1,4-diazine Ring Patents (Class 544/120)
  • Patent number: 10080756
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for treating a cancer in a subject (e.g., a human) in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in combination with a vinca-alkaloid, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The subject may be very high risk or high risk for the cancer and may not respond to either agent administered as a sole therapy. The subject who has the cancer may also be refractory to at least one chemotherapy treatment, or is in relapse after treatment with chemotherapy, or both. The cancer may be a hematologic malignancy, such as leukemia or lymphoma, or a solid tumor cancer, such as pancreatic, lung and colon cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Julie Di Paolo, Astrid Clarke
  • Patent number: 9707236
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for treating a cancer in a subject (e.g., a human) in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; in combination with a vinca-alkaloid, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The subject may be very high risk or high risk for the cancer and may not respond to either agent administered as a sole therapy. The subject who has the cancer may also be refractory to at least one chemotherapy treatment, or is in relapse after treatment with chemotherapy, or both. The cancer may be a hematologic malignancy, such as leukemia or lymphoma, or a solid tumor cancer, such as pancreatic, lung and colon cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Julie Di Paolo, Astrid Clarke
  • Patent number: 9096524
    Abstract: This invention is directed to compounds and salts that are generally useful as anthelmintic agents or as intermediates in processes for making anthelmintic agents. This invention also is directed to processes for making the compounds and salts, pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising the compounds and salts, uses of the compounds and salts to make medicaments, and treatments comprising the administration of the compounds and salts to animals in need of the treatments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Intervet International B.V.
    Inventors: Christophe Pierre Alain Chassaing, Thorsten Meyer
  • Patent number: 9072748
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 or Bcl-xL proteins, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which are expressed anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Milan Bruncko, Hong Ding, George A. Doherty, Steven W. Elmore, Lisa Hasvold, Laura A. Hexamer, Aaron R. Kunzer, Robert A. Mantei, William J. McClellan, Chang H. Park, Cheol-Min Park, Andrew M. Petros, Xiaohong Song, Andrew J. Souers, Gerard M. Sullivan, Zhi-Fu Tao, Gary T. Wang, Le Wang, Xilu Wang, Michael D. Wendt
  • Patent number: 9029404
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which is expressed anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: George A. Doherty, Steven W. Elmore, Laura A. Hexamer, Robert A. Mantei, Andrew J. Souers, Gerard M. Sullivan, Zhi-Fu Tao, Gary T. Wang, Le Wang, Xilu Wang, Todd M. Hansen
  • Publication number: 20150126471
    Abstract: The present invention pertains generally to the field of therapeutic compounds. More specifically the present invention pertains to 5-[[4-[[morpholin-2-yl]methylamino]-5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-pyridyl]amino]pyrazine-2-carbonitrile compounds (referred to herein as “TFM compounds”) which, inter alia, inhibit Checkpoint Kinase 1 (CHK1) kinase function. The present invention also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds and compositions, both in vitro and in vivo, to inhibit CHK1 kinase function, and in the treatment of diseases and conditions that are mediated by CHK1, that are ameliorated by the inhibition of CHK1 kinase function, etc., including proliferative conditions such as cancer, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Ian Collins, Thomas Peter Matthews, Tatiana Faria Da Fonseca Mchardy, James Osborne, Michael Lainchbury, Michael Ian Walton, Michelle Dawn Garrett
  • Publication number: 20150119394
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that are capable of inhibiting, modulating and/or regulating Insulin-Like-Growth Factor I Receptor and Insulin Receptor. The compounds of the instant invention possess a core structure that comprises a sulfonyl indole moiety. The present invention is also related to the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and stereoisomers of these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Abhijit Roychowdhury, Rajiv Sharma, Malcolm Mascarenhas, Chandrika B-Rao, Shashikant M. Patil, Sambhaji Chavan, Nitin Lad, Smriti Khanna, Christopher J. Dinsmore
  • Publication number: 20150105370
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to selectively substituted quinoline compounds that act as antagonists or inhibitors for Toll-like receptors 7 and/or 8, and their use in pharmaceutical compositions effective for treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and lupus nephritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: ERIC CARLSON, HANS HANSEN, LYNN HAWKINS, SALLY ISHIZAKA, MATTHEW MACKEY, SHAWN SCHILLER, CHIKAKO OGAWA, HEATHER DAVIS
  • Patent number: 8993554
    Abstract: Tetrahydroquinoline compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and their use in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Dominique Amans, Emmanuel Hubert Demont, Darren Jason Mitchell, Jonathan Thomas Seal
  • Patent number: 8987258
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel chromenone analog sirtuin modulator compounds of Formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, corresponding pharmaceutical compositions and treatment methods and combination therapies thereof for use in increasing the lifespan of a cell, and treating and/or preventing a wide variety of diseases and disorders including, for example, diseases or disorders related to aging or stress, diabetes, obesity, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular disease, blood clotting disorders, inflammation, cancer, and/or flushing as well as diseases or disorders that would benefit from increased mitochondrial activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher Oalmann, Robert B. Perni, Chi B. Vu
  • Patent number: 8987288
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel berbamine derivative of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a process for preparation of the same, a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compound and its use in manufacture of an antitumor medicament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Hangzhou Bensheng Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rongzhen Xu, Fuwen Xie, Hongxi Lai, Frank Rong
  • Publication number: 20150073136
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazinone derivatives of formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are as herein defined; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Stephen Brough, Richard Evans, Timothy Jon Luker, Piotr Raubo
  • Patent number: 8975254
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The present disclosure also relates to compositions and methods of treating comprising compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Orion Corporation
    Inventors: Gerd Wohlfahrt, Olli Törmäkangas, Harri Salo, Iisa Höglund, Arja Karjalainen, Pia Knuuttila, Patrik Holm, Sirpa Rasku, Anniina Vesalainen
  • Patent number: 8969335
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I, in which R1, R2, X and Y have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are inhibitors of TBK1 and IKK? and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Hoelzemann, Dieter Dorsch, Hans-Michael Eggenweiler
  • Patent number: 8962623
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I): wherein all symbols have the same meanings as defined in the specification; a salt thereof, a solvate thereof, an N-oxide thereof, or a prodrug thereof, has an Itk inhibitory activity, and is useful as a method for preventing and/or treating atopic dermatitis, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Locus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Rupa S. Shetty, Martha J. Kelly, Bin Liu, Jinming Zou, Kristofer K. Moffett, Younghee Lee, Dora Do-York Wong
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20150051208
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of general formula (I) wherein the groups R1 to R3 and X1 through X6 have the meanings given in the claims and in the specification. The compounds of the invention are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterized by excessive or abnormal cell proliferation pharmaceutical preparations containing such compounds and their uses as a medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Harald ENGELHARDT, Laetitia MARTIN, Christian SMETHURST
  • Patent number: 8957073
    Abstract: Unsaturated nitrogen heterocyclic compounds of formula (I): as defined in the specification, compositions containing them, and processes for preparing such compounds. Provided herein also are methods of treating disorders or diseases treatable by inhibition of PDE10, such as obesity, Huntington's Disease, non-insulin dependent diabetes, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer R. Allen, Jian J. Chen, Michael J. Frohn, Essa Hu, Qingyian Liu, Alexander J. Pickrell, Shannon Rumfelt, Robert M. Rzasa, Wenge Zhong
  • Publication number: 20150045326
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula 1 or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R5, R4, R5, R6 and X? have the meanings as indicated in the specification, to their use as a medicament, to their use in the treatment of a disease selected from among respiratory diseases or complaints and allergic diseases of the airways, to pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one of said compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as well as to medicament combinations containing one or more of said compounds or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Dieter WIEDENMAYER, Armin HECKEL, Dieter HAMPRECHT
  • Publication number: 20150031672
    Abstract: Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions that modulate kinase activity, including PI3 kinase activity, and compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with kinase activity, including PI3 kinase activity, are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Pingda Ren, Yi Liu, Liansheng Li, Katrina Chan, Troy Edward Wilson, Alfredo C. Castro, Catherine A. Evans, Daniel A. Snyder
  • 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: 20150018331
    Abstract: Antibacterial compounds of formula (I) are provided: as well as stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, and prodrugs thereof; pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of treating bacterial infections by the administration of such compounds; and processes for the preparation of such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: Achaogen, Inc.
    Inventors: Heinz E. Moser, Qing Lu, Phillip A. Patten, Dan Wang, Ramesh Kasar, Stephen Kaldor, Brian D. Patterson
  • Publication number: 20150018313
    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, the use thereof for the treatment of diseases, particularly diseases of the lungs and airways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Joerg KLEY, Sara FRATTINI, Dieter HAMPRECHT, Armin HECKEL
  • 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: 20150005294
    Abstract: The invention provides novel substituted azaheterocyclic compounds compounds according to Formula (I), their manufacture and use for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases such as cancer, inflammatory or degenerative diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicants: CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Kai Schiemann, Frank Stieber, Christina Esdar
  • Patent number: 8877759
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 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: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Vertex Pharnaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, David Kay, Somhairle MacCormick, Pierre-Henri Storck, Joanne Pinder, Michael Edward O'Donnell, Ronald Marcellus Alphonsus Knegtel, Stephen Clinton Young, Philip Michael Reaper, Steven John Durrant, Heather Clare Twin, Christopher John Davis
  • Publication number: 20140323484
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds which inhibit or modulate the activity of Chk-1 kinase and which are useful in the treatment of cancer. The compounds have the general formula (1): and salts, N-oxides and tautomers thereof, wherein m is 2, 3 or 4; n is 0 or 1; Q1 is selected from a bond; C(?O); S(O); SO2; and an alkylene chain of 1 to 4 carbon atoms in length between the moiety R4 and the nitrogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Robert George Boyle, Richard Justin Boyce
  • Publication number: 20140323485
    Abstract: A compound of Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, Ra, A, B, D and E are all as defined herein. The compounds modulate the activity of CFTR and are useful in the treatment of inflammatory or obstructive airways diseases or mucosal hydration, including, for example cystic fibrosis. Pharmaceutical compositions that contain the compounds and processes for preparing the compounds are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Kamlesh Jagdis Bala, Emma Budd, Lee Edwards, Catherine Howsham, Darren Mark LeGrand, Roger John Taylor
  • Publication number: 20140323463
    Abstract: [Problem] A compound which is useful as an inhibitor on EGFR T790M mutation kinase activity is provided. [Means for Solution] The present inventors have investigated a compound having an inhibitory action on an EGFR T790M mutation kinase, and have found that a pyrazinecarboxamide compound has an inhibitory action on an EGFR T790M mutation kinase, thereby completing the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Takahiro Matsuya, Yutaka Kondoh, Itsuro Shimada, Shigetoshi Kikuchi, Maiko Iida, Kenichi Onda, Hiroki Fukudome, Yukihiro Takemoto, Nobuaki Shindou, Hideki Sakagami, Hisao Hamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20140309211
    Abstract: Substituted 5-(pyrazin-2-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine, 5-(pyrazin-2-yl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine and pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine derivatives according to formula I, II and VII, and methods for making same, which are inhibitors of constitutively activated Tyrosine Kinase-Like (TKL), CMGC protein kinases family members and can be useful in the treatment of Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Down's Syndrome, Huntington's disease, other neurodegenerative and central nervous system disorders, cancer, metabolic disorders and inflammatory diseases. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds and methods of inhibiting wild type and/or mutated protein kinase activities of these families and the treatment of disorders associated therewith using compounds and pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: ARRIEN PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
    Inventors: Hariprasad Vankayalapati, Rajendra P. Appalaneni, Y. Venkata Krishna Reddy
  • Publication number: 20140309209
    Abstract: Provided are pyrazine compounds for inhibiting of Syk kinase, intermediates used in making such compounds, methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, methods for inhibition Syk kinase activity, and methods for treating conditions mediated at least in part by Syk kinase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Yonghong Song, Qing Xu, Zhaozhong J. Jia, Brian Kane, Shawn M. Bauer, Anjali Pandey
  • Patent number: 8846947
    Abstract: Provided herein are sirtuin-modulating compounds of formula (II). The sirtuin-modulating compounds may be used for increasing the lifespan of a cell, and treating and/or preventing a wide variety of diseases and disorders including, for example, diseases or disorders relating to aging or stress, diabetes, obesity, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular disease, blood clotting disorders, inflammation, cancer, and/or flushing as well as diseases or disorders that would benefit from increased mitochondrial activity. Also provided are compositions comprising a sirtuin-modulating compound in combination with another therapeutic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Chi B. Vu, Jeremy S. Disch, Pui Yee Ng, Charles A. Blum, Robert B. Perni
  • Patent number: 8846687
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a compound of formula (I) or a salt, suitably a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or solvate thereof, wherein the groups R1, R2, Ar?, A and Y are defined in the description, to compositions and use of the compounds in the treatment of inflammatory and allergic conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Ian Bruce, Emma Budd, Lee Edwards, Catherine Howsham
  • Publication number: 20140288044
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and the use of these compounds, compositions, and medicaments in methods of treating diseases and disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Alzheimer's Institute of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Holcomb, Paul R. Sebahar, Kazuyuki Suzuki, Donald A. McLeod, David M. Dastrup, Christophe Hoarau, Robert J. Halter, Matthew Gregory Bursavich, Mark D. Shenderovich, Burt Richards, Paul L. Bartel
  • Publication number: 20140275040
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which are inhibitors of SSAO activity. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to the use of these compounds in the treatment or prevention of medical conditions wherein inhibition of SSAO activity is beneficial, such as inflammatory diseases, immune disorders and the inhibition of tumor growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Proximagen Limited
    Inventors: Max Espensen, Lee Patient, David Evans, Edward Savory, Iain Simpson
  • Publication number: 20140275003
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I) as described herein, and salts thereof, and therapeutic uses of these compounds for treatment of disorders associated with Raf kinase activity. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and compositions comprising these compounds and a therapeutic co-agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Paul A. Barsanti, Matthew Burger, Yan Lou, Gisele Nishiguchi, Valery Polyakov, Savithri Ramurthy, Alice Rico, Lina Setti, Aaron Smith, Benjamin Taft, Huw Tanner, Alan DiPesa, Naeem Yusuff
  • Patent number: 8802673
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein A, B, X, Y, Ar, R1, R2, R?, m and n are as defined herein and to pharmaceutical active acid addition salts thereof, which have a good affinity to the trace amine associated receptors TAAR1, so that they can be used for the treatment of depression, anxiety disorders and bipolar disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc
    Inventors: Guido Galley, Roger David Norcross, Philippe Pflieger
  • Publication number: 20140221311
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), or a form thereof, wherein ring A, R1, R2, R3, R3?, L, W, and V are as defined herein, useful as FLAP modulators. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA NV
    Inventors: Genesis M. Bacani, Wendy Eccles, Anne E. Fitzgerald, Steven D. Goldberg, Michael D. Hack, Natalie A. Hawryluk, William M. Jones, John M. Keith, Paul Krawczuk, Alec D. Lebsack, Alice Lee-Dutra, Jing Liu, Kelly J. McClure, Steven P. Meduna, Daniel J. Pippel, Mark D. Rosen, Zachary S. Sales
  • Publication number: 20140213572
    Abstract: Unsaturated nitrogen heterocyclic compounds of formula (I): as defined in the specification, compositions containing them, and processes for preparing such compounds. Provided herein also are methods of treating disorders or diseases treatable by inhibition of PDE10, such as obesity, Huntington's Disease, non-insulin dependent diabetes, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Jennifer R. Allen, Jian J. Chen, Michael J. Frohn, Essa Hu Harrington, Qingyian Liu, Alexander J. Pickrell, Shannon Rumfelt, Robert M. Rzasa, Wenge Zhong
  • Patent number: 8778309
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazine derivatives represented by Formula I. X1 and X2 of Formula I may be characterized as electron withdrawing groups, while Y1 and Y2 of Formula I may be characterized as electron donating groups. Pyrazine derivatives of the present invention may be utilized in assessing organ (e.g., kidney) function. In a particular example, an effective amount of a pyrazine derivative that is capable of being renally cleared may be administered into a patient's body. The pyrazine derivative may be capable of one or both absorbing and emanating spectral energy of at least about 400 nm (e.g., visible and/or infrared light). At least some of the derivative that is in the body may be exposed to spectral energy and, in turn, spectral energy may emanate from the derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: MediBeacon LLC
    Inventors: Raghavan Rajagopalan, Richard B. Dorshow, William L. Neumann, Dennis A. Moore
  • Publication number: 20140187529
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I): wherein all symbols have the same meanings as defined in the specification; a salt thereof, a solvate thereof, an N-oxide thereof, or a prodrug thereof, has an Itk inhibitory activity, and is useful as a method for preventing and/or treating atopic dermatitis, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: LOCUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Rupa S. Shetty, Martha J. Kelly, Bin Liu, Jinming Zou, Kristopher K. Moffett, Younghee Lee
  • Publication number: 20140179680
    Abstract: The present invention provides substituted imidazopyridines as described herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. The representative compounds are useful as inhibitors of the HDM2 protein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the above compounds and potential methods of treating cancer using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Matthew P. Christopher, Francesc Xavier Fradera Llinas, Michelle Machacek, Michelle Martinez, Michael Hale Reutershan, Manami Shizuka, Binyuan Sun, Christopher Francis Thompson, B. Wesley Trotter, Matthew E. Voss, Michael D. Altman, Stephane L. Bogen, Ronald J. Doll
  • Patent number: 8742097
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel triazole compounds of formula (I) wherein A, X, Y, Z, R1, R2, and R3 are as described herein, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof. The active compounds of present invention have affinity and selectivity for the GABA A ?5 receptor. Further the present invention is concerned with the manufacture of the compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and their use as medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Maria-Clemencia Hernandez, Matthew C. Lucas, Andrew Thomas
  • Publication number: 20140148454
    Abstract: The invention relates to amino-arylcarboxamides, to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and also to these compounds for use in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of pain and further diseases and/or disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: GRÜNENTHAL GMBH
    Inventors: Simon LUCAS, Sven Kühnert, Gregor Bahrenberg, Wolfgang Schröder
  • Publication number: 20140142097
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) in which R, R1 and X have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are inhibitors of TBK1 and IKK? and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Hoelzemann, Hans-Michael Eggenweiler, Srinivasa R. Karra
  • Publication number: 20140135329
    Abstract: The present invention provides pyridine and pyrazine derivatives which restore or enhance the function of mutant and/or wild type CFTR to treat cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, respiratory tract infections, lung carcinoma, xerostomia and keratoconjunctivitis sire, or constipation (IBS, IBD, opioid induced). Pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives are also encompassed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventors: Urs BAETTIG, Kamlesh BALA, Emma BUDD, Lee EDWARDS, Catherine HOWSHAM, Glyn Alan HUGHES, Darren Mark LEGRAND, Katrin SPIEGEL
  • Publication number: 20140128385
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of BACE-2 inhibitors and pharmaceutical compositions comprising BACE-2 inhibitors for treating metabolic disorders related to decreased ? cell mass and/or function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventor: Heinrich Ruegger
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    Abstract: A compound of the formula (I):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Sentinel Oncology Limited
    Inventors: Robert George Boyle, David Winter Walker, Richard Justin Boyce
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    Abstract: The invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds of the formula in which all of the variables are as defined in the specification, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, combinations thereof, and their use as medicaments, particularly for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease or diabetes via inhibition of BACE-1 or BACE-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Sangamesh BADIGER, Murali CHEBROLU, Konstanze HURTH, Sebastien JACQUIER, Rainer Martin LUEOEND, Rainer MACHAUER, Heinrich RUEEGER, Marina TINTELNOT-BLOMLEY, Siem Jacob VEENSTRA, Markus VOEGTLE
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    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of general formula (I) and the tautomers and the salts thereof, particularly the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which have valuable pharmacological properties, particularly an inhibitory effect on epithelial sodium channels, the use thereof for the treatment of diseases, particularly diseases of the lungs and airways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Dieter HAMPRECHT, Armin HECKEL, Joerg KLEY