Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for reducing body weight in an animal in need thereof via administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a compound having a general tripartite structure A-B-C. In the tripartite structure A, B, and C are identical or non-identical structures, for example, but not limited to, heterocyclic, phenyl or benzyl ring structures with or without substitutions and are described in detail herein. The methods may utilize particular compounds, for example, having a piperidinyl, a pyrrolinyl or pyridinyl A ring, a thiazole B ring, and a phenyl C ring which may be further substituted independently. Also provided are methods for increasing thermogenesis without reducing lean body mass during weight loss in an animal by administering of a therapeutically effective amount of the compounds described.

Abstract: A compound useful for treating subjects in need of therapy involving sigma receptors or for alleviation of affects resulting from drug abuse having the general formula I in which R1 can be a radical of an optionally substituted C-4 to C-7 N-containing heterocycle such as, for example, radicals of optionally substituted piperidines, optionally substituted piperazines, optionally substituted tetrahydropyridines, optionally substituted azepanes, tertiary amines (cyclic or acyclic), isoindoline-1,3-dione, or optionally substituted tetrahydroisoquinolones (aromatically substituted): R2,3,4,5,6 can each independently be any one or combinations of the following moieties, cyano, nitro, acyl, alkyl, amido, azido, isothiocyanate, isocyanate optionally substituted anilino, halogens, ethers, sulfonamides, thioacyl, nitro, aromatic, heterocyclic, olefinic, acetylene, deuterium, or tritium; Y can be either CH, CH2, O, S, OCH2, N—R, N—Ar, C—R, C—Ar; Z can be either H, O, S, S—R or NR.

Abstract: The present invention discloses thioflavine S and primuline derivatives which inhibit hepatitis C virus helicase and protease activity. Consequently, the compounds of the present invention interfere with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the aforementioned compounds and methods of treating an HCV infection.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): (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.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of inhibiting, suppressing or preventing levodopa-induced dyskinesia in a patient suffering from Parkinson's Disease, comprising the step of administering to the patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one compound of the invention. The present invention further provides a method of inhibiting, suppressing or preventing Parkinson's Disease in a patient, comprising the step of administering to the patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one compound of the invention.

Abstract: The present patent application concerns new ligands of the H4-receptor of formula (I), their process of preparation and their therapeutic use.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel bis-sulfonamide derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of chemokine receptors.

Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for inhibiting CD 38 activity, and methods of treating or preventing various disorders associated with CD38 activity.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I) or Formula (III): [INSERT CHEMICAL STRUCTURE HERE] (I) [INSERT CHEMICAL STRUCTURE HERE] (III) 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.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods of treating and/or preventing infections in mammals caused by microorganisms, by administering to a mammal a therapeutically effective amount of at least one defensin-like molecule, e.g., in a composition that includes such molecule. Also disclosed are the use of such defensin-like molecules for treating and/or preventing infections in mammals; and kits that may include such molecules, or compositions that include such molecules, as well as instructions for using such molecules to treat a mammal.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds for selectively inhibiting glycosidases, prodrugs of the compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds or prodrugs of the compounds. The invention also provides methods of treating diseases and disorders related to deficiency or overexpression of O-GlcNAcase, accumulation or deficiency of O-GlcNAc.

Abstract: Compounds, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat, prevent or diagnose diseases, disorders, or conditions associated with one or more of the lysophosphatidic acid receptors are provided.

Abstract: Provided herein are compounds that inhibit or partially inhibit the activity of leucine rich repeat kinases. Also provided herein are methods of treatment of CNS disorders comprising administration of inhibitors of leucine rich repeat kinases.

Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted 4-(1H-pyrazol-4-yl)benzyl analogs compounds, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1 (mAChR M1); synthesis methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include methods and compositions involving aldose reductase inhibitors for treating COPD.

Abstract: Compounds, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat, prevent or diagnose diseases, disorders, or conditions associated with one or more of the lysophosphatidic acid receptors are provided.

Abstract: Substituted fused imidazole derivatives, methods of their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising a substituted fused imidazole derivative, and methods of use in treating inflammation are provided. The substituted fused imidazole derivatives may control the activity or the amount or both the activity and the amount of heme-oxygenase.

Abstract: Methods of treating mental disorders, including anxiety disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, are provided. The methods comprise administering an effective amount of a glutamate modulator to an individual in need thereof. Also provided are methods of enhancing the activity of a serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI) comprising co-administering a glutamate modulator and a serotonin reuptake inhibitor. Pharmaceutical composition comprising a serotonin reuptake inhibitor and a glutamate modulator are also provided.

Abstract: Provided are methods for increasing fat locally in a body of a subject in need thereof comprising percutaneously administering to the subcutaneous fat of the subject a thiazolidinedione or an orexigenic compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, optionally delivered as a composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, as described herein. In certain embodiments, the pharmaceutically acceptable carrier comprises a percutaneous carrier, as described herein. Further provided are compositions comprising a thiazolidinedione or an orexigenic compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, for use according to the invention.

Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: which inhibit RNA-containing virus, particularly the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). Consequently, the compounds of the present invention interfere with the life cycle of the Hepatitis C Virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HCV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to inhibitors of S-nitrosoglutathione reductase (GSNOR), pharmaceutical compositions comprising such GSNOR inhibitors, and methods of making and using the same.

Abstract: Methods and compositions relating to diagnosing and treating a VMAT-2 deficiency disease are described. Provided are methods for screening for, diagnosing or detecting a risk of developing a VMAT-2 deficiency disease comprising detecting the presence of a VMAT-2 variant in a sample of a subject, wherein the presence of the VMAT-2 variant is indicative that the subject has a VMAT-2 deficiency disease or an increased risk of developing a VMAT-2 deficiency disease compared to an individual having wild type VMAT-2. Also provided are methods of treating a VMAT-2 deficiency disease with a dopamine agonist.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 1,3-dihydroindol-2-one (oxindole) derivatives of the formula (I) in which A, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are defined according to claim 1, and to medicaments containing them for the treatment of diseases. In particular, the novel oxindole derivaties can be used for the control and/or prophylaxis of various vasopressin-dependent or oxytocin-dependent diseases.

Abstract: Physically and chemically stable aqueous oral suspensions of riluzole and manufacturing methods thereof. The suspensions contain riluzole in particle form and at least a wetting agent, preferably a surfactant. Riluzole is present in amounts from about 0.1% to about 20% w/v and has an average particle size lower than 200 ?m. The suspensions are devoid of the known local (mouth) anaesthetic effects of riluzole.

Abstract: Disubstituted octahydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole compounds are described, which are useful as orexin receptor modulators. Such compounds may be useful in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of diseased states, disorders, and conditions mediated by orexin activity, such as insomnia.

Abstract: Methods for restoring normal patterns of activity in a subject suffering from Parkinson's Disease are disclosed that include administering an effective steady state concentration of a dopamine modulating compound continuously for a prolonged period of time such that normal patterns of activity are substantially restored in the subject.

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.

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.

Abstract: Substituted fused imidazole derivatives, methods of their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising a substituted fused imidazole derivative, and methods of use in treating inflammation are provided. The substituted fused imidazole derivatives may control the activity or the amount or both the activity and the amount of heme-oxygenase.

Abstract: Described herein are substituted bicyclic amines. In particular, described herein are substituted bicyclic amines that are effective as antagonists of SSTR5 and useful for the treatment, control or prevention of disorders responsive to antagonism of SSTR5, such as type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, lipid disorders, obesity, atherosclerosis, metabolic syndrome, depression, and anxiety.

Abstract: Disclosed are fluorescent compounds useful as intracellular pH probes. In particular, the invention teaches a two-photon absorbing, water soluble, fluorescent compound, a fluorene derivative, which is effective as a near-neutral pH indicator and particularly as an intracellular probe. A method for chemical synthesis of the claimed compounds is provided.

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of formula I their use as inhibitors of the microsomal prostaglandin E2 synthase-1 (mPGES-1), pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use as medicaments for the treatment and/or prevention of inflammatory diseases and associated conditions. A, M, W, R1, R2, R6, R7, R8 have meanings given in the description.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel derivatives of propargyl-trifluoromethoxy-amino-benzothiazole which are effective in treating neurologic disorders, including Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis.

Abstract: Disubstituted octahydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole compounds are described, which are useful as orexin receptor modulators. Such compounds may be useful in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of diseased states, disorders, and conditions mediated by orexin activity, such as insomnia.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for inhibiting the growth of a microbe; treating a mammal having a microbial infection, malaria, mucositis, an ophthalmic infection, an otic infection, a cancer, or a Mycobacterium infection; killing or inhibiting the growth of a Plasmodium species; inhibiting the growth of a Mycobacterium species; modulating an immune response in a mammal; or antagonizing unfractionated heparin, low molecular weight heparin, or a heparin/low molecular weight heparin derivative.

Abstract: Topical formulations and method of using the same are provided. The topical formulation comprises a pyrazolylbenzothiazole derivative of the following formula (1) wherein X, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are described herein.

Abstract: A compound represented by the formula: or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt. Ring A is aromatic carbocycle or aromatic heterocycle, Z is —O— or —S—, R1 is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, carboxy, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl or the like, R2 and R3 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy or the like, R4 is a group represented by the formula: —(CR6R7)n—R8, R6 and R7 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy or the like, n is an integer of 0 to 3, R8 is carboxy, cyano, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like, Rx is halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, carboxy, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl or the like, and m is an integer of 0 to 3.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of using the same in the treatment or prevention of diseases mediated by the activation of b3-adrenoceptor.

Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to the novel compounds of formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts, which are CGRP receptor antagonists. The disclosure also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for using the compounds in the treatment of CGRP related disorders including migraine and other headaches, neurogenic vasodilation, neurogenic inflammation, thermal injury, circulatory shock, flushing associated with menopause, airway inflammatory diseases such as asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Abstract: The invention provides small molecule inhibitors of EYA2 phosphatase activity and EYA2 binding to Six1. These inhibitors are proposed for use in methods of treating cancer in a subject, such as those involving Six1 and/or EYA2 disregulation. In some embodiments, the invention further provides for the administration of a second cancer therapy to the subject.

Abstract: The invention is in general directed to compounds and methods for diagnosing, preventing or alleviating the symptoms of amyloid-associated diseases, for example, neuronal diseases, such as, for example, Alzheimer's disease, methods of screening for compounds useful in preventing or alleviating the symptoms of amyloid-associated diseases, methods of diagnostic imaging of A-beta fibrils, and compounds and methods useful for studying normal or disease-associated cellular mechanisms relating to amyloid proteins.

Abstract: Compounds useful for the treatment of giardiasis are described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of general formula I, wherein the group (Het)Ar is defined as in claim 1, which have valuable pharmacological properties, in particular bind to the GPR40 receptor and modulate its activity. The compounds are suitable for treatment and prevention of diseases which can be influenced by this receptor, such as metabolic diseases, in particular diabetes type 2.

Abstract: The invention includes compositions and methods useful for treating preventing abnormal thrombus formation and subsequent cardiovascular disease in diabetic patients and patients with increased cardiovascular risk.

Abstract: The present application relates to thiazolylidene containing compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined in the specification. The present application also relates to compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides functionalized magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) comprising a functional group that binds to ?-amyloid deposits and/or neurofibrillary tangles. The present disclosure provides compositions comprising the functionalized MNPs, and methods of using the functionalized MNPs in imaging ?-amyloid deposits and neurofibrillary tangles.

Abstract: An orally deliverable pharmaceutical composition comprises a therapeutically effective amount of pramipexole or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, said composition exhibiting at least one of (a) an in vitro release profile wherein on average no more than about 20% of the pramipexole is dissolved within 2 hours after placement of the composition in a standard dissolution test; and (b) an in vivo pramipexole absorption profile following single dose administration to healthy adult humans wherein the time to reach a mean of 20% absorption is greater than about 2 hours and/or the time to reach a mean of 40% absorption is greater than about 4 hours. The composition is useful for oral administration, not more than once daily, to a subject having a condition or disorder for which a dopamine receptor agonist is indicated.

Abstract: Cyanines which selectively bind to G-quadruplex DNA complexes, particularly quadruplexes expressed in cancer cells, and methods of making and using thereof are described herein. The cyanine can be a symmetrical or unsymmetrical streptocyanine, hemicyanine, closed chain cyanine, or combinations thereof. The cyanine is preferably substituted with one or more groups that minimize or prevent aggregation of the cyanine and/or inhibit binding of the cyanine to duplex DNA. One or more of the cyanines can be formulated with one or more pharmaceutical excipients and/or carrier to prepare pharmaceutical compositions suitable for administration to a patient, particular a human patient. The compounds and compositions described herein can be used to treat diseases or disorders characterized by the expression of G-quadruplex DNA, such as cancer.

Abstract: An extended release pellet comprising an active ingredient selected from pramipexole and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and at least one release-modifying excipient.

Abstract: The invention, in some aspects, relates to compounds and compositions useful for inhibiting Type III secretion systems in pathogenic bacteria, such as Yersinia Pestis. In some aspects, the invention relates to methods for discovering inhibitors of the Type III secretion system and uses of such inhibitors in the treatment and prevention of disease.