Additional Hetero Ring Patents (Class 514/397)
  • Publication number: 20120129901
    Abstract: Formula (I) and (II). The present invention relates to the use of a new lupane derivative of general formula (I) or (II), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, crystal form, complex, hydrate, or hydrolysable ester thereof, for preventing and/or inhibiting tumor growth and for treating cancer and other proliferative diseases, more particularly for treating leukemia, liver, cervical, colon and prostate cancer. The present invention also relates to the synthesis of these compounds and to pharmaceutical compositions which contain them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Jorge Antonio Ribeiro Salvador, Rita Catarina Mendes Dos Santos, Marta Cascante Serratosa
  • Publication number: 20120129828
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) that are have activity as S1P1 receptor modulating agents, more specifically to specifically compounds that are S1P1 receptor agonists. The invention also related to the use of such compounds to treat diseases associated with inappropriate S1P1 receptor activity such as autoimmune diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Victor J. Cee, Jian Lin, Xiang Y. Yu, Zhaoda Zhang
  • Patent number: 8183383
    Abstract: PTP1B inhibitors with the following structure (formula I). Experiments indicate that these inhibitors can effectively inhibit the activity of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B). They can be used as insulin sensitisers. They can be used to prevent, delay or treat diseases which are related to insulin antagonism mediated by PTP1B, especially diabetes type II and obesity. The invention also provides methods for preparing these inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Fajun Nan, Jia Li, Yi Wei, Wei Zhang, Jingya Li, Lei Shi
  • Patent number: 8183273
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new cyclic compound having a CCR antagonist activity, especially a CCR5 antagonist activity, and the use thereof. The compound of the present invention is represented by the formula: wherein, R1 is a 5- to 6-membered ring group which may be substituted; X1 is a bond or the like; ring A is a 5- to 6-membered ring group which may be substituted; ring B is a 8- to 10-membered ring group which may be substituted; X2 is a bivalent group of 1 to 4 atoms; Z1 is a bivalent cyclic ring group or the like; Z2 is a bond or the like; and R2 is an amino group, a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group which may be substituted or the like, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Tobira Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Shiraishi, Masanori Baba, Katsuji Aikawa, Naoyuki Kanzaki, Masaki Seto, Yuji Iizawa
  • Patent number: 8183276
    Abstract: The invention encompasses 2-[4-(imidazolyl)-phenyl]vinyl-heterocycle derivatives which selectively attenuate production of Abeta(1-42) and are useful in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also encompassed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Inventors: Christian Fischer, Benito Munoz, Alexey A. Rivkin
  • Patent number: 8183234
    Abstract: Guanidine derivatives having a condensed tricyclic ring of formula 1: are disclosed, wherein U is C(O), CRaRb, O, NRa or S(O)m; V is CRaRb or NRa; W is S(O)m; wherein Ra is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl or aralkyl; Rb is H, alkyl, OH, ORa or OCORa, and m is the integer 0, 1 or 2; R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are as defined herein with the proviso that at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 or R8 is guanidino or guanidinocarbonyl. These derivatives are sodium-proton exchange inhibitors and are useful as medicaments for the treatment of, for example, organ disorders associated with ischemia and reperfusion, cardiac arrhythmia, cardiac hypertrophy, hypertension, cell proliferative disorders and diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Piramal Life Sciences Limited
    Inventors: Bansi Lal, Swati Bal-Tembe, Usha Ghosh, Arun Kumar Jain, Tulsidas More, Anil Ghate, Jacqueline Trivedi, Sapna Parikh
  • Publication number: 20120122864
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and combination therapies for inhibition of hepatitis C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: PRESIDIO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Min Zhong, Leping Li
  • Publication number: 20120122854
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with novel carbocyclyl fused cyclic amines of formula (I) wherein A, X1 to X3, Y1 to Y3, Z, R1, R2, m and n are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds inhibit the coagulation factor Xa and can be used as medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Markus Boehringer, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Wolfgang Haap, Narendra Panday, Fabienne Ricklin, Martin Stahl, Petra Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20120115919
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of treatment that prevent the onset of Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) in a subject, or which reduce the severity of TLE in a subject, by administering a NKCC1 inhibitor to the subject after the subject has suffered from an insult known to precipitate TLE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Wolfgang S. Mueller, John A. Connor, Steven Peterson, Denis Bragin
  • Publication number: 20120114714
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment and/or prevention of erectile dysfunction, comprising (a) a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by Formula 1 or 2, and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, a diluent or an excipient, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Taehwan KWAK, Myung-Gyu Park, Sang-Ku You
  • Publication number: 20120114765
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel compounds which are useful as therapeutics, especially in anti-neoplastic therapy and in other therapeutic regimes where cysteine protease inhibition is implicated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Ping Cao, Joseph Weinstock, William D. Kingsbury, Craig A. Leach, Suresh Kumar Kizhakkethil-George, Benjamin Nicholson
  • Publication number: 20120115855
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and combination therapies for inhibition of hepatitis C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: PRESIDIO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Leping Li, Min Zhong
  • Publication number: 20120115918
    Abstract: Compounds effective in inhibiting replication of Hepatitis C virus (“HCV”) are described. This invention also relates to processes of making such compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat HCV infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: David A. DeGoey, Allan C. Krueger, Charles W. Hutchins, Warren M. Kati, William A. Carroll
  • Publication number: 20120108635
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel arylpyrroline compounds of formula (I) which have excellent insecticidal activity and which can thus be used as an insecticide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Tetsuya Murata, Yasushi Yoneta, Hidetoshi Kishikawa, Jun Mihara, Daiei Yamazaki, Mamoru Hatazawa, Norio Sasaki, Kei Domon, Eiichi Shimojo, Teruyuki Ichihara, Katsuhiko Shibuya, Masashi Ataka, Ulrich Görgens
  • Patent number: 8168627
    Abstract: Compounds having the structure (or their salts): are used to treat or reduce the likelihood of acquiring androgen-dependent diseases, such as prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia, polycystic ovarian syndrome, acne, hirsutism, seborrhea, androgenic alopecia and male baldness. The compounds can be formulated together with pharmaceutically acceptable diluents or carriers or otherwise made into any pharmaceutical dosage form. Combinations with other active pharmaceutical agents are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Endorecherche, Inc.
    Inventors: Fernand Labrie, Rock Breton, Shankar Mohan Singh, Rene Maltais
  • Publication number: 20120101064
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (I): and salts, tautomers, solvates and N-oxides thereof; wherein Q is CH or N; X is N, N+—O? or CR3; Y is N, N+—O? or CR3a; R1 and R2 are independently selected from hydrogen and various substituents as defined in the claims; or R1 and R2 together with the atoms to which they are attached, link to form an optionally substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic aromatic or non-aromatic ring of 4 to 7 members; R3 is selected from hydrogen and various substituents; and R3a is selected from hydrogen and various substituents as defined in the claims. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of formula (I), processes for making the compounds and the medical uses of the compounds. The compounds of formula (I) have activity as inhibitors of CDK kinases and are useful in the treatment of inter alia proliferative diseases such as cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicants: Astex Therapeutics Limited, Novartis AG
    Inventors: Steven Howard, Paul Neil Mortenson, Steven Douglas Hiscock, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford, Andrew James Woodhead, Gianni Chessari, Marc O'reilly, Miles Stuart Congreve, Claudio Dagostin, Young Shin Cho, Fan Yang, Christine Hiu-Tung Chen, Christopher Thomas Brain, Bharat Lagu, Yaping Wang, Sunkyu Kim, John Grialdes, Michael Joseph Luzzio, Lawrence Blas Perez
  • Patent number: 8163793
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula (I) wherein A, R1-R6 are as defined in the description and in the claims. The compound of formula (I) can be used as a medicament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Rubén Alvarez Sánchez, David Banner, Simona M. Ceccarelli, Uwe Grether, Wolfgang Haap, Peter Hartman, Guido Hartmann, Hans Hilpert, Holger Kuehne, Harald Mauser, Jean-Marc Plancher
  • Patent number: 8163789
    Abstract: A fragment-based strategy, involving “multicomponent reaction chemistry” (MCR), can identify novel chemotypes that disrupt the p53/MDM2 or p53/MDM4 complex employs. This approach uses high resolution structural information to delineate the region of a first protein or a ligand that is nestled within the binding pocket of a second target protein. The identified region is imported into a database containing MCR scaffolds to generate a virtual library of compounds, which subsequently are docked into the binding pocket of the target protein. Results from docking then are used to select compounds for synthesis and screening. A complementary, NMR-based methodology allows for screening the ability of compounds, selected using MCR, to disrupt the p53/MDM2 or p53/MDM4 complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventor: Alexander Doemling
  • Patent number: 8163720
    Abstract: The present invention relates to phenyl sulfonamides useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders, including for example the treatment of pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Esther Martinborough, Lev T. D. Fanning, Urvi Sheth, Dean Wilson, Andreas P. Termin, Timothy D. Neubert, Nicole Hilgraf, Tara Leanne Hampton, Tara Whitney, Aarti Sameer Kawatkar, Danielle Lehsten, Dean Stamos, Jinglan Zhou, Vijayalaksmi Arumugam, Corey Anderson
  • Publication number: 20120095012
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), wherein R1 is a monocyclic 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl; R4 is phenyl or monocyclic 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl; and the other substituents as defined in the claims, that inhibit cell and cell division and that inhibit the activation of Hypoxia Inducible Factor (HIF)—mediated transcription and signaling under hypoxic conditions. In one aspect, the compounds of the present invention are useful for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of a disease or disorder selected from the group consisting of an inflammatory disease, a hyperproliferative disease or disorder, a hypoxia-related pathology and a disease characterized by excessive vascularisation. Also provided is a pharmaceutical composition, comprising a compound of the invention and a second therapeutic agent or radiation, useful for the treatment or prevention of the mentioned diseases or disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Elara Pharmaceuticals GmbH
    Inventors: Jorge Alonson, Arantxa Encinas Lopez, Marcel Muelbaier, Jochen Ammenn, Bernd Wendt, Joe Lewis, Christoph Schultes, Bernd Janssen
  • Publication number: 20120095036
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel substituted indazole and aza-indazole derivatives of Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, Y, A1, A2, A3, A4, X1, X2, X3 and Het1 have the meaning defined in the claims. The compounds according to the present invention are useful as gamma secretase modulators. The invention further relates to processes for preparing such novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds as an active ingredient as well as the use of said compounds as a medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: François Paul Bischoff, Henricus Jacobus Maria Gijsen, Serge Maria Aloysius Pieters, Garett Berlond Minne
  • Patent number: 8158668
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for treating depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, stress-related disorders, psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease, neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, migraine, hypertension, substance abuse and metabolic disorders such as eating disorders, diabetes, diabetic complications, obesity, dyslipidemia, disorders of energy consumption and assimilation, disorders and malfunction of body temperature homeostasis, disorders of sleep and circadian rhythm, and cardiovascular disorders which comprises administering to an individual a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I wherein R, Ar, R1, R1?, R2, and n are as defined in the specification and to their pharmaceutically active salts, racemic mixtures, enantiomers, optical isomers and tautomeric forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Guido Galley, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Marius Hoener, Roger Norcross, Henri Stalder
  • Publication number: 20120088744
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the treatment of the Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: PHARNEXT
    Inventors: Daniel Cohen, Serguei Nabirochkin, Ilya Chumakov
  • Publication number: 20120088758
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for treating a thrombotic or an inflammatory disorder administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of Formula (I) or Formula (V): or a stereoisomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate form thereof, wherein the variables A, L, Z, R3, R4, R6, R11, X1, X2, and X3 are as defined herein. The compounds of Formula (I) are useful as selective inhibitors of serine protease enzymes of the coagulation cascade and/or contact activation system; for example thrombin, factor Xa, factor XIa, factor IXa, factor VIIa and/or plasma kallikrein. In particular, it relates to compounds that are selective factor XIa inhibitors. This invention also provides compounds within the scope of Formula I and relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: Jon J. Hangeland, Mimi L. Quan, Joanne M. Smallheer, Gregory S. Bisacchi, James R. Corte, Todd J. Friends, Zhong Sun, Karen A. Rossi, Cullen L. Cavallaro
  • Publication number: 20120088788
    Abstract: Certain novel substituted imidazoles are ligands of the human bombesin receptor and, in particular, are selective ligands of the human bombesin receptor subtype-3 (BRS-3). They are therefore useful for the treatment, control, or prevention of diseases and disorders responsive to the modulation of BRS-3, such as obesity, and diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: David Chen, Christopher L. Franklin, Peter R. Guzzo, Linus S. Lin, Jian Liu, Michael M.C. Lo, Ravi P. Nargund, Iyassu K. Sebhat
  • Publication number: 20120088778
    Abstract: This invention provides certain compounds, methods of their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and their use in treating human or animal disorders. The compounds of the invention are useful as modulators of the interaction between the receptor for advanced glycated end products (RAGE) and its ligands, such as advanced glycated end products (AGEs), S100/calgranulin/EN-RAGE, ?-amyloid and amphoterin, and for the management, treatment, control, or as an adjunct treatment for diseases in humans caused by RAGE. Such diseases or disease states include acute and chronic inflammation, the development of diabetic late complications such as increased vascular permeability, nephropathy, atherosclerosis, and retinopathy, the development of Alzheimer's disease, erectile dysfunction, and tumor invasion and metastasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: TransTech Pharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Adnan M.M. Mjalli, Robert C. Andrews, Ramesh Gopalaswamy, Anitha Hari, Kwasi S. Avor, Ghassan Qabaja, Xiao-Chuan Guo, Suparna Gupta, David R. Jones, Xin Chen
  • Patent number: 8153674
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I): said compound is inhibitor of aldosterone synthase, and thus can be employed for the treatment of a disorder or disease mediated by aldosterone synthase. Accordingly, the compound of formula I can be used in treatment of hypokalemia, hypertension, congestive heart failure, renal failure, in particular, chronic renal failure, restenosis, atherosderosis, syndrome X, obesity, nephropathy, post-myocardial infarction, coronary heart diseases, increased formation of collagen, cardiac fibrosis and remodeling following hypertension and endothelial dysfunction. Finally, the present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Christopher Adams, Julien Papillon, Gary Michael Ksander
  • Patent number: 8153682
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating various diseases, syndromes, conditions and disorders, including pain. Such compounds are represented by Formula I as follows: wherein A, B, G, Y, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, NV
    Inventors: Shawn T. Branum, Raymond W. Colburn, Scott L. Dax, Christopher M. Flores, Michele C. Jetter, Yi Liu, Donald Ludovici, Mark J. Macielag, Jay M. Matthews, James J. McNally, Laura M. Reaney, Ronald K. Russell, Ning Qin, Christopher Teleha, Kenneth M. Wells, Scott C. Youells, Mark A. Youngman
  • Publication number: 20120083488
    Abstract: A compound represented by the general Formula (I) below, or a salt or solvate thereof, which is useful as an ALK inhibitor, and is useful for prophylaxis or treatment of a disease accompanied by abnormality in ALK, for example, cancer, cancer metastasis, depression or cognitive function disorder: (meanings of the symbols that are included in the formula are as given in the specification).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Kazutomo Kinoshita, Kohsuke Asoh, Noriyuki Furuichi, Toshiya Ito, Hatsuo Kawada, Nobuya Ishii, Hiroshi Sakamoto, WooSang Hong, MinJeong Park, Yoshiyuki Ono, Yashuharu Kato, Kenji Morikami, Takashi Emura, Nobuhiro Oikawa
  • Publication number: 20120077811
    Abstract: The invention provides novel prodrug compounds comprising a kinase inhibitor and a reductively-activated fragmenting aromatic nitroheterocycle or aromatic nitrocarbocycle trigger, where the compound carries a positive charge. In preferred embodiments, the compounds are of Formula I: where: X is any negatively charged counterion; R1 is a group of the formula —(CH2)nTr, where Tr is an aromatic nitroheterocycle or aromatic nitrocarbocycle and —(CH2)nTr acts as a reductively-activated fragmenting trigger; and n is an integer from 0 to 6; R2, R3 and R4 may each independently be selected from aliphatic or aromatic groups of a tertiary amine kinase inhibitor (R2)(R3)(R4)N, or two of R2, R3, and R4 may form an aliphatic or aromatic heterocyclic amine ring of a kinase inhibitor, or one of R2, R3 and R4 may be absent and two of R2, R3 and R4 form an aromatic heterocyclic amine ring of a kinase inhibitor. The compounds of the invention are useful in treating proliferative diseases such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Jeffrey Bruce Smaill, Adam Vorn Patterson, Michael Patrick Hay, William Alexander Denny, William Robert Wilson, Guo-Liang Lu, Robert Forbes Anderson, Ho Huat Lee, Amir Ashoorzadeh
  • Publication number: 20120076848
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for a rapid and sustainable change in the pigment melanin content of melanocytes of the iris stroma, thereby to change the color of the eye. Also described are nanoparticle compositions for lightening the pigmented tissues or treating a pigmented tissue related disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventor: Kambiz Thomas Moazed
  • Publication number: 20120077759
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for inhibiting translation using 3-(5-tert-Butyl-2-Hydroxy-phenyl)-3-phenyl-1,3-dihydro-indol-2-one and/or its derivatives are provided. Compositions, methods and kits for treating (1) cellular proliferative disorders, (2) non-proliferative, degenerative disorders, (3) viral infections, and/or (4) disorders associated with viral infections, using 3-(5-tert-butyl-2-hydroxy-phenyl)-3-phenyl-1,3-dihydro-indol-2-one and/or its derivatives are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: José A. Halperin, Amarnath Natarajan, Bertal Huseyin Aktas, Yun-Hua Fan, Han Chen
  • Publication number: 20120077804
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and formulations that contain active compounds as RNAi inhibitors. These compositions and formulations are useful for controlling insects and pests including mosquitoes and agricultural pests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Shou-Wei Ding
  • Patent number: 8143300
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and pharmaceutical preparations and their use in therapy for preventing or treating trauma, ischemia, stroke and degenerative diseases associated with cell death. Methods and compositions of the invention are particularly useful for treating neurological disorders associated with cellular necrosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory D. Cuny, Prakash Jagtap, Junying Yuan, Alexei Degterev
  • Patent number: 8143288
    Abstract: Compounds having the structure of formula I are described. The compounds can inhibit hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication, and in particular can inhibit the function of the HCV NS5A protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Michael Serrano-Wu, Makonen Belema, Lawrence B. Snyder, Nicholas A. Meanwell, Denis R. St. Laurent, Ramesh Kakarla, Van N. Nguyen, Yuping Qiu, Xuejie Yang, John E. Leet, Min Gao, Donald R. O'Boyle, II, Julie A. Lemm, Fukang Yang
  • Patent number: 8143301
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and methods for using these compounds in the treatment of HCV infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Bristol Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Makonen Belema, John F. Kadow
  • Publication number: 20120071506
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating a disorder selected from depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, stress-related disorders, psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease, neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, migraine, hypertension, substance abuse and metabolic disorders such as eating disorders, diabetes, diabetic complications, obesity, dyslipidemia, disorders of energy consumption and assimilation, disorders and malfunction of body temperature homeostasis, disorders of sleep and circadian rhythm, and cardiovascular disorders which comprises administering to an individual a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I wherein R1, R2, Q, W, X, Y, m, and n are as defined in the specification, and their pharmaceutically active salts, racemic mixtures, enantiomers, optical isomers and tautomeric forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Guido Galley, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Roger Norcross, Henri Stalder
  • Publication number: 20120071523
    Abstract: The instant invention provides novel benzofuran-4,5-diones and pharmaceutical compositions thereof useful for inhibiting PDF and for treating proliferative and infectious diseases. Compounds may be selective for eukaryotic (e.g., human) PDF or prokaryotic PDF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
    Inventors: Hakim Djaballah, Christophe Antczak
  • Publication number: 20120071524
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds having anti-cancer activity, methods of making these compounds, and their use for treating cancer and drug-resistant tumors, e.g. melanoma, metastatic melanoma, drug resistant melanoma, prostate cancer and drug resistant prostate cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Yan Lu, Chien-Ming Li, Zhao Wang, Jianjun Chen, Wei Li, James T. DALTON, Duane D. Miller, Charles Duke, Sunjoo Ahn
  • Publication number: 20120071533
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and formulations comprising an antifungal agent. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising luliconazole in an amount effective for the treatment of onychomycosis are provided. Also provided are methods for treating dermatomycoses and onychomycosis using the compositions and formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Charles G. VONTZ, Norifumi Nakamura, Catherine de Porceri-Morton, Jeff Hughes, Bhavesh Shah, Peter Gertas, Vitthal Kulkarni
  • Publication number: 20120071464
    Abstract: Methods for treating obsessive compulsive disorder are described. In one method, a serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI) and ondansetron or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is administered to a patient suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder. The step of administering the SRI and the ondansetron is then repeated for more than seven days. In another method, an SRI, a neuroleptic, and ondansetron or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is administered to a patient suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder. The step of administering the SRI, the neuroleptic, and the ondansetron is then repeated for more than seven days. In another method, ondansetron or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is administered to a patient suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder for more than seven days. The ondansetron or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof may be administered as a pharmaceutically effective dose up to about 1.5 mg (free-base equivalent).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventor: NIKHILESH N. SINGH
  • Publication number: 20120071432
    Abstract: The present invention concerns compositions, methods and/or apparatus of central administration of various CNS-ac-Live agents. In particular embodiments, intrathecal administration is advantageous for decreasing the systemic concentrations of CNS agent, thereby decreasing side effect toxicity, while allowing more effective delivery of the agent to the site of action, simultaneously decreasing the dosage delivered to the subject. In particular embodiments, ICV delivery may be of use for patients who have previously proven to be refractory to systemic administration of CNS agents, in some cases due to systemic side effects, or for those patients whose symptoms are of sufficient severity to warrant more aggressive therapeutic intervention. ICV administration allows not only lower systemic concentration but also higher therapeutically effective concentration within the CNS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of Colorado
    Inventors: Daniel J. Abrams, Raymond Bunch, Tom Anchordoquy, Karen Elizabeth Stevens
  • Patent number: 8138215
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and methods for using these compounds in the treatment of HCV infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Omar D. Lopez, Qi Chen, Makonen Belema
  • Publication number: 20120064094
    Abstract: The invention relates to serotonin 5-HT3 receptor antagonists or inhibitors of serotonin 5-HT3 receptor gene expression for use in the treatment of a lesional vestibular disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: INSERM (Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale)
    Inventors: Christian Chabbert, Frederic Venail
  • Publication number: 20120065235
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds and methods of using compounds of the invention for treating a subject with a proliferative disorder, such as cancer, and methods for treating disorders responsive to Hsp70 induction and/or natural killer induction. Also, disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Lijun Sun, Jun Jiang
  • Publication number: 20120064153
    Abstract: Provided are compositions and methods for treating or preventing nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or surgery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: HELSINN HEALTHCARE SA
    Inventors: Fabio Trento, Sergio Cantoreggi, Giorgia Rossi, Roberta Cannella, Daniele Bonadeo, Riccardo Braglia
  • Publication number: 20120065173
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; compositions comprising them, processes for preparing them and their use in medical therapy (for example modulating the glucocorticoid receptor in a warm blooded animal).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Markus Berger, Lena Bergström, Jan Dahmén, Anders Eriksson, Balint Gabos, Martin Hemmerling, Krister Henriksson, Svetlana Ivanova, Matti Lepistö, Stinabritt Nilsson, Camilla Taflin, Darren McKerrecher, Hartmut Rehwinkel
  • Patent number: 8133506
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of making such compositions, wherein the compositions comprise a plurality of TPR and RR particles, wherein: the TPR particles each comprise a core coated with a TPR layer; the core comprises a weakly basic, poorly soluble drug and a pharmaceutically acceptable organic acid separated from each other by an SR layer; the RR particles each comprise the weakly basic, poorly soluble drug, and release at least about 80 wt. % of the weakly basic, poorly soluble drug in about 5 minutes when dissolution tested using United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) dissolution methodology (Apparatus 2—paddles@50 RPM and a two-stage dissolution medium at 37° C. (first 2 hours in 0.1N HCl followed by testing in a buffer at pH 6.8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Aptalis Pharmatech, Inc.
    Inventors: Gopi Venkatesh, Jin-Wang Lai, Nehal H. Vyas, Vivek Purohit
  • Publication number: 20120058199
    Abstract: The present invention provides the use of surface active proteins, especially class I and class II hydrophobins, in topically applied pharmaceutical formulations. The invention is particularly directed to topically applied pharmaceutical products for enhancing the penetration to achieve a transungual delivery of a prophylactically and/or therapeutically effective amount of an active ingredient (drug) to a patient (including animals and humans) into and/or through a nail, of the animal or human body, in order to treat one or more of a variety of diseases or disorders. Related embodiments of the invention are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andreas Buthe, Andreas Hafner, Franz Kaufmann, Babette Fiedler, Guido Meurer, Gordon Bradley
  • Publication number: 20120058949
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of treating epilepsy and other neurological disorders. The methods generally involve administering to an individual in need thereof an effective amount of an agent that blocks a transforming growth factor-beta pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Daniela Kaufer, Alon Friedman, Luisa Cacheaux