The Nitrogens Are In The 1,4-positions Of The Hetero Ring Patents (Class 540/575)
  • Publication number: 20150051195
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a series of novel compounds having antiviral activity, more specifically HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) replication inhibiting properties. The invention also relates to methods for the preparation of such compounds, as well as to novel intermediates useful in one or more steps of such syntheses. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of such compounds as active ingredients. This invention further relates to the use of such compounds as medicines or in the manufacture of a medicament useful for the treatment of animals suffering from viral infections, in particular HIV infection. This invention further relates to methods for the treatment of viral infections in animals by the administration of a therapeutical amount of such compounds, optionally combined with one or more other drugs having antiviral activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Patrick Chaltin, Zeger Debyser, Marc De Maeyer, Arnaud Marchand, Damien Marchand, Wim Smets, Arnout Voet, Frauke Christ
  • Publication number: 20150051187
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazine compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and methods of using the compounds in in vitro applications, such as the study of kinases in biological and pathological phenomena; the study of intracellular signal transduction pathways mediated by such kinases; and the comparative evaluation of new kinase inhibitors. The compounds of this invention have formula I: wherein the variables are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, Steven Durrant, David Kay, Ronald Knegtel, Somhairle MacCormick, Michael Mortimore, Michael O'Donnell, Joanne Pinder, Alistair Rutherford, Anisa Nizarali Virani, Stephen Young, Philip Michael Reaper
  • Patent number: 8957069
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein: Ring A represents an optionally substituted piperazine ring, an optionally substituted morpholine ring, or an optionally substituted bromopiperazine ring; R1 and R2 are the same or different from each other, and represent a hydrogen atom or optionally substituted lower alkyl; R3 and R4 are the same or different from each other, and represent a hydrogen atom or halogenated or non-halogenated lower alkyl; R3 to R7 are the same or different from each other, and represent a hydrogen atom, hydroxy, optionally substituted lower alkyl, optionally substituted lower alkenyl, optionally substituted lower alkoxy, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl, an optionally substituted aromatic heterocyclic ring, optionally substituted amino, or acyl; and represents a single bond or double bond, wherein R2 and R3 do not exist when carbon atoms respectively adjacent to R2: and R3 form a double bond, and there is n
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Tetsuya Tsukamoto, Takeshi Wakabayashi, Taiichi Ohra
  • Patent number: 8957068
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1-R6 are defined herein. The invention is also directed to compositions containing a compound of formula (I) and to the use of such compounds in the inhibition of mutant IDH proteins having a neomorphic activity. The invention is further directed to the use of a compound of formula (I) in the treatment of diseases or disorders associated with such mutant IDH proteins including, but not limited to, cell-proliferation disorders, such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Thomas Raymond Caferro, Young Shin Cho, Abran Q. Costales, Huangshu Lei, Francois Lenoir, Julian Roy Levell, Gang Liu, Mark G. Palermo, Keith Bruce Pfister, Martin Sendzik, Cynthia Shafer, Michael David Shultz, Troy Smith, James Clifford Sutton, Bakary-Barry Toure, Fan Yang, Qian Zhao
  • Publication number: 20150045551
    Abstract: The present invention provides agents for treating or preventing diseases such as mood disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, eating disorder, hypertension, gastrointestinal disease, drug addiction, epilepsy, cerebral infarction, cerebral ischemia, cerebral edema, head injury, inflammation, immune-related disease, alopecia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Mitsukane Yoshinaga, Tomoko Ishizaka, Daisuke Wakasugi, Shin-ichi Shirokawa, Nobutaka Hattori, Shuhei Kashiwa, Takeshi Kuwada, Youichi Shimazaki
  • Publication number: 20150045347
    Abstract: Compounds having the following formula: (I) wherein: A is an optionally substituted triazole, or a stereoisomer or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, are useful as kinase modulators, including IRAK-4 modulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Dharmpal S. Dodd, Christopher P. Mussari, Rajeev S. Bhide, Satheesh Kesavan Nair, Venkatram Reddy Paidi, Sreekantha Ratna Kumar, Abhisek Banerjee, Ramesh Sistla, William J. Pitts, John Hynes
  • Publication number: 20150045339
    Abstract: The object is to provide an Fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) inhibitor useful as a therapeutic agent for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). A novel nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound represented by the general formula [1] or a salt thereof is provided. The compound or a salt thereof of the present invention can be used as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition for a treatment of a disease or condition relating to FLT3, such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru TAKASAKI, Toshiaki TSUJINO, Shintarou TANABE, Megumi OOKUBO, Kimihiko SATO, Atsushi HIRAI, Daisuke TERADA, Shinsuke INUKI, Shinsuke MIZUMOTO
  • Patent number: 8952004
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1 to R3, A, B, X, and n are as defined herein. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, processes for preparing these compounds and intermediates useful in these processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: John David Ginn, Ronald John Sorcek, Michael Robert Turner, Di Wu, Frank Wu
  • Publication number: 20150038494
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compound of formula I, II, III, or IV, and/or a pharmaceutical acceptable addition salt thereof and/or a stereoisomer thereof and/or a solvate thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R11, and R12 are as defined in the claim 1. The present invention also relates to a method for their preparation, as well as to pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The present invention further relates to the use of said compounds as biologically active ingredients, more specifically as medicaments for the treatment of disorders and pathologic conditions such as, but not limited to, immune and auto-immune disorders, organ and cells transplant rejections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, K.U.Leuven R&D
    Inventors: Piet Herdewijn, Steven De Jonghe, Ling-Jie Gao, Mi-Yeon Jang, Bart Vanderhoydonck, Mark Jozef Albert Waer, Yuan Lin, Jean Ferdinand Herman, Thierry Andre Michel Louat
  • Publication number: 20150038493
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a series of molecules derived from 2,3-diaminopropionic acid (DAP), comprising or not comprising an 8-hydroxyquinoline (8-HQ) motif, and to the use of said molecules for trapping an alpha-oxoaldehyde resulting particularly from the degradation of the glucose or for trapping an alpha-beta-unsaturated aldehyde, resulting particularly from the oxidative degradation of fatty acids. These molecules can have a further application in the fields of cosmetics, food processing, and pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Guy Potier, André Nobumichi Sasaki, Nicolas Audic
  • Publication number: 20150038481
    Abstract: Described are compounds of Formula I or Formula II: wherein: ring A is a 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl group; dashed lines are optional double bonds; X is N or O; Y is a carbon atom or an S or N heteroatom in ring A in any suitable location; and substituents are as given herein. Compositions containing the same and methods of using the same in treating cancers such as acute lymphoblastic leukemia are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Xiaodong Wang, Weihe Zhang, Dmitri Kireev, Dehui Zhang, Andrew Mclver
  • Patent number: 8946203
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): wherein R1 to R3, A, X and n are as defined herein. The compounds of formula (I) are useful as inhibitors of leukotriene A4 hydrolase (LTA4H) and treating LTA4H related disorder. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I), methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, and processes for preparing these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Asitha Abeywardane, Steven Richard Brunette, Michael J. Burke, Suresh R. Kapadia, Thomas Martin Kirrane, Matthew Russell Netherton, Hossein Razavi, Sonia Rodriguez, Anjan Saha, Robert Sibley, Lana Louise Smith-Keenan, Hidenori Takahashi, Michael Robert Turner, Jiang-Ping Wu, Erick Richard Roush Young, Qiang Zhang, Qing Zhang, Renee M. Zindell
  • Publication number: 20150031682
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a use of aminopyrazine derivatives in the manufacture of a medicament for preventing or treating malaria. Specifically, the present invention is related to aminopyrazine derivatives useful for the preparation of a pharmaceutical formulation for the inhibition of malaria parasite proliferation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Yassir Younis, Kelly Chibale, Michael John Witty, David Waterson
  • Publication number: 20150031679
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are new heterocyclic compounds and compositions and their application as pharmaceuticals for the treatment of disease. Methods of inhibiting PAS Kinase (PASK) activity in a human or animal subject are also provided for the treatment of diseases such as diabetes mellitus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: John M. McCall, Donna L. Romero, John McKearn, Michael Clare
  • Publication number: 20150031678
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new substituted pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine having a great affinity for sigma receptors, especially sigma-1 receptor, as well as to the process for the preparation thereof, to compositions comprising them, and to their use as medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: LABORATORIES DEL DR. ESTEVE S.A.
    Inventors: José Luis Diaz Fernández, Ma Rosa Cuberes Altisent
  • Publication number: 20150031661
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazine compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and methods of using the compounds in in vitro applications, such as the study of kinases in biological and pathological phenomena; the study of intracellular signal transduction pathways mediated by such kinases; and the comparative evaluation of new kinase inhibitors. The compounds of this invention have formula I: wherein the variables are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, Steven Durrant, David Kay, Ronald Knegtel, Somhairle MacCormick, Michael Mortimore, Michael O'Donnell, Joanne Pinder, Alistair Rutherford, Anisa Nizarali Virani, Stephen Young, Philip Michael Reaper
  • Patent number: 8940736
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The Formula (I) imidazotriazines inhibit protein kinase activity thereby making them useful as anticancer agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Ashok Vinayak Purandare, Brian E. Fink, Ashvinikumar V. Gavai, Walter Lewis Johnson, Amy C. Hart, Liqi He, Tram N. Huynh, Jennifer Inghrim, Harold Mastalerz, Xiaopeng Sang, Christine M. Tarby, Honghe Wan, Wayne Vaccaro, Guifen Zhang, Yufen Zhao, Kurt Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20150025058
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which R1, R2 and R4 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are inhibitors of Syk, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and/or systemic lupus
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Carl Deutsch, Daniel Kuhn, Tatjana Ross, Lars Burgdorf
  • Publication number: 20150023990
    Abstract: Imidazoquinoline compounds with an alkoxy substituent at the 6, 7, 8, or 9-position, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, intermediates, methods of making, and methods of use of these compounds as immunomodulators, for inducing or inhibiting cytokine biosynthesis in animals and in the treatment of diseases including viral, and neoplastic, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Kyle J. Lindstrom, Bryon A. Merrill, Chad A. Haraldson, Michael J. Rice, Tushar A. Kshirsagar, Philip D. Heppner, Joshua R. Wurst, Shri Niwas, Sarah J. Slania
  • Patent number: 8937062
    Abstract: Compositions comprise a fluoroquinolone having Formulae I-VIII for treating, reducing, ameliorating, or preventing infections caused by some bacteria that are resistant to an antibacterial drug. Methods for treating, reducing, ameliorating, or preventing such infections use such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Praveen Tyle, Pramod Kumar Gupta, Susan E. Norton, Lynne Brunner, Joseph Blondeau
  • Publication number: 20150018343
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I) as M1 receptor positive allosteric modulators for the treatment of diseases mediated by the muscarinic M1 mediator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Dominique Swinnen, Cyril Montagne, Vincent Pomel, Anna Quattropani, Jerome Molette, Patrick Gerber
  • Publication number: 20150018334
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aryl pyrazoles, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The aryl pyrazoles of the present invention are useful as inhibitors of leukotriene A4 hydrolase (LTA4H) and treating LTA4H related disorders. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aryl pyrazoles of the present invention, methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, and processes for preparing these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Asitha ABEYWARDANE, John BROADWATER, Steven Richard BRUNETTE, Thomas Martin KIRRANE, JR., Hossein RAZAVI, Robert SIBLEY, Lana Louise SMITH KEENAN, Qiang ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20150018344
    Abstract: Compounds having the following formula (I) or an enantiomer, diastereomer or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, wherein X is N or C—R7, are useful as kinase modulators, including IRAK-4 modulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Venkatram Reddy Paidi, Sreekantha Ratna Kumar, Abhisek Banerjee, Ramesh Sistla, Satheesh Kesavan Nair, William J. Pitts, John Hynes
  • Publication number: 20150018309
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted 5-aminothieno[2,3-c]pyridazine-6-carboxamide analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4 (mAChR M4); synthesis methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Craig W Lindsley, P. Jeffrey Conn, Michael R. Wood, Bruce J. Melancon, James C. Tarr, James M. Salovich
  • Publication number: 20150018542
    Abstract: Provided in the present invention are a 2-arylbenzofuran-7-formamide compound as shown in general formula I or a pharmacologically or physiologically acceptable salt thereof, a preparation method thereof and use thereof in preparing anti-tumour drugs, wherein R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen, straight or branched chained C1-C4 alkyl, C3-C4 cycloalkyl or saturated 5- or 6-membered heterocyclyl containing oxygen or nitrogen; or R1 and R2 together with N form an unsubstituted or substituted saturated 5- or 6-membered heterocyclyl containing at least one heteroatom, wherein the heteroatom is O, N and S, the substituent is a methyl on N; R3 is a hydrogen atom or a chlorine atom; R4 is a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom; X is CH, CF or N; and Y is CH, CF or N.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Chunhao Yang, Zehong Miao, Jian Ding, Meng Wang, Jinxue He, Cun Tan, Yi Chen
  • Publication number: 20150011535
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of general formula (I) and the tautomers and the salts thereof, particularly the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof with inorganic or organic acids and bases, which have valuable pharmacological properties, particularly an inhibitory effect on epithelial sodium channels, and the use thereof for the treatment of diseases, particularly diseases of the lungs and airways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Armin HECKEL, Joerg KLEY
  • Publication number: 20150011527
    Abstract: Compounds are provided that modulate the glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor, as well as methods of their synthesis, and methods of their therapeutic and/or prophylactic use. Such compounds can act as modulators or potentiators of GLP-1 receptor on their own, or with incretin peptides such as GLP-1(7-36) and GLP-1(9-36), or with peptide-based therapies, such as exenatide and liraglutide, and have the following general structure (where “” represents either or both the R and S form of the compound): where A, B, C, Y1, Y2, Z, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, W1, n, p and q are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Marcus F. Boehm, Esther Martinborough, Manisha Moorjani, Junko Tamiya, Liming Huang, Adam R. Yeager, Enugurthi Brahmachary, Thomas Fowler, Andrew Novak, Premji Meghani, Michael Knaggs
  • Publication number: 20150011752
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I wherein: R1 is and R2, R4, and R6-9 are defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof. These compounds inhibit PI3 kinase and mTOR, and may be used to treat diseases mediated by PI3 kinase and mTOR, such as a variety of cancers. Methods for making and using the compounds of this invention are disclosed. Various compositions containing the compounds of this invention are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Aranapakam Mudumbai VENKATESAN, Zecheng CHEN, Christoph Martin DEHNHARDT, Osvaldo DOS SANTOS, Efren Guillermo DELOS SANTOS, Arie ZASK, Jeroen Cunera VERHEIJEN, Joshua Aaron KAPLAN, David James RICHARD, Semiramis AYRAL-KALOUSTIAN, Tarek Suhayl MANSOUR, Ariamala GOPALSAMY, Kevin Joseph CURRAN, Mengxiao SHI
  • Publication number: 20150011532
    Abstract: Compounds having the following formula: wherein A is, or; and X is N or C—R7, or an enantiomer, diastereomer or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, are useful as kinase modulators, including IRAK-4 modulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Venkatram Reddy Paidi, Sreekantha Ratna Kumar, Abhisek Banejee, Ramesh Sistla, Satheesh Kesavan Nair, William J. Pitts, John Hynes
  • Patent number: 8927546
    Abstract: The invention includes a compound of formula I: wherein R1, Y, A, n, R4 and Z have any of the values described herein, as well as salts of such compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and therapeutic methods that comprise the administration of such compounds. The compounds are inhibitors of PDE4 function and are useful for improving cognitive function and/or treating cognitive disorders or impairment, traumatic and/or ischemic injuries of the central and peripheral nervous system and/or psychiatric disorders in animals, especially humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Dart Neuroscience (Cayman) Ltd.
    Inventors: Alan P. Kaplan, Terence P. Keenan, Michael I. Weinhouse, Mark E. Wilson, Andrew K. Lindstrom, William C. Ripka, Mi Chen
  • Publication number: 20150005289
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, compositions thereof and uses therewith for treating spinal muscular atrophy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Hongyan Qi, Soongyu Choi, Amal Dakka, Gary Mitchell Karp, Jana Narasimhan, Nikolai Naryshkin, Anthony A. Turpoff, Marla L. Weetall, Ellen Welch, Matthew G. Woll, Tianle Yang, Nanjing Zhang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Xin Zhao, Luke Green, Emmanuel Pinard, Hasane Ratni
  • Patent number: 8921544
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound which is an amide of the formula (1), or a salt, solvate, N-oxide or tautomer thereof; wherein: a is 0 or 1; b is 0 or 1: provided that the sum of a and b is 0 or 1; T is O or NH Ar1 is a monocyclic or bicyclic 5- to 10-membered aryl or heteroaryl group containing up to 4 heteroatoms selected from O, N and S, and being optionally substituted by one or more substituents R1; Ar2 Js a monocyclic or bicyclic 5- to 10-membered aryl or heteroaryl group containing up to 4 heteroatoms selected from O, N and S and being optionally substituted by one or more substituents R2; and R1 and R2 are as defined in the claims. The compounds are inhibitors of kinases and in particular FLT3, FLT4 and Aurora kinases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Sareum Limited
    Inventors: John Charles Reader, John Mark Ellard, Helen Boffey, Susanne Taylor, Andrew David Carr, Michael Cherry, Michelle Wilson, Richard Boakye Owoare
  • Publication number: 20140371199
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain compounds (e.g., imidazopyrazine, imidazopyridine, imidazopyridazine and imidazpyrimidine compounds) that act as inhibitors of the MAP kinase interacting kinases MNK2a, MNK2b, MNK1a, and MNK1b. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and to the use of the compounds for the preparation of a medicament for the prophylaxis and treatment of diseases (e.g., proliferative diseases (e.g., cancer), inflammatory diseases, Alzheimer's disease), as well as methods of treating these diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Kassoum Nacro, Athisayamani Jeyaraj Duraiswamy, Lohitha Rao
  • Publication number: 20140371204
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) wherein ring A, X, (R1)n, R2, R3, R4, R4?, R5, n, and p are as described in the description; to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and to the use of such compounds as medicaments, especially as modulators of the CXCR3 receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Eva Caroff, Marcel Keller, Thierry Kimmerlin, Emmanuel Meyer
  • Patent number: 8912176
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I), wherein R, R1, m, n and X1 to X3 have the meaning as cited in the description and the claims. Said compounds are useful as Histamine H3 receptor antagonists. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions, the preparation of such compounds as well as the production and use as medicament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Evotec AG
    Inventors: Adam James Davenport, David James Hallett, Christopher Charles Stimson
  • Publication number: 20140364421
    Abstract: [Problem] A compound which is useful as an IK1 channel activator is provided. [Means for Solution] As a result of studies on the IK1 channel activator, the present inventors have found that a benzothiophene compound shows effectiveness on visceral pain, inflammatory pain, osteoarthritis pain, neuropathic pain, or fibromyalgia, thereby completing the invention. A compound of the invention has an IK1 channel activation effect, and can also be used as an agent for preventing and/or treating visceral pain, inflammatory pain, osteoarthritis pain, neuropathic pain, or fibromyalgia. In addition, the IK1 channel activator can be used as an agent for preventing and/or treating inflammatory pain, osteoarthritis pain, neuropathic pain, and fibromyalgia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Tsukasa ISHIHARA, Kazuhiro IKEGAI, Ikumi KURIWAKI, Hiroyuki HISAMICHI, Nobuaki TAKESHITA, Ryuichi TAKEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20140364420
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as Chemokine Receptor antagonists. Compounds of general formula I are provided: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compounds and compositions for the inhibition of Chemokine Receptors and also for the treatment of various diseases, conditions, or disorders, including acute or chronic inflammatory disease, cancer or osteolytic bone disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth G. Carson, Shomir Ghosh, Prakash Raman, Francois Soucy, Qing Ye
  • Patent number: 8906852
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds that inhibit protein tyrosine kinase activity. In particular the invention relates to compounds that inhibit the protein tyrosine kinase activity of growth factor receptors, resulting in the inhibition of receptor signaling, for example, the inhibition of VEGF receptor signaling. The invention also provides compounds, compositions and methods for treating cell proliferative diseases and conditions and ophthalmic diseases, disorders and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: MethylGene Inc.
    Inventors: Stéphane Raeppel, Franck Raeppel, Stephen William Claridge, Lijie Zhan, Frédéric Gaudette, Michael Mannion, Norifumi Sato, Yohei Yuki, Masashi Kishida, Arkadii Vaisburg
  • Patent number: 8906906
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a series of novel compounds having antiviral activity, more specifically HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) replication inhibiting properties. The invention also relates to methods for the preparation of such compounds, as well as to novel intermediates useful in one or more steps of such syntheses. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of such compounds as active ingredients. This invention further relates to the use of such compounds as medicines or in the manufacture of a medicament useful for the treatment of animals suffering from viral infections, in particular HIV infection. This invention further relates to methods for the treatment of viral infections in animals by the administration of a therapeutical amount of such compounds, optionally combined with one or more other drugs having antiviral activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
    Inventors: Patrick Chaltin, Zeger Debyser, Marc De Maeyer, Arnaud Marchand, Damien Marchand, Wim Smets, Arnout Voet, Frauke Christ
  • Publication number: 20140357623
    Abstract: 2-{4-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridin-3-yl]piperidin-1-yl}ethan-1-amine; 3-aminopropyl 4-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridin-3-yl]piperidine-1-carboxylate; 1-{4-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridin-3-yl]piperidin-1-yl}-4-(dimethylamino)butan-1-one; 5-amino-1-{4-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridin-3-yl]piperidin-1-yl}pentan-1-one; N-(2-aminoethyl)-4-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridin-3-yl]piperidine-1-carboxamide; N-(3-aminopropyl)-4-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridin-3-yl]piperidine-1-carboxamide; 4-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridin-3-yl]-N-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]piperidine-1-carboxamide; 1-({4-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridin-3-yl]piperidin-1-yl}carbonyl)piperazine; 4-({4-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridin-3-yl]piperidin-1-yl}carbonyl)morpholine; 1-({4-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridin-3-yl]piperidin-1-yl}carbonyl)-1,4-diazepane; ethyl 1-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-c]pyridin-3-yl]piperidine-4-carbo
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: PROXIMAGEN LIMITED
    Inventors: David Evans, Allison Carley, Alison Stewart, Michael Higginbottom, Edward Savory, Iain Simpson, Marianne Nilsson, Martin Haraldsson, Erik Nordling, Tobias Koolmeister
  • Publication number: 20140357614
    Abstract: Diamino-pyridine, pyrimidine and pyridazine compounds which may be used as H4 receptor modulators, and in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by H4 receptor activity, such as allergy, asthma, autoimmune diseases, and pruritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Hui Cai, Frank Chavez, Paul J. Dunford, Andrew J. Greenspan, Steven P. Meduna, Jorge A. Quiroz, Brad M. Savall, Kevin L. Tays, Robin L. Thurmond, Jianmei Wei, Ronald L. Wolin, Xioahu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140349986
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted aminoindanes and analogs thereof of formula I and the pharmaceutical use thereof. Medicaments which comprise compounds of this type are suitable for the prevention or treatment of diverse disorders such as, for example, of respiratory disorders, cystic fibrosis disorders, acute or chronic renal disorders or bowel disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: SANOFI
    Inventors: Nils Rackelmann, Laurent Bialy, Heinrich Englert, Klaus Wirth, Petra Arndt, John Weston, Uwe Heinelt, Markus Follmann
  • Publication number: 20140350244
    Abstract: Compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods are provided that are useful in the treatment of CDK4-mediated disorders, such as cancer. The subject compounds are fused pyridine, pyrimide and triazine derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Richard V. Connors, Kang DAI, John EKSTEROWICZ, Pingchen FAN, Benjamin FISHER, Jiasheng FU, Kexue LI, Zhihong LI, Lawrence R. MCGEE, Rajiv SHARMA, Xiaodong WANG, Dustin L. MCMINN, Jeffrey T. MIHALIC, Jeffrey DEIGNAN
  • Publication number: 20140343277
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel diazepine compound that blocks the IKur current or the Kv1.5 channel potently and more selectively than other K+ channels. The present invention relates to a diazepine compound represented by General Formula (1) or a salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are each independently hydrogen, lower alkyl, cyclo lower alkyl or lower alkoxy lower alkyl; R2 and R3 may be linked to form lower alkylene; A1 is lower alkylene optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl and oxo; Y1 and Y2 are each independently —N? or —CH?; and R5 is group represented by wherein R6 and R7 are each independently hydrogen or organic group; R6 and R7 may be linked to form a ring together with the neighboring group —XA—N—XB—; XA and XB are each independently a bond, lower alkylene, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Shinichi TAIRA, Kunio OSHIMA, Takashi OSHIYAMA, Yasuhiro MENJO, Yasuo KOGA, Hokuto YAMABE, Sunao NAKAYAMA, Kenji TSUJIMAE, Toshiyuki ONOGAWA, Kuninori TAI, Motohiro ITOTANI
  • Publication number: 20140343006
    Abstract: This invention concerns HIV replication inhibitors of formula the N-oxides, the pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts, the quaternary amines and the stereochemically isomeric forms thereof, wherein the ring containing -a1=a2-a3=a4- and -b1=b2-b3=b4- represents phenyl, pyridyl, pyrimidinyl, pirazinyl, pyridazinyl; n is 0 to 5; m is 1 to 4; R1 is hydrogen; aryl; formyl; C1-6alkylcarbonyl; C1-6alkyl; C1-6alkyloxycarbonyl; substituted C1-6alkyl, C1-6alkylcarbonyl, C1-6alkyloxycarbonyl, C1-6alkylcarbonyloxy; substituted C1-6alkyloxyC1-6alkylcarbonyl; R2 is hydroxy, halo, optionally substituted C1-6alkyl, C3-7cycloalkyl, optionally substituted C2-6alkenyl, optionally substituted C2-6alkynyl, C1-6alkyloxy, C1-6alkyloxycarbonyl, carboxyl, cyano, nitro, amino, mono- or di(C1-6alkyl)amino, polyhalomethyl, polyhalomethyloxy, polyhalomethylthio, —S(?O)pR6, —NH—S(?O)pR6, —C(?O)R6, —NHC(?O)H, —C(?O)NHNH2, —NHC(?O)R6, —C(?NH)R6 or a 5-membered heterocycle; X1 is —NR5—, —NH—NH—, —N?N—, —O—, —C(?O)—, C1-4alkanediyl,
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Jerome Emile Georges Guillemont, Patrice Palandijian, Marc Rene DeJonge, Lucien Maria Henricus Koymans, Hendrik Maarten Vinkers, Frederik Frans Desire Daeyaert, Jan Heeres, Koen Jeanne Alfons Van Aken, Paulus Joannes Lewi, Frank Xavier Jozef Herwig Arts
  • Publication number: 20140343279
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel processes for the preparation of histamine H3 receptor modulators, in the treatment of for example, cognitive disorders, sleep disorders and/or psychiatric disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Diego Broggini, Vit Lellek, Susanne Lochner, Neelakandha S. Mani, Adrian Maurer, Daniel J. Pippel, Lana K. Young
  • Publication number: 20140336170
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to substituted indazole compounds, pharmaceutical compositions of these compounds and methods of use thereof. The compounds of the present invention are ketohexokinase (KHK) inhibitors, useful for treating or ameliorating a KHK mediated metabolic disorders and/or diseases such as obesity, Type II diabetes mellitus and Metabolic Syndrome X.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA NV
    Inventors: Xuqing Zhang, Marta C. Abad, Alan C. Gibbs, Gee-Hong Kuo, Fengbin Song, Zhihua Sui
  • Publication number: 20140336374
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of novel antagonists for CCR2 (CC chemokine receptor 2) and intermediates thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Heiner EBEL, Sara FRATTINI, Riccardo GIOVANNINI, Christoph HOENKE, Thomas TRIESELMANN, Patrick TIELMANN
  • Patent number: 8883776
    Abstract: Certain cycloalkyloxy- and heterocycloalkyloxypyridine compounds are histamine H3 receptor modulators useful in the treatment of histamine H3 receptor-mediated diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Michael A. Letavic, Emily M. Stocking
  • Publication number: 20140329799
    Abstract: This invention relates to aminopyrimidinone compounds of Formula (I) that are inhibitors of Interleukin receptor-associated kinases, in particular IRAK-4, and are useful in the treatment or prevention of inflammatory diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: W. Michael Seganish, Stephanie Nicole Brumfield, Jongwon Lim, Julius J. Matasi, William T. Mcelroy, Deen B. Tulshian, Brian J. Lavey, Michael D. Altman, Criag R. Gibeau, John William Lampe, Joey Methot, Liang Zhu