1,3,4-thiadiazoles (including Hydrogenated) Patents (Class 514/363)
  • Patent number: 8865744
    Abstract: Disclosed are (cyano-dimethyl-methyl)-isoxazoles and -[1,3,4]thiadiazoles and their use as CB2 cannabinoid receptor agonists, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and their use for the treatment of CB2 receptor mediated disorders or conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Doris Riether, Florian Paul Christian Binder, Henri Doods, Stephan Georg Mueller, Janet Rachel Nicholson, Achim Sauer
  • Patent number: 8865704
    Abstract: The present invention relates to known and novel compounds of formula (I) as herein described and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The compounds of formula (I) have inhibitory effect on the Wnt pathway and are therefore useful in the preparation of a medicament, in particular for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Siena Biotech S.p.A.
    Inventors: Maurizio Varrone, Arianna Nencini, Joanna Margaret Quinn, Andrea Caricasole, Annette Cornelia Bakker, Giovanni Gaviraghi, Massimilano Salerno
  • Publication number: 20140309185
    Abstract: This document relates to inhibitors of G protein coupled receptor 6 kinase (GRK6) polypeptides as well as methods and materials for using such inhibitors to treat hematological malignancies, inflammation diseases, and autoimmune disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Alexander Keith Stewart, Artem Plekhov, Robert Greenhouse
  • Patent number: 8859596
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cannabinoid receptor ligands of formula (I) wherein A1, A5, Rx, X4, and z are as defined in the specification. Compositions comprising such compounds, and methods for treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: William A. Carroll, Michael J. Dart, Jennifer M. Frost, Steven P. Latshaw, Teodozyj Kolasa, Tongmei Li, Sridhar Peddi, Bo Liu, Arturo Perez-Medrano, Meena Patel, Xueqing Wang, Derek W. Nelson
  • Publication number: 20140301975
    Abstract: Methods of treating blood disorders are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventor: Susan P. Perrine
  • Publication number: 20140296245
    Abstract: This invention is directed to benzensulfonamide compounds, as stereoisomers, enantiomers, tautomers thereof or mixtures thereof; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or prodrugs thereof, for the treatment of sodium channel-mediated diseases or conditions, such as pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Shaoyi Sun, Alla Yurevna Zenova, Mikhail Chafeev, Qi Jia, Zaihui Zhang, Renata Marcella Oballa
  • Patent number: 8846727
    Abstract: A new class of haloalkyl heteroaryl benzamides is described. These compounds show strong activity against hepatitis viruses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Romark Laboratories, L.C.
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Rossignol, J. Edward Semple
  • Publication number: 20140288133
    Abstract: A compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: Wherein: Het is a 5 to 10-membered heteroaromatic ring; Either X is N and Y is CR5; or X is C and Y is S; Z is selected from N and CH; R1 is selected from H and C1-2alkyl; R2 is selected from H, C1-2alkyl, OH, —CH2OH and C1-2alkoxy; Each R3 is independently selected from OH, C1-3alkyl, F, Cl, Br, NH2, and C1-3alkoxy; R4 is selected from C1-3alkyl and haloC1-3 alkyl; R5 is selected from H, C1-3alkyl and haloC1-3alkyl; R6 and R7 are either i) each independently selected from H, C1-3alkyl and C1-3alkoxy; or ii) R6 and R7 together with the ring to which they are attached form a 9-membered bicylic ring; p is 0-3; and RA is selected from H and C1-3alkyl, compositions containing them, their use in therapy, for example in the treatment of tuberculosis, and methods for the preparation of such compounds, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: GLAXO GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: JULIA CASTRO PICHEL, RAQUEL FERNANDEZ MENENDEZ, ESTHER PILAR FERNANDEZ VELANDO, SILVIA GONZALEZ DEL VALLE, ARACELI MALLO-RUBIO
  • Patent number: 8841335
    Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for inhibiting apoptosis of neurons or neurodegeneration. The pharmaceutical composition effectively prevents or treats diseases related to apoptosis of neurons or neurodegeneration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: SK Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheol Hyoung Park, Hye Kyung Min, In Suk Park, Mi Jung Lim, Ji Won Lee, Jin Yong Chung, Yeo Jin Yoon, Joo Young Park
  • Patent number: 8835469
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted benzamide derivatives of the Formula I and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutically acceptable solvates, enantiomers, diastereomers, prodrugs, metabolites, and polymorphs and can be useful for treating disease states mediated by glucokinase. Compounds disclosed herein can be used for reducing blood glucose levels and for increasing insulin secretion for treating type II diabetes. The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of the compounds of invention, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Cadila Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Rajendra Kharul, Mukul R. Jain, Pankaj R. Patel
  • Patent number: 8828908
    Abstract: Bicyclic dione compounds of formula (I), and derivatives thereof, which are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Christopher John Mathews, Matthew Brian Hotson, Alan John Dowling, James Nicholas Scutt, Mangala Govenkar, Lee Challinor
  • Publication number: 20140249100
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for preventing metastasis of cancer cells. The disclosed compounds can be used to prevent the spread of tumor or other types of cancer cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2013
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Aerpio Therapeutics Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Shalwitz Shalwitz, Kevin Gene Peters
  • Patent number: 8822508
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine imidazothiadiazole derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: UCB Pharma, S.A.
    Inventors: Yannick Quesnel, Laurent Turet, Joël Mercier
  • Patent number: 8815918
    Abstract: There is provided compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, R2 and R3 have meanings given in the description, and pharmaceutically-acceptable esters, amides, solvates or salts thereof, which compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases in which inhibition of a protein or lipid kinase (e.g. PI3-K, particularly class I PI3K) is desired and/or required, and particularly in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncologicas (CNIO)
    Inventors: Joaquin Pastor Fernández, Guido Kurz, Sonia Martinez Gonzalez
  • Publication number: 20140228365
    Abstract: The present invention is related to thiazole derivatives of Formula (I) in particular for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of autoimmune disorders and/or inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, neturodegenerative diseases, bacterial or viral infections, kidney diseases, platelet aggregation, cancer, transplantation, graft rejection or lung injuries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Merck Serono S.A.
    Inventors: Anna QUATTROPANI, Thomas Rueckle, Matthias Schwarz, Jerome Dorbais, Wolfgang Sauer, Christophe Cleva, Gwenaelle Desforges
  • Patent number: 8802861
    Abstract: The present invention is related to thiazole derivatives of Formula (I) in particular for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of autoimmune disorders and/or inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, bacterial or viral infections, kidney diseases, platelet aggregation, cancer, transplantation, graft rejection or lung injuries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Serono SA
    Inventors: Anna Quattropani, Thomas Rueckle, Matthias Schwarz, Jerome Dorbais, Wolfgang Sauer, Christophe Cleva, Gwenaelle Desforges
  • Publication number: 20140221412
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula I: and salts thereof. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula I, processes for preparing compounds of formula I, intermediates useful for preparing compounds of formula I and therapeutic methods for treating cancer using compounds of formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicants: WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
    Inventors: Arun K. Rishi, Scott D. Larsen
  • Publication number: 20140221411
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a 2-hydroxyarylamide derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a preparation method thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer comprising the same as an active ingredient. The 2-hydroxyarylamide derivative prepared by the present invention is excellent in the inhibition of the activity of TMPRSS4 serine protease and the suppression of the infiltration of TMPRSS4-expressed cancer cells, and thus can be useful as a composition for preventing or treating cancer by inhibiting TMPRSS4 over-expressed in cancer cells, particularly, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, or stomach cancer cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology
    Inventors: Semi KIM, Ill Young LEE, Hye-Jin MIN, Eun-Hee NAM, Pilho KIM, Chang Soo YUN, Dong Joon KO
  • Publication number: 20140206661
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (X) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; 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: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Jake AXFORD, Natalie DALES, Moo Je SUNG
  • Patent number: 8785443
    Abstract: Prodrugs of methyl hydrogen fumarate, pharmaceutical compositions comprising prodrugs of methyl hydrogen fumarate, and methods of using prodrugs of methyl hydrogen fumarate and pharmaceutical compositions thereof for treating diseases such as psoriasis, asthma, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, and arthritis are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: XenoPort, Inc.
    Inventors: Archana Gangakhedkar, Xuedong Dai, Noa Zerangue, Peter A. Virsik
  • Publication number: 20140200223
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound represented by the following structural formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions and method of use of the compounds are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventors: Salvacion Cacatian, David A. Claremon, Lawrence Wayne Dillard, Klaus Fuchs, Niklas Heine, Lanqi Jia, Katerina Leftheris, Brian Mckeever, Angel Morales-Ramos, Suresh B. Singh, Shankar Venkatraman, Guosheng Wu, Zhongren Wu, Zhenrong Xu, Jing Yuan, Yajun Zheng
  • Publication number: 20140194421
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds and pharmaceutical preparations thereof. The invention further relates to methods of treatment using the novel heterocyclic compounds of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: CALITHERA BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Jim Li, Lijing Chen, Bindu Goyal, Guy Laidig, Timothy Friend Stanton, Eric Brian Sjogren
  • Publication number: 20140187553
    Abstract: The invention relates to bicyclic compounds of formulas I and Ia, and salts thereof. In some embodiments, the invention relates to inhibitors or modulators of Pim-1 and/or Pim-2, and/or Pim-3 protein kinase activity or enzyme function. In still further embodiments, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds disclosed herein, and their use in the prevention and treatment of Pim kinase related conditions and diseases, preferably cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: AMGEM INC.
    Inventors: Hui-Ling Wang, Victor J. Cee, Bradley J. Herberich, Claire L.M. Jackson, Brian Alan Lanman, Thomas Nixey, Liping H. Pettus, Anthony B. Reed, Bin Wu, Ryan Wurz, Andrew Tasker
  • Patent number: 8765731
    Abstract: Compounds represented by formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein A, B, B?, X, Y, R1, R1?, R2, R2?, R3, R3?, R5, R5?, R6, m, n, or p are as defined herein, are useful for treating flaviviridae viral infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: James A. Henderson, John Maxwell, Louis Vaillancourt, Mark Morris, Ronald Grey, Jr., Simon Giroux, Laval Chan Chun Kong, Sanjoy Kumar Das, Bingan Liu, Carl Poisson, Caroline Cadilhac, Monica Bubenik, T. Jagadeeswar Reddy, Guy Falardeau, Constantin Yannopoulos, Jian Wang, Oswy Z. Pereira, Youssef L. Bennani, Albert C. Pierce, Govinda Rao Bhisetti, Kevin M. Cottrell, Valerie Marone
  • Publication number: 20140179681
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds having anti-proliferative effect. Also provided are compounds that can modulate the activity of multi-domain proteins comprising a dimerization arm and interdomain tether, such as EGFR, where an untethered, extended conformation is the active state and a tethered conformation is the inactive state, resulting in an autoinhibited configuration. Also provided are methods and pharmacophores for identifying such compounds. Other aspects provide methods or therapeutic treatment for proliferative diseases, disorders, or conditions, such as those associated with EGFR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventor: Joseph P. Errico
  • Publication number: 20140179693
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for treating Vascular Leak Syndrome. Further disclosed are methods for treating vascular leakage due to inflammatory diseases, inter alia, sepsis, lupus, inflammatory bowel disease. Yet further disclosed are methods for treating renal cell carcinoma and melanoma. Still further disclosed are methods for reducing metastasis of malignant cells and/or preventing the proliferation of carcinoma cells via spreading due to vascular leakage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Robert Shalwitz, Kevin G. Peters
  • Publication number: 20140179717
    Abstract: A method of treating a movement abnormality associated with the pathology of a neurological movement disorder, such as Parkinson's disease or Restless Leg(s) Syndrome by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a PDE7 inhibitory agent. An aspect of the invention provides for the administration of a PDE& inhibitory agent in conjunction with a dopamine agonist or precursor, such as levodopa. In another aspect of the invention, the PDE7 inhibitory agent may be selective for PDE7 relative to other molecular targets (i) known to be involved with the pathology of Parkinson's disease or (ii) at which other drug(s) that are therapeutically effective to treat Parkinson's disease act.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: OMEROS CORPORATION
    Inventors: John E. Bergmann, Neil S. Cutshall, Gregory A. Demopulos, Vincent A. Florio, George A. Gaitanaris, Patrick Gray, John Hohmann, Rene Onrust, Hongkui Zeng
  • Patent number: 8759378
    Abstract: Methods of treating blood disorders are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Phoenicia Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Susan P Perrine, Regine Bohacek
  • Publication number: 20140171490
    Abstract: Disclosed is the use of a mist of a pharmaceutical composition for ophthalmic delivery of a protein or peptide active pharmaceutical ingredient, a related method of treatment and a device useful in implementing the use and method. Disclosed is also the use of a mist for ophthalmic delivery of a pharmaceutical composition including a highly irritating penetration enhancer and an ophthalmically acceptable carrier, a related method of treatment and a device useful in implementing the use and method. Disclosed is also a device for ophthalmic administration configured to direct a mist of a pharmaceutical composition to the eye only when the eye is open. Disclosed is also a self-sterlizing device for ophthalmic administration. Disclosed is also a device and a method for increasing the bioavailability of an ophthalmically administered API in a pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: PHARMALINGT INC.
    Inventors: Yossi Gross, Rafi Herzog, Steven B. Koevary
  • Patent number: 8754053
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds formula (I), wherein P is P1, P2, heterocyclyl or heterocyclyl substituted by one to five Z; and wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, G1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R17, R18, R19 and R20 are as defined in claim 1; or a salt or N-oxide thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for preparing compounds of formula (I), to insecticidal, acaricidal, nematicidal and molluscicidal compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I) and to methods of using the compounds of formula (I) to control insect, acarine, nematode and mollusc pests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Pitterna, Myriem El Qacemi, Jerome Yves Cassayre, Peter Renold, Vladimir Bobosik
  • Patent number: 8748627
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), which inhibit acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) and are useful for the prevention or treatment of metabolic syndrome, type II diabetes, obesity, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases in humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Gui Gu, Moshe Weitzberg, Xiangdong Xu, Richard F. Clark, Tianyuan Zhang, Qun Li, Todd M. Hansen, Hing Sham, Bruce A. Beutel, Heidi S. Camp, Xiaojun Wang
  • Publication number: 20140155370
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to the field of nuclear transport modulators, e.g., CRM1 inhibitors, and more particularly to new substituted-heterocyclic azole compounds, the synthesis and use of these compounds and their pharmaceutical compositions, e.g., in the treatment, modulation and/or prevention of physiological conditions associated with CRM1 activity such as in treating cancer and other neoplastic disorders, inflammatory diseases, disorders of abnormal tissue growth and fibrosis including cardiomyopathy, pulmonary fibrosis, hepatic fibrosis, glomerulonephritis, and other renal disorders, and for the treatment of viral infections (both acute and chronic).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventors: Sharon Shacham, Michael Kauffman, Vincent P. Sandanayaka, Sharon Shechter
  • Patent number: 8741937
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for inhibiting human gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) in vivo or in vitro and for inhibiting and killing neoplastic cancer cells, for example for the treatment, inhibition or prevention of tumors or malignant growths or other neoplasias in mammals, or sensitizing tumor to other therapies including radiation therapy. The GGT inhibitor compounds comprise a class of benzylthiadiazol benzenesulfoniamides. The compounds may also be used to treat a reversible airways obstruction in a mammal or a disease associated with reverse airways obstruction such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), allergic reaction, respiratory tract infection or upper respiratory tract disease. Other diseases or conditions which may be treated include, for example, degenerative diseases, renal diseases, liver diseases, cardiovascular disease and inner ear conditions or diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
    Inventor: Marie H. Hanigan
  • Publication number: 20140148489
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 2-oxo-1-imidazolidinyl imidazothiadiazole derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: UCB PHARMA, S.A.
    Inventors: Laurent Provins, Yannick Quesnel
  • Patent number: 8735430
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) 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: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Alessandra Bartolozzi, Eugene Richard Hickey, Doris Riether, Lifen Wu, Renee M. Zindell, Nigel James Blumire, Monika Ermann, Edward Thomas Glenn, Someina Khor, Przemyslaw Zawadzki
  • Publication number: 20140142081
    Abstract: Compounds and compositions comprising compounds that inhibit glutaminase are described herein. Also described herein are methods of using the compounds that inhibit glutaminase in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: AGIOS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
    Inventors: Rene M. Lemieux, Janeta Popovici-Muller, Francesco G. Salituro, Jeffrey O. Saunders, Jeremy Travins, Yongsheng Chen
  • Publication number: 20140142146
    Abstract: Compounds and compositions comprising compounds that inhibit glutaminase are described herein. Also described herein are methods of using the compounds that inhibit glutaminase in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: AGIOS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
    Inventors: Rene M. Lemieux, Janeta Popovici-Muller, Francesco G. Salituro, Jeffrey O. Saunders, Jeremy Travins, Shunqi Yan
  • Publication number: 20140135331
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of structural formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, clathrate, or prodrug thereof, wherein R?1, X, X?, L and Y are defined herein. These compounds are useful as immunosuppressive agents and for treating and preventing inflammatory conditions, allergic disorders, and immune disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Nha Huu Vo, Shoujun Chen, Qinglin Che, Yu Xie
  • Publication number: 20140135322
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel chemical compounds formula (I) (C)n—B-(A)m-B—(C)n (I) wherein m is 0 or 1, and n is independently 0, 1, 2 or 3, A, each B and each C are independently selected from phenylene and five- and six-membered heteroaromatic rings, and for a terminal ring B or C also from bicyclic heteroaromatic fused rings having seven to ten ring members, wherein the bond between at least two of the rings A to C may be replaced by a carbonyl group (—CO—), wherein at least two of the rings A to C are substituted with one or two groups R, and wherein each ring A to C further optionally is substituted with one or two groups R1. The compounds are useful in therapy, especially therapy of a mammal suffering from a disease involving misfolded or aggregated forms of proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventors: Peter Asberg, Kristin Hammer, Johan Olsson, Martin Henriksson
  • Publication number: 20140128352
    Abstract: Compounds that modulate mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) production are provided. The compounds may modulate ROS production at defined sites without also altering energy production. Methods of using and identifying such compounds are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
    Inventors: Martin D. Brand, Adam Orr
  • Publication number: 20140107057
    Abstract: The present invention provides a combination product comprising a component A and a component B, wherein component A is a compound of formula (I) wherein A1, A2, L, p, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in claim 1 and component B is a further therapeutic agent; wherein the combination product is for use in a method of therapeutic treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Jerome Yves Cassayre, Myriem El Qacemi
  • Publication number: 20140094494
    Abstract: A method of treating or preventing fungal infection, which includes identifying a plant or animal having a fungal infection and administering an effective amount of an anti-fungal composition to the plant or animal to reduce the fungal infection. In a preferred form of the present invention, the antifungal composition is compound 13 or 33 and is combined with an azole compound, such as fluconazole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Bruce Steven Klein, Brad Mark Tebbets
  • Patent number: 8685975
    Abstract: Compounds that inhibit PDE10 are disclosed that have utility in the treatment of a variety of conditions, including (but not limited to) psychotic, anxiety, movement disorders and/or neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's disease, encephalitis, phobias, epilepsy, aphasia, Bell's palsy, cerebral palsy, sleep disorders, pain, Tourette's syndrome, schizophrenia, delusional disorders, drug-induced psychosis and panic and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Pharmaceutically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, solvates and prodrugs of the compounds are also provided. Also disclosed are compositions containing a compound in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, as well as methods relating to the use thereof for inhibiting PDE10 in a warm-blooded animal in need of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Omeros Corporation
    Inventors: Neil S. Cutshall, Jennifer Lynn Gage, Thomas Neil Wheeler, Thomas L. Little
  • Patent number: 8686007
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, 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: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Cytokinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Luke W. Ashcraft, Gustave Bergnes, Chihyuan Chuang, Scott Collibee, Pu-Ping Lu, Bradley Morgan, Alex Muci, Xiangping Qian, Jeffrey Warrington, Zhe Yang
  • Publication number: 20140088082
    Abstract: Disclosed are inhibitors of the plasmodial surface anion channel (PSAC) inhibitors and the use thereof in treating or preventing malaria in an animal such as a human, comprising administering an effective amount of an inhibitor or a combination of inhibitors. An example of such an inhibitor is a compound of formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 to R7 are as described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: The U.S.A., as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
    Inventors: Sanjay A. Desai, Ajay D. Pillai
  • Publication number: 20140088046
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel phenicol derivatives, their use for the treatment of infections in mammals, pharmaceutical composition containing these novel compounds, and methods for the preparation of these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: ZOETIS LLC
    Inventors: Denis Billen, Michael Curtis, Richard Andrew Ewin, Richard M. Goodwin, Paul D. Johnson, Timothy Allan Johnson, Graham M. Kyne, Todd M. Maddux, Susan Mary Kult Sheehan, Rajendran Vairagoundar
  • Publication number: 20140088162
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to methods and pharmaceutical compositions useful in treating pulmonary hypertension. In one embodiment, for example, the disclosure provides a method for treating pulmonary hypertension comprising administering a therapeutically effective dose of a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor to a patient in need of treatment. The disclosure finds utility in the fields of medicine and pharmacology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: VIVUS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Najarian, Peter Y. Tam, Leland F. Wilson, Craig Peterson
  • Patent number: 8680090
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): as defined in the specification and compositions comprising any of such novel compounds. These compounds are endothelial lipase inhibitors which may be used as medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: James A. Johnson, Ji Jiang, Soong-Hoon Kim, Zulan Pi, Jennifer X. Qiao, George O. Tora, Tammy C. Wang, Heather Finlay
  • Publication number: 20140080825
    Abstract: The present invention relates to modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”), compositions thereof, and methods therewith. The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using such modulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Sara Sabina Hadida-Ruah, Peter Diederik Jan Grootenhuis, Mark Thomas Miller, Matthew Hamilton
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    Abstract: The subject invention concerns compounds having activity as inhibitors of proteasomes and methods of using the subject compounds. In one embodiment, a compound of the invention has the chemical structure shown in formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof. In another embodiment, a compound of the invention has the chemical structure shown in formula II: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignees: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, University of South Florida
    Inventors: Harshani Lawrence, Yiyu Ge, Said M. Sebti, Wayne Guida