Chalcogen Bonded Directly To Ring Carbon Of The Five-membered Hetero Ring (e.g., Adrenochrome, Etc.) Patents (Class 514/421)
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Publication number: 20090298906Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of Formula (I) that include a sulfonate ester, ester or ether group. Compounds of Formula (I) can be included in pharmaceutical compositions, and can be used to treating and/or ameliorating a disease or condition, such as cancer, a microbial disease and/or inflammation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: NEREUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.Inventors: Venkat Rami Reddy Macherla, Barbara Christine Potts, Rama Rao Manam, Katherine A. McArthur, Ta-Hsiang Chao, Saskia Theodora Cornelia Neuteboom
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Publication number: 20090285836Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for treating and evaluating metastatic conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2009Publication date: November 19, 2009Applicant: NEREUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.Inventors: Stavroula Baritaki, Benjamin Bonavida, Michael Palladino
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Patent number: 7579371Abstract: Disclosed are methods of treating cancer comprising administering to the animal, a therapeutically effective amount of a heterocyclic compound of Formula VI. The animal is a mammal, preferably a human or a rodent.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2006Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: Nereus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Michael Palladino, Barbara Christine Potts, Venkata Rami Reddy Macherla, Saskia Theodora Cornelia Neuteboom
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Patent number: 7572606Abstract: Disclosed are methods of modulating biosynthesis of Salinosporamide A and its analogs, which are useful in treating cancer, inflammatory conditions, and/or infectious disease. The methods involve, for example, genetic manipulation, selection of reagents in the fermentation feedstock, and selection of fermentation conditions.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2006Date of Patent: August 11, 2009Assignee: Nereus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Kin Sing Lam, Michael Palladino, Ginger Tsueng
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Publication number: 20090197937Abstract: The invention is the discovery of an actinomycete genus, given the name Salinospora gen. nov., that displays an obligate requirement of seawater (Na+) for growth and unique 16S rRNA signature nucleotides. The invention is also the use of the genus for the production and discovery of active biomolecules such as pharmaceutical agents, agrichemicals, immunomodifiers, enzymes and enzyme inhibitors.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2007Publication date: August 6, 2009Inventors: William Fenical, Paul R. Jensen, Tracy J. Mincer, Robert H. R. Feling
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Publication number: 20090182027Abstract: Disclosed are methods of treating cancer, inflammatory conditions, and/or infectious disease in an animal comprising: administering to the animal, a therapeutically effective amount of a heterocyclic compound. The animal is a mammal, preferably a human or a rodent.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2008Publication date: July 16, 2009Applicant: Nereus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Michael Palladino, Saskia Theodora Cornelia Neuteboom, Venkata Rami Reddy Macherla, Barbara Christine Potts
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Publication number: 20090162409Abstract: A microcapsule can be produced readily by (a) pulverizing a solid pesticidal compound in terpineol, dihydroterpineol, terpinel acetate, dihydroterpinel acetate or a mixture thereof to form a suspension, (b) mixing the resulting suspension and water to prepare a liquid droplet, and (c) forming a coating film of a resin around the liquid droplet. The microcapsule obtained by such a method contains most of the solid pesticidal compound within the microcapsule.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2006Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicant: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventor: Toshiyuki Tanedani
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Publication number: 20090156469Abstract: Disclosed are methods of treating Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia comprising administering to the animal, a therapeutically effective amount of a heterocyclic compound of Formula I.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2008Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicants: NEREUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteInventors: Irene Ghobrial, Aldo Roccaro, Dharminder Chauhan, Kenneth Anderson, Michael A. Palladino
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Publication number: 20090148445Abstract: The present application demonstrates that Salinosporamide A can be used to sensitize cancer cells to cancer therapy. Furthermore, the present application demonstrates that Salinosporamide A acts as a therapeutic agent to kill or inhibit cancer cells after sensitization of the cells by an antibody or other chemosensitizing reagents. The cancer cells can be either therapy-sensitive or therapy resistant. The present application further demonstrates that Salinosporamide A induces the expression of Raf kinase inhibitor protein (RKIP) and PTEN, tumor suppressor proteins, and inhibits the expression of YY1, a transcriptional regulator protein overexpressed in cancer cells and also inhibits the growth factor pleiotrophin (PTN).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2006Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicants: The Regents of the University of California, Nereus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin Bonavida, Michael A. Palladino
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Patent number: 7544814Abstract: Compounds of Formulae I-VI and derivatives thereof having anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, and anti-microbial properties and to compositions that include one or more of compounds and their derivatives or analogs having anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial properties are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of treating cancer, inflammatory conditions, and microbial infections with the disclosed compounds or the disclosed pharmaceutical compositions are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2007Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Nereus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Barbara Christine Potts, Venkat Macherla, Scott Sherman Mitchell, Ram Rao Manam, Katherine A. McArthur, Kin Sing Lam, Saskia Neuteboom, Ta-Hsiang Chao, Benjamin Nicholson, Cheryl L. Billstrom
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Publication number: 20090131502Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of formula (I), and the use of such compounds in the treatment of a disease selected from osteoporosis, Paget's disease, Chagas's disease, malaria, gingival diseases, hypercalaemia, metabolic bone disease and diseases involving matrix or cartilate degradation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2008Publication date: May 21, 2009Inventors: Martin Quibell, John Paul Watts, Yikang Wang, Lee Patient, Jonathan R. Heal
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Patent number: 7514468Abstract: The present invention relates to indolinone derivatives substituted in the 6 position of general formula wherein R1 to R6 and X are defined as in claim 1, the tautomers, enantiomers, diastereomers, mixtures thereof and the salts thereof, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof, which have valuable pharmacological properties, in particular an inhibiting effect on various receptor tyrosine kinases and on the proliferation of endothelial cells and various tumour cells, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, their use and processes for preparing them.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2003Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Armin Heckel, Frank Hilberg, Thorsten Lehmann-Lintz, Guenter Linz, Joerg Kley, Jacobus C. A. Van Meel, Werner Rall, Gerald Juergen Roth, Peter Sieger, Ulrike Tontsch-Grunt
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Patent number: 7514466Abstract: Methods for purifying a compound of formula I are provided, wherein A, B X, Q, and R1 are defined herein. The methods include mixing the compound of formula I and a solvent; adding a base to the solvent; and precipitating purified compound of formula I.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2005Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: WyethInventors: Bogdan Kazimierz Wilk, Arkadiy Zinoviy Rubezhov, Anthony Francis Hadfield, Jean Louise Helom
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Publication number: 20090069401Abstract: The invention is the discovery of an actinomycete genus, given the name Salinospora gen. nov., that displays an obligate requirement of seawater (Na+) for growth and unique 16S rRNA signature nucleotides. The invention is also the use of the genus for the production and discovery of active biomolecules such as pharmaceutical agents, agrichemicals, immunomodifiers, enzymes and enzyme inhibitors.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2007Publication date: March 12, 2009Inventors: William Fenical, Paul R. Jensen, Tracy J. Mincer
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Publication number: 20090035353Abstract: Non-absorbent articles containing an additive are disclosed. The non-absorbent articles include an effective amount of an inhibitory compound such as cerulenin, triclosan, or hexachloroprene, for example, to substantially inhibit the production of TSST-1 by Gram positive bacteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2008Publication date: February 5, 2009Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.Inventors: Rae Ellen Syverson, Richard A. Proctor
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Publication number: 20090036390Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating neoplastic diseases. Included are compositions and methods that are effective against multiple myeloma cells resistant to conventional and bortezomib treatment. Furthermore, combination treatment with two different proteosome inhibitors is shown to be synergistic for treating multiple myeloma.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2008Publication date: February 5, 2009Applicant: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTEInventors: Kenneth C. ANDERSON, Dharminder Chauhan
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Patent number: 7459473Abstract: This invention relates to novel N-linked sulfonamides of N-heterocyclic carboxylic acid and carboxylic acid isosteres, their preparation, and use for treating neurological disorders including physically damaged nerves and neurodegenerative diseases, and for treating alopecia and promoting hair growth.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 1998Date of Patent: December 2, 2008Assignee: Glia Med, Inc.Inventors: Gregory S. Hamilton, Mark H. Norman, Yong-Qian Wu
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Patent number: 7459585Abstract: The present invention provides an AP-1 activation inhibitor, NF-kappa B activation inhibitor, inflammatory cytokine production inhibitor, matrix metalloprotease production inhibitor, inflammatory cell adhesion molecule expression inhibitor, anti-inflammatory agent, antirheumatic agent, immunosuppressant, cancer metastasis inhibitor, remedy for arteriosclerosis and antiviral agent which contain the benzene derivative of the following general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2005Date of Patent: December 2, 2008Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.Inventors: Yukio Iino, Kohichi Fujita, Takashi Tsuji, Ariko Kodaira, Kenji Takehana, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Takashi Yamamoto
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METHODS OF USING [3.2.0] HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS AND ANALOGS THEREOF FOR TREATING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Publication number: 20080280968Abstract: Disclosed are methods of treating infectious diseases comprising administering to the animal, a therapeutically effective amount of a heterocyclic compound. The animal is a mammal, preferably a human or a rodent.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2008Publication date: November 13, 2008Applicant: NEREUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.Inventor: Michael Palladino -
Patent number: 7442804Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of furopyrroles of general formula (I), comprising (a) heating a compound of the formula (II) under microwave irradiation optionally in the presence of an inert solvent, wherein A1 and A2 are C1-C18alkyl, C2-C18alkenyl, C2-C18alkynyl, C5-C8cycloalkyl, C5-C8cycloalkenyl, aryl or heteroaryl, A3 is hydrogen, C1-C18alkyl, cyanomethyl, Ar3, —CR30R31—(CH2)m—Ar3 or Y—R32, wherein R30 and R31 independently of each other stand for hydrogen or C1-C4alkyl, or phenyl which can be substitute up to three times with C1-C4alkyl, Ar3 stands for aryl, C5-C8 cloalkyl, C5-C8cycloalkenyl or heteroaryl, which can be substituted one to three times with C1-C8alkyl, C1-C8alkoxy, halogen or phenyl, which can be substituted with C1-C8alkyl or C1-C8alkoxy one to three times, and m stands for 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, R is C1-C18alkyl, in particular C1-C4alkyl, aryl, in particular phenyl, or aralkyl, in particular benzyl, which can be substituted one to three times with C1-C8alkyl, C1Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2004Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals CorporationInventors: Richard Lewis Riggs, Nicholas James Westwood, David Macdonald Smith, Colin Morton
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Publication number: 20080249110Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted indoles useful as pharmaceutical compounds for treating respiratory disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2004Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventors: Roger Bonnert, Rukhsana Mohammed
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Publication number: 20080227822Abstract: The present invention comprises methods for the treatment of central nervous system diseases and disorders including mood disorders and sleep disorders through the administration of compounds of formula (I) and formula (II) which are useful as inhibitors of human casein kinase I?. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of formula (I) or formula (II) as well as methods for their preparation are also disclosed and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2008Publication date: September 18, 2008Applicant: AVENTIS PHARMACEUTICAL INC.Inventors: David Marc FINK, Yulin CHIANG, Nicola Dawn COLLAR
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Publication number: 20080221192Abstract: The invention provides a novel class of compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with abnormal or deregulated kinase activity, particularly diseases or disorders that involve abnormal activation of the Abl, Bcr-Abl, cSrc, TPR-Met, Tie2, MET, FGFR3, Aurora, Axl, Bmx, BTK, c-kit, CHK2, Flt3, MST2, p70S6K, PDGFR, PKB, PKC, Raf, ROCK-H, Rsk1, SGK, TrkA, TrkB and TrkC kinases.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2005Publication date: September 11, 2008Applicant: IRM LLCInventors: Yongqin Wan, Yuan Mi, Yi Fan, Dai Cheng, Yi Liu, Nathanael S. Gray, Pamela Albaugh
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Patent number: 7419975Abstract: Novel compounds that inhibit the binding of the Smac protein to Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins (IAPs) of the formula IType: GrantFiled: April 6, 2005Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Mark Gabriel Palermo, Sushil Kumar Sharma, Christopher Straub, Run-Ming Wang, Leigh Scott Zawel, Yanlin Zhang, Zhuoliang Chen, Yaping Wang, Fan Yang, Wojciech Wrona, Gang Liu, Mark G. Charest, Feng He
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Publication number: 20080188544Abstract: Lyophilized formulations comprising Salinosporamide A or analogs thereof are provided. In some aspects, lyophilized formulations comprising Salinosporamide A or analogs thereof and bulking agents are provided. Also provided are methods of lyophilizing Salinosporamide A or analogs thereof. In some aspects, a solvent or co-solvent system is utilized. Also provided are methods of administering Salinosporamide A or analogs thereof to patients.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2008Publication date: August 7, 2008Applicant: NEREUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.Inventors: Barbara Potts, Ramsharan Singh, Jan-Jon Chu, Bao Viet Mai, Natasha Reddinger, Cheryl Sifferlen
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Publication number: 20080176917Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein R1 is hydrogen or C1-4alkyl; R2 is C1-4alkyl; R3 is hydrogen, or a phenyl group, a heterocyclyl group, a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic group, or a 8- to 11-membered bicyclic group, any of which groups is optionally substituted by 1, 2, 3 or 4 substituents selected from the group consisting of: halogen, cyano, C1-4alkyl, haloC1-4alkyl, C1-4alkoxy, C1-4alkanoyl and SF5; p is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; and R4 is independently selected from a group consisting of: halogen, hydroxy, cyano, C1-4alkyl, haloC1-4alkyl, C1-4alkoxy, haloC1-4alkoxy and C1-4alkanoyl; n is 0 or 1; wherein when R4 is chlorine and p is 1, such R4 is not present in the ortho position with respect to the linking bond to the rest of the molecule; and wherein, if n is 0, R3 comprises at least one SF5 group as a substituent; processes for their preparation, intermediates used in these processes, pharmaceutical compositions contaiType: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2006Publication date: July 24, 2008Inventors: Daniele Andreotti, Anna Checchia, Dieter Hamprecht, Fabrizio Micheli
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Publication number: 20080161282Abstract: Disclosed are compounds that inhibit proteasomic activity in cells. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds as well as methods to treat conditions, particularly cell proliferative conditions, such as cancer and inflammatory conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2007Publication date: July 3, 2008Inventors: Xiao-Yi Xiao, Dinesh V. Patel
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Patent number: 7276530Abstract: Compounds of Formulae I-VI and derivatives thereof having anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, and anti-microbial properties and to compositions that include one or more of compounds and their derivatives or analogs having anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial properties are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of treating cancer, inflammatory conditions, and microbial infections with the disclosed compounds or the disclosed pharmaceutical compositions are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2005Date of Patent: October 2, 2007Assignee: Nereus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Barbara Christine Potts, Venkat Macherla, Scott Sherman Mitchell, Ram Rao Manam, Katherine Reed, Kin Sing Lam, Saskia Neuteboom, Ta-Hsiang Chao, Benjamin Nicholson, Cheryl Billstrom
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Patent number: 7214701Abstract: The invention relates to insecticidal mixtures for protecting plants against attack by pests comprising (a) compounds of the formula (I) ?in which W, X, Y, Z, A, B, D and G are each as defined in the disclosure, and (b) specified agonists or antagonists of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2004Date of Patent: May 8, 2007Assignee: Bayer CropScience AGInventors: Reiner Fischer, Christoph Erdelen
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Patent number: 7199081Abstract: An aqueous composition suitable for applying fungicides to plant propagation materials is provided, comprising water and a blend of the following components, by weight: a) 2–10% of a surface-active agent comprising a1) at least one anionic surfactant; b) 0.5–10% of at least one polymer selected from water-dispersible polymers and water-soluble film-forming polymers; c) 4–20% of at least one inorganic solid carrier; and d) 3–20% of at least one antifreeze agent. In one embodiment, the composition comprises a fungicidally effective amount of at least one fungicidally active compound. The inventive composition is storage stable, ready-to-apply (RTA), ecologically and toxicologically favorable and has good fungicidal efficacy.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2005Date of Patent: April 3, 2007Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.Inventors: Christian Schlatter, Ravi Ramachandran
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Patent number: 7179834Abstract: The present invention is based on the discovery that certain fermentation products of the marine actinomycete strains CNB392 and CNB476 are effective inhibitors of hyperproliferative mammalian cells. The CNB392 and CNB476 strains lie within the family Micromonosporaceae, and the generic epithet Salinospora has been proposed for this obligate marine group. The reaction products produced by this strain are classified as salinosporamides, and are particularly advantageous in treating neoplastic disorders due to their low molecular weight, low IC50 values, high pharmaceutical potency, and selectivity for cancer cells over fungi.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2003Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: William Fenical, Paul Jensen, Tracy Mincer, Robert H. R. Feling
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Patent number: 7176233Abstract: The present invention is based on the discovery that certain fermentation products of the marine actinomycete strains CNB392 and CNB476 are effective inhibitors of hyperproliferative mammalian cells. The CNB392 and CNB476 strains lie within the family Micromonosporaceae, and the generic epithet Salinospora has been proposed for this obligate marine group. The reaction products produced by this strain are classified as salinosporamides, and are particularly advantageous in treating neoplastic disorders due to their low molecular weight, low IC50 values, high pharmaceutical potency, and selectivity for cancer cells over fungi.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2005Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: William Fenical, Paul Jensen, Tracy Mincer, Robert H. R. Feling
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Patent number: 7176232Abstract: The present invention is based on the discovery that certain fermentation products of the marine actinomycete strains CNB392 and CNB476 are effective inhibitors of hyperproliferative mammalian cells. The CNB392 and CNB476 strains lie within the family Micromonosporaceae, and the generic epithet Salinospora has been proposed for this obligate marine group. The reaction products produced by this strain are classified as salinosporamides, and are particularly advantageous in treating neoplastic disorders due to their low molecular weight, low IC50 values, high pharmaceutical potency, and selectivity for cancer cells over fungi.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2004Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: William Fenical, Paul Jensen, Tracy Mincer, Robert H. R. Feling
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Patent number: 7081464Abstract: Novel amides and imides are inhibitors of tumor necrosis factor? and phosphodiesterase and can be used to combat cachexia, endotoxic shock, retrovirus replication, asthma, and inflammatory conditions.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2005Date of Patent: July 25, 2006Assignee: Celgene CorporationInventors: George W. Muller, Mary Shire
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Patent number: 6884754Abstract: An aqueous composition suitable for applying fungicides to plant propagation materials is provided, comprising water and a blend of the following components, by weight: a) 2-10% of a surface-active agent comprising a1) at least one anionic surfactant; b) 0.5-10% of at least one polymer selected from water-dispersible polymers and water-soluble film-forming polymers; c) 4-20% of at least one inorganic solid carrier; and d) 3-20% of at least one antifreeze agent. In one embodiment, the composition comprises a fungicidally effective amount of at least one fungicidally active compound. The inventive composition is storage stable, ready-to-apply (RTA), ecologically and toxicologically favorable and has good fungicidal efficacy.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2002Date of Patent: April 26, 2005Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.Inventors: Christian Schlatter, Ravi Ramachandran
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Patent number: 6864276Abstract: The invention relates to insecticidal mixtures for protecting plants against attack by pests comprising (a) compounds of the formula (I) ?in which W, X, Y, Z, A, B, D and G are each as defined in the disclosure, and (b) agonists or antagonists of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2001Date of Patent: March 8, 2005Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AGInventors: Reiner Fischer, Christoph Erdelen
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Patent number: 6835719Abstract: An environmentally safe pesticidal liquid suspension composition including a mixture of sulfur combined with pyrethrins and/or pyrethroids is provided. The pesticidal composition is effective to control plant diseases, as well as insect and mite pests. The composition can be prepared as concentrated or ready-to-use formulations. Formulations can be applied to plants, both indoors and outdoors, to control plant disease and insect and mite pests and reduce plant damage from such pests. The formulations can be applied to plants with minimal phytotoxicity (plant damage) and do not leave unacceptable levels of visible sulfur residue.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2002Date of Patent: December 28, 2004Assignee: W. Neudorff GmbH KGInventors: Diana L. Parker, George S. Puritch, David S. Almond, Frederick S. Sedun, Cameron D. Wilson
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Patent number: 6780887Abstract: The present invention is related to a compound of formula (I), salts and pro-drugs of the compound (I) and methods for treating and/or preventing partial or total ischemia, methods for treating and/or preventing pathologies associated with ischemia or with mitochondrial deficiencies.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2002Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: Societe de Conseils de Recherches et d'Applications Scientifiques (S.C.R.A.S.)Inventors: Carine Michiels, Martine Redon, Jose Remacle
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Patent number: 6703379Abstract: The present invention provides an AP-1 activation inhibitor, NF-kappa B activation inhibitor, inflammatory cytokine production inhibitor, matrix metalloprotease production inhibitor, inflammatory cell adhesion molecule expression inhibitor, anti-inflammatory agent, antirheumatic agent, immunosuppressant, cancer metastasis inhibitor, remedy for arteriosclerosis and antiviral agent which contain the benzene derivative of the following general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2001Date of Patent: March 9, 2004Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.Inventors: Yukio Iino, Kohichi Fujita, Takashi Tsuji, Ariko Kodaira, Kenji Takehana, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Takashi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 6677317Abstract: The invention relates to the use of the disaccharide derivatives 3′-aminosucrose, sucrose-C6-acid and palatinose-C6′-acid and/or of an amide or alkyl ester thereof for the prevention or treatment of hyperglycemias.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2000Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignee: Sudzucker AktiengesellschaftInventors: Fritz Heinz, Sabine Hertel, Markwart Kunz, Manfred Vogel
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Patent number: 6677310Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising analogues of purine nucleosides containing a ring-expanded (“fat”) heterocyclic ring, in place of purine, and an unmodified or modified sugar residue, pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives of such compositions, as well as methods of use thereof. In particular, these compositions may be utilized in the treatment of certain cancers, bacterial, fungal, parasitic, and viral infections, including, but not limited to, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), hepatitis, Epstein-Barr and cytomegalovirus.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 1999Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignees: Nabi, University of Maryland Baltimore CountyInventors: Ramachandra S. Hosmane, Ramesh K. Sood
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Publication number: 20030225152Abstract: The present invention relates to organic molecules capable of modulating tyrosine kinase signal transduction in order to regulate, modulate and/or inhibit abnormal cell proliferation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2002Publication date: December 4, 2003Inventors: Steven W. Andrews, Julie A. Wurster, Clarence E. Hull,
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Publication number: 20030191166Abstract: Selected sulfonylalkanoylamino hydroxyethylamine sulfonamide compounds are effective as retroviral protease inhibitors, and in particular as inhibitors of HIV protease. The present invention relates to such retroviral protease inhibitors and, more particularly, relates to selected novel compounds, composition and method for inhibiting retroviral proteases, such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease, prophylactically preventing retroviral infection or the spread of a retrovirus, and treatment of a retroviral infection.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2002Publication date: October 9, 2003Applicant: G.D. Searle & Co.Inventors: Daniel P. Getman, Gary A. DeCrescenzo, John N. Freskos, Michael L. Vazquez, James A. Sikorski, Balekudru Devadas, Srinivasan Raj Nagarajan, Joseph J. McDonald
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Publication number: 20030187054Abstract: A chondrogenic composition comprising a drug with chondrogenic effect, a biodegradable and/or bioerodable polymer and a water-soluble and/or water-dispersible organic solvent.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2002Publication date: October 2, 2003Inventors: Shunsuke Nagao, Hidetomo Kitamura, Yoshiki Hayashi
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Publication number: 20030130337Abstract: This invention relates to compounds, which are generally anti-inflammatory and analgesic compounds, and which are represented by Formula I: 1Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2002Publication date: July 10, 2003Inventors: Chris Allen Broka, Jeffrey Allen Campbell
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Publication number: 20030119820Abstract: Compounds of the formula I 1Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2002Publication date: June 26, 2003Applicant: Aventis Pharma Deutschland GmbHInventors: Olaf Ritzeler, Hans Ulrich Stilz, Bernhard Neises, Gerhard Jaehne, Jorg Habermann
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Patent number: 6583144Abstract: Disclosed are compounds represented by formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof. The compounds can inhibit the biosynthesis of triglycerides in the liver and can inhibit the secretion of lipoprotein containing apolipoprotein B from the liver. Therefore, they are useful for the prevention or treatment of hyperlipidemia (particularly hyper-very-low-density-lipoproteinemia) and arteriosclerotic diseases, such as cardiac infarction, or pancreatitis induced by hyperlipidemia.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2002Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignee: Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.Inventors: Naoto Ohkura, Takashi Tsuruoka, Takayuki Usui, Yukiko Hiraiwa, Tetsuya Matsushima, Masaharu Shiotani, Tetsutaro Niizato, Yuuko Nakatani, Shigeki Suzuki, Chidsuko Kuroda, Kiyoaki Katano
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Patent number: 6583171Abstract: Compounds, isolated from the bacteria Xenorhabdus bovienil, have antineoplastic activity. The invention provides pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and the methods for employing them as medicaments, particularly in the treatment of human and animal cancers.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2000Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignee: Welichem Biotech Inc.Inventors: John Malcolm Webster, Jianxiong Li, Genhui Chen
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Patent number: 6583170Abstract: The present invention relates to new formulations containing one or more estrogens and 2-Phenyl-1-[4-(amino-1-yl-alk-1-ynyl)-benzyl]-1H-indol-5-ol compounds which are useful as estrogenic agents, as well as pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment utilizing these compounds, which have the general structure below: and related methods of treatment for providing tissue selective estrogenic activity while minimizing undesirable side effects of estrogen treatment or therapy, such as excessive estrogenic uterine stimulation.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 1999Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignee: WyethInventors: James Harrison Pickar, Barry Samuel Komm
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Publication number: 20030114513Abstract: The present invention relates to ion channel activating agents. More particularly, the present invention relates to a particular class of chemical compounds that has proven useful as openers of SKCa and IKCa channels. In further aspects, the present invention relates to the use of these SK/IK channel activating agents for the manufacture of medicaments and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the SK/IK channel activating agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2002Publication date: June 19, 2003Applicant: NeuroSearch A/SInventors: Bo Skaaning Jensen, Tino Dyhring Jorgensen, Philip K. Ahring, Palle Christophersen, Dorte Strobaek, Lene Teuber, Soren Peter Olesen