Quinoline Or Isoquinoline (including Hydrogenated) Patents (Class 544/128)
  • Publication number: 20120196856
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to aryl aminopyridine compounds which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 10 (PDE10). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Michael J. Breslin, Christopher D. Cox, Izzat T. Raheem
  • Publication number: 20120190677
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, wherein R1 to R8, A1 to A3 have the are as described herein and compositions including the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Lichun Feng, Mengwei Huang, Yongfu Liu, Guolong Wu, Shixiang Yan, Hongying Yun, Mingwei Zhou
  • Publication number: 20120184737
    Abstract: The invention is directed to compounds and methods of synthesizing hydroxyethlamino amides and their use in treatment of aspartyl protease mediated diseases and conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Steve J. Coats, Dennis J. Hlasta, Mark J. Schulz
  • Publication number: 20120184548
    Abstract: Compounds of formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are described, as well as the pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and the use of said compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment, control or amelioration of proliferative diseases, including cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Romyr Dominique, Kin-Chun Luk, Qi Qiao, Pamela Loreen Rossman
  • Publication number: 20120184523
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds for modulating protein kinase enzymatic activity for modulating cellular activities such as proliferation, differentiation, programmed cell death, migration and chemoinvasion. More specifically, the invention provides quinazolines and quinolines which inhibit, regulate, and/or modulate kinase receptor, particularly c-Met, KDF, c-Kit, flt-3 and flt-4, signal transduction pathways related to the changes in cellular activities as mentioned above, compositions which contain these compounds, and methods of using them to treat kinase-dependent diseases and conditions. The present invention also provides methods for making compounds as mentioned above, and compositions which contain these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: Exelixis, Inc.
    Inventors: Lynne Canne Bannen, Diva Sze-Ming Chan, Jeff Chen, Lisa Esther Dalrymple, Timothy Patrick Forsyth, Tai Phat Huynh, Vasu Jammalamadaka, Richard George Khoury, James William Leahy, Morrison B. Mac, Grace Mann, Larry W. Mann, John M. Nuss, Jason Jevious Parks, Craig Stacy Takbuchi, Yong Wang, Wei Xu
  • Patent number: 8222407
    Abstract: To provide a novel mutilin derivative having a substitution at the 14-position, which is a novel mutilin analogue exhibiting a potent and broad antimicrobial action against Gram-positive bacteria and Gram-negative bacteria including various drug-resistant bacteria, and which is expected to be useful as an agent for treating infectious diseases. A mutilin derivative represented by the following general formula (1): or a pharmaceutically acceptable addition salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasumichi Fukuda, Masanori Takadoi, Yoshikazu Asahina, Taro Sato, Haruaki Kurasaki, Hiroyuki Ebisu, Masaya Takei, Hideyuki Fukuda
  • Patent number: 8222248
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the following structure; A-L1-B—C-D that are useful for treating or preventing conditions or disorders associated with DGAT1 activity in animals, particularly humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Moo Je Sung, Gary Mark Coppola, Taeyoung Yoon, Thomas A. Gilmore
  • Publication number: 20120178723
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds of formula IA-a or IB-a and subsets thereof: wherein Z, HY, R1, R2, G1, W, n, and A and subsets thereof are as described in the specification. The compounds are inhibitors of PI3K and are thus useful for treating proliferative, inflammatory, or cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaaki Hirose, Zhigen Hu, Yongbo Hu, Hong Myung Lee, Zhan Shi, Stepan Vyskocil, Tianlin Xu
  • Publication number: 20120172345
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds of formula IA-i-a or IB-i-a and subsets thereof: wherein Z, HY, R1, R2, R3, G1, W, n, and A and subsets thereof are as described in the specification. The compounds are inhibitors of PI3K and are thus useful for treating proliferative, inflammatory, or cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian S. Freeze, Masaaki Hirose, Yongbo Hu, Todd B. Sells, Zhan Shi, Stepan Vyskocil, Tianlin Xu
  • Publication number: 20120165321
    Abstract: Invented is a method of inhibiting the activity/function of PI3 kinases using quinoline derivatives. Also invented is a method of treating one or more disease states selected from: autoimmune disorders, inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, allergy, asthma, pancreatitis, multiorgan failure, kidney diseases, platelet aggregation, cancer, sperm motility, transplantation rejection, graft rejection and lung injuries by the administration of quinoline derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Nicholas D. Adams, Joelle Lorraine Burgess, Michael Gerrard Darcy, Carla A. Donatelli, Steven David Knight, Kenneth Allen Newlander, Lance Ridgers, Martha A. Sarpong, Stanley J. Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20120165322
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1 and R2 are as defined herein. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, processes for preparing these compounds and intermediates useful in these processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Brian Nicholas Cook, Jennifer A. Kowalski, Xiang Li, Daniel Richard Marshall, Sabine Schlyer, Robert Sibley, Lana Louise Smith-Keenan, Fariba Soleymanzadeh, Ronald John Sorcek, Erick Richard Roush Young, Yunlong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120157437
    Abstract: This invention relates to a VLA-4 inhibitory drug, having good oral absorbability and exhibiting sufficient anti-inflammatory effects when administered orally, wherein an active ingredient is represented by formula (I), or a salt thereof: Q represents an optionally-substituted monocyclic or bicyclic nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group having a nitrogen atom as the bonding site; Y represents an oxygen atom or CH2; W represents an optionally-substituted bicyclic aromatic hydrocarbon ring group or an optionally-substituted bicyclic aromatic heterocyclic group; A1 represents a nitrogen atom or C—R3d wherein R3d represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-8 alkoxy group or a C1-8 alkyl group; R1 represents H or a C1-8 alkyl group; R2 represents H, a halogen, a C1-8 alkoxy group, or an optionally-substituted benzyloxy group; and R3a, R3b and R3c independently represent H, a halogen atom, a C1-8 alkoxy group or a C1-8 alkyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuo MACHINAGA, Shin Ilmura, Yoshiyuki Yoneda, Jun Chiba, Fumihito Muro, Hideko Hoh, Atsushi Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20120157454
    Abstract: There are provided substituted isoquinolin-1(2H)-one derivatives which selectively inhibit the activity of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase PARP-1 with respect to poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase PARP-2. The compounds of the present invention are therefore useful in treating diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, central nervous system injury and different forms of inflammation. The present invention also provides methods for preparing these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and methods of treating diseases utilizing pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. A screening method for the identification of compounds capable of binding several PARP proteins, as well the probes used in such method, are further objects of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: NERVIANO MEDICAL SCIENCES S.R.L.
    Inventors: Gianluca Mariano Enrico Papeo, Jay Aaron Bertrand, Giovanni Cervi, Barbara Forte, Rosita Lupi, Alessia Montagnoli, Alessandra Scolaro, Fabio Zuccotto, Paolo Orsini, Helena Posteri
  • Patent number: 8183238
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula X: wherein A, X, Y, Z, R5, R6a, and R6b are as defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are described as useful for the treatment of cognitive deficits associated with schizophrenia and other neurodegenerative and/or neurological disorders in mammals, including humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle M. Claffey, Amy B. Dounay, Matthew M. Hayward, Suobao Rong, Patrick R. Verhoest, Jamison B. Tuttle, Xinmin Gan
  • Patent number: 8178667
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to benzyl-substituted quinolone compounds of general formula (I) which are M1 receptor positive allosteric modulators and that are useful in the treatment of diseases in which the M1 receptor is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease, pain or sleep disorders. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the treatment of diseases in which the M1 receptor is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Craig Lindsley, William D. Shipe, Feng Yang, Jaime Lynn Bunda
  • Patent number: 8178668
    Abstract: 2-Aminopyridine compounds having the structure of Formula I, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of these compounds. Compounds of Formula I inhibit the activity of tyrosine kinase enzymes in animals, including humans, and are useful in the treatment and/or prevention of various diseases and conditions. In particular, compounds disclosed herein are inhibitors of kinases, in particular, but not limited to, KDR, Tie-2, Flt3, FGFR3, Ab1, Aurora A, c-Src, IGF-1R, ALK, c-MET, RON, PAK1, PAK2, and TAK1, and can be used in the treatment of proliferative diseases, such as, but not limited to, cancer. The present invention is also directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: OSI Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Arno G. Steinig, Mark J. Mulvihill, Jing Wang, Douglas S. Werner, Qinghua Weng, Heather Coate, Xin Chen
  • Patent number: 8178532
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds for modulating protein kinase enzymatic activity for modulating cellular activities such as proliferation, differentiation, programmed cell death, migration and chemoinvasion. More specifically, the invention provides quinazolines and quinolines which inhibit, regulate, and/or modulate kinase receptor, particularly c-Met, KDF, c-Kit, flt-3 and flt-4, signal transduction pathways related to the changes in cellular activities as mentioned above, compositions which contain these compounds, and methods of using them to treat kinase-dependent diseases and conditions. The present invention also provides methods for making compounds as mentioned above, and compositions which contain these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Exelixis, Inc.
    Inventors: Lynne Canne Bannen, Diva Sze-Ming Chan, Timothy Patrick Forsyth, Richard George Khoury, James William Leahy, Morrisson B. Mac, Larry W. Mann, John M. Nuss, Jason Jevious Parks, Yong Wang, Wie Xu
  • Patent number: 8173648
    Abstract: The invention provides a type of novel 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline derivatives with a structure of formula (I): wherein R1 represents propargyl or cyclopropylmethyl; wherein R2 represents N-ethyl-N-methylamino, 1-Pyrrolidyl, 1-Piperidinyl, or 1-Morpholinyl. The invention provides further a process for preparing said derivatives and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same. Said derivatives can be used to modulate the proteolytic process of amyloid precursor proteins (APP), and provides further novel compounds useful for treating Alzheimer's disease (AD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: National Defense Medical Center
    Inventors: Ming-Kuan Hu, Yung-Feng Liao
  • Patent number: 8163744
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound selected from compounds of formula I as ligand binding to the HDM2 protein, inducing apoptosis and inhibiting proliferation, and having therapeutic utility in cancer therapy. Compounds of formula (I) can be used as therapeutics for treating stroke, myocardial infarction, ischemia, multi-organ failure, spinal cord injury, Alzheimer's Disease, injury from ischemic events, heart valvular degenerative disease Moreover, compounds of formula (I) can be used to decrease the side effects from cytotoxic cancer agents and to treat viral infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: NexusPharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Lutz Weber, Vladimir Khazak, Günther F Ross, Cotïc Kalinski, Christoph Burdack
  • Publication number: 20120094972
    Abstract: Substituted bicyclic heteroaryls and compositions containing them, for the treatment of general inflammation, arthritis, rheumatic diseases, osteoarthritis, inflammatory bowel disorders, inflammatory eye disorders, inflammatory or unstable bladder disorders, psoriasis, skin complaints with inflammatory components, chronic inflammatory conditions, including but not restricted to autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE), myestenia gravis, rheumatoid arthritis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, multiples sclerosis, Sjoegren's syndrome and autoimmune hemolytic anemia, allergic conditions including all forms of hypersensitivity, The present invention also enables methods for treating cancers that are mediated, dependent on or associated with p110 activity, including but not restricted to leukemias, such as Acute Myeloid leukaemia (AML) Myelo-dysplastic syndrome (MDS) myelo-proliferative diseases (MPD) Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) T-cell Acute Lymphob
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Brown, Yi Chen, Timothy David Cushing, Felix Gonzalez Lopez De Turiso, Xiao He, Todd J. Kohn, Julia Winslow Lohman, Vatee Pattaropong, Jennifer Seganish, Youngsook Shin, Jillian L. Simard
  • Publication number: 20120088767
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of benzimidazole derivatives for the modulation, notably the inhibition of the activity or function of the phosphoinositide 3? OH kinase family (hereinafter PI3 kinases), suitably, PI3K?, PI3K?, PI3K?, and/or PI3K?. Suitably, the present invention relates to the use of benzimidazoles in the treatment of one or more disease states selected from: autoimmune disorders, inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, allergy, asthma, pancreatitis, multiorgan failure, kidney diseases, platelet aggregation, cancer, sperm motility, transplantation rejection, graft rejection and lung injuries. More suitably, the present invention relates to PI3K? selective benzimidazoles compounds for treating cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: Junya Qu, Ralph Rivero, Robert Sanchez, Rosanna Tedesco
  • Publication number: 20120071654
    Abstract: The invention provides novel ?2 adrenergic receptor agonist compounds. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods of using such compounds to treat diseases associated with ?2 adrenergic receptor activity, and processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: THERAVANCE, INC.
    Inventors: Robert M. McKinnell, John R. Jacobsen, Sean G. Trapp, Daisuke R. Saito
  • Publication number: 20120071466
    Abstract: The compounds of formula (I) are derived from perhydroquinoline and perhydroisoquinoline and are useful as active pharmaceutical ingredients for the prophylaxis or treatment of diseases caused by 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type I (11-beta-HSD1) enzyme-associated disorders, such as glaucoma, elevated ocular pressure, metabolic disorders, obesity, metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, hypertension, diabetes, atherosclerosis, Cushing's syndrome, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, cognitive disorders, Alzheimer's disease or neurodegeneration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Juan Lorenzo Catena Ruiz, Carme Serra Comas, Oscar Rey Puiggros, Albert Antolin Hernandez, Esther Monlleomas
  • Patent number: 8138347
    Abstract: Invented is a method of inhibiting the activity/function of PI3 kinases using quinoline derivatives. Also invented is a method of treating one or more disease states selected from: autoimmune disorders, inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, allergy, asthma, pancreatitis, multiorgan failure, kidney diseases, platelet aggregation, cancer, sperm motility, transplantation rejection, graft rejection and lung injuries by the administration of quinoline derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Steven David Knight, Stanley J. Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20120065188
    Abstract: Compounds of the general Formula I, wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, R1, R2, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, Y1, n, m, p and q are defined as above, their preparation and their use as antimicrobial agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Steven Joseph Brickner, Jinshan Michael Chen, Zhengong Bryan Li, Anthony Marfat, Mark Joseph Mitton-Fry, Michael A. Plotkin, Usa Datta Reilly, Chakrapani Subramanyam, Zhijun Zhang, Shaughnessy Robinson
  • Publication number: 20120065199
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and pharmaceutical compositions including a therapeutically effective amount of the compounds. The compound is useful in treatment of cancer, diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, inflammation, stroke, ischemic myocardium, atherosclerosis, macular edema and psoriasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: CLANOTECH AB
    Inventors: Johan Malm, Rune Ringom, Patrizia Caldirola, Jacob Westman
  • Publication number: 20120040936
    Abstract: Low molecular weight compound exhibiting an osteogenesis-promoting action having the general formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof:
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Osamu Kanno, Katsuyoshi Nakajima, Kazumasa Aoki, Ryoichi Tanaka, Shimpei Hirano, Kiyoshi Oizumi, Satoru Naito
  • Patent number: 8114893
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides for a compound of Formula I in which in Formula I, the variables X1, X2a, X2b, X2c, R1, B, L, E, A and the subscript n are as defined herein. In another aspect, the present invention provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I as well as methods for using compounds of Formula I for the treatment of diseases and conditions (e.g., cancer, thrombocythemia, etc) characterized by the expression or over-expression of Bcl-2 anti-apoptotic proteins, e.g., of anti-apoptotic Bcl-xL proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignees: Genentech, Inc., Abbott Laboratories, The Walter and Eliza Hall Medical Research Institute
    Inventors: Jonathan Bayldon Baell, Chinh Thien Bui, Peter Colman, Danette A. Dudley, Wayne J. Fairbrother, John A. Flygare, Guillaume Laurent Lessene, Chudi Ndubaku, George Nikolakopoulos, Carl Steven Rye, Brad Edmund Sleebs, Brian John Smith, Keith Geoffrey Watson, Steven W. Elmore, Andrew M. Petros, Andrew J. Souers, Peter Czabotar
  • Publication number: 20120035159
    Abstract: The present invention provides an isoquinoline-6-sulfonamide derivative that is useful as a novel pharmaceutical agent. The present invention provides an isoquinoline-6-sulfonamide derivative represented by Formula (1), a salt thereof, or a solvate of the derivative or the salt: wherein X and Y each independently represent a direct bond, NH, CH?CH, O, or S; R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, an alkyl group, or the like; R3 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or the like, or R3 and R4 together form an alkylene group or an alkenylene group, which may be bridged between two carbon atoms to an arbitrary position; and l, m, and n represent an integer number of 1 to 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: D. WESTERN THERAPEUTICS INSTITUTE, INC
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Hidaka, Kouichi Takahashi, Yoshihiro Inoue, Kengo Sumi, Ryohei Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20120028977
    Abstract: Provided are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating or preventing disorders associated with NMDA receptor activity, including schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, cognitive disorders, depression, neuropathic pain, stroke, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, and related neurologic events or neurodegeneration. Compounds of the general Formulas A-J, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, prodrugs or derivatives thereof are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: EMORY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Stephen F. Traynelis, Dennis C. Liotta, Rose M. Santangelo, Ethel C. Garnier
  • Publication number: 20120028956
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to bicyclic mGluR5 positive allosteric modulators, for example 6-(phenylethynyl)-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-one, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Charles David Weaver, Alice L. Rodriguez, Colleen M. Niswender, Carrie K. Jones, Richard Williams
  • Publication number: 20120028955
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to bicyclic mGluR5 positive allosteric modulators, for example 6-(phenylethynyl)-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-one, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Charles David Weaver, Alice L. Rodriguez, Colleen M. Niswender, Carrie K. Jones, Richard Williams
  • Publication number: 20120022064
    Abstract: The present invention provides a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for dementia, Alzheimer's disease, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia, eating disorders, obesity, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, sleep disorders, narcolepsy, sleep apnea syndrome, circadian rhythm disorder, depression, allergic rhinitis or other diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshio Nakamura, Seiji Masuda, Aya Futamura
  • Publication number: 20120022065
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds for modulating protein kinase enzymatic activity for modulating cellular activities such as proliferation, differentiation, programmed cell death, migration and chemoinvasion. More specifically, the invention provides quinazolines and quinolines which inhibit, regulate, and/or modulate kinase receptor, particularly c-Met, KDF, c-Kit, flt-3 and flt-4, signal transduction pathways related to the changes in cellular activities as mentioned above, compositions which contain these compounds, and methods of using them to treat kinase-dependent diseases and conditions. The present invention also provides methods for making compounds as mentioned above, and compositions which contain these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Exelixis, Inc.
    Inventors: Lynne Canne Bannen, Diva Sze-Ming Chan, Jeff Chen, Lisa Esther Dalrymple, Timothy Patrick Forsyth, Tai Phat Huynh, Vasu Jammalamadaka, Richard George Khoury, James William Leahy, Morrison B. Mac, Grace Mann, Larry W. Mann, John M. Nuss, Jason Jevious Parks, Craig Stacy Takeuchi, Yong Wang, Wei Xu
  • Publication number: 20120015908
    Abstract: A compound of Formula I is disclosed as follows: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, solvate, or metabolite thereof, wherein R is hydrogen, P(?O)(OH)2, P(?O)(O(C1-C18)alkylene(C6-C20)aryl)2, P(?O)(OH)(OM), P(?O)(OM)2, P?O(O2M), S(?O)(OH)2, S(?O)(O(C1-C18)alkylene(C6-C20)aryl)2, S(?O)(OH)(OM), S(?O)(OM)2; M is a monovalent or divalent metal ion, or alkylammonium ion; W is (C6-C20)aryl, (C6-C20)heteroaryl, (C1-C18)alkyl(C6-C20)aryl, (C1-C18)alkyl(C6-C20)heteroaryl, hydroxy(C6-C20)aryl, hydroxy(C6-C20)heteroaryl, (C1-C18)alkoxy(C6-C20)aryl, (C1-C18)alkoxy(C6-C20)heteroaryl, (C1-C18)alkylenedioxy(C6-C20)aryl, (C1-C18)alkylenedioxy(C6-C20)heteroaryl, halo(C6-C20)aryl, halo(C6-C20)heteroaryl, (C1-C18)alkylamino(C6-C20)aryl, (C1-C18)alkylamino(C6-C20)heteroaryl, (C1-C18)cycloalkylamino(C6-C20)aryl, or (C1-C18)cycloalkylamino(C6-C20)heteroaryl, and their OR8 substutes; R5 is (C1-C18alkoxy, hydrogen, hydroxyl, O—(C1-C18)alkyl(C6-C20)aryl, halo or OR8, or R5 and R6 are (C1-C18)dioxy provided that R7 i
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: Efficient Pharma Management Corporate
    Inventors: Sheng-Chu Kuo, Kuo-Hsiung Lee, Li-Jiau Huang, Li-Chen Chou, Tian-Shung Wu, Tzong-Der Way, Jing-Gung Chung, Jai-Sing Yang, Chi-Hung Huang, Meng-Tung Tsai
  • Publication number: 20120010205
    Abstract: Disclosed are quinoline esters of Formula (I): which are useful as Liver X receptors (LXR) modulators. Pharmaceutical compositions containing quinoline esters of Formula (I) and the use of quinoline esters of Formula (I) in the safe treatment of various skin disorders are also disclosed. Methods for preparing and using quinoline esters are further described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: Wyeth LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Charles Bernotas, Robert Singhaus, Sunil Nagpal, Catherine Thompson
  • Patent number: 8093381
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of preparation of fluoroquinolones of formula (I) from compounds of formula (II): in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and X are as defined in Claim 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Biocodex
    Inventors: Laurence Berthon-Cedille, Marie-Emmanuelle Leguern, Gilles Renaud, Francis Tombret
  • Publication number: 20120004218
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, wherein A1 to A3 and R1 to R10 have the significance given in claim 1, can be used as a medicament. These compounds are useful in the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases that are related to AMPK regulation, such as obesity, dyslipidemia, hyperglycemia, type 1 or type 2 diabetes and cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Li Chen, Lichun Feng, Yun He, Mengwei Huang, Yongfu Liu, Hongying Yun, Mingwei Zhou
  • Publication number: 20120004197
    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: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: 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: 20110319390
    Abstract: 6-Amino isoquinoline compounds are provided that influence, inhibit or reduce the action of a kinase. Pharmaceutical compositions including therapeutically effective amounts of the 6-aminoisoquinoline compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable carriers are also provided. Various methods using the compounds and/or compositions to affect disease states or conditions such as cancer, obesity and glaucoma are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: AERIE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Mitchell A. deLong, Jill Marie Sturdivant, Geoffrey Richard Heintzelman, Susan M. Royalty
  • Publication number: 20110312961
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that bind to and modulate the activity of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, to processes for preparing these compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and to methods of using these compounds for treating a wide variety of conditions and disorders, including those associated with dysfunction of the central nervous system (CNS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Christopher D. Cox, Paul J. Coleman, Broc Flores, John D. Schreier
  • Publication number: 20110306560
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for reducing the rate of degradation of proteins in an animal, comprising contacting cells of the animal with certain boronic ester and acid compounds. Also disclosed herein are novel boronic ester and acid compounds, their synthesis and uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Julian Adams, Yu-Tung Ma, Ross Stein, Matthew Baevsky, Louis Grenier, Louis Plamondon
  • Publication number: 20110301163
    Abstract: Described herein are methods of inhibiting methionine aminopeptidase or SirT1, inhibiting angiogenesis, and treating disorders (or symptoms thereof) associated with methionine aminopeptidase, SirT1 and/or angiogenesis, wherein a compound of the invention is administered to a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jun O. Liu, Joong Sup Shim, Curtis R. Chong, Shridhar Bhat
  • Patent number: 8067436
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds for modulating protein kinase enzymatic activity for modulating cellular activities such as proliferation, differentiation, programmed cell death, migration and chemoinvasion. More specifically, the invention provides quinazolines and quinolines which inhibit, regulate, and/or modulate kinase receptor, particularly c-Met, KDF, c-Kit, flt-3 and flt-4, signal transduction pathways related to the changes in cellular activities as mentioned above, compositions which contain these compounds, and methods of using them to treat kinase-dependent diseases and conditions. The present invention also provides methods for making compounds as mentioned above, and compositions which contain these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Exelixis, Inc.
    Inventors: Lynne Canne Bannen, Diva Sze-Ming Chan, Jeff Chen, Lisa Esther Dalrymple, Timothy Patrick Forsyth, Tai Phat Huynh, Vasu Jammalamadaka, Richard George Khoury, James William Leahy, Morrisson B. Mac, Grace Mann, Larry W. Mann, John M. Nuss, Jason Jevious Parks, Craig Stacy Takeuchi, Yong Wang, Wie Xu
  • Publication number: 20110288293
    Abstract: A compound represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof has an effect of inhibiting CRTH2 and, therefore, is useful as a preventive or a remedy for allergic diseases such as asthma, atopic dermatitis and allergic rhinitis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Takayama, Hajime Asanuma, Daisuke Wakasugi, Rie Nishikawa, Yoshinori Sekiguchi, Madoka Kawamura, Naoya Ono, Tetsuya Yabuuchi, Takahiro Oi, Yusuke Oka, Shoichi Kuroda, Fumito Uneuchi, Takeshi Koami
  • Publication number: 20110281869
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel tetrahydroisoquinoline derivatives and their use as active ingredients in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions. The invention also concerns related aspects including pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more of those compounds and their use as medicaments for the treatment or prevention of protozoal infections, such as especially malaria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Hamed Aissaoui, Christoph Boss, Olivier Corminboeuf, Marie-Celine Frantz
  • Publication number: 20110281865
    Abstract: The present invention provides, inter alia, compounds of formula I as protein kinase modulators, methods of preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and methods of treatment, prevention and/or amelioration of kinase mediated diseases or disorders with them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicants: Rhizen Pharmaceuticals SA, Incozen Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd.
    Inventors: Meyyappan MUTHUPPALANIAPPAN, Srikant VISWANADHA, Govindarajulu BABU, Swaroop Kumar V.S. VAKKALANKA
  • Publication number: 20110269741
    Abstract: Described herein are novel enzyme inhibitors. In some embodiments the enzyme inhibitors are integrase inhibitors, particularly HIV integrase inhibitors. Also described herein are compositions containing them and methods of using them. Thus, the compounds and compositions described herein are useful for the in vitro and in vivo inhibition of HIV integrase as a method of treating or preventing HIV, AIDS or related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: Ardea Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Huanming CHEN, Jianlin SONG, Jean-Michel VERNIER, Anthony B. PINKERTON, Johnny Y. NAGASAWA
  • Publication number: 20110269746
    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: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Osamu Kanno, Katsuyoshi Nakajima, Kazumasa Aoki, Ryoichi Tanaka, Shimpei Hirano, Kiyoshi Oizumi, Daigo Asano
  • Publication number: 20110263564
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel sirtuin-modulating compounds and methods of use thereof. 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 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. Also provided are compositions comprising a sirtuin-modulating compound in combination with another therapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Radha Narayan, Jeremy S. Disch, Robert B. Perni, Chi B. Vu