimulatory combinations also may include an antigen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignees: 3M Innovative Properties Company, Trustees of Dartmouth College
    Inventors: Randolph J. Noelle, Cory L. Ahonen, Ross M. Kedl
  • Patent number: 7989475
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted pyrazoles, compositions containing such compounds and methods of treatment The compounds are glucagon receptor antagonists and thus are useful for treating, preventing or delaying the onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Emma Parmee, Subharekha Raghavan, Teresa Beeson, Dong-Ming Shen
  • Publication number: 20110184019
    Abstract: Long chain N-alkyl amino and imino compounds, oxa-substituted derivatives thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions including such compounds are described. The long chain N-alkyl group is a C8-C16 alkyl group. The long chain N-alkyl compounds and oxa-substituted derivatives thereof can be used in the treatment of viral infections, in particular hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus, in a cell or an individual. For example, the long chain N-alkyl compounds or oxa-substituted derivatives thereof can be derived from piperidines, pyrrolidines, phenylamines, pyridines, pyrroles, or amino acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Nicole Zitzmann, Terry D. Butters, Frances M. Platt, Gary S. Jacob, Donald H. Picker, Sandra Carrouee, George W. J. Fleet, Raymond A. Dwek, David Durantel, Anand Mehta, Timothy M. Block
  • Publication number: 20110182982
    Abstract: One can treat a viral infection such as hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C(HCV), and bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) infections via the delivery of pH sensitive liposomes directly into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane. Two exemplary liposome formulations are DOPE/CHEMS (DC liposomes) and DOPE/CHEMS/PEG-PE (DCPP liposomes). DC and DCPP liposomes can optimize the intracellular delivery of N-butyl deoxynojirimycin (NB-DNJ), and consequently increase the in vivo activity of this iminosugar several orders of magnitude, and could be used in combination with other therapeutic agents such as interferon and/or ribavirin. The optimized release of NB-DNJ directly into the ER can be also applied for the treatment of other viruses, for which NB-DNJ is known to be an effective antiviral, such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Raymond A. Dwek, Norica Nichita-Branza, Stefana Petrescu, Stephanie Pollock, Pauline Rudd, Christopher Scanlan, Nicole Zitzmann
  • Patent number: 7985756
    Abstract: The instant disclosure describes methods for treating diseases and conditions of the central and peripheral nervous system by stimulating or increasing neurogenesis. The disclosure includes compositions and methods based on use of a PDE agent, optionally in combination with one or more other neurogenic agents, to stimulate or activate the formation of new nerve cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: BrainCells Inc.
    Inventors: Carrolee Barlow, Todd A. Carter, Kym I. Lorrain, Jammieson C. Pires, Kai Treuner
  • Publication number: 20110177026
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for treating a flavivirus infection, including hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, in an individual suffering from a flavivirus infection. In some embodiments, the methods involve administering to an individual in need thereof an effective amount of an agent that inhibits enzymatic activity of a membrane-bound ?-glucosidase inhibitor. In other embodiments, the methods involve administering to an individual in need thereof effective amounts of an ?-glucosidase inhibitor and at least one additional therapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: INTERMUNE, INC.
    Inventors: Lawrence M. Blatt, Hua Tan, Scott D. Seiwert
  • Publication number: 20110171193
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and materials for treating pulmonary hypertension (PH) in a subject. Also provided herein is a method of diagnosing whether a has PH by detecting a PH marker. A PKG pulmonary hypertension marker has been identified and may be useful in predicting PH disease progression and assessing a subject's response to PH therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    Inventors: You-Yang Zhao, Asrar B. Malik
  • Publication number: 20110172271
    Abstract: The present invention describes a method for determination of urinary globotriaosylceramide (Gb3) levels in non-Fabry disease cardiac patients. Determination of Gb3 levels provides a screening method for determining cardiac risk and may offer an alternative therapeutic option for cardiac disease management or cardiac disease risk mitigation by lowering Gb3 levels by the use of pharmacological chaperones or other agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Baylor Research Institute
    Inventors: Raphael Schiffmann, Fanny Mochel, Lawrence Sweetman, Sabrina Forni
  • Publication number: 20110172171
    Abstract: The present invention relates to taurine or taurine-like substances for the prevention of brain oedema, particularly brain intramyelinic oedema and more particularly brain intramyelinic oedema induced by an anti-convulsive drug such as vigabatrin. The invention relates to a substance selected from the group consisting of taurine, a taurine precursor, a taurine metabolite, a taurine derivative, a taurine analog and a substance required for the taurine biosynthesis for the prevention of brain oedema.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Serge Picaud, José-Alain Sahel, Firas Jammoul
  • Publication number: 20110172236
    Abstract: A series of substituted aryl sulfone derivatives represented by Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions comprise an effective amount of the instant compounds, either alone, or in combination with one or more other therapeutically active compounds, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Methods of treating conditions associated with, or caused by, calcium channel activity, including, for example, acute pain, chronic pain, visceral pain, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, urinary incontinence, itchiness, allergic dermatitis, epilepsy, diabetic neuropathy, irritable bowel syndrome, depression, anxiety, multiple sclerosis, sleep disorder, bipolar disorder and stroke, comprise administering an effective amount of the present compounds, either alone, or in combination with one or more other therapeutically active compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Prasun K. Chakravarty, Joseph L. Duffy, Pengcheng Patric Shao
  • Publication number: 20110172214
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and related methods useful for free radical scavenging, with particular selectivity for mitochondria. The compounds comprise a nitroxide-containing group attached to a mitochondria-targeting group. The compounds can be cross-linked into dimers without loss of activity. Also provided herein are methods, for preventing, mitigating and treating damage caused by radiation. The method comprises delivering a compound, as described herein, to a patient in an amount and dosage regimen effective to prevent, mitigate or treat damage caused by radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Peter Wipf, Natalia A. Belikova, Jianfei Jiang, Joshua Pierce, Joel Greenberger, Michael Epperly, Valerian Kagan
  • Patent number: 7973054
    Abstract: A method provides for the use of glycosidase inhibitors selected from compounds of general formula (1), wherein R1 represents a CH3 group, or CH2OH, R2 represents H or an alkyl group having 1-5 carbon atoms, or R1 and R2 together form a group having formula (II), with carbon in position (a) and nitrogen of formula (I) mentioned above, for the preparation of a medicament used to treat mucovisidosis. A corresponding product is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.), Universite de Poitiers
    Inventors: Frédéric Becq, Caroline Norez
  • Publication number: 20110160244
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new phenylpiperidine modulators of ?-opioid receptors, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: AUSPEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas G. Gant, Manoucherhr M. Shahbaz
  • Publication number: 20110160176
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) wherein n is 0, 1 or 2; G is CH2 or CHR3; R1 is H, C,-C6-alkyl, C,-C6-alkyl substituted by C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C1-C6-hydroxyalkyl, fluorinated C,-C6-alkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, fluorinated C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C3-C6 alkenyl, fluorinated C3-C6-alkenyl, formyl, acetyl or propionyl; R2, R3 and R4 are, independently of each other, H, methyl, fluoromethyl, difluoromethyl, or trifluoromethyl; A is phenylene, pyridylene, pyrimidylene, pyrazinylene, pyridazinylene or thiophenylene, which can be substituted by one or more substituents selected from halogen, methyl, methoxy and CF3; E is NR5 or CH2, wherein R5 is H or C1-C3-alkyl; Ar is a cyclic radical selected from the group consisting of phenyl, a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic radical comprising as ring members 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S and a phenyl ring fused to a saturated or unsaturated 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring, where the heterocyclic ring comprises as ring members 1, 2
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Karla Drescher, Andreas Haupt, Liliane Unger, Sean C. Turner, Wilfried Braje, Roland Grandel, Christophe Henry, Gisela Backfisch, Armin Beyerbach, Wilfried Lubisch
  • Publication number: 20110152319
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods to determine whether a patient with a lysosomal storage disorder will benefit from treatment with a specific pharmacological chaperone. The present invention exemplifies an in vitro method for determining ?-galactosidase A responsiveness to a pharmacological chaperone such as 1-deoxygalactonojirimycin in a cell line expressing a mutant from of ?-galactosidase A. The invention also provides a method for diagnosing Fabry disease in patients suspected of having Fabry disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Elfrida Benjamin, Hung V. Do, Xiaoyang Wu, John Flanagan, Brandon Wustman
  • Patent number: 7964617
    Abstract: Described is a method for treating an individual having a neurological disorder with an associated mutation or mutations in a gene encoding a lysosomal enzyme. Specifically, the individual is administered a specific pharmacological chaperone for the lysosomal enzyme which increases trafficking of the protein from the ER to the lysosome in neural cells, with or without concomitantly increasing enzyme activity in neural cells. Restoration of trafficking relieves cell stress and other toxicities associated with accumulation of mutant proteins. Restoration of enzyme activity relieves substrate accumulation and pathologies associated with lipid accumulation. In a specific embodiment, the neurological disorder is Parkinson's disease or parkinsonism which is associated with mutations in glucocerebrosidase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventor: Brandon Wustman
  • Publication number: 20110144074
    Abstract: This invention provides caspase inhibitors of formula I: wherein Z is oxygen or sulfur; R1 is hydrogen, —CHN2, R, CH2OR, CH2SR, or —CH2Y; between R3 and R4 represents a single or double bond; Y is an electronegative leaving group; R2 is CO2H, CH2CO2H, or esters, amides or isosteres thereof; R3 is a group capable of fitting into the S2 subsite of a caspase enzyme; R4 is a hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl or R3 and R4 taken together form a ring; Ring A and Ring B are each heterocyclic rings, and R and R5 are as described in the specification. The compounds are effective inhibitors of apoptosis and IL-1? secretion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Michael Mortimore, Andrew Miller, John Studley, Jean-Damien Charrier
  • Patent number: 7960410
    Abstract: The invention concerns the use of ketoconazole and derivatives having a corresponding biological activity, and combinations thereof, in the treatment of abdominal obesity, hypertension, hyperinsulinemia, and elevated blood lipids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Cortendo AB
    Inventor: Per Marin
  • Publication number: 20110136868
    Abstract: Agents, which are both ceramide glucosyltransferase inhibitors and glucosidase inhibitors, may inhibit osteoclastogenesis and/or reduce osteoclast activation and, therefore, may be useful for osteolytic activity and bone loss in subjects with conditions, such as multiple myeloma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Anastasios Karadimitris, Nikki Horwood, Amin Rahemtulla, Anne Dell, Terry Butters, Raymond Dwek
  • Publication number: 20110135604
    Abstract: The invention is related to anti-viral compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and therapeutic methods that include the administration of such compounds, as well as to processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Casarez, Mingzhe Ji, Choung U. Kim, Xiaoning C. Sheng, Qiaoyin Wu
  • Patent number: RE42562
    Abstract: This invention relates to potent selective agonists of the EP4 subtype of prostaglandin E2 receptors, their use or a formulation thereof in the treatment of glaucoma and other conditions, which are related to elevated intraocular pressure in the eye of a patient. This invention further relates to the use of the compounds of this invention for mediating the bone modeling and remodeling processes of the osteoblasts and osteoclasts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada
    Inventors: Xavier Billot, John Colucci, Robert N. Young, Yongxin Han, Marie-Claire Wilson