The Additional Hetero Ring Consists Of One Nitrogen And Four Carbons (e.g., Nicotine, Etc.) Patents (Class 514/343)
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20140171316
    Abstract: The present invention relates to anthranilamide compounds and the stereoisomers, salts, tautomers and N-oxides thereof and to compositions comprising the same. The invention also relates to the use of the anthranilamide compounds or of the compositions comprising such compounds for combating invertebrate pests. Furthermore, the invention relates to methods of applying such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Prashant Deshmukh, Karsten Körber, Florian Kaiser, Markus Kordes, Joachim Dickhaut, Arun Narine, Nina Gertrud Bandur, Gemma Veitch, Deborah L. Culbertson, Paul Neese, Koshi Gunjima
  • Publication number: 20140155391
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) described herein are inhibitors of the phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) enzyme and are useful for the prevention and/or treatment of an allergic disease state or a disease of the respiratory tract characterized by airway obstruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: CHIESI FARMACEUTICI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Elisabetta ARMANI, Gabriele Amari, Oriana Esposito, Laura Carzaniga, Carmelida Capaldi
  • Publication number: 20140155377
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-cycloalkylaminopyrrolidine derivatives of the formula I: (wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, Y and Z are as defined herein) which are useful as modulators of chemokine receptor activity. In particular, these compounds are useful as modulators of chemokine receptors and more specifically as modulators of the CCR2 and/or CCR5 receptor. The compounds and compositions of the invention may bind to chemokine receptors, e.g., the CCR2 and/or CCR5 chemokine receptors, and are useful for treating diseases associated with chemokine, e.g., CCR2 and/or CCR5, activity, such as atherosclerosis, restenosis, lupus, organ transplant rejection and rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: Chu-Biao Xue, Brian W. Metcalf, Amy Qi Han, Darius J. Robinson, Changsheng Zheng, Anlai Wang, Yingxin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140154301
    Abstract: A method is provided of making a medicinal delivery system which satiates a craving in an individual when the medicinal delivery system is administered orally to the individual. A coating composition is applied on a saliva-soluble powder to establish a coated powder, the coating composition featuring an at least partially solubilized craving satiation medicinal compound. The coated powder is combined with an edible carrier base to establish a medicinal delivery system that rapidly releases medicine and buffer preferably followed by slower, sustained release.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: JSRNTI, LLC
    Inventors: Tommy L. CHAU, John M. PINNEY, Jack E. HENNINGFIELD, Edward J. CONE, Saul M. SHIFFMAN, Joseph G. GITCHELL
  • Patent number: 8742119
    Abstract: Compositions comprising compounds that modulate pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) are described herein. Also described herein are methods of using the compounds that modulate PKM2 in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Francesco G. Salituro, Jeffrey O. Saunders
  • Patent number: 8741935
    Abstract: A nicotine delivery product comprising the reaction product of a nicotine/cation exchange resin complex and an organic polyol; and a method for preparing it comprising (a) mixing an aqueous suspension of a nicotine/cation exchange resin complex with an organic polyol or an aqueous solution thereof, and (b) removing water from the mixture to produce said nicotine delivery product. The nicotine delivery product has a nicotine release rate of at least 80% over a 10 minute period. It is particularly suited for use in smoking substitution devices delivering nicotine such as chewing gum, patches, lozenges, melting tablets and tablets for chewing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Fertin Pharma A/S
    Inventor: Carsten Andersen
  • Patent number: 8735432
    Abstract: The invention concerns compounds of general formula (I), wherein n, X1, X2, X3, X4, Y and W are as defined herein. The invention also concerns a method for preparing said compounds and their therapeutic use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Laurent Dubois, Yannick Evanno, Andre Malanda
  • Publication number: 20140142074
    Abstract: The invention relates to inhibitors of the phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) enzyme. More particularly, the invention relates to compounds that are derivatives of 1-phenyl-2-pyridinyl alkyl alcohols, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing them and therapeutic use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.
    Inventors: Elisabetta ARMANI, Gabriele Amari, Carmelida Capaldi, Oriana Esposito, Ilaria Peretto
  • Publication number: 20140142082
    Abstract: The invention provides modulators for the orphan nuclear receptor RORy and methods for treating RORy mediated diseases by administrating these novel RORy modulators to a human or a mammal in need thereof. Specifically, the present invention provides pyrrolo sulfonamide compounds of Formula (1) and the enantiomers, diastereomers, tautomers, solvates and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: PHENEX PHARMACEUTICALS AG
    Inventors: Christoph Steeneck, Olaf Kinzel, Christian Gege, Gerald Kleymann, Thomas Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 8728443
    Abstract: A method of producing a nicotine delivery product includes a mixture having nicotine, a cation exchange resin and water. The water content of the mixture is between 5 and 75 wt. % relative to the whole mixture. The mixture is combined with further components of the nicotine delivery product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Fertin Pharma A/S
    Inventor: Carsten Andersen
  • Patent number: 8728507
    Abstract: Use of agonists and antagonists of the nicotinergic acetylcholine receptors of insects for the non-systemic control of parasitic insects, such as fleas, lice and flies, on humans and on animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Dorn, Terence Hopkins
  • Patent number: 8729063
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-aminopyrrolidine derivatives of the formula I: (wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, X, Y and X are as defined herein) which are useful as modulators of chemokine receptor activity. In particular, these compounds are useful as modulators of chemokine receptors and more specifically as a modulator of the CCR2 and/or CCR5 receptor. The compounds and compositions of the invention may bind to chemokine receptors, e.g., the CCR2 and/or CCR5 chemokine receptors, and are useful for treating diseases associated with chemokine, e.g., CCR2 and/or CCR5, activity, such as atherosclerosis, restenosis, lupus, organ transplant rejection and rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: Chu-Biao Xue, Brian W. Metcalf, Hao Feng, Ganfeng Cao, Taishing Huang, Changsheng Zheng, Darius J. Robinson, Amy Qi Han
  • Patent number: 8729129
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of reducing bleed time in a subject by activation of the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway in said subject. The cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway can be activated by direct or indirect stimulation of the vagus nerve. The cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway can also be activated by administering an effective amount of cholinergic agonist or acetylcholinesterase inhibitor to the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
    Inventors: Kevin J. Tracey, Carol Ann Amella, Christopher Czura
  • Publication number: 20140135320
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antimalarial compounds and their use against protozoa of the genus Plasmodium, including drug-resistant Plasmodia strains. This invention further relates to compositions containing such compounds and a process for making the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Jacobus Pharmaceutical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Gavin David Heffernan, David Penman Jacobus, Kurt William Saionz, Guy Alan Schiehser, Hong-Ming Shieh, Wenyi Zhao
  • Publication number: 20140135329
    Abstract: The present invention provides pyridine and pyrazine derivatives which restore or enhance the function of mutant and/or wild type CFTR to treat cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, respiratory tract infections, lung carcinoma, xerostomia and keratoconjunctivitis sire, or constipation (IBS, IBD, opioid induced). Pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives are also encompassed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventors: Urs BAETTIG, Kamlesh BALA, Emma BUDD, Lee EDWARDS, Catherine HOWSHAM, Glyn Alan HUGHES, Darren Mark LEGRAND, Katrin SPIEGEL
  • Patent number: 8722663
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound having an excellent antitumor effect. The compound of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (1) wherein R1 and R2 are aryl or the like; A is lower alkylene; Ring X is optionally substituted arylene; E is bond or lower alkenylene; Ring Y is optionally substituted heterocycloalkylene containing one or more nitrogen atoms, one of which is attached to the adjacent carbonyl group; G is —NH-G2-, —N(lower alkyl)-G2-, —NH—CH2-G2-, —N(lower alkyl)-CH2-G2- or —CH2-G2-, [wherein G2 binds to R2, G2-R2 is bond-R2, phenylene-G3-R2, phenylene-G4-O—R2, phenylene-G5-NH—R2, phenylene-G6-N(lower alkyl)-R2 or quinolinediyl-O—R2, the phenylene of said phenylene-containing groups being optionally substituted with one or more substituents; G3-R2 is —O-lower alkylene-R2 or the like; G4-O— is lower alkylene-O— or the like; G5 is lower alkylene; G6 is lower alkylene].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Takasu, Shigekazu Fujita, Shinya Ohtsuka, Toshiyuki Hirose, Yosuke Sato, Satoshi Yamada, Keisuke Miyajima, Koji Sakai, Yutaka Kojima, Kazuo Sekiguchi, Yasuo Yanagihara, Takashi Suzuki, Hideo Tanaka, Kazuhisa Sugiyama, Mitsuhiro Okuno, Takumi Sumida
  • Publication number: 20140128436
    Abstract: The present invention provides prodrugs of compounds that inhibit the activity of plasma kallikrein (PK) and methods of preventing and treating plasma kallikrein dependent diseases or conditions, for example, diabetic macular edema, with the prodrugs having the formula:
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: ActiveSite Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Sukanto Sinha, Tamie Jo Chilcote
  • Publication number: 20140121213
    Abstract: In general, the present invention relates to uses of voltage-gated sodium channel blocker compounds, which include corresponding precursors, intermediates, monomers and dimers, corresponding pharmaceutical compositions, compound preparation and treatment methods for respiratory and respiratory tract diseases. In particular, the present invention also relates to methods and uses for treatment of respiratory or respiratory tract diseases, which comprises administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Jeffrey Charles Boehm, Roderick S. Davis, Jeffrey Kerns, Guoliang Lin, Robert D. Murdoch, Hong NIE
  • Publication number: 20140113938
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to inhibitors of S-nitrosoglutathione reductase (GSNOR), pharmaceutical compositions comprising such GSNOR inhibitors, and methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Inventors: Jan Wasley, Gary J. Rosenthal, Xicheng Sun, Sarah Strong, Jian Qiu
  • Patent number: 8703801
    Abstract: New chiral and achiral oxy-substituted cyclopentyl pyridinone diketocarboxamides and their derivatives and methods for their preparations are disclosed. The compounds include tautomers, regioisomers and geometric isomers. These complex carboxamides are designed as inhibitors of HIV replication through inhibition of HIV integrase. The compounds are useful in the prevention or treatment of infection by HIV and in the treatment of AIDS and ARC, either as the compounds, or as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, with pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, used alone or in combination with antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics, vaccines, and other therapeutic agents, especially other anti-HIV compounds (including other anti-HIV integrase agents), which can be used to create combination anti-HIV cocktails. Methods of treating AIDS and ARC and methods of treating or preventing infection by HIV are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Vasu Nair, Maurice O. Okello, Abdumalik A. Nishonov, Sanjaykumar Mishra
  • Patent number: 8703721
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an arylalkylamine compound represented by the following formula [I] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a process for preparing the same, and use of the above-mentioned compound as an activating compound (CaSR agonist) of a Ca sensing receptor, a pharmaceutical composition containing the above-mentioned compound as an effective ingredient, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Miyazaki, Junko Tsubakimoto, Kosuke Yasuda, Iwao Takamuro, Osamu Sakurai, Tetsuya Yanagida, Yutaka Hisada
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20140107164
    Abstract: Novel vinylazacycloalkane compounds of Formula (I) are disclosed. The compounds are ligands of various nAChRs. The compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts can be used to prepare pharmaceutical compositions and/or medicaments intended to prevent or treat disorders associated with dysfunction of nAChRs, especially within the central nervous system or the gastrointestinal system. Examples of types of disorders that can be treated include neurodegenerative disorders, including central nervous system disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, cognitive disorders, motor disorders such as Parkinson's disease, drug addiction, behavioral disorders and inflammatory disorders within the gastrointestinal system. The compounds can also serve as analgesics in the treatment of acute, chronic or recurrent pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Targacept, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Daniel Schmitt, Gary Maurice Dull, Arielle Genevois-Borella, Marc Capet, Michel Cheve, Craig Harrison Miller
  • Publication number: 20140107163
    Abstract: The present invention relates to (R)-3-((E)-2-(pyrrolidin-3-yl)vinyl)-5-(tetrahydropyran-4-yloxy)pyridine, its salt forms, and to processes for the commercial-scale production of these compounds in sufficient purity and quality for use in pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Targecept, Inc.
    Inventors: Srinvasa Rao Akireddy, Scott R. Breining, Timothy J. Cuthbertson, Gary Maurice Dull, Gregory J. Gatto, John Genus, Phillip S. Hammond, Joseph Pike Mitchener, JR., Julio A. Munoz, Pieter Albert Otten, Daniel Yohannes, Nikolai Fedorov
  • Patent number: 8697722
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compounds capable of selectively or non-selectively modulating nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. The compounds, compositions, and methods described herein are useful, for example, in treating patients suffering from various medical conditions including pain, chemical addictions, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and neurodegenerative disorders. In one embodiment, the compounds comprise a 7- to 11-membered azabicyclo ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: SRI International
    Inventors: Faming Jiang, Taline Khroyan, Cris M. Olsen, Willma E. Polgar, Lawrence R. Toll, Nurulain T. Zaveri
  • Publication number: 20140100212
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel compounds of Formula I. The compounds of the present invention are potent tyrosine kinase modulators, and are suitable for the treatment and prevention of diseases and conditions related to abnormal activities of tyrosine kinase receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: Xialing Guo, Zhen Zhu
  • Publication number: 20140100211
    Abstract: Pyrrolidine derivatives of the formula and their use as medicaments for the treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Martin FLECK, Niklas HEINE, Bernd NOSSE, Gerald Juergen ROTH
  • Publication number: 20140099333
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrrolidinone derivatives. The pyrrolidinone derivatives are GPR119 modulators and useful for the prevention and/or treatment of diabetes, obesity, dyslipidemia and related disorders. The invention furthermore relates to the use of pyrrolidinone derivatives as active ingredients in pharmaceuticals, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: SANOFI
    Inventors: Lothar SCHWINK, Martin BOSSART, Heiner GLOMBIK, Matthias GOSSEL, Dieter KADEREIT, Thomas KLABUNDE, Thomas MAIER, Siegfried STENGELIN
  • Patent number: 8691847
    Abstract: Novel benzamide compounds including their pharmaceutically acceptable isomers, salts, hydrates, solvates and prodrug derivatives having activity against mammalian factor Xa are described. Compositions containing such compounds are also described. The compounds and compositions are useful in vitro or in vivo for preventing or treating coagulation disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Bing-Yan Zhu, Penglie Zhang, Lingyan Wang, Wenrong Huang, Erick A. Goldman, Wenhao Li, Jingmei Zuckett, Yonghong Song
  • Publication number: 20140093513
    Abstract: The invention relates to new methods of modulating cholesterol by inhibiting proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) with fatty acid derivatives; and new methods for treating or preventing a metabolic disease comprising the administration of an effective amount of a fatty acid derivative. The present invention is also directed to fatty acid bioative derivatives and their use in the treatment of metabolic diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Catabasis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jill C. Milne, Michael R. Jirousek, Chi B. Vu
  • Patent number: 8685992
    Abstract: The present invention refers to compounds derived from trisubstituted 1H-pyrrole rings and aromatic rings, which have the following formula (I): wherein: R1 and R2 represent, independently, an optionally substituted C6-C10 aryl radical or an optionally substituted heteroaryl radical; A and M represent, independently, a methylene group or a single bond, in which case the adjacent aromatic ring would be attached directly to the amide group; the Y?Z group represents together and indistinctly an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a cis-vinylidene group, an imino group, or a methine group with a sp2-hybridized carbon atom; X represents indistinctly a methine group, a cis-vinylidene group or a nitrogen atom; and W represents a hydroxyl group, an optionally substituted C1-C6 alkyl group, an optionally substituted heteroaryl group or an optionally substituted C6-C10 aryl group; or a salt, solvate or prodrug thereof, as well as to the process for their preparation and the use thereof for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignees: Universidad del País Vasco, Ikerschem, S.L.
    Inventors: Fernando Pedro Cossío Mora, Aizpea Zubia Olascoaga, Yosu Vara Salazar, Eider Ion San Sebastián Larzabal, Dorleta Otaegui Ansa, María del Carmen Masdeu Margalef, Eneko Aldaba Arévalo
  • Publication number: 20140088156
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds for the inhibition of soluble epoxide hydrolase and associated disease conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Bruce D. Hammock, Sung Hee Hwang, Aaron T. Wecksler, Christophe Morisseau
  • Publication number: 20140088155
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating psychiatric symptoms in a subject having a NMDA receptor and a NE receptor which includes administering d-methadone, d-methadol, d-alpha-acetylmethadol, l-alpha-acetylmethadol, d-alpha-normethadol, l-alpha-normethadol, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or mixtures thereof, to the subject under conditions effective for the substance to bind to the NMDA receptor and NE receptor of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Paolo L. Manfredi, Charles E. Inturrisi
  • Publication number: 20140088148
    Abstract: Small molecule inhibitors of XBP1 splicing by IRE1 are provided, as well as methods for their use in treating or preventing cancer (e.g., endocrine resistant breast cancer), diabetes, and obesity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Sivanesan Dakshanamurthy, Milton L. Brown, Robert Clarke, Ayesha N. Shahjahan, Jaqueline Smith
  • Patent number: 8680122
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), methods for preparing these compounds, compositions, intermediates and derivatives thereof and for treating glucokinase mediated disorders. More particularly, the compounds of the present invention are glucokinase modulators useful for treating disorders including, but not limited to, type II diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmacetica N.V.
    Inventors: Maud Urbanski, Amy Xiang, Roxanne Zeck
  • Publication number: 20140080770
    Abstract: An arylalkylamine compound is represented by the following formula [I-e] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi MIYAZAKI, Junko OKABE, Kosuke YASUDA, Iwao TAKAMURO, Osamu SAKURAI, Tetsuya YANAGIDA, Yutaka HISADA
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20140066420
    Abstract: The present invention relates to wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification. The compound of the present invention has a superior RBP4-lowering action, and is useful as a medicament for the prophylaxis or treatment of disease and condition mediated by increased RBP4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Shizuo KASAI, Tomohiro KAKU, Masahiro KAMAURA
  • Patent number: 8663659
    Abstract: The invention relates to oral disintegrable films, which are mucoadhesive, which completely disintegrate in the mouth of a consumer within 1 to 10 minutes, and which include an alkaline substance and optionally a pharmaceutically active substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Stephan Meyer, Greg Slominski, Christopher Edward Fankhauser
  • Publication number: 20140057920
    Abstract: This invention relates to substituted 4-pyridones of formula 1 and their use as inhibitors of neutrophil elastase activity, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods of using the same as agents for treatment and/or prevention of pulmonary, gastrointestinal and genitourinary diseases, inflammatory diseases of the skin and the eye and other auto-immune and allergic disorders, allograft rejection, and oncological diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Thorsten OOST, Dennis FIEGEN, Christian GNAMM, Sandra HANDSCHUH, Stefan PETERS, Gerald Juergen ROTH
  • Publication number: 20140057882
    Abstract: Derivatives of 1-phenyl-2-pyridinyl alkyl alcohols are useful as inhibitors of the phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) enzyme and the treatment of certain conditions such as COPD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: CHIESI FARMACEUTICI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Elisabetta ARMANI, GABRIELE AMARI, LAURA CARZANIGA, CARMELIDA CAPALDI, ORIANA ESPOSITO, GINO VILLETTI, RENATO DE FANTI
  • Publication number: 20140057916
    Abstract: This invention relates to substituted 4-pyridones of formula 1 and their use as inhibitors of neutrophil elastase activity, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods of using the same as agents for treatment and/or prevention of pulmonary, gastrointestinal and genitourinary diseases, inflammatory diseases of the skin and the eye and other auto-immune and allergic disorders, allograft rejection, and oncological diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Thorsten OOST, Dennnis FIEGEN, Christian GNAMM, Sandra HANDSCHUH, Stefan PETERS, Gerald Juergen ROTH
  • Publication number: 20140057892
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to HIF-1? prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors, compositions which comprise the HIF-1? prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors described herein and to methods for controlling, inter alia, Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD), Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) heart failure, ischemia, and anemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Masaru Kawamoto, Shengde Wu, Artem G. Evdokimov, Kenneth D. Greis, Angelique Sun Boyer, Namal C. Warshakoon
  • Patent number: 8658685
    Abstract: We have identified classes of kallikrein inhibitors as compounds that are useful in the reduction of vascular permeability (e.g., retinal vascular permeability and cerebral vascular permeability) and astrocyte activation. Diseases and conditions associated with increased vascular permeability include diabetic retinopathy, hemorrhagic stroke, and macular edema. Diseases and conditions associated with astrocyte activation include Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, stroke, epilepsy, and brain trauma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignees: Activesite Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Joslin Diabetes Center
    Inventors: Lloyd P. Aiello, Tamie Jo Chilcote, Sukanto Sinha, Edward P. Feener
  • Publication number: 20140051686
    Abstract: The invention provides novel, substituted 3-arylamino pyridine compounds pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates and prodrug compounds thereof, wherein W, R1, R2, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14 are as defined in the specification. Such compounds are MEK inhibitors and useful in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, such as cancer, restenosis and inflammation. Also disclosed is the use of such compounds in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases in mammals, especially humans, and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Ulrich Abel, Holger Deppe, Achim Feurer, Ulrich Grädler, Kerstin Otte, Renate Sekul, Meinolf Thiemann, Andreas Goutopoulos, Matthias Schwarz, Xuliang Jiang
  • Publication number: 20140050663
    Abstract: Contemplated compositions and methods are employed to bind in vitro and in vivo to an ?4?2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in a highly selective manner. Where such compounds are labeled, compositions and methods employing such compounds can be used for PET and SPECT analysis. Alternatively, and/or additionally contemplated compounds can be used as antagonists, partial agonists or agonists in the treatment of diseases or conditions associated with ?4?2 dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Jogeshwar Mukherjee, Sharon A. Kuruvilla
  • Patent number: 8653000
    Abstract: The present invention relates to imine compounds which are useful for combating or controlling invertebrate pests, in particular arthropod pests and nematodes. The invention also relates to a method for controlling invertebrate pests by using these compounds and to plant propagation material and to an agricultural and a veterinary composition comprising said compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Karsten Koerber, Florian Kaiser, Wolfgang Von Deyn, Prashant Deshmukh, Arun Narine, Joachim Dickhaut, Nina Gertrud Bandur, Deborah L. Culbertson, Douglas D. Anspaugh, Franz Josef Braun
  • Publication number: 20140045801
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the treatment and prevention of cluster headaches and migraines using the transdermal administration of pramipexole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: MYLAN INC.
    Inventor: David Thomas Rossi
  • Publication number: 20140045896
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a 1,4-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarboxylate compound of general compound (I), a process for preparing the same, a use thereof for the manufacture of a medicament for treating and/or preventing kidney injury, cardiovascular diseases and/or endocrine diseases, as well as a pharmaceutical composition and a pharmaceutical formulation containing said compounds, wherein the definitions of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, m, n1, n2, p and q are the same as those defined in the description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: XUANZHU PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hui Zhang, Mingwei Fan, Liang Sun