Bicyclo Ring System Having The Hetero Ring As One Of The Cyclos Patents (Class 514/469)
  • Publication number: 20090012107
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds which exhibit antiviral activity against a plurality of viruses belonging to different families such as Bornaviridae, Filoviridae, Paramyxoviridae, Rhabdoviridae, Arenaviridae, Bunyaviridae, Orthomyxoviridae, and Poxviridae. Thus, methods of preventing, inhibiting, or reducing the viral activity of various viruses are provided as well as methods of treating viral infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Mohammad Javad Aman, Sina Bavari, James C. Burnett, Kelly Lyn Warfield
  • Patent number: 7470799
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I are provided: wherein each of R1, R2, y, m, n, and Ar are as defined, and described in classes and subclasses herein, which are agonists or partial agonists of melatoninergic receptors. The compounds, and compositions containing the compounds, can be used to treat melatoninergic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Gary Paul Stack, Jonathan Laird Gross
  • Publication number: 20080318931
    Abstract: A method and a composition for the treatment of an Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) or intestine polyposes is described. The method includes the local administration to the colon of a therapeutically effective amount of at least one Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) or at least one tricyclic antidepressant (TCA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Moshe Arkin, Irit Gil-Ad, Avraham Weizman, Liat Lomnitski, Eilon Asculai, Amira Zeevi
  • Publication number: 20080317883
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for the treatment of depression comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of one or more carbamate compounds of Formula 1 and/or Formula 2 as herein defined and shown below for the treatment of depression. The present invention is directed to a method for the treatment of depression, which includes mono-therapy and alternatively, co-therapy with at least one additional antidepressant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Yong Moon Choi, Robert Gordon, Magali Haas, Ewa Malatynska
  • Publication number: 20080312286
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds which are potentiators of metabotropic glutamate receptors, including the mGluR2 receptor, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Anthony B. Pinkerton, Jean-Michel Vernier, Rowena Cube, John Hutchinson, Celine Bonnefous, Theodore Kamenecka
  • Publication number: 20080312241
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are related to novel therapeutic drugs, drug combinations, and associated methods for treating or preventing pulmonary disease, including pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary fibrosis, asthma and COPD, and heart failure, together with other pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases and their complications. More particularly, aspects of the present invention are related to the use of cicletanine and ruboxistaurin as monotherapies or in combination with other agents for treatment of disease. Cicletanine may be used as pure (+) or (?) enantiomers or as a racemic or non-racemic mixture of those enantiomers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn V. Cornett, James Page, Wayne A. Jones, Karen Page
  • Publication number: 20080312318
    Abstract: The present application describes deuterium-enriched escitalopram, pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, and methods of treating using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: PROTIA, LLC
    Inventor: Anthony W. Czarnik
  • Publication number: 20080306041
    Abstract: The invention describes compositions and kits comprising at least one cardiovascular compound comprising at least one heterocyclic nitric oxide donor group, and, optionally, at least one nitric oxide enhancing compound and/or at least one therapeutic agent. The invention also provides methods for (a) treating cardiovascular diseases; (b) treating renovascular diseases; (c) treating diabetes; (d) treating diseases resulting from oxidative stress; (e) treating endothelial dysfunctions; (f) treating diseases caused by endothelial dysfunctions; (g) treating cirrhosis; (h) treating pre-eclampsia; (j) treating osteoporosis; (k) treating nephropathy; (l) treating peripheral vascular diseases; (m) treating portal hypertension and (n) treating ophthalmic disorders. The cardiovascular compounds are preferably ?-adrenergic antagonists, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, anti-hyperlipidemic compounds, and antithrombotic and vasodilator compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventor: David S. Garvey
  • Publication number: 20080299089
    Abstract: It relates to an endogenous repair factor production accelerator which comprises one or at least two selected from prostaglandin (PG) 12 agonist, EP2 agonist and EP4 agonist. Since prostaglandin (PG) 12 agonist, EP2 agonist or EP4 agonist has various endogenous repair factor production accelerating action, angiogenesis acceleration action and stem cell differentiation induction action, it is useful as preventive and/or therapeutic agents for ischemic organ diseases (e.g., arteriosclerosis obliterans, Buerger disease, Raynaud disease, myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, diabetic neuropathy, spinal canal stenosis, cerebrovascular accidents, cerebral infarction, pulmonary hypertension, bone fracture, Alzheimer disease, etc.) and various cell and organ diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiki SAKAI, Akio Nishiura, Teppei Ogata
  • Publication number: 20080293684
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds which are potentiators of metabotropic glutamate receptors, including the mGluR2 receptor, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Anthony B Pinkerton, Jean-Michel Vernier, Rowena V. Cube, John H. Hutchinson, Dehua Huang, Celine Bonnefous, Steven P. Govak, Theodore Kamenecka
  • Publication number: 20080287489
    Abstract: This invention relates to potent potassium channel blocker compounds of Formula I or a formulation thereof for the treatment of glaucoma and other conditions which leads to elevated intraocular pressure in the eye of a patient. This invention also relates to the use of such compounds to provide a neuroprotective effect to the eye of mammalian species, particularly humans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Dong-Ming Shen, James B. Doherty
  • Publication number: 20080286282
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition, a kit and a method for treating cancer and/or a method for inhibiting angiogenesis, comprising a sulfonamide compound in combination with Bevacizumab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: Eisai R & D Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taro Semba, Naoko Hata, Yoichi Ozawa, Takashi Owa
  • Publication number: 20080280976
    Abstract: The present invention is related to an alcohol compound isolated from the extract of Cucurbitaceae family plant having anti-adipogenic and anti-obesity activity, and a composition comprising the same. The compound showed potent reducing activity of body weight, decreasing effect on the blood triglyceride and cholesterol level, activating activity of PPAR ? and preventing activity from the adipogenesis of precursor fat cells with no toxicity, therefore, those extract can be useful in treating or preventing obesity and adipogenesis-involved diseases as a medicine or health care food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: HELIXIR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Mi Rim JIN, Jae Ha RYU, Hyoun Jeong CHOI, Hyun Jin JUNG, Kyoung Chul PARK, Sun Young KIM
  • Publication number: 20080280908
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to novel melatonin analogues or naphthyl(ethyl)acetamides, their derivatives, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and hydrates thereof. This disclosure also provides compositions comprising a compound of this disclosure and the use of such compositions in methods of treating diseases and conditions that are beneficially treated by administering a dual melatoninergic agonist and serotoninergic antagonist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: CONCERT PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
    Inventors: Julie F. Liu, Roger Tung
  • Publication number: 20080274058
    Abstract: Benzofuran compounds which contain at least one detectable label selected from the group consisting of 131I, 123I, 124I, 125I, 76Br, 75Br, 18F, 19F, 11C, 13C, 14C and 3H are provided as amyloid imaging agents for detecting brain amyloid deposits as well as other amyloidogenic peptides associated with systemic or localized amyloidosis. Additionally, the compounds are useful for determining if patients, presenting with clinically confusing cases of dementia or presenting with mild cognitive impairment, have Alzheimer's disease. The compounds are additionally useful as surrogate markers for monitoring the efficacy of anti-amyloidosis therapies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: William E. Klunk, Chester A. Mathis
  • Publication number: 20080261993
    Abstract: Certain novel 3-(dihaloalkenyl)phenyl derivatives have unexpected insecticidal activity. These compounds are represented by formula (I), where R through R5, a, b, D, E, G and U are fully described herein. In addition, compositions comprising an insecticidally effective amount of at least one compound of formula (I), and optionally, an effective amount of at least one of second compound, with at least one insecticidally compatible carrier are also disclosed; along with methods of controlling insects comprising applying said compositions to a locus where insects are present or are expected to be present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Edward J. Barron, Y. Larry Zhang, Frank J. Zawacki, John W. Lyga, George Theodoridis
  • Patent number: 7439374
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula 1, wherein the variables Ar, A1, A2, A3, A4, R5, R6, R7, V, W, X, and Y are defined herein. Certain compounds of Formula 1 described herein possess potent antiviral activity. The invention also provides compounds of Formula 1 that are potent and/or selective inhibitors of Hepatitis C virus replication. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more compounds of Formula 1, or a salt, solvate, or acylated prodrug of such compounds, and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, excipients, or diluents. The invention further comprises methods of treating patients suffering from certain infectious diseases by administering to such patients an amount of a compound of Formula 1 effective to reduce signs or symptoms of the disease. These infectious diseases include viral infections, particularly HCV infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Thurkauf, Dawei Chen, Avinash Phadke, Shouming Li, Milind Deshpande
  • Publication number: 20080255229
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are parenteral solutions containing 3-diethylaminoethoxy benzoyl-benzofurans, such as amiodarone, in a diluent NNDMA (N,N-Dimethylacetamide) useful in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias both supraventricular, ventricular as well as, the condition of cardiac arrest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: John Charin Somberg, Vasant V. Ranade
  • Publication number: 20080255221
    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: November 14, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: PHARMACYCLICS, INC.
    Inventors: Erik J. Verner, Hon C. Hui
  • Publication number: 20080255230
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is compound having a formula as described herein. Therapeutic methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Ken Chow, Wenkui K. Fang, Evelyn G. Corpuz, Daniel W. Gil, Michael E. Garst
  • Publication number: 20080249082
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the treatment of compulsive, impulsive and pervasive developmental disorders. More particularly, the methods described herein comprise administration of memantine to an individual suffering from such a disorder in an amount effective to relieve one or more symptoms of said disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
    Inventor: Eric Hollander
  • Publication number: 20080234356
    Abstract: The present invention a method of treating anxiety by administering compounds that are active on the GABAB receptor, having formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined in the specification and claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Parichehr Malherbe, Raffaello Masciadri, Roger David Norcross, Eric Prinssen
  • Publication number: 20080221194
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of Formula (1) for use in modulating potassium channel activity in cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Andrew J. Harvey, Jonathan B. Baell, Heike Wulff
  • Publication number: 20080221191
    Abstract: A method of treating a Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a subject in need thereof by administering to the subject an effective amount of a cationic substituted benzofuran compound. Methods of treating microbial infections, including infections from protozoan pathogens, such as Leishmania donovani, Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, a Trypanosoma cruzi, and Plasmodium falciparum, and fungal pathogens, such as Candida albicans, Aspergillus fumigatus, and Cryptococcus neoformans, in a subject in need thereof by administering to the subject an effective amount of a cationic substituted benzofuran compound. Methods of synthesizing novel cationic substituted benzofuran compounds and the novel compounds themselves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Richard R. Tidwell, Karl Werbovetz, Scott Gary Franzblau, Svetlana Bakunova, Stanislav Bakunov
  • Patent number: 7420069
    Abstract: Crystalline particles of escitalopram oxalate with a particle size of at least 40 ?m is disclosed. Method for the manufacture of said crystalline particles and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said crystalline particles are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: H. Lundbeck A/S
    Inventors: Troels Volsgaard Christensen, Ken Liljegren, Michiel Onne Elema, Lene Andresen, Shashank Mahashabde, Sebastian P. Assenza
  • Patent number: 7420000
    Abstract: Aminophosphonate and amino bisphosphonate compounds and methods for their preparation are provided. Also provided are pharmaceutical and agricultural compositions containing the compounds. The compounds and compositions are useful in methods for treatment of various diseases, including, inflammation, autoimmune disease, cardiovascular disease, bacterial infection, viral disease, abnormal cell proliferation, bone resorption disease, osteoporosis, or parasitic disease and in various agricultural methods, including, methods of eradicating weeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: University of Southern California
    Inventor: Nicos A. Petasis
  • Patent number: 7420001
    Abstract: The present invention relates to biaryl sulfonamides and their use as, for example, metalloproteinase inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Jeremy Ian Levin, Thomas Saltmarsh Rush, III, Frank Lovering, Yonghan Hu, Jianchang Li, Wei Li, Jun Jun Wu, Rajeev Hotchandani, Jason Shaoyun Xiang, Xuemei Du, Derek Cecil Cole, Steve Yikkai Tam
  • Patent number: 7420066
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel heterocycles of formula (I), processes for their preparation and their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment or prophylaxis of disorders, especially of hyperproliferative disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Chengzhi Zhang, Jacques Dumas, Gaetan H. Ladouceur, Qian Zhao, Martin F. Hentemann, Sharad K. Verma, Qingming Zhu, Rico C. Lavoie, Jianmei Fan, Barton Phillips
  • Patent number: 7420068
    Abstract: The present invention discloses crystalline particles of escitalopram oxalate which either have a broad particle size distribution or comprise at least 0.01% (w/w) of Z-4-(4-dimethylamino-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-but-1-enyl)-3-hydroxymethyl-benzonitrile, said particles being suitable for use in direct compression. Furthermore, the invention discloses a novel pharmaceutical unit dosage form containing such crystalline particles of escitalopram oxalate as well as methods for manufacture of such crystalline particles of escitalopram oxalate Finally, the invention provides a method for reduction of the amount of hydroxyl containing impurities in a solution of citalopram or escitalopram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: H. Lundbeck A/S
    Inventors: Kim Bojstrup Jensen, Rikke Eva Humble, Ken Liljegren, Troels Volsgaard Christensen
  • Patent number: 7417158
    Abstract: A method of treating a Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a subject in need thereof by administering to the subject an effective amount of a cationic substituted benzofuran compound. Methods of treating microbial infections, including infections from protozoan pathogens, such as Leishmania donovani, Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, a Trypanosoma cruzi, and Plasmodium falciparum, and fungal pathogens, such as Candida albicans, Aspergillus fumigatus, and Cryptococcus neoformans, in a subject in need thereof by administering to the subject an effective amount of a cationic substituted benzofuran compound. Methods of synthesizing novel cationic substituted benzofuran compounds and the novel compounds themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Richard R. Tidwell, Karl Werbovetz, Scott Gary Franzblau, Svetlana Bakunova, Stanislav Bakunov
  • Publication number: 20080200541
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are provided: wherein each of R1, R1?, R2, R3, R4, n, and Ar are as defined, and described in classes and subclasses herein, which are agonists or partial agonists of the 2C subtype of brain serotonin receptors. The compounds, and compositions containing the compounds, can be used to treat a variety of central nervous system disorders such as schizophrenia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: Wyeth
    Inventors: Jonathan Laird Gross, Gary Paul Stack, Dahui Zhou, Hong Gao
  • Publication number: 20080200458
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods of treating, managing and preventing body composition disorders, and to compounds and pharmaceutical compositions useful in such methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Joseph Barbosa, Simon D.P. Baugh, Qiang Han, Victoria K. Lombardo, Huy Van Nguyen, Praveen K. Pabba, Kristen M. Terranova
  • Publication number: 20080200540
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions containing such compounds and the uses of such compounds as antiparasitic agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: PFIZER LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen Paul Gibson, Christelle Lauret
  • Publication number: 20080200449
    Abstract: Treprostinil can be administered using a metered dose inhaler. Such administration provides a greater degree of autonomy to patients. Also disclosed are kits that include a metered dose inhaler containing a pharmaceutical formulation containing treprostinil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Horst Olschewski, Robert Roscigno, Lewis J. Rubin, Thomas Schmehl, Werner Seeger, Carl Sterritt, Robert Voswinckel
  • Publication number: 20080194586
    Abstract: Fused aromatic compounds of Formula (I) are PPAR gamma agonists or partial agonists and are useful in the treatment or control of type II diabetes, including hyperglycemia, dylipidermia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, and obesity that are often associated with type 2 diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Harold B. Wood, Peter T. Meinke, Guo Q. Shi, Yong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20080194650
    Abstract: The invention provides well-defined aryl fluoroethyl ureas that are useful as selective alpha2 adrenergic agonists. As such, the compounds described herein are useful in treating a wide variety of disorders associated with modulation of alpha2 adrenergic receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Ken Chow, Wenkui K. Fang, Evelyn G. Corpuz, Daniel W. Gil, Michael E. Garst
  • Publication number: 20080188526
    Abstract: A subject-matter of the present invention is pharmaceutical compositions comprising, in combination, at least one active ingredient chosen from (S)-(?)-N-[4-(4-acetamido-4-phenylpiperidin-1-yl)-2-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)butyl]-N-methylbenzamide and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and at least one second active ingredient chosen from (S)-(+)-1-[4-(3-(dimethylamino)propyl)]-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,3-dihydro-2-benzofuran-5-carbonitrile and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: Guy Griebel, Caroline Cohen, Caroline Louis, Lisa Ann Arvanitis
  • Publication number: 20080182895
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of decreasing the frequency of emergence, decreasing the level of resistance, and delaying the emergence of a treatment-resistant Hepatitis C viral infection, by administering to a subject, either in combination or in series, an inhibitor of the Hepatitis C RNA-dependent RNA polymerase NS5B, e.g., a benzofuran, such as 5-cyclopropyl-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-6-[(2-hydroxyethyl)(methylsulfonyl)amino]-N-methyl-1-benzofuran-3-carboxamide (HCV-796), and at least one additional anti-Hepatitis C agent, e.g., a ribavirin product or an immunomodulator, such as an interferon product. Additionally, the invention relates to methods of monitoring the course of treatment of a Hepatitis C viral infection, methods of monitoring and prognosing a Hepatitis C viral infection, and methods of identifying an individual with a decreased likelihood of responding to an anti-Hepatitis C viral therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Anita Y.M. Howe, Rajiv Chopra
  • Publication number: 20080181930
    Abstract: The present invention concerns implantable ocular devices for the sustained release of medication to the eye, and methods for manufacturing and using such devices. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a device comprising: (a) a body comprising a matrix of a prostaglandin and a silicone; (b) a parylene coating on the outer surface of the body; and (c) one or more pores extending from the outer surface of the parylene coating to the outer surface of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: ALCON RESEARCH, LTD.
    Inventors: Theron R. Rodstrom, Larry Smith, Youqin Tian, David Allen Marsh, Alan L. Weiner, Shivalik Bakshi
  • Patent number: 7405311
    Abstract: This invention provides a class of therapeutic compounds and methods for the treatment of mammals with physiological disorders, such as for example a frequently occurring type of essential hypertension, which are critically associated with the decreased binding of magnesium to the plasma membranes of their cells. These methods consist of administering to a mammal in need of such treatment a compound selected from a series of disubstituted trans, trans 1,3-butadienes, 1,3-disubstituted perhydrobutadienes, 1,2-disubstituted trans ethylenes and 1,2 disubstituted ethanes and disubstituted propanes, each of which embodies, in common, the unique structural feature essential for the biological activity of these compounds. This invention also provides for pharmaceutical formulations that employ these novel compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Magnesium Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventor: Ibert Clifton Wells
  • Publication number: 20080176937
    Abstract: The present invention includes the discovery of a novel polymorphic form of sodium mycophenolate (MPS) and processes for its formation. Furthermore, the present invention also includes a process to efficiently and cleanly convert the novel polymorphic form to known Form M2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Chad Glass, Rudolf Kubela
  • Publication number: 20080176280
    Abstract: This invention relates to the field of biotechnology or genetic engineering. Specifically, this invention relates to the field of gene expression. More specifically, this invention relates to a novel ecdysone receptor/chimeric retinoid X receptor-based inducible gene expression system and methods of modulating gene expression in a host cell for applications such as gene therapy, large-scale production of proteins and antibodies, cell-based high throughput screening assays, functional genomics and regulation of traits in transgenic organisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Marianna Zinovjevna Kapitskaya, Subba Reddy Palli
  • Patent number: 7396857
    Abstract: Therapeutic combinations useful in the treatment or prevention of depression or other mood disorders, to pharmaceutical compositions containing said combinations, and to their use in the treatment or prophylaxis of depression or other mood disorders are provided. Such compounds are of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein each of R1, R2, R3, n, y, and Ar are as defined and described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Janet Jandura, Sharon Rosenzweig-Lipson
  • Publication number: 20080161388
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the crystalline base of the well known antidepressant drug escitalopram, S-1-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,3-dihydro-5-isobenzo-furancarbonitrile, formulations of said base, a process for the preparation of purified salts of escitalopram, such as the oxalate, using the base, the salts obtained by said process and formulations containing such salts, and a process for the preparation of purified escitalopram free base or salts of escitalopram, such as the oxalate, using the hydrobromide, the salts obtained by said process and formulations containing such salts. Finally the present invention relates to an orodispersible tablet having a hardness of at least 22 N and an oral-disintegration time of less than 120 s and comprising an active pharmaceutical ingredient adsorbed onto a water soluble filler wherein the active pharmaceutical ingredient has a melting point in the range of 40-100° C., as well as a method for making such an orodispersible tablet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: H. LUNDBECK A/S
    Inventors: Robert Dancer, Hans Petersen, Ole Nielsen, Michael Harold Rock, Helle Eliasen, Ken Liljegren
  • Publication number: 20080153877
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for using at least one histone deacetylase inhibitor to decrease cellular DNA repair activity, methods for monitoring the decrease of cellular DNA repair activity using at least one biomarker, methods of treating cancer by using at least one histone deacetylase inhibitor to decrease cellular DNA repair activity in combination therapy, methods of combination therapy where at least one histone deacetylase inhibitor interferes with a DNA repairing mechanism involving RAD51, methods for predicting a induction time period between a first administration of at least one histone deacetylase inhibitor and a second administration of at least one other therapeutic treatment, and pharmaceutical compositions for combination therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: PHARMACYCLICS, INC.
    Inventors: Shanthi ADIMOOLAM, Joseph J. BUGGY, Darren MAGDA, Richard MILLER
  • Publication number: 20080153832
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a relaxant and a pan-alpha-2 receptor agonist. The composition is effective for treating gastrointestinal motility disorders, and methods of treating such disorders using the composition and compounds comprising it are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Gregory F. Brooks, Daniel W. Gil
  • Publication number: 20080139645
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid pharmaceutical composition for oral administration characterized in that it comprises a benzofuran derivative with antiarrhythmic activity, or one of the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as an active principle, and a pharmaceutically acceptable nonionic hydrophilic surfactant optionally in combination with one or more pharmaceutical excipients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: Bernard ABRAMOVICI, Jean-Claude GAUTIER, Jean-Claude GROMENIL, Jean-Marie MARRIER
  • Publication number: 20080139547
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to certain hydroxamate derivatives that are 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: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: PHARMACYCLICS, INC.
    Inventor: Martin SENDZIK
  • Publication number: 20080138411
    Abstract: The present invention relates to modified release pharmaceutical compositions for oral administration and more particularly to modified release pharmaceutical compositions of a form of at least one selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor selected from the group consisting of a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, racemic mixtures thereof, enantiomers thereof, pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: BIOVAIL LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL S.R.L
    Inventors: Paul Jose Maes, Goutam Muhuri
  • Publication number: 20080132567
    Abstract: Methods of using certain ?-aminoamide derivatives to treat lower urinary tract disorders. The therapeutic agents of the invention are able to reduce or even stop the lower urinary tract disorders substantially without side effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Elena Barbanti, Orietta Veneroni, Florian Thaler, Roberto Pellicciari, Luca Benatti, Patricia Salvati