Abstract: This invention comprises methods of treating treatment or prevention of diseases associated with an excess of neuropeptide Y comprising administration of a compound of the formulae I or II: 1

Abstract: This invention comprises methods of treating cardiovascular disorders and lowering blood LDL levels comprising administration of a statin and compound of the formulae I or II: 1

Abstract: Compounds according to the formula: 1

Abstract: This invention comprises methods of treating treatment of breast disorder comprising administration of a compound of the formulae I or II: 1

Abstract: This invention relates to methods, pharmaceutical compositions and kits useful in treating cataracts. The compositions are comprised of an estrogen agonist/antagonist and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle, carrier or diluent. The compositions and methods of treatment are effective while substantially reducing the concomitant liability of adverse effects associated with estrogen administration.

Abstract: Insect pests can be controlled by treating the pests or their loci with a combination of recombinant virus and organic insecticide. The recombinant virus preferably is a baculovirus. Combinations of recombinant baculovirus with chemical insecticides provide a dose-response in pests, such as insects, that is greater than additive. Preferred treatments of the invention are uses of recombinant baculoviruses that express a foreign protein or toxin, with pyrethroid insecticides. Treatments against pyrethroid resistant pests are especially useful.

Abstract: A cytotoxic agent comprising one or more taxanes linked to a cell binding agent. A therapeutic composition for killing selected cell populations comprising: (A) a cytotoxic amount of one or more taxanes covalently bonded to a cell binding agent through a linking group, and (B) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient. A method for killing selected cell populations comprising contacting target cells or tissue containing target cells with an effective amount of a cytotoxic agent comprising one or more taxanes linked to a cell binding agent. Novel sulfur-containing taxanes.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods, pharmaceutical compositions and kits useful in reducing cardiovascular morbidity and the risk of mortality in men and post-menopausal women and morbidity and the risk of mortality in post-menopausal women from the combined reduction of breast cancer, osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease by the administration of estrogen agonists/antagonists. The compositions are comprised of an estrogen agonist/antagonist and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle, carrier or diluent. The compositions and methods of treatment are effective while substantially reducing the concomitant liability of adverse effects associated with estrogen administration.

Abstract: A method of inhibiting effects of exogenous neurotoxic or neurotoxinic products in warm-blooded animals comprising administering to warm-blooded animals before exposure to said products an inhibitorily effective amount of reversible cholinesterase inhibitor selected from the group consisting of pyridostigmine and physostigmine followed by administration of an inhibitorily effective amount of 2-methyl-1-(1-piperidinyl)-1-(2-thienyl)-cyclohexane in substantially pure racemic, diastereoisomeric or enantiomeric form.

Abstract: A method for the prophylaxis or treatment of conditions for which 5-HT1-like agonists are indicated comprising the administration of therapeutically-effective amount of compounds of formula (I) 1

Abstract: An ethanol solvate form of (−)-cis-2-(2-chlorophenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-8[4R-(3S-hydroxy-1-methyl)piperidinyl]-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one (Form II), a method of making Form II and a composition comprising Form II.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for inhibiting bone loss comprising administering to a human in need thereof a first compound selected from 1) triarylethylenes; 2) 2,3-diaryl-2H-1-benzopyrans, 3) 1-aminoalkyl-2-phenylindoles; 4) 2-phenyl-3-aroylbenzothiophenes, 5) 1-substituted-2-aryl-dihydronaphthalenes; or 6) benzofurans, and a second compound being a bisphosphonate: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof. Also encompassed by the invention are combination pharmaceutical formulations and salts.

Abstract: Lactam and cyclic urea derivatives and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are disclosed. The synthesis of these compounds and their use as alpha 1a adrenergic receptor antagonists is also described. One application of these compounds is in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia. These compounds are typically selective in their ability to relax smooth muscle tissue enriched in the alpha 1a receptor subtype without at the same time inducing hypotension. One such tissue is found surrounding the urethral lining. Therefore, one utility of the instant compounds is to provide acute relief to males suffering from benign prostatic hyperplasia, by permitting less hindered urine flow. Another utility of the instant compounds is provided by combination with a human 5-alpha reductase inhibitory compound, such that both acute and chronic relief from the effects of benign prostatic hyperplasia can be achieved.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of treating a subject with a disease associated with aberrant leukocyte recruitment and/or activation. The method comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by the following structural formula: and physiologically acceptable salts thereof.

Abstract: A compound of formula (I): wherein: R1 represents hydrogen or alkyl, R2a and R2b represent a group selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, hydroxy, alkoxy, trihaloalkyl, cyano, nitro, amino, alkylamino and dialkylamino, R3 represents hydrogen or hydroxy, X represents oxygen or methylene, V represents an alkylene chain that is optionally unsaturated and optionally substituted, U represents a bond or an alkylene chain, W represents a group selected from aryl and heteroaryl, each of those groups being optionally substituted by one or more identical or different groups, its isomers, its hydrates, its solvates and addition salts thereof with a pharmaceutically acceptable acid. Medicinal products containing the same which are useful in the treatment of diseases or pathological conditions in which endothelial dysfunction is known.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts thereof wherein: Y represents oxygen or sulfur; Z is nitrogen or CH; R1, R2 and R3 independently represent organic or inorganic substituents; R4 and R4′ independently represent hydrogen, alkyl or form a ring with the atom to which they are attached; R5 represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, or alkylthio, and R6 represents hydrogen or alkyl; or R5 and R6 form a ring together with the atoms to which they are attached; and R7, R8, R9, R10, and R11 independently represent hydrogen or alkyl, which compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of neuropsychological disorders including, but not limited to, schizophrenia, mania, dementia, depression, anxiety, compulsive behavior, substance abuse, Parkinson-like motor disorders and motion disorders related to the use of neuroleptic agents.

Abstract: The present invention relates compounds of the formula (I): 1

Abstract: This invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating alopecia and promoting hair growth using pipecolic acid derivatives.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a novel benzamide of formula (I). Pharmaceutical compositions comprising said novel compounds, process for preparing compounds and compositions, and the use thereof as a medicine, in particular in the treatment of conditions involving a decreased motility of the intestine are described.

Abstract: Compound of formula (I): 1

Abstract: Disclosed are 4,4-disubstituted and 3,3-disubstituted piperidine compounds of formula I wherein D, E, G, J, R1, a, b, c, and d are defined in the specification, compositions containing them, and their use for treating medical disorders resulting from a deficiency in growth hormone.

Abstract: This invention provides compounds and a method for the inhibition of serotonin reuptake in mammals.

Abstract: Berberine or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof either alone or in combination with cyclosporin can be used to treat or prevent graft vs. host disease. Berberine or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof can also be used to treat or prevent septic shock syndrome.

Abstract: Compounds of formula I the N-oxide forms, the pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts and the stereochemically isomeric forms thereof, wherein the substituents are as described in the specification, and process for preparing said products, formulations comprising said products and their use as a medicine are disclosed, in particular for treating conditions which are related to impairment of gastric emptying.

Abstract: A novel N-hydroxyurea derivative represented by formula (I) and having antiallergic and anti-inflammatory effects, i.e., N-hydroxy-N-[6-(3-pyridylmethyl)-2H-1-benzopyran-3-ylmethyl]urea: and medicines containing the above urea derivative or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, or a hydrate or solvate thereof as the active ingredient, particularly antiallergic or anti-inflammatory agent, especially antiasthmatic.

Abstract: The present invention relates to therapeutically active compounds of formula I 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to certain novel piperidine derivatives, to processes for their preparation, to pharmaceutical formulations containing them and to their use in medical therapy, particularly in the treatment of psychotic disorders.

Abstract: A sulfonyl divalent aromatic or heteroaromatic ring hydroxamic acid compound that inter alia inhibits matrix metalloprotease activity is disclosed as are a treatment process that comprises administering a contemplated sulfonyl divalent aromatic or heteroaromatic ring hydroxamic acid compound in a MMP enzyme-inhibiting effective amount to a host having a condition associated with pathological matrix metalloprotease activity.

Abstract: There are disclosed compounds of the formula, where n is 0, 1 or 2; A is where X in each occurrence is independently hydrogen, halogen, loweralkyl, hydroxy, nitro, loweralkoxy, amino, cyano, trifluoromethyl or methylthio; Y in each occurrence is independently hydrogen, halogen, loweralkyl, hydroxy, nitro, loweralkoxy, amino, cyano, trifluoromethyl or methylthio; K is N or CH; m is 1 or 2; k is 1 or 2; R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen, loweralkyl, or aryl except that when R1 is or aryl, R2 is hydrogen, or alternatively R1+R2 taken together with the carbon atom to which they are attached form a cyclopentane, cyclohexane, cycloheptane, pyran, thiopyran, indan or piperidine ring; R3 and R4 are independently hydrogen or loweralkyl, or alternatively R3+R4 taken together with the carbon atom to which they are attached form a cyclopentane, cyclohexane, cycloheptane, pyran, thiopyran, pyrrolidine or piperidine ring, the term aryl sig

Abstract: The present invention provides novel methods of inhibiting pathological conditions related to organ systems which respond to estrogen agonists comprising administering to a mammal in need of such treatment an effective amount of a compound of formula I 1

Abstract: Novel compounds are provided which are inhibitors of MTP and thus are useful for lowering serum lipids and treating atherosclerosis and related diseases, and have the structure including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or prodrug esters thereof, A is where Z is N or CH, or where Z is  or CH2 when is a single bond; and wherein L1, R, R1, R3, R3′, R3a, R3b, R4, R4′, R5, R5a, X,  are as defined herein.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a group of compounds that effectively inhibit angiogenesis. More specifically, the invention comprises the compound EM-138 and its use in the inhibition of angiogenesis and treatment of angiogenesis associate diseases, including the inhibition of tumor growth and metastasis.

Abstract: A novel method for preventing, stabilizing or causing regression of cancer is disclosed. The method comprises administering to a patient in need thereof a tyrosine protein kinase inhibitor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to taxane derivatives each represented by the following formula (1): [wherein, A1 represents a group (in which R1 represents H or a (substituted) alkyl group) or a group (in which R2 represents an amino group, a mono- or di-alkylamino group, a piperidino group, a pyrrolidino group or a morpholino group), X represents H, an alkoxycarbonyl group or a benzoyl group, Y represents H or a trialkylsilyl group, A2 represents a furyl group, an alkylfuryl group, an alkyl group or a fluorophenyl group, Ac represents an acetyl group, and Bz represents a benzoyl group] or salts thereof; and drugs containing the same as an active ingredient. These compounds have excellent water solubility and antitumor activity.

Abstract: A short practical commercial process for the efficient enantioselective synthesis of the non-steroidal antiestrogen of formula I or XIV or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula

Abstract: The present invention is directed to pyrrolidine compounds of the formula I: (wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R14 and n are defined herein) which are useful as modulators of chemokine receptor activity. In particular, these compounds are useful as modulators of the chemokine receptors CCR-5 and/or CCR-3.

Abstract: Berberine or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof either alone or in combination with cyclosporin can be used to treat or prevent graft vs. host disease. Berberine or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof can also be used to treat or prevent septic shock syndrome.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel 1-trifluoromethyl-4-hydroxy-7-piperidinylaminomethylchroman derivatives of the formula wherein R1 is C1-C6 alkyl; R2 is hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl, halo C1-C6 alkyl or phenyl; R3 is hydrogen or halo; and R4 and R5 are independently hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl or halo C1-C6 alkyl, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and the use of such compounds to treat CNS, gastrointestinal and other disorders.

Abstract: Radicicol derivatives represented by the following formula (I) having tyrosine kinase inhibition activity or pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof: wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different, and each represents hydrogen, alkanoyl, alkenoyl, tert-butyldiphenylsilyl or tert-butyldimethylsilyl; R3 represents Y—R5 {wherein Y represents substituted or unsubstituted alkylene; and R5 represents CONR6R7 (wherein R6 represents hydrogen, hydroxyl, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted higher alkyl; R7 represents hydroxyl, substituted lower alkyl), CO2R12 (wherein R12 represents substituted lower alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted higher alkyl, X represents halogen.

Abstract: The present invention provides non-peptidic amino derivatives, their therapeutic use as well as pharmaceutical compositions that possess activity as Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) agonists and are useful in the for treatment of infertility. In particular, the invention provides cyclic and acyclic alpha- and beta-aminocarboxamides, more particularly tetrahydroisoquinolinecarboxamides, piperidinecarboxamides, pyrrolidinecarboxamides, and 2-amino-3-carboxamidopyridine derivatives.

Abstract: Novel compounds of Formula are disclosed. Also disclosed is a method of inhibiting Ras function and therefore inhibiting the abnormal growth of cells. The method comprises administering a compound of the above formula to a biological system. In particular, the method inhibits the abnormal growth of cells in a mammal such as a human being.

Abstract: Piperidine compounds having the general formula (I), wherein R1 is (a) a group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, phenyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkenylalkyl, phenylalkyl or diphenylalkyl linked to the piperidyl N-atom through an at least 2-membered spacer group; or (b) a group having general formula (II), wherein X is CHR10, O, S, SO, SO2 or NR10, Z1 is CH2, O, or S; Z2 and Z3 are independently (CH2)n, n being 0 or 1, O or S or Z1 and Z2 may together represent a group —CH═CH—; or when Z3 is (CH2)n wherein n is 0, Z1 and Z2 may together represent a 3-membered divalent group; show potent sigma receptor activity. Furthermore they show effect in animal models indicative of anxiolytic properties. Accordingly they are useful as medicines for the treatment of anxiety, psychosis, epilepsy, convulsion, movement disorders, motor disturbances, amnesia, cerebrovascular diseases, senile demential of the Alzheimer type or Parkinson's disease.

Abstract: The invention is directed to the use of novel compounds, compositions and methods for the prevention and treatment of neuronal tissue damage in mammals. The novel compounds comprise an antioxidant and a NMDA antagonist activity.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula wherein R,R′, A,B,T and x have the meaning given in the specification possess uPA (urokinase-type plasminogen activator) antagonist activity and can be employed as antitumor and/or antimetastatic agents.

Abstract: A method for alleviating the symptoms of post-menopausal syndrome comprising administering to a woman in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of formula I wherein R1a is —H or —OR7a in which R7a is —H or a hydroxy protecting group; R2a is —H, halo, or —OR8a in which R8a is —H or a hydroxy protecting group; R3 is 1-piperidinyl, 1-pyrrolidino, methyl-1-pyrrolidinyl, dimethyl-1-pyrrolidino, 4-morpholino, dimethylamino, diethylamino, diisopropylamino, or 1-hexamethyleneimino; n is 2 or 3; and Z is —O— or —S—; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: Novel pharmaceutically/cosmetically-active polyaromatic heterocyclic compounds have the structural formula (I): in which Z is a divalent radical selected from among —O—, —S— or —Nr′— and Ar is either a radical having the following structural formula (II): or a radical having the following structural formula (III): and are useful for the treatment of a wide variety of disease states, whether human or veterinary, for example dermatological, rheumatic, respiratory, cardiovascular and ophthalmological disorders, as well as for the treatment of mammalian skin and hair conditions/disorders.

Abstract: Compounds of general formula (I) are disclosed and claimed in the present application, as well as their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the novel compounds and their use in therapy, in particular in the management of pain.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I having the meanings of the substituents indicated in the claims are outstandingly efficacious substances for producing medicaments for the prophylaxis and for the therapy of cardiovascular disorders, in particular arrhythmias, for the treatment of ulcers of the gastrointestinal region or for the treatment of diarrheal disorders.

Abstract: Aminocyclohexylester compounds, including thioesters, are disclosed. The compounds of the present invention may be incorporated in compositions and kits. The present invention also discloses a variety of in vitro and in vivo uses for the compounds and compositions, including the blockade of ion channels and the treatment of arrhythmias.