Abstract: The invention is directed to compounds of formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7a, R7b, W, G1, G2, a, b, c, d and m are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate or stereoisomer thereof. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of using such compounds; and process and intermediates for preparing such compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I) that have activity as S1P receptor modulating agents and the use of such compounds to treat diseases associated with inappropriate S1P receptor activity. The compounds may be used as immunomodulators, e.g., for treating or preventing diseases such as autoimmune and related immune disorders including systemic lupus erythematosus, inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, type I diabetes, uveitis, psoriasis, myasthenia gravis, rheumatoid arthritis, non-glomerular nephrosis, hepatitis, Behcet's disease, glomerulonephritis, chronic thrombocytopenic purpura, hemolytic anemia, hepatitis and Wegner's granuloma; and for treating other conditions.

Abstract: Water-soluble cannabinoid compounds that are agonists of CB1 and CB2 cannabinoid receptors are provided. The compounds are made water-soluble by derivatization of the alkyl side chain and/or the phenolic hydroxyl group of tetrahydrocannabinol. The water-soluble cannabinoids are useful for the treatment of appetite loss, pain, multiple sclerosis, nausea and vomiting, and epilepsy.

Abstract: Provided are 1-phenylpiperidin-3-one derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, having cysteine protease inhibitory activity, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same as an active ingredient, and processes for the preparation thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel amino alcohols of the general formula (I) where X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are each as defined in detail in the description, to a process for their preparation and to the use of these compounds as medicines, in particular as renin inhibitors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): in which X represents N or CH; R1 represents a hydrogen or halogen atom or a CF3 group; R2 and R3 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; n is 0 or 1; A represents a condensed heterocyclic group of formula (w) where W completes an aromatic or saturated 6-membered ring system comprising one or two nitrogen atoms or else an aromatic or saturated 5-membered ring system comprising a nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur atom which are optionally substituted, and to their N-oxides and to their salts or solvates, to the pharmaceutical compositions and the medicaments comprising them and to a process for their preparation.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel doxepin analog compounds and methods of modulating sleep by administering such compounds, or a pharmaceutically effective salt thereof.

Abstract: The invention provides novel non-peptidic NPY Y2 receptor inhibitors useful in treating or preventing: anxiolytic disorders or depression; injured mammalian nerve tissue; conditions responsive to treatment through administration of a neurotrophic factor; neurological disorders; bone loss; substance related disorders; obesity; or an obesity-related disorder. Compounds of the invention are also useful in modulating endocrine functions, particularly endocrine functions controlled by the pituitary and hypothalamic glands, and are therefore useful in the treatment or prevention of inovulation and infertility.

Abstract: The invention is directed to compositions used for treating Central Nervous System (CNS) disorders. More specifically, the invention is directed to derivatized, e.g., ester or carboxylic acid derivatized, doxepins, and analogs thereof, useful for the treatment of sleep disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating neurogenic vasodilation, neurogenic inflammaton, migraine and other headaches, thermal injury, circulatory shock, flushing associated with menopause, airway inflammatory diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and other conditions the treatment of which can be effected by the antagonism of CGRP-receptors using pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula (I)

Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (1), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, n and R2 are as described herein; compositions thereof; and uses thereof.

Abstract: The present application describes modulators of CCR3 of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, useful for the prevention of asthma and other allergic diseases.

Abstract: The invention encompasses constrained bicyclic and tricyclic CGRP-receptor antagonists, methods for identifying them, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and methods for their use in therapy for treatment of migraine and other headaches, neurogenic vasodilation, neurogenic inflammation, thermal injury, circulatory shock, flushing associated with menopause, airway inflammatory diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and other conditions the treatment of which can be effected by the antagonism of CGRP-receptors.

Abstract: The invention encompasses constrained bicyclic and tricyclic CGRP-receptor antagonists, methods for identifying them, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and methods for their use in therapy for treatment of migraine and other headaches, neurogenic vasodilation, neurogenic inflammation, thermal injury, circulatory shock, flushing associated with menopause, airway inflammatory diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and other conditions the treatment of which can be effected by the antagonism of CGRP-receptors.

Abstract: A treatment for cancer using a combination therapy including an inhibitor of the PI3K/Akt pathway in combination with roscovitine. It is shown that the combination of roscovitine and API-2 (Triciribine) or roscovitine and LY294002 induce the apoptosis of androgen-dependent (LNCaP) and androgen-independent (PC3) prostate cancer cells. Two important results have been observed. First, cells that respond to roscovitine alone (LNCaP) initiate apoptosis sooner when co-treated. Second, cells that do not respond to roscovitine alone (PC3) apoptose when co-treated, although with delayed kinetics. In the absence of roscovitine, AKT inhibitors had no effect on LNCaP or PC3 survival, and in both cell lines, the combined treatment activated the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis. Importantly, normal epithelial cells (RPWE) remained viable in the presence of roscovitine and AKT inhibitors.

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: Substituted pyrazoles of general formula methods of manufacturing them, compositions containing them, and methods of using them to, for example, treat autoimmune diseases mediated by cathepsin S, and inhibit cathepsin S activity, are described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I) that have activity as S1P receptor modulating agents and the use of such compounds to treat diseases associated with inappropriate S1P receptor activity. The compounds may be used as immunomodulators, e.g., for treating or preventing diseases such as autoimmune and related immune disorders including systemic lupus erythematosus, inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, type I diabetes, uveitis, psoriasis, myasthenia gravis, rheumatoid arthritis, non-glomerular nephrosis, hepatitis, Behcet's disease, glomerulonephritis, chronic thrombocytopenic purpura, hemolytic anemia, hepatitis and Wegner's granuloma; and for treating other conditions.

Abstract: Benzopyranone Compounds having the following structure: wherein R1, R2, X, Y and n are as defined herein, are disclosed. The Benzopyranone Compounds are useful for treating or preventing a bone-resorbing disease, a neoplastic disease, arthritis, a disease exacerbated by the presence of estrogen or a disease improved by the presence of estrogen, comprising administering an effective amount of a Benzopyranone Compound to a patient in need of the treating or preventing; activating the function of estrogen receptor (“ER”) in a bone cell; inhibiting the function of ER in a cancer cell; inhibiting the expression of interleukin-6 (“IL-6”) in a cell; and inhibiting the growth of a neoplastic cell, comprising contacting the cell with an effective amount of a Benzopyranone Compound.

Abstract: This invention relates to hindered carbamate derivatives that are muscarinic receptor antagonists, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of preparing these compounds.

Abstract: The invention is directed to methods to inhibit p38-? kinase using compounds of the formula and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition thereof, wherein represents a single or double bond; one Z2 is CA or CR8A and the other is CR1, CR12, NR6 or N wherein each R1, R6 and R8 is independently hydrogen or noninterfering substituent; A is —Wi—COXjY wherein Y is COR2 or an isostere thereof and R2 is hydrogen or a noninterfering substituent, each of W and X is a spacer of 2–6 ?, and each of i and j is independently 0 or 1; Z3 is NR7 or O; each R3 is independently a noninterfering substituent; n is 0–3; each of L1 and L2 is a linker; each R4 is independently a noninterfering substituent; m is 0–4; Z1 is CR5 or N wherein R5 is hydrogen or a noninterfering substituent; each of l and k is an integer from 0–2 wherein the sum of l and k is 0–3; Ar is an aryl group substituted with 0–5 noninterfering substituents, wherein two noninterfering substituents can form a fused ring; a

Abstract: Novel non-psychotropic cannabinoids are disclosed and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these novel compounds are described for preventing neurotoxicity, neuroinflammation, immune or inflammatory disorders comprising as active ingredient the stereospecific (+) enantiomer, having (3S,4S) configuration of ?6 tetrahydrocannabinol type compounds. The compositions are particularly effective in alleviating and even preventing neurotoxicity due to acute injuries to the central nervous system, including mechanical trauma, compromised or reduced blood supply as may occur in cardiac arrest or stroke, or poisonings. They are also effective in the treatment of certain inflammatory disorders and chronic degenerative diseases characterized by neuronal loss and chronic pain including neuropathic pain.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) as antagonists of calcitonin gene-related peptide receptors (“CGRP-receptor”), pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, methods for identifying them, methods of treatment using them and their use in therapy for treatment of neurogenic vasodilation, neurogenic inflammation, migraine and other headaches, thermal injury, circulatory shock, flushing associated with menopause, airway inflammatory diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and other conditions the treatment of which can be effected by the antagonism of CGRP-receptors.

Abstract: Mono-acylated o-phenylendiamines derivatives of formula I wherein X and R are as described herein, have been found useful for the treatment of diseases mediated by the inhibition of histone deacetylase, such as cancer.

Abstract: A compound represented by the formula: (wherein, R1 and R2 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, hydrocarbon group or heterocyclic group, or R1 and R2 may form, together with the adjacent carbon atom, a 3–8 membered iso- or heterocyclic group, R3 represents a cyclic group, a hydroxy group, a mercapto group that may have oxo, or an amino group, R4 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, a hydroxy group, a mercapto group which may have oxo, or an amino group, or R2 and R4 may link together to form a double bond, X represents a bond or a linear hydrocarbon group, W represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, ring B represents a 5–8 membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group, ring C represents a benzene ring, and— represents a single bond or a double bond), or a salt or a prodrug thereof that has excellent neurodegenerative inhibitory activity and brain penetrability, and is useful as an agent for preventing/treating neurodegenerative diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted piperidines of general formula wherein A, B, D, E, X, R1 and R2 are defined as in claim 1, the tautomers, the diastereomers, the enantiomers, the hydrates thereof, the mixtures thereof and the salts thereof and the hydrates of the salts, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof with inorganic or organic acids, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, the use thereof and processes for the preparation thereof.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I): (wherein A is an optionally substituted straight-chain hydrocarbon having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, which is optionally intervened by oxygen or nitrogen atom; Ar1 is aryl or heteroaryl, any of which is optionally substituted; n is 0 or 1; R0 is hydrogen, or lower alkylene attached to an arbitrary, bondable position of A; T, U, V and W are independently nitrogen atom or optionally substituted methine, and at least two of T, U, V and W are said methine group; X is —N(SO2R1)—, —N(COR2)— or —CO—; Y is —C(R3)(R4)—, —O— or —N(R5)—; Z is methine or nitrogen atom) exhibit NPY antagonistic activities and are useful as agents for the treatment of various diseases related to NPY, for example, cardiovascular disorders such as hypertension, nephropathy, heart disease, vasospasm, arteriosclerosis, etc., central nervous system disorders such as bulimia, depression, anxiety, seizure, epilepsy, dementia, pain, alcoholism, drug withdrawal, circadian rhythm disorders, schizophrenia, etc.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods of inducing contraception which includes delivering to a female a composition containing a compound of formula I or formula II, or tautomers thereof, in a regimen which involves delivering one or more of a selective estrogen receptor modulator, wherein formula I is: and wherein R1–R5 and Q1 are defined as described herein. Methods of providing hormone replacement therapy and for treating carcinomas, dysfunctional bleeding, uterine leiomyomata, endometriosis, and polycystic ovary syndrome is provided which includes delivering a compound of formula I and a selective estrogen receptor modulator are also described.

Abstract: The invention is directed to compositions used for treating Central Nervous System (CNS) disorders. In addition, the invention provides convenient methods of treatment of a CNS disorder. Furthermore, the invention provides methods of treating sleep disorders using compositions that remain active for a discrete period of time to reduce side effects. More specifically, the invention is directed to the compositions and use of derivatized, e.g., ester or carboxylic acid derivatized, antihistamine antagonists for the treatment of sleep disorders.

Abstract: The invention is directed to methods to inhibit p38-? kinase using compounds which contain an aromatic residue coupled to an benzofuran moiety through a piperidine.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (II) are antibacterial agents wherein Q represents a radical of the formula: —N(OH)CH(?O) or the formula: —C(?O)NH(OH); R1 represents hydrogen, C1–C6 alkyl or C1–C6 alkyl substituted by one or more halogen atoms, or, except when Q is a radical of the formula: —N(OH)CH(?O), a hydroxy, C1–C6 alkoxy, C1–C6 alkenyloxy, amino, C1–C6 alkylamino, or di-(C1–C6 alkyl)amino group; R2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1–C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl(C1–C6 alkyl)- or aryl(C1–C6 alkyl)-group; and A represents a group of formula (IIA), or (IIB) wherein R4 represents the side chain of a natural or non-natural alpha amino acid, and R5 and R6 when taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a saturated heterocyclic first ring of 5 to 7 atoms as specified in the description.

Abstract: This invention concerns the use of compounds of formula (I) wherein -a1=a2-a3=a4- is a radical of for CH?CH—, —N?CH—CH?CH—, —CH?N—CH?CH—, —CH?CH—N?CH—, —CH?CH—CH?N— wherein each hydrogen atom may optionally be substituted; Q is a radical of formulas (b-1), (b-2), (b-3), (b-4), (b-5), (b-6), (b-7), (b-8), G is a direct bond or C1-10alkanediyl; R1 is an optionally substituted monocyclic heterocycle; for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of viral infections, in particular RSV infections. Certain compounds of formula (I) are new.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treatment of a subject suffering from a disease, such as schizophrenia, for which the administration of an NK-3 antagonist is indicated which comprises administering to that subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I: wherein, generally, Q is R1 is benzyl, phenyl, thiophene or imidazolyl optionally substituted with C1-4alkyl or halogen, such as methyl, fluorine or bromine; R2 is hydrogen or C1-4alkyl such as methyl; R3 is phenyl; R4 is hydrogen; R5 is hydrogen or C1-6alkylcarbonyl such as methylcarbonyl; X is —SO2— or —C(O)N(R2)SO2— where R2 is preferably hydrogen; Y is a bond, CH2 or Z1 where Z1 is —N(Rf)— in which Rf is C1-6alkylcarbonyl such as ethylcarbonyl; and R6 is phenyl, pyrazolyl, pyridyl, pyrimidinyl or benzimidazolonyl optionally substituted with one or two groups chosen from C1-6alkyl and benzyl, such as methyl, ethyl and benzyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to benzofuran or benzothiophene derivatives of general formula: These compounds are of use as medicinal products, in particular in the treatment of pathological syndromes of the cardiovascular system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted sulfonamide compounds of the general formula (I), wherein P is sulfonamide or amide-substituted sulfonic acid, which compounds are potentially useful for the prophylaxis and treatment of medical conditions relating to obesity, type II diabetes and/or disorders of the central nervous system

Abstract: Pyrrolidine compounds of Formula (I), (wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6a, R6b, R7 and R8 are defined herein) are described. The compounds are modulators of CCR5 chemokine receptor activity. The compounds are useful, for example, in the prevention or treatment of infection by HIV and the treatment of AIDS, as compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, or as ingredients in pharmaceutical compositions, optionally in combination with other antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics or vaccines.

Abstract: A subject of the present application is new derivatives of 4-aminopiperidines of formula in which R1, R2 and R3 represent various radical, and their preparation processes by synthetic methods in parallel in liquid and solid phase. These products having a good affinity with certain sub-types of somatostatin receptors, they are particularly useful for treating the pathological states or diseases in which one (or more) somatostatin receptors are involved.

Abstract: A sulfonyl 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 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. A contemplated compound corresponds in structure to the formula wherein W and the R groups are defined elsewhere.

Abstract: The present invention provides 2-heterosubstituted 3-aryl-4H-benzopyran-4-one compounds for the treatment of cancers, namely breast cancer. This invention further provides a method of synthesis of 2-(alkylthio)isoflavones that can be carried out at ambient conditions. This invention further provides a method of synthesis of the 2-heterosubstituted 3-aryl-4H-benzopyran-4-one from a 2-(alkylthio)isoflavone. The invention further provides methods of using the 2-heterosubstituted 3-aryl-4H-benzopyran-4-one compounds for the treatment of breast cancer in mammals.

Abstract: An adjuvant composition comprising noscapine and its derivatives, for use in the treatment of tumors, cancer, as an adjuvant for vaccines.

Abstract: A novel compound of the formula: wherein A, B, C, D, T, Y, and Z represent each methine or nitrogen; R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 represent each a substituent; n represents 0 or an integer of 1 to 3; m represents 0 or an integer of 1 to 6; and p represents an integer of 1 to 3; and pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof. The compound has a serotonin antagonism and is clinically useful as medicament, in particular, for treating, ameliorating and preventing spastic paralysis or central muscle relaxants for ameliorating myotonia.

Abstract: The subject invention concerns novel compounds that are useful as ultrashort acting hypnotic barbiturates. Specifically exemplified are derivatives of barbituric and thiobarbituric acids. They are rapidly metabolized by blood and tissue enzymes to form polar metabolites with no hypnotic activity and which are rapidly eliminated.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel bioactive substance having an antitumor activity and a process for producing it, and a medical use thereof. Namely, it provides a 12-membered ring macrolide compound represented by the following formula obtained from the incubation solution of Streptomyces sp. Mer.

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: Novel methods for the medical treatment and/or inhibition of the development of hypercholesterolemia in susceptible warm-blooded animals including humans involving administration of selective estrogen receptor modulator particularly compounds having the general structure: and an amount of a sex steroid precursor selected from the group consisting of dehydroepiandrosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, androst-5-ene-3?,17?-diol and compounds converted in vivo to one of the foregoing precursor. Further administration of bisphosphonates in combination with selective estrogen receptor modulators and/or sex steroid precursor is disclosed for the medical treatment and/or inhibition of the development of osteoporosis. Pharmaceutical compositions for delivery of active ingredient(s) and kit(s) useful to the invention are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the combination of cyamemazine and an atypical neuroleptic, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and to the use thereof in the treatment of schizophrenia, and in particular of acute episodes of schizophrenia.

Abstract: Provided herein are novel and useful compounds having a tryptase inhibition activity, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods treating subjects suffering from a condition, disease, or disorder that can be ameliorated by the administration of an inhibitor of tryptase, e.g., asthma and inflammatory diseases, to name only a few.

Abstract: 2H-1-Benzopyran derivatives, processes for their preparation and use thereof for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention and treatment of postmenopausal pathologies.

Abstract: Substituted pyrazoles, methods of manufacturing them, compositions containing them, and methods of using them to treat, for example, autoimmune diseases mediated by cathepsin S are described.

Abstract: The invention provides novel prodrugs of inhibitors of PI-3 kinase. The novel compounds are LY294002 and analogs thereof comprising a reversibly quaternized amine.