Nitrogen Attached Directly To The Six-membered Hetero Ring By Nonionic Bonding Patents (Class 514/352)
  • Publication number: 20130231342
    Abstract: The invention relates to (hetero)aryl cyclopropylamine compounds, including particularly the compounds of formula (I) as described and defined herein, and their use in therapy, including, e.g., in the treatment or prevention of cancer, a neurological disease or condition, or a viral infection. Thus, in one specific aspect the invention relates to formulas (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Oryzon Fenomics S.A.
    Inventors: Alberto Ortega Muñoz, Matthew Colin Thor Fyfe, Marc Martinell Pedemonte, Iñigo Tirapu Fernandez de la Cuesta, Maria de los Ángeles Estirate-Martinez
  • Publication number: 20130225643
    Abstract: It relates to an endogenous repair factor production accelerator which comprises one or at least two selected from prostaglandin (PG) I2 agonist, EP2 agonist and EP4 agonist. Since prostaglandin (PG) I2 agonist, EP2 agonist or EP4 agonist has various endogenous repair factor production accelerating action, angiogenesis acceleration action and stem cell differentiation induction action, it is useful as preventive and/or therapeutic agents for ischemic organ diseases (e.g., arteriosclerosis obliterans, Buerger disease, Raynaud disease, myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, diabetic neuropathy, spinal canal stenosis, cerebrovascular accidents, cerebral infarction, pulmonary hypertension, bone fracture, Alzheimer disease, etc.) and various cell and organ diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130225596
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds having a P2X3 and/or P2X2/3 receptor antagonistic effect. A pharmaceutical composition having a P2X3 and/or P2X2/3 receptor antagonistic effect comprising a compound of the formula (I): wherein ring A is substituted or unsubstituted 5 to 7-membered cycloalkane, substituted or unsubstituted 5 to 7-membered cycloalkene or the like; C is a carbon atom; —X— is —N(R16)— or the like; R16 is hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like; R7 is substituted or unsubstituted 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl, substituted or unsubstituted 6 to 10 membered aryl; Q1 and Q2 are each independently a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom; -L- is —O—, —S— or the like; R6 is substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkenyl or the like; R2 is hydrogen, hydroxy or the like, or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a solvate thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kai, Takeshi Endoh, Sae Jikihara, Kentaro Asahi, Tohru Horiguchi
  • Publication number: 20130224299
    Abstract: A method for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including administering to a patient suffering from COPD, a therapeutically effective amount of roflumilast having a purity of greater than or equal to 99% by weight, and N-(3,5-dichloropyrid-4-yl)-3-cyclopropylmethoxy-4-hydroxybenzamide present (relative to roflumilast) in an amount greater than zero and less than 0.1% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: NYCOMED GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard KOHL, Bernd MUELLER, Walter PALOSCH
  • Patent number: 8518977
    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 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Bing-Yan Zhu, Penglie Zhang, Lingyan Wang, Wenrong Huang, Erick A. Goldman, Wenhao Li, Jingmei Zuckett, Yonghong Song, Robert M. Scarborough
  • Patent number: 8518948
    Abstract: Compounds of general Formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, Ra, A, B and x are as defined herein are inhibitors of protein kinases in particular members of the cyclin-dependent kinase family and/or the glycogen synthase kinase 3 family and are useful in preventing and/or treating any type of pain, inflammatory disorders, cancer, immunological diseases, proliferative diseases, infectious diseases, cardiovascular diseases, metabolic disorders, renal diseases, neurologic and neuropsychiatric diseases and neurodegenerative diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Ingenium Pharmaceuticals GmbH
    Inventors: Lutz Zeitlmann, Andre Niestroj, Ulrich Heiser
  • Patent number: 8519142
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Sylvie Chamoin, Qi-Ying Hu, Julien Papillon
  • Publication number: 20130217706
    Abstract: The present invention relates to amide derivatives of Formula (XIIIa) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that modulate the activity of the PGI2 receptor. Compounds of the present invention and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are directed to methods useful in the treatment of: pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH); idiopathic PAH; familial PAH; PAH associated with a collagen vascular disease; and other diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: ARENA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Thuy-Anh Tran, Weichao Chen, Bryan A. Kramer, Abu J.M. Sadeque, Anna Shifrina, Yoúng-Jun Shin, Pureza Vallar, Ning Zou
  • Publication number: 20130210835
    Abstract: A composition of an antitussive, a decongestant, or an antihistamine to treat respiratory and oral pharyngeal congestion and related symptoms in a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: GM PHARMACEUTICAL, INC
    Inventor: Odes W. Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20130210866
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is use of one or more aminopyridines in methods and compositions for treatment of impairments in gait or balance in patients with multiple sclerosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventor: Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8507536
    Abstract: GnRH receptor antagonists are disclosed which have utility in the treatment of a variety of sex-hormone related conditions in both men and women. The compounds of this invention have the structure: wherein R1a, R1b, R1c, R1d, R2, R2a, and A are as defined herein, including stereoisomers, esters, solvates, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed are compositions containing a compound of this invention in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, as well as methods relating to the use thereof for antagonizing gonadotropin-releasing hormone in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Graham Beaton, Mi Chen, Timothy Richard Coon, Todd Ewing, Wanlong Jiang, Jinghua Yu, Willy Moree, Warren Wade, Liren Zhao, Yun-fei Zhu, Martin Rowbottom, Neil Ashweek
  • Patent number: 8501788
    Abstract: This invention is generally directed to a method for recovering flunixin and flunixin analogs from pharmaceutical compositions. The recovered flunixin and analogs can be, for example, reused to make new pharmaceutical compositions and thereby reduce the need and expense of manufacturing new flunixin and flunixin analogs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Intervet Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Towson, Donal Coveney
  • Patent number: 8501943
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to the sodium salt of 5-cyclopropyl-2-{[2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)pyrimidin-5-yl]amino}benzoic acid, pharmaceutically acceptable solvates thereof, pharmaceutical combinations thereof, and methods of treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Almirall, S.A.
    Inventors: Nuria Garcia Gonzalez, Francesc Carrera Carrera, Monserrat Julia Jane, Laurent Debethune, Xavier Serra Masia
  • Publication number: 20130196993
    Abstract: This invention relates to certain N-heteroaryl compounds that are generally useful as medicaments, more specifically as medicaments for animals. The medicament can preferably be used for the treatment of helminth infections and the treatment of parasitosis, such as caused by helminth infections. This invention also relates to uses of the compounds to make medicaments and treatments comprising the administration of the compounds to animals in need of the treatments. This invention also relates to novel N-heteroaryl compounds and the preparation of said compounds. Moreover this invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Michael Berger, Christopher Kern, Marko Eck
  • Publication number: 20130197040
    Abstract: Provided are polymorphs I to VIII of a dalfampridine or of its solvates, a preparation method therefore, and applications thereof as an active component of a medicine. Said polymorphs Ito VIII of the dalfampridine or of its solvents can be used to prepare formulations for improving the walking speed of patients of multiple sclerosis and for alleviating other symptoms of multiple sclerosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicants: TIANJIN MICHELE SCI-TECH DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD., TIANJIN HEMAY BIO-TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hesheng Zhang, Xin Chen
  • Patent number: 8492410
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pyridine derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Wenkui K. Fang, Liming Wang, Evelyn G. Corpuz, Ken Chow, Wha-Bin Im
  • Publication number: 20130184316
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for treating, suppressing, ameliorating and/or preventing the effects of disorders relating to concussion, including those associated with post-concussion syndrome. The methods comprise administering to a subject an effective amount of a compound that modulates neuronal ion channel function, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or hydrate thereof, or a composition comprising a compound that modulates neuronal ion channel function, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or hydrate thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The invention also provides inventive methods relating to identifying, classifying and/or diagnosing conditions involving post-concussion syndrome and related concussive disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventor: Andrew Hornstein
  • Publication number: 20130184315
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and formula (II) are disclosed. Compounds according to the invention bind to and are agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists of the CB2 receptor, and are useful for treating inflammation. Those compounds which are agonists are additionally useful for treating pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GmbH
    Inventors: Eugene Richard Hickey, Doris Riether, Monika Ermann
  • Publication number: 20130183289
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions, methods, and kits for treating subjects infected by or at risk of infection with a DNA virus (e.g., a JC Virus or a BK virus). Aspects of the invention are useful to prevent or treat DNA virus associated conditions (e.g., PML) in subjects that are immunocompromised. Compositions are provided that inhibit intracellular replication of DNA viruses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2008
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: Biogen Idec MA Inc
    Inventors: Leonid Gorelik, Margot Brickelmaier, Alexey Lugovskoy
  • Publication number: 20130184314
    Abstract: The invention provides novel compounds according to Formula (I), their manufacture and use for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, such as cancer, restenosis and inflammation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Goutopoulos, Henry YU, Benny C. Askew, JR., Lesley Liu-Bujalski
  • Patent number: 8486950
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula I, stereoisomers or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A, B, D, R1, R2, R4 and R5 are defined herein, a pharmaceutical composition that includes a compound of Formula I and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
    Inventors: Simon Charles Goodacre, Yingjie Lai, Jun Liang, Steven R. Magnuson, Kirk D. Robarge, Mark S. Stanley, Vickie Hsiao-Wei Tsui, Karen Williams, Birong Zhang, Aihe Zhou
  • Publication number: 20130178446
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the topical application of the malonamide ACAT inhibitors described by Formula I. Other aspects of the invention are directed to topical formulations of these diamides, their use to treat sebaceous gland disorders and their use to alleviate oily skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation
    Inventors: Catherine R. Kostlan, Raj Neil Raheja, Meera Tugnait, Kimberly Wade
  • Patent number: 8481569
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an iminopyridine derivative compound having an ?1Dadrenergic receptor antagonistic action, which is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of a lower urinary tract disease and the like. The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Masato Yoshida, Nobuki Sakauchi, Ayumu Sato
  • Publication number: 20130172310
    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: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: Bing-Yan Zhu, Penglie Zhang, Lingyan Wang, Wenrong Huang, Erick A. Goldman, Wenhao Li, Jingmei Zuckett, Yonghong Song, Robert M. Scarborough
  • Patent number: 8476269
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Urs Baettig, Kamlesh Jagdis Bala, Emma Budd, Lee Edwards, Catherine Howsham, Glyn Alan Hughes, Darren Mark Legrand, Katrin Spiegel
  • Patent number: 8476249
    Abstract: Invented is a method of treating thrombocytopenia in a human, in need thereof which comprises the in vivo administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a peptide or a non-peptide TPO receptor agonist and an anti-clotting agent or agents, and optional further active ingredients, to such human.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Connie L. Erickson-Miller, Michael Arning
  • Patent number: 8470859
    Abstract: Provided are an iminopyridine derivative having a selective ?1D adrenergic receptor antagonistic action and useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of a lower urinary tract disease and the like, and a screening method for a compound having an ?1D adrenergic receptor antagonistic action. An ?1D adrenergic receptor antagonist containing a compound represented by the formula: wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof, and a method of screening for an agent having an ?1D adrenergic receptor antagonistic action for the prophylaxis or treatment of a lower urinary tract disease, which includes measuring the bladder smooth muscle tension of rats with bladder outlet obstruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Masato Yoshida, Tomohiko Suzaki, Yasuhisa Kohara, Haruhiko Kuno, Hiroshi Nagabukuro, Reiko Saikawa, Yuuichi Okabe, Shigemitsu Imai
  • Publication number: 20130158070
    Abstract: Novel chemical conjugates derived from unsaturated fatty acids and therapeutically active agents, are disclosed. The chemical conjugates are designed and characterized as COX-2 and/or 5-LOX inhibitors and are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases and disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, asthma, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, pain, primary dysmenorrhea, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventor: Taher Nassar
  • Publication number: 20130158035
    Abstract: Screening methods for identifying compounds and compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for treating and preventing cancer are disclosed. The compounds affect signal transduction downstream of the MET receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: Brigham Young University
    Inventor: Marc Hansen
  • Publication number: 20130150410
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of otic disorders with ion channel modulators. In these methods, the ion channel modulator compositions and formulations are administered locally to an individual afflicted with an otic disorder, through direct application of the ion channel modulator compositions and formulations onto the auris interna target areas, or via perfusion into the auris interna structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicants: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, OTONOMY, INC.
    Inventors: OTONOMY, INC., THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIF
  • Publication number: 20130150414
    Abstract: Specific amine derivatives have been found to possess excellent activities as pest control agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: MEIJI SEIKA PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinzo KAGABU, Masaaki MITOMI, Shigeki KITSUDA, Ryo HORIKOSHI, Masahiro NOMURA, Yasumichi ONOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20130150368
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R2, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, X, Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4 and m are as defined herein. Also provided is a pharmaceutically acceptable composition comprising a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided are methods of using a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: CYTOKINETICS, INC.
    Inventors: Luke W. Ashcraft, Gustave Bergnes, Scott Collibee, Chihyuan Chuang, Jeff Gardina, Bradley P. Morgan, Alex R. Muci, Xiangping Qian, Antonio Romero, Jeffrey Warrington, Zhe Yang
  • Patent number: 8461183
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel PPAR agonist compounds as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The compounds according to the invention are of quite particular therapeutic interest, notably for treating diabetes and/or dyslipidemias, as well as for preventing cardiovascular pathologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Genfit
    Inventors: Christophe Masson, Karine Caumont-Bertrand
  • Publication number: 20130143910
    Abstract: A method and composition for treating cancer cells that targets fructose-1,6-biphosphataseenzymes (FBPs, type 1 and type 2) and/or their respective pathways. In one embodiment, inhibitors of FBPs or FBPs pathways are administered to a patient to treat brain cancer metastasis. In another embodiment, the present invention is particularly well suited for treating cancer cells that generally survive under glucose-independent conditions, or any other condition where cancer cells produce glucose via FBPs mediated pathways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventor: Zhang Weihua
  • Publication number: 20130143932
    Abstract: The present invention discloses optically pure (R) and (S) Phenyramidol enantiomers and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, a process for synthesizing such enantiomers by means of a styrene oxide based synthesis, and also a clinical evaluation of (R) and (S) enantiomers of Phenyramidol, their salts and compositions thereof for enhanced/newer therapeutic benefits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: FERMENTA BIOTECH (UK) LIMITED
    Inventor: FERMENTA BIOTECH (UK) LIMITED
  • Publication number: 20130143861
    Abstract: The subject invention provides methods for reducing stroke rate, methods for preventing atrial remodeling, and methods for reversing atrial remodeling by administering budiodarone to reduce atrial fibrillation (AF) episode duration and an anticoagulant (AC). According to some methods of the invention, the average AF episode duration can be reduced to less than about 24, 5, 3 or 1 hour(s), and the maximum AF episode duration may be reduced to less than about 20, 10 or 5 hours. According to some methods of the invention, the reduced stroke rate upon administration of budiodarone and AC is less than the age-adjusted overall stroke rate. Further, some methods provide that patients who were refractory to one or more anti-arrhythmic drugs prior to administration of budiodarone may also be treated. Some methods provide for prevention of atrial remodeling and others provide for the reversal of atrial remodeling, including methods to quantify the reversal of atrial remodeling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: ARMETHEON, INC.
    Inventor: Armetheon, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8455501
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula wherein R1 to R3 are defined in the description, and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases which can be treated with HDL-cholesterol raising agents, such as particularly dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc
    Inventors: Uwe Grether, Stephan Roever
  • Patent number: 8455688
    Abstract: This invention provides the compound having the structure wherein n is 1-10; X is C—R11 or N, wherein R11 is H, OH, SH, F, Cl, SO2R7, NO2, trifluoromethyl, methoxy, or CO—R7, wherein R7 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, or aryl; Z is R2 is H or NR3R4, wherein R3 and R4 are each independently H, C1-C6 alkyl, or C3-C8 cycloalkyl; R5 is OH or SH; and R6, R12, R13, and R14 are each independently H, OH, SH, F, Cl, SO2R15, NO2, trifluoromethyl, methoxy, or CO—R15, wherein R15 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, or aryl, or a salt of the compound, which is useful in the treatment of tumors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Lixte Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: John S. Kovach, Francis Johnson
  • Publication number: 20130137660
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyridines or pyrazines that inhibit kinases. In particular the compounds of the invention inhibit members of the class III PTK receptor family such as FMS (CSF-IR), c-KIT, PDGFR?, PDGFR? or FLT3 and KDR, SRC, EphA2, EphA3, EphA8, FLT1, FLT4, HCK, LCK, PTK5 (FRK), SYK, DDR1 and DDR2 and RET. The compounds of the invention are useful in the treatment of kinase associated diseases such as immunological and inflammatory diseases; hyperproliferative diseases including cancer and diseases involving neo-angiogenesis; renal and kidney diseases; bone remodeling diseases; metabolic diseases; and vascular diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: YM Biosciences Australia Pty Ltd
    Inventor: YM Biosciences Australia Pty Ltd
  • Publication number: 20130136794
    Abstract: Heteroaryl(alkyl)dithiocarbamate compounds represented by general formula (I) or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, their preparing methods, and their uses for preparing antitumor medicines are disclosed, wherein each said substituent is defined as in the description. The compounds are new tyrosine kinase inhibitors useful as an anti-tumor agents, preferably useful in the preparation of medicines for treating breast cancer, liver cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, gastric cancer, colon cancer, leukaemia or nasal cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: PEKING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Runtao Li, Zemei Ge, Jingrong Cui, Xingyl Sun, Zhongqing Wang, Xu Yan
  • Patent number: 8450348
    Abstract: The present invention provides derivatives of squaric acid, in particular derivatives of 3,4-diamino-cyclobut-3-ene-1,2-dione and tautomers and isomers thereof, as a single stereoisomer or a mixture of stereoisomers, or as a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds show anti-proliferative activity, including against tumor cells, and are useful in the treatment of diseases including cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Forma TM, LLC
    Inventors: Krishna K. Murthi, Roland Köstler, Chase Smith, Tilman Brandstetter, Arthur F. Kluge
  • Publication number: 20130131056
    Abstract: The present invention relates to phenylethynyl compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2, X, L, R3, R4, R4?, cyc, and n are as defined in the specification and claims and to a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt, to a racemic mixture, or to its corresponding enantiomer and/or optical isomer and/or stereoisomer thereof. Compounds of formula I are positive allosteric modulators (PAM) of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5). They are useful for the treatment of schizophrenia or cognitive diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventor: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130131123
    Abstract: An immediate release solid dosage form in tablet or pellet form for oral administration of a PDE 4 inhibitor, comprising a PDE 4 inhibitor that is N-(3,5-dichloropyrid-4-yl)-3-cyclopropylmethoxy-4-difluoromethoxybenzamide (roflumilast) or a salt thereof, and one or more suitable pharmaceutical excipients; wherein said dosage form contains 500 ?g of the roflumilast or salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: Nycomed GmbH
    Inventors: Rango DIETRICH, Hartmut NEY, Klaus EISTETTER
  • Publication number: 20130131036
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are modulators of TRPV3 of formula (II): wherein G1, X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, G2, Ra, Rb, and u are as defined in the specification. Compositions comprising such compounds and methods for treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions are also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventor: AbbVie Inc.
  • Patent number: 8445520
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of Formula I: or salt thereof, which are modulators of the glucocorticoid receptor. The compounds and salts of the invention are useful in the treatment of conditions mediated by glucocorticoid receptor activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Hengmiao Cheng, Xiao Hu, Kevin D. Jerome, Mark G. Obukowicz, Lisa Maria Olson, Paul V. Rucker, Ronald Keith Webber
  • Publication number: 20130121919
    Abstract: The invention provides for a method for screening compounds that bind to and modulate a histone acetyltransferase protein. The invention further provides methods for treating neurodegenerative disorders, conditions associated with accumulated amyloid-beta peptide deposits, Tau protein levels, and/or accumulations of alpha-synuclein as well as cancer by administering a HAT-activating compound to a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Yan FENG, Mauro Fa, Ottavio Arancio, Shi Xian Deng, Donald W. Landry, Yitshak Francis
  • Patent number: 8440703
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition which comprises a therapeutically effective amount of a aminopyridine dispersed in a release matrix, including, for example, a composition that can be formulated into a stable, sustained-release oral dosage formulation, such as a tablet which provides, upon administration to a patient, a therapeutically effective plasma level of the aminopyridine for a period of at about 12 hours and the use of the composition to treat various neurological diseases, including multiple sclerosis. A method of selecting individuals based on responsiveness to a treatment, including, for example, identifying individuals who responded to treatment with a sustained release fampridine composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew R. Blight, Ron Cohen
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    Abstract: Compounds for the inhibition of mammalian Ste20-like kinase 1 (MST1) are disclosed, along with compositions comprising them and methods of their use in the treatment, management or prevention of an inflammatory or autoimmune diseases or disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: David John Augeri, Jeffrey Thomas Bagdanoff, Simon David Peter Baugh, Marianne Carlsen, Kenneth Gordon Carson, John Anthony Gilleran, Wei He, Tamas Oravecz, Konstantin Salojin, Leonard Sung
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    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and compositions for improving the dispersion properties in water of a pesticide-containing granule with a water soluble agglomeration suppressant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventor: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
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    Abstract: Phenylacetamide compounds of the formula having sulfonyl group and cycloalkyl group on the phenyl group and having heteroaryl group on the nitrogen atom in the amide have an excellent glucokinase activation action. The compound of the present invention is useful as an agent for treating diabetes, in particular, type II diabetes, as well as metabolic syndrome and obesity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Masahiko Hayakawa, Yoshiyuki Kido, Takahiro Nigawara, Mitsuaki Okumura, Akira Kanai, Keisuke Maki, Nobuaki Amino