Divalent Chalcogen Or Acyclic Nitrogen Double Bonded At 2-position, Or Tautomeric Equivalent Patents (Class 514/392)
  • Publication number: 20090182026
    Abstract: A compound is disclosed herein comprising or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, metabolite, or prodrug thereof; wherein R1, R2, and R3 are independently hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl; A is OH, NH2, or SH; and n is 0, 1, or 2. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: Ken Chow, Todd M. Heidelbaugh, Phong X. Nguyen, Santosh C. Sinha
  • Publication number: 20090176828
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula 1 where the variables have the meaning defined in the specification are agonists of alpha2 adrenergic receptors. Several compounds of the disclosure are specific or selective to alpha2B and/or alpha2C adrenergic receptors in preference over alpha2A adrenergic receptors. Additionally some of the claimed compounds have no or only minimal cardiovascular and/or sedatory activity. The compounds of Formula 1 are useful as medicaments in mammals, including humans, for treatment of diseases and or alleviations of conditions which are responsive to treatment by agonists of alpha2 adrenergic receptors. Compounds of Formula 1 which have no significant cardiovascular and/or sedatory activity are useful for treating pain and other conditions with minimal side effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: Todd M. Heidelbaugh, Ken Chow, Phong X. Nguyen, Daniel W. Gil, John E. Donello, Michael E. Garst, Larry A. Wheeler
  • Publication number: 20090176838
    Abstract: The invention relates to cyclourea compounds of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein R1-R3 and Z are defined as set forth in the specification. The invention is also directed to the use of compounds of Formula I to treat, prevent or ameliorate a disorder responsive to the blockade of calcium channels, and particularly N-type calcium channels. Compounds of the present invention are especially useful for treating pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2007
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: Purdue Pharma L.P.
    Inventor: Xiaoming Zhou
  • Publication number: 20090162420
    Abstract: The invention relates to a salt of an ACE inhibitor dicarboxylic acid with an organic amine and/or an alkali compound, a transdermal therapeutic system comprising the salt, and a method of producing the transdermal therapeutic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Karin Klokkers, Michael Helfrich, Jörg Nink
  • Patent number: 7550466
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for improved methods for treating pain, including pain associated with chronic inflammatory diseases, neuropathic pain and cancer by using ?-adrenergic antagonists and ?-adrenergic agonists (particularly ?2-adrenergic agonists) alone or in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Sun Health Research Institute
    Inventors: Cheri Lubahn, Dianne Lorton
  • Patent number: 7547717
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds, compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compound compositions. The compounds, compositions, and methods described herein can be used for the therapeutic modulation of ion channel function, and treatment of disease and disease symptoms, particularly those mediated by certain calcium channel subtype targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Robert Zelle, Vincent P. Galullo
  • Publication number: 20090149523
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of N-aminoimidazole or N-aminoimidazole-thione derivatives as cytoprotective compounds in vitro and in vivo and for the treatment or prevention of cell death mediated disorders and/or GSK-3 mediated disorders or processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: K.U.Leuven Research and Development
    Inventors: Christophe Pannecouque, Wim Robberecht, Miguel Stevens
  • Publication number: 20090149425
    Abstract: The present invention provides a malononitrile compound represented by the formula (I): wherein any one of X1, X2, X3 and X4 is CR100, wherein R100 is a group represented by the formula: the other three of X1, X2, X3 and X4 each represent nitrogen or CR5, provided that 1 to 3 of X1, X2, X3 and X4 represent nitrogen, and Z represents oxygen, sulfur or NR6, which has pest-controlling activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Hiromasa Mitsudera, Ken Otaka, Jun Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20090093531
    Abstract: The present invention provides for methods of using tert-butyl alcohol (TBA) co-solvent systems in the formulation and production of a pharmaceutical agent with low solubility. The present invention also provides for pharmaceutical compositions made using the novel co-solvent system. In one embodiment, the invention provides for a method of making dantrolene sodium (DS) formulation for intravenous use (DS-IV). This instantaneous reconstitution of the DS-IV product constitutes a significant improvement in the pharmacotherapy of patients undergoing malignant hyperthermia during surgery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventor: Ahmad Malkawi
  • Patent number: 7511068
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I) having CCR2 receptor antagonistic properties, particularly anti-inflammatory properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V.
    Inventors: Guy Rosalia Eugeen Van Lommen, Julien Georges Pierre-Olivier Doyon, Jean Pierre Frans Van Wauwe, Marina Lucie Louise Cools, Erwin Coesemans
  • Publication number: 20090082393
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): (A)m·(B)n??(I) wherein A represents an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor compound containing at least one salt-forming basic function, B represents a compound containing at least one salt-forming acid function and at least one NO donor group, m represents the number of acid functions of B that have been converted to a salt and n represents the number of basic functions of A that have been converted to a salt, the bond or bonds between A and B being of the ionic type. Medicinal products containing the same which are useful in treating cardiovascular pathologies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: LES LABORATOIRES SERVIER
    Inventors: Guillaume De Nanteuil, Bernard Portevin, Philippe Gloanec, Jean-Gilles Parmentier, Alain Benoist, Tony Verbeuren, Alain Rupin, Christine Courchay, Serge Simonet
  • Patent number: 7504517
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1-N-amino-2-imidazolidinones and derivatives thereof which are effective as Kv1.5 potassium channel inhibitors providing atrial-selective antiarrhythmic agents. The present invention further relates to compositions comprising said Kv1.5 potassium channel inhibitors, and to methods for treating cardiac arrhythmia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: John Michael Janusz, Stephen Joseph Hodson, Gregory Kent Bosch, Ronald Eugene White, Benjamin E. Blass, Christopher M. Jackson, Neil T. Fairweather
  • Publication number: 20090069328
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ?-alkyl substituted N-acyltryptophanols of the formula I in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Q, X and W have the meaning as defined in the description. The compounds according to the invention are effective FSH antagonists and can be used for example for fertility control in men or in women, or for the prevention and/or treatment of osteoporosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Lars Wortmann, Marcus Koppitz, Hans Peter Muhn, Anna Schrey, Ronald Kuehne
  • Publication number: 20090069342
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1-N-amino-2-imidazolidinones and derivatives thereof which are effective as Kv1.5 potassium channel inhibitors providing atrial-selective antiarrhythmic agents. The present invention further relates to compositions comprising said Kv1.5 potassium channel inhibitors, and to methods for treating cardiac arrhythmia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: Wyeth
    Inventors: John Michael Janusz, Stephen Joseph Hodson, Gregory Kent Bosch, Ronald Eugene White, Benjamin E. Blass, Christopher M. Jackson, Neil T. Fairweather
  • Publication number: 20090054403
    Abstract: Provided are methods of treating a patient diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, by administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of Compound A. Also provided are methods of improving resilience in a patient by administering a therapeutically effective amount of Compound A. Also provided are methods of diagnosing post-traumatic stress disorder in a patient by administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of Compound A and assessing at least one of sign, symptom, or symptom cluster of post-traumatic stress disorder; and diagnosing post-traumatic stress disorder in the patient if the Compound A reduces at least one of sign, symptom, and symptom cluster of post-traumatic stress disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: SYNOSIA THERAPEUTICS
    Inventors: Tom Woiwode, Mark Moran
  • Publication number: 20090048320
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds and methods for the use thereof to inhibit ?-secretase (BACE) and treat ?-amyloid deposits and neurofibrillary tangles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: WYETH
    Inventors: Michael Sotirios Malamas, Albert Jean Robichaud, Alexander Michael Porte, Koi Michele Morris, William R. Solvibile, Ji-In Kim
  • Publication number: 20090023735
    Abstract: The invention relates to sulphonamide derivatives of formula (I), where RC is selected from a group consisting of dialkylamino, NO2, CN, aminocarbonyl, monoalkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkanoyl, oxazol-2-yl, oxazolylaminocarbonyl, aryl, aroyl, aryl-CH(OH)—, arylaminocarbonyl, furanyl, where the aryl, aroyl and furanyl moieties may be substituted, guanidinyl-(CH2)z—N(R?)—, Het-(CH2)z—N(R?)—, Het-CO—N(R?)—, Het-CH(OH)— and Het-CO—, where Het is an optionally substituted 4-6-membered heterocyclic ring containing one or more heteroatoms sleeted from N, S and O, R? is hydrogen or alkyl, and z is an integer 1 to 5; RA is a group of formula (A), (B), (C) or (D) as defined in the claims; and RB is hydrogen, alkyl, alkanoyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkoxycarbonylalkyl, aminoalkyl, mono- or dialkylaminoalkyl or Het-alkyl, where Het is as defined above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Jyrki Heino, Mark Johnson, Jarmo Kapyla, Anne Marjamaki, Tommi Nyronen, Marika Ojala, Olli Pentikainen, Marjo Pihlavisto, Liisa Nissinen
  • Publication number: 20080319013
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula 1 where X is S and the variables have the meaning defined in the specification are specific or selective to alpha2B and/or alpha2C adrenergic receptors in preference over alpha2A adrenergic receptors, and as such have no or only minimal cardivascular and/or sedatory activity. These compounds of Formula 1 are useful as medicaments in mammals, including humans, for treatment of diseases and or alleviations of conditions which are responsive to treatment by agonists of alpha2B adrenergic receptors. Compounds of Formula 1 where X is O also have the advantageous property that they have no or only minimal cardivascular and/or sedatory activity and are useful for treating pain and other conditions with no or only minimal cardivascular and/or sedatory activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: Ken Chow, Todd Heidelbaugh, Daniel Gil, Michael Garst, Larry A. Wheeler, Phong X. Nguyen, Dario G. Gomez
  • Publication number: 20080318965
    Abstract: The present invention relates to alpha2-adrenergic receptor agonist nitrooxyderivatives having improved pharmacological activity and enhanced tolerability. They can be employed for the treatment of ocular diseases, in particular high intraocular pressure and glaucoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Francesca Benedini, Francesco Impagnatiello, Stefano Biondi, Ennio Ongini, Wesley Kwan Mung Chong
  • Publication number: 20080306041
    Abstract: The invention describes compositions and kits comprising at least one cardiovascular compound comprising at least one heterocyclic nitric oxide donor group, and, optionally, at least one nitric oxide enhancing compound and/or at least one therapeutic agent. The invention also provides methods for (a) treating cardiovascular diseases; (b) treating renovascular diseases; (c) treating diabetes; (d) treating diseases resulting from oxidative stress; (e) treating endothelial dysfunctions; (f) treating diseases caused by endothelial dysfunctions; (g) treating cirrhosis; (h) treating pre-eclampsia; (j) treating osteoporosis; (k) treating nephropathy; (l) treating peripheral vascular diseases; (m) treating portal hypertension and (n) treating ophthalmic disorders. The cardiovascular compounds are preferably ?-adrenergic antagonists, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, anti-hyperlipidemic compounds, and antithrombotic and vasodilator compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventor: David S. Garvey
  • Publication number: 20080293678
    Abstract: The invention describes compositions and kits comprising at least qrie organic nitric oxide enhancing salt of an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, and, optionally, at least one nitric oxide enhancing compound and/or at least one therapeutic agent. The invention also provides methods for (a) treating cardiovascular diseases; (b) treating renovascular diseases; (c) treating diabetes; (d) treating diseases resulting from oxidative stress; (e) treating endothelial dysfunctions; (f) treating diseases caused by endothelial dysfunctions; (g) treating cirrhosis; (h) treating pre-eclampsia; Q) treating osteoporosis; (k) treating nephropathy; (l) treating peripheral vascular diseases; (m) treating portal hypertension; (n) treating ophthalmic disorders; (o) treating metabolic syndrome; and (p) treating hyperlipidemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: NitroMed, Inc.
    Inventor: David S. Garvey
  • Publication number: 20080275098
    Abstract: The present invention comprises novel substituted 2-aminoimidazoles of formula I, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for their use in the treatment of disorders of the central nervous system, cardiovascular disorders, stroke and pulmonary disorders, urinary disorders such as acute or chronic renal failure, disorders of biliary function, respiratory disorders such as snoring or sleep apnea. wherein the substitutents R1-R8 are further defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Uwe HEINELT, Hans-Jochen LANG, Armin HOFMEISTER, Klaus WIRTH, Hans-Willi JANSEN
  • Publication number: 20080255218
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to N-benzylamino cyclic thioureas, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use as antagonists of melanin-concentrating hormone receptor (MCH receptor).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Richard A. Houghten, Colette Dooley, Adel Nefzi, Zhiwei Wang, Oliver Civelli, Hiroshi Nagasaki
  • Publication number: 20080242639
    Abstract: Cyclocreatine phosphate can be prepared in large quantities from inexpensive starting materials to afford a stable product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Farghaly Ahmed, Salwa A. Elgebaly
  • Publication number: 20080234254
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a benzamide derivative comprising a head, spacer and cap group wherein the spacer includes a benzene ring substituted with an additional spacer and wherein the additional spacer is an unsaturated group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
    Inventors: Ronald Grigg, Andrew Cook
  • Publication number: 20080221186
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula 1 where X is S and the variables have the meaning defined in the specification are specific or selective to alpha2B and/or alpha2C adrenergic receptors in preference over alpha2A adrenergic receptors, and as such have no or only minimal cardiovascular and/or sedatory activity. These compounds of Formula 1 are useful as medicaments in mammals, including humans, for treatment of diseases and or alleviations of conditions which are responsive to treatment by agonists of alpha2B adrenergic receptors. Compounds of Formula 1 where X is O also have the advantageous property that they have no or only minimal cardiovascular and/or sedatory activity and are useful for treating pain and other conditions with no or only minimal cardiovascular and/or sedatory activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Ken Chow, Todd Heidelbaugh, Daniel Gil, Michael Garst, Larry A. Wheeler, Phong X. Nguyen, Dario G. Gomez
  • Publication number: 20080221152
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula 1 where the variables have the meaning defined in the specification are agonists of alpha2 adrenergic receptors. Several compounds of the disclosure are specific or selective to alpha2B and/or alpha2C adrenergic receptors in preference over alpha2A adrenergic receptors. Additionally some of the claimed compounds have no or only minimal cardiovascular and/or sedatory activity. The compounds of Formula 1 are useful as medicaments in mammals, including humans, for treatment of diseases and or alleviations of conditions which are responsive to treatment by agonists of alpha2 adrenergic receptors. Compounds of Formula 1 which have no significant cardiovascular and/or sedatory activity are useful for treating pain and other conditions with minimal side effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: Todd M. Heidelbaugh, Ken Chow, Phong X. Nguyen, Daniel W. Gil, John E. Donello, Michael E. Garst, Larry A. Wheeler
  • Publication number: 20080221169
    Abstract: Compounds, including 3-carboxy aryl sulfonamide compounds, which agonize or antagonize aquaporin channels and methods of using them to treat disorders or diseases mediated by aquaporins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: ARIZONA BOARD OF REG. ON BEHALF OF THE UNIV. OF AZ
    Inventors: Gary A. Flynn, Andrea J. Yool, Elton Rodrigues Migliati, Leslie S. Ritter
  • Patent number: 7423158
    Abstract: The present invention provides a 2-amino-5-[4-(difluoromethoxy)phenyl]-5-phenylimidazolone compound of formula I The present invention also provides methods for the use thereof to inhibit ?-secretase (BACE) and treat ?-amyloid deposits and neurofibrillary tangles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Michael Sotirios Malamas, James Joseph Erdei, William Floyd Fobare, Dominick Anthony Quagliato, Schuyler Adam Antane, Albert Jean Robichaud
  • Patent number: 7419994
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula 1 where X is S and the variables have the meaning defined in the specification are specific or selective to alpha2B and/or alpha2C adrenergic receptors in preference over alpha2A adrenergic receptors, and as such have no or only minimal cardivascular and/or sedatory activity. These compounds of Formula 1 are useful as medicaments in mammals, including humans, for treatment of diseases and or alleviations of conditions which are responsive to treatment by agonists of alpha2B adrenergic receptors. Compounds of Formula 1 where X is O also have the advantageous property that they have no or only minimal cardivascular and/or sedatory activity and are useful for treating pain and other conditions with no or only minimal cardivascular and/or sedatory activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Ken Chow, Todd Heidelbaugh, Daniel Gil, Michael Garst, Larry A. Wheeler, Phong X. Nguyen, Dario G. Gomez
  • Publication number: 20080176918
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ?-2A/?-1A selective agonist that includes a compound represented by Structure 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, amide, stereoisomer or racemic mixture thereof. The present invention further provides a pharmaceutical composition that contains a pharmaceutical carrier and a therapeutically effective amount of an ?-2A/?-1A selective agonist that includes a compound represented by Structure 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, amide, stereoisomer or racemic mixture thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Ken Chow, Todd M. Heidelbaugh, John E. Donello, Daniel W. Gil
  • Publication number: 20080167358
    Abstract: A method for preparing a fast dissolving Imidapril powder including spraying a solution of Imidapril on at least one excipient in a granulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Marinette Moreau, Sebastien Grellety
  • Publication number: 20080167291
    Abstract: The instant disclosure describes methods for treating diseases and conditions of the central and peripheral nervous system by stimulating or increasing neurogenesis. The invention includes compositions and methods based on modulation angiotensin activity to stimulate or activate the formation of new nerve cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: BrainCells, Inc.
    Inventors: Carolee Barlow, Todd A. Carter, Kai Treuner, Kym I. Lorrain
  • Patent number: 7396828
    Abstract: The invention provides prodrugs of inhibitors of PI-3 kinase. The compounds are LY294002 and analogs thereof comprising a reversibly quaternized amine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Semafore Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph R. Garlich, Donald L. Durden, Mary Patterson, Jingdong Su, Robert G. Suhr
  • Publication number: 20080153874
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pain-relieving anticonvulsant and an alpha-2B receptor agonist. The composition is effective for treating chronic pain, and methods of treating chronic pain using the composition and the compounds comprising it are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Daniel W. Gil, John E. Donello
  • Publication number: 20080152709
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprises clonidine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof. The composition, when administered to a patient in an amount delivering a clonidine dose of about 0.1 to about 2 mg/day, exhibits clonidine release properties providing a 24-hour profile of plasma clonidine concentration that (a) does not substantially or protractedly fall below about 0.2 ng/ml and exhibits a peak concentration that is therapeutically effective and does not cause unacceptable side effects in the patient; and/or (b) exhibits a peak that substantially coincides with or closely anticipates a time of maximum plasma concentration of a catecholamine occurring in a diurnal cycle of a patient having a catecholamine-mediated disease or disorder. A method for treating a disease or disorder for which clonidine is indicated in a patient comprises administering such a composition one to three times daily in a dose of about 0.1 to about 2 mg/day to the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: DRUGTECH CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jonathan David Bortz
  • Publication number: 20080153832
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a relaxant and a pan-alpha-2 receptor agonist. The composition is effective for treating gastrointestinal motility disorders, and methods of treating such disorders using the composition and compounds comprising it are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Gregory F. Brooks, Daniel W. Gil
  • Patent number: 7390829
    Abstract: A compound is disclosed herein comprising or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof; wherein R is OH or NH2. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Ken Chow, Todd M. Heidelbaugh, Phong X. Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20080146634
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I, wherein X is —CH2— or —NH—; Y is —CH(lower alkoxy)-, —CH(lower alkyl)-, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O)2— or —CH2—; and Ar is phenyl or naphthyl, which rings are optionally substituted by one or two substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, lower alkoxy, lower alkyl and lower alkyl substituted by halogen; or a pharmaceutically-acceptable acid-addition salt thereof; with the proviso that, when X is —NH—, Y is —CH(lower alkyl)- or —CH2—; and the further proviso that the compound is not 2-phenethyl-1H-imidazole hydrochloride, 2-(3,4-dichloro-phenoxymethyl)-1H-imidazole hydrochloride, 2-(2-chloro-phenoxymethyl)-1H-imidazole hydrochloride, 2-(2,3-dichloro-phenoxymethyl)-1H-imidazole, benzyl-(1H-imidazol-2-yl)-amine, (4-chloro-benzyl)-(1H-imidazol-2-yl)-amine, or (2-chloro-benzyl)-(1H-imidazol-2-yl)-amine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Guido Galley, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Roger Norcross, Henri Stalder
  • Publication number: 20080146635
    Abstract: A compound of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, is disclosed herein. Methods and compositions related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Ken Chow, Todd M. Heidelbaugh, Daniel W. Gil, Michael E. Garst, Larry A. Wheeler
  • Publication number: 20080139481
    Abstract: This invention relates to non-natural desamino alkyl amino acid compounds, methods of making, and peptides containing these compounds as their N-terminus moieties. A preferred example is neurotensin (8-13) in which the N terminus is an alpha desamino, alpha methyl N,N dimethyl homolysine residue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventor: Thomas A. Dix
  • Publication number: 20080119450
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of creatine compounds including creatine, creatine phosphate or analogs of creatine, such as cyclocreatine, for treating diseases of the nervous system. Creatine compounds can be used as therapeutically effective agents against a variety of diseases of the nervous system such as diabetic and toxic neuropathies, peripheral nervous system diseases, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, stroke, Huntington's disease, amyotropic lateral sclerosis, motor neuron disease, traumatic nerve injury, multiple sclerosis, dysmyelination and demyelination disorders, and mitochondrial diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicants: AVICENA GROUP, INC., The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Rima Kaddurah-Daouk, Ghaleb Daouk, M. Flint Beal
  • Publication number: 20080119476
    Abstract: Compounds having the structures of Formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors, and are useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis: In the compounds of Formula I, B or R2 is a phenyl group which has an ortho aryl, heterocyclic, benzoheterocyclic or benzocycloalkyl substituent, and one other position on the 5-membered ring has an aromatic, heterocyclic, cycloalkyl, benzoheterocyclic or benzocycloalkyl substituent connected directly to the ring or attached to the ring through a —CH2—.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, Joann M. Napolitano, Qiaolin Deng, Zhijian Lu, Peter J. Sinclair, Gayle E. Taylor, Christopher F. Thompson, Nazia Quraishi, Cameron J. Smith, Julianne A. Hunt, Adrian A. Dowst, Yi-Heng Chen, Hong Li
  • 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
  • Patent number: 7358239
    Abstract: The present invention concerns compounds of formula (I) a stereochemically isomeric form thereof, an N-oxide form thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, wherein -Z1-Z2- is a bivalent radical; R1, R2 and R3 are each independently selected from hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, hydroxy, halo and the like; or when R1 and R2 are on adjacent carbon atoms, R1 and R2 taken together may form a bivalent radical of formula; Alk is optionally substituted C1-6alkanediyl; the bivalent radical is a substituted piperidinyl, an optionally substituted pyrrolidinyl, homopiperidinyl, piperazinyl or tropyl; R5 is a radical of formula wherein n is 1 or 2; p1 is 0, and p2 is 1 or 2; or p1 is 1 or 2, and p2 is 0; X is oxygen, sulfur or ?NR9; Y is oxygen or sulfur; R7 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, C3-6cycloalkyl, phenyl or phenylmethyl; R8 is C1-6alkyl, C3-6cycloalkyl phenyl or phenylmethyl; R9 is cyano, C1-6alkyl, C3-6cyclo-alkyl, C1-6alkyloxycarbonyl or aminocarbonyl; R10 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl; and Q is
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V.
    Inventors: Marcel Frans Leopold De Bruyn, Kristof Van Emelen, Piet Tom Bert Paul Wigerinck, Wim Gaston Verschueren
  • Publication number: 20080085858
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising (a) a phosphodiesterase (PDE)-IV inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and (b) an immunosuppressant, a therapeutic and/or preventive agent for chronic skin diseases comprising (a) a PDE-IV inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and (b) an immunosuppressant, a therapeutic and/or preventive agent for chronic skin diseases to be administered simultaneously or separately with an interval comprising (a) a PDE-IV inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and (b) an immunosuppressant, as active ingredients; and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Harada, Katsuya Kobayashi, Haruhiko Manabe, Etsuo Ohshima
  • Patent number: 7332517
    Abstract: A method of treating a disorder selected from the group consisting of acromegaly, hypophyseal adenomas, endocrine gastroenteropancreatic tumors including carcinoid syndrome and gastrointestinal bleeding in warm-blooded animals comprising administering to warm-blooded animals in need thereof an amount of a compound of the formula in racemic or enantiomeric form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Société de Conseils de Recheres et d'Applications Scientifiques (SCRAS)
    Inventors: Lydie Poitout, Valérie Brault, Christophe Thurieau
  • Patent number: 7326792
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel series of 4,5-diphenyl-2-amino-4,5-dihydro-imidazole derivatives of the formula II: wherein R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, X and Y are as defined herein. This invention also relates to methods of making these compounds. The compounds of this invention are P2X7 ion channel blockers and are therefore useful as pharmaceutical agents, especially in the treatment and/or prevention of a variety of diseases having an inflammatory component, including inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis and disease conditions associated with the central nervous system, such as stroke, Alzheimer's disease, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Shum, Alexandre Gross, Liang Ma, Daniel G. McGarry, Gregory H. Merriman, David Rampe, Garth Ringheim, Jeffrey Stephen Sabol, Francis A. Volz
  • Publication number: 20080021079
    Abstract: Compounds useful for treating cellular proliferative diseases and disorders by inhibiting the activity of KSP are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2004
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Han-Jie Zhou, Gustave Bergnes
  • Patent number: 7312238
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ?-2A/?-1A selective agonist that includes a compound represented by Structure 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, amide, sterioisomer or racemic mixture thereof. The present invention further provides a pharmaceutical composition that contains a pharmaceutical carrier and a therapeutically effective amount of an ?-2A/?-1A selective agonist that includes a compound represented by Structure 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, amide, sterioisomer or racemic mixture thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Ken Chow, Todd M. Heidelbaugh, John E. Donello, Daniel W. Gil