Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a compound that inhibits c-Abl tyrosine kinase (also referred to herein as “c-Abl”). The compound embodiments described herein are novel c-Abl inhibitors that can bind to c-Abl at an allosteric site and inhibit its activity in various pathways. The compound embodiments also are capable of crossing the blood brain barrier and therefore are useful in inhibiting c-Abl activity as it affects pathways and/or proteins in the brain. The compound embodiments described herein are effective therapeutic agents for treating diseases involving c-Abl, such as cancers, motor neuron diseases, and neurodegenerative diseases. Also disclosed herein are embodiments of methods for making and using the c-Abl inhibitory compound embodiments.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel condensation aerosols for the treatment of disease and/or intermittent or acute conditions. These condensation aerosols have little or no pyrolysis degradation products and are characterized by having an MMAD of between 1-3 microns. These aerosols are made by rapidly heating a substrate coated with a thin film of drug having a thickness of between 0.05 and 20 ?m, while passing a gas over the film, to form particles of a desirable particle size for inhalation. Kits comprising a drug and a device for producing a condensation aerosol are also provided. The device contained in the kit typically, has an element for heating the drug which is coated as a film on the substrate and contains a therapeutically effective dose of a drug when the drug is administered in aerosol form, and an element allowing the vapor to cool to form an aerosol. Also disclosed, are methods for using these aerosols and kits.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a prodrug or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof comprising a drug linker conjugate D-L, wherein -D is an amine containing biologically active moiety; and -L is a non-biologically active linker moiety -L1 represented by formula (I): wherein the dashed line indicates the attachment to the amine of the biologically active moiety and wherein R1, R1a, R2, R2a, R3, R3a, X, X1, X2, X3 have the meaning as indicated in the description and the claims and wherein L1 is substituted with one to four groups L2-Z and optionally further substituted, provided that the hydrogen marked with the asterisk in formula (I) is not replaced by a substituent; wherein L2 is a single chemical bond or a spacer; and Z is a carrier group. The invention also relates to A-L, wherein A is a leaving group, pharmaceutical composition comprising said prodrugs and their use as medicaments.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds that are sodium channel inhibitors and to their use in the treatment of various disease states, including cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. In particular embodiments, the structure of the compounds is given by Formula I: wherein Y, Z, n, R1 and R3 are as described herein, to methods for the preparation and use of the compounds and to pharmaceutical compositions containing the same.

Abstract: The presently described technology provides a novel class of prodrugs of quetiapine that can be synthesized by chemically conjugating amino acids to quetiapine. The present technology also provides methods of treating patients, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of synthesizing conjugates of the present technology.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of Formula I, wherein R1, R2, and R3 are defined in the specification, useful for the synthesis of novel conjugates and immunogens derived from quetiapine. The invention also relates to conjugates of a quetiapine hapten and a protein.

Abstract: The presently described technology provides a novel class of prodrugs of quetiapine that can be synthesized by chemically conjugating amino acids to quetiapine. The present technology also provides methods of treating patients, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of synthesizing conjugates of the present technology.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the inhalation delivery of aerosols containing small particles. Specifically, it relates to a method of forming an aerosol for use in inhalation therapy. The method involves: (a) heating a substrate coated with a composition comprising a drug to form a vapor, wherein the coated composition is in the form of a film less than 10 ?thick; and, (b) allowing the vapor to cool, thereby forming an aerosol, which is used in inhalation therapy. In another aspect, a method of forming an aerosol for use in inhalation therapy is provided, wherein the method comprises: (a) heating a substrate coated with a composition comprising a drug to form a vapor in less than 100 milliseconds, wherein the vapor has a mass greater than 0.

Abstract: Compounds the following formula: wherein Z is as described in the specification, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions comprising the same, and methods of treating bipolar disorder, an anxiety disorder, a mood disorder or schizophrenia or other psychotic disorder with said compounds.

Abstract: Methods for treating insomnia in humans not suffering from any psychiatric disorders using quetiapine.

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds for the inhibition of histone deacetylase. More particularly, the invention provides for compounds of formula (I) wherein Q, J, L and Z are as defined in the specification.

Abstract: The presently described technology provides a novel class of prodrugs of quetiapine that can be synthesized by chemically conjugating fatty acids to quetiapine. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of synthesizing conjugates of the present technology are also provided. Methods of treating patients with the compositions of the present technology are also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the preparation of 11-(4-[2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethyl]-1-piperazinyl]dibenzo [b,f]-1,4-thiazepine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof comprising the reaction of 1-[2-(hydroxyethoxy)-ethyl]piperazine with dibenzo[b,f][1,4]thiazepin-11-ylamine.

Abstract: The invention provides novel compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of psychological and/or psychiatric diseases or disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the synthesis of quetiapine. In particular, a process is provided for the synthesis of quetiapine of formula (A) comprising reacting dibenzo[b,f][1,4]thiazepin-11(10H)-one, intermediate (I) with phosphorous oxychloride to give 11-chlorodibenzo[b,f][1,4]thiazepine, intermediate (II) wherein the said reaction of intermediate (I) to intermediate (II) is performed in an organic solvent in the presence of a mixture of an organic base together with an inorganic base.

Abstract: 11-piperazin-1-yldibenzo[b,f][1,4]thiazepine, compositions thereof, preparations thereof, formulations thereof, prodrugs thereof and pharmaceutical uses thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a prodrug or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, comprising a drug linker conjugate D-L, wherein D being a biologically active moiety containing an aliphatic amine group is conjugated to one or more polymeric carriers via dipeptide-containing linkers L. Such carrier-linked prodrugs achieve drug releases with therapeutically useful half-lives. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said prodrugs and their use as medicaments.

Abstract: The presently described technology provides a novel class of prodrugs of quetiapine that can be synthesized bu chemically conjugating amino acids to quetiapine. The present technology also provides methods of treating patients, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of synthesizing conjugates of the present technology.

Abstract: Compounds the following formula: wherein Z is as described in the specification, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions comprising the same, and methods of treating bipolar disorder, an anxiety disorder, a mood disorder or schizophrenia or other psychotic disorder with said compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to 11-(piperazin-1-yl)dibenzo[b,f][1,4]oxazapine compounds of the formula: where the variables are as defined herein, their salts and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof. Methods of preparing these compounds are also described. These compounds may be used in the treatment of disorders such as schizophrenia, treatment resistant schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, psychotic depression, treatment resistant depression, schizophrenia-associated depression, treatment resistant OCD, autism, senile psychosis, psychotic dementia, L-DOPA induced psychosis, psychogenic polydipsia, psychotic symptoms of neurological disorders, sleep disorders.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I or II or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt form thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, A1, A2, A3, A4, and A5, are as defined herein. The compounds of formula I or II have ALK and/or c-Met inhibitory activity, and may be used to treat proliferative disorders.

Abstract: Fluorinated compounds and methods of making fluorinated compounds are described herein.

Abstract: Compounds the following formula: wherein Z is as described in the specification, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions comprising the same, and methods of treating bipolar disorder, an anxiety disorder, a mood disorder or schizophrenia or other psychotic disorder with said compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of quetiapine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts. It also relates to improved process for the preparation of intermediates of quetiapine.

Abstract: Compounds that inhibit cholinesterase activity and, upon hydrolysis release a pharmacologically active agent. The compounds of the invention are employed in methods to treat an individual. The pharmacologically active agent obtained by hydrolysis of the compound can treat, for example, a nervous system condition, a cholinergic deficiency and conditions or diseases associated with a deficiency in a pharmacologically active agent, such as acetylcholine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel and stable salt forms of quetiapine, processes for preparation, pharmaceutical compositions, and method of treating thereof. More particularly, the present invention provides novel acid addition salts of quetiapine wherein the acid counter ion is provided by an acid selected from the group consisting of benzene sulfonic acid, dibenzoyl-L-(+)-tartaric acid and di-p-toluoyl-L-(+)-tartaric acid. The present invention also provides novel polymorphic forms of quetiapine salts selected from the group consisting of quetiapine hydrobromide, quetiapine sulfate, quetiapine nitrate and quetiapine citrate.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds and methods of using them for modulating sleep.

Abstract: The present invention relates to 11-(piperazin-1-yl)dibenzo[b,f][1,4 ]oxazapine compounds of the formula: where the variables are as defined herein, their salts and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof. Methods of preparing these compounds are also described. These compounds may be used in the treatment of disorders such as schizophrenia, treatment resistant schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, psychotic depression, treatment resistant depression, schizophrenia-associated depression, treatment resistant OCD, autism, senile psychosis, psychotic dementia, L-DOPA induced psychosis, psychogenic polydipsia, psychotic symptoms of neurological disorders, sleep disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to sustained release pharmaceutical composition of quetiapine, and process for preparing such composition. More particularly, it relates to sustained release pharmaceutical composition of quetiapine comprising a non gelling agents such as carrageenan and pharmaceutically acceptable excipients.

Abstract: The invention comprises a process for preparing quetiapine and/or its salts, including, quetiapine fumarate. The process generally comprises reacting dibenzothiazepinone (dibenzo[bf][1,4]thiazepin-11(10H)-one) with phosphorous oxychloride in the presence of triethylamine in an aromatic organic solvent such as toluene or, preferably, xylene at reflux temperature to obtain an aromatic hydrocarbon solution of 11-chloro-dibenzo[bf][1,4]thiazepine. Thereafter, the 11-chloro-dibenzo[bf][1,4]thiazepine is reacted with 2-(2-piperazin-1-ylethoxy)-ethanol to yield, following several processing steps, quetiapine. Compound I can then be further reacted with fumaric acid at elevated temperature to yield quetiapine fumarate. The resulting quetiapine fumarate obtained is suitable for use in pharmaceutical preparations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing crystalline quetiapine hemifumarate, which comprises crystallizing or re-crystallizing quetiapine hemifumarate from a mixture of water and a water soluble alcohol.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing and purifying crystalline quetiapine hemifumarate, which comprises preparing crystalline quetiapine hemifumarate via a crystalline salt, which is not a salt of fumaric acid.

Abstract: A method for the preparation of salts of 2-[2-(4-dibenzo[b,fj[1,4]thiazepin-11-yl-1 -piperazinyl)ethoxy]ethanol (quetiapine) from the quetiapine base and the respective acid, wherein the salt is precipitated from a mixture of solvents, the mixture being either a mixture of an aromatic hydrocarbon and a ketone or ester, or that of an aromatic hydrocarbon, water and a ketone or ester. The salts of quetiapine are purified by partial crystallization, wherein only a part of the salt of quetiapine is dissolved in a C1 to C6 alcohol used.

Abstract: 11-piperazin-1-yldibenzo[b,f][1,4]thiazepine, compositions thereof, preparations thereof, formulations thereof, prodrugs thereof and pharmaceutical uses thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process for preparing Quetiapine fumarate of formula (I).

Abstract: The presently described technology provides a novel class of prodrugs of quetiapine that can be synthesized by chemically conjugating amino acids to quetiapine. The present technology also provides methods of treating patients, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of synthesizing conjugates of the present technology.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the synthesis of quetiapine. In particular, a process is provided for the synthesis of quetiapine of formula (A) comprising reacting dibenzo[b,f][1,4]thiazepin-11(10H)-one, intermediate (I) with phosphorous oxychloride to give 11-chlorodibenzo[b,f][1,4]thiazepine, intermediate (II) wherein the said reaction of intermediate (I) to intermediate (II) is performed in an organic solvent in the presence of a mixture of an organic base together with an inorganic base.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the preparation of 11-(4-[2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethyl]-1-piperazinyl]dibenzo[b,f]-1,4-thiazepine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof comprising the reaction of 1-[2-(hydroxyethoxy)-ethyl]piperazine with dibenzo[b,f][1,4]thiazepin-11-ylamine.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of an 11-(4-substituted-1-piperazinyl)dibenzo[b,f][1,4]thiazepine derivative, of general Formula (I), where A is hydrogen or a —(CH2)2—OH group or a —(CH2)2-0-(CH2)2—OH group, or of a salt thereof, comprises a step in which 10H-dibenzo[b,f][1,4]thiazepin-11-one is reacted with a piperazine derivative in the presence of a titanium alkoxide of general formula Ti(OR)4, where R is a straight or branched alkyl group, having from one to eight carbon atoms to obtain said Formula I derivative or a salt thereof. Where A is —CH2)2-0-(CH2)2—OH, then the piperazine derivative is 1-(2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethyl)piperazine and the 11-(4-substituted-1-piperazinyl)dibenzo[b,f][1,4]thiazepine is quetiapine, (11-(4-(2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethyl)-1-piperazinyl)dibenzo[b,f][1,4]thiazepine). The process may comprise an additional step of reacting the quetiapine with fumaric acid to obtain quetiapine hemifumarate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a prodrug or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof comprising a drug linker conjugate D-L, wherein -D is an amine containing biologically active moiety; and -L is a non-biologically active linker moiety -L1 represented by formula (I), wherein the dashed line indicates the attachment to the amine of the biologically active moiety and wherein R1, R1a, R2, R2a, R3, R3a, X, X1, X2, X3 have the meaning as indicated in the description and the claims and wherein L1 is substituted with one to four groups L2-Z and optionally further substituted, provided that the hydrogen marked with the asterisk in formula (I) is not replaced by a substituent; wherein L2 is a single chemical bond or a spacer; and Z is a carrier group. The invention also relates to A-L, wherein A is a leaving group, pharmaceutical composition comprising said prodrugs and their use as medicaments.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a process for the preparation of quetiapine, which comprises the ring closure of a compound of the formula shown below, as well as novel intermediates in the process.

Abstract: A transdermal composition that contains an antipsychotic is provided for the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders. Also, provided are methods for preparing a topical antipsychotic composition. Methods for treating neuropsychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, are further disclosed. The transdermal composition includes a therapeutically effective amount of an antipsychotic in an amount sufficient to treat neuropsychiatric disorders in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a process for the preparation of quetiapine, which comprises the ring closure and deprotection of a compound of the formula (I), as well as novel intermediates in the process.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for treating depression symptoms associated with bipolar disorder.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an industrial preparation of Quetiapine by the reaction of 11-piperazinyldibenzo[b,f][1,4]-thiazepine or its salt with 2-(2-chloroethoxy)ethanol in presence of an organic or inorganic base under neat or aqueous condition to form 11-[4-{2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethyl}-1-piperazinyl]dibenzo[b,f]-[1,4]thiazepine. The quetiapine free base obtained is further converted to its hemi-fumarate salt.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel and stable salt forms of quetiapine, processes for preparation, pharmaceutical compositions, and method of treating thereof. More particularly, the present invention provides novel acid addition salts of quetiapine wherein the acid counter ion is provided by an acid selected from the group consisting of benzene sulfonic acid, dibenzoyl-L-(+)-tartaric acid and di-p-toluoyl-L-(+)-tartaric acid. The present invention also provides novel polymorphic forms of quetiapine salts selected from the group consisting of quetiapine hydrobromide, quetiapine sulfate, quetiapine nitrate and quetiapine citrate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a procedure for preparing quetiapine by reaction between a compound of formula (II) and a compound of formula (III), in which X means a leaving group and P a protective group of alcohols resistant to alkaline conditions, in the presence of a base, followed by a step of deprotection and, optionally, obtaining a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Said procedure permits the obtaining of quetiapine with a high degree of purity under soft temperature conditions, with short reaction times and avoiding the use of toxic solvents.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds and methods of using them for modulating sleep.

Abstract: Polycyclic heteroaryl substituted triazoles and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds are disclosed as being useful in inhibiting the activity of the receptor protein tyrosine kinase Axl. Methods of using the compounds in treating diseases or conditions associated with Axl activity are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are analogs of clozapine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, amides, or prodrugs thereof; methods of synthesizing the analogs; and methods of using the analogs for treating neuropsychiatric disorders. In some embodiments, the analogs are amino substituted diaryl[a,d]cycloheptenes.