Bicyclo Ring System Having The Thiazole Ring As One Of The Cyclos Patents (Class 514/367)
  • Publication number: 20120122918
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (1) have antibacterial activity: wherein R represents hydrogen or 1, 2 or 3 optional substituents; W is ?C(R1)—; R1 is hydrogen and R2 is hydrogen, methyl, or fluorine; or R1 and R2 taken together are —CH2—, —CH2CH2, —O—, or, in either orientation, —O—CH2— or —OCH2CH2—; and R3 is a radical of formula -(Alk1)m-(Z)p-(Alk2)-Q.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: BIOTA SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT PTY LTD
    Inventors: David Ryall BROWN, Ian COLLINS, Lloyd George CZAPLEWSKI, David John HAYDON
  • Publication number: 20120122878
    Abstract: The invention concerns the combinations of an mGluR modulator, e.g. an mGluR5 modulator and at least one of L-dopa, a dopamine modulator, e.g. a dopamine agonist, a dopa decarboxylase inhibitor or a catechol-O-methyl transferase inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Baltazar Gomez-Mancilla, Fabrizio Gasparini
  • Publication number: 20120122849
    Abstract: Compounds that modulate pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) are described herein. Also described herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Francesco G. Salituro, Jeffrey O. Saunders
  • Publication number: 20120115903
    Abstract: Substituted heteroaromatic carboxamide and urea compounds corresponding to formula (i) processes for the preparation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and also a method of using these compounds in pharmaceutical compositions for treating or inhibiting pain and other conditions mediated at least in part via the vanilloid receptor 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Frank, Thomas Christoph, Bernhard Lesch, Jeewoo Lee
  • Publication number: 20120115841
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bridged spiro[2.4]heptane derivatives of formula (I), wherein W, Y, Z, R1 and R2 are as defined in the description, their preparation and their use as pharmaceutically active compounds as ALX receptor and/or FPRL2 agonists for the treatment of inflammatory and obstructive airways diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel Bur, Olivier Corminboeuf, Sylvaine Cren, Corinna Grisostomi, Xavier Leroy, Sylvia Richard-Bildstein
  • Publication number: 20120115856
    Abstract: A compound depicted by the formula below, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. wherein, R1 represents (1) a C3-6 alkyl group, (2) a C1-6 alkyl group substituted with one or more substituent group(s) selected from those consisting a halogen atom, etc., (3) a C3-10 non-aromatic cyclic hydrocarbon group or a 5- to 6-membered non-aromatic heterocyclic group which respectively is optionally substituted with one or more substituent group(s) selected from those consisting an oxo group, etc., (4) an aromatic cyclic hydrocarbon group substituted with one or more substituent selected from the group consisting halogen atom and C1-4 alkoxy group; X represents NH, O, or S; Y represents CH or N; Z represents N or a C—R2; R2 represents (1) hydrogen atom, (2) a C1-6 alkyl group, a C2-6 alkenyl group or a C2-6 alkynyl group that respectively is optionally substituted with one or more substituent group(s) selected from among those consisting (a) a halogen atom, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Junichi Ishikawa, Koichi Saito, Norihisa Ohe, Kentaro Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20120115869
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) for use as pharmaceutical active compounds, as well as pharmaceutical formulations containing the same, for the treatment of allergic diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK SERONO S.A.
    Inventors: Stefano Crosignani, Christophe Cleva, Anna Quattropani, Gwenaelle Desforges, Agnès Bombrun
  • Publication number: 20120115845
    Abstract: A compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in which R1, R2, R3, R4 and m are as described in the specification for use in the treatment of obesity and/or diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Jack McQueen ALLEN, Roger John Butlin, Clive Green, William McCoull, Graeme Richard Robb, James Matthew Wood
  • Patent number: 8173688
    Abstract: The present invention provides, in part, compounds and compositions including a thiazole moiety, that may be useful, for example, for treating cancers, for example kidney cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Nexmed Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Bassam Damaj
  • Publication number: 20120108613
    Abstract: Compounds and compositions for treating injuries caused by exposure to chemical warfare agents are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventor: Jayhong A. Chong
  • Publication number: 20120108565
    Abstract: The present invention provides DNA Gyrase and/or Topo IV inhibitors of Formula (I), which can be used as antibacterial agents. Compounds disclosed herein can be used for treating or preventing conditions caused by or contributed by gram positive, gram negative and anaerobic bacteria, more particularly against, for example, Staphylococci, Streptococci, Enterococci, Haemophilus, Pseudomonus spp., Acenetobacter spp., Mvraxalla spp., Chlamydia spp., Mycoplasma spp., Legionella spp., Mycobacterium spp., Helicobacter, Clostridium spp., Bacteroides spp., Cotynebacterium, Bacillus spp., Enterobactericeae (E. coli, Klebsiella spp., Proteus spp., etc.) or any combination thereof. Also provided, are processes for preparing compounds disclosed herein, pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds disclosed herein, and methods of treating bacterial infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Lalima Sharma, Jitendra A. Sattigeri, Narest Kumar, Ajay Yadav, Rijwan Momim, Shahadat Ahmed, Ian A. Cliffe, Pradip Kumar Bhatnagar, Sanjay Ghosh, V. Samuel Raj, Dilip J. Upadhyay
  • Publication number: 20120108637
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are useful in treating conditions or disorders prevented by or ameliorated by histamine-3 receptor ligands. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the histamine-3 receptor ligands and methods for using such compounds and compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Marlon D. COWART, Yi-Yin Ku, Sou-Jen Chang, Dilinie P. Fernando, Timothy A. Grieme, Robert J. Altenbach
  • Publication number: 20120108591
    Abstract: A new class of alkylsulfinyl thiazolides is described. These compounds show strong activity against hepatitis viruses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: J. Edward Semple, Jean-Francois Rossignol
  • Publication number: 20120101053
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds capable of inhibiting and/or decreasing the activity of one or more cathepsins, thereby treating and/or preventing various disease states associated with one or more cysteine proteases including, but not limited to, cathepsins and papain-like cysteine proteases. Disease states treated and/or prevented by the compounds of the invention include, but are not limited to, mammalian parasitic diseases in which the parasite utilizes a critical cysteine protease from the papain family. Examples of parasitic diseases to be treated or prevented by the compounds of the invention include, but are not limited to, toxoplasmosis, malaria, African trypanosomiasis, Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, coccidiosis, giardiosis, cryptosporidiosis or schistosomiasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Cameron Black, Christian Beaulieu
  • Publication number: 20120101103
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I: (I) in which A, A1, R1, R7a, R7b, R8 and R10 have the meanings given in the specification, are DP2 receptor inhibitors useful in the treatment of useful in the treatment and prevention of immunologic diseases, allergic diseases such as asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis, and other inflammatory diseases mediated by prostaglandin D2 (PGD2). The compounds of Formula I may also be useful in treating diseases or medical conditions involving the Th2 T cell via production of IL-4, IL-5 and/or IL-13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: ARRAY BIOPHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Adam Cook, Kevin W. Hunt, Robert Kirk Delisle, Todd Romoff, Christopher T. Clark, Ganghyeok Kim, Christopher P. Corrette, George A. Doherty, Laurence E. Burgess
  • Publication number: 20120101111
    Abstract: The present invention relates to oxazolidinone derivatives of formula (I) wherein Y, R3 and R4 are as described in the description, to their preparation, to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and to their use as pharmaceuticals, to pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more compounds of formula (I), and especially to their use as orexin receptor antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Hamed Aissaoui, Christoph Boss, Christine Brotschi, Markus Gude, Romain Siegrist, Thierry Sifferlen, Jodi T. Williams
  • Patent number: 8163932
    Abstract: Disclosed are substituted indolealkanoic acids useful in the treatment of chronic complications arising from diabetes mellitus. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and methods of treatment employing the compounds, as well as methods for their synthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Alinea Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Lee Jones, David Gunn, John Howard Jones, Michael C. Van Zandt
  • Publication number: 20120095040
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I) where: R2 is a hydrogen or fluorine atom or a hydroxyl, cyano, trifluoromethyl, C1-6-alkyl, C1-6-alkoxy, or NR8R9 group; m, n, o and p independently are a number from 0 to 3; A is a covalent bond, an oxygen atom, a C1-6-alkylene group or a —O—C1-6-alkylene group in which the end that is an oxygen atom is bonded to the R1 group while the end that is an alkylene group is bonded to the carbon of the bicyclic compound; R1 is an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl group; R3 is a hydrogen or fluorine atom or a C1-6-alkyl or trifluoromethyl group; R4 is an optionally substituted 5-membered heterocyclic compound; wherein the compounds can be in the state of a base or an acid addition salt. The invention can be used in therapeutics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: SANOFI
    Inventors: Ahmed Abouabdellah, Luc Even, Aude Fayol, Julien Vache, Philippe Yauche
  • Publication number: 20120095021
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a compound of general formula A useful as potential anti-tubercular agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Ahmed Kamal, Rajesh VCRNC Shetti, P. Swapna, Shaik Azeeza, A. Malla Reddy, Inshad Ali Khan, Sheikh Tasduq Abdullah, Sandeep Sharma, Nitin Pal Kalia
  • Publication number: 20120095004
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted adamantane compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, processes for their preparation, and methods for inhibiting sphingosine kinase and for treating or preventing hyperproliferative disease, inflammatory disease, or angiogenic disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: APOGEE BIOTECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Charles D. Smith, Kevin J. French, Yan Zhuang
  • Publication number: 20120095066
    Abstract: The present invention concerns methods for the production of pharmaceutical formulations of Epothilones suitable for being administered parenterally, such as intravenously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Olaf Reer, Matthias Renz, Andreas Sachse, Claudia Sprenger, Jens Thomsen, Anka Uffrecht
  • Patent number: 8153813
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are useful in treating conditions or disorders prevented by or ameliorated by histamine-3 receptor ligands. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions of compounds of formula (I), methods for using such compounds and compositions, and a process for preparing the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Black, Marlon D. Cowart, Gregory A. Gfesser, Brian D. Wakefield, Robert J. Altenbach, Huaqing Liu, Chen Zhao, Gin C. Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20120083513
    Abstract: The present invention pertains generally to the field of therapeutic compounds, and more specifically to 3-substituted-8-substituted-3H-imidazo[5,1-d][1,2,3,5]tetrazin-4-one compounds of the following formula, wherein -A and —B are as defined herein (collectively referred to herein as 38TM compounds): The present invention also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds and compositions, both in vitro and in vivo, to inhibit cell proliferation, and in the treatment of proliferative disorders such as cancer, etc., and methods of preparing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: PHARMINOX LIMITED
    Inventors: Marc Geoffery Hummersone, Malcolm Francis Graham Stevens, David Cousin
  • Publication number: 20120071475
    Abstract: Provided is a compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof which inhibits the activity of PI3K to regulate many biological processes including the growth, differentiation, survival, proliferation, migration, metabolism, and the like of cells and is therefore useful for the prophylaxis/therapy of diseases including inflammatory diseases, arteriosclerosis, vascular/circulatory diseases, cancer/tumors, immune system diseases, cell proliferative diseases, infectious diseases, and the like. The above problem was solved by providing a urea derivative shown in the present specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: SHIONOGI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Taniyama, Yasunori Mitsuoka, Kayoko Hata
  • Patent number: 8138185
    Abstract: This application relates to novel urea glucokinase activators and use of the compounds of the invention for preparation of a medicament for the treatment of various diseases, e.g. for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Further encompassed is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound according to the invention and a process for preparing such.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Anthony Murray, Jesper Lau, Per Vedsø
  • Publication number: 20120065196
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds represented by the formula (Ie): and the formula (If): wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification. According to the present invention, these compounds have a DGAT inhibitory activity and are useful for the prophylaxis, treatment or improvement of diseases or pathologies caused by high expression or high activation of DGAT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Shuji Kitamura, Thomas Daniel Aicher, Steve Gonzales, Yvan Le Huerou, Scott Alan Pratt, Yoshihisa Nakada
  • Publication number: 20120065203
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of reducing serum glucose and triglyceride levels and for inhibiting angiogenesis, the methods comprising administration of substituted indolealkanoic acids to patients in need of such treatment. Also disclosed are such compounds useful in the treatment of angiogenesis, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia and chronic complications arising from diabetes mellitus. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: The Institute for Pharmaceutical Discovery, LLC
    Inventors: Janet Sredy, Jorge Jacot
  • Publication number: 20120059013
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for treating early morning akinesia, comprising continuous administration to a patient in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of a dopamine agonist or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, enantiomer, solvate, hydrate, polymorph or prodrug thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Boris FERGER, Erich BUERGER, Makoto SHIMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20120053210
    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: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: CalciMedica, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Whitten, Yazhong Pei, Jianguo Cao, Zhijun Wang, Evan Rogers, Brian Dyck, Jonathan Grey
  • Publication number: 20120053181
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and method of using the same in the treatment or prevention of diseases mediated by the activation of ?3-adrenoceptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme, Corp.
    Inventors: Peter Lin, Lehua Chang, Scott D. Edmondson
  • Publication number: 20120046290
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of a group of aryl ureas in treating cytokine mediated diseases, other than cancer and proteolytic enzyme mediated diseases, other than cancer, and pharmaceutical compositions for use in such therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Jacques Dumas, Uday Khire, Timothy B. Lowinger, Holger Paulsen, Bernd Riedl, William J. Scott, Roger A. Smith, Jill Wood, Holia Hatoum-Mokdad, Wendy Lee, Aniko Redman, Jeffrey Johnson, Robert Sibley
  • Publication number: 20120046250
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions for use, inter alia, in methods of reducing Wnt-mediated effects and treating cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: STEMSYNERGY THERAPEUTICS, INC
    Inventor: Darren Orton
  • Publication number: 20120040974
    Abstract: The invention provides novel heterocyclic compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment that modulate levels of MIF expression and treat disorders associated with high or low levels of MIF expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: YALE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: William L. Jorgensen, Richard J. Bucala
  • Publication number: 20120039953
    Abstract: Physically and chemically stable aqueous suspensions of riluzole are disclosed together with the manufacturing methods thereof. Such aqueous suspensions comprise riluzole in particle form and at least a wetting agent, preferably a surfactant. Riluzole is in amounts from about 0.1% to about 20% w/v and has an average particle size lower than 200 ?m; such suspensions are devoid of the known local (mouth) anaesthetic effects of riluzole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: Italfarmaco Spa
    Inventors: Roberta Artico, Marco Adami, Daniele Barbareschi, Jaime Moscoso, Tiziano Oldoni, Paolo Mascagni
  • Publication number: 20120041011
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted benzofused derivatives, which can he used as vanilloid receptor ligands, method of treating diseases, conditions and/or disorders modulated by vanilloid receptors with them, and processes for preparing them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals S.A.
    Inventors: Laxmikant Atmaram GHARAT, Uday Mukund JOSHI, Neelima KHAIRATKAR-JOSHI, Suresh Mahadev KADAM
  • Publication number: 20120041041
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) in free or salt or solvate form, wherein T has the meaning as indicated in the specification, are useful for treating conditions that are prevented or alleviated by activation of the ?2-adrenoreceptor. Pharmaceutical compositions that contain the compounds and a process for preparing the compounds are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventor: Robin Alec FAIRHURST
  • Patent number: 8114893
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides for a compound of Formula I in which in Formula I, the variables X1, X2a, X2b, X2c, R1, B, L, E, A and the subscript n are as defined herein. In another aspect, the present invention provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I as well as methods for using compounds of Formula I for the treatment of diseases and conditions (e.g., cancer, thrombocythemia, etc) characterized by the expression or over-expression of Bcl-2 anti-apoptotic proteins, e.g., of anti-apoptotic Bcl-xL proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignees: Genentech, Inc., Abbott Laboratories, The Walter and Eliza Hall Medical Research Institute
    Inventors: Jonathan Bayldon Baell, Chinh Thien Bui, Peter Colman, Danette A. Dudley, Wayne J. Fairbrother, John A. Flygare, Guillaume Laurent Lessene, Chudi Ndubaku, George Nikolakopoulos, Carl Steven Rye, Brad Edmund Sleebs, Brian John Smith, Keith Geoffrey Watson, Steven W. Elmore, Andrew M. Petros, Andrew J. Souers, Peter Czabotar
  • Publication number: 20120035050
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel active compound combinations comprising, firstly, at least one known compound of the formula (I) in which R1 and A have the meanings given in the description and, secondly, at least one further known active compound from groups (2) to (27) listed in the description, which combinations are highly suitable for controlling animal pests such as insects and unwanted acarids and also phytopathogenic fungi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Peter Jeschke, Robert Velten, Heike Hungenberg, Wolfgang Thielert
  • Publication number: 20120035187
    Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a novel agent for anti-neurodegenerative diseases and solves the object by providing an agent for anti-neurodegenerative diseases containing, as an effective ingredient, the compound(s) represented by the following General formula 1: wherein in General formula 1, R1 through R3 independently represent a hydrogen atom or an appropriate substituent; Z1 represents a heterocyclic ring and Z2 represents the same or different heterocyclic or aromatic ring as in Z1, wherein the heterocyclic and aromatic rings optionally have a substituent; represents an integer of 0, 1 or 2; p represents an integer of 0 or 1, with the proviso that p is 1 when o is 0 or 2, and p is 0 when o is 1; R1 and R2 do not exist when o is 0, while, when p is 0, R3 does not exist and the binding between the carbon atom to which R2 binds and Z2 is a single bond; X1? represents an appropriate counter anion and q represents an integer of 1 or 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO
    Inventors: Hitomi Ohta, Kenji Akita, Tsunetaka Ohta, Toshio Kawata, Shigeharu Fukuda
  • Patent number: 8110585
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula wherein R1 is a hydrocarbon group optionally having substituent(s), amino optionally having substituent(s), hydroxy optionally having a substituent or a heterocyclic group optionally having substituent(s); R2 is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group optionally having substituent(s); Xa and Xb are each C, N, O or S; Xc and Xd are each C or N; m is 0-2; n is 1-3; ring A is a 5-membered ring optionally having substituent(s); ring B is a 6-membered ring optionally having substituent(s); and ring C is a 3- to 5-membered ring optionally having substituent(s), provided that when Xa, Xc and Xd are each C, then Xb is N or S, or a salt thereof, which is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of a disease relating to an action of melatonin, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Tatsuki Koike, Takafumi Takai, Yasutaka Hoashi
  • Patent number: 8110686
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treatment of certain metabolic diseases, and to novel compounds and their prodrugs, and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds useful in treating such diseases. In particular, this invention relates to the use of novel compounds and compositions for treatment of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers, acidosis, and obesity through the inhibition of malonyl-CoA decarboxylase (MCD). These compounds have the formulae (I) and (II), wherein Y, C, R1, R2, R6, and R7 are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Chugai Seiyaki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Thomas Arrhenius, Jie Fei Cheng, Mark E. Wilson, Rossy Serafimov, Alex M. Nadzan, Gary D. Lopaschuk, Jason R. Dyck
  • Publication number: 20120028959
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, X1, X2, Y, Ra, Rb, Q have the meanings given in claim 1. The compounds are useful e.g. in the treatment of autoimmune disorders, such as multiple sclerosis and also in the treatment of cancer disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK SERONO S.A.
    Inventors: Siva Sanjeeva Rao Thunuguntla, Hosahalli Subramanya, Satish Reddy Kunnam, Sekhar Reddy Sanivaru Vijay, Chakrapani Bingi, Raviraj Kusanur, Matthias Schwarz, Michael Arlt
  • Patent number: 8106052
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods, compositions, substrates, and kits useful for analyzing the metabolic activity in cells, tissue, and animals and for screening test compounds for their effect on cytochrome P450 activity. In particular, a one-step and two-step methods using luminogenic molecules, e.g. luciferin or coelenterazines, that are cytochrome P450 substrates and that are also bioluminescent enzyme, e.g., luciferase, pro-substrates are provided. Upon addition of the luciferin derivative or other luminogenic molecule into a P450 reaction, the P450 enzyme metabolizes the molecule into a bioluminescent enzyme substrate, e.g., luciferin and/or luciferin derivative metabolite, in a P450 reaction. The resulting metabolite(s) serves as a substrate of the bioluminescent enzyme, e.g., luciferase, in a second light-generating reaction. Luminescent cytochrome P450 assays with low background signals and high sensitivity are disclosed and isoform selectivity is demonstrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Promega Corporation
    Inventors: James J. Cali, Dieter Klaubert, William Daily, Samuel Kin Sang Ho, Susan Frackman, Erika Hawkins, Keith V. Wood
  • Publication number: 20120020881
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds suitable for labeling by positron emitting isotopes, such as 18F, 11C, 13N and 15O, through appropriate labeling reagents, such as 18F reagents and methods of preparing such a compound, compositions comprising such compounds, kits comprising such compounds or compositions and uses of such compounds, compositions or kits for diagnostic imaging by positron emission tomography (PET).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: BAYER SCHERING PHARMA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Lutz Lehmann, Timo Stellfeld, Keith Graham, Jessica Becaud, Linjing Mu
  • Publication number: 20120021057
    Abstract: An oral once-daily pramipexole formulation, comprising an immediate-release component and a controlled-release component, is provided wherein in preferred embodiments, both the immediate-release component and the controlled-release component comprise pramipexole The formulation is preferably in the form of a coated bead A method of manufacturing said formulation is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Purdue Pharma
    Inventor: Thinnayam Naganathan Krishnamurthy
  • Publication number: 20120022067
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein, R1 is a group of formula A or formula B, and X, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Ra and Rb are as defined herein. Also provided are methods of using the compounds for treating diseases mediated by a P2X3 and/or a P2X2/3 receptor antagonist and methods of making the subject compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Li Chen, Michael Patrick Dillon, Lichun Feng, Ronald Charles Hawley, Minmin Yang
  • Publication number: 20120022121
    Abstract: Indole derivatives and analogous compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same are provided. Also provided are methods of using these compounds to inhibit tubulin polymerization in a cell associated with a proliferative disease or to treat cancer, metastatic cancer, resistant cancer or multidrug resistant cancer, including inter-alia: prostate cancer, breast cancer, melanoma, colon cancer and bladder cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: James T. DALTON, Duane D. MILLER, Sunjoo AHN, Charles DUKE, Dong Jin HWANG, Jun YANG
  • Publication number: 20120015976
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds according to formula (I) as autotaxin inhibitors and the use of such compounds for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of physiological and/or pathophysiological conditions, which are caused, mediated and/or propagated by increased lysophosphatic acid levels and/or the activation of autotaxin, in particular of different cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANK TER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Melanie Schultz, Kai Schiemann, Wolfgang Staehle
  • Publication number: 20120015992
    Abstract: Methods of using apogossypol and its derivatives for treating inflammation is disclosed. Also, there is described a group of compounds having structure A, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, N-oxide, or solvate thereof are provided: wherein each R is independently H, C(O)X, C(O)NHX, NH(CO)X, SO2NHX, or NHSO2X, wherein X is hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, alkylaryl, substituted alkylaryl, heterocycle, or substituted heterocycle. Compounds of group A may be used for treating various diseases or disorders, such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: Burnham Institute for Medical Research
    Inventor: Maurizio Pellecchia
  • Publication number: 20120015910
    Abstract: Novel active compound combinations comprising a carboxamide of the general formula (I) (group 1) in which A, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the description, and the active compound groups (2) to (23) listed in the description have very good fungicidal properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann, Peter Dahmen, Ralf Dunkel, Hans-Ludwig Elbe, Anne Suty-Heinze, Heiko Rieck