Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein R1 is R is —C(O)—N(R27)(R28) or and the remaining variables are as defined in the specification. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I. Also disclosed are methods of treating cognitive or neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating cognitive or neurodegenerative diseases comprising the compounds of formula I in combination with a ?-secretase inhibitor other than those of formula I, an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, a gamma-secretase inhibitor, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent, an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist, a cholinesterase inhibitor or an anti-amyloid antibody.

Abstract: Provided herein are 2-phenoxy- and 2-phenylsulfonamide derivatives with CCR3 antagonistic activity. These compounds are useful for the treatment of diseases associated with CCR3 activity, including but not limited to, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, rheumatoid arthritis, Grave's disease, HIV infection, Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis and other inflammatory and/or immunological disorders.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the Formula II: wherein A is: R1 is CH3, CF3, or F; R2 is H, CH3, or F; R3 is CH3, OCH3, OH, F; R4 is OH or CH2OH; and X is CH or N; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to pharmaceutical agents, and in particular, to metalloprotease inhibitor compounds. More particularly, the present invention provides a new class of dual acting MMP-2 and MMP-9 inhibiting compounds that exhibit increased potency, metabolic stability and/or reduced toxicity in relation to currently known MMP-2 and MMP-9 inhibitors for the treatment of pain and other diseases. Additionally, the present invention relates to methods for treating pain, addiction and/or withdrawal symptoms in a patient comprising administering to the patient a pain-reducing effective amount of a present compound.

Abstract: A compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or hydrate thereof Wherein Y, Z, R3, U, R4, m and n are as defined in the claims.

Abstract: An insecticidal acaricidal and nematicidal composition of formula I Y is a single bond, C?O, C?S or S(O)m where m is 0, 1 or 2; the ring is a 6 membered aromatic ring or is a 5 or 6 membered heteroaromatic ring; Z and provided that both are not N; R1, R2, R3, R3a, R4, R8 and Ra are specified organic groups and n and p are independently 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; or salts or N-oxides thereof or compositions containing them in controlling insects, acarines, nematodes or molluscs. Novel compounds are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification. The compound of the present invention has a superior RBP4-lowering action, and is useful as a medicament for the prophylaxis or treatment of disease and condition mediated by increased RBP4.

Abstract: The invention is directed to substituted 2-aminoacetamides represented by formula (II): and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein the substituents are defined herein. The invention is also directed to the use of substituted 2-aminoacetamides in methods for the treatment of neuronal damage following global and focal ischemia, and for the treatment, prevention or amelioration of pain, anxiety, or manic depression, as anticonvulsants, as antimanic depressants, as local anesthetics, as antiarrhythmics and for the treatment or prevention of diabetic neuropathy.

Abstract: Substituted sulfonamide compounds with bradykinin receptor (B1R) modulating activity; processes for the preparation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat or inhibit pain and/or other disorders and/or disease states.

Abstract: This application describes compositions of receptor inhibitors, including antipsychotic agents, for example haloperidol, and methods of use for alleviating clinical depression, improving cognition and/or treating other syndromes, conditions or diseases for which anti-depressant agents are prescribed. Furthermore, this application describes compositions and methods to induce supersensitivity in dopamine D2 and other receptors involved in depression and/or cognition as a means of alleviating clinical depression or improving cognition.

Abstract: Methods of treating or suppressing mitochondrial diseases, such as Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA), Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON), mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactacidosis, and stroke (MELAS), Kearns-Sayre Syndrome (KSS), are disclosed, as well as compounds useful in the methods of the invention, such as 4-(p-quinolyl)-2-hydroxybutanamide derivatives. Methods and compounds useful in treating other disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, and pervasive developmental disorders such as autism are also disclosed. Energy biomarkers useful in assessing the metabolic state of a subject and the efficacy of treatment are also disclosed. Methods of modulating, normalizing, or enhancing energy biomarkers, as well as compounds useful for such methods, are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides MDM2 inhibitor compounds of Formula I, wherein the variables are defined above, which compounds are useful as therapeutic agents, particularly for the treatment of cancers. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions that contain an MDM2 inhibitor.

Abstract: Substituted 2-[2-(phenyl)ethylamino]alkaneamide derivatives, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are useful as sodium and/or calcium channel modulators for preventing, alleviating and curing pathologies wherein the above mechanisms play a pathological role. The compounds may be particularly useful for the prevention, alleviation, and curing of, for example, neurological, cognitive, psychiatric, inflammatory, urogenital and gastrointestinal diseases.

Abstract: The present invention includes a method of inhibiting, suppressing or preventing HBV infection in an individual in need thereof, comprising administering to the individual a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of the invention.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method to stimulate endogenous BMP-2 up-regulation in a subject which method comprises administering to a subject an effective amount of an H1 receptor antagonist, whereby endogenous BMP-2 up-regulation is stimulated in said subject. Also provided is a pharmaceutical formulation including an H1 receptor antagonist present in an effective amount to stimulate BMP-2 up-regulation in a subject and a kit.

Abstract: Anionic non-phospholipids, as well as lipid nanostructures formed therefrom, are disclosed herein. Also disclosed are methods of producing and using same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel pharmaceutical composition of benproperine derivatives for preventing and treating angiogenesis-related diseases. The benproperine derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof according to the present invention inhibit cancer cell migration and the angiogenesis of vascular endothelial cells, and therefore can be effectively used not only as an anticancer agent, but also as an agent for preventing and treating diseases caused by abnormal angiogenesis, such as diabetic retinopathy and corneal transplant rejection.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to acamprosate formulations, methods of use of the formulations, to methods of using the formulations in combination with at least one other medication, and to combination products and compositions comprising the formulations and at least one other medication, such as neuroleptic (antipsychotic) and/or antidepressant drugs.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for treating un-met medical needs in migraine and related conditions such as cluster headache. Included are treatments that are both rapid onset and long acting, which include sustained release formulations, and combination products. Also included are treatments for multiple symptoms of migraine, especially headache and nausea and vomiting. Systems that are self contained, portable, prefilled, and simple to self administer at the onset of a migraine attack are disclosed, and preferably include a needle-free injector and a high viscosity formulation, to eliminate such issues as fear of self administration with needles, and needle stick and cross contamination.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of using fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) inhibitors alone or in combination for the treatment or prevention of abdominal, visceral or pelvic pain. Also described herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a FAAH inhibitor, alone or in combination with an additional therapeutic agent for the treatment of abdominal, visceral or pelvic pain.

Abstract: Compositions containing a small molecule therapeutic and an alkyl N,N-disubstituted amino acetate are disclosed. Inclusion of the alkyl N,N-disubstituted amino acetate enhances the pharmacokinetic properties of the small molecule therapeutic.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dermatological and/or cosmetic composition which includes a methoxycinnamate, and a cyclic nitroxide. The present invention further provides a method of synthesizing photo absorbing-antioxidant compounds and their use in dermatological and/or cosmetic compositions. In addition, the present invention relates to the use of methoxycinnamate, and nitroxide compounds for the preparation of a composition for the dermatological and/or cosmetic treatment of skin.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds represented by general formula (I): wherein, R1, R2, R3, L and T are as defined in the specification, in all their stereoisomeric and tautomeric forms and mixtures thereof in all ratios, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutically acceptable solvates, and prodrugs thereof. The invention also relates to processes for the manufacture of compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The compounds and the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention are useful in the treatment of a condition or disorder mediated by one or more cytokines selected from Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNF-?) and interleukins such as IL-1, IL-6, and IL-8. The present invention further provides a method of treatment of inflammatory disorders by administering a therapeutically effective amount of the said compound of formula (I) or its pharmaceutical composition, to a mammal in need thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of preventing or treating inflammatory diseases using sulfonamide analogs of 3-aminolactam compounds, each with aromatic “tail groups”. Compounds as defined by formulae (I) and (I?), and the medical uses of the compounds, are described herein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aralkyl piperidine derivatives, compositions containing the same, and their uses in the preparation of antalgic or ataractic medicament. The said derivatives are a free base of the compound represented by the following formula or a salt thereof. The pharmacological experiments show that they display favorable antalgic, ataractic activity and low side effects.

Abstract: The present application describes modulators of MIP-1? of formula (I) or stereoisomers or prodrugs or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein m, Q, T, W, Z, R1, R3, R4, R5, R5a and R5b, are as defined herein. In addition, methods of treating and preventing inflammatory diseases such as asthma and allergic diseases, as well as autoimmune pathologies such as rheumatoid arthritis and atherosclerosis using the modulators of formula (I) are disclosed.

Abstract: Alkaloid aminoester compounds which act as muscarinic receptor antagonists are useful for the prevention and/or treatment of a broncho-obstructive or inflammatory diseases.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein m, n, A, X1, X2, X3, X4, R1, R2, R3a, R3b, R4a and R4b are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of making the compounds and using the compounds for treatment of inflammatory diseases such as arthritis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for treating intestinal fluid balance disorders and modulating intestinal fluid secretion and absorption using calcimimetics and calcilytics.

Abstract: The present application describes prodrugs of the compound of formula (I): or stereoisomers or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. In addition, methods of treating and preventing inflammatory diseases such as asthma and allergic diseases, as well as autoimmune pathologies such as rheumatoid arthritis using the prodrug compounds of the invention are disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of preventing or treating inflammatory diseases using 3-aminolactam compounds, each with aromatic “tail groups”. Compounds as defined by formulae (I) and (I?), and the medical uses of the compounds, are described herein.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to hexafluoroisopropyl carbamate derivatives of general formula (I): in which: R, Z, A, m, and n are as defined in the disclosure; in the form of the base or of an addition salt with an acid, and to the preparation process and therapeutic application thereof.

Abstract: The present invention includes compositions that are useful in preventing or treating metastasis in a subject diagnosed with cancer. The present invention also includes methods of preventing or treating metastasis in a subject diagnosed with cancer, wherein the method comprises administering to the subject in need thereof an effective amount of a pharmaceutical formulation comprising at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and at least one CX3CR1 or fractalkine antagonist.

Abstract: A method of detoxifying a patient addicted to at least one drug comprises the step of administering a first-medication component to the patient for mitigating drug withdrawal symptoms of the patient. The method further comprises the step of administering an anesthetic component to the patient for putting the patient in a sedated state. The method further comprises the step of administering a detoxification component to the patient for detoxifying the patient of the drug(s) while the patient is in the sedated state. The detoxification component can comprise naloxone. The method further comprises the step of administering a second-medication component to the patient for further mitigating drug withdrawal symptoms of the patient while the patient is in the sedated state. The second-medication component can comprise naltrexone. The method further comprises the step of terminating administration of the anesthetic component to the patient for reviving the patient from the sedated state.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel carboxamide compounds and their use for the manufacture of a medicament. The carboxamide compounds are inhibitors of calpain (calcium dependant cysteine proteases). The invention therefore also relates to the use of these carboxamide compounds for treating a disorder associated with an elevated calpain activity. The carboxamide compounds are compounds of the general formula I in which R1, R2, R3a, R3b, R4, Q, Y, A and X have the meanings mentioned in the claims and the description, the tautomers thereof and the pharmaceutically suitable salts thereof. In particular, the compounds have the general formula Ia and Ib in which R1, r, R2b, R3a, R3b, R4, Y and X have the meanings mentioned in the claims, including the tautomers thereof and the pharmaceutically suitable salts thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds according to Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein m, n, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, x and y are as defined herein. Compounds according to Formula I are pharmacologically effective as potassium channel inhibitors, in particular inhibitors of the acetylcholine operated inward rectifying potassium channel current (i.e. IKACh blockers), and are believed to be useful in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, in particular supraventricular tacharrhythmias, such as atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with the use of combinations of opioid agonists and antagonists for treating Crohn's disease.

Abstract: The subject invention provides methods for reducing stroke rate, methods for preventing atrial remodeling, and methods for reversing atrial remodeling by administering budiodarone to reduce atrial fibrillation (AF) episode duration and an anticoagulant (AC). According to some methods of the invention, the average AF episode duration can be reduced to less than about 24, 5, 3 or 1 hour(s), and the maximum AF episode duration may be reduced to less than about 20, 10 or 5 hours. According to some methods of the invention, the reduced stroke rate upon administration of budiodarone and AC is less than the age-adjusted overall stroke rate. Further, some methods provide that patients who were refractory to one or more anti-arrhythmic drugs prior to administration of budiodarone may also be treated. Some methods provide for prevention of atrial remodeling and others provide for the reversal of atrial remodeling, including methods to quantify the reversal of atrial remodeling.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to acamprosate formulations, methods of use of the formulations, to methods of using the formulations in combination with at least one other medication, and to combination products and compositions comprising the formulations and at least one other medication, such as neuroleptic (antipsychotic) and/or antidepressant drugs.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a non-therapeutical process for deterring vermin, which is based on the usage of the largely known beta amino-alcohol derivatives of formula (I) as described herein. Further, the present invention is directed to corresponding vermin-deterring compositions which contain these substances as the active ingredient, compounds of the formula (I) for the preparation of vermin-deterring compositions, and the use of compounds of formula (I) in the defense against vermin.

Abstract: Provided are methods of treating or preventing viral infections caused by or associated with a Dengue virus using iminosugars.

Abstract: Ophthalmically acceptable compositions used in arresting the development of cataracts or macular degeneration comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent and a compound having the formula: where R1 and R2 are, independently, H or C1 to C3 alkyl; R3 and R4 are, independently C1 to C3 alkyl; and where R1 and R2, taken together, or R3 and R4, taken together, or both may be cycloalkyl; R5 is H, OH, or C1 to C6 alkyl; R6 is or C1 to C6 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or substituted alkyl or alkenyl; R7 is C1 to C6 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or substituted alkyl or alkenyl or where R6 and R7, or R5, R6 and R7, taken together, form a carbocycle or heterocycle having from 3 to 7 atoms in the ring.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel 1-cycloalkyl- or 1-heterocyclyl-hydroxyimino-3-phenyl-propanes of the formula wherein R1 to R7 are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds are GPBAR1 agonists and may therefore be useful as medicaments for the treatment of diseases such as type II diabetes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that interact with glucokinase regulatory protein. In addition, the present invention relates to methods of treating type 2 diabetes, and other diseases and/or conditions where glucokinase regulatory protein is involved using the compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions that contain the compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

Abstract: The invention is directed to substituted 2-aminoacetamides represented by formula (II): and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein the substituents are defined herein. The invention is also directed to the use of substituted 2-aminoacetamides in methods for the treatment of neuronal damage following global and focal ischemia, and for the treatment, prevention or amelioration of pain, anxiety, or manic depression, as anticonvulsants, as antimanic depressants, as local anesthetics, as antiarrhythmics and for the treatment or prevention of diabetic neuropathy.

Abstract: Provided herein are therapies for the treatment of pathological conditions, such as cancer, and method of using SCD1 antagonists.

Abstract: The invention provides disintegratable films containing a mixture of high molecular weight and low molecular weight water soluble components; and a pharmaceutically or cosmetically active ingredient. Optionally, the films contain a starch component, a glucose component, a filler, a plasticizer and/or humectant. The films are preferably in the form of a mucoadhesive monolayer having a thickness sufficient to rapidly disintegrate in the oral environment and release the active ingredient without undue discomfort to the oral mucosa. The monolayer can be cut to any desired size or shape to provide conveniently useable unit dosage forms for administration to oral or other mucosal surfaces for human pharmaceutical, cosmetic, or veterinary applications. The invention further provides methods of administering the film compositions by placing the composition into, for example, the oral cavity for a sufficient period of time to permit the film to disintegrate and release the active ingredient.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods for decreasing adverse events associated with pirfenidone (5-methyl-1-phenyl-2-(1H)-pyridone) therapy. The invention discloses an optimized dose escalation scheme that results in the patient having increased tolerance to adverse events associated with the administration of pirfenidone. The invention also discloses a starter pack that may be used in conjunction with the dose escalation scheme.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide compounds useful as preventives or remedies for circular system disorders, nervous system disorders, metabolic disorders, reproduction system disorders, digestive system disorders, neoplasm, infectious diseases, etc., or as herbicides. [Means for Solution] A long-chain fatty acyl elongase inhibitor comprising, as the active ingredient thereof, a compound or a pharmaceutically-active salt thereof of a formula (I): [wherein W represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl, etc.; X represents an aryl, a heteroaryl, etc.; n indicates 0 or 1; Z represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl, etc.; A1, A2, A3 and A4 each independently represent CH or N].

Abstract: A heterocyclic compound useful as an antiallergic agent is provided. A compound represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof: wherein the ring A is a homocyclic or heterocyclic ring; the ring B is a heterocyclic ring which contains G and nitrogen atom N as constituent atoms thereof, wherein G is CH or N; R1 is a carbonyl group or an alkylene group; R2a and R2b are an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, or a heterocyclic group; X is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; Z is a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group, a cycloalkyloxy group, an aryloxy group, an aralkyloxy group, an amino group, or an N-substituted amino group; and n is 0 or 1; with the proviso that when the ring A is a benzene ring or when the ring B is a piperazine ring, R1 is an alkylene group which may have a substituent.