Ring Nitrogen In The Polycyclo Ring System Patents (Class 514/339)
  • Patent number: 8202871
    Abstract: The present application discloses compounds of the formula: and pharmaceutical compositions containing same and their use for treating and preventing various pathologies, including obesity, appetite disorders, excess weight and diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis
    Inventors: Marco Baroni, Letizia Puleo
  • Publication number: 20120142691
    Abstract: The present invention relates to picolinamide derivatives which have blocking activities of voltage gated sodium channels as the TTX-S channels, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of disorders and diseases in which voltage gated sodium channels are involved. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which voltage gated sodium channels are involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Hirohide Noguchi, Tadashi Inoue, Mikio Morita, Yoshimasa Arano
  • Publication number: 20120142705
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds of the formula (I): as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the substituents are as those disclosed in the specification. These compounds, and the pharmaceutical compositions containing them, are useful for the treatment of metabolic diseases and disorders such as, for example, type II diabetes mellitus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventor: Robert Francis Kester
  • Patent number: 8193352
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that inhibit bacterial gyrase and/or Topo IV and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds. These compounds, and compositions thereof, are useful in treating bacterial infection. Accordingly, the present invention also relates to methods for treating bacterial infections in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Paul Charifson, David Deininger, Anne-Laure Grillot, Yusheng Liao, Steven Ronkin, Dean Stamos, Emanuele Perola, Tiansheng Wang, Arnaud LeTiran, Joseph Drumm
  • Publication number: 20120136009
    Abstract: This invention relates to modulation of the ?7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) by a compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof: wherein R1 is imidazolyl, pyridinyl or pyrimidinyl, any of which is optionally substituted by one group independently selected from C1-3alkyl and C1-3alkoxy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventor: Kevin Dinnell
  • Publication number: 20120136026
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I) where: R2 is a hydrogen or fluorine atom or a hydroxyl, cyano, trifluoromethyl, C1-6-alkyl, C1-6-alkoxy, or NR8R9 group; m and p have a value of 1; n and o have the same value which is 0 or 1; A is a covalent bond or a C1-8-alkylene group; R1 is an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl group; R3 is a hydrogen or fluorine atom or a C1-6-alkyl group or a trifluoromethyl group; R4 is an optionally substituted 5-membered heterocyclic compound; wherein the compounds can be in the state of a base or an acid addition salt. The present invention can be used in therapeutics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: SANOFI
    Inventors: Ahmed Abouabdellah, Aude Fayol, Alistair Lochead, Mourad Saady, Julien Vache, Philippe Yaiche
  • Publication number: 20120129829
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel indole derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: Santosh C. Sinha, Smita S. Bhat, Ken Chow, Michael M. Garst, Wha Bin Im
  • Publication number: 20120129890
    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: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: KISSEI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Tatani, Naohiro Kawamura, Tatsuhiro Kondo, Atsushi Kondo
  • Publication number: 20120122842
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of NAMPT, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which NAMPT is expressed. Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of ROCK, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which ROCK is expressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Michael L. Curtin, Bryan K. Sorensen, Howard R. Heyman, Richard F. Clark, Kevin R. Woller, Omar J. Shah, Michael Michaelides, Chris Tse, Anil Vasudevan, Helmut Mack, Todd M. Hansen, Ramzi Sweis, Marina A. Pliushchev
  • Publication number: 20120122839
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) or (Ia) which are ligands binding to the HDM2 protein, inducing apoptosis and inhibiting proliferation, and having therapeutic utility in cancer therapy and prevention. Compounds of formula (I) or (Ia) can be used as therapeutics for treating stroke, myocardial infarction, ischemia, multi-organ failure, spinal cord injury, Alzheimer's Disease, injury from ischemic events and heart valvular degenerative disease. Moreover, compounds of formula (I) or (Ia) can be used to decrease the side effects from cytotoxic cancer agents, radiation and to treat viral infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: Priaxon AG
    Inventors: Christoph BURDACK, Cedric Kalinski, Vladimir Khazak, Gunther Ross, Lutz Weber
  • Publication number: 20120122854
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with novel carbocyclyl fused cyclic amines of formula (I) wherein A, X1 to X3, Y1 to Y3, Z, R1, R2, m and n are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds inhibit the coagulation factor Xa and can be used as medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Markus Boehringer, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Wolfgang Haap, Narendra Panday, Fabienne Ricklin, Martin Stahl, Petra Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20120122931
    Abstract: A compound represented by the general formula (I) of the present invention, which has an EP1 receptor antagonism: [wherein A represents a benzene ring or the like; Y represents a C1-6 alkylene group or the like; RN represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl group; 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 group which may have a substituent, a 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic group 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: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: KISSEI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro Kondo, Atsushi Kondo, Kazuya Tatani, Naohiro Kawamura
  • Patent number: 8178553
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or isomer thereof, which can be useful for the treatment of diseases or conditions mediated by MMPs, ADAMs, TACE, aggrecanase, TNF-? or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Brian J. Lavey, Joseph A. Kozlowski, Guowei Zhou, Ling Tong, Wensheng Yu, Michael K. C. Wong, Shankar B. Bandarpalle, Neng-Yang Shih, M. Arshad Siddiqui, Kristin E. Rosner, Chaoyang Dai, Janeta Popovici-Muller, Vinay M. Girijavallabhan, Dansu Li, Aneta Maria Kosinski, Seong-Heon Kim, De-Yi Yang, Razia K. Rizvi
  • Publication number: 20120115811
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds of formula I: wherein A, B, X, R1, R2 and subscript n are as defined in the following disclosure. Compositions comprising the compounds are also provided, as well as methods for their use, for example, in treatment of type 2 diabetes and type 2 diabetes-related conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaohui Du, Zice Fu, Jonathan B. Houze, Xian Yun Jiao, Yong-Jae Kim, Leping Li, Jinqian Liu, Mike Elias Lizarzaburu, Julio C. Medina, Wang Shen, Simon Turcotte, Ming Yu
  • Publication number: 20120115903
    Abstract: Substituted heteroaromatic carboxamide and urea compounds corresponding to formula (i) processes for the preparation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and also a method of using these compounds in pharmaceutical compositions for treating or inhibiting pain and other conditions mediated at least in part via the vanilloid receptor 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Frank, Thomas Christoph, Bernhard Lesch, Jeewoo Lee
  • Patent number: 8173689
    Abstract: Benzoxazole and benzothiazole compounds and the stereoisomers, tautomers, solvates, oxides, esters, and prodrugs thereof and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are disclosed. Compositions of the compounds, either alone or in combination with at least one additional therapeutic agent, with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and uses of the compounds, either alone or in combination with at least one additional therapeutic agent are also disclosed. The embodiments are useful for inhibiting cellular proliferation, inhibiting the growth and/or metathesis of tumors, treating or preventing cancer, treating or preventing degenerating bone diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, and/or inhibiting molecules such as CSF-1R.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: James C. Sutton, Marion Wiesmann
  • Publication number: 20120108565
    Abstract: The present invention provides DNA Gyrase and/or Topo IV inhibitors of Formula (I), which can be used as antibacterial agents. Compounds disclosed herein can be used for treating or preventing conditions caused by or contributed by gram positive, gram negative and anaerobic bacteria, more particularly against, for example, Staphylococci, Streptococci, Enterococci, Haemophilus, Pseudomonus spp., Acenetobacter spp., Mvraxalla spp., Chlamydia spp., Mycoplasma spp., Legionella spp., Mycobacterium spp., Helicobacter, Clostridium spp., Bacteroides spp., Cotynebacterium, Bacillus spp., Enterobactericeae (E. coli, Klebsiella spp., Proteus spp., etc.) or any combination thereof. Also provided, are processes for preparing compounds disclosed herein, pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds disclosed herein, and methods of treating bacterial infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Lalima Sharma, Jitendra A. Sattigeri, Narest Kumar, Ajay Yadav, Rijwan Momim, Shahadat Ahmed, Ian A. Cliffe, Pradip Kumar Bhatnagar, Sanjay Ghosh, V. Samuel Raj, Dilip J. Upadhyay
  • Publication number: 20120108611
    Abstract: The present invention relates to derivatives of 5,6-bisaryl-2-pyridine-carboxamide, their preparation and their application in therapeutics as antagonists of urotensin II receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Altenburger, Valérie Fossey, Gilbert Lassalie, Frédéric Petit, Jean Claude Vernieres, Philip Janiak
  • Publication number: 20120101105
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aryl substituted carboxamide derivatives of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which have blocking activities of T-type calcium channels or voltage gated sodium channels as the tetrodotoxin-sensitive (TTX-S) blockers such as Nav1.3 and Nav1.7, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of disorders and diseases in which T-type calcium channels or voltage gated sodium channels are involved. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which T-type calcium channels or voltage gated sodium channels are involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Tadashi Inoue, Shuzo Watanabe, Tatsuya Yamagishi, Yoshimasa Arano, Mikio Morita, Kaoru Shimada
  • Publication number: 20120101132
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new compound of formula (I) 6-(5-cyano-2-hydroxy-1H-indol-3-yl)pyridine-3-carboxylic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in an essentially pure and isolated form, pharmaceutical formulations containing said compounds, to the use of said active compounds in therapy, and methods of prevention and/or treatment of conditions associated with glycogen synthase kinase-3 related disorders, comprising administering to a mammal, including human in need of such prevention and/or treatment, a therapeutically effective amount of said compound, as well as a process for preparing said compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Martina Claesson, Suzanne Iverson Hemberg, Fredrik Lake
  • Patent number: 8163927
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain azabicyclic compounds of formula (I)?: wherein the several groups are defined herein and are modulators of dopamine D3 receptors, e.g. to treat drug dependency, as antipsychotic agents, to treat obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders, or premature ejaculation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Barbara Bertani, Fabrizio Micheli, Alessandra Pasquarello, Silvia Terreni
  • Patent number: 8163778
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof wherein the residues have the significance given in claim 1 and which can be used in the form of pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffmann-LA Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Haap, Paul Hebeisen, Eric Argirios Kitas, Bernd Kuhn, Peter Mohr, Hans Peter Wessel
  • Publication number: 20120094995
    Abstract: This invention relates to 2-aza-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane compounds (and salts thereof), the process for making such a compound and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such a compound. The invention also relates to the use of the compounds for modulating the glycine transporter 1 (GlyT1) and for the treatment of psychosis, cognitive disorders, bipolar disorders, depression disorders, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorders and pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Albert, Donald Andisik, Cristobal Alhambra, Todd Andrew Brugel, Glen E Ernst, William Frietze, Lindsay Hinkley, Jeffrey Gilbert Varnes, Xia Wang, Hui Xiong
  • Patent number: 8158656
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 2-indolinone derivatives which are capable of inhibiting protein kinases and histone deacetylases. The compounds of this invention are therefore useful in treating diseases associated with abnormal protein kinase activities or abnormal histone deacetylase activities. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, methods of treating diseases utilizing pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and methods of preparing these compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Shenzhen Chipscreen Biosciences Ltd.
    Inventors: Xian-Ping Lu, Zhi-Bin Li, Zhi-Qiang Ning
  • Patent number: 8153664
    Abstract: Heterocyclic-substituted tricyclics of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate of said compound, isomer or racemic mixture wherein represents an optional double bond, the dotted line is optionally a bond or no bond, resulting in a double bond or a single bond, as permitted by the valency requirement and wherein E, A, G M, Het, B, X, R3, R10, R11, R32 and R33 are herein defined and the remaining substituents are as defined in the specification, are disclosed, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing them and a method of treating diseases associated with thrombosis, atherosclerosis, restenosis, hypertension, angina pectoris, arrhythmia, heart failure, and cancer by administering said compounds. Combination therapy with other cardiovascular agents is also claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Chackalamannil, Mariappan V. Chelliah, Yuguang Wang, Yan Xia
  • Patent number: 8153638
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 and n are as defined in the description, processes for the preparing the compounds, new intermediates employed in the preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and uses of the compounds in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Bradford Van Wagenen, Radhakrishnan Ukkiramapandian, Joshua Clayton, Ian Egle, James R. Empfield, Methvin Isaac, Fupeng Ma, Abdelmalik Slassi, Gary Steelman, Rebecca Urbanek, Sally Walsh
  • Publication number: 20120083495
    Abstract: Compounds useful for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy or other uses, as well as methods of using such compounds to increase SMN expression, increase EAAT2 expression, or increase the expression of a nucleic acid that encodes a translational stop codon introduced by mutation or frameshift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicants: SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. (SAIC), ALBANY MOLECULAR RESEARCH, INC., DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
    Inventors: Jill Heemskerk, Keith D. Barnes, John M. McCall, Graham Johnson, David Fairfax, Matthew Robert Johnson
  • Publication number: 20120083475
    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 characterised 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: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Gerard Griffioen, Tom Van Dooren, Veronica Rojas De La Parra, Arnaud Marchand, Sara Allasia, Amuri Kilonda, Patrick Chaltin
  • Publication number: 20120083494
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel triazole derivatives with improved receptor activity and bioavailability properties as ghrelin analogue ligands of growth hormone secretagogue receptors according to formula (I) that are useful in the treatment or prophylaxis of physiological and/or pathophysiological conditions in mammals, preferably humans, that are mediated by GHS receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicants: AETERNA ZENTARIS GmbH, University of Montpellier Il, University of Montpellier I, Centre National De La Recherche Scient.
    Inventors: Babette Aicher, Gilbert Mueller, Klaus Paulini, Lars Blumenstein, Peter Schmidt, Matthias Gerlach, Michael Teifel, Jean Martinez, Jean-Alain Fehrentz, Anne-Laure Blayo
  • Patent number: 8143291
    Abstract: The invention provides well-defined aryl and/or heteroaryl substituted indoles that are useful as sphingosine-1-phosphate agonists or antagonists. As such, the compounds described herein are useful in treating a wide variety of disorders associated with modulation of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard L. Beard, Haiqing Yuan, John E. Donello
  • Publication number: 20120071512
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I; a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Qi-Ying Hu, Sylvie Chamoin, Christopher M. Adams, Chun Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120070412
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a combination product for treating or ameliorating hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection or disorders or symptoms associated therewith in a subject in need thereof comprising, a HCV inhibitor and one or more therapeutic agents selected from either or both a HCV protease inhibitor and one or more different therapeutic agents administered in combination in an effective amount to the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Frederick C. Lahser, Zhengxian Gu
  • Publication number: 20120071508
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), their use as an inhibitor of a p53-MDM2 interaction as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds of formula (I) wherein n, m, p, t, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, Q, Y and Z have defined meanings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Jean Fernand Armand Lacrampe, Christophe Meyer, Bruno Schoentjes, Alain Philippe Poncelet, Camille Georges Wermuth, Bruno Giethlen, Jean-Marie Contreras, Muriel Joubert, Luc Van Hijfte
  • Patent number: 8129372
    Abstract: This invention provides a compound of the formula (I): a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein R1 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like, R2 is hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, Ring A is monocyclic or bicyclic aromatic heterocycle, R3 is substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl or substituted or unsubstituted heterocycle, R4 is halogen, cyano, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl or the like, m is an integer between 0 and 2, n is an integer between 0 and 5, R is halogen, oxo, cyano, nitro, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like, and p is an integer between 0 and 2 as novel compounds having NPY Y5 antagonistic activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Sakagami
  • Patent number: 8129417
    Abstract: The present application relates to calcium channel inhibitors containing compounds of formula (I) wherein L1, L2, R1, R2, and R3 are as defined in the specification. The present application also relates to compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Andrew O. Stewart, Xenia B. Searle, Daria Darczak, Ming Clinton Yeung, Stanley DiDomenico
  • Publication number: 20120046250
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions for use, inter alia, in methods of reducing Wnt-mediated effects and treating cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: STEMSYNERGY THERAPEUTICS, INC
    Inventor: Darren Orton
  • Patent number: 8119624
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein: Ring A is (4-12)-membered heterocyclyl; Ring B is a fused benzene ring selected from the group consisting of: Ring A, ring B, ring C, R1, R1a, R2, R3, R4, L2, n, t, w, and z are as defined in the specification. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I) and methods of treating a condition that is mediated by the modulation of glucokinase, the method comprising administering to a mammal an effective amount of a compound of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Hao Bai, Simon Bailey, Dilip Ramakant Bhumralkar, Feng C. Bi, Fengli Guo, Mingying He, Paul Stuart Humphries, Anthony Lai Ling, Jihong Lou, Seiji Nukui, Ru Zhou
  • Publication number: 20120040990
    Abstract: The present invention relates to indol-3-yl-carbonyl-piperidin and piperazin derivatives which act as V1a receptor antagonists and which are represented by Formula I: wherein the residues R1 to R3 are as defined herein. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and methods for preparation of the compounds and compositions. The invention further relates to methods for treating dysmenorrhea, hypertension, chronic heart failure, inappropriate secretion of vasopressin, liver cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome, obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety and depressive disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Christophe Grundschober, Hasane Ratni, Mark Rogers-Evans, Patrick Schnider
  • Publication number: 20120040958
    Abstract: The invention is directed to novel indole carboxamide compounds. Specifically, the invention is directed to compounds according to formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and m are as defined herein. The compounds of the invention are inhibitors of IKK2 and can be useful in the treatment of disorders associated with inappropriate IKK2 (also known as IKK?) activity, such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, rhinitis, and COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). Accordingly, the invention is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of the invention. The invention is still further directed to methods of inhibiting IKK2 activity and treatment of disorders associated therewith using a compound of the invention or a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Jeffrey Charles Boehm, Jakob Busch-Petersen, Wei Fu, Qi Jin, Jeffrey K. Kerns, Huijie Li, Guoliang Lin, Xichen Lin, Christopher E. Neipp
  • Publication number: 20120040950
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of PI3K, particularly of PI3K?. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Alex Aronov, Jon H. Come, Robert J. Davies, Albert Charles Pierce, Philip N. Collier, Ronald Lee Grey, JR., Hardwin O'Dowd, James A. Henderson, Elaine B. Krueger, Arnaud Le Tiran, Yusheng Liao, David Messersmith, Jian Wang, Suganthini S. Nanthakumar, Jingrong Cao, Upul Keerthi Bandarage, Anne-Laure Grillot
  • Patent number: 8110681
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) or (II) useful for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy or other uses, as well as methods of using such compounds to increase SMN expression, increase EAAT2 expression, or increase the expression of a nucleic acid that encodes a translational stop codon introduced by mutation or frameshift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Albany Molecular Research, Inc., Science Applications International Inc. (SAIC)
    Inventors: Jill Heemskerk, Keith D. Barnes, John M. McCall, Graham Johnson, David Fairfax, Matthew Robert Johnson
  • Publication number: 20120029027
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of the general formula (I), where: R is a hydrogen atom or a group selected from the (C1-C6)alkyl or (C3-C7)-cycloalkyl groups, optionally substituted by one or more groups independently selected from a halogen atom anti the (C3-C7)-cycloalkyl, (C1-C6)alkyl, (C1-C6)alkoxy, and hydroxy groups; R1 is a phenyl group optionally substituted by one or more substituents independently selected from halogen atoms and the (C1-C6)alkyl, (C1-C6)alkoxy, halo-(C1C6)alkyl, hydroxy, halo-(C1-C6)alkoxy, (C1-C6)alkyl-thio, (C1-C6)alkyl-SO, and (C1-C6)alkyl-SO2 groups; R2 is one or more substituents selected from a hydrogen atom, halogen atoms, and the halo-(C1-C6)alkyl, (C1-C6)alkyl, (C3-C7)cycloalkyl, (C3-C7)-cycloalkyl-(C1C3)alkyl, phenyl, benzyl, (C1-C6)alkoxy, (C1-C6)alkyl-thio, (C1-C6))alkyl-SO, and (C1-C6)alkyl-SO2 groups; and Het is a heteroaryl group; wherein said compound is in the form of a base or an acid addition salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: SANOFI
    Inventors: Geneviève Estenne-Bouhtou, Florence Medaisko
  • Publication number: 20120029016
    Abstract: There is provided compounds of formula I, wherein ring R1a to R1c, R2a to R2e, and X have meanings given in the description, and pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, which compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases in which inhibition of leukotriene C4 synthase is desired and/or required, and particularly in the treatment of a respiratory disorder and/or inflammation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: BIOLIPOX AB
    Inventor: Peter Nilsson
  • Publication number: 20120028990
    Abstract: A 3-aryl or heteroaryl-substituted indole derivative which is effective as a preventive or remedy for various diseases is provided. [Means for Resolution] A compound represented by a formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is provided. In the formula, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, C1-6 alkyl et al; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, C1-6 alkyl et al; Z represents aryl or heteroaryl (with the proviso that imidazolyl is excluded); and W represents a group represented by the formula (w-1) or (w-2). In the formula, R3 represents C1-6 alkyl et al; Yl and Y2 both represent a hydrogen atom or Y1 and Y2 together form —CH2-CH2-; Q represents CH or N; Ar represents phenyl, furyl et al; R4 and R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or C1-6 alkyl or R4 and R5 together with the nitrogen atom form pyrrolidine et al.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Takashi Fujimura, Hiroyuki Kishino, Takashi Mizutani, Shunji Sakuraba, Takahide Sasaki, Nagaaki Sato
  • Publication number: 20120028963
    Abstract: The present invention relates to hydroxamate derivatives, isomers thereof, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, hydrates thereof, or solvates thereof, the use thereof for preparing pharmaceutical compositions, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, a method of treating disease using the compositions, and a method for preparing the hydroxamate derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: CHONG KUN DANG PHARMACEUTICAL CORP.
    Inventors: Sung Sook Lee, Kyung Joo Lee, Chang Sik Lee, Hyun Mo Yang, Do Hoon Kim, Dae Kyu Choi, Ho Jin Choi, Dal Hyun Kim, In Chang Hwang, Mi Jeong Kim, Byeong Hoon Han
  • Publication number: 20120022057
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds as diacylglycerol acyltransferase (“DGAT”) inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the heterocyclic compounds and the use of the compounds for treating or preventing a cardiovascular disease, a metabolic disorder, obesity or an obesity-related disorder, diabetes, dyslipidemia, a diabetic complication, impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose. An illustrative compound of the invention is shown below (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Gang Zhou, Grant Wishart, Pauline C. Ting, Robert G. Aslanian, Nicolas Zorn, Jianhua Cao
  • Publication number: 20120022058
    Abstract: Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRa), pharmaceutical compositions containing such inhibitors and the use of such inhibitors to treat, for example, diabetic nephropathy and hypertension in mammals, including humans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Graciela Barbieri Arhancet, Agustin Casimiro-Garcia, Xiangyang Chen, David Hepworth, Marvin Jay Meyers, David Walter Piotrowski, Raj Kumar Raheja
  • Patent number: 8101608
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel class of compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with abnormal or deregulated kinase activity, particularly diseases or disorders that involve abnormal activation of the Abl, Bcr-Abl, cSrc, TPR-Met, Tie2, MET, FGFR3, Aurora, Axl, Bmx, BTK, c-kit, CHK2, Flt3, MST2, p70S6K, PDGFR, PKB, PKC, Raf, ROCK-II, Rsk1, SGK, TrkA, TrkB and TrkC kinases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: IRM LLC, a Delware Limited Corporation
    Inventors: Yongqin Wan, Yuan Mi, Yi Fan, Dai Cheng, Yi Liu, Nathanael S. Gray, Pamela Albaugh
  • Patent number: 8101775
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein one of R5 and R6 is hydrogen or R2 and the other is (a) pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of conditions or disorders which are mediated via the S1P1 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Mahmood Ahmed, James Myatt, David Norton, Dean Andrew Rivers
  • Publication number: 20120015052
    Abstract: The subject invention relates to novel P2X3 receptor antagonists that play a critical role in treating disease states associated with pain, in particular peripheral pain, inflammatory pain, or tissue injury pain that can be treated using a P2X3 receptor subunit modulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Christopher S. Burgey, Brendan M. Crowley, Zhengwu J. Deng, Daniel V. Paone, Craig M. Potteiger