Polycyclo Ring System Having The Oxazole Ring As One Of The Cyclos Patents (Class 514/379)
  • Publication number: 20080176915
    Abstract: Substituted benzo[d]isoxazol-3-yl amine compounds corresponding to formula I which exhibit an strong affinity to the KCNQ2/3 K+ channel, and which are suitable for treating or inhibiting pain and/or disorders or disease states that are at least partly mediated by the KCNQ2/3 K+ channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Beatrix MERLA, Robert Frank, Gregor Bahrenberg, Wolfgang Schroeder, Saskia Zemolka
  • Patent number: 7393960
    Abstract: Indoles having aryloxyalkanoic acid substituents or arylalkanoic acid substituents are agonists or partial agonists of PPAR gamma and are useful in the treatment and control of hyperglycemia that is symptomatic of type II diabetes, as well as dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, and obesity that are often associated with type 2 diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Acton, III, Peter T. Meinke, Harold B. Wood, Regina M. Black
  • Publication number: 20080153818
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for preventing inflammation and retinal edema resulting from an ocular surgical procedure by administering to a patient undergoing surgery a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising an active agent selected from the group consisting of RTK inhibitors and anti-VEGF compounds, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein the RTK inhibitor blocks tyrosine autophosphorylation of VEGFR-1, VEGFR-2, VEGFR-3, Tie-2, PDGFR, c-KIT, Flt-3, and CSF-1R.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventor: David P. Bingaman
  • Publication number: 20080153819
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for inhibiting increased vascular permeability and/or pathologic ocular angiogenesis and providing neuroprotection of the affected retina via administration of a combination of one or more molecules that potently inhibit select receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) or vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and one or more neuroprotectants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: David P. Bingaman, Robert J. Collier, Robert A. Landers, Kristina L. Rhoades
  • Publication number: 20080103179
    Abstract: The present invention features a novel therapy for treating diabetes, hypertension, migraine, epilepsy, sleep apnea, depression, impulse control disorders or alcohol addiction which involves treating a subject with a sympathomimetic agent (e.g., phentermine or a phentermine-like drug) in combination with an anticonvulsant sulfamate compound (e.g., topiramate) or an anticonvulsive sulfonylurea compound (e.g. zonisamide).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Peter Y. Tam, Leland F. Wilson
  • Patent number: 7342036
    Abstract: The present invention provides isoxazole derivatives represented by the following formula (I): (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, C1-C20 hydrocarbon group or —C(?O)OR1a (wherein R1a represents a C1-C10 alkyl group, etc.); R2 and R3 represent a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, hydroxy group, C1-C20 alkyl group or C6-C20 aryl group, etc.; R4 represents a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, hydroxy group, cyano group, nitro group, amino group, C1-C20 hydrocarbon group, C1-C10 alkoxy group, C1-C10 acyl group, 5- to 7-membered heterocyclic group, etc.; R5 represents a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, hydroxy group, optionally substituted C1-C20 hydrocarbon group, C1-C20 alkoxy group, 5- to 7-membered heterocyclic group, etc.; and, n represents 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4), and a process of producing the same. The compounds are useful as intermediates for synthesis of pharmaceutical compounds, agricultural chemicals, dye compounds, etc. having the isoxazole skeleton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Keisuke Suzuki, Jeffrey W. Bode
  • Patent number: 7291638
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-amido-1,2-benzoisoxazole derivatives and their salts represented by formula 1, processes for preparation and usees thereof. More particularly, it relates to a method for improving its bioavailability introducing amino acid residue to the amine group of a 3-amido-1,2-benzoisoxazole. The compounds according to the present invention are used as an antagonist against Leukotriene-B-4 receptor, an inhibitor or therapeutics of osteoroposis, thus inhibiting osteolysis and stimulating osteogensis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Dongwha Pharm. Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Soo Lee, Seok-Hoon Ahn, Young-Goo Jin, Sang-Mi Jin, Sae-Kwang Ku, Jei-Man Rye, Yong-Ho Chung, Eun-Joo Kim, Sun-Ki Cho
  • Patent number: 7273884
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of treating action tremor or severe essential tremor. Action tremor includes essential tremor, postural tremor, drug-induced or toxic tremor, primary orthostatic tremor, dystonic tremor, neuropathic tremor, and cerebellar tremor. The method comprises administering to a subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of zonisamide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The methods of the present invention are useful in reducing symptoms of tremor. The compounds of the present method can also be used in conjunction with other therapeutic agents commonly used to treat tremor thus enhancing the therapeutic effect of treating tremor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Eisai, Inc.
    Inventor: M. Kent Shellenberger
  • Patent number: 7265220
    Abstract: Compound of formula (I): wherein: R1 represents aryl, heteroaryl or alkyl which is optionally substituted, or a group of formula —(CO)—CR6R7NR8R9 wherein R6, R7, R8 and R9 are as defined in the description, R2 represents hydrogen or alkyl, R3 represents hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl, R4 represents a saturated or unsaturated, 7- to 15-membered bicyclic system or optionally substituted alkyl, or R3 and R4, together with the carbon atom carrying them, form a saturated or unsaturated, 3- to 18-membered, mono-, bi- or tri-cyclic system optionally containing one or more hetero atoms selected from O, S and N and optionally substituted, n represents 1 or 2, Ar represents aryl or heteroaryl, R5 represents amino, guanidino, cyano or amidino which is optionally substituted, its optical isomers, and also addition salts thereof with a pharmaceutically acceptable acid. Medicinal products containing the same which are useful in pathological conditions involving activated protein C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Les Laboratories Servier
    Inventors: Guillaume De Nanteuil, Philippe Gloanec, Tony Verbeuren, Alain Rupin
  • Patent number: 7253165
    Abstract: The compounds are of the class of benzisoxazolyl-, pyridoisoxazolyl- and benzthienyl-phenoxy derivatives, useful as D4 antagonists. Said compounds are useful for the treatment of medical conditions mediated by inhibition of D4 receptor. These conditions comprise, for example, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Psychoses, Substance Abuse, Substance Dependence, Parkinson's Disease, Parkinsonism, Tardive Diskinesia, Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome, Conduct Disorder, and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. A further aspect of the invention is to provide a pharmaceutical composition, intermediates, and a method of making said class of compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory M. Shutske, James A. Hendrix, John G. Jurcak, Brian S. Freed, Nicholas J. Hrib, John D. Tomer, IV, Reda G. Hanna
  • Patent number: 7235575
    Abstract: The present application describes nitrogen containing heteroaromatics and derivatives thereof of formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, wherein rings D-E represent guanidine mimics, which are useful as inhibitors of factor Xa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Bristol Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Patrick Y. Lam, Charles G. Clark, Celia Dominguez, John M. Fevig, Qi Han, Renhua Li, Donald J P Pinto, James R. Pruitt, Mimi L. Quan
  • Patent number: 7217727
    Abstract: A novel class of 3-oxo-3H-benzo[d]isoxazole carboxamide compounds is disclosed together with the use of such compounds for inhibiting hepatic lipase and/or endothelial lipase activity for treatment, amelioration or prevention of hepatic lipase and/or endothelial lipase mediated diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Patrick Irving Eacho, Patricia Sue Foxworthy-Mason, Ho-Shen Lin, Jose Eduardo Lopez, Marian Kazimierz Mosior, Michael Enrico Richett
  • Patent number: 7166725
    Abstract: Methods for increasing D-Serine concentration and reducing concentration of the toxic products of D-Serine oxidation, for enhancing learning, memory and/or cognition, or for treating schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, ataxia, or neuropathic pain, or preventing loss in neuronal function characteristic of neurodegenerative diseases involve administering to a subject in need of treatment a therapeutic amount of a compound of formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof: wherein Z1 is N or CR3; Z2 is N or CR4; Z3is O or S; A is hydrogen, alkyl or M+; M is aluminum, calcium, lithium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, zinc or a mixture thereof; R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, hydroxy alkoxy, aryl, acyl, halo, cyano, haloalkyl, NHCOOR5 and SO2NH2; R5 is aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl or heteroarylalkyl; at least one of R1, R2, R3 and R4 is other than hydrogen; and at least one of Z1 and Z2 is other than N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Sepracor Inc.
    Inventors: Q Kevin Fang, Seth Hopkins, Michele Heffernan, Milan Chytil, Peter Wipf
  • Patent number: 7144883
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted sulfonamide compounds of the general formula (I), wherein P is sulfonamide or amide-substituted sulfonic acid, which compounds are potentially useful for the prophylaxis and treatment of medical conditions relating to obesity, type II diabetes and/or disorders of the central nervous system
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Biovitrum AB
    Inventors: Patrizia Caldirola, Gary Johansson, Andrew Mott, Katarina Beierlien, Markus Thor, Lars Tedenborg, Ulf Bremberg, Annika Jenmalm Jensen
  • Patent number: 7144907
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein R1, R2, R7, R8, R9 and R10, W and Y are as defined in the specification. Such compounds are MEK inhibitors and useful in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, such as cancer and inflammation, in mammals. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases in mammals and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Array Biopharma Inc.
    Inventors: Eli Wallace, Brian Hurley, Hon Woon Yang, Joseph Lyssikatos, Jim Blake
  • Patent number: 7125865
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel LXR ligands of Formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters and tautomers thereof, which are useful in the treatment of dyslipidemic conditions, particularly depressed levels of HDL cholesterol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: A. Brian Jones, Alan D. Adams, Ahren I. Green, Shaei Y. Huang, Bruno Tse, Clare E. Gutteridge, Yuan Cheng
  • Patent number: 7125903
    Abstract: The compounds are of the class thienoisoxazolyl- and thienylpyrrazolyl-phenoxy substituted propyl derivatives, useful as D4 antagonists. Said compounds are useful for the treatment of medical conditions mediated by inhibition of D4 receptor. These conditions comprise, for example, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Psychoses, Substance Abuse, Substance Dependence, Parkinson's Disease, Parkinsonism, Tardive Diskinesia, Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome, Conduct Disorder, and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. A further aspect of the invention is to provide a pharmaceutical composition, intermediates, and a method of making said class of compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Fink, Brian S. Freed, Nicholas J. Hrib, Raymond W. Kosley, Jr., George E. Lee, Gregory H. Merriman, Barbara S. Rauckman
  • Patent number: 7125863
    Abstract: Compounds according to formula (1), wherein R1 is H or CN, X1 is S, O, SO2 or CH2, X2 is CO, CH2 or a covalent bond, Het is a nitrogen-containing heterocycle and n is 1–5 are new. The compounds of the invention are inhibitors of dipeptidyl peptidase IV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Ferring BV
    Inventors: David Michael Evans, Gary Robert William Pitt
  • Patent number: 7115545
    Abstract: Tricyclic benzoylpyrazole derivatives of the formula I wherein X, Y, R1, R2, R6, R7, R3, R4, R5, l, R8 and R9 are as defined in the disclosure and their agriculturally useful salts; processes and intermediates for preparing the tricyclic benzoylpyrazole derivatives; compositions comprising them and the use of these derivatives or of the compositions comprising them for controlling undesirable plants are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Matthias Witschel, Steffen Kudis, Klaus Langemann, Ernst Baumann, Wolfgang von Deyn, Guido Mayer, Ulf Misslitz, Ulf Neidlein, Martina Otten, Karl-Otto Westphalen, Helmut Walter
  • Patent number: 7109198
    Abstract: The present invention relates, in general, to obesity, and, in particular, to a method of treating obesity and minimizing metabolic risk factors associated therewith using, for example, zonisamide or other weight-loss promoting anticonvulsant either alone or in combination with bupropion or other compound that enhances the activity of norepinephrine and/or dopamine via uptake inhibition or other mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Kishore M. Gadde, K. Ranga R. Krishnan
  • Patent number: 7105564
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds having a dual antagonistic activity against thromboxane A2 receptor and prostaglandin D2 receptor and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them. A compound of the formula (I): wherein R1 is —CH2—CH?CH—CH2—CH2—CH2—COOR2 or —CH?CH—CH2—CH2—CH2—COOR2; R2 is hydrogen or alkyl; m is 0 or 1; p is 0 or 1; X1 and X3 each is independently optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl; X2 is a bond, —CH2—, —S—, —SO2—, —CH2—O—, —O—CH2—, —CH2—S—, —S—CH2—, or the like; X4 is —CH2—, —CH2—CH2—, —C(?O)—, or the like, have a dual antagonistic activity against both a thromboxane A2 receptor and a prostaglandin D2 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsunetoshi Honma, Yoshiharu Hiramatsu, Akinori Arimura
  • Patent number: 7078424
    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: June 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: GPI NIL Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory S. Hamilton, Mark H. Norman, Yong-Qian Wu
  • Patent number: 7078403
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of formula II: wherein Alk, Z, X1, X2, R1, —R10 and R11 are defined herein, and their salts and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, as well as other compounds of the general formula Het-A-Alk-W-Ar-C(X2)?NO-X2 where Het, A, W and Ar are also defined herein. These compounds are useful in treating picornavirus infections in mammals. Novel intermediates of these compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use, are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Biota Scientific Management Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Yang Wu, Keith Watson, Darryl McConnell, Betty Jin, Guy Krippner
  • Patent number: 7018990
    Abstract: The present application describes methods of using a combination of 1-(3?-aminobenzisoxazol-5?-yl)-3-trifluoromethyl-5-[[4-[(2?-dimethylaminomethyl)imidazol-1?-yl]-2-fluorophenyl]aminocarbonyl]pyrazole-hydrochloric acid salt, a factor Xa inhibitor, and Clopidogrel as anticoagulant agents for treatment of thromboembolic disorders and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Pancras C. Wong, Robert M. Knabb
  • Patent number: 6960474
    Abstract: Selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) having antagonist activity in hormone-dependent tumors while exhibiting no activity or agonist activity against other nontumor tissues containing the androgen receptor as well as methods for identifying, designing and using SARMs are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Mark E. Salvati, Marco M. Gottardis, Ricardo M. Attar, Stanley R. Krystek, Jr., John S. Sack
  • Patent number: 6958356
    Abstract: The present application describes nitrogen containing heteroaromatics and derivatives thereof of formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, wherein rings D-E represent guanidine mimics, which are useful as inhibitors of factor Xa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma Company
    Inventors: Patrick Y. Lam, Charles G. Clark, Celia Dominguez, John M. Fevig, Amy Qi Han, Renhua Li, Donald J. Pinto, James R. Pruitt, Mimi L. Quan
  • Patent number: 6949550
    Abstract: The present application describes substituted-aminomethyl substituted compounds and derivatives thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, which are useful as inhibitors of factor Xa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Mimi L. Quan, Ruth R. Wexler
  • Patent number: 6949556
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of general formula (I), wherein R1-R4 have the meanings given in the specification, A is CH2, CHOH or CH—(C1-C3-alkyl), B and C are independently CH2 or CH—(C1-C3-alkyl), and R5 is an aryl or heteroaryl group optionally substituted by the substituents listed in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Aventis Pharma Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Hartmut Strobel, Paulus Wohlfart
  • Patent number: 6906070
    Abstract: The present application describes nitrogen containing heteroaromatics and derivatives thereof of formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, wherein rings D-E represent guanidine mimics, which are useful as inhibitors of factor Xa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma Company
    Inventors: Patrick Y. Lam, Charles G. Clark, Celia Dominguez, John M. Fevig, Qi Han, Renhua Li, Donald J. P. Pinto, James R. Pruitt, Mimi L. Quan
  • Patent number: 6884814
    Abstract: This invention provides estrogen receptor modulators of formula I, having the structure wherein, R1, R2, and R3 are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Michael S. Malamas, Tam Q. Dinh, Iwan Gunawan, Michael D. Collini, Heather A. Harris, James C. Keith, Jr., Leo M. Albert
  • Patent number: 6878820
    Abstract: The present invention relates to group A streptogramin derivatives of general formula (I) and processes for preparing the same: which has particularly advantageous antibacterial activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Aventis Pharma S. A.
    Inventors: Eric Bacqué , Françoise Tetot, Gérard Puchault, Jean-Claude Barrière
  • Patent number: 6849620
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula I: wherein Azabicyclo is W0 is a bicyclic moiety and is These compounds may be in the form of pharmaceutical salts or compositions, may be in pure enantiomeric form or racemic mixtures, and are useful in pharmaceuticals in which ?7 is known to be involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc
    Inventors: Daniel Patrick Walker, Eric Jon Jacobsen, David W. Piotrowski, Brad A. Acker, Donn G. Wishka, Jeffrey W. Corbett, Mark R. Rauckhorst, Vincent E. Groppi, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20040266849
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel LXR ligands of Formula (I) and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof, which are useful in the treatment of dyslipidemic conditions, particularly depressed levels of HDL cholesterol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Alan D Adams, Shaei Y Huang, Bruno Tse, Ahren I Green, A Brian Jones
  • Publication number: 20040235892
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Yujia Dai, Steven K. Davidsen, Anna M. Ericsson, Kresna Hartandi, Zhiqin Ji, Michael R. Michaelides
  • Publication number: 20040224994
    Abstract: Insecticidal (dihalopropenyl) phenylalkyl substituted dihydrobenzofuran and dihydrobenzopyran derivatives of Formula I are disclosed. These compounds provide unexpected insecticidal activity across a spectrum of insect pests combined with desirable physical properties including improved photostability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: George Theodoridis, Edward J. Barron, Dominic P. Suarez, Y. Larry Zhang, Ping Ding, David M. Roush, Stephen F. Donovan, Frank J. Zawacki, Walter H. Yeager, John W. Lyga, Daniel H. Cohen
  • Publication number: 20040209876
    Abstract: The present application describes modulators of CCR3 of formula (I):
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: John V. Duncia, Joseph B. Santella, Daniel S. Gardner, Dean A. Wacker
  • Publication number: 20040198787
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the process for the preparation of the compound of Formula I: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Hui-Yin Li, Luigi Anzalone, Fuqiang Jin, David J. Meloni, Jung-Hui Sun, Lucius T. Rossano, Christopher A. Teleha, Jiacheng Zhou, Thomas E. Smyser
  • Patent number: 6800642
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula: useful for treatment of disorders such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, Parkinson's disease, L-DOPA induced pychoses and dyskinesias, Tourette's syndrome and hyperprolactinemia and in the treatment of drug addiction such as the addiction to ethanol, nicotine or cocaine and related illnesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Megan Tran, Gary P. Stack
  • Patent number: 6794518
    Abstract: The present invention describes novel compounds of the formula: (Q)d—Ln—Ch, useful for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, methods of imaging tumors in a patient, and methods of treating cancer in a patient. The present invention also provides novel compounds useful for monitoring therapeutic angiogenesis treatment and destruction of new angiogenic vasculature. The present invention also provides novel compounds useful for imaging atherosclerosis, restenosis, cardiac ischemia, and myocardial reperfusion injury. The present invention also provides novel compounds useful for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. The pharmaceuticals are comprised of a targeting moiety that binds to a receptor that is upregulated during angiogenesis, an optional linking group, and a therapeutically effective radioisotope or diagnostically effective imageable moiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma Company
    Inventors: Milind Rajopadhye, Thomas D. Harris, Edward H. Cheesman
  • Publication number: 20040176325
    Abstract: This invention relates to inhibitors of p38, and methods for producing these inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the inhibitors of the invention and methods of utilizing the inhibitors and pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment and prevention of various disorders mediated by p38.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Mark Munson, James Rizzi, Martha Rodriguez, Ganghyeok Kim
  • Publication number: 20040142992
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of treating action tremor or severe essential tremor. Action tremor includes essential tremor, postural tremor, drug-induced or toxic tremor, primary orthostatic tremor, dystonic tremor, neuropathic tremor, and cerebellar tremor. The method comprises administering to a subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of zonisamide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The methods of the present invention are useful in reducing symptoms of tremor. The compounds of the present method can also be used in conjunction with other therapeutic agents commonly used to treat tremor thus enhancing the therapeutic effect of treating tremor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventor: M. Kent Shellenberger
  • Publication number: 20040122037
    Abstract: The invention concerns substituted isoxazolines derivatives according to Formula (I): wherein X=CH?2#191, N—R7, S or O, R1, R2 and R3 are certain specific substituents, Pir is an optionally substituted piperidyl or piperazyl radical and R3 represents an optionally substituted aromatic homocyclic or heterocyclic ring system including a partially or completely hydrogenated hydrocarbon chain of maximum 6 atoms long with which the ring system is attached to the Pir radical and which may contain one or more heteroatoms selected from the group of O, N and S ; a process for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and their use as a medicine, in particular for the treatment of depression and/of anxiety and disorders of body weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Jose Ignacio Andres-Gil, Francisco Javier Fernandez-Gadea, Manuel Jesus Alcazar-Vaca, Jose Maria Cid-Nunez, Joaquin Pastor-Fernandez, Antonius Adrianus Henrikus Petrus Megens, Godelieve Maria Heylen, Xavier Jean Michel Langlois, Margaretha Henrica Maria Bakker, Thomas Horst Wolfgang Steckler
  • Patent number: 6743817
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein R, Ar, A, n, R1 and R2 are defined herein. These compounds are highly selective agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAA brain receptors or prodrugs of agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAA brain receptors and are therefore useful in the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety, depression, Down Syndrome, sleep and seizure disorders, overdose with benzodiazepine drugs and for enhancement of memory. Pharmaceutical compositions, including packaged pharmaceutical compositions, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: George Maynard, LingHong Xie, Stanislaw Rachwal
  • Patent number: 6740654
    Abstract: Squaric acid derivatives of formula (1) are described: wherein Het is an optionally substituted bicyclic fused ring heteroaromatic group; L2 is a covalent bond or an atom or group —O—, —S—, —C(O)—, —C(S)—, —S(O)—, —S(O)2, —N(R8)— or —C(R8)(R8a)—; Ar2 is an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group; Alk is a chain  in which R is a carboxylic acid (—CO2H) or a derivative or biostere thereof; R1 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-6alkyl group; L1 is a covalent bond or a linker atom or group; Alk1 is an optionally substituted aliphatic chain; n is zero or the integer 1; R2 is a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted heteroaliphatic, cycloaliphatic, heterocycloaliphatic, polycycloalphatic, heteropolycycloaliphatic, aromatic or heteroaromatic group other than a 2,6-naphthyridin-1-yl, isoquinolin-1-yl, 2,7-naphthyridin-1-yl or quinazolin-4-yl group; and the salt
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Celltech R & D Limited
    Inventors: Barry John Langham, Rikki Peter Alexander, John Clifford Head, Janeen Marsha Linsley, John Robert Porter, Sarah Catherine Archibald, Graham John Warrellow
  • Publication number: 20040092562
    Abstract: This invention is generally directed to methods for treating or preventing a disease or disorder comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) inhibitor, such as an isothiazoloanthrone, isoxazoloanthrone, isoindolanthrone, or derivative thereof having the general formula: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: Signal Pharmaceuticals, LLC.
    Inventors: Steven T. Sakata, Heather K. Raymon
  • Patent number: 6730689
    Abstract: The present application describes N-[4-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)-2-fluorophenyl]-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamides and derivatives thereof of, which are useful as inhibitors of factor Xa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventor: Mimi L. Quan
  • Publication number: 20040077680
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chemical compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, uses of said compounds and compositions, methods of treatment employing said compounds and compositions, and processes for preparing said compounds. Specifically, this invention relates to novel compounds which are antagonists of MCP-1 function and are useful in the prevention or treatment of chronic or acute inflammatory or autoimmune diseases, especially those associated with aberrant lymphocyte or monocyte accumulation such as arthritis, asthma, atherosclerosis, diabetic nephropathy, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis, nephritis, pancreatitis, pulmonary fibrosis, psoriasis, restenosis, and transplant rejection. More specifically, the invention is related to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Applicants: Telik, Inc., Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Edgardo Laborde, Louise Robinson, Fanying Meng, Brian T. Peterson, Hugo O. Villar, Steven E. Anuskiewicz, Yoshiro Ishiwata, Shoji Yokochi, Yukiharu Matsumoto, Takuji Kakigami, Hideaki Inagaki, Takahito Jomori, Kouji Matsushima
  • Publication number: 20040067995
    Abstract: The present application describes methods of using a combination of 1-(3′-aminobenzisoxazol-5′-yl)-3-trifluoromethyl-5-[[4-[(2′-dimethylaminomethyl)imidazol-1′-yl]-2-fluorophenyl]aminocarbonyl]pyrazole-hydrochloric acid salt, a factor Xa inhibitor, and Clopidogrel as anticoagulant agents for treatment of thromboembolic disorders and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: Pancras C. Wong, Robert M. Knabb
  • Patent number: RE39198
    Abstract: Heteroarylpiperidines, pyrrolidines, and piperazines are useful as antipsychotic and analgesic agents. The compounds are especially useful for treating psychoses by administering to a mammal a psychoses-treating effective amounts of one of the compounds. The compounds are also useful as analgesics by administering a pain-relieving effective amount of one of the compounds to a mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph T. Strupczewski, Grover C. Helsley, Yulin Chiang, Kenneth J. Bordeau, Edward J. Glamkowski
  • Patent number: RE39265
    Abstract: Heteroarylpiperidines, pyrrolidines, and piperazines are useful as antipsychotic and analgesic agents. The compounds are especially useful for treating psychoses by administering to a mammal a psychoses-treating effective amount of one of the compounds. The compounds are also useful as analgesics by administering a pain-relieving effective amount of one of the compounds to a mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph T. Strupczewski, Kenneth J. Bordeau, Edward J. Glamkowski, Yulin Chiang, Grover C. Helsley