Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel pyridizinone derivatives that mediate enzymatic activity. In particular, the compounds may be effective in the treatment of diseases or disease states related to the activity of the histamine H3 receptor, including, for example, neurodegenerative disorders, sleep/wake disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and cognition.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), their use as PARP inhibitors as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2 L1, L2, X, Y, Q and Z have defined meanings.

Abstract: The compounds of formula (I) in which R1, R11 and A have the meanings as given in the description are novel effective iNOS inhibitors.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of Formula (I) and Formula (II) (where variables R1, R2, R3, R4, A, B, G, J, Q, T, U, V, W, X and Y are as defined herein) useful as antagonists of CGRP receptors and useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the CGRP is involved, such as headache, migraine and cluster headache. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which CGRP is involved.

Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) and Formula (II) (where variables R1, R2, R4, A, B, W, X, Y and Z are as defined herein) useful as antagonists of CGRP receptors and useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the CGRP is involved, such as headache, migraine and cluster headache. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which CGRP is involved.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new phthalazinone modulators of H1 receptor activity and/or modulators of LTC4 production, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds having formula (I) or (II): and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, wherein m, p, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as described generally and in classes and subclasses herein, and additionally provides pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for the use thereof for the treatment of any of a number of diseases, disorders or conditions associated with HGF/SF or other cytokine activity.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel imidazopyrazine and imidazopyrimidine compounds of formula (I) wherein the variables are as defined herein. The compounds of formula (I) are useful as kinase inhibitors and as such would be useful in treating certain conditions and diseases, especially inflammatory conditions and diseases and proliferative disorders and conditions, for example, cancers.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein ring A is a ring which is optionally further substituted; R1 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R2 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R3 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R4 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R5 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R6 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent; X is ?N— or ?C(Z)- (Z is a hydrogen atom or a substituent); when X is ?C(Z)-, Z and R6 are optionally bonded to each other to form, together with the carbon atom bonded thereto, an optionally substituted ring, provided that when X is ?CH—, then R6 is not optionally substituted 2-piperidinyl, excluding N-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-2-yl-4-methyl-benzamide, N-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-2-yl-benzamide and N-(7-methylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-2-yl)-benzamide, or a salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical agent containing same.

Abstract: The invention concerns bicyclic compounds of Formula I wherein the integers X1, X2, X3, Ring A, R4, R5 and m are as defined in the description. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the manufacture of a medicament for use in the prevention or treatment of androgen-receptor associated conditions.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds having formula (I) or (II): and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, wherein m, p, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as described generally and in classes and subclasses herein, and additionally provides pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for the use thereof for the treatment of any of a number of diseases, disorders or conditions associated with HGF/SF or other cytokine activity.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I): as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates are disclosed. The compounds are useful for treating dyslipidemias, and in particular, reducing serum LDL, VLDL and triglycerides, and raising HDL levels. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment are also included.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of novel pyrrolopyrazine derivatives of Formula I, wherein the variables Q and R are defined as described herein, which inhibit JAK and SYK and are useful for the treatment of auto-immune and inflammatory diseases.

Abstract: Substituted sulfonamide compounds corresponding to the formula I? wherein m, n, p, X, Y, Z, R1, RA and RB have specified meanings, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and the use of these substituted sulfonamide compounds for the treatment and/or inhibition of pain or other conditions.

Abstract: The present invention provides C1-6alkyl-4-amino-azepan-3-one protease inhibitors and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and solvates thereof which inhibit proteases, including cathepsin K, pharmaceutical compositions of such compounds, novel intermediates of such compounds, and methods for treating diseases of excessive bone loss or cartilage or matrix degradation, including osteoporosis; gingival disease including gingivitis and periodontitis; arthritis, more specifically, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis; Paget's disease; hypercalcemia of malignancy; and metabolic bone disease; and parasitic diseases, including malaria, by administering to a patient in need thereof one or more compounds of the present invention.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Q1 and R1 are defined herein, inhibit the IGF-1R enzyme and are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of various diseases and conditions that respond to treatment by inhibition of tyrosine kinases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), and salts thereof, processes for their preparation, to compositions containing them and to their use in the treatment of various disorders, such as allergic rhinitis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to chemical compounds having a general formula I wherein A1-8, D?, L1, L2, R1, R6-8 and n are defined herein, and synthetic intermediates, which are capable of modulating various protein kinase receptor enzymes and, thereby, influencing various disease states and conditions related to the activities of such kinases. For example, the compounds are capable of modulating Aurora kinase thereby influencing the process of cell cycle and cell proliferation to treat cancer and cancer-related diseases. The invention also includes pharmaceutical compositions, including the compounds, and methods of treating disease states related to the activity of Aurora kinase.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a phenothiazinium compound of Formula (I): wherein: A and B each independently is in which R? and R? each independently is a linear, branched or cyclic hydrocarbon group, or R? and R? together with the N atom to which they are attached form an optionally substituted 5-, 6- or 7-membered ring; and where XP? is a counteranion and P is 1, 2 or 3; except for the compounds in which A and B are both either —N(CH3)2 or —N(CH2CH3)2 for use in a treatment that requires removal, deactivation or killing of unwanted tissues or cells. The invention also relates to compositions comprising the compounds of Formula I, to selected compounds of Formula I, use of the compounds of Formula I as medicaments and as a PDT agent or a photodiagnostic agent, a conjugate or composite formed between a compound of Formula I and a polymer; and to a method for sterilising fluids in which the fluid is passed over the conjugate or composite whilst it is illuminated.

Abstract: The invention concerns substituted tricyclic isoxazoline derivatives, more in particular tricyclic dihydrobenzopyranoisoxazoline, dihydroquinolinoisoxazoline, dihydronaphthalenoisoxazoline and dihydrobenzothiopyranoisoxazoline derivatives substituted on at least one of the C6- and C9-positions of the phenylpart of the tricyclic moiety with a selected radical, according to Formula (I) wherein X=CH2, N—R7, S or O, R1, R2, R14 and R15 are certain specific substituents, with the proviso that at least one of R14 and R15 is not hydrogen, Pir is preferably an optionally substituted piperidinyl or piperazinyl radical and R3 represents an optionally substituted aromatic homocyclic or heterocyclic ring system including a partially or completely hydrogenated hydrocarbon chain of maximum 6 atoms long with which the ring system is attached to the Pir radical and which may contain one or more heteroatoms selected from the group of O, N and S; a process for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them

Abstract: Compounds of the formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Q1 and R1 are defined herein, inhibit the IGF-1R enzyme and are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of various diseases and conditions that respond to treatment by inhibition of tyrosine kinases.

Abstract: Fused pyridazine derivatives represented by formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof (wherein each symbol has the meaning as defined in the specification.). Because of inhibiting poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase, the compounds represented by formula (I) are useful as preventives and/or remedies for various ischemic diseases (in brain, cord, heart, digestive tract, skeletal muscle, retina, etc.), inflammatory diseases (inflammatory bowel disease, multiple cerebrosclerosis, arthritis, etc.), neurodegenerative diseases (extrapyramidal disorder, Alzheimer's disease, muscular dystrophy, lumbar spinal canal stenosis, etc.), diabetes, shock, head trauma, renal failure, hyperalgesia, etc. Moreover, these compounds are useful as agents against retroviruses (HIV etc.), sensitizers in treating cancer and immunosuppressants.

Abstract: A 1-amino-phthalazine derivative of general formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined herein. Also disclosed are a method for preparing such compounds, intermediates for use in such method and medical treatments using the compounds of formula (I).

Abstract: Carbon-linked tetrahydro-pyrazolo-pyridine compounds are described, which are useful as cathepsin S modulators. Such compounds may be used in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by cathepsin S activity, such as psoriasis, pain, multiple sclerosis, atherosclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis.

Abstract: The present invention provides 4-amino-azepan-3-one protease inhibitors and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and solvates thereof which inhibit proteases, including cathepsin K, pharmaceutical compositions of such compounds, novel intermediates of such compounds, and methods for treating diseases of excessive bone loss or cartilage or matrix degradation, including osteoporosis; gingival disease including gingivitis and periodontitis; arthritis, more specifically, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis; Paget's disease; hypercalcemia of malignancy; and metabolic bone disease, comprising inhibiting said bone loss or excessive cartilage or matrix degradation by administering to a patient in need thereof a compound of the present invention.

Abstract: A heteroaryl derivative having the formula (I).

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein X is N, Y is S, Z is —(CRaRb)r—, A is —NR3, m is 2, n is 1, q is 2, R2 is optioinally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl, and p, R1, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, and R10, are as defined herein. The invention also provides methods for preparing, compositions comprising, and methods for using compounds of formula I for treatment of central nervous system diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein R1 to R4 are as defined in the description and claims, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases which are associated with the modulation of H3 receptors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein R1 to R4 are as defined in the description and claims, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases which are associated with the modulation of H3 receptors.

Abstract: An aminomethylpyridyloxymethyl/benzisoxazole substituted azabicyclic compound of formula I, pharmaceutical composition comprising same, and a method of treating one or more CNS or other disorders, including concurrent treatment of disorders such as schizophrenia and depression, wherein formula I is or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or thereof, wherein Z is wherein Y is methylene; X is oxygen; n is 0; R1 and R2 are each hydrogen or halogen; and R3 and R4 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form i) a saturated non-aromatic 3 to 7 membered monocyclic ring, said ring i) being unsubstituted or substituted or substituted with one or more (C1–C4)alkyl, (C1–C4)alkoxy(C1–C4)alkyl, or hydroxy groups.

Abstract: Amidophenyl-sulfonylamino-quinoxaline compounds of formula (I) are CCK2 modulators useful in the treatment of CCK2 mediated diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) their prodrugs, N-oxides, addition salts, quaternary amines and stereochemically isomeric forms, wherein the bivalent radical -{circle around (A)}- represents a saturated or an unsaturated homopiperidinyl having one double bond, and wherein said bivalent radical -{circle around (A)}- is substituted with R2 being hydrogen, hydroxy, C1-4alkyl, or C1-4alkyloxy; -a1=a2-a3=a4- represents an optionally substituted bivalent radical; R1 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, aryl1, C1-6alkyl substituted with aryl1, C1-4alkyloxycarbonyl, aryl1carbonyl, aryl1C1-6alkylarbonyl C1-4alkylcarbonyl, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethylcarbonyl, C1-6alkylsulfonyl, aryl1sulfonyl, methanesulfonyl, benzenesulfonyl, trifluoromethanesulfonyl, dimethylsulfamoyl; X represents O, S or NR3, wherein R3 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, methanesulfonyl, benzenesulfonyl, trifluoromethanesulfonyl, dimethylsulfamoyl, C1-4alkyl substituted with aryl2 and optionally with hydroxy, C1-4alkylcarbonylC1-4alkyl su

Abstract: Certain methods are disclosed that are useful in the preparation of CCK2 active amidophenyl-sulfonylamino-quinoxaline compounds of the formula: wherein R1, R2, Ra and Rb are defined.

Abstract: The invention concerns substituted amino isoxazoline derivatives, more in particular tricyclic dihydrobenzopyranoisoxazoline, dihydroquinolinoisozazoline, dihydronaphthalenoisoxazoline and dihydrobenzothiopyranoisoxazoline derivatives substituted on the phenylpart of the tricyclic moiety with primary, secondary and/or tertiary amino groups, according to Formula (I) wherein X=CH2, N—R7, S or O, R1, R2 and R3 are certain specific substituents, with the proviso that at least one of R1 and R2 is an amino radical of formula N—R10R11 wherein R10 and R11 are each a variety of radicals, Pir is an optionally substituted piperidyl or piperazyl radical and R3 represents an optionally substituted aromatic homocyclic or heterocyclic ring system including a partially or completely hydrogenated hydrocarbon chain of maximum 6 atoms long with which the ring system is attached to the Pir radical and which may contain one or more heteroatoms selected from the group of O, N and S; a process for their preparation, pharmaceuti

Abstract: Quinoline and quinazoline derivatives can be used in the form of pharmaceutical preparations as Neuropeptide Y antagonists for the treatment or prevention of arthritis, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, renal failure, eating disorders and obesity.

Abstract: Compounds complying with the general formula (I) in which R either represents a halogen atom or a phenyl group substituted by one or more groups chosen from halogen atoms and (C1–C6)alkyl, (C1–C6)alkoxy, nitro, amino, trifluoromethyl, cyano, hydroxy, acetyl or methylenedioxy groups, or represents a pyridinyl group, a thienyl group, an indolyl group, or a pyrimidinyl group optionally substituted by one or more (C1–C6)alkoxy groups, where, of the two carbon-carbon bonds represented by , one is single and the other may be single or double. Therapeutic application.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X is CH or N, Y is C or S, Z is —(CRaRb)r— or —SO2—, A is —NR3— or —O—, R2 is optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl, n is 1 or 2, m is 1 when Y is C and m is 2 when Y is S, and p, q, r, R1, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, Ra and Rb are as defined herein. The compounds are useful in the treatment of 5-HT6 and 5-HT2A mediated diseases.

Abstract: The compounds of formula I in which R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 have the meanings as given in the description are PDE4/7 inhibitors.

Abstract: The present invention provides for pyrazolopurine-based tricyclic compounds having the formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as described herein. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, as well as the use of such compounds for treating inflammatory and immune diseases.

Abstract: As a result of an effort made by us for the purpose of developing a therapeutic agent having a bone formation-stimulating effect by promoting the functions of osteoblasts, the present inventors discovered that a certain nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound exhibits a potent bone formation-stimulating effect on the osteoblast and thus can serve as an excellent prophylactic or therapeutic agent against a metabolic bone disease, whereby establishing the present invention. Thus, the present invention provides a 3,6-disubstituted 1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazine compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as well as a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, especially a bone-forming agent.

Abstract: Compound of the Formula: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof, wherein: X is CH or N, Y is C or S, Z is —SO2— or —(CRaRb)r—, n is 1 or 2, R2 is aryl or heteroaryl, and R1, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, Ra, Rb, m, p, q and r, are as defined herein. The compounds are modulators of the 5-HT6 receptor and are useful for treatment of central nervous system disorders. Also provided are methods for preparing, compositions comprising, and methods for using Compounds of Formula I.

Abstract: The present invention provides C1-6alkyl-4-amino-azepan-3-one protease inhibitors and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and solvates thereof which inhibit proteases, including cathepsin K, pharmaceutical compositions of such compounds, novel intermediates of such compounds, and methods for treating diseases of excessive bone loss or cartilage or matrix degradation, including osteoporosis; gingival disease including gingivitis and periodontitis; arthritis, more specifically, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis; Paget's disease; hypercalcemia of malignancy; and metabolic bone disease; and parasitic diseases, including malaria, by administering to a patient in need thereof one or more compounds of the present invention.

Abstract: CRF receptor antagonists are disclosed which have utility in the treatment of a variety of disorders, including the treatment of disorders manifesting hypersecretion of CRF in a warm-blooded animals, such as stroke.

Abstract: Pyrazole compounds represented by the formula: are described. The pyrazole compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing them may be used in inhibiting ERAB or HADH2 activity and in treating ERAB, HADH2 or amyloid-? mediated diseases and conditions.

Abstract: Compounds of formula A and formula B: and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, compositions comprising them, methods for their use, and their use in the preparation of medicaments. The compounds are antagonists of MCP-1 function, and are useful in the prevention and treatment of chronic or acute inflammatory or autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, and in the prevention and treatment of allergic hypersensitivity disorders.

Abstract: Substituted pyrazoles, methods of manufacturing them, compositions containing them, and methods of using them to treat, for example, autoimmune diseases mediated by cathepsin S are described.

Abstract: Benzimidazolidinone derivative compounds, which increase acetylcholine signaling or effect in the brain, and highly selective muscarinic agonists, particularly for the M1 and/or M4 receptor subtypes, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, as well as methods of treating psychosis using these compounds are disclosed.

Abstract: Substituted pyrazoles, methods of manufacturing them, compositions containing them, and methods of using them to treat, for example, autoimmune diseases mediated by cathepsin S are described.

Abstract: Substituted pyrazoles, methods of manufacturing them, compositions containing them, and methods of using them to treat, for example, autoimmune diseases mediated by cathepsin S are described.

Abstract: Quinoline and quinazoline derivatives can be used in the form of pharmaceutical preparations as Neuropeptide Y antagonists for the treatment or prevention of arthritis, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, renal failure, eating disorders and obesity.