Polycyclo Ring System Having The Hetero Ring As One Of The Cyclos Patents (Class 514/443)
  • Publication number: 20140038951
    Abstract: Compounds that inhibit PDE10 are disclosed that have utility in the treatment of a variety of conditions, including (but not limited to) psychotic, anxiety, movement disorders and/or neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's disease, encephalitis, phobias, epilepsy, aphasia, Bell's palsy, cerebral palsy, sleep disorders, pain, Tourette's syndrome, schizophrenia, delusional disorders, drug-induced psychosis and panic and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Pharmaceutically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, solvates and prodrugs of the compounds are also provided. Also disclosed are compositions containing a compound in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, as well as methods relating to the use thereof for inhibiting PDE10 in a warm-blooded animal in need of the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: OMEROS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Neil S. Cutshall, Jennifer Lynn Gage, Thomas Neil Wheeler
  • Patent number: 8642643
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula I in which R1, R2, A, B, X and Y have the meanings indicated in the claims, and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or a prodrug thereof. Because of their properties as inhibitors of chemokine receptors, especially as CXCR2 inhibitors, the compounds of the formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof are suitable for the prevention and treatment of chemokine mediated diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Stephanie Hachtel, Juergen Dedio, Josef Pernerstorfer, Stephen Shimshock, Carolina Lanter, Raymond Kosley
  • Patent number: 8642644
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to ophthamological drugs. More specifically, the invention relates to a method of modifying (derivatizing) ophthamological drugs so as to increase their penetration through the cornea. The invention also relates to drugs modified (derivatized) in accordance with the instant method and to the use of same in treating conditions associated with elevated intraocular pressure, particularly, glaucoma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Eric J. Toone, David L. Epstein, Pratap Challa, Phillip W. Snyder, Xin Chen, Mitchell A. deLong
  • Publication number: 20140031405
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 is C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4haloalkyl or C1-C4alkoxy; R2 is C1-C4alkyl; R3 is hydrogen or halogen; R4 is hydrogen, C1-C4alkyl or C1-C4halogenalkyl; X is methine or nitrogen; A is R5 is hydrogen, halogen, —?—C1-C6alkyl, —?—C3-C7cycloalkyl or -?-aryl; R6 is hydrogen, halogen, —?—C1-C6alkyl, —?—C3-C7cycloalkyl or -?-aryl; and agrochemically acceptable salts/isomers/structural isomers/stereoisomers/diastereoisomers/enantiorners/tautorriers and N-oxides of those compounds are suitable for use as microbiocides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Harald Walter, Daniel Stierli
  • Publication number: 20140024587
    Abstract: A method for treating hair loss in mammals uses compositions containing prostaglandin F analogs. The compositions can be applied topically to the skin. The compositions can arrest hair loss, reverse hair loss, and promote hair growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Duke University
    Inventors: Mitchell A. deLong, John M. McIver, Robert S. Youngquist
  • Publication number: 20140024608
    Abstract: The invention relates to the inhibition of histone deacetylase. The invention provides compounds, prodrugs thereof, and methods for inhibiting histone deacetylase enzymatic activity. The invention also provides compositions and methods for treating cell proliferative diseases and conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: METHYLGENE INC.
    Inventors: Robert Deziel, Alain Ajamian
  • Publication number: 20140018385
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for inhibiting cell growth, modulating function of PCNA, treating prostate cancer, and enhancing PCNA trimer formation are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
    Inventors: Zhongyun Dong, Matthew Wortman, Zonqing Tan, Kelsey Dillehay
  • Publication number: 20140005187
    Abstract: The present invention identifies the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway, including the enzyme oxidosqualene cyclase, as new protein targets for anti-tumor therapeutics. The present invention further provides a class of oxidosqualene cyclase inhibitors containing a tertiary amine linked with aromatic ring structures, as a new class of anticancer agents. Compounds disclosed herein have been tested in 19 cell lines including breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer (including drug-resistant lung cancer H69AR), colon cancer, ovarian cancer (including drug-resistant OVCAR-3), and pancreatic cancer cells, as wells as in human breast and prostate xenograft tumor growth in nude mice, and have been shown to be active.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: The Curators of the University of Missouri
    Inventors: Salman M. Hyder, Yayun Liang, Xiaoqin Zou, Sam Z. Grinter, Sheng-you Huang
  • Publication number: 20130345164
    Abstract: This invention concerns methods of identifying treatments for treating various disorders and related computer products and systems. Also disclosed are methods for treating cellular proliferative disorders and use of compounds identified for such treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY
    Inventors: Alexei Vazquez, Darren Carpizo, Arnold Levine
  • Patent number: 8598224
    Abstract: The present invention relates to thiophene containing compounds of formula (I) wherein m, n, p, q, r, s, R1, R2, and R3 are as defined in the description. Included also are pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods for treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Derek W Nelson, Jennifer M Frost
  • Publication number: 20130316985
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition including at least one compound of the Formulas (I), (II), or (III), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, clathrate, or prodrug thereof, as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method of treatment of diseases which are pathophysiologically related to GPR35, the GPR35-hERG signaling complex, or both, as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Huayun Deng, Ye Fang
  • Publication number: 20130310254
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel alpha, beta-unsaturated imines, to processes for their preparation, to their use for controlling animal pests including arthropods and in particular insects and to their use in the control of vectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Werner, Ulrich Ebbinghaus-Kintscher, Sebastian Horstmann, Michael Maue, Hans-Georg Schwarz, Robert Velten, Arnd Voerste, Ulrich Görgens, Andreas Turberg
  • Patent number: 8586603
    Abstract: The present application relates to compounds of formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein the substituents are as defined herein, compositions containing such compounds and the uses of such compounds in producing medicaments for the treatment of various diseases and conditions, such as of the central nervous system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Inventors: Peter Gmeiner, Miriam Ruberg, Harald Hüebner
  • Publication number: 20130302422
    Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment and prevention of kidney diseases, containing (a) a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by Formulae 1 or 2 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, solvate or isomer thereof, and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicants: KT & G CORPORATION, MAZENCE INC.
    Inventors: Taehwan Kwak, Myung-Gyu Park, Kyoung Hoon Jung
  • Publication number: 20130289083
    Abstract: Presently provided are methods for (a) modulating an activity of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase comprising contacting an indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase with a modulation effective amount of a compound as described in one of the aspects described herein; (b) treating indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) mediated immunosuppression in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering an effective indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase inhibiting amount of a compound as described in one of the aspects described herein; (c) treating a medical conditions that benefit from the inhibition of enzymatic activity of indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase comprising administering an effective indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase inhibiting amount of a compound as described in one of the aspects described herein; (d) enhancing the effectiveness of an anti-cancer treatment comprising administering an anti-cancer agent and a compound as described in one of the aspects described herein; (e) treating tumor-specific immunosuppression associated with cancer compris
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventor: NewLink Genetics Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130289057
    Abstract: The invention relates to N-arylaminomethylenebenzothiophenones of General Formula (I) for use as a drug for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases: wherein E is S, O, or CH2, D is CH or NH, and Ar is a phenyl or naphtyl moiety substituted by an electron-withdrawing group, an unsubstituted heteroaryl residue, or a heteroaryl residue substituted by alkyl or an electron-withdrawing group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicants: FORSCHUNGSVERBUND BERLIN E.V., MAX-DELBRUCK-CENTRUM FUR MOLEKULARE MEDIZIN
    Inventors: Enno Klussmann, Walter Rosenthal, Jelena Milic, Martin W. Bergmann
  • Patent number: 8569325
    Abstract: A method for the prevention of diseases caused by thrombus or embolus. The method is to separately administer 2-acetoxy-5-(?-cyclopropylcarbonyl-2-fluorobenzyl)-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrothieno[3,2-c]pyridine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and aspirin, in their pharmacologically effective amounts, to a warm-blooded animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignees: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumitoshi Asai, Atsuhiro Sugidachi, Taketoshi Ogawa, Teruhiko Inoue
  • Patent number: 8552032
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel bicyclic derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of disorders and conditions modulated by DPP-1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Edward C. Lawson, Dennis J. Hlasta, Shyamali Ghosh, Renee L. DesJarlais, Carsten Schubert
  • Publication number: 20130261130
    Abstract: The invention relates to acylamino-phthalic acid amides and related compounds of formula (I) wherein A is —CON—R3R4, —NR5COR6, —NHR7, —OR8, —SR9, —CH2NR10R11, —(CH2)2-R12, —CH?CH—R12, —C?C—R12, optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted thiophenyl, or optionally substituted 1,2,3-triazol-4-yl, W is hydrogen, hydroxy or carboxymethoxy, Y is carboxy, methoxycarbonyl or 2H-tetrazol-5-yl, and the various substituents R have the meanings indicated in the description. These compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of skeletal muscle atrophy, schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease, and as cognitive enhancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Shaheen Ahmed, Stefan Hettwer, Jan Willem Vrijbloed, Carlo Farina, Hans Allgeier
  • Publication number: 20130253022
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention include fluorinated sulfamide derivatives having a disease-modifying action in the treatment of diseases associated with excitotoxicity and accompanying oxidative stress that include epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, heavy metal toxicity and any neurodegenerative disease involving glutamate toxicity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicants: FOX CHASE CHEMICAL DIVERSITY CENTER, INC., ADVANCED NEURAL DYNAMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Garry Robert Smith, Douglas E. Brenneman, Allen B. Reitz, Yan Zhang, Yanming Du
  • Publication number: 20130252964
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for killing or inhibiting the growth of a Candida or Aspergillus species or preventing or treating a mammal having candidiasis (oral and/or disseminated) or an Aspergillus infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: PolyMedix, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard W. Scott, Katie Freeman, Haizhong Tang, Gill Diamond
  • Publication number: 20130245025
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which modulate the activity of store-operated calcium (SOC) channels. Also described herein are methods of using such SOC channel modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from inhibition of SOC channel activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: CalciMedica, Inc.
    Inventors: Gonul Velicelebi, Kenneth A. Stauderman, Jeffrey P. Whitten, Yazhong Pei, Jianguo Cao, Zhijun Wang, Evan Rogers, Brian Dyck, Jonathan Grey
  • Publication number: 20130245064
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel acylamino-hydroxy-benzamides of formula (I), wherein R1 is phenyl substituted by phenyl, phenoxy, phenylamino or heteroaryl, all optionally further substituted; bicyclic aryl, monocyclic heteroaryl substituted by optionally substituted phenyl, or bicyclic heteroaryl, R2 is hydrogen or methyl, and R3 and R4 have the meanings indicated in the description. These compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of skeletal muscle atrophy, schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease, and as cognitive enhancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Shaheen Ahmed, Stefan Hettwer, Jan Willem Vrijbloed, Carlo Farina, Piero Paravidino
  • Publication number: 20130237547
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating various diseases, syndromes, conditions and disorders, including pain. Such compounds are represented by Formula I as follows: wherein Y, R1, R2, R3, R4, RA, and RB are defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Janssen Pharmaceutica, NV
    Inventor: Jay M. Matthews
  • Patent number: 8530512
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds and methods of using of the compounds as anti-infective and anthelminitc agents. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides the following compound of Formula III: wherein: R1 is not H when R2 is H and R2 is not H when R1 is H, further wherein R1 is OH or CH(2n+1)O, wherein n is 1-10; R2 is OH or CH(2n+1)O, where n is 1-10; W is alkyl, phenyl, halophenyl, pyridyl, piperidyl, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, including unsubstituted and substituted aromatic heterocycles; and L is an optional linker or linking group selected from O, S, NH, CF2, or CH2, and x=0 or 1, i.e., if x=0, no linking group is present and when x=0, W is not phenyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Inventors: Aaron P. Monte, M. Shahjahan Kabir, Marc A. Rott, William R. Schwan, James M. Cook, III, Jennifer A. Miskowski, Ranjit Verma, Leah Defoe
  • Patent number: 8524763
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which modulate the activity of store-operated calcium (SOC) channels. Also described herein are methods of using such SOC channel modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases, disorders or conditions that would benefit from inhibition of SOC channel activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Calcimedica, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey P. Whitten
  • Publication number: 20130225605
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I, wherein A, Y, Z, R3 to R6, R20 to R22 and R50 have the meanings indicated in the claims, which are valuable pharmaceutical active compounds. Specifically, they are inhibitors of the endothelial differentiation gene receptor 2 (Edg-2, EDG2), which is activated by lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) and is also termed as LPA1 receptor, and are useful for the treatment of diseases such as atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction and heart failure, for example. The invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of the compounds of the formula I, their use and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: SANOFI
    Inventor: SANOFI
  • Publication number: 20130217759
    Abstract: The invention provides sulphonamide compounds and their use in treating medical disorders, such as obesity. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of making various sulphone compounds are provided. The compounds are contemplated to have activity against methionyl aminopeptidase 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Zafgen Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Zahler, Hazel Joan Dyke, Thomas David Pallin, Susan Mary Cramp
  • Publication number: 20130210904
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments concern the synthesis and use of therapeutic compounds that for treating emerging flu strains and minimizing resistance to such strains. Methods for making the disclosed compounds concern using a base-mediated addition/cyclization sequence followed by functional group manipulation to develop functionalized compounds that can target neuraminidase, which makes them ideal candidates for treating influenza. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the therapeutic compounds and biologically-acceptable materials are also described. Methods of inhibiting neuraminidase in subjects that are suspected of containing neuraminidase are also described. The use of metabolites of the disclosed compounds can also be used in diagnostic assays for therapeutic dosing of the disclosed compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Jeremy E. Wulff, Michael G. Brant, Jeremy W. Mason, Caleb M. Bromba, Martin J. Boulanger
  • Patent number: 8501961
    Abstract: Compounds that inhibit proteolytic enzymes of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) are described. Preparation of the inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and uses of the compounds or compositions for the treatment of HIV infections are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventor: Arun K. Ghosh
  • Publication number: 20130171158
    Abstract: A method of treating or preventing an abnormality of glucose metabolism in a subject, the method comprising administering an antagonist of Inhibitor of Differentiation 1 (Id1) to the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH
    Inventors: Mia Akerfeldt, Ross Laybutt
  • Publication number: 20130172339
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I), wherein A is S, O or a double bond, and L is a substituted thiazolyl, phenyl or pyridyl. The compound is useful for the treatment of inflammation and cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: KANCERA AB
    Inventors: Styrbjorn Bystrom, Charles Hedgecock, Evert Homan, Thomas Lundback, Jessica Martinsson, Meral Sari, Katarina Farnegardh, Mattias Jonsson
  • Publication number: 20130165505
    Abstract: Administration of certain 1-phenylalkanecarboxylic acid derivatives is useful for improving Cognitive Function; treating Cognitive Impairment, in particular Mild Cognitive Impairment; and preventing and/or reducing the risk of developing Alzheimer's Disease in a cognitively normal subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.
    Inventor: Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.
  • Patent number: 8470872
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of Formula I as disclosed herein, methods of modulating the activity of an estrogen receptor and methods of treating a disorder associated with estrogen receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Olsson, Lene Hyldtoft, Magnus Gustafsson, Brigitte Winther Lund
  • Publication number: 20130143765
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for identifying compounds that are inhibitors of a calcium-activated chloride channel. Aminothiophene and aminothiazole compounds, and compositions comprising these compounds, described herein that inhibit efflux of chloride through a calcium-activated chloride channel are useful for treating diseases, disorders, and sequelae of diseases, disorders, and conditions that are associated with aberrantly increased chloride and fluid secretion, for example, secretory diarrhea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Alan S. Verkman, Ricardo De La Fuente Gonzalez
  • Publication number: 20130142858
    Abstract: Drug delivery devices comprising a non-bioabsorbable polymer structure configured to support a composition comprising an active agent. The devices include a plurality of portions fused together and a recess configured to support the composition. At least one of the portions includes an impermeable polymer and at least one other portion includes a rate-limiting water-permeable polymer. The rate-limiting water-permeable polymer allows for transportation of the active agent to an exterior of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Casey Kopczynski, Cheng-Wen Lin, Chris Sutay
  • Patent number: 8450502
    Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for inhibiting angiogenesis, comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by Formula 1: (I) wherein R1 through R13 and X are as defined in the specification. Compounds used as an active ingredient in the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention bind to QP-C to provide effective prevention of angiogenesis and can be effectively used for prevention and/or treatment of angiogenesis-related diseases or disorders. Further, the active compounds of the present invention inhibit biological functions of QP-C, which consequently leads to inhibition of angiogenic responses without the risk of cellular apoptosis, thus significantly improving safety of the drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation Yonsei University
    Inventors: Ho Jeong Kwon, Hye Jin Jung
  • Publication number: 20130129677
    Abstract: Methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating viral infections, by administering certain thienopyridine derivative compounds in therapeutically effective amounts are disclosed. Methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are also disclosed. In particular, the treatment of viral infections such as caused by flavivirus is disclosed, i.e., including but not limited to, Dengue virus, West Nile virus, yellow fever virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, and tick-borne encephalitis virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: Siga Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Siga Technologies, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8445530
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I, wherein A, Y, Z, R3 to R6, R20 to R22 and R50 have the meanings indicated in the claims, which are valuable pharmaceutical active compounds. Specifically, they are inhibitors of the endothelial differentiation gene receptor 2 (Edg-2, EDG2), which is activated by lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) and is also termed as LPA1 receptor, and are useful for the treatment of diseases such as atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction and heart failure, for example. The invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of the compounds of the formula I, their use and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Matthias Schaefer, Josef Pernerstorfer, Dieter Kadereit, Hartmut Strobel, Werngard Czechtizky, L. Charlie Chen, Alena Safarova, Aleksandra Weichsel, Marcel Patek
  • Publication number: 20130123263
    Abstract: Benzopyran and benzoxepin compounds of Formulas I and II, and including stereoisomers, geometric isomers, tautomer solvates, metabolites and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are useful for inhibiting lipid kinases including p110 alpha and other isoforms of PI3K, and for treating disorders such as cancer mediated by lipid kinases. Methods of using compounds of Formulas I and II for in vitro, in situ, and in vivo diagnosis, prevention or treatment of such disorders in mammalian cells, or associated pathological conditions, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicants: F. HOFFMANN - LA ROCHE AG, GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: GENENTECH, INC., F. HOFFMANN - LA ROCHE AG
  • Publication number: 20130123265
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which modulate the activity of store-operated calcium (SOC) channels. Also described herein are methods of using such SOC channel modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases, disorders or conditions that would benefit from inhibition of SOC channel activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: CalciMedica, Inc.
    Inventors: Gonul Velicelebi, Kenneth A. Stauderman, Frank King, Yazhong Pei, Jeffrey P. Whitten
  • Publication number: 20130123242
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds represented by formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof useful for treating flaviviridae viral infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Canada) Incorporated
    Inventors: Laval Chan Chun Kong, Jean Bedard, Sanjoy Kumar Das, Nghe Nguyen-Ba, Oswy Z. Pereira, Thumkunta Jagadeeswar Reddy, Mohammad Arshad Siddiqui, Wuyi Wang, Constantin G. Yannopoulos
  • Patent number: 8440713
    Abstract: A [1]benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene compound expressed by General Formula (I): General Formula (I) where X and Y are each independently a hydrogen atom; a halogen atom; or a functional group having a straight or branched aliphatic alkyl group optionally having a halogen atom, a functional group having an alicyclic alkyl group optionally having a halogen atom, a functional group having a straight or branched aliphatic alkenyl group optionally having a halogen atom, a functional group having an alicyclic alkenyl group optionally having a halogen atom, a functional group having a carboxyl group, or a functional group having a thiol group, as a partial structure; and X and Y are the same or each independently different, provided that at least one of X and Y has a straight or branched aliphatic alkenyl group, an alicyclic alkenyl group, a carboxyl group or a thiol group, as a partial structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Goto, Masafumi Torii, Tamotsu Horiuchi, Tamotsu Aruga, Hiroshi Ikuno, Toshiya Sagisaka, Satoshi Yamamoto, Takeshi Orito, Masataka Mohri, Takashi Okada, Takuji Kato, Shinji Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8436041
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating various diseases, syndromes, conditions and disorders, including pain. Such compounds are represented by Formula I as follows: wherein Y, R1, R2, R3, R4, RA, and RB are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, NV
    Inventor: Jay M. Matthews
  • Publication number: 20130109677
    Abstract: Provided herein are multicyclic compounds, methods of their synthesis, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of their use. The compounds provided herein are useful for the treatment, prevention, and/or management of various neurological disorders, including but not limited to, psychosis and schizophrenia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicants: Psychogenics Inc., Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Liming Shao, John Emmerson Campbell, Michael Charles Hewitt, Una Campbell, Taleen G. Hanania
  • Publication number: 20130101667
    Abstract: The present application provides novel compounds and methods for preparing and using these compounds. These compounds are useful in treating pain, itch, overactive bladder and/or interstitial cystitis in patients by administering one or more of the compounds to a patient. The methods include administering a compound of formula (I) and a TRPV1 receptor activator. In one embodiment, the TRPV1 receptor activator is lidocaine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventor: Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8415347
    Abstract: This invention concerns novel substituted tetracyclic tetrahydrofuran, pyrrolidine and tetrahydrothiophene derivatives with binding affinities towards serotonin receptors, in particular 5-HT2A and 5-HT2C receptors, and towards dopamine receptors, in particular dopamine D2 receptors and with norepinephrine reuptake inhibition properties, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds according to the invention, the use thereof as a medicine, in particular for the prevention and/or treatment of a range of psychiatric and neurological disorders, in particular certain psychotic, cardiovascular and gastrokinetic disorders and processes for their production. The compounds according to the invention can be represented by general Formula (I) and comprises also the pharmaceutically acceptable acid or base addition salts thereof, the stereochemically isomeric forms thereof, the N-oxide form thereof and prodrugs thereof, wherein all substituents are defined as in Claim 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, NV
    Inventors: José Maria Cid-Núñez, Antonius Adrianus Hendrikus Petrus Megens, Andrés Avelino Trabanco-Suárez, Mohamed Koukni, Georges Joseph Cornelius Hoornaert, Frans Josef Cornelius Compernolle, Tomasz Kozlecki, Hua Mao, Sushil Chandra Jha, Francisco Javier Fernández-Gadea
  • Publication number: 20130085174
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of lipooxigenase inhibitors for treating acne, particularly inflammatory acne. The inventive lipooxigenase inhibitor can be used alone or in combination with other lipooxigenase inhibitors or anti-acne active agents in a pharmaceutically suitable composition, particularly through oral and/or local-topic application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Inventor: Christos C. Zouboulis
  • Patent number: 8404703
    Abstract: A combination of 2-acetoxy-5-(?-cyclopropylcarbonyl-2-fluorobenzyl)-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrothieno[3,2-c]pyridine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and aspirin, which possess excellent inhibitory activity against platelet aggregation and thrombogenesis, and is useful for preventing or treating diseases caused by thrombus or embolus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Fumitoshi Asai, Atsuhiro Sugidachi, Taketoshi Ogawa, Teruhiko Inoue
  • Publication number: 20130072473
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of Formulae (I), (IIa-IIh), (IIIa-IIIe), (IVa-IVc), (Va-V1), (VIa-VII), (VII), (VIII) and (IX), pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of use thereof in the treatment of conditions associated with a dysfunction in proteostasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Bradley Tait, Noel A. Powell, Matthew Cullen