Abstract: Amide derivatives represented by the formula (I): wherein: A is a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or a heteroaryl group; X is a nitrogen atom or CR17; Y is —NRa—, —(CRbRb?)m-, and the like; m is 0 to 4; and R1 to R17 may be the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group, a carboxyl group, a formyl group, a hydroxyl group, an ammonium group, an alkyl group optionally having one or more substituents, ZR18 and the like, Z is —O—, —S(O)p-, —S(O)pO—, —NH—, —NR19-, and the like; or R1 and R2 may in combination form a ring, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a hydrate thereof, or a solvate thereof may be applied to pharmaceutical use such as anti-inflammatory and analgesic action and the like.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula wherein ring A is a nitrogen-containing heterocycle optionally further having substituent(s), ring B and ring C are each an aromatic ring optionally having substituent(s), R1 is a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group optionally having substituent(s), an acyl group or a heterocyclic group optionally having substituent(s), Z is an optionally halogenated C1-6 alkyl group, Y is a methylene group optionally having substituent(s), m and n are each an integer of 0 to 5, m+n is an integer of 2 to 5, and is a single bond or a double bond, or a salt thereof. The compound of the present invention has a superior tachykinin receptor antagonistic action, particularly an SP receptor antagonistic action, and is useful as a pharmaceutical agent, for example, a tachykinin receptor antagonist, an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of an abnormality of lower urinary tract functions, a digestive organ disease or a central nerve disease, and the like.

Abstract: Described are diaminopropanols of which are orally active and bind to renin to inhibit its activity. They are useful in the treatment or amelioration of diseases associated with elevated levels of renin activity or in the treatment of aspartic protease mediated disorders. Also described is a method for the use of the diaminopropanols in ameliorating or treating renin related disorders in a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel sulfonamides of formula wherein R1, R2, R3 and n are as described in the description and claims. The compounds are orexin receptor antagonists, useful in the treatment of disorders, in which orexin pathways are involved.

Abstract: Chimeric nitrate esters and their use in the treatment of depression are disclosed. The chimeric nitrate esters also are useful in the treatment of depression and comorbidity associated with aging.

Abstract: A preparation for the treatment of diarrhoea comprising a bulking agent and an anti-diarrhoeal agent wherein the anti-diarrhoeal agent is provided in the form of an anti-motility agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a medicine, and more particularly to novel arylamidrazone derivatives having an antagonistic action against S1P3 receptors and a medicine containing thereof as an active ingredient.

Abstract: The new benzoyl urea derivatives of formula (I) wherein the meaning of X and Y independently are hydrogen atom, hydroxy, benzyloxy, amino, nitro, C1-C4 alkylsulfonamido optionally substituted with a halogen atom or halogen atoms, C1-C4 alkanoylamido optionally substituted with a halogen atom or halogen atoms, C1-C4 alkoxy, aroyl-carbamoyl optionally substituted with halogen atom or C1-C4 alkyl or C1-C4 alkoxycarbonyl group, or the neighboring X and Y groups optionally form together with one or more identical or different additional hetero atom and —CH? and/or —CH2— groups an optionally substituted 4-7 membered homo- or heterocyclic ring, preferably morpholine, pyrrole, pyrrolidine, oxo- or thioxo-pyrrolidine, pyrazole, pyrazolidine, imidazole, imidazolidine, oxo- or thioxo-imidazole or imidazolidine, 1,4-oxazine, oxazole, oxazolidine, triazole, oxo- or thioxo-oxazolidine, or 3-oxo-1,4-oxazine ring, V and Z independently are hydrogen or halogen atom, cyano, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, trifluoromethyl, hydroxy o

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (1) and to processes for the preparation of, intermediates used in the preparation of, compositions containing and the uses of, such derivatives. The compounds according to the present invention are useful in numerous diseases, disorders and conditions, in particular inflammatory, allergic and respiratory diseases, disorders and conditions.

Abstract: An anesthetic composition for use e.g. in the administration of a local anesthetic by injection comprises a first component, which comprises hyaluronidase, and a second component which comprises an anesthetic preparation. The composition is both effective and highly shelf stable, and has as an advantage that it may be stored and administered at room temperature. In a particular embodiment, the hyaluronidase is prepared in dry powder form, as by lyophilization. The anesthetic component may be selected from a group of known anesthetics, such as lidocaine, polocaine, xylocaine, novocaine, procaine, prilocaine, bupivacaine, mepivacaine, carbocaine, etidocaine and chincocaine. The composition may be prepared in unit dosage forms, including a single dosage form, for a variety of purposes, and such unit dosage forms may be prepared in a plural chambered syringe or like dispenser, whereby the components are not mixed until administration.

Abstract: Described are medical products including an analgesic such as lidocaine, bupivicaine, or a mixture thereof. Such medical products can find use in pain relief, particularly after surgery, and can be applied to tissue or can be implanted within a patient. Also described are medical products including an extracellular matrix material, one or more analgesic agents, and a carrier effective to extend the release of the agent(s). Related methods of manufacture and use are also described.

Abstract: Buccal aerosol sprays or capsules using polar and non-polar solvent have now been developed which provide biologically active compounds for rapid absorption through the oral mucosa, resulting in fast onset of effect. The buccal polar compositions of the invention comprise formulation I: aqueous polar solvent, active compound, and optional flavoring agent; formulation II: aqueous polar solvent, active compound, optionally flavoring agent, and propellant; formulation III: non-polar solvent, active compound, and optional flavoring agent; and formulation IV: non-polar solvent, active compound, optional flavoring agent, and propellant.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of inducing topical anesthesia in a tissue or organ of an animal comprising providing an aqueous gel formulation comprising water, an anesthetic (e.g., lidocaine hydrochloride), a viscoelastic polymer, and a tonicity modifier, wherein the aqueous gel formulation is free of preservatives and phosphate buffer, is isotonic with physiological fluids, and is sterile and has low particulate count. Also disclosed are a transdermal patch comprising the aqueous gel formulation suitable for applying on the skin of a patient and a method of controlling pain therewith.

Abstract: A compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, processes for preparing such compounds, their use as Fatty Acid Synthase inhibitors, methods for their therapeutic use, particularly in the treatment of obesity, diabetes mellitus, cancer and infection and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (1) and to processes for the preparation of, intermediates used in the preparation of, compositions containing and the uses of, such derivatives. The compounds according to the present invention are useful in numerous diseases, disorders and conditions, in particular inflammatory, allergic and respiratory diseases, disorders and conditions.

Abstract: A compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, processes for preparing such compounds, their use as Fatty Acid Synthase inhibitors, methods for their therapeutic use, particularly in the treatment of obesity and diabetes mellitus, cancer and infection and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the heterocyclic compounds as ligands for various mammalian cellular receptors, including dopamine, serotonin, or norepinephrine transporters. The compounds of the present invention will find use in the treatment of numerous ailments, conditions and diseases which afflict mammals, including but not limited to addiction, anxiety, depression, sexual dysfunction, hypertension, migraine, Alzheimer's disease, obesity, emesis, psychosis, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, Lesche-Nyhane disease, Wilson's disease, and Tourette's syndrome. An additional aspect of the present invention relates to the synthesis of combinatorial libraries of the heterocyclic compounds, and the screening of those libraries for biological activity, e.g., in assays based on dopamine transporters.

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.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for administering drugs through a dermal or mucosal layer such that the treatment device may be applied to the mammal for the transdermal or transmucosal administration of various drugs, pharmaceuticals, salts and prodrugs thereof is taught herein. The magnetic device has at least one magnet to provide an effective magnetic sphere of influence of the magnetic field at the desired site of action. The tissue-permeable drug formulation is positioned on the site of action and the magnetic device is positioned adjacent to tissue-permeable drug formulation wherein the magnetic sphere of influence of the magnetic field moves the drug through the dermal or mucosal layer by interaction with the magnetic moment (induced or permanent) of the drug sufficient to increase the movement of the drug beyond the movement caused by diffusion alone.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel substituted phenylamino-benzene compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and the use of those compounds or compositions for treating hyper-proliferative and/or angiogenesis disorders, as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.

Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for compressing, cutting, incising, reconfiguring, remodeling, attaching, repositioning, supporting, dislocating or altering the composition of tissues or anatomical structures to alter their positional or force relationship to other tissues or anatomical structures. In some applications, the invention may be used to used to improve patency or fluid flow through a body lumen or cavity (e.g., to limit constriction of the urethra by an enlarged prostate gland).

Abstract: Disclosed are bupivacaine transdermal delivery systems, and related methods.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel amine derivatives and the use thereof as active ingredients in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions. The invention also concerns related aspects including processes for the preparation of the compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more of those compounds and especially their use as inhibitors of renin.

Abstract: The present invention describes a method of separation of the enantiomers of N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-1-propyl-2-piperidinocarboxamide. Another object of the present invention refers to the enantiomeric manipulation of the enantiomers of N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-1-propyl-2-piperidinocarboxamide, in order to achiever compounds and pharmaceutical compositions presenting diverse enantiomeric excesses of (S)-N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-1-propyl-2-piperidinocarboxamide, in order to quantify and determine the participation of (R)-N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-1-propyl-2-piperidinocarboxamide in the anesthetic and cardiotoxic effects. These compounds and compositions enantiomerically manipulated demonstrate to present a significant improvement in itsanesthetic properties, presenting a cardiotoxic profile equivalent to pure enantiomer, a (S)-N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-1-propyl-2-piperidinocarboxamide.

Abstract: A transdermal topical anesthetic formulation, which can be used to ameliorate or inhibit neuropathic pain, has been developed. In the preferred embodiment, the topical anesthetic is a local anesthetic such as lidocaine, most preferably lidocaine free-base in a gel, and the dosage of the local anesthetic is effective in the painful area or immediately adjacent areas, to ameliorate or eliminate the pain. High concentration of local anesthetic in solution in the carrier is used to drive rapid release and uptake of the drug. Relief is typically obtained for a period of several hours.

Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to compounds, including phenylethynylbenzamide derivatives, cycloalkylethynylbenzamide derivatives, styrylbenzamide derivatives, 4-(3-phenyl-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-yl)benzamide derivatives, 4-(pyridinylethynyl)benzamide derivatives, and N1-phenylterephthalamide derivatives, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 and A are as defined in the specification as dual modulators of the serotonin 5-HT2a and dopamine D3 receptors, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments. Compounds of general formula (I) have high affinity for the dopamine D3 and serotonin (5-Hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT) 5-HT2A receptors and are effective in the treatment of psychotic disorders, as well as other diseases such as depression and anxiety, drug dependence, dementias and memory impairment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel anesthetic compositions containing a non-polymeric carrier material and an anesthetic, where the compositions are suitable for providing a sustained local anesthesia without an initial burst and having a duration for about 24 hours or longer. Certain compositions are also provided that include a first anesthetic and a second anesthetic. In such compositions, the second anesthetic is a solvent for the first anesthetic and provides an initial anesthetic effect upon administration to a subject. The non-polymeric carrier may optionally be a high viscosity liquid carrier material such as a suitable sugar ester. The compositions can further include one or more additional ingredients including active and inactive materials. Methods of using the compositions of the invention to produce a sustained anesthetic effect at a site in a subject are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to immunosuppressant, process for their production, their uses and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The invention provides a novel class of compounds useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases or disorders mediated by lymphocyte interactions, particularly diseases associated with EDG receptor mediated signal transduction.

Abstract: A pharmaceutically delivery system and method of use therefor are described comprising a pharmaceutically active agent and acidified nitrite as an agent to produce local production of nitric oxide at the skin surface. The dosage form may be in any pharmaceutically acceptable carrier means and comprises an acidifying agent adapted to reduce the pH at the environment. In one embodiment, a barrier consisting of a membrane allows diffusions of the anaesthetic and nitrite ions while preventing direct contact of the skin and acidifying agent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical dosage form comprising an analgesic combination for simultaneous or sequential use which comprises a peripherally restricted cannabinoid CB1 receptor agonist having a brain Cmax to plasma Cmax ratio of less than 0.1 and an opioid receptor agonist, as well as to a method for treating pain using said pharmaceutical dosage form.

Abstract: Compounds of Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof: wherein Ar1, Ar2, A, X, Y, m, n and R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as described in the specification, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical formulations comprising them and their use in therapy, particularly in the therapy of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of Formula I wherein the variables A1, A2, R1, R2, V, W, X, Y, and Z are defined herein. Certain compounds of Formula I described herein which possess potent antiviral activity. The invention particularly provides compounds of Formula I that are potent and/or selective inhibitors of Hepatitis C virus replication. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more compound of Formula I, or a salt, solvate, or acylated prodrug of such compounds, and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, excipients, or diluents. The invention further comprises methods of treating patients suffering from certain infectious diseases by administering to such patients an amount of a compound of Formula I effective to reduce signs or symptoms of the disease or disorder. These infectious diseases include viral infections, particularly HCV infections.

Abstract: Disclosed are drug delivery systems comprising drugs admixed with polymers having drug solubility gradients and methods of making the polymers. Also disclosed are medical devices having coatings thereon comprising the drug solubility gradient-containing polymers and at least one drug.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for treating or preventing bowel disorders using calcimimetics.

Abstract: Diaminoalkanes of Formula I have now been found which are orally active and bind to aspartic proteases to inhibit their activity. They are useful in the treatment or amelioration of diseases associated with elevated levels of aspartic protease activity. The invention also relates to a method for the use of the compounds of Formula I in ameliorating or treating aspartic protease related disorders in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of a compound of Formula I.

Abstract: Compositions comprise: (a) a material selected from the group consisting of antihistamines, stabilizers, salts thereof, and combinations thereof; and (b) a vasoconstrictor, decongestant, or a salt thereof, provided when the material consists of an antihistamine or a salt thereof, at least one antihistamine other than ketotifen and salts thereof is present. In certain embodiments, the compositions have a pH maintainable at about 5 or less during storage. The compositions can be used to treat, alleviate or ameliorate ocular allergic conditions.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a piperidine compound represented by the formula [I]: wherein Ring A is an optionally substituted benzene ring, Ring B is an optionally substituted benzene ring, R1 is hydrogen atom or a substituent for amino group, R2 is hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted hydroxyl group, an optionally substituted amino group, an optionally substituted alkyl group, a substituted carbonyl group or a halogen atom, Z is oxygen atom or —N(R3)—, R3 is hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted alkyl group, R4a and R4b may be the same or different, and each is hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted alkyl group, or may be bonded to each other at the both ends to form an alkylene group, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which has an excellent tachykinin receptor antagonistic action.

Abstract: A method of inhibiting NF-?B activation in a mammal including a human, which comprises the step of administering an effective dose of a substance selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following general formula (I) and a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, and a hydrate thereof and a solvate thereof:

Abstract: The invention provides a compound for use as an inhibitor of Hsp90, the compound having the formula (I): or salts, tautomers, solvates and N-oxides thereof; wherein R1 is hydroxy or hydrogen; R2 is hydroxy; methoxy or hydrogen; provided that at least one of R1 and R2 is hydroxy; R3 is selected from hydrogen; halogen; cyano; C1-5 hydrocarbyl and C1-5 hydrocarbyloxy; wherein the C1-5 hydrocarbyl and C1-5 hydrocarbyloxy moieties are each optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from hydroxy, halogen, C1-2 alkoxy, amino, mono- and di-C1-2 alkylamino, and aryl and heteroaryl groups of 5 to 12 ring members; R4 is selected from hydrogen; a group —(O)n—R7 where n is 0 or 1 and R7 is an acyclic C1-5 hydrocarbyl group or a monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group having 3 to 7 ring members; halogen; cyano; hydroxy; amino; and mono- or di-C1-5 hydrocarbyl-amino, wherein the acyclic C1-5 hydrocarbyl group and the mono and di-C1-5 hydrocarbylamino moieties in each instance are optionally substit

Abstract: The invention relates to quaternary ?-aminocarboxyamide derivatives of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, X, q and n are as defined in claim 1, for treating diseases and conditions mediated by modulation of voltage-gated sodium channels.

Abstract: 1-Acylamino-2-hydroxy-3-amino-?-arylalkanes of formula I. and the salts thereof, have renin-inhibiting properties and can be used as antihypertensive, medicinally active ingredients.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are substituted cyclohexanone-based NMDA receptor modulators of Formula I, process of preparation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to polymeric nanoparticles and nanogels, which can contain, deliver, and/or release one or more active agents, such as biologically active molecules or fragrance molecules, and methods of preparing the polymeric nanoparticles and nanogels. The nanoparticles are crosslinked utilizing radiation (g-radiation) as the catalyst for free radical polymerization (see FIG. 1) rather than by toxic chemical means. The nanoparticles and nanogels can be modified, without limitation, with hydrophobic, hydrophilic, or ionic groups or moieties. or with enzymes. Methods of preparing nanoparticles and nanogels containing or encapsulating a variety of molecules, including biologically active molecules and fragrance molecules, are provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula (I): Wherein m, n, X, Y, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined herein. The invention also relates to the use of same in therapeutics.

Abstract: A biodegradable, flexible covering for a breast implant is provided which comprises one or more biodegradable polymer layers dimensioned and shaped to cover at least a portion of the breast implant. The implant can be inserted into an opening of the covering immediately prior to surgery, but alternate configurations and times of insertion are contemplated as well as open or sheet type devices. The coverings can optionally contain one or more drugs for delivery at the surgical site, particularly for treating or preventing infection, pain, inflammation, capsular contracture, scarring or other complications associated with breast augmentation or breast reconstruction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a drug delivery device for providing local analgesia, local anesthesia or nerve blockade at a site in a human or animal in need thereof, the device comprising a fibrillar collagen matrix; and at least one drug substance selected from the group consisting of amino amide anesthetics, amino ester anesthetics and mixtures thereof, the at least one drug substance being substantially homogeneously dispersed in the collagen matrix, and the at least one drug substance being present in an amount sufficient to provide a duration of local analgesia, local anesthesia or nerve blockade which lasts for at least about one day after administration.

Abstract: The invention relates to a drug delivery device for providing local analgesia, local anesthesia or nerve blockade at a site in a human or animal in need thereof, the device comprising a fibrillar collagen matrix; and at least one drug substance selected from the group consisting of amino amide anesthetics, amino ester anesthetics and mixtures thereof, the at least one drug substance being substantially homogeneously dispersed in the collagen matrix, and the at least one drug substance being present in an amount sufficient to provide a duration of local analgesia, local anesthesia or nerve blockade which lasts for at least about one day after administration.

Abstract: The present invention relates to N-substituted benzylic aniline derivatives that are useful for treating cellular proliferative diseases, for treating disorders associated with KSP kinesin activity, and for inhibiting KSP kinesin. The invention also relates to compositions which comprise these compounds, and methods of using them to treat cancer in mammals.

Abstract: A medicament for preventive and/or therapeutic treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease or the like which comprises as an active ingredient a substance selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following general formula (I) and a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, and a hydrate thereof and a solvate thereof: wherein A represents hydrogen atom or acetyl group, E represents a 2,5-di-substituted or a 3,5-di-substituted phenyl group, or a monocyclic or a fused polycyclic heteroaryl group which may be substituted, provided that the compound wherein said heteroaryl group is {circle around (1)} a fused polycyclic heteroaryl group wherein the ring which binds directly to —CONH— group in the formula (I) is a benzene ring, {circle around (2)} unsubstituted thiazol-2-yl group, or {circle around (3)} unsubstituted benzothiazol-2-yl group is excluded, ring Z represents an arene which may have one or more substituents in addition to the group represented by