Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound having the general formula I, optionally in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, polymorph, prodrug, tautomer, racemate, enantiomer, or diastereomer or mixture thereof, which is useful in treating, ameliorating or preventing a viral disease. Furthermore, specific combination therapies are disclosed.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 18, 2012
Publication date:
April 25, 2013
Applicants:
F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE LTD, EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY (EMBL), SAVIRA PHARMACEUTICALS GMBH
Inventors:
F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE LTD, SAVIRA PHARMACEUTICALS GMBH, EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORAT
Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for the prevention and/or treatment of diseases which are pathophysiologically mediated by the neurokinin (NK1) receptor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 23, 2012
Date of Patent:
April 23, 2013
Assignee:
Helsinn Healthcare SA
Inventors:
Luca Fadini, Peter Manini, Claudio Pietra, Claudio Giuliano, Emanuela Lovati, Roberta Cannella, Alessio Venturini, Valentino J. Stella
Abstract: The present invention relates to ethynyl derivatives of formula I wherein U, V, W, Y, R, R1, R2, R3 and R3? are as described herein. It has been found that the compounds of general formula I are allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5).
Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel compound having plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) inhibitory activity, and a PAI-1 inhibitor comprising the compound as an active ingredient. The present invention further relates to a pharmaceutical composition that has an inhibitory action on PAI-1 activity and is useful in the prevention and treatment of various diseases whose onset is associated with PAI-1 activity. The novel compound is represented by the following general formula. Each symbol is defined as those in the specification.
Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods of treating reperfusion or resuscitation injury in an individual in need of such treatment, comprising the step of administering to the individual who has had, having, or is at immediate risk of having an ischemic event an amount of a composition comprising a protein kinase A (PKA) activator and a ?1-adrenergic receptor antagonist sufficient to reduce reperfusion injury to an ischemic tissue.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 12, 2009
Date of Patent:
April 9, 2013
Assignee:
The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
Inventors:
Ming-He Huang, Kenichi Fujise, Barry F. Uretsky
Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and compositions related to therapeutic use of aminopyridines in patients with a stroke-related impairment, in particular, in patients with a stroke-related sensorimotor impairment.
Abstract: The invention provides retinoic acid receptor (RAR) selective agonists and formulations thereof for the treatment of disease or for inducing a medically beneficial effect.
Abstract: The invention relates to amine substituted methanesulfonamide derivatives as vanilloid receptor ligands, to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and also to these compounds for use in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of pain and further diseases and/or disorders.
Abstract: Unit doses of factor Xa inhibitor compounds and methods of using these compounds for inhibiting blood coagulation in a human patient are taught herein. The unit dose of the factor Xa inhibitor compounds disclosed herein required to inhibit coagulation in a primate is lower than the unit dose required to obtain similar levels of coagulation inhibition in other animal models, such as rodents. Also taught are in vitro assays useful in predicting in vivo antithrombotic activity in humans.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 7, 2007
Date of Patent:
March 26, 2013
Assignee:
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Inventors:
Uma Sinha, Stanley J. Hollenbach, Keith Abe
Abstract: The invention relates to protein binding inhibitor compounds and methods of identifying and using them. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating a variety of diseases and disorders, including cell proliferative disorders, especially cancer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 15, 2008
Date of Patent:
March 26, 2013
Assignee:
University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
Inventors:
William G. Cance, Elena Kurenova, Vita Golubovskaya, David A. Ostrov
Abstract: The invention provides novel substituted phenylamino isonicotinamide compounds (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or prodrugs thereof, wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined in the specification. Said compounds are MEK inhibitors useful in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases related to the hyperactivity of MEK, such as restenosis, as well as diseases modulated by the MEK cascade, such as cancer 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:
Grant
Filed:
July 27, 2009
Date of Patent:
March 26, 2013
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Andreas Goutopoulos, Henry Yu, Benny C. Askew, Jr., Lesley Liu-Bujalski
Abstract: An object is to provide a CaSR agonist agent that has excellent CaSR agonist effects, and particularly, a pharmaceutical product that can prevent or remedy diabetes or obesity by the effect of CaSR activation. The aforementioned object is achieved by a composition that contains a compound represented by the following General Formula (I) or a salt thereof (refer to the Description for the definitions of the symbols used in the formula).
Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and compositions related to use of aminopyridines, such as fampridine, to improve impairments of patients with a demyelinating condition, such as MS.
Abstract: The present invention provides for salts comprising a compound of Formula I and an acid that has activity against mammalian factor Xa. The present invention is also directed to methods of making the compound of Formula I.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 12, 2012
Publication date:
March 14, 2013
Inventors:
Craig Grant, James P. Kanter, Graeme Langlands
Abstract: Disclosed is the discovery that the mTORC2 complex plays a role in the regulation of PKN3 phosphorylation at the turn motif threonine; and the use of the phosphorylation status of the turn motif threonine of PKN3 as a biomarker. In some embodiments, the phosphorylation status of the turn motif threonine of PKN3 is determined using an antibody that specifically binds to the turn motif threonine of a PKN3 protein, such as an anti-phosphoT860 antibody. In some embodiments, the invention relates to methods for screening compounds that have cancer therapeutic potential, methods for diagnosing cancer, methods for determining the prognosis of a patient suffering from cancer, methods for stratifying patients in a clinical trial, methods for treating a patient suffering from cancer, and methods for determining the effectiveness of a particular treatment regimen.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 2, 2011
Publication date:
March 14, 2013
Applicant:
WYETH LLC
Inventors:
Anke Klippel-Giese, Keziban Unsal-Kacmaz
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.
Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and compositions related to use of aminopyridines, such as 4-aminopyridine, to improve the neuro-cognitive impairments and related neuro-psychiatric impairments of patients with a demyelinating condition such as MS, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, post-radiation encephalopathy.
Abstract: The present invention relates to thiazolidinedione analogues and pharmaceutical compositions that are useful for treating and/or preventing neurodegenerative disorders.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 15, 2010
Publication date:
February 28, 2013
Applicant:
Metabolic Solutions Development Company, LLC
Inventors:
Gerard R. Colca, Rolf F. Kletzien, Steve P. Tanis, Scott D. Larsen
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.
Abstract: The disclosure is directed to methods of treating hematologic malignancies. More particularly, the disclosure is directed to methods of treating hematologic malignancies using Rho kinase (ROCK) inhibitors and myosin light chain-specific inhibitory RNA molecules. The disclosure is further directed to methods of identifying drug candidates for inhibiting ROCK in hematologic malignancies.
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 least 12 hours, preferably 24 hours or more and the use of the composition to treat various neurological diseases.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 14, 2012
Publication date:
February 21, 2013
Applicant:
Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited
Inventors:
Sean Cunningham, Seamus Mulligan, Michael Myers
Abstract: Compounds and methods related to NIR molecular imaging, in-vitro and in-vivo functional imaging, therapy/efficacy monitoring, and cancer and metastatic activity imaging. Compounds and methods demonstrated pertain to the field of peripheral benzodiazepine receptor imaging, metabolic imaging, cellular respiration imaging, cellular proliferation imaging as targeted agents that incorporate signaling agents.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 13, 2010
Date of Patent:
February 12, 2013
Assignee:
Vanderbilt University
Inventors:
Darryl J. Bornhop, H. Charles Manning, Mingfeng Bai, Shelby K. Wyatt
Abstract: There is provided compounds of formula I, wherein E1, E2a, E2b, E2c, E4, D1, D2, D3, L1, Y1, L2 and Y2 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:
March 14, 2011
Publication date:
February 7, 2013
Inventors:
Peter Nilsson, Benjamin Pelcman, Martins Katkevics, Robert Ronn, Christian Krog-Jensen
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.
Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which bind VLA-4. Certain of these compounds also inhibit leukocyte adhesion and, in particular, leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases in a mammalian patient, e.g., human, such as asthma, Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, AIDS dementia, diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, tissue transplantation, tumor metastasis and myocardial ischemia. The compounds can also be administered for the treatment of inflammatory brain diseases such as multiple sclerosis.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 13, 2010
Date of Patent:
February 5, 2013
Assignees:
Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Wyeth
Inventors:
Christopher Michael Semko, Ying-zi Xu, Frank Stappenbeck, Jenifer Lea Smith, Kassandra Inez Rossiter, Juri Y. Fukuda, Andrei W. Konradi
Abstract: Disclosed herein is the use of aminopyridines, such as 3-aminopyridine, 4-aminopyridine or 3,4-diaminopyridine, in the management and treatment of cerebral palsy patients of all ages.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 27, 2012
Publication date:
January 31, 2013
Inventors:
Thomas C. Wessel, Adrian L. Rabinowicz, Herbert R. Henney, III, Jacob D. Runyan, Anthony Caggiano, Andrew Blight
Abstract: The present invention provides organic compounds of the following structure; A-L1-B—C-D-L2-E that are useful for treating or preventing conditions or disorders associated with DGAT1 activity in animals, particularly humans.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 13, 2012
Publication date:
January 17, 2013
Applicant:
NOVARTIS AG
Inventors:
Michael H. SERRANO-WU, Young-shin KWAK, Wenming Liu
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.
Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful in therapy, to compositions comprising said compounds, and to methods of treating diseases comprising administration of said compounds. The compounds referred to are positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) of the nicotinic acetylcholine ?7 receptor.
Abstract: A composition for control of diseases on useful plants or on propagation material thereof caused by phytopathogens, that, in addition to customary inert formulation adjuvants, comprises as active ingredient a mixture of component (A) and a synergistically effective amount of component (B), wherein component (A) is Cyprodinil; and component (B) a compound selected from compounds known for their fungicidal activity, is particularly effective in controlling or preventing fungal diseases of useful plants.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 27, 2006
Date of Patent:
January 8, 2013
Assignee:
Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
Inventors:
Birgit Forster, Duncan McKenzie, Jeremy Godwin
Abstract: The invention relates to a new class of compounds, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions that are effective as selective inhibitors of factor Xa, both in the isolated state and in a complex with other proteins. The compounds of the invention can be used for treating and preventing diseases, such as acute coronary syndrome, myocardial infarction, unstable angina, refractory angina, thromboses caused by post-thrombolytic therapy or coronary angioplasty, acute ischemia mediated cerebrovascular syndrome, embolic stroke, thrombotic stroke, and other diseases in humans and other mammals associated with blood coagulation problems.
Abstract: The invention relates to compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods useful for treating cancer, systemic or chronic inflammation, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, obesity, T-cell mediated autoimmune disease, ischemia, and other complications associated with these diseases and disorders.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 31, 2012
Publication date:
December 27, 2012
Applicant:
Myrexis, Inc.
Inventors:
J. Adam Willardsen, Jeffrey W. Lockman, Brett R. Murphy, Weston R. Judd, In Chul Kim, Se-Ho Kim, Daniel Feodore Zigar, Kraig M. Yager, Tracey C. Fleischer, Ryan T. Terry-Lorenzo, J. Jay Boniface, Daniel P. Parker, Ian A. McAlexander, Matthew Gregory Bursavich, David M. Dastrup
Abstract: A compound of the formula (I) wherein the variables X1, X2, B, D, R1 to R7 including R3?, p, y, q, and z, are as defined or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, enantiomer, racemate, diastereomer or mixtures thereof, useful for the treatment, prevention or amelioration of obesity and Related Diseases is disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 6, 2011
Date of Patent:
December 25, 2012
Assignee:
Eli Lilly and Company
Inventors:
Charles Howard Mitch, Steven James Quimby
Abstract: The present invention relates to new kinase inhibitors, more specifically ROCK inhibitors, compositions, in particular pharmaceuticals, comprising such inhibitors, and to uses of such inhibitors in the treatment and prophylaxis of disease. In particular, the present invention relates to new ROCK inhibitors, compositions, in particular pharmaceuticals, comprising such inhibitors, and to uses of such inhibitors in the treatment and prophylaxis of disease. In addition, the invention relates to methods of treatment and use of said compounds in the manufacture of a medicament for the application to a number of therapeutic indications including sexual dysfunction, inflammatory diseases, ophthalmic diseases and Respiratory diseases.
Abstract: Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which modulate the activity of store-operated calcium (SOC) channels. Also described herein are methods of using such SOC channel modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from inhibition of SOC channel activity.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 8, 2012
Publication date:
December 13, 2012
Applicant:
CalciMedica, Inc.
Inventors:
Jeffrey P. WHITTEN, Jonathan Grey, Jianguo Cao, Zhijun Wang, Evan Rogers
Abstract: (R,S) 2-aryl-propionamide derivatives, or their single enantiomers (R) and (S) are disclosed useful in the treatment or prevention of symptoms and disorders such as pain and inflammation associated with the bradykinin B1 pathway.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 28, 2010
Publication date:
December 13, 2012
Applicant:
DOMPÉ S.P.A.
Inventors:
Andrea Beccari, Andrea Aramini, Gianluca Bianchini, Alessio Moriconi
Abstract: Methods and compositions for the treatment and/or management of cancer are disclosed, which comprise the use of tryptophan hydroxylase inhibitors.
Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds have been demonstrated as inhibitors of MEK and therefore may be useful in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases like cancer and inflammation.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 7, 2012
Publication date:
December 13, 2012
Inventors:
Ramulu PODDUTOORI, Can WANG, Xianglin ZHAO
Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula (I) wherein R1 to R4 are defined as in the description and in the claims. The compound of formula (I) can be used as a medicament.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 1, 2012
Publication date:
December 13, 2012
Inventors:
Caterina Bissantz, Uwe Grether, Paul Hebeisen, Atsushi Kimbara, Qingping Liu, Matthias Nettekoven, Marco Prunotto, Stephan Roever, Mark Rogers-Evans, Tanja Schulz-Gasch, Christoph Ullmer, Zhiwei Wang, Wulun Yang
Abstract: Provided herein are Compounds that induce interferon production and methods for identifying such Compounds. Also provided herein are compositions comprising such Compounds and methods of using such Compounds to treat interferon-sensitive diseases such as viral infections, cancer, and multiple sclerosis.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 31, 2011
Publication date:
December 6, 2012
Inventors:
Megan Shaw, Mila Ortigoza, Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, Peter Palese
Abstract: The invention concerns the use an mGluR modulator, e.g. an mGluR5 modulator, for the treatment, prevention or delay of progression of cognitive dysfunction.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 8, 2012
Publication date:
December 6, 2012
Inventors:
Ralf GLATTHAR, Donald JOHNS, Daniel UMBRICHT
Abstract: Compounds of the present invention, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”). The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using compounds of the present invention.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 23, 2011
Date of Patent:
December 4, 2012
Assignee:
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
Inventors:
Sara S. Hadida Ruah, Matthew Hamilton, Mark Miller, Peter D. J. Grootenhuis, Brian Bear, Jason McCartney, Jinglan Zhou, Fredrick van Goor
Abstract: Disclosed is a novel aralkyl carboxylic acid compound which has an agonistic activity on GPR-120 and/or GPR-40, particularly GPR-120, and is therefore useful as an appetite regulator, an anti-obesity agent, a therapeutic agent for diabetes, a pancreatic beta differentiating cell growth enhancer, a therapeutic agent for metabolic syndrome, a therapeutic agent for a gastrointestinal disease, a therapeutic agent for a neuropathy, a therapeutic agent for a mental disorder, a therapeutic agent for a pulmonary disease, a therapeutic agent for a pituitary hormone secretion disorder or a lipid flavoring/seasoning agent. The aralkyl carboxylic acid compound is represented by the general formula (I).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 25, 2008
Date of Patent:
November 27, 2012
Assignees:
Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kyoto University, Nagoya City University
Abstract: The present invention is related to a use of aminopyridine derivatives in the manufacture of a medicament for preventing or treating malaria. Specifically, the present invention is related to aminopyridine derivatives useful for the preparation of a pharmaceutical formulation for the inhibition of malaria parasite proliferation.
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.
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or N-oxide thereof. The present disclosure also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I), and to their methods of use in therapy.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 6, 2012
Publication date:
November 22, 2012
Inventors:
Julio Cesar CASTRO PALOMINO LARIA, Montserrat ERRA SOLA, Maria Estrella LOZOYA TORIBIO, Eloisa NAVARRO ROMERO