The Five-membered Hetero Ring Consists Of One Nitrogen And Four Carbons Patents (Class 514/408)
  • Patent number: 8188137
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Avila Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Deqiang Niu, Russell C. Petter, Lixin Qiao, Juswinder Singh
  • Patent number: 8188144
    Abstract: The invention is directed to compounds of Formula (I) or salts thereof. The invention is also directed to use of the compounds of formula (I) in the in vitro preservation of living animal cells. The living cells can be isolated cells, such as stem cells, or groups of cells such as tissue or an organ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Antoxis Limited
    Inventors: Donald Barton McPhail, Graeme James Cook, Andrew Scott Johnstone
  • Publication number: 20120129860
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to compositions and methods for treating neurodegenerative diseases and disorders, particularly ophthalmic diseases and disorders. Provided herein are styrenyl derivative compounds, including but not limited to stilbene derivative compounds, and compositions comprising these compounds, that are useful for treating and preventing ophthalmic diseases and disorders, including age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and Stargardt's Disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Acucela, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Leslie Scott, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kuksa, Anna Gall, Mark W. Orme, Jennifer Gage, Thomas L. Little, JR., Qin Jiang, Lana Michele Rossiter, Kevin F. McGee, JR., Ryo Kubota
  • Publication number: 20120129906
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel diphenylethyne derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: Santosh C. Sinha, Smita S. Bhat, Ken Chow, Michael E. Garst, Wha Bin Im
  • Publication number: 20120122870
    Abstract: Ischemia-reperfusion injury remains a primary cause of morbidity and mortality in individuals who experience disruption of normal blood flow to one or more major organs. For example, there are no clinically proven strategies that prevent acute renal failure following cardiac surgery. The present invention provides a variety of methods for the treatment or prevention of ischemia-reperfusion injury. In one aspect of the invention, a method for treating or preventing ischemia-reperfusion injury includes administering to a subject an effective amount of a sphingosine kinase inhibitor. Sphingosine kinase inhibitors are very effective in the protection against IR-induced acute renal failure and liver failure. Moreover, the effects occur very early after administration, requiring only a very short time of treatment. Toxicology studies with sphingosine kinase inhibitors demonstrate that they have low toxicity, even in long-term treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicants: MUSC FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT, APOGEE BIOTECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Charles D. Smith, Zhi Zhong, Lynn W. Maines
  • Patent number: 8178574
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the tosylate salt of trans-N-isobutyl-3-fluoro-3-[3-fluoro-4-(pyrrolidin-1-ylmethyl)-phenyl]-cyclobutanecarboxamide Formula (I): to solvates (e.g., hydrates) thereof, to polymorphs thereof, to pharmaceutical compositions thereof and to a method of treating depression, mood disorders, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, cognitive disorders, Alzheimer's disease, attention-deficit disorder (ADD), attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), psychotic disorders, sleep disorders, obesity, dizziness, epilepsy, motion sickness, respiratory diseases, allergy, allergy-induced airway responses, allergic rhinitis, nasal congestion, allergic congestion, congestion, hypotension, cardiovascular disease, diseases of the GI tract, hyper- and hypo-motility and acidic secretion of the gastro-intestinal tract comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Travis T. Wager, Todd W. Butler
  • Patent number: 8153669
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), in salt or zwitterionic form, wherein J, L, M, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 have the meanings as indicated in the specification, are useful for treating conditions that are mediated by the muscarinic M3 receptor. Pharmaceutical compositions that contain the compounds and a process for preparing the compounds are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Neil John Press, Stephen Paul Collingwood
  • Publication number: 20120058201
    Abstract: The present invention describes an association between genetic polymorphisms in the FAM13A1 (family with sequence similarity 13, member A1) gene and a predisposition to prolongation of the QT interval, and provides related methods for the prediction of such a predisposition, the administration of QT interval- prolonging compounds to individuals having such a predisposition, and determining whether a compound is capable of inducing QT prolongation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Christian Lavedan, Simona Volpi, Louis Licamele
  • Publication number: 20120046291
    Abstract: The present invention concerns novel pharmaceutically active triterpene derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, their use as medicaments, and the use of the compounds for the manufacture of specific medicaments. The present invention also concerns a method of treatment involving administration of the compounds. Specifically, the compounds are derivatives of betulinic acid having substitutions at one or more of the C-3, C2-8 and C-19 positions as further described herein. The novel compounds are useful as antiretroviral agents. In particular, the novel compounds are useful for the treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Theodore J. Nitz, Christian Montalbetti, Richard Mears, Xinjie Gai, Edward Glenn
  • Patent number: 8114896
    Abstract: Composition and methods of treating pain and reducing or reversing tolerance to opiate analgesics are disclosed. The composition and method utilize an opiate analgesic and an endothelin antagonist as active agents to treat pain in mammals, including humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventor: Anil Gulati
  • Publication number: 20120035154
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds having formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, wherein R1-R4, n, p, A, B, D, E, L and AR1 are as described generally and in classes and subclasses herein, and additionally provides pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for the use thereof for the treatment of disorders mediated by the CD11/CD18 family of cellular adhesion molecules (e.g., LFA-1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: SARcode Bioscience, Inc.
    Inventors: Wang SHEN, Kenneth BARR, Johan D. OSLOB, Min ZHONG
  • Patent number: 8110595
    Abstract: Certain substituted urea derivatives selectively modulate the cardiac sarcomere, for example by potentiating cardiac myosin, and are useful in the treatment of systolic heart failure including congestive heart failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Cytokinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley Paul Morgan, Alex Muci, Pu-Ping Lu, Erica Anne Kraynack, Todd Tochimoto, David J. Morgans, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20120027700
    Abstract: Skin care compositions comprising certain substituted diamines, which are particularly beneficial for skin lightening and achieving evenness of color, especially for face and underarm skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Jose Guillermo Rosa, Bijan Harichian, Diana Jean Drennan, John Steven Bajor, Carol Annette Bosko
  • Publication number: 20120022039
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted indanes and derivatives thereof, to physiologically acceptable salts and physiologically functional derivatives thereof, to the production thereof, to drugs containing at least one substituted indane according to the invention or derivative thereof, and to the use of the substituted indanes according to the invention and to derivatives thereof as MCH antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: SANOFI
    Inventors: Lothar Schwink, Siegfried Stengelin, Matthias Gossel, Klaus Wirth
  • Patent number: 8080575
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, compositions and methods for promoting bone growth. Compounds useful in the methods of the present invention include compounds of Formula I, wherein each R1 and R2 is H, halogen, C1-6 alkyl, C1-6 alkoxy, C1-6 haloalkyl, C2-6 alkenyl, C2-6 alkynyl, C1-6 haloalkoxy, —OR4, —NR4R5, —SR4, —C(O)R4, —C(O)OR4, —C(O)NR4R5, —N(R4)C(O)R5, —N(R4)C(O)OR5, —N(R4)C(O)NR4R5, —OP(O)(OR4)2, —S(O)2OR4, —S(O)2NR4R5, —CN, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl. Each R4 and R5 is H or C1-6 alkyl. X is O, S or NR4. Y is an aryl ring system having 6-10 ring members or a heteroaryl ring system having 5-10 ring members where 1-3 ring members are each N, O or S. Subscript n is 1 or 2. The compounds also include salts, hydrates and isomers of the compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Osteogenex Inc.
    Inventors: Debra Ellies, William Rosenberg
  • Patent number: 8076330
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to pyrrolidine and thiazolidine DPP-IV inhibitor compounds. The present invention also provides synthetic methods for preparation of such compounds, methods of inhibiting DPP-IV using such compounds and pharmaceutical formulations containing them for treatment of DPP-IV mediated diseases, in particular, Type-2 diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Heiko Kroth, Tim Feuerstein, Frank Richter, Jürgen Boer, Michael Essers, Bert Nolte, Matthias Schneider, Matthias Hochgürtel, Fritz-Frieder Frickel, Arthur G. Taveras, Christoph Steeneck
  • Patent number: 8071678
    Abstract: The invention provides reagents and methods for conjugating a polymer specifically to the ?-amine of a polypeptide. The invention provides monofunctional, bifunctional, and multifunctional PEGs and related polymers having a terminal thioester moiety capable of specifically conjugating to the ?-amine of a polypeptide having a cysteine or histidine residue at the N-terminus. The invention provides reactive thioester-terminated PEG polymers that have suitable reactivity with an N-terminal cysteine or histidine residue of a polypeptide to produce an amide bond between the PEG molecule and the polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Michael J. Roberts, Zhihao Fang
  • Publication number: 20110294767
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of utilizing bile acid transport inhibitors and/or enteroendocrine peptide enhancing agents for the treatment of obesity, diabetes, and inflammatory gastrointestinal conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Satiogen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Bronislava Gedulin, Andrew A. Young, Howard E. Greene
  • Patent number: 8067418
    Abstract: There is provided compounds of formula I, wherein the dotted line, X1, X2, X3, A, Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, Z1, Z2, R2 and R3 have meanings given in the description, and pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, which compounds are useful as selective agonists of the AT2 receptor, and thus, in particular, in the treatment of inter alia gastrointestinal conditions, such as dyspepsia, IBS and MOF, and cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Vicore Pharma AB
    Inventors: Mathias Alterman, Anders Hallberg, Xiongyu Wu
  • Patent number: 8063098
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula I wherein R1, R2, X, Ar1 and Ar2 are as defined herein and to pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts, to a racemic mixtures, or to their corresponding enantiomers and/or optical isomers thereof. Compounds of the invention are good inhibitors of the glycine transporter 1 (GlyT-1), and have a good selectivity to glycine transporter 2 (GlyT-2) inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Sabine Kolczewski, Robert Narquizian, Emmanuel Pinard
  • Patent number: 8053465
    Abstract: Summary Novel bicycloester derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof have high DPP-IV inhibitory activity. Solving Means The novel bicycloester derivatives are represented by the general formula (1): Pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are also included (Example: (2S,4S)-1-[[(N-(4-ethoxycarbonylbicyclo[2.2.2]oct-1-yl)amino]acetyl]-4-fluoropyrrolidine-2-carbonitrile)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasumichi Fukuda, Yoshikazu Asahina, Kohei Ohata, Kazuya Yokota, Koji Murakami, Toshiyuki Matsui
  • Patent number: 8048907
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel oxo-prolinamide derivatives of formula (I) which modulate P2X7 receptor function and are capable of antagonizing the effects of ATP at the P2X7 receptor and the use of such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions thereof in the treatment of disorders mediated by the P2X7 receptor, for example pain, inflammation and neurodegeneration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Laura J Chambers, Robert Gleave, Stefan Senger, Daryl Simon Walter
  • Patent number: 8043422
    Abstract: The present invention relates to combinations of a phenylpyrrole, or a salt thereof, and a pyrion compound which provide an improved biocidal effect. More particularly, the present invention relates to compositions comprising a combination of a phenylpyrrole selected from fludioxonil, fenpiclonil or pyrrolnitrin, or a salt thereof, together with a pyrion compound selected from 1-hydroxy-2-pyridinone, ciclopirox, ciclopirox olamine, piroctone, piroctone olamine, rilopirox, pyrion disulfide, sodium pyrithione and zinc pyrithione; in respective proportions to provide a synergistic biocidal effect. Compositions comprising these combinations are useful for the protection of any living or non-living material, such as crops, plants, fruits, seeds, objects made of wood, thatch or the like, engineering material, biodegradable material and textiles against deterioration due to the action of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, yeasts, algae, virusses, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, NV
    Inventors: Jan Pieter Hendrik Bosselaers, Dany Leopold Jozefien Bylemans, Tony Mathilde Jozef Kempen, Hans Bernhard Leithoff, Amber Paula Marcella Thys, Mark Arthur Josepha Van Der Flaas
  • Publication number: 20110245244
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the general formula (I), the use of these compounds as pharmaceutical compositions, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and methods of treatment employing these compounds and compositions. The present compounds are activators of PPAR? and should be useful for treating conditions mediated by the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: HIGH POINT PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
    Inventors: Per Sauerberg, Pavel Pihera, Zdenek Polivka, Miroslav Havranek, Ingrid Pettersson, John Patrick Mogensen
  • Patent number: 8030341
    Abstract: The present invention relates to symmetric and asymmetric dimeric Dmt (2?,6?-ditnethyl) compounds and Dmt derivative compounds with dual ? and ? opioid receptor antagonist activity. Also, the present invention provides compositions comprising these compounds and it provides methods of using these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Kobe Gakuin University
    Inventors: Lawrence H. Lazarus, Yoshio Okada, Tingyou Li
  • Publication number: 20110237538
    Abstract: Described are various compounds, in particular iminosugars, and methods for the treatment of proteostatic diseases, in particular lysosomal storage disorders. The compound may be a pharmacoperone of an enzyme selected from: (a) Acid alpha-glucosidase; (b) Acid beta-glucosidase; (c) glucocerebrosidase; (d) alpha-Galactosidase A; (e) Acid beta-galactosidase; (f) beta-Hexosaminidase A; (g) beta-Hexosaminidase B; (h) Acid sphingomyelinase; (i) Galactocerebrosidase; (j) Acid ceramidase; (k) Arylsulfatase A; (l) alpha-L-Iduronidase; (m) Iduronate-2-sulfatase; (n) Heparan N-sulfatase; (o) alpha-N-Acetylglucosaminidase; (p) Acetyl-CoA: alpha-glucosaminide N-acetyltransferase; (q) N-Acetylglucosamine-6-sulfate sulfatase; (r) N-Acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfate sulfatase; (s) Acid beta-galactosidase; (t) Arylsulfatase B; (u) beta-Glucuronidase; (v) Acid alpha-mannosidase; (w) Acid beta-mannosidase; (x) Acid alpha-L-fucosidase; (y) Sialidase; and (z) alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: SUMMIT CORPORATION PLC
    Inventors: Olivier De Moor, Graeme Horne, Penny Jane Middleton, Frank Schroer, Stephen Paul Wren, Maria Ines Passos Eleuterio, Renate Van Well, Colin Richard Dorgan, Francis Xavier Wilson, Robert Nash, Richard Storer, Graham Michael Wynne, Alan Geoffrey Roach, Akane Kawamura, Jonathon Mark Tinsley
  • Patent number: 8017635
    Abstract: Certain novel phenylalkyl substituted azole derivatives have unexpected insecticidal activity. These compounds are represented by formula I: where A, B, D, E, G, a, b, c, d, and R through R11, inclusively, are folly described herein. In addition, compositions comprising an insecticidally effective amount of at least one compound of formula I, and optionally, an effective amount of at least one of a second compound, with at least one insecticidally compatible carrier are also disclosed; along with methods of controlling insects comprising applying said compositions to a locus where insects are present or are expected to be present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: John W. Lyga, Frank Zawacki, Larry Y. Zhang
  • Patent number: 8012499
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula (1), including all geometric and stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein R3 is —C(?B)C(?O)L or —C(R11R12)C(?O)L; R4 is, inter alia, H, C1-C4 alkyl or C2-C6 alkoxycarbonyl; or R3 and R4 are taken together as —C(?O)C(?O)—, —C(?NR13)C(?O)— or —C(R11R12)C(?O)—. B is O, NR13, NOR13 Or NNR14 R15; L is OH or NR14 R15; and X, R1, R2, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15 and J are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula (1) and methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Bruce Lawrence Finkelstein, Stephen Frederick McCann
  • Patent number: 7998997
    Abstract: Disclosed are peptide-based compounds that include boronic acid or cyano functionality, which efficiently and selectively inhibit fibroblast activation protein alpha. Among other therapeutic utilities, the peptide-based compounds may be useful for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Trustees of Tufts College
    Inventors: William W. Bachovchin, Hung-Sen Lai
  • Patent number: 7994209
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to compounds of formula I: where R1-6 are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds of formula I are serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors. In another aspect, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of using such compounds; and process and intermediates for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Theravance, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Strangeland, Daisuke Roland Saito, Adam Hughes, Jane Schmidt, Priscilla Van Dyke, Lori Jean Patterson
  • Publication number: 20110172258
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (Ia): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4a, R4b, R5 and R6 are defined herein, as well as other indene derivatives are disclosed herein. Pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and methods of using the compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: AQUINOX PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
    Inventors: Jeffery R. Raymond, Kang Han, Yuanlin Zhou, Yuehua He, Bradley Noren, James Gee Ken Yee
  • Patent number: 7977368
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula I wherein A, Y, R1, R1a, R2, and R2a are as described in the specification. Compounds of Formula I are useful in treating and/or preventing cognitive disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease. The invention also encompasses pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I, methods of preparing compounds of Formula I, and methods of treating cognitive disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Darren Dressen, Simeon Bowers, Albert W. Garofalo, Roy K. Hom, Matthew N. Mattson
  • Patent number: 7947707
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds having a xanthine oxidase inhibitory effect and an uricosuric effect and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same as an active ingredient. That is, the present invention relates nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds represented by the following general formula (I): wherein Y1 represents N or C(R4); Y2 represents N or C(R5); R4 and R5 independently represent an alkyl group, a hydrogen atom etc.; one of R1 and R2 represents an optionally substituted aryl group, an alkoxy group or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; the other of R1 and R2 represents a haloalkyl group, a cyano group, a halogen atom etc.; and R3 represents a 5-tetrazolyl group or a carboxy group, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Toyoshima, Toshinobu Sasaki, Chikara Hoshino, Masakazu Takeda
  • Patent number: 7947730
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I in salt or zwitterionic form wherein, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, J, L and M have the meanings as indicated in the specification, are useful for treating conditions that are mediated by the muscarinic M3 receptor. Pharmaceutical compositions that contain the compounds and a process for preparing the compounds are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Stephen Paul Collingwood, Urs Baettig, Clive McCarthy
  • Patent number: 7947731
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of therapy of cognitive deficits associated with a central nervous system disorder or condition, methods of enhancing cognitive performance and methods for repeated stimulation of neuronal activity or a pattern of neuronal activity, such as that underlying a specific neuronal circuit(s). The methods comprise combining cognitive training protocols and a general administration of CREB pathway-enhancing agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
    Inventors: Timothy P. Tully, Filippo Cavalieri
  • Publication number: 20110117219
    Abstract: The invention relates to ether guanidines of the general formulae (I) and/or salts or hydrates thereof, in which R1=—CH2—CH2—CH2—O—R3 where R3 is, independently of the others, hydrocarbon radicals having greater than or equal to 10 carbon atoms, where part of the ether guanidines has radicals R3 which are branched and part of the ether guanidines has radicals R3 which are unbranched, and R2=independently of the others H or an optionally branched, optionally double-bond-containing hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and use thereof in hair treatment compositions and hair aftertreatment compositions, in particular for preventing damage by chemical treatment compositions and for repairing hair which is already damaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: EVONIK GOLDSCHMIDT GMBH
    Inventors: Oliver Springer, Peter Muss, Burghard Gruening, Ursula Maczkiewitz, Mike Farwick, Peter Lersch
  • Patent number: 7943665
    Abstract: Oncoproteins such as Ras and RhoB are known to induce cell division in an unrestrained manner when such proteins are localized at the inner surface of a cancer cell membrane. The localization is effected by the prenylation reaction, whereby a hydrophobic group (e.g. a farnesyl group) is attached to the protein in the presence of an enzyme (e.g. farnesyl protein transferase). Deactivation of the prenylation enzyme through covalent modification can therefore ultimately result in the mitigation and/or cessation of cancer cell growth. Various prenylation inhibitors having the necessary structural groups to bond covalently, or essentially irreversibly, to the prenylation enzyme include carbonyl or thiocarbonyl compounds (or masked versions of these compounds) and alpha oxo-epoxides bonded to a hydrophobic, substrate-mimicking group. The carbonyl or thiocarbonyl compounds also contain a nucleofugal atom or group to enhance the tendency to form covalent bonds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Arizona Biomedical Research Commission
    Inventors: Seth D. Rose, Scott R. Lefler, Steven R. Ottersberg, Ann Y. Kim, Karl J. Okolotowicz, Rosemarie F. Hartman
  • Publication number: 20110111068
    Abstract: Compounds that are central nervous system drug candidates for the treatment of cognitive decline and, more particularly, Alzheimer's disease are provided. Methods of treating, inhibiting, and/or abatement of cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease with a derivative of ginger oil are also provided. Also provided is a method of conditioning biological extracts, such as a medicinal plant extract, by a reductive amination process to give nitrogen-containing derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Gilbert M. Rishton, Hiromi Arai, Zoya Kai, Cody Lee Fullenwider, Kristin Beierle
  • Publication number: 20110098309
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of inhibiting, regulating, and/or modulating the formation of soluble, globular, non-fibrillar, neurotoxic amyloid ?1-42 oligomers from amyloid ?1-42 monomers using acylhydrazide compounds. Also disclosed are methods of treating a patient suffering from diseases associated with the formation of soluble, globular, non-fibrillar, neurotoxic amyloid ?1-42 oligomers using acylhydrazide compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: ACUMEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Gary Charles Look, Lauri Schultz, Alexandre Mikhaylovich Polozov, Nikhil Bhagat, Jian Wang, David E. Zembower, William F. Goure, Todd Pray, Grant A. Krafft
  • Publication number: 20110071202
    Abstract: An anti-hepatitis C virus agent or anti-HIV agent comprising, as an active ingredient, a fullerene derivative which has a nitrogen atom forming a ring together with adjacent bonded carbon atom pairs constituting the carbon cluster skeleton of the fullerene or a quaternary amine salt thereof is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Tadahiko Mashino, Kumiko Shimotohno
  • Patent number: 7910605
    Abstract: Use of a compound of formula (A), wherein: W is a residue which imparts antagonistic and/or agonistic activity at histamine H3-receptors when attached to an imidazole ring in 4(5) position; R1 and R2 may be identical or different and represent each independently a lower alkyl or cycloalkyl, or taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, a saturated nitrogen-containing ring (i) as defined, a non-aromatic unsaturated nitrogen-containing ring (ii) as defined, a morpholino group, or a N-substituted piperazino group as defined for preparing medicaments acting as antagonists and/or agonists at the H3-receptors of histamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Societe Civile Bioprojet
    Inventors: Jean-Charles Schwartz, Jean-Michel Arrang, Monique Garbarg, Jeanne-Marie Lecomte, Xavier Ligneau, Walter G. Schunack, Holger Stark, Charon Robin Ganellin, Fabien Leurquin, Sigurd Elz
  • Patent number: 7910106
    Abstract: The invention describes the use of an antibody specific for serum amyloid P component, for the treatment or prophylaxis of amyloidosis, and the use of a compound which depletes serum amyloid P component from the circulation in combination with an antibody specific for serum amyloid P component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Pentraxin Therapeutics Ltd.
    Inventor: Mark B. Pepys
  • Patent number: 7906550
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof that inhibit serine protease activity, particularly the activity of hepatitis C virus NS3-NS4A protease. As such, they act by interfering with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are useful as antiviral agents. The invention further relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds either for ex vivo use or for administration to a patient suffering from HCV infection and to processes for preparing the compounds. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a patient by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of this invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin M. Cottrell, John Maxwell, Robert B. Perni, Janos Pitlik
  • Patent number: 7893099
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula (I) wherein A1 and R1 to R5 are defined as in the description and in the claims. The compound of formula (I) can be used as a medicament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: David Banner, Simona M. Ceccarelli, Uwe Grether, Wolfgang Haap, Hans Hilpert, Holger Kuehne, Harald Mauser, Jean-Marc Plancher, Ruben Alvarez Sanchez
  • Patent number: 7893096
    Abstract: The invention provides immunostimulatory compositions comprising a small molecule immuno-poteniator (SMIP) compound and methods of administration thereof. Also provided are methods of administering a SMIP compound in an effective amount to enhance the immune response of a subject to an antigen. Further provided are novel compositions and methods of administering SMIP compounds alone or in combination with another agent for the treatment of cancer, infectious diseases and/or allergies/asthma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventor: Nicholas M. Valiante, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7888365
    Abstract: Cannabinoid derivatives according to formula (I) are disclosed wherein, X, Y, R1, R2, and W can have the definitions provided herein. Without limitation, use of such compounds, their salts or pro-drug, or compositions containing the compounds, salts, or pro-drug, to modify the activity of CB1 and CB2 receptors and treat conditions mediated by these receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: The University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Bob M. Moore, II, Himanshu Bhattacharjee, Charles R. Yates, Leslie Stuart
  • Patent number: 7887827
    Abstract: The present invention is related to the use of malonomicin compounds and derivatives in fungicidal applications and to new derivatives of malonomicin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Todd Lowell Werk, Carl Evan Snipes, Paul Richard Graupner, Cathy Lynn Peacock, Eleanor Lougee Chapin, William Kirkland Brewster, Frederick Richard Green, III
  • Patent number: 7884218
    Abstract: A benzoindole-based compound represented by Formula 1 below, a dye including the benzoindole-based compound, and a dye-sensitized solar cell including the dye: is prepared at a low cost, has a high molar absorption coefficient, and high photoelectron conversion efficiency, as compared to a conventional ruthenium dye. The benzoindole-based dye is an organic dye including an N-aryl electron donor and an acidic functional group an electron acceptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byong-cheol Shin, Ji-won Lee, Moon-sung Kang, Jaejung Ko, Duckhyun Kim
  • Patent number: 7879902
    Abstract: The invention concerns compounds of formula (I): Wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 and R9 are as defined herein. The invention also concerns the method for preparing said compounds including the intermediates therefor and their therapeutic use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis
    Inventors: Francis Barth, Christian Congy, Laurent Hortala, Murielle Rinaldi-Carmona
  • Patent number: 7879357
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition in the form of a hydrogel that comprises a carboxylic acid diester, a C2-C4 alkyl alcohol, an active ingredient and a polymer matrix. The invention also relates to the use of a carboxylic acid diester as a transdermal permation enhancer for an active ingredient in a pharmaceutical composition in the form of a hydrogel, whereby the composition comprises a polymer matrix and a C2-C4 alkyl alcohol. The invention also relates to a sweat-resistant composition in the form of a hydrogel, which comprises an acrylic polymer in combination with a cellulose derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Bayer Schering Pharma AG
    Inventor: Patrick Franke