Abstract: The present invention is directed to cyclic amines of the formula I: (wherein R1, R2, R3, m 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-1, CCR-2, CCR-2A, CCR-2B, CCR-3, CCR-4, CCR-5, CXCR-3, and/or CXCR-4.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of the formula I: (wherein R1, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, X, n, x and y 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: Selected compounds are effective for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases, such as angiogenesis mediated diseases. The invention encompasses novel compounds, analogs, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases and other maladies or conditions involving, cancer and the like. The subject invention also relates to processes for making such compounds as well as to intermediates useful in such processes.

Abstract: This invention relates to piperidine derivatives having antitumor activity and useful as pharmaceuticals such as an antitumor agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates beta-amino acid derivatives for treating or preventing neuronal damage associated with neurological diseases. The invention also provides compositions comprising the compounds of the present invention and methods of utilizing those compositions for treating or preventing neuronal damage.

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 relates to new compounds of formula I 1

Abstract: 4-[aryl(piperidin-4-yl)]aminobenzamides are delta-opioid receptor agonists/antagonists. As delta-opioid receptor agonists, such compounds are useful as analgesics. Depending on their agonist/antagonist effect, such compounds may also be useful immunosuppressants, antiinflammatory agents, agents for the treatment of mental illness, medicaments for drug and alcohol abuse, agents for treating gastritis and diarrhea, cardiovascular agents, and agents for the treatment of respiratory diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for preparing and resolving 3-amino-2-phenylpiperidine and for synthesizing from the enantiomers of such compound certain pharmaceutically active substituted 2-phenyl-3-benzylaminopiperidines. The substituted 2-phenyl-3-benzylaminopiperidines that can be prepared by the processes of this invention are substance P receptor antagonists and are useful in the treatment and prevention of inflammatory and central nervous system disorders, as well as several other disorders.

Abstract: Compound represented by the structural formula 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of using a compound of the formula (I): wherein A, X1, X2 and Q are as defined herein, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition thereof, in the treatment of a disease, condition or disorder of the peripheral or central nervous system, including but not limited to Alzheimer's disease, stroke/cerebral ischemia, head trauma, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, migraine, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, AIDS, age-related cognitive decline, mild cognitive impairment and prion diseases.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods and compositions for the prevention, treatment, or management of gastrointestinal disorders or symptoms thereof, employing two or more agents or compounds to provide a triple site action on 5-HT3 receptors, 5-HT4 receptors, and at least one of H2 receptors and proton pumps.

Abstract: The invention relates to new arylglycinamide derivatives of general formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1 and R2 together with the N to which they are bound form a ring of the formula wherein p is 2 or 3 and X denotes oxygen, N(CH2)nR6 or CR7R8, and R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, Ar and n have the meanings given in the specification, and the preparation and use thereof. The new compounds are valuable neurokinin (tachykinin)-antagonists.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds, compositions containing them, and their use for treating medical disorders where a decreased level of plasma free fatty acids (FFA) is desired.

Abstract: This invention provides compounds of Formula I having the structure wherein: A, X, Y, Z, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are as defined hereinbefore or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which are useful in treating or inhibiting metabolic disorders related to insulin resistance or hyperglycemia (typically associated with obesity or glucose intolerance), atherosclerosis, gastrointestinal disorders, neurogenetic inflammation, and frequent urination; and are particularly useful in the treatment or inhibition of type II diabetes.

Abstract: A compound represented by the general formula (I), a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable C1-C6 alkyl addition salt thereof, and their medical applications. These compounds inhibit the action of chemokines such as MIP-1&agr; and/or MCP-1 on target cells, and are useful as therapeutic and/or preventative drugs in diseases, such as atherosclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and the like where blood monocytes and lymphocytes infiltrate into tissues.

Abstract: Compounds of general formula (I) wherein m is 0 or 1, and n is 1 or 2; 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: A cyclic amine compound represented by the following general formula (1): wherein, R1, R2 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkoxy group; W1 and W2 each independently represent N or CH; X represents O, NR4, CONR4 or NR4CO; R4 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl, or heteroaralkyl group; and l, m and n each represents a number of 0 or 1, a salt thereof and a hydrate thereof are provided. These compounds have inhibitory effects on both cell adhesion and cell infiltration and are useful as anti-asthmatic agents, anti-allergic agents, anti-rheumatic agents, anti-arteriosclerotic agents, anti-inflammatory agents, anti-Sjogren's syndrome agents or the like.

Abstract: New compounds for the inhibition of blood clotting proteins, and more particularly, to malonic acid derivatives of the formula I, wherein R(1), R(2), R(3), R(4), R(5), and R(6) have the meanings indicated in the claims. The compounds of formula I are inhibitors of the blood clotting enzyme factor Xa. Processes for the preparation of the compounds of formula I, methods of inhibiting factor Xa activity and of inhibiting blood clotting, use of the compounds of formula I in the treatment and prophylaxis of diseases, which can be treated or prevented by the inhibition of factor Xa activity such as thromboembolic diseases, and use of the compounds of formula I in the preparation of medicaments to be applied in such diseases. Compositions containing a compound of formula I in admixture or otherwise in association with an inert carrier, in particular pharmaceutical compositions containing a compound of formula I together with pharmaceutically acceptable carrier substances and auxiliary substances.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds which are ligands for 5HT1, of formula (I) Wherein L, Q, Ra, Rb and Ry are as defined in the specification, processes for their preparation and their pharmaceutical composition as well as their use in the treatment of anxiety and depression.

Abstract: Substituted piperidine derivatives of structural formula (I) wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl or trifluoromethyl group; R2 represents a hydrogen or halogen atom, and R3 represents a hydrogen or halogen atom, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are tachykinin receptor antagonists of use, for example, in the treatment or prevention of pain, inflammation, migraine, emesis, postherpetic neuralgia, depression and anxiety.

Abstract: A compound of the formula wherein n, X, R3, R4 and Ar are as defined above, useful in the treatment of a condition selected from the group consisting of arthritis, cancer, tissue ulceration, restenosis, periodontal disease, epidermolysis bullosa, scleritis and other diseases characterized by matrix metalloproteinase activity, AIDS, sepsis, septic shock and other diseases involving the production of TNF.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods of correlating genetic variants in the beta-chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) locus, more specifically CCR5 promoter alleles and genotypes, with HIV-1 transmission and/or disease progression in individuals and populations.

Abstract: Compounds of formula I useful for inhibiting the pain enhancing effects of E-type prostaglandins are disclosed wherein A is a ring system in which the —CH(R3)N(R2)B—R1 and —OR4 groups are positioned in a 1,2 relationship to one another on ring carbon atoms. B is a ring system having R1 in a 1,3 or 1,4 relationship with the —CH(R1)N(R2)— linking group. A, B, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the specification and may be substituted. Also disclosed are pharmaceutically-acceptable salts, in vivo-hydrolysable esters and amides of compounds of formula I, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes for preparing such compounds, and the use of such compounds as therapeutic agents.

Abstract: This invention is directed to benzenamine derivatives of formula (I): wherein A, W, m, n, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are defined herein. These compounds are useful as anti-coagulants.

Abstract: This invention provides compounds of Formula I having the structure 1

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a central cannabinoid receptor antagonist, by itself or in association with a compound for regulating metabolic disorders, especially a &bgr;3-adrenergic receptor agonist, for the preparation of drugs useful in the treatment of appetency disorders.

Abstract: The compounds of formula I herein exhibit useful pharmacological activity and accordingly are incorporated into pharmaceutical compositions and used in the treatment of patients suffering from certain medical disorders. More specifically, they are inhibitors of the activity of Factor Xa. The present invention is directed to compounds of formula I, compositions containing compounds of formula I, and their use, for treating a patient suffering from, or subject to, a physiological condition which can be ameliorated by the administration of an inhibitor of the activity of Factor Xa.

Abstract: The invention relates to new compounds of general formula I 1

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein a and b are 0-2, provided that the sum is 0-3; X is —O—, —S—, —SO—, —SO2—, —CH(OR8)—, —C(O)—, —C(R23)2—, optionally substituted alkenyl, alkynyl or; R1 is optionally substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted amino, alkyl-OC(O)R8, aryloxyalkyl,  wherein m is 1-4, or  wherein d and e are 0-2; R2, R3, R4 and R5 are H, alkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, halogen, —OR8, —N(R8)2, —CO2R8 or CF3; R6 and R7 are H, alkyl, alkenyl, hydroxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, alkoxy-alkyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl, or R6 and R7, form a 3-7-membered carbocyclic ring, or a 4-7-membered heterocyclic ring; R8 is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl; R9 is alkyl, cycloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl; R11

Abstract: The invention provides a substituted benzylaminopiperidine compounds that are useful in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders; central nervous system (CNS) disorders; inflammatory disease; emesis; urinary incontinence; pain; migraine; sunburn; diseases, disorders and adverse conditions caused by Heliobacter pylori; or angiogenesis, especially CNS disorders in a mammalian subject, especially in humans.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of certain tachykinin antagonists, including substance P antagonists and other neurokinin antagonists, in the treatment of emesis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of tachykinin antagonists, including substance P antagonists and other neurokinin antagonists, in the treatment of emesis. Also described are novel tachykinin antagonists of formula (I), processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their medical use. wherein R represents the ring A or 2-pyridinyl or 2-pyridinyl-N-oxide; R1 is selected from halogen atoms and C1-4alkyl, C1-4alkoxy, trifluoromethyl, and S(O)nC1-4alkyl groups; R2 and R3, which may be the same or different, each independently are selected from hydrogen and halogen atoms and C1-4alkyl, C1-4alkoxy, trifluoromethyl and cyano groups; n represents zero, 1 or 2; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof.

Abstract: This invention relates to muscarinic receptor antagonist compounds selected from the group of compounds represented by Formula I: wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification; and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, individual isomers or a racemic or non-racemic mixture; pharmaceutical compositions containing them; and methods for their use as therapeutic agents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the treatment or prevention of depression and/or anxiety by the administration of a combination of a specific class of NK-1 receptor antagonists and fluoxetine.

Abstract: An analgesic composition is disclosed comprising a sub-analgesic dosage of a &mgr;-opioid agonist, optionally in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, and a sub-analgesic dosage of a &kgr;2-opioid agonist, optionally in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt. There is also disclosed a method for producing analgesia in humans and lower animals which comprises administering concurrently to a human or lower animal in need of such treatment an analgesic composition of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of heterocyclic compounds of Formula I that are useful as potassium channel inhibitors to treat autoimmune disorders, cardiac arrhythmias, and the like.

Abstract: A method for treating diseases which involve interaction of neurokinin B with NK3 receptors in humans. The method comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of a NK3 antagonist compound having the formula: in which: R1 and R11 together represent a —(CH2)3-group.

Abstract: Pesticidally active cyclohexadienyl derivative compounds of the formula I that are esters, oximes or amides are claimed. These compounds may be used as fungicides, acaricides and insecticides in plant protection.

Abstract: The present invention provides therapeutically useful substituted guanidines, and methods of treatment and pharmaceutical compositions that utilize or comprise one or more of such guanidines.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new phenylamine derivatives, processes for preparing them and their use as pharmaceutical compositions.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for the treatment or prevention of cognitive disorders which comprises oral administration of an orally active, long acting, CNS-penetrant NK-1 receptor antagonist and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such a NK-1 receptor antagonist.

Abstract: Novel compounds of the formula 1

Abstract: This present invention relates to compounds of the formula 1

Abstract: Tachykinin receptor antagonists that are useful for treating or preventing attention deficit disorder, optionally associated with hyperactivity in a patient, are desclosed.

Abstract: A new Process of preparing cisapride, and the pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof, by reductively aminating 1-[3-(4-fluorophenoxy)-propyl]-3-methoxy-4-piperidinone in the presence of benzylamine under hydrogen in a reaction-inert solvent, yielding 1-[3-(4-fluorophenoxy)-propyl]-3-methoxy-4-piperidinamine having a cis/trans ratio of about 93/7, which is enriched in the amount of cis-stereoisomer by converting it into its acid addition salt, by treatment with a suitable inorganic acid, in an appropriate solvent, subsequent crystallisation and conversion to its free base form by treatment with an appropriate base, yielding 1-[3-(4-fluorophenoxy)-propyl]-3-methoxy-4-piperidinamine having a cis/trans ratio of equal to or higher than 98/2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), wherein R1 represents a fluoroC1-2alkoxy group; and R2 represents a hydrogen or halogen atom or a C1-4alkyl, C1-4alkoxy, fluoroC1-4alkyl or fluoroC1-4alkoxy group; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds are of particular use in the treatment or prevention of pain or inflammation, migraine, emesis, postherpetic neuralgia, depression or anxiety.

Abstract: A compound of the formula wherein X, Y, R1 and R2 are as defined above, useful in the treatment of arthritis or cancer and other diseases involving selective inhibition of matrix metaloproteinase-13.

Abstract: The present invention provides peptide aldehydes having an 3-amino-2-hydro yenyl acetamide group as part of the peptide backbone d an arginine group or analog at P1. These compounds e potent and specific or inhibitors of thrombin. Ther pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutic ly acceptable compositions thereof, and methods of using t as therapeutic agents for disease states in mammals charachterized by abnormal thrombosis are also described. Also described are 3-amino-2-hydroxyphenyl-acetamide derivatives having in history activity towards proteases of the trypsin/chymotrypsin class.

Abstract: There are provided new alkane and alkoxyalkane derivatives of the general formula I in which R1, R2, R3, R4 and A have the meanings given in the description, processes for their preparation and insecticidal and acaricidal compositions containing these compounds.