Chalcogen Or Nitrogen Bonded Indirectly To The Imidazole Ring By Nonionic Bonding Patents (Class 514/399)
  • Patent number: 6989399
    Abstract: A series of N-alkanol-N-phenyl benzenesulfonamide and related derivatives of the Formula I are disclosed, wherein R1, R2, R3, X, and Y are defined herein. The compounds are inhibitors of ?-amyloid peptide (?-AP) production and are useful in the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease and other conditions characterized by aberrant extracellular deposition of amyloid. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: David W. Smith, Michael F. Parker
  • Patent number: 6989402
    Abstract: New thyroid receptor ligands are provided which have general formula (I) in which: n is an integer from 0 to 4; R1 is halogen, trifluoromethyl, or alkyl of 1 to 6 carbons or cycloalkyl of 3 to 7 carbons; R2 and R3 are the same or different and are hydrogen, halogen, alkyl of 1 to 4 carbons or cycloalkyl of 3 to 5 carbons, at least one of R2 and R3 being other than hydrogen; R4 is a carboxylic acid amide (CONR?R?) or an acylsulphonamide (CONHSO2R?) derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and all stereoisomers thereof; or when n is equal to or greater than one, R4 may be a heteroaromatic moiety which may be substituted or unsubstituted, or an amine (NR?R?). R5 is hydrogen or an acyl (such as acetyl or benzoyl) or other group capable of bioconversion to generate the free phenol structure (wherein R5=H).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Karo Bio AB
    Inventors: Jon Hangeland, Minsheng Zhang, Yolanda Caringal, Denis Ryono, Yi-Lin Li, Johan Malm, Ye Liu, Neeraj Garg, Chris Litten, Ana Maria Garcia Collazo, Konrad Koehler
  • Patent number: 6979696
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds which are alpha-1 receptor agonists, preferably alpha-1A/L receptor agonists, and which are represented by Formula I: wherein m, A, X, Y, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the specification; or individual isomers, racemic or non-racemic mixtures of isomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, methods for their use as therapeutic agents, and methods of preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Michael Patrick Dillon, Clara Jeou Jen Lin, Amy Geraldine Moore, Counde O'Yang, Yansheng Zhai
  • Patent number: 6969512
    Abstract: This invention relates to devices, kits, and methods for eliminating termite colonies. The kits, devices, and methods employ a termiticidal bait matrix containing a) a termiticide selected such that the termiticide causes death to about 50 to about 100% of termites within about 24 to about 84 days after the termites begin to ingest the termiticide or the bait matrix comprising the termiticide, b) a cellulose containing material, and c) water. The termiticidal bait matrix can be used in a bait station installed in the ground. The kits are suitable to be used by consumers in their homes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: The University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Frederick Brode, III, Garry Steven Garrett, Leo Timothy Laughlin, Randall Stryker Matthews
  • Patent number: 6960600
    Abstract: The invention concerns novel azole or triazole derivatives of formula (I), wherein: X, Ar1, Ar3, A, R1, R5, R6, R7 and B are such as defined in the description, their preparation method and their use as antifungal medicines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Aventis Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: Didier Babin, John Bernard Weston
  • Patent number: 6949578
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds represented by the Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the Formula I, and methods of selectively inhibiting or antagonizing the ?v?3 and/or ?v?5 integrin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Pharmacia Corporation
    Inventors: Ish Kumar Khanna, Michael Clare, Alan F. Gasiecki, Thomas Rogers, Barbara Chen, Mark Russell, Hwang-Fun Lu
  • Patent number: 6946460
    Abstract: The invention concerns novel azole or triazole derivatives of formula (I), wherein X, Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, A, B, and R1 are as defined herein, their preparation method and their use as fungicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Aventis Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: Didier Babin, John Bernard Weston
  • Patent number: 6943183
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel 5-substituted tetralones of Formulas I, II, III, and IV and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, amides, and prodrugs thereof, which are useful for treating and preventing uncontrolled or abnormal proliferation of tissues, such as cancer, atherosclerosis, restenosis, and psoriasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc
    Inventors: William Alexander Denny, Richard H. Hutchings, Douglas S. Johnson, James Stanley Kaltenbronn, Ho Huat Lee, Daniele Marie Leonard, Jared Bruce John Milbank, Joseph Thomas Repine, Gordon William Rewcastle, Andrew David White
  • Patent number: 6927227
    Abstract: aP2 inhibiting compounds are provided having the formula wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X—Z and are as described herein. A method is also provided for treating diabetes and related diseases, especially Type II diabetes, employing such aP2 inhibitor or a combination of such aP2 inhibitor and another antidiabetic agent such as metformin, glyburide, troglitazone and/or insulin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Robl, David R. Magnin
  • Patent number: 6927232
    Abstract: This invention relates to the treatment of mGluR5 receptor mediated disorders, which comprises administering to a person in need of treatment a compound having the formula wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the description, A signifies —CH?CH— or —C?C—; and B signifies wherein R6 to R26, X and Y are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Mutel, Jens-Uwe Peters, Juergen Wichmann
  • Patent number: 6916813
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are useful for modulating mitochondrial F1F0 ATPase activity and treating ischemic conditions including myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, and cardiac arrhythmias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
    Inventors: Karnail S. Atwal, Gary J. Grover, Charles Z. Ding, Philip D. Stein, John Lloyd, Saleem Ahmad, Lawrnce G. Hamann, David Green, Francis N. Ferrara
  • Patent number: 6916837
    Abstract: Amidino derivatives represented by the following general formula (I): {where X is a group represented by R1SO2NR2— (wherein R1 represents optionally substituted C6-14 aryl, etc. and R2 represents hydrogen atom, etc.), etc., Ar1 represents 2,6-naphthylene, etc., R3 represents hydrogen atom, etc. and Y represents carboxyphenyl, etc.} and their pharmacologically acceptable salts or solvates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Eisai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Satoh, Yasushi Okamoto, Osamu Asano, Nobuhisa Watanabe, Tadashi Nagakura, Takao Saeki, Atsushi Inoue, Masahiro Sakurai
  • Patent number: 6906053
    Abstract: The present application describes novel hydantoin derivatives of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug forms thereof, wherein A, B, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R11, and n are defined in the present specification, which are useful as inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP), TNF-? converting enzyme (TACE), aggrecanase, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma Company
    Inventors: James E. Sheppeck, Jingwu Duan, Chu-Biao Xue, Zelda Wasserman
  • Patent number: 6906075
    Abstract: Melanin concentrating hormone receptor ligands (especially substituted benzoimidazole analogues), capable of modulating MCH receptor activity, are provided. Such ligands may be used to modulate MCH binding to MCH receptors in vivo or in vitro, and are particularly useful in the treatment of a variety of metabolic, feeding and sexual disorders in humans, domesticated companion animals and livestock animals. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating such disorders are provided, as are methods for using such ligands for detecting MCH receptors (e.g., receptor localization studies).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Neurogen Corp.
    Inventors: Robert W. DeSimone, Cheryl Steenstra, Linda Gustavson, Rajagopal Bakthavatchalam, Alan Hutchison
  • Patent number: 6890915
    Abstract: The present application describes novel hydantoin derivatives of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug forms thereof, wherein A, B, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R11, and n are defined in the present specification, which are useful as inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP), TNF-? converting enzyme (TACE), aggrecanase, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma Company
    Inventors: James E. Sheppeck, Jingwu Duan, Chu-Biao Xue, Zelda Wasserman
  • Patent number: 6884821
    Abstract: Novel carboxylic acid derivatives of general formula (I), salts of the same, esters thereof, or hydrates of them, which are useful as insulin resistance improvers; and drugs containing the derivatives as the active ingredient. In said formula, R1 is hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkyl, or the like; L is a single bond, a double bond, alkylene, or the like; M is a single bond, alkylene, or the like; T is a single bond, alkylene, or the like; W is carboxyl, —CON(RW1)RW2, or the like; represents a single or double bond; X is oxygen, alkenylene, or the like; Y is an aromatic hydrocarbon group which may contain a heteroatom, or the like; and Z is an aromatic hydrocarbon group which may contain a heteroatom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Eisai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanobu Shinoda, Eita Emori, Fumiyoshi Matsuura, Toshihiko Kaneko, Norihito Ohi, Shunji Kasai, Hideki Yoshitomi, Kazuto Yamazaki, Sadakazu Miyashita, Taro Hibara, Takashi Seiki, Richard Clark, Hitoshi Harada
  • Patent number: 6884809
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for reducing cardiac dysfunctions in a human. The method comprises administration to the human of an effective amount of a selective histamine H3 Receptor agonist. In one embodiment, the method comprises limiting the accumulation of intracellular sodium (Nai) by inhibiting the Na+/H+ exchanger activity in the human having a cardiac dysfunction, or a predisposition to a cardiac dysfunction. In another embodiment the method comprises inhibiting the N-type Ca2+ channel to modulate the concentration of intracellular calcium. The invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition that includes a selective histamine H3 Receptor agonist with a pharmaceutical carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Roberto Levi, Randi B. Silver
  • Patent number: 6884801
    Abstract: Compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof are disclosed. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of Alpha-1A mediated diseases or conditions such as urinary incontinence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Cleveland Bigham, Michael Joseph Bishop, David Harold Drewry, Deanna Trojan Garrison, Stephen Joseph Hodson, Frank Navas, III, Jason D. Speake
  • Patent number: 6872741
    Abstract: The invention provides sodium channel modulating compounds which are useful for treating diseases or conditions associated with sodium channel activity, such as neuropathic pain. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of the present invention, as well as therapeutic methods comprising administering such a compound or salt to a mammal (e.g. a human).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Theravance, Inc.
    Inventors: Seok-Ki Choi, Paul R. Fatheree, David C. Green, Daniel Marquess
  • Patent number: 6867229
    Abstract: Composition which is useful in particular for the treatment and protection of domestic animals which are infested with parasites or are likely to be infested with them, these compositions comprising, in the form of a ready-to-use solution: a) an insecticidal active substance of formula (I), b) a crystallization inhibitor, c) an organic solvent having a dielectric constant of between 10 and 35, preferably of between 20 and 30, d) an organic co-solvent having a boiling point below 100° C., preferably below 80° C., and a dielectric constant of between 10 and 40, preferably of between 20 and 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Merial
    Inventor: Jean Pierre Etchegaray
  • Patent number: 6863906
    Abstract: This invention provides therapeutic compositions and combinations for the protection, treatment and repair of liver tissue. The invention relates to novel compositions and combinations comprising two or more compounds selected from the group consisting of S-adenosylmethionine, L-ergothioneine, and a substance selected from the group consisting of constituents of Milk thistle (Silybum marianum), silymarin and active components of silymarin, whether naturally, synthetically, or semi-synthetically derived, and to methods of preventing and treating liver disease and of repairing damaged liver tissue. The invention also provides a method of administering these compositions and combinations to humans or animals in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Nutramax Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd R. Henderson, Barbara E. Corson
  • Patent number: 6849634
    Abstract: Compounds useful as potassium channel inhibitors and especially useful for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias and cell proliferative disorders are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: ICAgen
    Inventors: Serge Beaudoin, Aimee D. Reed, Michael F. Gross
  • Patent number: 6846837
    Abstract: Methods and topical pharmaceutical formulations are provided for the treatment of nail fungus (onychomycosis). The invention involves a pharmacologically active antifungal agent, plus a pharmaceutically acceptable base in a formulation having a pH of 7.5 to about 13.0, preferably about 8.0 to 11.5, and most preferably about 8.5 to 10.5. These basic formulations permeate the nail and are effective in treating fungal infections of the nail and surrounding tissues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Inventors: Howard I. Maibach, Eric C. Luo, Tsung-Min Hsu
  • Patent number: 6838476
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I wherein: one of X or Y represents N and the other represents C; R1 represents hydrogen, methyl, halogen, cyano, nitro, —CHO, —COCH3 or —COOR4; PR2 represents optionally-substituted aryl or heteroaryl; R3 represents C1-8 alkyl, C1-8 haloalkyl or —NR4R6; R4 represents hydrogen, C1-8 alkyl or arylC0-8 alkyl; R6 represents hydrogen, C1-8 alkyl, arylC1-8 alkyl, —COR8 or —COOR8; R8 represents C1-8 alkyl or C1-8 haloalkyl; aryl in the above definitions represents phenyl or naphthyl; and heteroaryl in the above definitions represents pyridine, pyrazine, pyrimidine or pyridazine, which can be optionally fused to a benzene ring. These compounds are useful as cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: J. Uriach & Cia, SA
    Inventors: Carmen Almansa, Concepción Gonzalez, Ma Carmen Torres
  • Patent number: 6833381
    Abstract: TNF-&agr; inhibitors containing a heterocyclic compound having angiotensin II antagonistic activity which are useful as preventives/remedies for inflammatory diseases, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Ikeya, Takahito Kitayoshi
  • Patent number: 6821965
    Abstract: The invention concerns amide derivatives of the Formula (I) wherein R3 is (1-6C)alkyl or halogeno; Q is aryl or heteroaryl which optionally bears 1, 2, 3 or 4 substituents such as hydroxy, halogeno, trifluoromethyl, cyano, (1-6C)alkyl, (1-6C)alkoxy, halogeno(1-6C)alkyl, hydroxy-(1-6C)alkyl, di-[(1-6C)alklyl]amino-(1-6C)alkyl, hydroxy-(2-6C)alkoxy, (1-6)alkoxy-(2-6C)alkoxy, di-[(1-6C)alkyl]amino-(2-6C)alkoxy, amino-2(2-6C)alkylamino, N-(1-6C)alkyl-(1-6C)alkylamino-(2-6C)alkylamino, aryl, aryl-(1-6C)alkoxy, heteroaryl, heteroaryl-(1-6C)alkoxy, heterocyclyl, heterocyclyl-(1-6C)alkyl, heterocyclyloxy and heterocyclyl-(1-6C)alkoxy; p is 0-2 and R2 is a substituent such as hydroxy and halogeno; q is 0-4; and R4 includes optionally substituted aryl, cycloalkyl, heteroaryl and heterocyclyl; or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts or in-vivo-cleavable esters thereof; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of disease
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: AsterZeneca AB
    Inventors: Dearg S Brown, George R Brown
  • Patent number: 6821997
    Abstract: A method for the treatment and prophylaxis of conditions of aging in humans, such conditions of aging associated with a decreased presence of cell-specific carbonic anhydrase enzymes in the brain, such as conditions associated with chronic neurodegenerative conditions including dementia such as Alzheimer's disease, which method includes the administering over an extended period of time, ranging from 6 months to 5 years, of a pharmaceutically effective, non-toxic amount of a compound that increases the presence of cell-specific carbonic anhydrase enzymes in the brain. That compound may be the cell-specific carbonic anhydrase enzyme, a compound that when absorbed by the body reacts or dissociates to form the cell-specific carbonic anhydrase enzyme, or a compound that promotes the natural generation of the cell-specific carbonic anhydrase enzyme within the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Inventor: Victorio C. Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 6803367
    Abstract: A substance for inducing apoptosis represented by specific formulae. A pharmaceutical composition which can be used for an anticancer agent containing said substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuji Enoki, Nobuto Koyama, Katsushige Ikai, Ikunoshin Kato
  • Patent number: 6797725
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrrole substituted 2-indolinone compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts which modulate the activity of protein kinases and therefore are expected to be useful in the prevention and treatment of protein kinase related cellular disorders such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Sugen, Inc.
    Inventors: Connie Li Sun, Chung Chen Wei, Peng Cho Tang, Marcel Koenig, Yong Zhou, Tomas Vojkovsky, Asaad S. Nematalla
  • Patent number: 6784183
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): and medicinal products containing the same which are useful as dual &agr;2/5-HT2c antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Les Laboratoires Servier
    Inventors: Gilbert Lavielle, Olivier Muller, Mark Millan, Anne Dekeyne, Mauricette Brocco
  • Publication number: 20040167129
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Alexander Mayweg, Hans Peter Marty, Werner Mueller, Robert Narquizian, Werner Neidhart, Philippe Pflieger, Stephan Roever
  • Publication number: 20040152745
    Abstract: The present invention provides the inhibitors of dipeptidyl peptidase IV based upon or including proline or similar moieties. The inhibitors are useful for treating various disorders, including those of the central nervous system and the prostate. Many of the inhibitors can be reversible, and can cross the blood-brain barrier. Methods of making and using the inhibitors and treatment methods also are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Applicant: Guilford Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Jackson, Joseph Steiner
  • Patent number: 6770306
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for reducing vaginal acidity, treating abnormal enhancement of vaginal acidity, and high acidity vaginitis associated with abnormal enhancement of vaginal acidity, especially for the treatment of fungal vaginitis, comprising of one or more ingredients defined as follows: amino acids, physiologically acceptable salts of amino acids, oligopeptides and polypeptides. Also, the present invention relates to the use of the said amino acids, physiologically acceptable salts of amino acids, oligopeptides and polypeptides, as active ingredients or auxiliaries in preparing drugs for reducing vaginal acidity, the treatment of abnormal enhancement of vaginal acidity, and high acidity vaginitis especially to their use in preparing drugs for the treatment of fungal vaginitis and the use thereof as nutrients for vaginal mucous membranes in preparing drugs that are locally applied in the vagina.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Inventor: Zhongming Zeng
  • Patent number: 6770667
    Abstract: The present invention is a compound and pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of formula (I): wherein R1 is a 4-(lower) alkyl-imidazol-1-yl or a 4,5-di(lower) alkyl-imidazol-1-yl group, R2 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, and R3 is a fluorenyl group. The compound of formula (I) includes pharmaceutically acceptable salts: The compound of formula (I) and salts thereof have 5-HT antagonism activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Ito, Glen W. Spears, Fumie Takahashi, Akira Yamada, Masaki Tomishima, Hiroshi Miyake
  • Publication number: 20040142930
    Abstract: 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Koichiro Yamada, Kenji Matsuki, Kenji Omori, Kohei Kikkawa
  • Publication number: 20040142989
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula I, compositions and methods that are useful for treating viral infections and associated diseases, particularly HCV infections and associated diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Barry Craig Finzel, Lee A. Funk, Robert Charles Kelly, Matthew T. Reding, Nancy Anne Wicnienski
  • Publication number: 20040138244
    Abstract: This invention provides a class of androgen receptor targeting agents (ARTA). The agents define a new subclass of compounds, which are selective androgen receptor modulators (SARM). Several of the SARM compounds have been found to have an unexpected androgenic and anabolic activity of a nonsteroidal ligand for the androgen receptor. Other SARM compounds have been found to have an unexpected antiandrogenic activity of a nonsteroidal ligand for the androgen receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: James T. Dalton, Duane D. Miller
  • Patent number: 6759387
    Abstract: This invention provides compositions and methods for enhancing delivery of drugs and other agents across epithelial tissues, including the skin, gastrointestinal tract, pulmonary epithelium, and the like. The compositions and methods are also useful for delivery across endothelial tissues, including the blood brain barrier. The compositions and methods employ a delivery enhancing transporter that has sufficient guanidino or amidino sidechain moieties to enhance delivery of a compound conjugated to the reagent across one or more layers of the tissue, compared to the non-conjugated compound. The delivery-enhancing polymers include, for example, poly-arginine molecules that are preferably between about 6 and 25 residues in length (SEQ ID NO:50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Cellgate, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan B. Rothbard, Paul A. Wender, P. Leo McGrane, Lalitha V. S. Sista, Thorsten A. Kirschberg
  • Publication number: 20040110804
    Abstract: The present invention describes novel compounds of Formula I which inhibit HIV integrase. The invention also describes compositions and treatments of AIDS or ARC by using these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Michael A. Walker, Zhuping Ma, B. Narasimhulu Naidu, Margaret E. Sorenson, Annapurna Pendri, Jacques Banville, Serge Plamondon, Roger Remillard
  • Patent number: 6740659
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of compounds which inhibit selectively mu opioid receptor activity, or activation, for the treatment of dyskinesia (which, for example, may arise as a side effect of L-DOPA therapy). The compounds used are preferably mu opioid receptor antagonists such as cyprodime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Motac Neuroscience Limited
    Inventor: Jonathan Brotchie
  • Publication number: 20040097571
    Abstract: Imidazole compounds having adenosine deaminase inhibitory activity represented by the formula (I) wherein R1 is aryloxy, or aryl which is optionally substituted with suitable substituent(s); R2 is lower alkyl; R3 is hydroxy or protected hydroxy; and -A- is lower alkylene, its prodrug, or their salt. The compounds are useful for treating and/or preventing diseases for which adenosine is effective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2002
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Tsuji, Tadashi Terasaka, Katsuya Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6737434
    Abstract: Imidazole derivatives of the formula (1) or salts thereof, pharmaceuticals containing the derivatives or the salts, and intermediates for the synthesis of the derivatives or the salts (wherein R1 is lower alkyl; R2 is alkyl or aralkyl; and X1 is halogeno). These compounds exhibit G-CSF-like activities and can be substituted for G-CSF preparations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: SSP Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Tokizawa, Sunao Takeda, Yasushi Kaneko, Koji Kusano, Hiromichi Eto, Koichi Tachibana, Susumu Sato, Tadayoshi Taniyama
  • Patent number: 6737418
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds having the Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug or solvate thereof, wherein Het and R5-R13 are set in the specification. The invention also is directed to the use of compounds of Formula I for the treatment of neuronal damage following global and focal ischemia, for the treatment or prevention of neurodegenerative conditions such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and for the treatment, prevention or amelioration of both acute or chronic pain, as antitinnitus agents, as anticonvulsants, and as antimanic depressants, as local anesthetics, as antiarrhythmics and for the treatment or prevention of diabetic neuropathy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Euro-Celtique S.A.
    Inventors: Derk Hogenkamp, Ravindra Upasani, Phong Nguyen
  • Patent number: 6734202
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel fungicidal composition comprising a fungicidally acceptable carrier and/or surface active agent together with, and synergistically effective amounts of (a) at least one benzophenone of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, m and n have the meaning given; at least one fungicidal active ingredient selected from the following groups (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E): (A) an ergosterol biosynthesis inhibitor; (B) a strobilurine derivative, (C) a melanin biosynthesis inhibitor; (D) a compound selected from the group consisting of acibenzolar, benomyl, captan, carboxin, chlorothalonil, copper, cyprodinil, dinocap, dithianon, dimethomorph, dodine, ethirimol, famoxadone, fenpiclonil, fluazinam, mancozeb, metalaxyl, pyrifenox, sulfur, vinclozolin and (E) an azolopyrimidine of formula II in which R8, R9, R10, R11, A, L and p have the meaning given; and to a method of controlling the growth of phytopathogenic fungi at a locus which comprises a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Henry Van Tuyl Cotter, Gunther Reichert, Ewald Sieverding, Petrus Martinus Franciscus Emanuel Jegerings
  • Publication number: 20040077639
    Abstract: Therapeutic methods for the prevention and treatment of respiratory diseases or conditions are described, the methods including administering to a subject in need thereof a respiratory disease or condition effective amount of a selective inhibitor of inducible nitric oxide synthase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventor: Pamela T. Manning
  • Patent number: 6723753
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted polycyclic aryl and heteroaryl tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds useful as inhibitors of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; plasma lipid transfer protein-I) and compounds, compositions and methods for treating atherosclerosis and other coronary artery diseases. Preferred tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds are substituted N-benzyl-N-phenyl aminoalcohols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Pharmacia Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Sikorski, Richard C. Durley, Deborah A. Mischke, Emily J. Reinhard, Yvette M. Fobian, Michael B. Tollefson, Lijuan Wang, Margaret L. Grapperhaus, Brian S. Hickory, Mark A. Massa, Monica B. Norton, William F. Vernier, Barry L. Parnas, Michele A. Promo, Ashton T. Hamme, Dale P. Spangler, Melvin L. Rueppel
  • Patent number: 6720452
    Abstract: The invention provides adamantane derivatives of formula (I), a process for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, a process for preparing the pharmaceutical compositions, and their use in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Lilian Alcaraz, Mark Furber, Timothy Luker, Michael Mortimore, Philip Thorne
  • Patent number: 6716421
    Abstract: This invention relates to devices, kits, and methods for eliminating termite colonies. The kits, devices, and methods employ a termiticidal bait matrix containing a) a termiticide selected such that the termiticide causes death to about 50 to about 100% of termites within about 24 to about 84 days after the termites begin to ingest the termiticide or the bait matrix comprising the termiticide, b) a cellulose containing material, and c) water. The termiticidal bait matrix can be used in a bait station installed in the ground. The kits are suitable to be used by consumers in their homes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Frederick Brode, III, Garry Steven Garrett, Leo Timothy Laughlin, Randall Stryker Matthews, Dale Edwin Barker, Daniel James Kinne, Gary Eugene McKibben, Christopher Miles Miller, Timothy Robert Probst
  • Publication number: 20040063772
    Abstract: The present application describes intermediates for nitrogen containing heteroaromatics and derivatives thereof of formula I: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Mimi L. Quan, Renhua Li
  • Patent number: 6713501
    Abstract: Use of a tablet diet supplement for administration to a dialysis patient comprising a mixture of L-histidine, L-isoleucine, L-leucine, L-lysine, L-methionine, L-phenylalanine, L-threonine, L-tryptophan, L-tyrosine and L-valine, for preventing and/or correcting hypoalbuminemia in a patient on dialysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventor: Mackenzie Walser