C=x Bonded Directly To The Nitrogen Which Is Bonded Directly To The Thiazole Ring (x Is Chalcogen) Patents (Class 514/371)
  • Publication number: 20090036467
    Abstract: A new class of alkylsulfonyl-substituted thiazolide compounds is described. These compounds show strong activity against hepatitis virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Rossignol, J. Edward Semple
  • Publication number: 20090029997
    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: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: LABORATOIRES SERONO SA
    Inventors: Anna Quattropani, Vincent Pomel, Thomas Rueckle, Tania Grippi-Vallotton
  • Publication number: 20090029998
    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: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2005
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: APPLIED RESEARCH SYSTEM ARS HOLDING N.V.
    Inventors: Anna Quattropani, Thomas Rueckle, Matthias Schwarz, Jerome Dorbais, Wolfgang Sauer, Christophe Cleva, Gwenaelle Desforges
  • Publication number: 20090005391
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are useful in the prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of hyperglycemia and diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Matthew Colin Thor Fyfe, Martin James Procter
  • Publication number: 20080319033
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I in free or salt form, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and X have the meanings as indicated in the specification, are useful for treating diseases mediated by phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase. Pharmaceutical compositions that contain the compounds and processes for preparing the compounds are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Emma Budd, Julia Doris Ida Hatto, Judy Fox Hayler, Darren Mark Legrand, Barbara Valade
  • Publication number: 20080319028
    Abstract: This invention relates to dicycloalkylcarbamoyl ureas of formula (I), which are activators of glucokinase and thus may be useful for the management, treatment, control, or adjunct treatment of diseases, where increasing glucokinase activity is beneficial.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Anthony Murray, Jesper Lau, Per Vedso, Lone Jeppesen, Marit Kristiansen
  • Publication number: 20080312237
    Abstract: Compounds are disclosed that have a formula represented by the following: The compounds may be prepared as pharmaceutical compositions, and may be used for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including by way of non-limiting example, pain, inflammation, traumatic injury, and others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Michael G. Kelly, Satyanarayana Janagani, Ravindra B. Upasani
  • Publication number: 20080312207
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) wherein: R1 is methyl; R2 is selected from —C (O) NR4R5, SO2NR4R5, S (O) pR4 and HET-2; HET-1 is a 5- or 6-membered, optionally substituted C-linked heteroaryl ring; HET-2 is a 4-, 5- or 6-membered, C- or N-linked optionally substituted heterocyclyl ring; R3 is selected from halo, fluoromethyl, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, methyl, methoxy and cyano; R4 is selected from for example hydrogen, optionally substituted (1-4C) alkyl and HET-2; R5 is hydrogen or (1-4C) alkyl; or R4 and R5 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached may form a heterocyclyl ring system as defined by HET-3; HET-3 is for example an optionally substituted N-linked, 4, 5 or 6 membered, saturated or partially unsaturated heterocyclyl ring; p is (independently at each occurrence) 0, 1 or 2; m is 0 or 1; n is 0, 1 or 2; provided that when m is 0, then n is 1 or 2; or a salt, pro drug or solvate thereof, are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Craig Johnstone, Darren McKerrecher, Kurt Gordon Pike
  • Publication number: 20080312291
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel thiazole and oxazole derivatives having a positive allosteric GABAB receptor (GBR) modulator effect, methods for the preparation of said compounds and to their use, optionally in combination with a GABAB agonist, for the inhibition of transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxations, for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, as well as for the treatment of functional gastrointestinal disorders and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The compounds are represented by the general formula (I) wherein X1 and X2 are selected from 0 and N or S and N and R1, R2 and Y are as defined in the description. For example, R1 may be alkyl, alkoxy, thioalkoxy or aryl, R2 may be alkoxy and Y may be a carbonylamino-linked substituent containing an aryl or heteroaryl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Udo Bauer, Linda Gustafsson, Maria Saxin, Tor Svensson
  • Publication number: 20080312206
    Abstract: The invention relates to chemical compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof of the formula which possess CSF 1R kinase inhibitory activity and are accordingly useful for their anti cancer activity and thus in methods of treatment of the human or animal body. The invention also relates to processes for the manufacture of said chemical compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to their use in the manufacture of medicaments of use in the production of an anti-cancer effect in a warm blooded animal such as man.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Brian Aquila, Donald Cook, Leslie Dakin, Stephanos Ioannidis, Paul Lyne, David Scott, Xiaolan Zheng
  • Publication number: 20080306067
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I), wherein substituents are as given above, useful in the treatment of a disease mediated by the action of CCR3, in particular inflammatory or obstructive airway diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Klaus Weigand, Thomas Ullrich, Kate Hoeganauer, Philipp Lehr, Rohan Beckwith
  • Publication number: 20080300136
    Abstract: 2-Acylaminothiazole-4-carboxamides of the formula (I) and application thereof as an insecticide. wherein R1 represents phenyl which may be optionally substituted, or a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic group containing at least one hetero atom selected from a group consisting of N, O and S which may be optionally substituted, represents halogen, C1-6 alkyl or C1-6 haloalkyl, R3 represents C1-6 haloalkyl, C1-6 haloalkoxy, C1-6 haloalkylthio, C1-6 haloalkylsulfinyl or C1-6 haloalkylsulfonyl, R4 represents halogen, C1-6 alkyl or C1-6 haloalkyl, and X represents hydrogen, halogen, C1-6 alkyl or C1-6 haloalkyl, and the use of the new compounds as insecticides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Akihiko Yanagi, Yukiyoshi Watanabe, Jun Mihara, Katsuhiko Shibuya, Eiichi Shimojo, Akira Emoto
  • Patent number: 7459473
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel N-linked sulfonamides of N-heterocyclic carboxylic acid and carboxylic acid isosteres, their preparation, and use for treating neurological disorders including physically damaged nerves and neurodegenerative diseases, and for treating alopecia and promoting hair growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Glia Med, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory S. Hamilton, Mark H. Norman, Yong-Qian Wu
  • Publication number: 20080293787
    Abstract: The invention relates to solid dispersions of poorly soluble compounds formed by co-precipitation and hot melt extrusion, resulting in improved stability and bioavailability. The invention also relates to hot melt extrusion processes used to prepare such solid dispersions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Ashish Chatterji, Zedong Dong, Harpreet K. Sandhu, Navnit Hargovindas Shah
  • Publication number: 20080293741
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I): (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are useful in the prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of hyperglycemia and diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2006
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Matthew Colin Thor Fyfe, Martin James Procter
  • Publication number: 20080287510
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: William A. Carroll, Michael J. Dart, Arturo Perez-Medrano, Jennifer M. Frost, Sridhar Peddi
  • Publication number: 20080280872
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I): wherein: R1 is methoxymethyl; R2 is selected from —C(O)NR4R5, —SO2NR4R5, —S(O)pR4 and HET-2; HET-1 is a 5- or 6-membered, optionally substituted C-linked heteroaryl ring; HET-2 is a 4-, 5- or 6-membered, C- or N-linked optionally substituted heterocyclyl ring; R3 is selected from halo, fluoromethyl, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, methyl, methoxy and cyano; R4 is selected from for example hydrogen, optionally substituted (1-4C)alkyl and HET-2; R5 is hydrogen or (1-4C)alkyl; or R4 and R5 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached may form a heterocyclyl ring system as defined by HET-3; HET-3 is for example an optionally substituted N-linked, 4, 5 or 6 membered, saturated or partially unsaturated heterocyclyl ring; p is (independently at each occurrence) 0, 1 or 2; m is 0 or 1; n is 0, 1 or 2; provided that when m is 0, then n is 1 or 2; or a salt, pro-drug or solvate thereof, are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Craig Johnstone, Darren McKerrecher, Kurt Gordon Pike
  • Publication number: 20080280871
    Abstract: in free or salt form, wherein Ra, Rb, R2, R3, R4 and R5 have the meanings as indicated in the specification, are useful for treating conditions that are mediated by mediated by phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase. Pharmaceutical compositions that contain the compounds and a process for preparing the compounds are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Graham Charles Bloomfield, Ian Bruce, Judy Fox Hayler, Catherine Leblanc, Darren Mark Le Grand, Clive McCarthy
  • Patent number: 7442715
    Abstract: A compound of the formula (I): R1—NH—X—Y-Z (I) wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof useful as a vascular adhesion protein-1 (VAP-1) inhibitor, a pharmaceutical composition, a method for preventing or treating a VAP-1 associated disease, especially macular edema, which method includes administering an effective amount of the compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a mammal, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Nagashima, Takayuki Inoue, Mitsuru Ohkubo, Kousei Yoshihara, Takashi Tojo, Masataka Morita
  • Publication number: 20080261952
    Abstract: A method of treating a condition associated with the CB-1 receptor, in particular obesity, by administering an effective amount of an aryl urea CB-1 receptor modulating compound to a subject in need of such treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Jason Bloxham, Matthew Colin Thor Fyfe, James Horswill, Revathy Perpetua Jeevaratnam, John Keily, Martin James Procter, Karen Lesley Schofield, Salam Shaaban, Andrew Simon Swain, Phillppe Wong-Kai-In
  • Publication number: 20080242709
    Abstract: 2-Amido-4-isoxazolyl thiazole compounds exhibiting ATP-utilizing enzyme inhibitory activity, methods of using compounds exhibiting ATP-utilizing enzyme inhibitory activity, and compositions comprising compounds exhibiting ATP-utilizing enzyme inhibitory activity, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: John K. Dickson, Carl Nicholas Hodge, Ke Chen
  • Publication number: 20080234273
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, and HET-1 are as described in the specification, and their salts, are activators of glucokinase (GLK) and are thereby useful in the treatment of for example, type 2 diabetes. Processes for preparing compounds of formula (I) are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Darren McKerrecher, Kurt Gordon Pike, Michael James Waring
  • Patent number: 7427635
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula which are useful in treating diseases characterized by the hyperactivity of MEK. Accordingly the compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases, such as, cancer, cognative and CNS disorders and inflammatory/autoimmune diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Xin-Jie Chu, Nader Fotouhi, Nicholas J. S. Huby, Norman Kong, Lee Apostle McDermott, John Moliterni, Zhuming Zhang
  • Patent number: 7427634
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the compounds of the formula (I) and salts thereof (all the symbols are the same meanings as described in the specification). The compounds of the formula (I) possess inhibitory activity of N-type calcium channel, so they are useful as drug for prevention and/or treatment of cerebral infarct, transient ischemic attack, encephalomyelopathy after cardiac operation, spinal angiopathy, hypertension with stress, neurosis, epilepsy, asthma and pollakiuria etc. or agent for the treatment of pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Seko, Masashi Kato
  • Patent number: 7425555
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): are inhibitors of p38 kinase and are useful in the treatment of conditions or disease states mediated by p38 kinase activity or mediated by cytokines produced by the activity of p38.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Martyn Angell, Paul Bamborough, Ian Robert Baldwin, Anne-Marie Li-Kwai-Cheung, Timothy Longstaff, Suzanne Joy Merrick, Kathryn Jane Smith, Stephen Swanson, Ann Louise Walker
  • Publication number: 20080207703
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel heterocyclic urea compounds having useful antibacterial activity, pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more of these compounds, methods of making the same, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Replidyne, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Guiles, Thale Jarvis, Sarah Strong, Xicheng Sun
  • Publication number: 20080207712
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the Formula I wherein R1, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are as defined. Compounds of the Formula I have activity inhibiting production of A?-peptide. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating disorders and diseases, for example, neurodegenerative and/or neurological disorders, e.g., Alzheimer's disease, in a mammal comprising compounds of the Formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Yuhpyng L. Chen, Lei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20080207636
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a compound of Formula (I) or a salt, solvate or prodrug thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, n and m are as described in the specification, in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of a disease condition mediated through glucokinase (GLK), such as type 2 diabetes. The invention also relates to a novel group of compounds of Formula (I) and to methods for preparing compounds of Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Scott Boyd, Peter William Rodney Caulkett, Rodney Brian Hargreaves, Suzanne Saxon Bowker, Roger James, Clifford David Jones, Darren McKerrecher, Michael Howard Block, Craig Johnstone
  • Publication number: 20080200463
    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: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: LABORATOIRES SERONO SA
    Inventors: Anna Quattropani, David Covini, Vincent Pomel, Jerome Dorbais, Thomas Rueckle
  • Publication number: 20080200334
    Abstract: Method for enhancing the fungicidal effectiveness of a) ethaboxam of the formula I, which comprises applying the active compound I simultaneously, that is separately or together, with at least one active compound II from the group consisting of: b) dithiocarbamates, such as maneb, mancozeb, metam or metiram, sulfenic acid derivatives, such as captan or folpet, strobilurin derivatives, such as kresoxim-methyl or pyraclostrobin, cinnamides and analogs, such as dimethomorph or flumorph, or dithianon, famoxadone, cymoxanil, fluazinam, zoxamide, mefenoxam or chlorothalonil, N-(2-{4-[3-(4-chlorophenyl)prop-2-ynyloxy]-3-methoxyphenyl}ethyl)-2-methanesulfonylamino-3-methylbutyramide, N-(2-{4-[3-(4-chlorophenyl)prop-2-ynyloxy]-3-methoxyphenyl}ethyl)-2-ethanesulfonylamino-3-methylbutyramide or 5-chloro-7-(4-methylpiperidin-1-yl)-6-(2,4,6-trifluorophenyl)-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine in synergistically effective amounts, by spraying or dusting the seeds, the plants or the soils before or after sowing of the
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jordi Tormo I Blasco, Maria Scherer, Reinhard Stierl, Siegfried Strathmann, Matthias Niedenbruck, Horst Dieter Brix, Markus Gewehr, Christine Beck
  • Patent number: 7414067
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of potent potassium channel blockers or a formulation thereof in the treatment of glaucoma and other conditions which leads to elevated intraoccular pressure in the eye of a patient. This invention also relates to the use of such compounds to provide a neuroprotective effect to the eye of mammalian species, particularly humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignees: Merck & Co. Inc., Evotec OAI
    Inventors: Edward Andrew Boyd, Michael H. Fisher, Maria L. Garcia, Gregory J. Kaczorowski, Peter T. Meinke, William H. Parsons, Stephen Price, John Stibbard
  • Patent number: 7410988
    Abstract: 2-Amido-4-substituted-aryl-thiazole-based compounds exhibiting ATP-utilizing enzyme inhibitory activity, methods of using compounds exhibiting ATP-utilizing enzyme inhibitory activity, and compositions comprising compounds exhibiting ATP-utilizing enzyme inhibitory activity, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: John K. Dickson, Jr., Carl Nicholas Hodge, Jose Serafin Mendoza, Ke Chen
  • Patent number: 7411071
    Abstract: A class of novel non-steroidal compounds are provided which are useful in treating diseases associated with modulation of the glucocorticoid receptor, AP-1, and/or NF-?B activity including obesity, diabetes, inflammatory and immune diseases, and have the structure of formula (I): where X is S, O or N; Z is —T—COOR1 or —T—COR1; and T, R, R1, Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, Z, A and B are defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating obesity, diabetes and inflammatory or immune associated diseases comprising said compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Bingwei V. Yang, Lidia M. Doweyko, Arthur M. Doweyko
  • Publication number: 20080188531
    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: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: LABORATOIRES SERONO SA
    Inventors: Anna Quattropani, Jerome Dorbais, David Covini, Gwenaelle Desforges, Thomas Rueckle
  • Publication number: 20080176911
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) as defined herein: inhibit the formation of the ?-amyloid peptide (?-A4) and are, therefore, useful in the treatment of pathologies in which a ?-amyloid peptide (?-A4) formation inhibitor provides a therapeutic benefit. Particular such pathologies are senile dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Down's syndrome, Parkinson's disease, amyloid angiopathy, cerebrovascular disorders, frontotemporal dementias and Pick's disease, post-traumatic dementias, pathologies linked to neuroinflammatory processes, Huntington's disease and Korsakov's syndrome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: Sylvie BALTZER, Marc PASCAL, Viviane VAN DORSSELAER
  • Publication number: 20080176899
    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 11, 2005
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Sarah Hadida Ruah, Peter Grootenhuis, Mark Miller, Matthew Hamilton
  • Publication number: 20080167309
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound for use in the prophylaxis or treatment of a disease state or condition mediated by a cyclin dependent kinase, the compound having the formula (I): and salts, tautomers, N-oxides or solvates thereof, wherein A is a bond, C?O, NRg(C?O) or O(C?O) wherein Rg is hydrogen or C1-4 hydrocarbyl optionally substituted by hydroxy or C1-4 alkoxy; Y is a bond or an alkylene chain of 1, 2 or 3 carbon atoms in length; Q is S or CR2; J is S or CH; provided that one of Q and J is S, and the other of Q and J is not S; when Q is S, there is a double bond between the ring carbon atoms “a” and “b” and a double bond between the ring nitrogen N and J; and when J is S, there is a double bond between Q and the ring carbon atom “a” and a double bond between the ring nitrogen N and the ring carbon atom “b”; and R1 to R4 are as defined in the claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS, LTD.
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Theresa Rachael Early, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Andrew James Woodhead, Paul Graham Wyatt
  • Publication number: 20080161371
    Abstract: The present invention relates to modulators of cystic fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”), compositions thereof, and methods therewith. The present invention also relates to methods of treating CFTR mediated diseases using such modulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Sarah Hadida-Ruah, Frederick Van Goor, Mark Miller, Jason McCartney, Jinglan Zhou, Vijayalaksmi Arumugam
  • Publication number: 20080153883
    Abstract: The present invention relates to thiazolidinylidene containing compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and X are as defined in the specification, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: William A. Carroll, Michael J. Dart, Tongmei Li, Arturo V. Perez-Medrano, Sridhar Peddi
  • Publication number: 20080153838
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of the Formula I. or salt, prodrug or solvate thereof, wherein R1, R5, R6, D, A, B, L, n, m and p are as defined in the description. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions of said compounds, the use of said compounds as medicaments and in the production of an anti-angiogenic effect in a warm-blooded animal. The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of said compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Clifford David Jones, Richard Williams Arthur Luke, William McCoull
  • Publication number: 20080146550
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with novel heteroarylacetamides of formula (I) R—C(O)—N(Re)—Rc—CH2—C(O)—N(Ra)(Rb) ??(I) wherein Ra to Re are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds inhibit the coagulation factor Xa and can be used as medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Markus Boehringer, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Wolfgang Haap, Hans Hilpert, Narendra Panday, Fabienne Ricklin
  • Patent number: 7384967
    Abstract: This invention relates to aryl carbonyl derivatives which are activators of glucokinase which may be useful for the management, treatment, control, or adjunct treatment of diseases, where increasing glucokinase activity is beneficial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Dharma Rao Polisetti, Janos Tibor Kodra, Jesper Lau, Paw Bloch, Mustafa Guzel, Kalpathy Chidambareswaran Santhosh, Adnan M. M. Mjalli, Robert Carl Andrews, Govindan Subramanian, Michael Ankersen, Per Vedso, Anthony Murray, Lone Jeppesen
  • Patent number: 7384968
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the Formula I wherein R1, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are as defined. Compounds of the Formula I have activity inhibiting production of A?-peptide. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating disorders and diseases, for example, neurodegenerative and/or neurological disorders, e.g., Alzheimer's disease, in a mammal comprising compounds of the Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventor: Yuhpyng L. Chen
  • Patent number: 7381734
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) where R5, R6a, each X, L, Cy and Lp are as defined in the specification, are tryptase inhibitors useful as antiinflammatory agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Tularik Limited
    Inventors: Sarah Elizabeth Lively, Bohdan Waszkowycz, Martin James Harrison, Christopher Neil Farthing, Keith Michael Johnson
  • Publication number: 20080125424
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to compounds represented in Formula I, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and methods of treating of diseases or disorders related to the function of the calcium sensing receptor. The invention also relates to processes for making such compounds and to intermediates useful in these processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventors: Pierre DePrez, Sarah E. Lively, Taoues Temal
  • Publication number: 20080125432
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that interact with ion channels. In particular, the invention relates to compounds having the structural Formula having the structural Formula I, II, III or IV, stereoisomers, tautomers, racemics, prodrugs, metabolites thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or solvate thereof, wherein X, Y1, Y2, R1, n, R3, R8, R9, R10, L1, L2, Ar1 and Ar2 are defined in claim 1. The invention also relates to methods for preparing said compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, and to the use of said compounds in methods for treatment of the human and animal body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: Devgen NV
    Inventors: Petra Blom, Jan Octaaf De Kerpel, Eric Pierre Paul Rene Fourmaintraux, Titus Jan Kaletta, Dirk Leysen
  • Publication number: 20080119462
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for treating a vascular hyperpermeable disease (except macular edema), which method comprises administering to a patient in need thereof a vascular adhesion protein-1 (VAP-1) inhibitor in an amount sufficient to treat said patient for said disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicants: Sucampo AG, Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Ryuji UENO, Akira Nagashima, Takayuki Inoue, Mitsuru Ohkubo, Kousei Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 7371869
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula which are useful in treating diseases characterized by the hyperactivity of MEK. Accordingly the compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases, such as, cancer, cognative and CNS disorders and inflammatory/autoimmune diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Alan Goodnow, Jr., Nicholas J. S. Huby, Norman Kong, Lee Apostle McDermott, John Anthony Moliterni, Zhuming Zhang
  • Patent number: 7371770
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) as defined herein: inhibit the formation of the ?-amyloid peptide (?-A4) and are, therefore, useful in the treatment of pathologies in which a ?-amyloid peptide (?-A4) formation inhibitor provides a therapeutic benefit. Particular such pathologies are senile dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Down's syndrome, Parkinson's disease, amyloid angiopathy, cerebrovascular disorders, frontotemporal dementias and Pick's disease, post-traumatic dementias, pathologies linked to neuroinflammatory processes, Huntington's disease and Korsakov's syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Sanofiaventis
    Inventors: Sylvie Baltzer, Marc Pascal, Viviane Van Dorsselaer
  • Patent number: 7361654
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new class of non-steroidal compounds which are useful in treating diseases associated with modulation of the glucocorticoid receptor, AP-1, and/or NF-?B activity including obesity, diabetes, inflammatory- and immune-associated diseases, and have the structure including all stereoisomers thereof, tautomers thereof, or a prodrug thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein X is selected from N, O, and S; Y is N or CR6; Z is a ring; and where R, Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are as defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating obesity, diabetes and inflammatory or immune associated diseases comprising such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
    Inventors: James Sheppeck, T. G. Murali Dhar, Lidia Doweyko, John Gilmore, David Weinstein, Hai-Yun Xiao, Bingwei V. Yang, Arthur M. Doweyko