C=o Bonded Directly To The Hetero Ring (x Is Chalcogen) Patents (Class 514/448)
  • Publication number: 20110257196
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds having anti-cancer activity, methods of making these compounds, and their use for treating cancer and drug-resistant tumors, e.g. melanoma, metastatic melanoma, drug resistant melanoma, prostate cancer and drug resistant prostate cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Yan Lu, Chien-Ming Li, Zhao Wang, Jianjun Chen, Wei Li, James T. Dalton, Duane D. Miller, Charles Duke, Sunjoo Ahn
  • Publication number: 20110257182
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of Formula (I), wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, Am and Bn are defined as in Formula (I); invention compounds are modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptors—subtype 4 (“mGluR4”) which are useful for the treatment or prevention of central nervous system disorders as well as other disorders modulated by mGluR4 receptors. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions and the use of such compounds in the manufacture of medicaments, as well as to the use of such compounds for the prevention and treatment of such diseases in which mGluR4 is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventor: Christelle Bolea
  • Patent number: 8039496
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound of the formula. Therapeutic methods, compositions, and medicaments for the treatment of glaucoma or ocular hypertension related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Old, Vinh X. Ngo
  • Publication number: 20110251162
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates to pathogenesis of MRSA. Specifically, the present disclosures identifies the pro-inflammatory properties of PVL as the cause of MRSA. Viewed from this new perspective, the present subject matter achieves novel methods and apparatus for treating MRSA infection in a subject involving the administration of an anti-inflammatory drug to the subject. Furthermore the present subject matter teaches methods and apparatus for treating a Panton-Valetine leukocidin associated infection in a subject involving the administration of an anti-inflammatory drug to the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
    Inventors: George Y. Liu, Ching Wen Tseng
  • Publication number: 20110218221
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds represented by formula (I) or composition comprising at least one of such compounds, which are inhibitors of histone deacetylase. The detailed description of these compounds is disclosed in the Description. These compounds and the composition comprising the same may be useful as medicaments for the treatment of proliferative disorders as well as other diseases involving, relating to or associated with enzymes having histone deacetylase (HDAC) activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicants: Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Central South University
    Inventors: Niefang Yu, Xiaoyu Liu, Xiaodong Hu
  • Publication number: 20110213003
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds of formula (I): wherein X1, X2, X3, R2, R4b, R1, and G have values as described in the specification, useful as inhibitors of HDAC6. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of proliferative, inflammatory, infectious, neurological or cardiovascular diseases or disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Blackburn, Kenneth M. Gigstad, He Xu
  • Publication number: 20110207739
    Abstract: A series of novel 1,2-disubstituted amido-anthraquinone derivatives, and the preparation method and application of said derivatives. Said application includes said derivatives with therapeutically effective amount being prepared into pharmaceutical compositions for inhibition of cancer cell growth, further treating cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventor: Hsu-Shan HUANG
  • Publication number: 20110190286
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds having a formula: Therapeutic methods, medicaments, and compositions related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: Yariv Donde, Jeremiah H. NGUYEN
  • Publication number: 20110184055
    Abstract: The invention provides well-defined amides for treating glaucoma and ocular hypertension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: David W. Old, Todd S. Gac
  • Patent number: 7985769
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds represented by formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof useful for treating flaviviridae viral infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals 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, Constanin Yannopoulos
  • Publication number: 20110178101
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to compounds having the formula: wherein: Ar, Z, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds have AT1 receptor antagonist activity and neprilysin inhibition activity. 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: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Paul R. Fatheree, Robert Murray McKinnell
  • Publication number: 20110178084
    Abstract: Compounds comprising or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof are disclosed, wherein a dashed line represents the presence or absence of a bond; and, wherein Y, A, R, D, and n are as described. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: David W. Old, Vinh X. Ngo
  • Patent number: 7981887
    Abstract: Compounds comprising Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, are disclosed, wherein J1, J2, U1, B, Y, and A are as described. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed, for treating glaucoma, inflammatory bowel disease and baldness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Old, Vinh X. Ngo
  • Publication number: 20110172299
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds represented by a formula: Therapeutic methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: Todd Gac, David W. Old
  • Patent number: 7977380
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds that inhibit the activity of plasma kallikrein (PK) and methods of preventing and treating the formation of thrombin during or after a PK dependent disease or condition, for example, after fibrinolysis treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Activesite Pharmaceticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Sukanto Sinha, Tamie Jo Chilcote
  • Publication number: 20110160194
    Abstract: An external preparation that effectively produces the anti-inflammatory analgesic effect of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory analgesic agent, and reduces skin irritation on the application site of the preparation and has an excellent effect on pain associated with inflammation such as chronic rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and also lumbago is provided. The external preparation includes a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory analgesic agent and oxybuprocaine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The external preparation includes the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory analgesic agent at a content of 0.1 to 10 wt % based on the total weight of the formulation and oxybuprocaine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof at a content of 0.01 to 60 wt % based on the total weight of the formulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: TEIKOKU SEIYAKU CO., LTD
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Inoo, Mitsuhiro Kawada
  • Publication number: 20110160207
    Abstract: A compound of Formula I and enantiomers, diastereomers and pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of Formula I, and methods of treating conditions associated with the activity of p38 kinase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Stephen T. Wrobleski, Jagabandhu Das, T.G. Murali Dhar, Alaric J. Dyckman, John Hynes, Katerina Leftheris, James Lin, Shuqun Lin
  • Publication number: 20110152328
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is method of treating glaucoma or ocular hypertension comprising administering a prostaglandin agonist and a second therapeutically active agent to a mammal in need thereof, wherein said second therapeutically active agent is selected from: ?-Blockers, Adrenergic Agonists, non-selective adrenergic agonists, ?2-selective adrenergic agonists, Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors, Cholinergic Agonists, direct acting cholinergic agonists, chlolinesterase inhibitors, Glutamate Antagonists, Ca2+ channel blockers, Prostamides, Prostaglandins, Cannabinoids, and combinations thereof. Compositions and medicaments containing a combination of these two active agents are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Scott M. Whitcup, Robert M. Burk, David W. Old, Yariv Donde, Wha-Bin Im, Mark A. Holoboski
  • Patent number: 7964595
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound according to one of the formulas wherein R is Additionally, pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of treating disease, medicaments, and compositions related thereto, are further elaborated herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent A. Johnson, David W.. Old, Yariv Donde, Robert M. Burk
  • Patent number: 7964634
    Abstract: Compounds having a structure are disclosed herein. Compositions, methods, and medicaments related to the therapeutic use of these compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Yariv Donde, Jeremiah H. Nguyen, Mark Holoboski, Mari Posner, Robert M. Burk
  • Publication number: 20110144189
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds having the formula: salts thereof; compositions comprising one or more of the compounds and/or salts thereof; methods of using; and methods of making.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: CYTOKINE PHARMASCIENCES, INC.
    Inventor: Thais SIELECKI-DZURDZ
  • Patent number: 7960378
    Abstract: Compounds comprising or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof, are disclosed, wherein Y, A, R1, R2, Z, and G are as described. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Holoboski, Robert M. Burk, Mari Posner
  • Patent number: 7960431
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound according to one of the formulas or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, medicaments for the treatment of glaucoma or ocular hypertension and compositions related thereto, as further elaborated herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent A. Johnson, David W. Old, Yariv Donde, Robert M. Burk
  • Publication number: 20110136831
    Abstract: An N-2-(hetero)arylethylcarboxamide derivative represented by the formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom etc., R3 and R4 are each independently a hydrogen atom etc., each Y is independently a halogen atom; a (C1-C6)alkyl group optionally substituted by halogen atom(s) etc., n is an integer of 1 to 5, A is a specific substituted cyclic group, E is C—H; C—Y (Y is as defined above); or a nitrogen atom, a salt thereof, and a pest controlling agent containing the derivative or salt as an active ingredient show superior performance as compared to the prior art technique, and are is useful particularly as plant disease controlling agents or nematocides having a broad control spectrum at a low dose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Masatsugu Oda, Yoshihiro Matsuzaki, Koji Tanaka, Eiji Takizawa, Motohiro Haseba, Nobutaka Kuroki, Akiyuki Suwa, Kenji Oshima
  • Publication number: 20110136816
    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 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: CalciMedica, Inc.
    Inventors: Gonul Velicelebi, Kenneth A. Stauderman, Jeffrey P. Whitten, Yazhong Pei, Jianguo Cao, Zhijun Wang, Evan Rogers, Brian Dyck, Jonathan Grey
  • Patent number: 7956051
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds useful in treating glaucoma, inflammatory bowel disease, the stimulation of hair growth, and the stimulation of the conversion of vellus hair to terminal hair. The compounds themselves are herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Old, Danny T. Dinh
  • Patent number: 7947732
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound having a formula therapeutic methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Old, Vinh X. Ngo
  • Publication number: 20110118303
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds derived from taurine with non-steroidal anti inflammatory activity. In a first embodiment, the present invention relates to compounds derived from taurine, in which taurine is bound directly by means of an amide bond or through an spacing group, to a compound selected from the group of non-steroidal anti inflammatory compounds, cited as derived from taurine presenting the Formula (I): in which R means the component with non-steroidal anti inflammatory activity. In a second embodiment, the invention provides a process for obtaining the compounds of Formula (I) by reaction of taurine with a compound belonging to the group of non-steroidal anti inflammatory (NSAIs), in order to obtain a compound derived from taurine by direct bond or through a spacing group of the taurine to the NSAI. The invention also relates to the pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one compound derived from taurine presenting non-steroidal anti inflammatory activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicants: EMS S.A., Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio De Mesquita Filho - UNESP
    Inventors: Ednir de Oliveira Vizioli, Chung Man Chin, Renato Farina Menegon, Lorena Blau, Jean Leandro Dos Santos, Maria do Carmo Longo
  • Publication number: 20110118243
    Abstract: The invention provides dosage forms for the delivery of one or more non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to equines. The dosage forms are palatable, desirable, and easy to administer with little or no mess or waste. The dosage form can be a cookie that includes one or more grain products, one or more protein products, one or more flavoring agents, or a combination thereof. The dosage form also includes a therapeutically effective amount of one or more non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, for example, for the treatment of joint deterioration, swelling and inflammation, founder, fever, laminitis, or a combination thereof. The drug can be phenylbutazone or firocoxib and the dosage unit can be conveniently hand-fed to the horse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventor: Lynn Chambers
  • Patent number: 7943654
    Abstract: There are provided thieno[2,3-c]pyrazole derivatives of formula (I), wherein A is an aryl or heteroaryl ring, on which the substituent-NHZR5 is at the ortho position to the CONH linker; R1 and R2 are the same or different and, independently from each other, represent a hydrogen atom or an organic group; R4 is a hydrogen or halogen atom or an organic group; Z is direct bond, >C?O, or —C(?O)NH—; R5 is hydrogen or an organic group; or isomers, tautomers, carriers, metabolites, prodrugs, and pharamaceutically acceptable salts thereof. A process for their preparation and pharamaceutical compositions comprising them are also disclosed; the compounds of the invention may be useful, in theraphy, in the treatment of diseases associated with a disregulated protein kinase activity, like cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Nerviano Medical Sciences S.R.L.
    Inventors: Daniele Fancelli, Jurgen Moll, Maurizio Pulici, Francesca Quartieri, Tizizno Bandiera
  • Patent number: 7943603
    Abstract: Novel methods for the medical treatment and/or inhibition of the development of osteoporosis, breast cancer, hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia or atherosclerosis in susceptible warm-blooded animals including humans involving administration of selective estrogen receptor modulator particularly compounds having the general structure: and an amount of a sex steroid precursor selected from the group consisting of dehydroepiandrosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, androst-5-ene-3?,17?-diol and compounds converted in vivo to one of the foregoing precursor. Further administration of bisphosphonates in combination with selective estrogen receptor modulators and/or sex steroid precursor is disclosed for the medical treatment and/or inhibition of the development of osteoporosis. Pharmaceutical compositions for delivery of active ingredient(s) and kit(s) useful to the invention are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Endorecherche, Inc.
    Inventor: Fernand Labrie
  • 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: 20110092496
    Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (I) (wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the description), a tautomer, prodrug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound or a solvate thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuaki MIYAJI, Kazufumi Yanagihara, Yukihiro Shigeta, Shunsuke Iwamoto, Masato Horikawa, Yutaka Hirokawa, Shingo Owada, Satoshi Nakano, Hirofumi Ota, Norihisa Ishiwata
  • Publication number: 20110065757
    Abstract: We have identified classes of kallikrein inhibitors as compounds that are useful in the reduction of vascular permeability (e.g., retinal vascular permeability and cerebral vascular permeability) and astrocyte activation. Diseases and conditions associated with increased vascular permeability include diabetic retinopathy, hemorrhagic stroke, and macular edema. Diseases and conditions associated with astrocyte activation include Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, stroke, epilepsy, and brain trauma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicants: JOSKIN DIABETES CENTER, ACTIVESITE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Lloyd P. Aiello, Tamie Jo Chilcote, Sukanto Sinha, Edward P. Feener
  • Patent number: 7906553
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula (I) having the structure: where A, J, R1, R4, Z and X are described herein; 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: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: 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: 20110059939
    Abstract: Compounds comprising formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a dashed line represent the presence or absence of a double bond, are disclosed, wherein J1, J2, U1, B, Y, and A are as described in claims 1-12. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed, for treating glaucoma, inflammatory bowel disease and baldness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: ALLERGAN ,INC
    Inventors: David W. Old, Vinh X. Ngo
  • Publication number: 20110059967
    Abstract: Compounds comprising Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, are disclosed, wherein J1, J2, U1, B, Y, and A are as described in claims 1-16. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed, for treating glaucoma, inflammatory bowel disease and baldness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: Allergan Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Old, Vinh X. Ngo
  • Publication number: 20110053939
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one compound of e.g. the formulas (Ie) and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier which is useful in a medicine wherein the symbols and substituents have the following meaning—X— is e.g. and Y is e.g. or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters or amides and prodrugs of the above identified compounds can be applied to modulate the in-vitro and in-vivo binding processes mediated by E-, P- or L-selectin binding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: REVOTAR BIOPHARMACEUTICALS AG
    Inventors: Ewald M. AYDT, Remo Kranich
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20110034424
    Abstract: Provided is a method for the long term treatment of a condition or disease which is one of the indications for NSAID use in a human patient, which comprises administering to the patient a pharmaceutically effective amount of a NSAID and at least 36 mcg per day of cobiprostone or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, ether or amide. By administering cobiprostone or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, ether or amide in combination with a NSAID, the patient can receive the NSAID for longer time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: SUCAMPO AG
    Inventor: Ryuji Ueno
  • Patent number: 7884092
    Abstract: Novel methods for the medical treatment and/or inhibition of the development of osteoporosis, breast cancer, hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia or atherosclerosis in susceptible warm-blooded animals including humans involving administration of selective estrogen receptor modulator particularly compounds having the general structure: and an amount of a sex steroid precursor selected from the group consisting of dehydroepiandrosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, androst-5-ene-3?,17?-diol and compounds converted in vivo to one of the foregoing precursor. Further administration of bisphosphonates in combination with selective estrogen receptor modulators and/or sex steroid precursor is disclosed for the medical treatment and/or inhibition of the development of osteoporosis. Pharmaceutical compositions for delivery of active ingredient(s) and kit(s) useful to the invention are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Endorecherche, Inc.
    Inventor: Fernand Labrie
  • Publication number: 20110028462
    Abstract: A method of treating atherosclerosis and related conditions using compounds of formula I: as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates is disclosed. The compounds are useful for treating dyslipidemias, and in particular, reducing serum LDL, VLDL and triglycerides, and raising HDL levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Steven L. Colletti, Jason E. Imbriglio, Richard Thomas Beresis, Jessica Leslie Frie
  • Publication number: 20110021528
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to certain hydroxamate derivatives that are useful in the treatment of hepatitis C. These compounds are also inhibitors of histone deacetylase and are therefore useful in the treatment of diseases associated with histone deacetylase activity. Pharmaceutical compositions and processes for preparing these compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: PHARMACYCLICS, INC.
    Inventors: Erik J. Verner, Martin Sendzik, Chitra Baskaran, Joseph J. Buggy, James Robinson
  • Publication number: 20110021571
    Abstract: The disclosures herein relate generally to acyloxyalkyl carbamate prodrugs of (±)-4-amino-3-(4-chlorophenyl)butanoic acid and analogs thereof, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, methods of making prodrugs of (±)-4-amino-3-(4-chlorophenyl)butanoic acid and analogs thereof, methods of using prodrugs of (±)-4-amino-3-(4-chlorophenyl)butanoic acid and analogs thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof for treating or preventing common diseases and/or disorders such as spasticity and/or acid reflux disease. The disclosures herein also relate to acyloxyalkyl carbamate prodrugs of (±)-4-amino-3-(4-chlorophenyl)butanoic acid and analogs thereof which are suitable for oral administration and to sustained release oral dosage forms thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: XenoPort, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Gallop, Fenmei Yao, Maria J. Ludwikow, Thu Phan, Ge Peng
  • Publication number: 20110014186
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I): said compound is inhibitor of MMP-2, and/or MMP-8, and/or MMP-9, and/or MMP-12 and/or MMP-13, and thus can be employed for the treatment of a disorder or disease characterized by abnormal activity of MMP-2, and/or MMP-8, and/or MMP-9, and/or MMP-12 and/or MMP-13. Accordingly, the compound of formula (I) can be used in treatment of disorders or diseases mediated by MMP-2, and/or MMP-8, and/or MMP-9, and/or MMP-12, and/or MMP-13. Finally, the present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Claus Ehrhardt, Leslie Wighton McQuire, Pascal Rigollier, Olivier Rogel, Michael Shultz, Ruben Alberto Tommasi
  • Patent number: 7872026
    Abstract: Novel ligand compounds having the structural formula (I): in which: Ar is a radical selected from among the radical of formulae (a) to (c) below: are formulated into pharmaceutical compositions suited for administration in human or veterinary medicine, or, alternatively, into cosmetic compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Galderma Research & Development
    Inventors: Thibaud Biadatti, Olivier Roye
  • Publication number: 20110009457
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising at least one aminobenzamide compound or a salt thereof for controlling animal parasites, veterinary pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one aminobenzamide of formula (I) for preventing infection with diseases transmitted through parasites, its use for the preparation of a veterinary pharmaceutical for controlling animal parasites, and a method for preventing infection with diseases transmitted through parasites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Görgens, Katsuaki Wada, Yukiyoshi Watanabe, Jun Mihara, Koichi Araki
  • Publication number: 20100311700
    Abstract: A transdermal preparation for external use which contains a photosensitive NSAID and a UV blocker having a high ability to migrate into the skin. Thus, it becomes possible to ensure, in a transdermal preparation for external use containing a NSAID, the inhibition of the onset of light-induced non-immunological or immunological skin symptoms by the above-described component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Yoshitake, Kenji Atarashi, Tetsuji Kuwahara, Koichi Ikesue, Michinori Sakai, Yoshiaki Hashimoto, Kiyomi Tsuruda
  • Publication number: 20100305165
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are thiocolchicine derivatives suitable for use as muscle relaxants, methods of making the derivatives, and compositions comprising the derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventor: Rajesh Manchanda
  • Publication number: 20100286103
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds that are useful as immunosuppressive agents and for treating and preventing inflammatory conditions, allergic disorders, and immune disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventor: Shoujun Chen