Additional Nitrogen Containing Hetero Ring (e.g., Thiazetidine, Etc.) Patents (Class 544/111)
  • Patent number: 7384962
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds, their analogs, their tautomers, their regioisomers, their stereoisomers, their enantiomers, their diastereomers, their polymorphs, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, their appropriate N-oxides, their pharmaceutically acceptable solvates and their pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The present invention more particularly relates to novel Phosphodiesterase type 4 (PDE4) inhibitors of the Formula (1), their analogs, tautomers, enantiomers, diasteromers, regioisomers, stereoisomers, polymorphs, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, appropriate N-oxide, pharmaceutically acceptable solvates and the pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals S.A.
    Inventors: Balasubramanian Gopalan, Laxmikant Atmaram Gharat, Aftab Dawoodbhai Lakdawala, Usha Karunakaran
  • Patent number: 7375119
    Abstract: The present invention provides an amide-type carboxamide derivative of the formula [1]: wherein X is a group of the formula: —N? or the formula: —CH?; R1 is a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, and the like; R2 is a group of the formula: and the like; Y1 and Y2 are the same or different and each is a group selected from a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, and the like; Ring A is phenyl group, and the like, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which is useful as an inhibitor of FXa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Kawaguchi, Hidenori Akatsuka, Masamichi Morimoto, Tatsuya Watanabe, Toru Iijima, Jun Murakami
  • Patent number: 7371749
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formulae IA and IB wherein R1 and R2 are each independently lower alkyl or —(CH2)m—O-lower alkyl, or together with the N atom to which they are attached form a heterocyclic ring; R3 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; R4 is lower alkyl; hetaryl is 3H-imidazole-2,4-diyl or 1H-pyrazole-1,4-diyl; n is 1 or 2; and m is 1 or 2; and to pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof. These compounds may be used for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, neuroprotection, schizophrenia, anxiety, pain, respiration deficits, depression, ADHD, drug addiction, such as amphetamine, cocaine, opioids, ethanol, nicotine, cannabinoids, or for the treatment of asthma, allergic responses, hypoxia, ischaemia, seizure and substance abuse, or for use as sedatives, muscle relaxants, antipsychotics, antiepileptics, anticonvulsants and cardiaprotective agents for coronary artery disease and heart failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Flohr, Claus Riemer
  • Patent number: 7365066
    Abstract: Novel pyrazolopyridine derivative compounds are disclosed and their use as pharmaceutical agents, in particular their use as TGF-beta signal transduction inhibitors useful in the treatment of cancer and other disease states influenced by TGF beta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Douglas Wade Beight, Rosanne Bonjouklian, Junkai Liao, William Thomas McMillen, Brandon Lee Parkhurst, Jason Scott Sawyer, Jonathan Michael Yingling, Jeremy Schulenburg York
  • Patent number: 7361654
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new class of non-steroidal compounds which are useful in treating diseases associated with modulation of the glucocorticoid receptor, AP-1, and/or NF-?B activity including obesity, diabetes, inflammatory- and immune-associated diseases, and have the structure including all stereoisomers thereof, tautomers thereof, or a prodrug thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein X is selected from N, O, and S; Y is N or CR6; Z is a ring; and where R, Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are as defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating obesity, diabetes and inflammatory or immune associated diseases comprising such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
    Inventors: James Sheppeck, T. G. Murali Dhar, Lidia Doweyko, John Gilmore, David Weinstein, Hai-Yun Xiao, Bingwei V. Yang, Arthur M. Doweyko
  • Patent number: 7358247
    Abstract: Provided is an impurity of mycophenolate mofetil, processes for its preparation and its use as a reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: TEVA Gyógyszergyár Zártköruen Muködö Részvénytársaság
    Inventors: Sandor Molnar, Tivadar Tamas, Janos Hajko, Beáta Kosztya, Amihai Eisenstadt
  • Patent number: 7351721
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the compounds of the formula (I) and salts thereof (all the symbols are the same meanings as described in the specification). The compounds of the formula (I) possess inhibitory activity of N-type calcium channel, so they are useful as drug for prevention and/or treatment of cerebral infarct, transient ischemic attack, encephalomyelopathy after cardiac operation, spinal angiopathy, hypertension with stress, neurosis, epilepsy, asthma and pollakiuria etc. or agent for the treatment of pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Seko, Masashi Kato
  • Publication number: 20080064679
    Abstract: Water-soluble cannabinoid compounds that are agonists of CB1 and CB2 cannabinoid receptors are provided. The compounds are made water-soluble by derivatization of the alkyl side chain and/or the phenolic hydroxyl group of tetrahydrocannabinol. The water-soluble cannabinoids are useful for the treatment of appetite loss, pain, multiple sclerosis, nausea and vomiting, and epilepsy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Billy R. Martin, Raj K. Razdan, Anu Mahadevan
  • Patent number: 7332485
    Abstract: Novel PDF inhibitors and novel methods for their use are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corp
    Inventors: Kelly M. Aubart, Siegfried Benjamin Christensen, IV, Chaya Duraiswami, Joseph M. Karpinski
  • Patent number: 7329765
    Abstract: Benzothiophene compounds such as are DNA binding compounds exhibiting antibacterial activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: GeneSoft Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Roland W. Burli, Eldon E. Baird, Matthew J. Taylor, Jacob A. Kaizerman, Wenhao Hu
  • Patent number: 7320992
    Abstract: Selected compounds are effective for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases, such as angiogenesis mediated diseases. The invention encompasses novel compounds, analogs, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases and other maladies or conditions involving, cancer and the like. The subject invention also relates to processes for making such compounds as well as to intermediates useful in such processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Tegley, Jeffrey A. Adams, Benny C. Askew, Jr., Michael Croghan, Daniel Elbaum, Julie Germain, Gregory J. Habgood, Scott Harried, Aiwen Li, Nobuko Nishimura, Rana Nomak, Andrew Tasker, Kevin Yang
  • Patent number: 7317010
    Abstract: The invention relates to a group of novel thieno-pyrrole compounds of Formula (I), wherein: R1, R2, R4, R5, R6, R6a, R7, R8, A and B are as defined in the specification, which are useful as gonadotrophin releasing hormone antagonists. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical formulations of said compounds, methods of treatment using said compounds and to processes for the preparation of said compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventor: Jean Claude Arnould
  • Patent number: 7312336
    Abstract: Compounds of general formula (I) are disclosed and claimed in the present application, as well as their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the novel compounds and their use in therapy, in particular in the management of pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: AstraZeneca Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Delorme, Edward Roberts, Zhongyong Wei
  • Patent number: 7304058
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula I wherein R, X and n are defined hereinabove, and to a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound may be used for the treatment of diseases related to the A2A receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Flohr, Roland Jakob-Roetne, Roger David Norcross, Claus Riemer
  • Publication number: 20070270399
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new compounds of formula I, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, and to the use of said compounds in therapy. The present invention further relates to processes for the preparation of compounds of formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventors: Marlene Fredenwall, Anders Johansson
  • Patent number: 7285548
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein R1 and R2 are described herein, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof for the treatment of diseases, related to the A2A receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Flohr, Roland Jakob-Roetne, Roger David Norcross, Claus Riemer
  • Patent number: 7282499
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds having pharmacological activity towards the sigma receptor, and more particularly to some pyrazole derivatives, to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use therapy and prophylaxis, in particular for the treatment of psychosis or pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Laboratorios Del Dr. Esteve, S.A.
    Inventors: Jordi Corbera Arjona, Joerg Holenz, Daniel Martinez-Olmo, David Vaño-Domenech
  • Patent number: 7279475
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula(I): wherein R1, R2, W and X of formula(I) are defined herein. The compounds inhibit production of cytokines involved in inflammatory processes and are thus useful for treating diseases and pathological conditions involving inflammation such as chronic inflammatory disease. Also disclosed are processes for preparing these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Pier Francesco Cirillo, Abdelhakim Hammach, Victor Kamhi, Neil Moss, Paul S Riska, Christopher Pargellis
  • Patent number: 7279476
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are useful as protein kinase inhibitors having the formula: where B, R1, n, R3, Q, and R4 are described in the specification. The compounds are useful for treating disease states in mammals that are alleviated by a protein kinase inhibitor, particularly diseases such as cancer, inflammatory disorders, restenosis, and cardiovascular disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Oing Tang, Francois Maltais, James Walter Janetka, Michael Robin Hale
  • Patent number: 7273865
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein R1 and R2 are described hereinbelow. These compounds have high affinity to A2A receptors and good selectivity to A1 and A3 receptors. These compounds are useful, inter alia, in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, depression, Parkinson's disease and ADHD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventor: Roger David Norcross
  • Patent number: 7271181
    Abstract: The present invention relates to inhibitors of p38, a mammalian protein kinase involved cell proliferation, cell death and response to extracellular stimuli. The invention also relates to methods for producing these inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the inhibitors of the invention and methods of utilizing those compositions in the treatment and prevention of various disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeremy Green, Scott L Harbeson, John E Cochran
  • Patent number: 7262199
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which inhibit, regulate and/or modulate tyrosine kinase signal transduction, compositions which contain these compounds, and methods of using them to treat tyrosine kinase-dependent diseases and conditions, such as angiogenesis, cancer, tumor growth, atherosclerosis, age related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, macular edema, retinal ischemia, inflammatory diseases, and the like in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Mark E. Fraley, Scott R. Hambaugh, Robert S. Rubino, Randall W. Hungate
  • Patent number: 7256188
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I which are antagonists of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Michael Wardleworth, Alexander Graham Dossetter, Christopher Thomas Halsall
  • Patent number: 7253188
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel compound represented by the formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 is —S(O)p-A, —S—(O)q-B or —O-D, wherein p and q, which are the same or different, each represent an integer from 0 to 2, A is a straight chain C1-C10 alkyl group which may be substituted by R10, and B and D each independently represent R12 which may be substituted by R10; R2 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a straight chain or branched C1-C6 alkyl group which may be substituted by R10; X1 and X2 each independently represent N or CH, but cannot both be N; the formula (II): shows a monocyclic or bicyclic heteroaryl group which has a nitrogen atom adjacent to the carbon atom bonded to the amide group, and the heteroaryl group may be substituted by R10; R10 is R11, or a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted by R11; R11 is, for example, a hydrogen atom or amino; and R12 is, for example, phenyl, thiazolyl, pyridyl or methylene dioxyphenyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Banyu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruyuki Nishimura, Tomoharu Iino, Yasufumi Nagata, Jun-ichi Eiki
  • Patent number: 7247627
    Abstract: The invention relates to non-hygroscopic salts of 5-[(Z)-(5-fluoro-2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-3H-indol-3-ylidene)methyl]-N-[(2S)-2-hydroxy-3-morpholin-4-ylpropyl]-2,4-dimethyl-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxamide, such as maleate salts, and to crystalline polymorphs of these salts. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions of 5-[(Z)-(5-fluoro-2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-3H-indol-3-ylidene)methyl]-N-[(2S)-2-hydroxy-3-morpholin-4-ylpropyl]-2,4-dimethyl-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxamide salts, and methods of treating disorders such as cancer using such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Andrei Blasko, Qingwu Jin, Qun Lu, Michael A. Mauragis, Dian Song, Brenda S. Vonderwell
  • Patent number: 7241779
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to selected fused pyrrolocarbazoles, including pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of treating diseases therewith. The present invention is also directed to intermediates and processes for making these fused pyrrolocarbazoles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Cephalon, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Hudkins, Allison L. Zulli, Dandu R. Reddy, Ming Tao, Theodore L. Underiner
  • Patent number: 7241760
    Abstract: The present invention relates to imidazole derivatives of the general formula wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are described hereinbelow. These compounds can be used in the treatment or prevention of mGluR5 receptor mediated disorders. These compounds are useful, interalia, in the treatment or prevention of acute and/or chronic neurological disorders such as psychosis, epilepsy, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, cognitive disorders and memory deficits, as well as chronic and acute pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Bernd Buettelmann, Simona Maria Ceccarelli, Georg Jaeschke, Sabine Kolczewski, Richard Hugh Philip Porter, Eric Vieira
  • Patent number: 7217714
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula 1 [Region ?]?[Region ?]?[Region ?]?[Region ?] ??(I) which are useful as modulators of chemokine activity. The invention also provides pharmaceutical formulations and methods of treatment using these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Duncan Robert Armour, David Anthony Price, Blanda Luzia Christa Stammen, Anthony Wood, Manoussos Perros, Martin Paul Edwards
  • Patent number: 7214675
    Abstract: Imidazoquinoline and tetrahydroimidazoquinoline compounds that contain ether and urea functionality at the 1-position are useful as immune response modifiers. The compounds and compositions of the invention can induce the biosynthesis of various cytokines and are useful in the treatment of a variety of conditions including viral diseases and neoplastic diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: George W. Griesgraber
  • Patent number: 7202242
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted 1 and 2 naphthol Mannich bases, a method for the production thereof, medicaments containing said compounds and the use of said compounds in the production of medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Gerlach, Corinna Maul
  • Patent number: 7196082
    Abstract: This invention relates to potent potassium channel blocker compounds of Formula I or a formulation thereof for the treatment of glaucoma and other conditions which leads to elevated intraoccular pressure in the eye of a patient. This invention also relates to the use of such compounds to provide a neuroprotective effect to the eye of mammalian species, particularly humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Merck & Co. Inc.
    Inventors: James B. Doherty, Meng-Hsin Chen, Luping Liu, Swaminathan R. Natarajan, Robert M. Tynebor
  • Patent number: 7189715
    Abstract: The invention is directed to racemic and stereomerically pure compounds of Formula 3: and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, methods of their use, and methods of their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Sepracor Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas P. Jerussi, Qun K. Fang
  • Patent number: 7189727
    Abstract: Compounds having the general structure III are provided: where D is N or C; W is selected from Z1, Z2, and Z3 are independently selected from CR8 and N; and the other variables have the values described herein. Compounds of formula III have useful properties for controlling diseases related to MC4-R action in humans including obesity and type II diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Chiron Corporation
    Inventors: Rustum Boyce, David Duhl
  • Patent number: 7186827
    Abstract: Disclosed are processes of making dipeptide compounds of formula(I) as further described in the detailed description section:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl Alan Busacca, Nizar Haddad, Suresh R. Kapadia, Lana Smith Keenan, Jon Charles Lorenz, Chris Hugh Senanayake, Xudong Wei
  • Patent number: 7186714
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) wherein all variables are as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, processes for preparing the same and their use as pharmaceutical agents
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Kristjan Gudmundsson, Brian A. Johns
  • Patent number: 7176200
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new derivatives of sulphonamides, with the general formula (I), as well as to their physiologically acceptable salts, the processes for their preparation, their application as medicaments in human and/or veterinary therapy and the pharmaceutical compositions that contain them
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Laboratories Del Dr. Esteve, S.A.
    Inventors: Ramón Merce-Vidal, Blas Andaluz-Mataro, Jordi Frigola-Constansa
  • Patent number: 7157486
    Abstract: An isomer, enantiomer, diastereoisomer, or tautomer of a compound, represented by formula I: wherein: A is O, S, NR1, or CR1, wherein R1 is defined herein; ----- represents either a single or a double bond; R2 is selected from: H, halogen, R21, OR21, SR21, COOR21, SO2N(R22)2, N(R22)2, CON(R22)2, NR22C(O)R22 or NR22C(O)NR22 wherein R21 and each R22 is defined herein; B is NR3 or CR3, with the proviso that one of A or B is either CR1 or CR3, wherein R3 is defined herein; K is N or CR4, wherein R4 is defined herein; L is N or CR5, wherein R5 has the same definition as R4 defined above; M is N or CR7, wherein R7 has the same definition as R4 defined above; Y1 is O or S; Z is N(R6a)R6 or OR6, wherein R6a is H or alkyl or NR61R62 wherein R61 and R62 are defined herein; a salt or a derivative thereof, as an inhibitor of HCV NS5B polymerase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd.
    Inventors: Pierre Louis Beaulieu, Gulrez Fazal, George Kukolj, Eric Jolicoeur, James Gillard, Marc-Andre Poupart, Jean Rancourt
  • Patent number: 7141560
    Abstract: The present invention relates to alanine 2,6-dialkoxyphenyl ester derivatives having the general formula I The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said derivatives, and to the use of these alanine 2,6-dialkoxyphenyl ester derivatives as hypnotics for the induction and maintenance of general anaesthesia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel N.V.
    Inventors: Niall Morton Hamilton, David Jonathan Bennett
  • Patent number: 7138409
    Abstract: Organic compounds having the structural formula I are provided where the variables have the values described herein and R1 and R2 join together to form a 6 membered substituted or unsubstituted ring including at least one O, N, or S atom, and Z is an O, S, NH or NR group. Pharmaceutical formulations include the organic compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Chiron Corporation
    Inventors: Paul A. Renhowe, Timothy Machajewski, Cynthia Shafer, Mary Ellen Wernette Hammond, Sabina Pecchi
  • Patent number: 7132420
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aspartic proteinase-inhibiting compound of the formula: wherein a, b, c, d, and e, can be the same or different and each are R7, OR7, SR7, NR7R8, NHCOR7, CO2R7, CN, NO2, NH2, N3, or a halogen, wherein R7 and R8 are independently H or an alkyl. Substituents R1 or R2 are each H or an alkyl. Substituent R3 is a straight chain or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl substituent, or is a cycloalkyl. Substituent A is OH, NH2, or SH. Further provided are pharmaceutical compositions, which include a therapeutically effective amount of at least one of the foregoing compounds, and therapeutic methods of using the foregoing compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Ramnarayan S. Randad, John W. Erickson, Michael A. Eissenstat, Lucyna Lubkowska
  • Patent number: 7119102
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula (I): wherein the variables R1, R2, R3 and Z are described herein, which are useful as inhibitors of the kinase activity of the I?B kinase (IKK) complex. The compounds are therefore useful in the treatment of IKK mediated diseases including autoimmune diseases inflammatory diseases and cancer. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and processes for preparing these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhidong Chen, Pier Francesco Cirillo, Darren DiSalvo, Weimin Liu, Daniel Richard Marshall, Lifen Wu, Erick Richard Roush Young
  • Patent number: 7115637
    Abstract: The present invention relates to inhibitors of p38, a mammalian protein kinase involved cell proliferation, cell death and response to extracellular stimuli. The invention also relates to methods for producing these inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the inhibitors of the invention and methods of utilizing those compositions in the treatment and prevention of various disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Francesco Salituro, Vincent Galullo, Steven Bellon, Guy Bemis, John Cochran
  • Patent number: 7112594
    Abstract: Compounds represented by the following general formula (I) wherein ring A is benzene, cyclohexane, pyridine, piperidine, a derivative thereof, imidazole, a derivative thereof, etc.; the ring B represents benzene, cyclohexane, pyrrole or a derivative thereof, furan, thiophene, etc.; R1, R2 and R3 represent each hydrogen, alkyl, halogen, hydroxyl, alkoxy, etc.; W represents hydrogen, alkyl or hydroxycarbonylalkyl; X represents halogen, cyano, nitro, etc.; X? represents hydrogen, halogen, etc.; and Y represents alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, hydroxycarbonylalkyl, aminoalkyl, etc.; salt thereof, and drugs comprising these compounds. Because of having an exellent effect of inhibiting activated lymphocyte proliferation, these compounds are usefull as preventives or remedies for various autoimmune diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ushio, Youichiro Naito, Naoki Sugiyama, Takafumi Kawaguchi, Makio Ohtsuki, Kenji Chiba
  • Patent number: 7105515
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new derivatives of sulphonamides, with the general formula (I), as well as to their physiologically acceptable salts, the processes for their preparation, their application as medicaments in human and/or veterinary therapy and the pharmaceutical compositions that contain them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Laboratories Del Dr. Esteve, S.A.
    Inventors: Ramón Merce-Vidal, Blas Andaluz-Mataro, Jordi Frigola-Constansa
  • Patent number: 7101896
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aryl olefinic azacyclic compounds and aryl acetylenic azacyclic compounds, including pyridyl olefinic cycloalkylamines and pyridyl acetylenic cycloalkylamines. The present invention also relates to prodrug derivatives of the compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Targacept, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Maurice Dull, Jeffrey Daniel Schmitt, Balwinder Singh Bhatti, Craig Harrison Miller
  • Patent number: 7064123
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel selective cathepsin S inhibitors, the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and N-oxides thereof, their uses as therapeutic agents and the methods of their making.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignees: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc., Axys Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Graupe, John W. Patterson, Stephen D. Pickett, John O. Link, Jiayao Li, David Aldous, Sukanthini Thurairatnam, Andreas P. Timm, Frank Halley, Justine Lai Yeun Quai
  • Patent number: 7064124
    Abstract: A NF-?B inhibitor represented by the following formula (I) is provided: ?
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignees: Daiichi Suntory Pharma Co., Ltd., Daiichi Suntory Biomedical Research Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Suzuki, Yoichi Nunokawa, Naohisa Ogou
  • Patent number: 7045520
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein R1 to R4 and n have any of the meanings defined in the specification and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula I, processes for preparing compounds of formula I, intermediates useful for preparing compounds of formula I, and therapeutic methods for treating pain and treating other conditions which involve, for example, binding opioid receptors using compounds of formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: The Curators of the University of Missouri
    Inventors: William J. Welsh, Seong Jae Yu, Anil Nair
  • Patent number: 7045517
    Abstract: This invention relates to triazine compounds of formula (I): R1 is , aryl, or heteroaryl; each of R2, R4, and R5, independently, is Rc, halogen, nitro, nitroso, cyano, azide, isothionitro, SRc, or ORc; R3 is Rc, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, cyclyl, heterocyclyl, ORc, OC(O)Rc, SO2Rc, S(O)Rc, S(O2)NRcRd, SRc, NRcRd, NRcCORd, NRcC(O)ORd, NRcC(O)NRcRd, NRcSO2Rd, CORc, C(O)ORc, or C(O)NRcRd; n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7; X is O, S, S(O), S(O2), or NRc; Y is a covalent bond, CH2, C(O), C?N—Rc, C?N—ORc, C?N—SRc, O, S, S(O), or S(O2); Z is N; and W is O, S, S(O), S(O2), NRC, or NC(O)Rc; in which each of Ra and Rb, independently, is H, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl; and each of Rc and Rd, independently, is H, alkyl, or alkylcarbonyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: M. Ono, Lijun Sun, Shijie Zhang, Teresa Przewloka, David A. James, Wenli Ding, Yumiko Wada
  • Patent number: 7015220
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic molecules capable of modulating tyrosine kinase signal transduction in order to regulate, modulate and/or inhibit abnormal cell proliferation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven W. Andrews, Julie A. Wurster, Edward H. Wang, Thomas Malone