The Hetero Ring Contains Chalcogen Patents (Class 540/544)
  • Publication number: 20130005962
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the manufacturing of substituted 3-amino-tetrahydrofuran-3-carboxylic acid amides of general formula (I) and their precursors in high optical purity to the precursors of the synthesis of substituted S-Amino-tetrahydrofuran-5-carboxylic acid amides of general formula (I) in high optical purity, and to the tautomers, enantiomers, diastereomers, mixtures and salts of substituted 3-amino-tetrahydrofuran-3-carboxylic acid amides of general formula (I) in high optical purity, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof with inorganic or organic acids or bases, which have valuable properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Zhengxu HAN, Kai GERLACH, Dhileepkumar KRISHNAMURTHY, Burkhard MATTHES, Herbert NAR, Roland PFAU, Henning PRIEPKE, Annette SCHULER-METZ, Chris H. SENANAYAKE, Peter SIEGER, Wenjun TANG, Wolfgang WIENEN, Yibo XU, Nathan K. YEE
  • Publication number: 20130005675
    Abstract: The present invention provides a quinolone compound that inhibits the chronic progression of Parkinson's disease or protects dopamine neurons from disease etiology, thereby suppressing the progression of neurological dysfunction, so as to prolong the period of time until L-dopa is administered while also improving neuronal function; the quinolone compound of the invention is represented by Formula (1): wherein: R1 represents hydrogen or the like; R2 represents hydrogen or the like; R3 represents substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or the like; R4 represents halogen or the like; R5 represents hydrogen or the like; R6 represents hydrogen or the like; and R7 represents hydrogen or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji OTSUBO, Takahito YAMAUCHI, Yuji OCHI
  • Publication number: 20120329731
    Abstract: In one embodiment the invention provides a method of combating cyanide poisoning, which comprises administering to a subject a compound capable of releasing 3-mercapto-pyruvate in vivo. In other embodiments the invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound capable of releasing 3-mercaptopyruvate in vivo, as well as novel compounds that are capable of releasing 3-mercaptopyruvate in vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Herbert T. Nagasawa, David J.W. Goon, Daune L. Crankshaw, Robert Vince
  • Publication number: 20120329772
    Abstract: A compound having Formula (I) or Formula (II) is disclosed as an P2X7 antagonist, wherein A, B, C, Y, Y, Z, m, v, R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5, are as defined in the description. Methods and compositions for treating disease or condition modulated by P2X7 are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: William A. Carroll, Arturo Perez-Medrano, Alan S. Florjancic, Derek W. Nelson, Sridhar Peddi, Tongmei Li, Eric M. Bunnelle, Gavin Hirst, Biqin C. Li
  • Patent number: 8334283
    Abstract: Compositions for treating, reducing, ameliorating, or preventing infections comprise a fluoroquinolone having Formulae I-VIII and an additional anti-infective agent. Methods for treating, reducing, ameliorating, or preventing such infection use such compositions. Such compositions and methods can be effective against mixed types of pathogens including certain antibiotic-resistant microbial pathogens found in such infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Praveen Tyle, Erning Xia, Hongna Wang, Susan E. Norton, Pramod Kumar Gupta, Keith W. Ward, Lynne Brunner
  • Publication number: 20120309698
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to the novel compounds of formula I, including their salts, which inhibit HIV integrase and prevent viral integration into human DNA. This action makes the compounds useful for treating HIV infection and AIDS. The invention also encompasses pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating those infected with HIV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Yasutsugu Ueda, Timothy P. Connolly, Barry L. Johnson, Chen Li, B. Narasimhulu Naidu, Manoj Patel, Kevin Peese, Margaret E. Sorenson, Michael A. Walker, Michael S. Bowsher, Rongti Li
  • Publication number: 20120309742
    Abstract: The invention concerns the use an mGluR modulator, e.g. an mGluR5 modulator, for the treatment, prevention or delay of progression of cognitive dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Ralf GLATTHAR, Donald JOHNS, Daniel UMBRICHT
  • Patent number: 8314247
    Abstract: A hydrazone derivative of formula [I]: wherein Ring A is aryl or heteroaryl, Ring T is heteroaryl or heterocycle, R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen atom, halogen atom, cycloalkylsulfonyl, etc., R3 and R4 combine each other together with the adjacent nitrogen atom to form substituted or unsubstituted heterocycle, R5 is hydrogen atom, halogen atom, cyano, nitro, tetrazolyl, etc., and R6 is hydrogen atom, etc.; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is useful as a glucokinase activation agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Iwao Takamuro, Kazutoshi Sugawara, Hiroshi Sugama
  • Patent number: 8309540
    Abstract: The present invention relates to macrocyclic compounds of formula (I) that are useful as inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 protease, their synthesis, and their use for treating or preventing HCV infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Nigel J. Liverton, Joseph P. Vacca, John A. McCauley, Joseph J. Romano, Michael T. Rudd
  • Publication number: 20120277212
    Abstract: The present invention provides new oxime derivatives of the general formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of conditions associated with altered glutamatergic signalling and/or functions, and/or conditions which can be affected by alteration of glutamate level or signalling in mammals. This invention further provides new oxime derivatives of the general formula (I) consisting of modulators of nervous system receptors sensitive to glutamate, which makes them particularly suitable for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of acute and chronic neurological and/or psychiatric disorders. In particular embodiments, the new oxime derivatives of the invention are modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs). The invention further provides positive allosteric modulators of mGluRs and more specifically positive alSosteric modulators of mGluR4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicants: PRESTWICK CHEMICAL, INC., DOMAIN THERAPEUTICS
    Inventors: Stephan Schann, Stanislas Mayer, Christophe Morice, Bruno Giethlen
  • Publication number: 20120264734
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aryl- or heteroaryl-substituted benzene compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods of treating cancer by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof. The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for research or other non-therapeutic purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: KEVIN W. KUNTZ, RICHARD CHESWORTH, KENNETH W. DUNCAN, HEIKE KEILHACK, NATALIE WARHOLIC, CHRISTINE KLAUS, WANJUN ZHENG, MASASHI SEKI, SYUJI SHIROTORI, SATOSHI KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20120264733
    Abstract: Compounds represented by the formulas wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, and a prodrug thereof have a superior renin inhibitory activity, and are useful as agents for the prophylaxis or treatment of hypertension, various organ damages attributable to hypertension and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Takanobu KUROITA, Yasuhiro Imaeda, Kouichi Iwanaga, Naohiro Taya, Hidekazu Tokuhara, Yoshiyuki Fukase
  • Publication number: 20120258947
    Abstract: Substituted 6-amino-nicotinamides, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and also use of these compounds in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of pain and further diseases and/or disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: Grunenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Sven KÜHNERT, Gregor Bahrenberg, Achim Kless, Wolfgang Schröder, Simon Lucas
  • Publication number: 20120253035
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1,4 Oxazepines of formula I having BACE1 and/or BACE2 inhibitory activity, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as therapeutically active substances. The active compounds of the present invention are useful in the therapeutic and/or prophylactic treatment of e.g. Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Robert Narquizian, Thomas Woltering, Wolfgang Wostl
  • Publication number: 20120238548
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1,4-Oxazepines of formula I having BACE1 and/or BACE2 inhibitory activity, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as therapeutically active substances. The active compounds of the present invention are useful in the therapeutic and/or prophylactic treatment of e.g. Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Emanuele Gabellieri, Wolfgang Guba, Hans Hilpert, Harald Mauser, Alexander V. Mayweg, Mark Rogers-Evans, Didier Rombach, Andrew Thomas, Thomas Woltering, Wolfgang Wostl
  • Publication number: 20120238545
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of Formula (I*) as Pi3k inhibitors for treating autoimmune diseases, inflammatory disorders, multiple sclerosis and other diseases like cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK SERONO SA
    Inventors: Pascale Gaillard, Isabelle Jeanclaude-Etter, Vincent Pomel, Eric Sebille, Seenisamy Jeyaprakashnarayanan, Mathilde Muzerelle
  • Publication number: 20120238547
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel substituted aminopyridine derivatives, to their use in therapy, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the derivatives, to the use of said derivatives in the manufacture of a medicament, and to therapeutic methods comprising the administration of the derivatives. The present derivatives are useful for treating a disorder responsive to activation of Kv7 channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: NEUROSEARCH A/S
    Inventors: William Dalby Brown, Carsten Jessen, Dorte Strøbæk
  • Publication number: 20120232058
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel substituted pyridine derivatives, to their use in therapy, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the derivatives, to the use of said derivatives in the manufacture of a medicament, and to therapeutic methods comprising the administration of the derivatives. The present derivatives are useful for treating a disorder responsive to activation of Kv7 channels. Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: NEUROSEARCH A/S
    Inventors: William Dalby Brown, Carsten Jessen, Dorte Strøbæk
  • Publication number: 20120226033
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel benzene-carboxamide compounds having a structure that corresponds to the general formula (I) below: and also to their method of synthesis and to their use in pharmaceutical compositions intended for use in human or veterinary medicine or else to their use in cosmetic compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: GALDERMA RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
    Inventors: Laurence Clary, Jean-Claude Pascal
  • Publication number: 20120225859
    Abstract: Phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase inhibitor compounds (I), their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and prodrugs thereof; compositions of the new compounds, either alone or in combination with at least one additional therapeutic agent, with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier; and uses of the new compounds, either alone or in combination with at least one additional therapeutic agent, in the prophylaxis or treatment of proliferative diseases characterized by the abnormal activity of growth factors, protein serine/threonine kinases, and phospholipid kinases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Matthew BURGER, Zhi-Jie NI, Sabina PECCHI, Gordana ATALLAH, Sarah BARTULIS, Kelly FRAZIER, Aaron SMITH, Joelle VERHAGEN, Yanchen ZHANG, Allan WAGMAN, Simon NG, Keith PFISTER, Daniel POON, Alicia LOUIE, Teresa PICK, Paul BARSANTI, Edwin IWANOWICZ, Wendy FANTL, Thomas HENDRICKSON, Mark KNAPP, Hanne MERRITT, Charles VOLIVA, Marion WIESMANN, Xiaohua XIN
  • Publication number: 20120225858
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1,4 Thiazepines/Sulfones of formula I having BACE1 and/or BACE2 inhibitory activity, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as therapeutically active substances. The active compounds of the present invention are useful in the therapeutic and/or prophylactic treatment of e.g. Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Hans Hilpert, Mark Rogers-Evans, Didier Rombach
  • Publication number: 20120214790
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds which show high effectiveness against positive symptoms, negative symptoms and cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia and reduce conventional side-effect risks as well as have remarkable effects for central neurological diseases associated with cognitive dysfunction other than schizophrenia. N-Acyl cyclic amine derivatives of formula (1): wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are aryl or heteroaryl; V is nitrogen, or CR3; W1 is a single bond, —C(O)—, etc.; W2 is C1-alkylene; W3 is a single bond, methylene, —NH—, —CR4?CR5—, etc.; Ring Q is a group of formula (a) in which n is 0 or 1; m is 0 to 2; k is 1 to 3; Z is a single bond, methylene, oxygen, etc.; R1a, R1b and R1c are each, same or different, hydrogen, hydroxyl, halogen, cyano, C1-6 alkyl, etc.; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Megumi Maruyama, Naoya Kinomura, Satoshi Nojima, Masahiro Takamura, Keisuke Kakiguchi, Hiroto Tatamidani
  • Publication number: 20120202687
    Abstract: This document discloses molecules having the following formulas (“Formula One” & “Formula Two” and “Formula Three”) The Ar1, Het, Ar2, R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are further described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Gary D. Crouse, Thomas C. Sparks, William H. Dent, III, CaSandra L. McLeod, Lawrence C. Creemer, David A. Demeter, Amanda E. Fritz, Lindsey G. Fischer, Erich W. Baum
  • Publication number: 20120196849
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for modulating the activity of the hedgehog signaling pathway. In particular, the invention provides a method for inhibiting aberrant growth states resulting from phenotypes such as Ptc loss-of-function, hedgehog gain-of-function, smoothened gain-of-function or Gli gain-of-function, comprising contacting a cell with a sufficient amount of a compound of Formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: IRM LLC
    Inventors: Wenqi Gao, Jiqing Jiang, Yongqin Wan, Dai Cheng, Dong Han, Xu Wu, Shifeng Pan
  • Patent number: 8232390
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pentacyclic indole derivatives of formula (I): wherein A, Ar, R1, R2, W, X, Y and Z are defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and their use for the treatment or prevention of infection by hepatitis C virus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Istituto di Richerche di Biologia Molecolare P. Angeletti SpA
    Inventors: Elena Capito, Joerg Habermann, Frank Narjes, Maria del Rosario Rico Ferreira, Ian Stansfield
  • Publication number: 20120190845
    Abstract: The present invention discloses novel compounds of general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof (in which X1-X5, R5-R8b, Z1-Z2 and Ar1 are defined herein), a method for inhibiting the VR1 receptor in mammals using these compounds, a method for controlling pain in mammals, and pharmaceutical compositions including those compounds and a process for making those compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Arthur R. Gomtsyan, Erol K. Bayburt, Chih-Hung Lee, John R. Koenig, Robert G. Schmidt, Kirill A. Lukin, Gilles Chamboumier, Margaret Chi-Ping Hsu, Robert M. Leanna, Russell D. Cink
  • Publication number: 20120171245
    Abstract: Methods of inhibiting the replication of influenza viruses in a biological sample or patient, of reducing the amount of influenza viruses in a biological sample or patient, and of treating influenza in a patient, comprises administering to said biological sample or patient an effective amount of a compound represented by Structural Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the values of Structural Formula (IA) are as described herein. A compound is represented by Structural Formula (IA) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the values of Structural Formula (IA) are as described herein. A pharmaceutical composition comprises an effective amount of such a compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, adjuvant or vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Paul S. Charifson, Michael P. Clark, Upul K. Bandarage, Randy S. Bethiel, John J. Court, Hongbo Deng, Ioana Davies, John P. Duffy, Luc J. Farmer, Huai Gao, Wenxin Gu, Dylan H. Jacobs, Joseph M. Kennedy, Mark W. Ledeboer, Brian Ledford, Francois Maltais, Emanuele Perola, Tiansheng Wang, M. Woods Wannamaker, Randal Byrn, Yi Zhou, Chao Lin, Min Jiang, Steven Jones, Ursula A. Germann
  • Publication number: 20120165306
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also provided is a method of using a compound of Formula I for treating a disease or condition mediated by a CDK inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Paul A. Barsanti, Cheng Hu, Cheng Hu, Keith B. Pfister, Martin Sendzik, James Sutton
  • Publication number: 20120165314
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel pyrrozolotriazine compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and the use of those compounds and compositions for the prevention and/or treatment of hyper-proliferative disorders and diseases associated with angiogenesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Bayer HealthCare LLC
    Inventors: Julie Dixon, Barton Phillips, Yamin Wang, Tindy Li, Kyle Parcella, Jason Newcom, Harold C.E. Kluender, Zhenqiu Hong, Brent Chandler, Zhonghua Zhang, Steven Magnuson, Kristen M. Allegue, Zheng Liu
  • Publication number: 20120165310
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I, wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification; to processes for the preparation of such compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; such compounds as a medicament; such compounds for the treatment of a proliferative disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Bei Chen, Robin Alec Fairhurst, Andreas Floersheimer, Pascal Furet, Vito Guagnano, Jiang Songchun, Wenshuo Lu, Thomas H. Marsilje, III, Clive McCarthy, Pierre-Yves Michellys, Frederic Stauffer, Stefan Stutz, Andrea Vaupel
  • Publication number: 20120165313
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula I, including steroisomers, geometric isomers, tautomers, solvates, metabolites and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that are useful in modulating PIKK related kinase signaling, e.g., mTOR, and for the treatment of diseases (e.g., cancer) that are mediated at least in part by the dysregulation of the PIKK signaling pathway (e.g., mTOR).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe Bergeron, Frederick Cohen, Anthony Estrada, Michael F.T. Koehler, Kevin Hon Luen Lau, Coung Ly, Joseph P. Lyssikatos, Daniel Ortwine, Zhonghua Pei, Xianrui Zhao
  • Publication number: 20120157433
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also provided is a method of using a compound of Formula I for treating a disease or condition mediated by a CDK inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Keith B. Pfister, Martin Sendzik
  • Publication number: 20120157443
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful as inhibitors of Btk, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicants: SUNESIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., BIOGEN IDEC MA INC.
    Inventors: Minna Bui, Patrick Conlon, Julio H. Cuervo, Daniel A. Erlanson, Junfa Fan, Bing Guan, Brian T. Hopkins, Tracy J. Jenkins, Gnanasambandam Kumaravel, Alexey A. Lugovskoy, Doug Marcotte, Noel Powell, Daniel Scott, Laura Silvian, Art Taveras, Deping Wang, Min Zhong
  • Publication number: 20120157437
    Abstract: This invention relates to a VLA-4 inhibitory drug, having good oral absorbability and exhibiting sufficient anti-inflammatory effects when administered orally, wherein an active ingredient is represented by formula (I), or a salt thereof: Q represents an optionally-substituted monocyclic or bicyclic nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group having a nitrogen atom as the bonding site; Y represents an oxygen atom or CH2; W represents an optionally-substituted bicyclic aromatic hydrocarbon ring group or an optionally-substituted bicyclic aromatic heterocyclic group; A1 represents a nitrogen atom or C—R3d wherein R3d represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-8 alkoxy group or a C1-8 alkyl group; R1 represents H or a C1-8 alkyl group; R2 represents H, a halogen, a C1-8 alkoxy group, or an optionally-substituted benzyloxy group; and R3a, R3b and R3c independently represent H, a halogen atom, a C1-8 alkoxy group or a C1-8 alkyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuo MACHINAGA, Shin Ilmura, Yoshiyuki Yoneda, Jun Chiba, Fumihito Muro, Hideko Hoh, Atsushi Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20120157442
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful as inhibitors of Btk, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicants: SUNESIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., BIOGEN IDEC MA INC.
    Inventors: Minna Bui, Patrick Conlon, Daniel A. Erlanson, Junfa Fan, Bing Guan, Brian T. Hopkins, Alexey Ishchenko, Tracy J. Jenkins, Gnanasambandam Kumaravel, Doug Marcotte, Noel Powell, Daniel Scott, Art Taveras, Deping Wang, Min Zhong
  • Publication number: 20120149687
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: AVILA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Kwangho Lee, Deqiang Niu, Russell C. Petter, Matthew F. Baevsky, Juswinder Singh
  • Publication number: 20120129837
    Abstract: Chemical agents, such as disulfonamide derivatives of fluorene, anthracene, xanthene, dibenzosuberone and acridine, and similar heterocyclic ring structures, including salts thereof, that act as anti-cancer and anti-tumor agents, especially where such agents modulate the activity of the Wnt/?-catenin signaling pathway, and serve to reduce ?-catenin levels present in cells, such as cancer cells, or where the agents modulate levels of gene expression in cellular systems, including cancer cells, are disclosed, along with methods for preparing such agents, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing such agents as active ingredients and methods of using these as therapeutic agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Wieslaw M. Cholody, Yi Zang, Norman E. Ohler, Sheela Chellappan, Janak Padia, Karina Zuck, Jeffrey W.H. Watthey, Zoe Ohler, Jeffrey Strovel
  • Publication number: 20120122838
    Abstract: Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions that modulate kinase activity, including PI3 kinase activity, and compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with kinase activity, including PI3 kinase activity, are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Pingda Ren, Yi Liu, Liansheng Li, Katrina Chan, Troy Edward Wilson, Alfredo C. Castro, Catherine A. Evans, Daniel A. Snyder
  • Publication number: 20120114739
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for inhibiting mTOR using pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine compounds and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more diseases associated with mTOR using such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Yongqi Deng, Binyuan Sun, Hongbo Zeng, Matthew Richards, Gerald W. Shipps, JR., Cliff C. Cheng, Yinyan Zhao, Andrew McRiner, Zhaoyang Meng, Yang Nan, Mehul F. Patel, Iwona E. Wrona, Panduranga Adulla Reddy, Brian M. Eklov, Shuyi Tang, Duan Liu, Amit K. Mandal, Lianyun Zhao, M. Asshad Siddiqui
  • Publication number: 20120115845
    Abstract: A compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in which R1, R2, R3, R4 and m are as described in the specification for use in the treatment of obesity and/or diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Jack McQueen ALLEN, Roger John Butlin, Clive Green, William McCoull, Graeme Richard Robb, James Matthew Wood
  • Patent number: 8173640
    Abstract: Compositions for treating, reducing, ameliorating, or preventing infections comprise a fluoroquinolone having Formulae I-VIII and an additional anti-infective agent. Methods for treating, reducing, ameliorating, or preventing such infection use such compositions. Such compositions and methods can be effective against mixed types of pathogens including certain antibiotic-resistant microbial pathogens found in such infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Praveen Tyle, Erning Xia, Honga Wang, Susan E. Norton, Pramod Kumar Gupta, Keith W. Ward, Lynne Brunner
  • Patent number: 8173638
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are disclosed. Compounds according to the invention bind to and are agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists of the CB2 receptor, and are useful for treating inflammation. Those compounds which are agonists are additionally useful for treating pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Angela Berry, Pier Francesco Cirillo, Eugene Richard Hickey, Doris Riether, David Smith Thomson, Lifen Wu
  • Patent number: 8163729
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) and compositions thereof, methods of making them, and methods of using them to modulate alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and/or to treat any of a variety of disorders, diseases, and conditions. Provided compounds can affect, among other things, neurological, psychiatric and/or inflammatory system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignees: Wyeth, Siena Biotech S.p.A.
    Inventors: Chiara Ghiron, Arianna Nencini, Iolanda Micco, Riccardo Zanaletti, Laura Maccari, Hendrick Bothmann, Simon N. Haydar, Maurizio Varrone, Carmela Pratelli, Boyd L. Harrison
  • Publication number: 20120094975
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of general formula (1) wherein the groups R1 to R4, X1, X1, X3, L1 and L2 are defined as in claim 1, which are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterised by excessive or anomalous cell pro-liferation, and the use thereof in such a treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Mantoulidis, Georg Dahmann, Peter Ettmayer, Christian Klein, Steffen Steurer, Irene Waizenegger, Stephan Karl Zahn
  • Publication number: 20120095216
    Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein Z represents nitrogen atom, C—F or the like; R1 represents a C1-C3 alkyl group; Y represents oxygen atom or N—R7; R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 each independently represents hydrogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl group, or a group represented by the formula (II): which is used for preventive and/or therapeutic treatment of a disease caused by tau protein kinase 1 hyperactivity such as a neurodegenerative diseases (e.g. Alzheimer disease).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicants: SANOFI, MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Watanabe, Kazuki Nakayama, Daiki Sakai
  • Publication number: 20120088748
    Abstract: Provided is a compound having a monoamine reuptake inhibitory activity, which is represented by the formula (I) wherein ring A is an optionally substituted 6-membered aromatic ring, ring B is the substituents on ring A are optionally bonded to form, together with ring A, an optionally substituted 9- or 10-membered aromatic fused ring, and other symbols are as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: Yuji Ishichi, Masami Yamada, Taku Kamei, Ikuo Fujimori, Yoshihisa Nakada, Tomoya Yukawa, Nobuki Sakauchi, Yusuke Ohba, Tetsuya Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20120077801
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of a formula (I): wherein the variables are defined herein; to a process for preparing such a compound; and to the use of such a compound in the treatment of a PDE4 mediated disease state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Roger Victor Bonnert, Rhona Jane Cox, Simon De Sousa, Mark Dickinson, Simon Fraser Hunt, Austen Pimm, Hitesh Jayantilal Sanganee, Frank Burkamp, Premji Meghani
  • Patent number: 8143242
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I, The compounds of formula I are valuable pharmacologically active compounds. They exhibit a strong anti-thrombotic effect and are suitable, for example, for the therapy and prophylaxis of cardio-vascular disorders like thromboembolic diseases or restenoses. They are inhibitors of the blood clotting enzymes, especially factor VIIa and can in general be applied in conditions in which an undesired activity of factor VIIa is present or for the cure or prevention of which an inhibition of factor VIIa is intended. The invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of compounds of formula I, their use, in particular as active ingredients in pharmaceuticals, and pharmaceutical preparations comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis
    Inventors: Henning Steinhagen, Hauke Szillat, Markus Follmann, Reinhard Kirsch, Volkmar Wehner, Hans Matter, Martin Lorenz, Kent W. Neuenschwander, Anthony C. Scotese
  • Publication number: 20120070409
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tetracyclic fused heterocyclic compound represented by the following formula [I] wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable a salt thereof, and a hepatitis C virus (HCV) polymerase inhibitor and a therapeutic agent for hepatitis C containing this compound. The compound of the present invention shows an anti-HCV activity based on the HCV polymerase inhibitory activity, and useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of hepatitis C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Takahiro Oka, Kazutaka Ikegashira, Shintaro Hirashima, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Satoru Noji, Yasushi Niwa, Yoko Matsumoto, Toshihiro Sato, Izuru Ando, Yukihiro Nomura
  • Patent number: 8137687
    Abstract: N-substituted 4-aza-caprolactone biodegradable polymers, including derivatives thereof, useful for making implantable medical devices and coatings therefore are provided. The medical devices and coatings of the present invention can also be used for in situ controlled release drug delivery and are useful for treating or preventing medical conditions such as restenosis, aneurisms and vulnerable plaque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Mingfei Chen, Peiwen Cheng, Kishore Udipi