Piperazine Ring Patents (Class 544/121)
  • Publication number: 20140213737
    Abstract: A method for enhancing, by at least 10 fold, the antibacterial activity of an antisense oligonucleotide composed of morpholino subunits linked by phosphorus-containing intersubunit linkages. The method includes one or both of: conjugating an arginine-rich carrier to a 3? or 5? end of the oligonucleotide and modifying the oligonucleotide to contain 20%-50% intersubunit linkages that are positively charged at physiological pH. Also disclosed is an antisense oligonucleotide having enhanced antibacterial activity by virtue of one or both modifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Dwight D. Weller, Bruce L. Geller, Patrick L. Iversen, Lucas D. Tilley, Jed N. Hassinger
  • Publication number: 20140213582
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Compounds of the present invention are useful for inhibiting PRMT5 activity. Methods of using the compounds for treating PRMT5-mediated disorders are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: EPIZYME, INC.
    Inventors: KENNETH W. DUNCAN, RICHARD CHESWORTH, MICHAEL JOHN MUNCHHOF
  • Publication number: 20140213580
    Abstract: Provided are compounds with the following structure, formula (I) pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, use of those compounds for treating cancer and pharmaceutical compositions comprising those compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: AGIOS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
    Inventors: Sheldon Cao, Janeta Popovici-Muller, Francesco G. Salituro, Jeffrey O. Saunders, Xuefei Tan, Jeremy Travins, Shunqi Yan, Zhixiong Ye
  • Patent number: 8791090
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compound which has a low molecular weight and has an activity of enhancing the production of EPO and/or an activity of enhancing the production of hemoglobin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Kowa Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Ashikawa, Junya Tagashira, Akiyasu Koketsu, Toshiharu Morimoto, Takahiro Kitamura, Syunji Takemura, Gen Watanabe, Tatsuaki Nishiyama, Satoshi Goda, Masaki Yamabi, Takeshi Doi, Hiroyuki Ishiwata
  • Publication number: 20140206865
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful for inhibiting the ADAM-10 protein, with selectivity versus MMP-1. Such compounds are useful in the in vitro study of the role of ADAM-10 (and its inhibition) in biological processes. The present invention also comprises pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more ADAM-10 inhibitors according to the invention in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Such compositions are useful for the treatment of cancer, arthritis, and diseases related to angiogenesis. Correspondingly, the invention also comprises methods of treating forms of cancer, arthritis, and diseases related to angiogenesis in which ADAM-10 plays a critical role.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: SYMPHONY EVOLUTION, INC.
    Inventors: Lynne Canne Bannen, Erick Wang Co, Vasu Jammalamadaka, John M. Nuss, Moon Hwan Kim, Donna Tra Le, Amy Lew Tsuhako, Morrison B. Mac, Shumeye Mamo, Zhaoyang Wen, Wei Xu, Richard George Khoury
  • Publication number: 20140200218
    Abstract: Disclosed are crystalline forms of (3R,6R)-3-(2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-2-yl)-1-[(1R)-1-(2,6-dimethyl-3-pyridinyl)-2-(4-morpholinyl)-2-oxoethyl]-6-[(1S)-1-methylpropyl]-2,5-piperazinedione benzenesulfonate salt and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also disclosed are processes for the preparation the above compounds and methods for use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Richard Bellingham, Andrew Mark Buswell, Victoria Ironmonger, Michael Urquhart
  • Patent number: 8778929
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new compounds of general formula (I), wherein the groups R1 to R3, X1, X2, X3 and L1 are defined as in claim 1, which are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterised by excessive or abnormal cell proliferation, and the use thereof in such a treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Steffen Steurer, Peter Ettmayer, Andreas Mantoulidis
  • Patent number: 8779128
    Abstract: Oligonucleotide analogues comprising modified intersubunit linkages and/or modified 3? and/or 5?-end groups are provided. The disclosed compounds are useful for the treatment of diseases where inhibition of protein expression or correction of aberrant mRNA splice products produces beneficial therapeutic effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gunnar J. Hanson, Charles Rudolph, Bao Zhong Cai, Ming Zhou, Dwight D. Weller
  • Publication number: 20140194422
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to piperazine derivatives, compositions, and methods related thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to inhibitors of NADPH-oxidase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: EMORY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Thota Ganesh, Aiming Sun, Susane M. Smith, John David Lambeth
  • Publication number: 20140187540
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions, kits and methods for treating conditions related to neurodegeneration or ocular disease, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Donald J. Zack, Cynthia Berlinicke, Laszlo Hackler, Zhiyong Yang, Joseph P. Steiner, Tomas Vojkovsky, Dana Ferraris, Barbara S. Slusher, James Inglese
  • Publication number: 20140187556
    Abstract: Anti-amyloid compounds are provided along with methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Treventis Corporation
    Inventors: Mark A. Reed, Arun Yadav, Scott C. Banfield, Christopher J. Barden
  • Publication number: 20140187531
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic protein family members, compositions containing the compounds and uses of the compounds for preparing medicaments for treating diseases during which occurs expression one or more than one of an anti-apoptotic protein family member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Milan Bruncko, Hong Ding, Steven W. Elmore, Aaron R. Kunzer, Christopher L. Lynch, William J. McClellan, Cheol-Min Park, Andrew M. Petros, Xiaohong Song, Xilu Wang, Noah P. Tu, Michael D. Wendt, Alexander R. Shoemaker, Michael J. Mitten
  • Patent number: 8765750
    Abstract: The present invention provides a piperazine compound represented by Formula (I) or a salt thereof, wherein X represents CH or an N atom; R1 represents C1-6 alkyl; R2 represents C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents, C2-6 alkenyl that may have one or more substituents, β€”(C?O)β€”N(R3)(R4), or β€”(C?O)β€”OR5, R3 and R4 are the same or different, and each represents hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents; or R3 and R4, taken together with a nitrogen atom to which R3 and R4 are attached, may form a saturated heterocyclic group; and R5 represents hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents or aralkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Urade, Makoto Kitade, Kazuhiko Shigeno, Keiko Yamane, Katsunao Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20140178360
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrimidine compounds of formula (I): which are useful in treating mTOR kinase- or PI3K kinase-related diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicants: DCB-USA LLC, DEVELOPMENT CENTER FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Mann-Yan KUO, Ying-Shuan Lee, Paonien Chen, Li Jung Chen, Yann Yu Lu, Yi-Ting Huang, Hung-Yi Hsu, Ping-Kuei Tsai
  • Publication number: 20140179666
    Abstract: The invention relates to bicyclic heterocycle compounds of formula (I): or tautomeric or stereochemically isomeric forms, N-oxides, pharmaceutically acceptable salts or the solvates thereof; wherein R1, R2a, R2b, R3a, R3b, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, p and E are as defined herein; to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and to the use of said compounds in the treatment of diseases, e.g. cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Alison Jo-Anne Woolford, Steven Howard, Ildiko Maria Buck, Gianni Chessari, Christopher Norbert Johnson, Emiliano Tamanini, James Edward Harvey Day, Elisabetta Chiarparin, Thomas Daniel Heightman, Martyn Frederickson, Charlotte Mary Griffiths-Jones
  • Publication number: 20140155387
    Abstract: The present invention refers to: a compound having the general formula (I), wherein n is 0, 1, 2 or; m is 0, 1, 2 or 3; o is 0, 1, 2 or 3; W, X, Y and Z are independently selected from CH, N or N-oxide; A is NR4, C?O, C?S, OP(O)(O), P?O, CH2, or a heteroarly selected from the group consisting of (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g); V is C?O, O, S, CH2, or NR5; as well as its use in treating inflammatory diseases such as asthma, COPD, inflammation post infection, arthritis, atherosclerosis, pain and dermatitis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicants: QURIENT, CO. LTD., INSTITUT PASTEUR KOREA
    Inventors: Zaesung No, Jaeseung Kim, Sung-Jun Han, Jung Hwan Kim, Young Sam Park, Sangchul Lee, Kiyean Nam, Jeongjun Kim, Jinhwa Lee, Sunhee Kang, Min Jung Seo, Saeyeon Lee, Gahee Choi
  • Patent number: 8742099
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 is 2-indanyl, R2 is 1-methylpropyl, R3 is a group selected from 2,6-dimethyl-3-pyridyl or 4,6-dimethyl-3-pyridyl, R4 represents methyl and R5 represents hydrogen or methyl or, R4 and R5 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached represent morpholino and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof are described, as are processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in medicine, particularly their use as oxytocin antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Alan David Borthwick, Deirdre Mary Bernadette Hickey, John Liddle, Andrew McMurtrie Mason
  • Publication number: 20140148443
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X1, X2, X3, R1, R2 and R3 are as described in this application, and methods of using the compounds in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Xin-Jie Chu, Allen John Lovey, Binh Thanh Vu, Chunlin Zhao
  • Patent number: 8729077
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, their preparation, use, and compositions thereof for treating an infection mediated at least in part by a virus in the Flaviviridae family of viruses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Frank Ulrich Schmitz, Roopa Rai, Christopher Don Roberts, Wieslaw Kazmierski, Richard Grimes
  • Patent number: 8716286
    Abstract: The present invention relates to crystalline forms of (3R,6R)-3-(2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-2-yl)-1-[(1R)-1-(2,6-dimethyl-3-pyridinyl)-2-(4-morpholinyl)-2-oxoethyl]-6-[(1S)-1-methylpropyl]-2,5-piperazinedione benzenesulfonate salt and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also disclosed are processes for the preparation the above compounds and methods for use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Richard Bellingham, Andrew Mark Buswell, Victoria Ironmonger, Michael Urquhart
  • Publication number: 20140107119
    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: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: 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, Todd M. Hansen
  • Publication number: 20140100225
    Abstract: Novel compounds and their synthesis are described. Methods for using these compounds in the prevention or treatment of cancer, a bacterial infection or a viral infection in a subject are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicants: Inhibikase Therapeutics, Inc., Sphaera Pharma Pvt. Ltd., Sphaera Pharma Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Rhushikesh Chandrabhan Deokar, Sundeep Dugar, Dinesh Mahajan, Milton Henry Werner
  • Publication number: 20140100224
    Abstract: The present application is related to compounds which are novel neurotrophin mimetics. The application also discloses the treatment of disorders associated with p75 expression, such as degradation or dysfunction of cells expressing p75 in a mammal by administering an effective amount of such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicants: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, U.S. Government represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Frank M. Longo, Stephen M. Massa
  • Publication number: 20140100210
    Abstract: [Problem] The present invention provides a compound which is useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition, in particular, a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating VAP-1-related diseases. [Means for Solution] The present inventors have conducted intensive studies on a compound having a VAP-1 inhibitory activity, and as a result, they have found that the compound or a salt thereof of the present invention exhibits an excellent VAP-1 inhibitory activity and is useful for preventing and/or treating VAP-1-related diseases, in particular, diabetic nephropathy or diabetic macular edema, thereby completing the present invention. In addition, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition, in particular, a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating VAP-1-related diseases, which comprises the compound or a salt thereof of the present invention, and an excipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Kousei YOSHIHARA, Daisuke SUZUKI, Susumu YAMAKI, Hiroyoshi YAMADA, Hisashi MIHARA, Norio SEKI
  • Patent number: 8691184
    Abstract: Inhibitors of Bcl-2/Bcl-xL and compositions containing the same are disclosed. Methods of using the Bcl-2/Bcl-xL inhibitors in the treatment of diseases and conditions wherein inhibition of Bcl-2/Bcl-xL provides a benefit, like cancers, also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Shaomeng Wang, Haibin Zhou, Jianfang Chen, Angelo Aguilar, Jennifer L. Meagher, Duxin Sun, Chao-Yie Yang, Liu Liu, Longchuan Bai, Donna McEachem, Jeanne Stuckey, Xiaoqin Li
  • Patent number: 8686136
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic protein family members, compositions containing the compounds and uses of the compounds for preparing medicaments for treating diseases during which occurs expression one or more than one of an anti-apoptotic protein family member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Milan Bruncko, Hong Ding, Aaron Kunzer, Christopher L. Lynch, William McClellan, Cheol-Min Park, Xiaohong Song, Xilu Wang, Michael Wendt
  • Patent number: 8685981
    Abstract: Compounds exhibiting an osteogenesis-promoting action having the general formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof: wherein A is selected from among a 3- to 10-membered heterocyclyl group, B is selected from among an amino group, and X is selected from N and CH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Osamu Kanno, Katsuyoshi Nakajima, Kazumasa Aoki, Ryoichi Tanaka, Shimpei Hirano, Kiyoshi Oizumi, Daigo Asano
  • Publication number: 20140088106
    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: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Milan Bruncko, Yujia Dai, 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, Todd M. Hansen
  • Patent number: 8680097
    Abstract: The invention discloses benzothiophene alkanol piperazine derivatives and their use as antidepressants. The invention discloses the said benzothiophene alkanol piperazine derivative having triple inhibition effect on the reuptake of 5-HT, NA and DA. Compared with clinical used antidepressants so far having single target, e.g. desipramine and fluoxetine, and clinical used antidepressants so far having double targets, e.g venlafaxine and duloxetine, the said benzothiophene alkanol piperazine derivatives of the present invention may have a broader indication range and less toxic and side effects to nervous system. The benzothiophene alkanol piperazine derivatives are the compounds with the following formula or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein Ar1, R1-R4, X, Y, m and n have the same definition as defined in claim 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignees: CSPC Zhongqi Pharmaceutical Technology (Shijiazhuang) Co. Ltd., Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry
    Inventors: Jianqi Li, Kai Gao, Na Lv
  • Publication number: 20140073584
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I (or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof) as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and their use in manufactures and methods for modulating biological processes including inhibition of kinase activity such as PI-3 kinase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: SIGNALRX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Guillermo A. Morales, Kevin Weber, Jessica Newblom, Joseph R. Garlich
  • Publication number: 20140073631
    Abstract: Disclosed are guanidine and biguanidine derivatives which have anti-viral and antibacterial activity. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds as an active ingredient, and anti-viral and anti-bacterial methods utilizing such compounds. Methods of treating infections using the guanidine and biguanidine derivatives are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Vymed Corporation
    Inventor: B. Vithal SHETTY
  • Publication number: 20140066621
    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: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicants: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Milan Bruncko, Yujia Dai, Hong Ding, George A. Doherty, Steven W. Elmore, Lisa Hasvold, Laura Hexamer, Aaron R. Kunzer, Robert A. Mantei, Chang H. Park, Cheol-Min Park, Andrew M. Petros, Xiahong Song, Andrew J. Souers, Gerard M. Sullivan, Zhi-Fu Tao, Gary T. Wang, Le Wang, Xilu Wang, Michael D. Wendt, Peter Edward Czabotar, Guillaume Laurent Lessene, Peter Malcolm Colman, William J. McClellan
  • Patent number: 8664203
    Abstract: The present invention relates to thiazole derivatives of formula I and their use as P2Y12 receptor antagonists in the treatment and/or prevention of peripheral vascular, of visceral-, hepatic- and renal-vascular, of cardiovascular and of cerebrovascular diseases or conditions associated with platelet aggregation, including thrombosis in humans and other mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Eva Caroff, Kurt Hilpert, Francis Hubler, David Lehmann, Emmanuel Meyer, Dorte Renneberg
  • Patent number: 8664218
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of the formula (1): or a salt, solvate, N-oxide or tautomer thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics Ltd.
    Inventors: Brian John Williams, Martyn Frederickson
  • Publication number: 20140057889
    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: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: 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
  • Publication number: 20140057890
    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: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: 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: 8658649
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a compound of formula (I): and the prodrugs, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates of such compounds and their prodrugs. Such a compound has valuable pharmaceutical properties, in particular the ability to inhibit protein kinases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Timothy A. Gillespy, Paul Eynott, Elizabeth M. Allen, Kin T. Yu, Asher Zilberstein
  • Publication number: 20140051852
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for the synthesis of dehydrogenated lactam drugs of Formula I:
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Julius F. Remenar, Laura Cook Blumberg, Tarek A. Zeidan
  • Patent number: 8653262
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel antagonists for CCR2 (CC chemokine receptor 2) and their use for providing medicaments for treating conditions and diseases, especially pulmonary diseases like asthma and COPD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Heiner Ebel, Silke Hobbie
  • Publication number: 20140045815
    Abstract: Indazole-3-carboxamide compounds for treating various diseases and pathologies are disclosed. More particularly, the present invention concerns the use of an indazole-3-carboxamide compound or analogs thereof, in the treatment of disorders characterized by the activation of Wnt pathway signaling (e.g., cancer, abnormal cellular proliferation, angiogenesis and osteoarthritis), the modulation of cellular events mediated by Wnt pathway signaling, as well as genetic diseases and neurological conditions/disorders/diseases due to mutations or dysregulation of the Wnt pathway and/or of one or more of Wnt signaling components. Also provided are methods for treating Wnt-related disease states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Samumed, LLC
    Inventors: John Hood, Sunil Kumar KC
  • Publication number: 20140038937
    Abstract: The invention concerns chromenone compounds of Formula I; or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, wherein each of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, n and R6 has any of the meanings defined hereinbefore in the description; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the manufacture of a medicament for use in the treatment of cell proliferative disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Astrazeneca AB
    Inventors: Bernard Christophe BARLAAM, Sebastien Louis DEGORCE, Christine Marie Paul LAMBERT-VAN DER BREMPT, Jean-Jacques Marcel LOHMANN, Patrick PLE
  • Publication number: 20140010892
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (I): The compounds have activity against cyclin dependent kinases, glycogen synthase kinase and Aurora kinases and are therefore useful to treat cancer and viral diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Astex Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Valerio BERDINI, Michael Alistair O'BRIEN, Maria Grazia CARR, Theresa Rachel EARLY, Eva Figueroa NAVARRO, Adrian Liam GILL, Steven HOWARD, Gary TREWARTHA, Alison Jo-Anne WOOLFORD, Andrew James WOODHEAD, Paul Graham WYATT
  • Patent number: 8623857
    Abstract: The present invention provide Imidazole Carboxamide Compounds of Formula (I): wherein D, T, R1, R2, R3, and R6 are as defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such Imidazole Carboxamide Compounds. The Imidazole Carboxamide Compounds are useful in the treatment of cancer and other aberrant conditions that result from overstimulation of the PDK-1 signaling pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Hon-Chung Tsui, Sunil Paliwal, Hyunjin M. Kim, Angela D. Kerekes, Mary Ann Caplen, Sara J. Esposite, Brian A. McKittrick, Thierry Olivier Fischmann, Ronald J. Doll, Matthew Paul Rainka, Ang Li
  • Publication number: 20140005383
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds according to Formulas (I) or (II) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and compositions comprising the same, for use in various methods, including treating cancer, abnormal cellular proliferation, angiogenesis, Alzheimer's disease, lung disease, osteoarthritis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and neurological conditions/disorders/diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: John Hood, Sunil Kumar KC, David Mark Wallace
  • Publication number: 20140005170
    Abstract: Indazole compounds for treating various diseases and pathologies are disclosed. More particularly, the present invention concerns the use of an indazole compound or analogs thereof, in the treatment of disorders characterized by the activation of Wnt pathway signaling (e.g., cancer, abnormal cellular proliferation, angiogenesis, Alzheimer's disease, lung disease and osteoarthritis), the modulation of cellular events mediated by Wnt pathway signaling, as well as genetic diseases and neurological conditions/disorders/diseases due to mutations or dysregulation of the Wnt pathway and/or of one or more of Wnt signaling components. Also provided are methods for treating Wnt-related disease states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Samumed, LLC
    Inventors: John Hood, David Mark Wallace, Sunil Kumar KC
  • Patent number: 8618097
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I), including tautomers, resolved enantiomers, diastereomers, solvates, metabolites, salts and pharmaceutically acceptable prodrugs thereof. Also provided are methods of using the compounds of this invention as AKT protein kinase inhibitors and for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignees: Array Biopharma, Inc., Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Josef Bencsik, James F. Blake, James M. Graham, Martin F. Hentemann, Nicholas C. Kallan, Ian S. Mitchell, Stephen T. Schlachter, Keith L. Spencer, Dengming Xiao, Rui Xu, Mike Welch, Jun Liang, Brian S. Safina
  • Patent number: 8618110
    Abstract: The present invention includes and relates generally to compounds of structural Formula (I), or a salt, solvate, or prodrug thereof, which modulate apoptosis in cells. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, methods of making these compounds, and methods of using these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of diseases associated with irregular apoptosis in cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: VM Discovery Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Jie-Qiang Wu, Ling Wang
  • Publication number: 20130345197
    Abstract: The present invention relates to inhibitors of protein kinases. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Francesco Salituro, Luc Farmer, Randy Bethiel, Edmund Harrington, Jeremy Green, John Court, Jon Come, David Lauffer, Alex Aronov, Hayley Binch, Dean Boyall, Jean-Damien Charrier, Simon Everitt, Damien Fraysse, Michael Mortimore, Francoise Pierard, Daniel Robinson, Jian Wang, Joanne Pinder, Tiansheng Wang, Albert Pierce
  • Patent number: 8614318
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic protein family members, compositions containing the compounds and uses of the compounds for preparing medicaments for treating diseases during which occurs expression one or more than one of an anti-apoptotic protein family member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Milan Bruncko, Hong Ding, Steven Elmore, Aaron Kunzer, Christopher L. Lynch, William McClellan, Cheol-Min Park, Andrew Petros, Xiaohong Song, Xilu Wang, Noah Tu, Michael Wendt, Alexander R. Shoemaker, Michael J. Mitten
  • Publication number: 20130338157
    Abstract: Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR1 receptor, and have in vivo anti-inflammatory activity. The compounds are generally aryl piperazine derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR1-mediated diseases, and as controls in assays for the identification of competitive CCR1 antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Chemocentryx, Inc.
    Inventors: Penglie Zhang, Andrew M.K. Pennell, John J. Kim Wright, Wei Chen, Manmohan R. Leleti, Yandong Li, Lianfa Li, Yuan Xu, Mark M. Gleason, Yibin Zeng, Kevin Lloyd Greenman