Ring Nitrogen In The Polycyclo Ring System Patents (Class 514/339)
  • Publication number: 20140193519
    Abstract: The invention provides combination therapy, wherein one or more other therapeutic agents are administered with indibulin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and the combination is synergistic. Another aspect of the invention relates to the treatment of cancer with indibulin as a single agent. Another aspect of the invention relates to dosing regimen for administration of oral dosage forms of indibulin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: ZIOPHARM ONCOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Barbara P. Wallner, Brian Eric Schwartz, Philip B. Komarnitsky, Gerald Bacher, Bernhard Kutscher, Gerhard Raab
  • Publication number: 20140194472
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for inhibiting the expression of a vitamin D receptor target gene, inhibiting interactions between the vitamin D receptor and at least one vitamin D receptor coactivator, for treating cancer in a subject, and for inhibiting angiogenesis in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicants: WOMEN AND INFANTS' HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND, UWM RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Alexander E. Arnold, Preetpal Singh Sidhu, Premchendar Nandhikonda, Rakesh K. Singh
  • Patent number: 8772276
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to alkyne benzotriazole derivatives which are potentiators of metabotropic glutamate receptors, particularly the mGluR2 receptor, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Scott D. Kuduk, Jason W. Skudlarek
  • Patent number: 8771665
    Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, compounds represented by the general Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X, Y, R1A, R1B, R2, and R3 are as defined in classes and subclasses herein and compositions (e.g., pharmaceutical compositions) comprising such compounds, which compounds are useful as inhibitors of hepatitis C virus polymerase, and thus are useful, for example, as medicaments for the treatment of HCV infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Cocrystal Discovery, Inc.
    Inventors: Sam S K Lee, Wang Shen, Xiaoling Zheng, Irina C. Jacobson
  • Patent number: 8772320
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide to a compound and a pharmaceutical composition, which have excellent Syk-inhibitory activity. The present invention provides a nicotinamide derivative represented by the following formula (I) (wherein R1 represents a halogen atom; R2 represents a C1-12 alkyl group, a C2-12 alkenyl group, a C2-12 alkynyl group, a C3-8 cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an ar-C1-6 alkyl group or a heterocyclic group, each optionally having at least one substituent; R3 represents an aryl group or a heterocyclic group each optionally having at least one substituent; and R4 and R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom; and R2 and R4 may form a cyclic amino group optionally having at least one substituent together with the nitrogen atom to which they bind) or a salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition for use in the treatment of a Syk-related disease which comprises the nicotinamide derivative or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyasu Fujiwara, Kimihiko Sato, Shinsuke Mizumoto, Yuichiro Sato, Hideki Kurihara, Yohei Kubo, Hiyoku Nakata, Yasutaka Baba, Takashi Tamura, Hidenobu Kuniyoshi, Shinji Hagiwara, Mari Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20140187553
    Abstract: The invention relates to bicyclic compounds of formulas I and Ia, and salts thereof. In some embodiments, the invention relates to inhibitors or modulators of Pim-1 and/or Pim-2, and/or Pim-3 protein kinase activity or enzyme function. In still further embodiments, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds disclosed herein, and their use in the prevention and treatment of Pim kinase related conditions and diseases, preferably cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: AMGEM INC.
    Inventors: Hui-Ling Wang, Victor J. Cee, Bradley J. Herberich, Claire L.M. Jackson, Brian Alan Lanman, Thomas Nixey, Liping H. Pettus, Anthony B. Reed, Bin Wu, Ryan Wurz, Andrew Tasker
  • Publication number: 20140187543
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 1,3-dihydroindol-2-one (oxindole) derivatives of the formula (I) in which A, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are defined according to claim 1, and to medicaments containing them for the treatment of diseases. In particular, the novel oxindole derivaties can be used for the control and/or prophylaxis of various vasopressin-dependent or oxytocin-dependent diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Wilfried Lubisch, Wilfried Hornberger, Thorsten K. Oost, Daryl Richard Sauer, Liliane Unger, Wolfgang Wernet, Hervé Geneste
  • Patent number: 8765792
    Abstract: Herein are disclosed indoles of formula (I) where the various groups are defined herein, and which are useful for treating cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Steven David Knight, William Henry Miller, Kenneth Allen Newlander, Sharad Kumar Verma
  • Patent number: 8765757
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-Heterocyclic Substituted Indole Derivatives, compositions comprising at least one 3-Heterocyclic Substituted Indole Derivative, and methods of using the 3-Heterocyclic Substituted Indole Derivatives for treating or preventing a viral infection or a virus-related disorder in a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Tin-Yau Chan, Jose S. Duca, Liwu Hong, Charles A. Lesburg, Brian A. McKittrick, Haiyan Pu, Li Wang, Henry M. Vaccaro
  • Publication number: 20140179686
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel vanilloid receptor ligands, to a process for the production thereof, to pharmaceutical preparations containing these compounds and to the use of these compounds for the production of pharmaceutical preparations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Jeewoo LEE, Hyung Chul Ryu, Robert FRANK, Gregor BAHRENBERG, Jean DE VRY, Thomas CHRISTOPH, Derek John SAUNDERS, Klaus SCHIENE, Bernd SUNDERMANN
  • Patent number: 8759343
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I): wherein R, m, n and o are as defined herein. The invention also relates to a method for preparing the same and to the application in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Omar Ben Ayad, Odile LeClerc, Alistair Lochead, Mourad Saady, Franck Slowinski, Julien Vache
  • Patent number: 8759377
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to compounds having a general structure: wherein the variables are defined herein, which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction. 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Corey R. Hopkins, Charles David Weaver, Colleen M. Niswender, Darren W. Engers
  • Patent number: 8759539
    Abstract: Described herein are substituted bicyclic amines. In particular, described herein are substituted bicyclic amines that are effective as antagonists of SSTR5 and useful for the treatment, control or prevention of disorders responsive to antagonism of SSTR5, such as type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, lipid disorders, obesity, atherosclerosis, metabolic syndrome, depression, and anxiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Jiafang He, John Bawiec, Weiguo Liu, Gui-Bai Liang, Lihu Yang
  • Publication number: 20140170067
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formulae (I) and (II) which are useful in the prevention, treatment and diagnosis, in vivo diagnosis of diseases or disorders related to S1P receptors, in particular, in diseases which are connected to the regulatory function of sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) and its analogues, such as inflammation, pain, autoimmune diseases and cardiovascular diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: WESTFAELISCHE WILHELMS-UNIVERSITAET MUENSTER
    Inventors: Guenter Haufe, Bodo Levkau, Michael Schaefers, Stefani Silke Schilson, Petra Keul
  • Publication number: 20140171432
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to compositions and methods for treating cancer and neoplastic disease. Provided herein are substituted 3-aminopyridine derivative compounds, substituted 3-aminopyridazine derivative compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for inhibition histone demethylase. Furthermore, the subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of cancer, such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer, lung cancer and/or melanoma and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Quanticel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Toufike Kanouni, Jeffrey Alan Stafford, James Marvin Veal, Michael Brennen Wallace
  • Publication number: 20140171406
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I are useful as antagonists of TRPM8. Such compounds are useful in treating a number of TRPM8 mediated disorders and conditions and may be used to prepare medicaments and pharmaceutical compositions useful for treating such disorders and conditions. Examples of such disorders include, but are not limited to, migraines and neuropathic pain. Compounds of Formula I have the following structure: where the definitions of the variables are provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Kaustav Biswas, James Brown, Jian J. Chen, Vijay Keshav Gore, Scott Harried, Daniel B. Horne, Matthew R. Kaller, Qingyian Liu, Vu Van Ma, Holger Monenschein, Thomas T. Nguyen, David J. St. Jean, JR., Chester Chenguang Yuan, Wenge Zhong
  • Patent number: 8748426
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds in all their stereoisomeric and tautomeric forms; and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutically acceptable solvates and pharmaceutically acceptable polymorphs. The invention also relates to processes for the manufacture of the heterocyclic compounds and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The compounds and their pharmaceutical compositions are useful in the prevention and treatment of diseases or disorders mediated by diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT), particularly DGAT1. The present invention further provides a method of treatment of such diseases or disorders by administering a therapeutically effective amount of the compounds or their pharmaceutical compositions, to a mammal in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Piramal Enterprises Limited
    Inventors: Ravindra Dnyandev Jadhav, Rajiv Sharma
  • Patent number: 8748424
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted triazole compounds and compositions comprising substituted triazole compounds. The invention further relates to the use of a substituted triazole compound of the invention, or a composition comprising such a compound in the preparation of a medicament for preventing or treating hyperproliferative disorders, such as cancer, in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Dinesh U. Chimmanamada, Joseph A. Burlison, Weiwen Ying, Lijun Sun, Stefan Michael Schweizer, Shijie Zhang, Zachary Demko, David James, Teresa Kowalczyk-Przewloka
  • Publication number: 20140155413
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of formula I and 1a: which are tropomyosin-related kinase (Trk) family protein kinase inhibitors, and hence are useful in the treatment of pain, inflammation, cancer, restenosis, atherosclerosis, psoriasis, thrombosis, a disease, disorder, injury, or malfunction relating to dysmyelination or demyelination or a disease or disorder associated with abnormal activities of nerve growth factor (NGF) receptor TrkA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventors: Barbara Hanney, Peter Manley, Michael T. Rudd, John M. Sanders, Shawn J. Stachel, Darrell Henze
  • Publication number: 20140142085
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I): or a salt thereof as described herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (I), processes for preparing compounds of formula (I), intermediates useful for preparing compounds of formula I and therapeutic methods for treating a Retroviridae viral infection including an infection caused by the HIV virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven S. Bondy, Carina E. Cannizzaro, Chien-hung Chou, Randall L. Halcomb, Yunfeng Eric Hu, John O. Link, Qi Liu, Scott D. Schroeder, Winston C. Tse, Jennifer R. Zhang
  • Patent number: 8729273
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds which are effective as an inhibitor for xanthine oxidase, a process for preparing the same, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: LG Life Sciences Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong Uk Song, Geun Tae Kim, Sung Pil Choi, Cheol Kyu Jung, Deok Seong Park, Eun Sil Choi, Tae Hun Kim, Hyun Jung Park, Wan Su Park, Heui Sul Park, Ki Chul Koo, Vasily Artemov
  • Patent number: 8722708
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula I or a stereoisomer, tautomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein Q is a bond or —N(R5)—; T is a bond, —O—, —C(O)—; S, —N(R5)—, or —C(R6?R7?); U is a bond or —C(R6)(R7)— Y is C or N; Z is C or N; ring A, including variables Y and Z, is a three to nine membered cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclenyl, aryl, and heteroaryl ring having 0 to 4, preferably 0 to 2, heteroatoms independently selected from the group consisting of O, S, N and —N(R)—, wherein ring A is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 5 independently selected R1 moieties and/or oxo when ring A is cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocyclyl or heterocyclenyl; and R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R6, R7 and R7? are as defined in the specification; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I and the method of inhibiting aspartyl protease, and in particular, the methods of treating cardiovascular diseases, cognitive and neurodegenerative diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Inc., Pharmacopeia Drug Discovery, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Stamford, Guoqing Li, William Greenlee, Zhaoning Zhu, Brian McKittrick, Robert Mazzola, Ying Huang, Tao Guo, Thuy X. H. Le, Gang Qian, Yuefei Shao
  • Publication number: 20140128363
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a new class of hydroxamic acid derivatives, their use as LpxC inhibitors, and more specifically their use to treat bacterial infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Matthew Frank Brown, Ye Che, Anthony Marfat, Michael Joseph Melnick, Justin Ian Montgomery, Usa Reilly
  • Patent number: 8716317
    Abstract: The invention relates to Sulfonamides with heterocycle and oxadiazolone headgroup and to their physiologically acceptable salts and physiologically functional derivatives showing PPARdelta or PPARdelta and PPARalpha agonist activity. What is described are compounds of the formula (I), in which the radicals are as defined, and their physiologically acceptable salts and processes for their preparations. The compounds are suitable for the treatment and/or prevention of disorders of fatty acid metabolism and glucose utilization disorders as well as of disorders in which insulin resistance is involved and demyelinating and other neurodegenerative disorders of the central and peripheral nervous system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Stefanie Keil, Matthias Urmann, Maike Glien, Hans Matter, Harry Randall Munson, Jr., Ulrike Wendler
  • Patent number: 8715710
    Abstract: A semi-solid delivery vehicle contains a polyorthoester and an excipient, and a semi-solid pharmaceutical composition contains an active agent and the delivery vehicle. The pharmaceutical composition may be a topical, syringable, or injectable formulation; and is suitable for local delivery of the active agent. Methods of treatment are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Heron Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Y. Ng, Hui Rong Shen, Jorge Heller
  • Patent number: 8710043
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I are useful as antagonists of TRPM8. Such compounds are useful in treating a number of TRPM8 mediated disorders and conditions and may be used to prepare medicaments and pharmaceutical compositions useful for treating such disorders and conditions. Examples of such disorders include, but are not limited to, migraines and neuropathic pain. Compounds of Formula I have the following structure: where the definitions of the variables are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Jian J. Chen, Daniel B. Horne, Matthew R. Kaller, Vu Van Ma
  • Publication number: 20140107106
    Abstract: In part, the present invention is directed to antibacterial compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Affinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Affinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20140107158
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of treating a patient suffering a cognitive disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: John E. Donello, Fabien J. Schweighoffer, Lauren M. Luhrs
  • Patent number: 8697690
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to isoindolone compounds of formula (I) which are M1 receptor positive allosteric modulators and that are useful in the treatment of diseases in which the M1 receptor is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, pain or sleep disorders. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and to the use of the compounds and compositions in the treatment of diseases mediated by the M1 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Douglas C. Beshore, Scott D. Kuduk, Youheng Shu, Zhi-Qiang Yang
  • Patent number: 8691815
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel oxindol derivative of general formula (I), wherein substituents R1, R2, A, B and Y are such as defined in a claim 1. Drugs containing said derivatives and the use thereof for preventing and/or treating vassopress-and/or oxytocin-dependent-diseases are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thorsten Oost, Wilfried Lubisch, Wilfried Hornberger, Liliane Unger, Andrea Hager-Wernet
  • Patent number: 8691849
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds, in particular novel pyridinone derivatives according to Formula (I) wherein all radicals are as defined in the application and claims. The compounds according to the invention are positive allosteric modulators of metabotropic receptors—subtype 2 (“mGluR2”) which are useful for the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR2 subtype of metabotropic receptors is involved. In particular, such diseases are central nervous system disorders selected from the group of anxiety, schizophrenia, migraine, depression, and epilepsy. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions and processes to prepare such compounds and compositions, as well as to the use of such compounds for the prevention and treatment of such diseases in which mGluR2 is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignees: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Addex Pharma SA
    Inventors: Jose Maria Cid-Nunez, Andres Avelino Trabanco-Suarez
  • Publication number: 20140094480
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to stimulating neurogenesis (e.g., post-natal neurogenesis, e.g., post-natal hippocampal neurogenesis) and protection from neuron cell death.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Board of Regents of The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Steven L. McKnight, Joseph M. Ready, Andrew A. Pieper, Jef K. De Brabander
  • Patent number: 8686021
    Abstract: Use of a benzoyl derivative of 3-aminocarbazole to produce a drug for the preventive or therapeutic treatment of a disorder selected form the group comprising inflammatory processes, pain, fever, tumors, Alzheimer's disease and atherosclerosis. Method for the preventive or therapeutic treatment of a disorder selected from the group comprising inflammatory processes, pain, fever, tumors, Alzheimer's disease and atherosclerosis in which a therapeutically effective quantity of a benzoyl derivative of 3-aminocarbazole according to the invention is administered to an individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Aziende Chimiche Riunite Angelini Francesco A.C.R.A.F. S.p.A.
    Inventors: Lorenzo Polenzani, Giorgina Mangano, Isabella Coletta, Maria Alessandra Alisi, Nicola Cazzolla, Guido Furlotti, Caterina Maugeri
  • Patent number: 8685960
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the general formula (I) which are inhibitors of the human aldosterone synthase, and also pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and the use of these compounds and other heteroaryl substituted quinolinone derivatives for the treatment of hyperaldosteronism and/or disorders or diseases that are mediated by 11 ?-hydroxylase (CYP11 B1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Elexopharm GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf W. Hartmann, Ralf Heim, Simon Lucas
  • Publication number: 20140088029
    Abstract: Provided is a novel therapeutic means for Alzheimer's disease. In particular, provided is a compound represented by the following general formula (I): [wherein Ar1 represents 2-methoxy-4-(2-pyridylmethoxy)phenyl etc. and Ar2 represents a 1H-indol-6-yl group etc.] or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: PHARMA EIGHT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hachiro Sugimoto, Michiaki Okuda, Takashi Takahashi, Ichiro Hijikuro, Hidetaka Suzuki, Shinichi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 8680120
    Abstract: A compound (I) of the present invention, which has an EP1 receptor antagonism: [wherein A represents a benzene ring or the like; Y1 represents a C1-6 alkylene group; Y2 represents a single bond or the like; R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group or the like; R2 represents a phenyl group which may have a substituent, a 5-membered aromatic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent, a 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent or the like; R3 represents a halogen atom, a C1-6 alkoxy group or the like; R4 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; and R5 represents a hydrogen atom or the like] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is provided. Furthermore, the compound (I) of the present invention can be used as an agent for treating or preventing LUTS, in particular, various symptoms of OABs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Tatani, Naohiro Kawamura, Tatsuhiro Kondo, Atsushi Kondo
  • Patent number: 8673909
    Abstract: The invention features methods of treating visceral pain or a condition in a mammal caused by the action of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) or by the action of serotonin 5HT1D/1B receptors, by administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of an indole compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof. The methods of the invention may further comprise the administration of additional therapeutic agent. The invention also features new compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of resolving enantiomeric mixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: NeurAxon, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Maddaford, Jailall Ramnauth, Suman Rakhit, Joanne Patman, Paul Renton, Subhash C. Annedi, John S. Andrews, Gabriela Mladenova
  • Publication number: 20140065103
    Abstract: A compound is selected from the structural formulae depicted in FIG. 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. A pharmaceutical composition comprises a compound selected from the structural formulae depicted in FIG. 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier of excipient. A method of treating a HCV infection in a subject comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of selected from the structural formulae depicted in FIG. 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. A method of inhibiting or reducing the activity of HCV polymerase in a subject or in a biological in vitro sample comprises administering to the subject or to the sample a therapeutically effective amount of selected from the structural formulae depicted in FIG. 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
  • Publication number: 20140066457
    Abstract: This invention provides novel compounds and the novel compounds for use as a medicine, more in particular for the prevention or treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, more specifically certain neurological disorders, such as disorders collectively known as tauopathies, and disorders characterized by cytotoxic ?-synuclein amyloidogenesis. The present invention also relates to the use of said novel compounds for the manufacture of medicaments useful for treating such neurodegenerative disorders. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions including said novel compounds and to methods for the preparation of said novel compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicants: reMYND, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, K.U.Leuven R&D
    Inventors: Gerard Griffioen, Tom Van Dooren, Veronica Rojas De La Parra, Arnaud Marchand, Sara Allasia, Amuri Kilonda, Patrick Chaltin
  • Publication number: 20140066421
    Abstract: The present invention relates to non-charged oxime compounds which are acetyl cholinesterase (AChE) reactivators of inhibited AChE and which protect against organophosphate poisoning both peripherally and in the central nervous system. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and methods for preparing the reactivator compounds and associated intermediates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Stanton F. McHardy, Richard M. Corbett, Donald M. Maxwell, Michael W. Tidwell, Bismarck Campos, Christopher J. Bemben
  • Patent number: 8664214
    Abstract: The present invention relates to small molecule potentiators of metabotropic receptors, in particular of the mGlu2 receptor. The present invention also relates to the use of these compounds for the prevention or treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved. The present invention thus provides compounds of formula I and variables defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wilfried Braje, Katja Jantos, Hervé Geneste, Mario Mezler, Margaretha Henrica Maria Bakker, Jayne Froggett
  • Publication number: 20140057909
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an indole derivative, The indole derivative according to the present invention effectively inhibits the activity of diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT) which induces metabolic diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, or fatty liver and the like in lipid metabolism, thereby effectively regulating lipid metabolism and energy metabolism, and thus can be useful in pharmaceutical compositions for preventing or treating metabolic disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hyun Sun LEE, Mun-Ock KIM, Yongseok CHOI, Kyeong Lee, Jeong-Jun PARK, Jee-Hee SEO, Hwayoung JUNG, Sungchan CHO
  • Publication number: 20140051683
    Abstract: Compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Mcl-1 protein, compositions containing the compounds, and methods of treating diseases involving overexpressed or unregulated Mcl-1 protein are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Xilu WANG, Xiaohong Song, Steven W. Elmore, Milan Bruncko, David J. Madar, Andrew J. Souers, Lisa A. Hasvold, Le Wang, Zhi-Fu Tao, Aaron R. Kunzer
  • Publication number: 20140051687
    Abstract: The present invention features inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase (NOS), particularly those that selectively inhibit neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) in preference to other NOS isoforms. The NOS inhibitors of the invention, alone or in combination with other pharmaceutically active agents, can be used for treating or preventing conditions such as, for example, stroke, reperfusion injury, neurodegeneration, head trauma, CABG, migraine headache with and without aura, migraine with allodynia, central post-stroke pain (CPSP), neuropathic pain, morphine/opioid induced tolerance and hyperalgesia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: NeurAxon, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Maddaford, Jailall Ramnauth, Suman Rakhit, Joanne Patman, Paul Renton, Subhash C. Annedi
  • Patent number: 8653071
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel ?4?2 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor ligand compounds of the formula (I), and their derivatives, stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions containing them. The present invention relates to novel ?4?2 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor ligand compounds of the formula (I), and their derivatives, stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Suven Life Sciences Limited
    Inventors: Ramakrishna Nirogi, Abdul Rasheed Mohammed, Kana Ram Kumawat, Ishtiyaque Ahmad, Pradeep Jayarajan, Anil Karbhari Shinde, Nagaraj Vishwottam Kandikere, Koteshwara Mudigonda, Venkateswarlu Jasti
  • Patent number: 8653072
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable ester, amide, carbamate, solvate or salt thereof, including a salt of such an ester, amide or carbamate, and a solvate of such an ester, amide, carbamate or salt. The invention also provides also provides the use of such compounds in the treatment or prophylaxis of a condition associated with a disease or disorder associated with estrogen receptor activity, wherein R1, R2, R3, R5 and R6 are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Karo Bio AB
    Inventors: Patrik Rhonnstad, Elisabet Kallin, Theresa Apelqvist, Mattias Wennerstal, Aiping Cheng
  • Patent number: 8648089
    Abstract: Disclosed are a 1,3,6-substituted indole compound having inhibitory activity for protein kinases, a pharmaceutically acceptable thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition for prevention and treatment of diseases caused by abnormal cell growth including the compound as an active ingredient. Since the novel indole compound exhibits superior inhibitory activity for various protein kinases involved in growth factor signal transduction, it is useful as an agent for preventing or treating cancers caused by abnormal cell growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Tae Bo Sim, Young Jin Ham, Hwan Geun Choi
  • Publication number: 20140039012
    Abstract: Compounds of general formula (II) wherein W is chloro or fluoro; R1 is phenyl optionally substituted with one or more substituents, selected from halo, —CN, —C1-C6 alkyl, —SOR3, —SO2R3, —SO2N(R2)2, —N(R2)2, —NR2C(O)R3, —CO2R2, —CONR2R3, —NO2, —OR2, —SR2, —O(CH2)pOR2, or —O(CH2)pO(CH2)qOR2 wherein each R2 is independently hydrogen, —C1-C6 alkyl, —C3-C8 cycloalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl; each R3 is independently, —C1-C6 alkyl, —C3-C8 cycloalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl; p and q are each independently an integer from 1 to 3; and R4 is hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkyl substituted with aryl, aryl, (CH2)mOC(?O)C1-C6alkyl, ((CH2)mO)nCH2CH2X, (CH2)mN(R5)2 or CH((CH2)mO(C?O)R6)2; m is 1 or 2; n is 1-4; X is OR5 or N(R5)2; R5 is hydrogen or methyl; and R6 is C1-C18 alkyl; and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, solvates, complexes or prodrugs are useful in orally administrable compositions for the treatment of allergic diseases such as asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Atopix Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Richard Edward Armer, Eric Roy Pettipher, Mark Whittaker, Graham Michael Wynne, Julia Vile, Frank Schroer
  • Publication number: 20140038922
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to protein signalling. In particular, compounds that inhibit the Wnt protein signalling pathway are disclosed. Such compounds may be used in the treatment of Wnt protein signalling-related diseases and conditions such as cancer, degenerative diseases, type II diabetes and osteopetrosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Lawrence LUM, Michael G. ROTH, Baozhi CHEN, Chuo CHEN, Michael E. DODGE, Wei TANG
  • Publication number: 20140038969
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (VIII): or stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein all the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are selective factor XIa inhibitors or dual inhibitors of FXIa and plasma kallikrein. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and methods of treating thromboembolic and/or inflammatory disorders using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Wu Yang, James R. Corte, Paul J. Gilligan, Donald J.P. Pinto, William R. Ewing, Yufeng Wang