1,3-oxazoles (including Hydrogenated) Patents (Class 514/374)
  • Patent number: 8362003
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-aminopyrrolidine derivatives of the formula I: (wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, X, Y and X are as defined herein) which are useful as modulators of chemokine receptor activity. In particular, these compounds are useful as modulators of chemokine receptors and more specifically as a modulator of the CCR2 and/or CCR5 receptor. The compounds and compositions of the invention may bind to chemokine receptors, e.g., the CCR2 and/or CCR5 chemokine receptors, and are useful for treating diseases associated with chemokine, e.g., CCR2 and/or CCR5, activity, such as atherosclerosis, restenosis, lupus, organ transplant rejection and rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: Chu-Biao Xue, Brian W. Metcalf, Hao Feng, Ganfeng Cao, Taisheng Huang, Changsheng Zheng, Darius J. Robinson, Amy Qi Han
  • Patent number: 8357712
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2, X, Y, and n are defined in the specification and to pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods of manufacture of such compounds. The compounds are useful for the treatment of diseases related to the biological function of the trace amine associated receptors, which diseases are depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, stress-related disorders, psychotic disorders, schizophrenia, neurological diseases, Parkinson's disease, neurodegenerative disorders, Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, migraine, substance abuse and metabolic disorders, eating disorders, diabetes, diabetic complications, obesity, dyslipidemia, disorders of energy consumption and assimilation, disorders and malfunction of body temperature homeostasis, disorders of sleep and circadian rhythm, and cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Guido Galley, Annick Goergler, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Roger Norcross
  • Patent number: 8354410
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compounds of formula I, including their salts, as well as compositions and methods of using the compounds. The compounds have activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV) and may be useful in treating those infected with HCV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Bristol-Meyers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Kap-Sun Yeung, Katharine A. Grant-Young, John F. Kadow
  • Patent number: 8354436
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, as anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: 4SC Discovery GmbH
    Inventors: Johann Leban, Stefan Tasler, Wael Saeb, Carine Chevrier
  • Publication number: 20130012552
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition having an excellent controlling activity on plant disease. The composition comprising the compound represented by the formula (1) and one or more azole fungicidal compound selected from the group (A) shows an excellent controlling activity on a plant disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: So Kiguchi, Soichi Tanaka, Mayuko Ozawa, Atsushi Iwata
  • Publication number: 20130012540
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns novel compounds of Formula (I) or as defined in the specification and compositions comprising such novel compounds. These compounds are useful antiviral agents, especially in inhibiting the function of the NS5A protein encoded by Hepatitis C virus (HCV). Thus, the disclosure also concerns a method of treating HCV related diseases or conditions by use of these novel compounds or a composition comprising such novel compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Rico Lavoie, John A. Bender, Jeffrey Lee Romine, Edward H. Ruediger, Carol Bachand, Omar D. Lopez, Qi Chen, Makonen Belema, John F. Kadow, Lawrence G. Hamann
  • Publication number: 20130011361
    Abstract: The present invention provides heterocyclic derivatives of formula (I) that modulate the activity of stearoyl-CoA desaturase. Methods of using such derivatives to modulate the activity of stearoyl-CoA desaturase and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives are also encompassed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicants: XENON PHARMACEUTICALS INC., NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Natalie Dales, Jianmin Fu, Qi Jia, Natalia Pokrovskaia, Shaoyi Sun, Zaihui Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130012513
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the inhibition of Hedgehog signaling. Said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods have utility in the treatment of human and veterinary disease and disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Vernier, John May, Patrick O'Connor, William Ripka, Anthony Pinkerton, Pierre-Yves Bounaud, Stephanie Hopkins
  • Publication number: 20130012514
    Abstract: Aminoalkyloxazole and aminoalkylthiazolecarboxylic acid amides of formulae (1) and (2) where X represents O or S, Y represents C or N, where the two atoms must be different from one another, R2 represents hydrogen or acyl and R1 and R3, which may be identical or different, represent a substituent selected from the group consisting of branched or straight-chain, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl groups, alkylcycloalkyl groups, alkylaryl groups, cycloalkyl groups, cycloalkylaryl groups, aryl groups and arylcycloalkyl groups which optionally contain heteroatoms, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a stereoisomer, a stereoisomer mixture, a tautomer or a prodrug compound, preferably a prodrug ester and a prodrug peptide, thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: EMC microcollections GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Eickhoff, Hubert Löwenheim
  • Patent number: 8349881
    Abstract: Methods for preserving technical products such as fuels and lubricants with a microbicidal composition. The composition is made up of at least one formaldehyde donor compound and at least one antioxidant. The antioxidant is either a gallic ester, a phenol derivative, a L-ascorbic acid, including salts and derivatives thereof, a tocopherol or one of its associated derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Air Liquide Sante (International)
    Inventors: Ralf Gradtke, Wolfgang Beilfuss, Klaus Weber, Wolfgang Siegert
  • Patent number: 8349874
    Abstract: A method relieves both nociceptive pain and neuropathic pain and has fewer side effects. The compound includes cyclohexane derivatives represented by the following compound, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof or prodrugs thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Morita, Katsuhiko Iseki, Yuji Sugawara, Hideyuki Tsutsiu, Shunsuke Iwano, Naoki Izumimoto, Tadamasa Arai, Hidetoshi Noda, Chihiro Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20130005730
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain novel 1,3-oxazolidine compounds of formula (I), to processes for making such compounds and to their utility as renin inhibitors or prodrugs of renin inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Piaoyang Sun, Mikhajlovich Antonov Dmitry, Xiao Xiong Zhou
  • Patent number: 8344002
    Abstract: A novel compound represented by the formula (1) below which has ?-secretase inhibitory activity, its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof. wherein Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted 5 to 6 membered mono cyclic aromatic group; R1, R2 and R3 are hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or the like, or R2 and R3 may be taken together with the adjacent nitrogen atom and carbon atom respectively to form a 3 to 6 membered ring; R4 is C1-6 alkyl group, C1-6 alkyl group substituted by phenyl, phenylthio, or a hetero ring, or the like; A is represented by the formula below: wherein X and Y are oxygen atom, NH or sulfur atom, Z is hydrogen atom, hydroxy group which may be substituted, amino group, thiol group, or the like; and B is hydroxy group, substituted or unsubstituted amino group, substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic or aromatic amino group, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Kiso
  • Patent number: 8343511
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides improved compositions comprising rifabutin, clarithromycin, and clofazimine for use in the treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. In one instance, the compositions may comprise a formulation of rifabutin, clarithromycin, and clofazimine in a single dosage form, such as a capsule, tablet, etc., with one or more specific excipients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Red Hill Biopharma Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas Julius Borody, Patrick Gosselin
  • Patent number: 8343970
    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: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Omeros Corporation
    Inventors: Neil S. Cutshall, Jennifer Lynn Gage, Thomas Neil Wheeler, Thomas L. Little
  • Publication number: 20120329843
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating a patient suffering from pain or other FAAH mediated conditions by administering a fatty acid amide inhibiting amount of a compound represented by the formula: wherein R1 is H; R2 is a radical selected from the group consisting of H, hydrocarbyl and substituted hydrocarbyl; R3 is a radical selected from the group consisting of H, hydrocarbyl and substituted hydrocarbyl; X is CHCH, (CH2)n or O(CH2)n, wherein n is 0 or an integer of from 1 to 4; and W is O, S, or NR6, wherein R6 is selected from the group consisting of H and alkyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: David F. Woodward, Jose L. Martos, William R. Carling, Andrew D. Jones, Jenny W. Wang
  • Patent number: 8338469
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, which are useful for modulating channel activating proteases, and methods for, using such compounds to treat, ameliorate or prevent a condition associated with a channel activating protease, including but not limited to prostasin, PRSS22, TMPRSS11 (e.g., TMPRSS11B, TMPRSS11E), TMPRSS2, TMPRSS3, TMPRSS4 (MTSP-2), matriptase (MTSP-1), CAP2, CAP3, trypsin, cathepsin A, or neutrophil elastase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: IRM LLC
    Inventors: David C. Tully, Amab K. Chatterjee, Agnes Vidal, Hank Michael James Petrassi, Zhiwei Wang, Badry Bursulaya, Glen Spraggon
  • Patent number: 8338440
    Abstract: Novel compounds that inhibit the binding of the Smac protein to Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins (IAPs) of the formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Inventors: Mark G. Palermo, Sushil Kumar Sharma, Christopher Sean Straub, Run-Ming Wang, Leigh Zawel, Yanlin Zhang, Zhuoliang Chen, Yaping Wang, Fan Yang, Wojciech Wrona, Gang Liu, Mark G. Charest, Feng He
  • Publication number: 20120322827
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds having the formula: wherein X1, X2, X3, R1, R2, R3, R4, Y, A, n and L are as defined herein, and methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Erkan Baloglu, Shomir Ghosh, Mercedes Lobera, Darby Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20120322786
    Abstract: A compound for use in treating polycystic kidney disease is represented by Structural Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. A pharmaceutical composition comprises a compound represented by Structural Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. A method of treating polycystic kidney disease in a subject in need thereof comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by Structural Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Methods of treating in polycystic kidney disease in a subject in need thereof respectively comprise administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by Structural Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Genzyme Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Siegel, Cecilia M. Bastos, David J. Harris, Angeles Dios, Edward Lee, Richard Silva, Lisa M. Cuff, Mikaela Levine, Cassandra A. Celatka, Thomas H. Jozafiak, Frederic Vinick, Yibin Xiang, John Kane, Junkai Liao
  • Patent number: 8334316
    Abstract: The present invention provides substituted di-, tri-, tetra- and penta-sulfide compounds and compositions, and methods of using the same for the treatment and/or prevention of a cell proliferative disorder. The present invention also provides methods for preparing trisulfide compounds and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: ACEA Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiao Xu, Haoyun An, Xiaobo Wang
  • Publication number: 20120315303
    Abstract: Methods and intravascular treatment devices for treating atherosclerosis are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: AYALA HEZI-YAMIT, SUSAN EDWARDS, CAROL SULLIVAN, OLUWASHOLA SHAKIRAT SULAIMON, LORI GARCIA, STEFAN TUNEV
  • Patent number: 8329685
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of enhancing the action of a pharmaceutical agent selected from the group consisting of the anti-infective agents, the group comprising of the antimicrobial agents, the anthelmintic agents and the anti-ectoparasitic agents, but excluding coal tar solution and H1-antagonist antihistamines, and from the group consisting of the CPNS agents selected from the group of compounds acting on the central or peripheral nervous system, but excluding coal tar solution and H1-antagonist antihistamines and also excluding anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic agents and also provides an enhanced method for the administration of a nucleic acid substance to the cells of an animal, a plant or a micro-organism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: North West University
    Inventor: Petrus Johannes Meyer
  • Patent number: 8329913
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide novel carbazole derivatives, solvates thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof having an excellent adipose tissue weight reducing effect, hypoglycemic effect, and hypolipidemic effect, which are useful as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for fatty liver, obesity, lipid metabolism abnormality, visceral adiposity, diabetes, hyperlipemia, impaired glucose tolerance, hypertension, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Zeria Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Murata, Yoshihiko Itokazu, Ryu Nakao
  • Publication number: 20120309724
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to compounds having the formula: where R1, R2, R3, X, R4, R5, and R6 are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds have neprilysin inhibition activity. In another aspect, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of using such compounds; and process and intermediates for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: THERAVANCE, INC.
    Inventors: Melissa Fleury, Roland Gendron, Adam D. Hughes, Jane Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20120309738
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of formula I their use as inhibitors of the microsomal prostaglandin E2 synthase-1 (mPGES-1), to 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, R3, R4, R6, R2, R7, R8, R9, Ra, Rb have meanings given in the description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Henning Priepke, Raimund Kuelzer, Juergen Mack, Roland Pfau, Dirk Stenkamp, Benjamin Pelcman, Robert Roenn, Dimitrijs Lubriks, Edgars Suna
  • Publication number: 20120302562
    Abstract: Compounds that may be used to inhibit Notum Pectinacetylesterase are described, as well as compositions comprising them, and methods of their use to treat diseases and disorders affecting bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Joseph BARBOSA, Kenneth Gordon CARSON, Michael Walter GARDYAN, Jason Patrick HEALY, Qiang HAN, Ross MABON, Praveen PABBA, James TARVER, JR., Kristen M. TERRANOVA, Ashok TUNOORI, Xiaolian XU
  • Publication number: 20120302607
    Abstract: The invention provides a series of C4-substituted oxazole compounds having an alpha keto side chain at the 2 position, for example, compounds of formula I. The compounds can inhibit fatty acid amide hydrolase and can be useful for treatment of malconditions modulated by fatty acid amide hydrolase. The invention further provides methods of making compounds of formula I, useful intermediates in the preparation of compounds of formula I, and methods of using compounds of formula 1 and compositions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventor: Dale L. Boger
  • Publication number: 20120295923
    Abstract: Compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds are disclosed, wherein the compounds have the structure of Formula I as defined in the specification. Corresponding pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treatment, methods of synthesis, and intermediates are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Christopher William Am Ende, Benjamin Adam Fish, Douglas Scott Johnson, Ricardo Lira, Christopher John O'Donnell, Martin Youngjin Pettersson, Corey Michael Stiff
  • Publication number: 20120295897
    Abstract: This invention is directed to spiro-oxindole compounds, as stereoisomers, enantiomers, tautomers thereof or mixtures thereof; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or prodrugs thereof, for the treatment and/or prevention of sodium channel-mediated diseases or conditions, such as pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Mikhail Chafeev, Sultan Chowdhury, Lauren Fraser, Jianmin Fu, Jonathan Langille, Shifeng Liu, Jianyu Sun, Shaoyi Sun, Serguei Sviridov, Mark Wood, Alla Yurevna Zenova, Qi Jia, Jean-Jacques Cadieux, Simon J. Gauthier, Amy Frances Douglas, Tom Hsieh, Nagasree Chakka, Zoran Cikojevic
  • Publication number: 20120295894
    Abstract: Described herein are novel beta-secretase inhibitors and methods for their use, including methods of treating Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Geoffrey M. BILCER, Thippeswamy Devasamudram, Sudha V. Ankala, John C. Lilly, Chunfeng Liu, Hui Lei, Arun K. Ghosh, Makoto Inoue
  • Publication number: 20120289505
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds in all their stereoisomeric and tautomeric forms; and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutically acceptable solvates and pharmaceutically acceptable polymorphs. The invention also relates to processes for the manufacture of the heterocyclic compounds and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The said compounds and their pharmaceutical compositions are useful in the prevention and treatment of diseases or disorders mediated by diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT), particularly DGAT1. The present invention further provides a method of treatment of such diseases or disorders by administering a therapeutically effective amount of said compounds or their pharmaceutical compositions, to a mammal in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Ravindra Dnyandev Jadhav, Rajiv Sharma
  • Patent number: 8309608
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds which enhance the transcription of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) for treating stem and progenitor cells in the cell therapy of patients with ischemic heart diseases such as coronary heart disease or ischemic cardiomyopathy. Treatment of such cells which are isolated from bone marrow, for example, with an eNOS transcription enhancer prior to their administration improves their functional activity and ameliorates neovascularization of the heart and cardiac regeneration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Zeiher, Stefanie Dimmeler, Christopher Heeschen, Hartmut Ruetten
  • Patent number: 8304409
    Abstract: The invention describes novel nitrosated nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and novel compositions comprising at least one nitrosated NSAID, and, optionally, at least one compound that donates, transfers or releases nitric oxide, stimulates endogenous synthesis of nitric oxide, elevates endogenous levels of endothelium-derived relaxing factor or is a substrate for nitric oxide synthase, and/or at least one therapeutic agent. The invention also provides novel compositions comprising at least one nitrosated NSAID, and at least one compound that donates, transfers or releases nitric oxide, elevates endogenous levels of endothelium-derived relaxing factor, stimulates endogenous synthesis of nitric oxide or is a substrate for nitric oxide synthase and/or at least one therapeutic agent. The invention also provides novel kits comprising at least one nitrosated NSAID, and, optionally, at least one nitric oxide donor and/or at least one therapeutic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Nicox S.A.
    Inventors: Richard A. Earl, Maiko Ezawa, Xinqin Fang, David S. Garvey, Ricky D. Gaston, Subhash P. Khanapure, L. Gordon Letts, Chia-En Lin, Ramani R. Ranatunge, Stewart K. Richardson, Joseph D. Schroeder, Cheri A. Stevenson, Shiow-Jyi Wey
  • Publication number: 20120277222
    Abstract: Novel compounds and methods for activating the TrkB receptor are provided. The methods include administering in vivo or in vitro a therapeutically effective amount of a compound containing four six-membered rings and a substituted or unsubstituted C5 or C6 heteroaryl or heterocycloalkyl ring and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, and derivatives thereof. Specifically, methods and compounds for the treatment of disorders including neurologic, neuropsychiatric, and metabolic disorders are provided. For example, a method is provided of treating or reducing the risk of depression, anxiety, or obesity in a subject, which includes selecting a subject with or at risk of developing depression, anxiety, or obesity, and administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of the described compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: EMORY UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Keqiang Ye
  • Publication number: 20120277266
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns novel compounds of Formula (I) as defined in the specification and compositions comprising such novel compounds. These compounds are useful antiviral agents, especially in inhibiting the function of the NS5A protein encoded by Hepatitis C virus (HCV). Thus, the disclosure also concerns a method of treating HCV related diseases or conditions by use of these novel compounds or a composition comprising such novel compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Omar D. Lopez, Qi Chen, Makonen Belema, Lawrence G. Hamann
  • Publication number: 20120277275
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are useful in the treatment of diseases where enhanced M3 receptor activation is implicated, such as respiratory tract diseases:
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: PULMAGEN THERAPEUTICS (SYNERGY) LIMITED
    Inventors: Nicholas Charles Ray, Richard James Bull, Harry Finch, Marco van den Heuvel, Jose Antonio Bravo
  • Patent number: 8299102
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heteroarylcyclopropanecarboxamides of the formula I, in which Het, X, Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, R1, R2 and R3 have the meanings indicated in the claims, which modulate the transcription of endothelial nitric oxide (NO) synthase and are valuable pharmacologically active compounds. Specifically, the compounds of the formula I upregulate the expression of the enzyme endothelial NO synthase and can be applied in conditions in which an increased expression of said enzyme or an increased NO level or the normalization of a decreased NO level is desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Hartmut Strobel, Paulus Wohlfart, Gerhard Zoller, David William Will
  • Patent number: 8299066
    Abstract: This invention provides a compound of the formula (I): a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein R1 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like, R2 is hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, Ring A is monocyclic or bicyclic aromatic heterocycle, R3 is substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl or substituted or unsubstituted heterocycle, R4 is halogen, cyano, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl or the like, m is an integer between 0 and 2, n is an integer between 0 and 5, R is halogen, oxo, cyano, nitro, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like, and p is an integer between 0 and 2 as novel compounds having NPY Y5 antagonistic activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Sakagami, Hiroshi Hashizume, Satoru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20120270915
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula 1 are described herein. These compounds may be administered to a patient for treatment of suffering from pain or other FAAH mediated conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: David F. Woodward, Jose L. Martos, William R. Carling, Neil J. Poloso, Jenny W. Wang
  • Publication number: 20120270906
    Abstract: A method relieves both nociceptive pain and neuropathic pain and has fewer side effects. The compound includes cyclohexane derivatives represented by the following compound, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof or prodrugs thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Morita, Katsuhiko Iseki, Yuji Sugawara, Hideyuki Tsutsui, Shunsuke Iwano, Naoki Izumimoto, Tadamasa Arai, Hidetoshi Noda, Chihiro Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20120264744
    Abstract: A series of oxazole and thiazole compounds are shown herein to be small molecule inhibitors of the Wnt pathway that specifically target the activity of the stabilized pool of ?-catenin. Oxazole and thiazole 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, cancer, and others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Ramanuj DASGUPTA, Foster GONSALVES, Susan Katherine LOGAN, Eugine LEE
  • Patent number: 8288423
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel oxazolidinone derivatives with cyclic amidines, and prodrugs, hydrates, solvates, isomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and processes for preparing the same, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. The oxazolidinone derivatives with cyclic amidines, and prodrugs, hydrates, solvates, isomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof can be usefully employed as an anticoagulant for treating thromboembolism and tumors via inhibition of coagulation factor Xa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Legochem Bioscience Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Lag Cho, Ho Young Song, Dae Yon Lee, Sung Yoon Baek, Sang Eun Chae, Sang Hui Jo, Yeon Ok Kim, Hyang Sook Lee, Ju Hyun Park, Tae Kyo Park, Sung Ho Woo, Yong Zu Kim
  • Patent number: 8288419
    Abstract: The invention relates to aminopyrazole derivatives of formula (I), wherein A, E, R1 and R2 are as defined in the description, their preparation and their use as pharmaceutically active compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Ltd
    Inventors: Daniel Bur, Oliver Corminboeuf, Sylvaine Cren, Heinz Fretz, Corinna Grisostomi, Xavier Leroy, Julien Pothier, Sylvia Richard-Bildstein
  • Publication number: 20120258990
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds of formula (I) which have microbiocidal activity, in particular fungicidal activity: formula (I) wherein G1 and G2 are independently O or S; T is —C(R9R10)—, —C(R11)?C(R12)—, —C?C—, NR13 or O; Y1 and Y2 are independently CR14 or N; Q is —C(?O)—N(R15)-z, —C(?S)—N(R16)-z, —C(?O)—O-z, —N(R17)—C(?O)-z, —N(R18)—C(?S)-z, —N(R19)—C(?O)—O-z or —N(R20)—C(?O)—N(R21)-z, in each case z indicates the bond that is connected to R8; n is 1, 2, 3 or 4 when T is —C(R9R10)—, NR13 or O; n is 1, 2, 3 when T is —C(R11)?C(R12)— or —C?C—; R1, R2, R3, R4, R11, R12 and R14 each independently are hydrogen, halogen, cyano, C1-C4alkyl, or C1-C4haloalkyl; R5, R13, R15, R16, R17, R18, R19, R20 and R21 each independently are hydrogen, C1-C4alkyl or C1-C4alkoxy; R6 and R7 each independently are hydrogen, halogen, cyano, hydroxy, C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4alkoxy, C1-C4alkylthio, C1-C4haloalkyl, C1-C4haloalkoxy, C1-C4haloalkylthio or together from a carbonyl group (?O); R9 and R10 each independent
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, LLC
    Inventors: Sarah Sulzer, Clemens Lamberth
  • Publication number: 20120252798
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new indole compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts or isomers thereof which are useful for the prevention or treatment of cellular necrosis and necrosis-associated diseases. The present invention also relates to a method and a composition for the prevention or treatment of cellular necrosis and necrosis-associated diseases, comprising said indole compounds as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Soon Ha KIM, Hyoung Jin Kim, Sun Young Koo, Sung Bae Lee, Heui Sul Park, Seung Hyun Yoon, Seung Yup Paek, Hyo Shin Kwak, Dong Ook Seo, Eok Park
  • Publication number: 20120252796
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I), their tautomeric forms, their stereoisomers, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, methods for their preparation, use of these compounds in medicine and the intermediates involved in their preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Harikishore Pingali, V.V.M. Sairam Kalapatapu, Pankaj Makadia, Mukul R. Jain
  • Patent number: 8278268
    Abstract: Combination therapy comprising PPAR modulators and glucose reabsorption inhibitors useful for the treatment of diabetes and Syndrome X are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacqueline C. Bussolari, Xiaoli Chen, Bruce R. Conway, Keith T. Demarest, Hamish N. M. Ross, Rafael Severino
  • Publication number: 20120238601
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions of matter, kits and methods for their use in the treatment of cancer. In particular, the invention provides compositions and methods for treating cancer in a subject by inhibiting a poly-ADP-ribose polymerase, as well as providing formulations and modes of administering such compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: BiPar Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome MOORE, Bruce KEYT, John BURNIER, Barry SHERMAN, Max TOTROV, Valeria S. OSSOVSKAYA
  • Publication number: 20120238559
    Abstract: The invention is directed to certain novel compounds. Specifically, the invention is directed to compounds of formula (I): and salts thereof. The compounds of the invention are inhibitors of PI3-kinase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: GLAXO GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: Ian Robert Baldwin, Kenneth David Down, Paul Faulder, Simon Gaines, Julie Nicole Hamblin, Joelle Le, Christopher James Lunniss, Nigel James Parr, Timothy John Ritchie, John Edward Robinson, Juliet Kay Simpson, Christian Alan Paul Smethurst