Abstract: The invention relates to the compounds of formula I having antithrombotic activity which especially inhibits blood clotting factor IXa, to methods for producing the same and to the use thereof as drugs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclic substituted bisarylurea derivatives of formula I, the use of the compounds of formula I as inhibitors of one or more kinases, the use of the compounds of formula I for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition and a method of treatment, comprising administering said pharmaceutical composition to a patient.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein: A is a radical selected from the group comprising aromatic heterocyclic 5-membered ring systems; Ar is a radical selected from the group comprising optionally substituted 5- and 6-membered aromatic ring systems, whereby the ring system contains 0, 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms selected from the group comprising N, O and S; Z is a linker and ? is a radical of formula (II) and their use for the inhibition of integrin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment or prevention of viral infections comprising as an active principle at least one benzimidazole conjugates derivative having the general formula (I). The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of compounds according to the invention having above mentioned general formula and their use as a medicine or to treat or prevent viral infections.

Abstract: This invention relates to certain aryl alkyl acid compounds, compositions, and methods for treating or preventing obesity and related diseases.

Abstract: There is provided a compound of the formula (I?): wherein x is a nitrogen or CRx, Rx is a hydrogen, etc., R1 is an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group, etc., R2 is an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group, etc., ring A is 5- to 8-membered heterocyclic ring, etc., and each of Y1, Y2 and Y3 is an optionally substituted carbon or a nitrogen, etc.; or a salt thereof or a prodrug thereof, which have CRF receptor antagonistic activity and use thereof.

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein: A, B, R1, R2 and R3 are each as described herein, and compositions containing such compounds and the use of such compounds in the treatment of a condition mediated by CB2 receptor binding activity such as, but not limited to, inflammatory pain, nociceptive pain, neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia, chronic low back pain, visceral pain, acute cerebral ischemia, pain, chronic pain, acute pain, post herpetic neuralgia, neuropathies, neuralgia, diabetic neuropathy, HIV-related neuropathy, nerve injury, rheumatoid arthritic pain, osteoarthritic pain, back pain, cancer pain, dental pain, fibromyalgia, neuritis, sciatica, inflammation, neurodegenerative disease, cough, broncho constriction, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), colitis, cerebrovascular ischemia, emesis such as cancer chemotherapy-induced emesis, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, asthma

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for synthesizing 1-(acyloxy)-alkyl derivatives from 1-acyl-alkyl derivatives, which typically proceeds stereospecifically, in high yield, does not require the use of activated intermediates and/or toxic compounds and is readily amendable to scale-up. The current invention also provides 1-acyl-alkyl derivatives of known drug components and methods for synthesizing these 1-acyl-alkyl derivatives.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for use in treating, inhibiting, and/or preventing breast and/or ovarian cancer can include: a molecule having a structure of one of Compounds 1-38, pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or analog thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier containing the compound. The pharmaceutically acceptable carrier can be configured for oral, systemic, transdermal, intranasal, suppository, parenteral, intramuscular, intravenous, or subcutaneous administration. The compound can be present in the composition in a therapeutically effective amount for treating, inhibiting, and/or preventing breast and/or ovarian cancer. Also, the compound can be present in a therapeutically effective amount for enhancing production of BRCA1.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula (I) in combination with a suitable carrier, diluent, or excipient; and methods for treating physiological disorders, particularly congestive heart failure, hypertension, diabetic nephropathy, or chronic kidney disease, comprising administering a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: Methionyl tRNA synthetase inhibitors (MetRS) are provided for use in therapy as antibacterial agents in Clostridium based infection.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods of treating of disorders characterized by defective mitochondrial activity. In particular compounds of the present invention can be used in the treatment metabolic diseases and neurodegenerative diseases. The methods are also useful to increase oxidative phosphorylation or to decrease reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: The present invention comprises compounds and compositions comprising substituted thiophene derivatives with the following backbone structure: The compounds of this type are of useful in the treatment of various disorders, such as, respiratory disorders and snoring, acute and chronic disorders, disorders induced by ischemic and/or reperfusion events and by proliferative or fibrotic events, disorders of the central nervous system and lipid metabolism, diabetes, blood coagulation and infection by parasites.

Abstract: Substituted benzimidazole compounds useful as anti-infectives that decrease resistance, virulence, or growth of microbes are provided. Methods of using substituted benzimidazole compounds, in, e.g., reducing virulence and infectivity, inhibiting biofilms and treating bacterial infections are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of specific benzimidazolone analogues and derivatives to inhibit the cytokine or biological activity of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), and diseases or conditions wherein MIF cytokine or biological activity is implicated. Novel benzimidazole analogues and derivatives are also provided.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds useful for treating or effecting prophylaxis of cancers, particularly cervical cancer.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to proline bis-amide compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.

Abstract: The present invention provides diagnostic methods for predicting therapeutic efficacy in an individual being treated for an autoimmune or an inflammatory disease. In addition, the present invention also provides novel methods for monitoring azathioprine therapy or optimizing clinical responsiveness to azathioprine therapy in an individual by measuring 6-thioguanosine nucleotide levels in a sample from the individual.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to amidoethylthioether compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for inhibiting VEGF production or secretion in a subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a compound of Formula I. The invention also provides methods for the treatment or prevention of conditions associated with abnormal levels of VEGF production or secretion.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide compositions for controlling a target pest including a pest control product and at least one active agent, wherein: the active agent can be capable of interacting with a receptor in the target pest; the pest control product can have a first activity against the target pest when applied without the active agent and the compositions can have a second activity against the target pest; and the second activity can be greater than the first activity.

Abstract: Compositions are provided comprising a lipophilic active compound, e.g., a human or veterinary drug or a nutraceutical, interwoven with a polymeric matrix formed by two or more polymers, wherein one of the polymers is an amphiphilic polymer and the other polymer is either an amphiphilic polymer with a different hydrophobic-hydrophilic balance or a hydrophilic polymer, and the active lipophilic compound has modified physicochemical properties. The composition forms colloidal nanodispersion upon contact with aqueous media.

Abstract: Compounds of the general formula (I): pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of general formula (I); and methods of treating disease conditions caused by overactivation of the VR1 receptor by administering a compound of general formula (I) to a subject.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of treating immunologic diseases or pathological conditions involving an immunologic component using certain Lck inhibitors already known as kinase inhibitors for therapy in oncology, optionally in combination with one or more other drugs selected from NSAIDs, steroids, DMARDs, immunsuppressives, biologic response modifiers and antinfectives, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said Lck inhibitors together with said other drugs, and the use of the Lck inhibitors for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of immunologic diseases or pathological conditions involving an immunologic component.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel 2-(phenylamino)benzimidazole derivatives useful as modulators of small-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels (SK channels). In other aspects the invention relates to the use of these compounds in a method for therapy and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention.

Abstract: Novel compounds and methods of using those compounds for the treatment of inflammatory conditions are provided. In a preferred embodiment, modulation of the activation state of p38 kinase protein comprises the step of contacting the kinase protein with the novel compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of benzoimidazolone compounds and salts thereof in the treatment of proliferative diseases and for the manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations for the treatment of said diseases, pharmaceutical preparations comprising benzoimidazolone compounds, novel benzoimidazolone compounds, and a process for the preparation of the novel benzoimidazolone compounds.

Abstract: Inhibitors of casein kinase 2 are described that have been found to arrest uncontrolled cell proliferation, thereby suggesting their use in cancer treatment strategies. Specific applications include treating breast cancer, colon cancer, melanoma, chronic myelogenous leukemia, bladder cancer, renal cancer, and brain cancer. Various methods and compositions utilizing the inhibitors are described.

Abstract: Provided herein are drug delivery systems, such as self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery systems, self-emulsifying drug delivery systems and parenteral microemulsion formulations, suitable for parenteral or oral delivery to a subject. The drug delivery systems may comprise a benzimidazole derivative, e.g., mebendazole, an oil, a surfactant, a cosurfactant and a dipolar aprotic solvent in a microemulsion formulation.

Abstract: Substituted thiophenes, processes for their preparation, their use as medicament or diagnostic agent. The substituted thiophene derivatives have the following backbone structure: Medicaments comprising compounds of this type are of use for preventing or treating various disorders, such as, respiratory disorders and snoring, acute and chronic disorders, disorders induced by ischemic and/or reperfusion events and by proliferative or fibrotic events, disorders of the central nervous system and lipid metabolism, diabetes, blood coagulation and infection by parasites.

Abstract: A new administration regimen giving an extended plasma concentration profile of a H+, K+-ATPase inhibitor. The extended plasma profile is received by two or more consecutive administrations of a unit dose of a H+, K+-ATPase with 0.5-4 hours interval or by a pharmaceutical composition with extended release, which may be administered once daily.

Abstract: Methods and formulations are provided to reduce pigmentation in skin, using an array of compounds selected from benzimidazoles, phenylthioureas, phenyltiols, phenylamines, bi- and multicyclic phenols, thiopheneamines, and benzothiamides. The compounds preferably inhibit pigment systhesis in melanocytes through the tyrosinase pathway. The methods can be used for lightening skin, and for treating uneven skin complexions which result from hyperpigmentation-related medical conditions such as melasma, age spots, freckles, ochronosis, and lentigo. The compounds can be used medically or cosmetically.

Abstract: Methods and formulations are provided to reduce pigmentation in skin, using an array of compounds selected from benzimidazoles, phenylthioureas, phenyltiols, phenylamines, bi- and multicyclic phenols, thiopheneamines, and benzothiamides. The compounds preferably inhibit pigment systhesis in melanocytes through the tyrosinase pathway. The methods can be used for lightening skin, and for treating uneven skin complexions which result from hyperpigmentation-related medical conditions such as melasma, age spots, freckles, ochronosis, and lentigo. The compounds can be used medically or cosmetically.

Abstract: Compounds of formula I, wherein R1, R2, R3, X and Ar, are as defined herein or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, inhibit HIV-1 reverse transcriptase and afford a method for prevention and treatment of HIV-1 infections and the treatment of AIDS and/or ARC. The present invention also relates to compositions containing compounds of formula I useful for the prevention and treatment of HIV-1 infections and the treatment of AIDS and/or ARC.

Abstract: Benzimidazole derivatives, methods of preparing the same and their pharmaceutical uses for the treatment of inflammatory diseases including COPD.

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 syndrome, schizophrenia, delusional disorders, drug-induced psychosis and panic and obsessive-compulsive disorders. The compounds have the general structure: wherein m, n, p, x, R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, A and B, are defined herein, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, solvates or prodrugs thereof. Also disclosed are compositions containing a compound of this invention in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, as well as methods relating to the use thereof for inhibiting PDE 10 in a warm-blooded animal in need of the same.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds and compositions that modulate T-cells. Such compounds can be used to treat T-cell mediated disease like T-ALL, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and graft-vs-host disease (GvHD), to name but a few. The compounds have a general structure as shown in Formula I. Ar1-L-Ar2??I wherein Ar1 and Ar2, are independent of one another, a substituted aryl, unsubstituted aryl, substituted heteroaryl, or unsubstituted heteroaryl; and L is a bond or a linker spanning two, three, four, or five atoms.

Abstract: Provided herein are drug delivery systems comprising nanosuspension formulations suitable for parenteral delivery to a subject. The nanosuspension formulations may comprise a benzimidazole derivative, e.g., mebendazole, and surface stabilizers, such as block copolymer(s), e.g., Pluronic F108, and surfactant(s), e.g., Tween 80, and, optionally, water. Provided are methods for defining nanosuspensions of a benzimidazole derivative as having maximum therapeutic efficacy for a treatment regimen by adjusting and/or selecting particles size(s) based on pharmacokinetic parameters of the derivative in the tissue.

Abstract: Compounds having the general structure I are provided. X and Y are independently selected from the group consisting of CH2, N, NR9, C?O, C?S, S?O, SO2, S, O, (CR6R7)n, C(?O)—(CR6R7)n, and C(?S)—(CR6R7)n, where n is 1, 2, or 3. W is selected from the group consisting of (formula I) and L is selected from the group consisting of N, O, S?O, SO2, C(O), NC(O), NC(S), OC(O), OC(S), C(NR10), C(NOR10), and a covalent bond. Z1, Z2, and Z3 are independently selected from the group consisting of substituted carbon and nitrogen. Compounds of formula I are agonists of the melanocortin-4 receptor (“MC-4r2) and therefore may have useful properties for controlling diseases related to MC-4r action in humans, such as obesity and type II diabetes.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which bind VLA-4. Certain of these compounds also inhibit leukocyte adhesion and, in particular, leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases in a mammalian patient, e.g., human, such as asthma, Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, AIDS dementia, diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, tissue transplantation, tumor metastasis and myocardial ischemia. The compounds can also be administered for the treatment of inflammatory brain diseases such as multiple sclerosis.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of the general formula (I), as defined herein which is useful for the treatment of a pathology in a patient wherein a CCR3 receptor plays a role in the development of the pathology, and pharmaceutical preparations containing such compound. The invention is also directed to a process for preparing the compound of the general formula (I), and intermediate useful in the preparation.

Abstract: Compounds and compositions are provided for treatment or amelioration of one or more symptoms of ?-synuclein toxicity, ?-synuclein mediated diseases or diseases in which ?-synuclein fibrils are a symptom or cause of the disease. In one embodiment, the compounds for use in the compositions and methods are heteroaryl acylguanidines, heteroarylhydrazones, dihy-dropyridones, heteroaryl and aryl styryl ketones, and heteroarylpyrazoles.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of optimizing therapeutic efficacy and reducing toxicity associated with 6-mercaptopurine drug treatment of an immune-mediated gastrointestinal disorder such as inflammatory bowel disease. The method of the invention includes the step of determining the level of one or more 6-mercaptopurine metabolites in the patient having an immune-mediated gastrointestinal disorder.

Abstract: Substituted benzimidazoles and compositions containing them, for the treatment of acute, inflammatory and neuropathic pain, dental pain, general headache, migraine, cluster headache, mixed-vascular and non-vascular syndromes, tension headache, general inflammation, arthritis, rheumatic diseases, osteoarthritis, inflammatory bowel disorders, inflammatory eye disorders, inflammatory or unstable bladder disorders, psoriasis, skin complaints with inflammatory components, chronic inflammatory conditions, inflammatory pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, neuropathic pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, diabetic neuropathy pain, causalgia, sympathetically maintained pain, deafferentation syndromes, asthma, epithelial tissue damage or dysfunction, herpes simplex, disturbances of visceral motility at respiratory, genitourinary, gastrointestinal or vascular regions, wounds, burns, allergic skin reactions, pruritus, vitiligo, general gastrointestinal disorders, gastric ulceration, duodenal ulcers,

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of optimizing therapeutic efficacy and reducing toxicity associated with 6-mercaptopurine drug treatment of an immune-mediated gastrointestinal disorder such as inflammatory bowel disease. The method of the invention includes the step of determining the level of one or more 6-mercaptopurine metabolites in the patient having an immune-mediated gastrointestinal disorder.

Abstract: Sustained release spherical or non-spherical pellets comprising (a) an active ingredient (b) a wax-like agent, and (c) a spheronizing agent are provided. Oral dosage forms comprising said pellets and methods for preparing and using such pellets and dosage forms are also provided.

Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions of a benzimidazole or a benzimidazole derivative are disclosed. For example, in certain embodiments the pharmaceutical compositions include a benzimidazole, PEG 400, and a dipolar aprotic solvent. In other embodiments, pharmaceutical compositions include a benzimidazole, an oil, a dipolar aproptic solvent, and a surfactant. In certain embodiments, the benzimidazole is mebendezole. The pharmaceutical compositions are formulated for delivery to a subject by any means, and include formulations for oral and parenteral delivery.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel 2-amino benzimidazole derivatives useful as modulators of small-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels (SK channels). In other aspects the invention relates to the use of these compounds in a method for therapy and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative or prodrug thereof. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of bacterial gyrase activity. The present invention also relates to methods for treating bacterial infections in mammala. The present invention also relates to methods for decreasing bacterial quantity in a biological sample.

Abstract: The present invention relates to 1,3-benzoxazole or benzodiazole UV-A sunscreens and to compositions, in particular topical compositions, containing the above UV-A sunscreens.