Double Bonded Divalent Chalcogen Containing Patents (Class 544/131)
  • Patent number: 7919495
    Abstract: To provide a compound usable for treatment of diseases associated with fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), especially for treatment of urinary frequency and urinary incontinence, overactive bladder and/or pain. We have found that a novel pyridyl non-aromatic nitrogen-containing heterocyclic-1-carboxylate derivative and its pharmaceutically acceptable salt has a potent FAAH-inhibitory activity. Further, the pyridyl non-aromatic nitrogen-containing heterocyclic-1-carboxylate derivative of the present invention has an excellent effect for increasing an effective bladder capacity, an excellent effect for relieving urinary frequency and an excellent anti-allodynia effect, and is therefore usable for treatment of urinary frequency and urinary incontinence, overactive bladder and/or pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ishii, Takashi Sugane, Jun Maeda, Fumie Narazaki, Akio Kakefuda, Kentaro Sato, Tatsuhisa Takahashi, Takatoshi Kanayama, Chikashi Saitoh, Jotaro Suzuki, Chisato Kanai
  • Patent number: 7919494
    Abstract: A novel pyridyl non-aromatic nitrogen-containing heterocyclic-1-carboxylate compound and its pharmaceutically acceptable salt has a potent FAAH-inhibitory activity. Further, the pyridyl non-aromatic nitrogen-containing heterocyclic-1-carboxylate compound of the present disclosure is also useful in the treatment of urinary frequency and urinary incontinence, overactive bladder and/or pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ishii, Takashi Sugane, Jun Maeda, Fumie Narazaki, Akio Kakefuda, Kentaro Sato, Tatsuhisa Takahashi, Takatoshi Kanayama, Chikashi Saitoh, Jotaro Suzuki, Chisato Kanai
  • Publication number: 20110077395
    Abstract: Novel compounds are provided which are 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type I inhibitors. 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type I inhibitors are useful in treating, preventing, or slowing the progression of diseases requiring 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type I inhibitor therapy. These novel compounds have the structure: or stereoisomers or prodrugs or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein G, L, Q, Z, R6, R7, and R8 are defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: James J. Li, Lawrence G. Hamann, Zheming Ruan, Christopher B. Cooper, Shung C. Wu, Ligaya M. Simpkins, Haixia Wang, Akbar Nayeem, Stanley R. Krystek
  • Publication number: 20110077244
    Abstract: The present invention relates to synthetic studies of a novel thiophenediamine derivative having a urea structure and to finding pharmaceutical actions thereof. The present invention provides a compound represented by the following general formula (1) or a salt thereof. In the formula (1), R1 and R2 are the same or different and represent a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group which may have a substituent, etc. R3 represents a hydroxy group, a lower alkoxy group which may have a substituent, a lower cycloalkyloxy group which may have a substituent, etc. R4 and R5 are the same or different and represent a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a hydroxy group, etc. X represents a lower alkylene group which may have a substituent, etc. Y represents a single bond or a lower alkylene group which may have a substituent, etc. W1-W2 represents N—CH, CH—N, etc. and l and m are the same or different and represent 0, 1, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyaki Mogi, Hisashi Tajima, Noriko Mishina, Yusuke Yamazaki, Shinji Yoneda, Katsuhiko Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20110077247
    Abstract: New histone deacetylase inhibitors according to the general formula (I) wherein: Q is a bond, CH2, CH—NR3R4, NR5 or oxygen, X is CH or nitrogen, Y is a bond, CH2, oxygen or NR6, Z is CH or nitrogen, R1, R2 are, independently, hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6 alkyl or C1-C6 haloalkyl, R11, R12 are, independently, hydrogen or C1-C6 alkyl, and R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as further defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: DAC S.r.I.
    Inventors: Antonello Mai, Saverio Minucci, Florian Thaler, Gilles Pain, Andrea Colombo, Stefania Gagliardi, Pier Giuseppe Pelicci, Marco Ballarini, Gaetano Gargiulo, Silvio Massa
  • Publication number: 20110077160
    Abstract: Compounds having the following generic formula are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Nneka T. Breaux, Michael R. Loso, Timothy C. Johnson, Jonathan M. Babcock, Benjamin M. Nugent, Timothy P. Martin, Annette V. Brown, Ronald Ross, JR., William C. Lo, Matthias S. Ober
  • Patent number: 7915287
    Abstract: Selected compounds are effective for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases, such as HGF mediated diseases. The invention encompasses novel compounds, analogs, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases and other maladies or conditions involving, cancer and the like. The subject invention also relates to processes for making such compounds as well as to intermediates useful in such processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Bellon, Shon Booker, Noel D'Angelo, Julie Germain, Jean-Christophe Harmange, Tae-Seong Kim, Matthew Lee, Longbin Liu, Mark H. Norman, Elizabeth Rainbeau, Ning Xi, Shimin Xu
  • Publication number: 20110071127
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are disclosed. Compounds according to the invention bind to and are agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists of the CB2 receptor, and are useful for treating inflammation. Those compounds which are agonists are additionally useful for treating pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Angela BERRY, Pier Francesco CIRILLO, Eugene Richard HICKEY, Doris RIETHER, David THOMSON, Monika ERMANN, James Edward JENKINS, Innocent MUSHI, Malcolm TAYLOR, Chandana CHOWDHURY, Christopher Francis PALMER, Nigel BLUMIRE
  • Publication number: 20110061723
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to an electrode layer comprising a porous film made of oxide semiconductor fine particles sensitized with certain methin dyes. Moreover the present invention pertains to a photoelectric conversion device comprising said electrode layer, a dye sensitized solar cell comprising said photoelectric conversion device and to novel methin dyes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kunimoto, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Shinji Nakamichi, Ryuichi Takahashi, Junichi Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20110065702
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound is represented by Structural Formula (A):or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt therof. The present invention is also directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound represented by Structural Formula (A) described above or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent. Also disclosed is a method of treating a subject having cancer, wherein the method comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by Structural Formula (A) described above or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Heinz W. Pauls, Bryan T. Forrest, Radoslaw Laufer, Miklos Feher, Peter Brent Sampson, Guohua Pan, Sze-Wan Li, Yong Liu
  • Publication number: 20110065705
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds and methods for treating cell proliferation disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventor: David G. Hangauer, JR.
  • Publication number: 20110059962
    Abstract: Substituted benzoimidazole compounds useful as anti-infectives that decrease resistance, virulence, or growth of microbes are provided. Methods of using substituted benzimidazole compounds, in, e.g., reducing virulence and infectivity, inhibiting biofilms and treating bacterial infections, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: MICHAEL N. ALEKSHUN, VICTORIA BARTLETT, MICHAEL P. DRAPER, LYNNE GARRITY-RYAN, RAINA GAY, MARK GRIER, OAK K. KIM, STUART B. LEVY
  • Publication number: 20110059968
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel carboxamide compounds of the formula I and their use for the manufacture of a medicament. The carboxamide compounds are prodrugs of inhibitors of calpain (calcium dependant cysteine proteases). The invention therefore also relates to the use of these carboxamide compounds for treating a disorder associated with an elevated calpain activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wilfried Hornberger, Helmut Mack, Andreas Kling, Achim Moeller, Barbara Vogg, Jürgen Delzer, Gisela Backfisch, Armin Beyerbach
  • Publication number: 20110059967
    Abstract: Compounds comprising Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, are disclosed, wherein J1, J2, U1, B, Y, and A are as described in claims 1-16. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed, for treating glaucoma, inflammatory bowel disease and baldness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: Allergan Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Old, Vinh X. Ngo
  • Publication number: 20110059957
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel benzene derivative or thiophene derivative useful as a VAP-1 inhibitor, or a medicament for the prophylaxis or treatment of a VAP-1 associated disease and the like, namely, a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the present specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: R-TECH UENO, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Matsukawa, Kazuhiro Masuzaki, Akiko Kawasaki, Akiko Akasaka, Yosuke Kawai
  • Publication number: 20110053939
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one compound of e.g. the formulas (Ie) and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier which is useful in a medicine wherein the symbols and substituents have the following meaning—X— is e.g. and Y is e.g. or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters or amides and prodrugs of the above identified compounds can be applied to modulate the in-vitro and in-vivo binding processes mediated by E-, P- or L-selectin binding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: REVOTAR BIOPHARMACEUTICALS AG
    Inventors: Ewald M. AYDT, Remo Kranich
  • Publication number: 20110053938
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds and composition for the treatment and prevention of cancer. The invention also covers all diseases that may be treated by selective modulation of levels of reactive oxygen species in diseased cells versus normal cells. Methods for the preparation and administration of such compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: CANTHERA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Foley, Robert Gould, Peter Elliott, Anna Mandinova, Sam Lee
  • Publication number: 20110046105
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein the groups R and R?, A, D, E, G, L, p and R1 to R10 have the stated meanings and to their physiologically compatible salts. Said compounds are suitable, for example, as anti-obesity drugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: Gerhard Jaehne, Siegfried Stengelin, Matthias Gossel, Thomas Klabunde, Irvin Winkler
  • Publication number: 20110044938
    Abstract: Compounds of a certain formula I, in which Ra and Rb have the meanings indicated in the description, are novel effective compounds with anti-proliferative and apoptosis inducing activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: NYCOMED GMBH
    Inventors: Bjorn Bartels, Mathias Schmidt, Klaus Pekari, Thomas Beckers, Astrid Zimmermann, Volker Gekeler
  • Publication number: 20110046121
    Abstract: The invention provides inhibitors of focal adhesion kinase, an enzyme involved in the attachment of the cytoskeleton of a cell to an extracellular matrix, which has been implicated in processes such as cell migration, cell proliferation, and cell survival. The inhibitors are derivatives of a 5-substituted 2,4-diaminopyridine wherein the substituents are as defined herein. The invention also provides a method of using the inhibitors in treatment of cancer, and methods of preparation of the inhibitors by use of coupling reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Congxin Liang, Marcel Koenig, Yuanjun He, Par Holmberg
  • Publication number: 20110039846
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an iminopyridine derivative compound having an ?1D adrenergic receptor antagonistic action, which is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of a lower urinary tract disease and the like. The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Masato Yoshida, Nobuki Sakauchi, Ayumu Sato
  • Publication number: 20110034463
    Abstract: The invention, in some aspects, relates to compounds and compositions useful for inhibiting Type III secretion systems in pathogenic bacteria, such as Yersinia Pestis. In some aspects, the invention relates to methods for discovering inhibitors of the Type III secretion system and uses of such inhibitors in the treatment and prevention of disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: Jon Goguen, Ning Pan, Kyungae Lee
  • Publication number: 20110034464
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an iminopyridine derivative compound having an ?1D adrenergic receptor antagonistic action, which is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of a lower urinary tract disease and the like. The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Masato YOSHIDA, Nobuki Sakauchi, Ayumu Sato
  • Publication number: 20110033417
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 2,3-Substituted Indole Derivatives, compositions comprising at least one 2,3-Substituted Indole Derivative, and methods of using the 2,3-Substituted Indole Derivatives for treating or preventing a viral infection or a virus-related disorder in a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: Gopinadhan N. Anilkumar, Frank Bennett, Tin-Yau Chan, Kevin X. Chen, Mousumi Sannigrahi, Francisco Velazquez, Srikanth Venkatraman, Qingbei Zeng, Jose S. Duca, Charles A. Lesburg, Joseph A. Kozlowski, F. George Njoroge, Stuart B. Rosenblum, Neng-Yang Shih, Stephen J. Gavalas, Yueheng Jiang, Patrick A. Pinto, Haiyan Pu, Oleg B. Selyutin, Bancha Vibulbhan, Li Wang, Wanli Wu, Weiying Yang, Yuhua Huang, Hsueh-Cheng Huang, Robert Palermo, Boris Feld
  • Publication number: 20110028446
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): or a stereoisomer, tautomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate form thereof, wherein the variables A, L1, M and R11 are as defined herein. The compounds of Formula (I) are selective inhibitors of serine protease enzymes of the coagulation cascade and/or contact activation system; for example thrombin, factor Xa, factor XIa, factor IXa, factor VIIa and/or plasma kallikrein. In particular, it relates to compounds that are selective factor XIa inhibitors or dual inhibitors of fXIa and plasma kallikrein. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and methods of treating thromboembolic and/or inflammatory disorders using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Donald J.P. Pinto, Joanne M. Smallheer, James R. Corte, Zilun Hu, Cullen L. Cavallaro, Paul J. Gilligan, Mimi L. Quan, Leon M. Smith, II
  • Patent number: 7879849
    Abstract: Pyrazolopyridin-4-amines, pyrazoloquinolin-4-amines, pyrazolonaphthyridin-4-amines, and 6,7,8,9-tetrahydropyrazoloquinolin-4-amines, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, intermediates, methods of making, and methods of use of these compounds as immunomodulators, for inducing or inhibiting cytokine biosynthesis in animals and in the treatment of diseases including viral and neoplastic diseases, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: David S. Hays, Michael E. Danielson, John F. Gerster, Shri Niwas, Ryan B. Prince, Tushar A. Kshirsagar, Philip D. Heppner, William H. Moser, Joan T. Moseman, Matthew R. Radmer, Maureen A. Kavanagh, Sarah A. Strong, Jason D. Bonk
  • Publication number: 20110021523
    Abstract: Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR9 receptor, and which have been further confirmed in animal testing for inflammation, one of the hallmark disease states for CCR9. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR9-mediated diseases, and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR9 antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: CHEMOCENTRYX, INC.
    Inventors: Solomon Ugashe, Zheng Wei, J.J. Wright, Andrew Pennell
  • Publication number: 20110021520
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds of the formula in which all of the variables are as defined in the specification, in free form or in salt form, to their preparation, to their medical use and to medicaments comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Sangamesh BADIGER, Murali CHEBROLU, Mathias FREDERIKSEN, Philipp HOLZER, Konstanze HURTH, Rainer Martin LUEOEND, Rainer MACHAUER, Henrik MOEBITZ, Ulf NEUMANN, Rita RAMOS, Heinrich RUEEGER, Marina TINTELNOT-BLOMLEY, Siem Jacob VEENSTRA, Markus VOEGTLE
  • Publication number: 20110021498
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) have checkpoint kinase 1 (CHK1) inhibitory activity: wherein R1, R2, R5 and R6 are independently selected from hydrogen, hydroxy, methyl, trifluoromethyl, hydroxymethyl, methoxy, trifluoromethoxy, methylamino and dimethylamino; R3, and R4 are independently selected from hydrogen, hydroxy, C1-C3 alkyl, fluoro-(C1-C3)-alkyl, hydroxy-(C1C3)-alkyl, C1-C3 alkoxy, fluoro-(C1-C3)-alkoxy, hydroxy-(C1-C3)-alkoxy, -AIk-N(R11)—R12, -0-AIk-N(R11)—R12, —C(?O)OH, carboxy-(C1-C3)-alkyl, or —C(?O)—NH—R13; AIk is a straight or branched chain divalent C1-C6 alkylene radical; R7 and R8 are independently selected from hydrogen, hydroxy, or C1-C3 alkoxy; X is a straight chain divalent C1-C3 alkylene radical, optionally substituted on one or more carbons by R9 and/or R10; W is selected from —C(?O)—N(—R16)— or —N(—R17)—C(?O)—; Y is hydrogen, C1-C3 alkyl, C1-C3 alkoxy, or halo; and Q is selected from optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted cyclohexyl, or an optionally substituted 6-membered mon
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: VERNALIS (R & D) LTD
    Inventors: Stephen Stokes, Nicolas Foloppe, Andrea Fiumana, Martin Drysdale, Simon Bedford, Paul Webb
  • Publication number: 20110021486
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I: wherein X, R2, R3, R3a, R3b, R5 and R6 are defined herein, are useful as inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus NS5B polymerase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Pierre L. Beaulieu, Pasquale Forgione, Alexandre Gagnon, Cedrickx Godbout, Marc-Andre Terrebonne, Montse Llinas-Brunet, Julie Naud, Martin Poirier, Jean Rancourt
  • Publication number: 20110020278
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof. The compounds, compositions, and methods provided are useful for the treatment of Flaviviridae virus infections, particularly hepatitis C infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Eda Canales, Lee S. Chong, Michael O'Neil Hanrahan Clarke, Edward Doerffler, Scott E. Lazerwith, Willard Lew, Qi Liu, Michael Mertzman, Philip A. Morganelli, William J. Watkins, Hong Ye
  • Patent number: 7875633
    Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (I) is contained as an active ingredient: wherein R1 and R2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or the like, or R1 together with a nitrogen atom to which L, Z2 and R1 are attached may form an aliphatic nitrogenated heterocyclic group and R1 and R2 together with a nitrogen atom to which they are attached may form an aliphatic nitrogenated heterocyclic group; X represents a methine group or a nitrogen atom; Y represents —CH2—O—, —CH?CH— or the like; Z1 represents a single bond, a C1-4 alkylene group or the like; Z2 represents a single bond or a C1-4 alkylene group; L represents a methylene group, a C3-8 cycloalkylene group or the like; and Ar represents an aromatic carbocyclic group or the like. The compound is useful as a pharmaceutical for a central nerves system disease, a cardiovascular disease or a metabolic disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Banyu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Naya, Toshihiro Sakamoto, Yuji Haga, Norikazu Otake
  • Publication number: 20110015192
    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 benfit from increased mitochondrial activity. Also provided are compositions comprising a sirtuin-modulating compound in combination with another therapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean Bemis, Jeremy S. Disch, Michael Jirousek, Walter Joseph Lunsmann, Pui Yee Ng, Chi B. Vu
  • Publication number: 20110009410
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I): where in X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, X8, R1, R2, R3 are as defined above. The compounds have apoptosis signal-regulating kinase (“ASK1”) inhibitory activity, and are thus useful in the treatment of ASK1-mediated conditions, including autoimmune disorders, inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases and neurodegenerative diseases. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more of the compounds of Formula (I), and to methods of preparing the compounds of Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Britton Corkey, Michael Graupe, Keith Koch, Lawrence S. Melvin, JR., Gregory Notte
  • Publication number: 20110003807
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I) or (I?): wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof, and a PI3K and(or) mTOR inhibitor containing the compound or a prodrug thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicants: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Banno, Masaaki Hirose, Osamu Kurasawa
  • Publication number: 20110003806
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds of formula IA or IB: wherein R1, R2, G1 and HY are as described in the specification. The compounds are inhibitors of PI3K and/or mTor and are thus useful for treating proliferative, inflammatory, or cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicants: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Masaaki Hirose, Steven P. Langston, Hirotake Mizutani, Stepan Vyskocil
  • Publication number: 20100331326
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I) and (II), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, where R53, R54, p, q, and n are as defined herein. The compounds of the present invention have been found to be useful as 17?-hydroxylase/C17,20-lyase inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Mark G. BOCK, Christoph GAUL, Venkateshwar Rao GUMMADI, Saumitra SENGUPTA
  • Publication number: 20100331329
    Abstract: The invention concerns a compound of the formula (I) wherein Ring A is heterocyclyl; m is 0-4 and each R1 is a group such as hydroxy, halo, trifluoromethyl and cyano; R2 is halo and n is 0-2; and each R4 is a group such as hydroxy, halo, trifluoromethyl and cyano; p is 0-4; and R3 is amino or hydroxy; or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts or in-vivo-hydrolysable ester or amide thereof; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of diseases or medical condions mediated by histone deacetylase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Elaine Sophie Elizabeth Stokes, Craig Anthony Roberts, Michael James Waring
  • Publication number: 20100331301
    Abstract: Compounds of formula [I]: wherein each symbol is as defined in the description, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Ikegashira, Taku Ikenogami, Naoki Ogawa, Tatsuya Matsumoto, Takahiro Oka, Takuya Matsuo, Takayuki Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 7858621
    Abstract: This present invention relates to novel compounds, isomer thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof as vanilloid receptor (Vanilloid Receptor 1; VR1; TRPV1) antagonist; and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same. The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating a disease such as pain, migraine, arthralgia, neuralgia, neuropathies, nerve injury, skin disorder, urinary bladder hypersensitiveness, irritable bowel syndrome, fecal urgency, a respiratory disorder, irritation of skin, eye or mucous membrane, stomach-duodenal ulcer, inflammatory diseases, ear disease, heart disease and so on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Amorepacific Corporation
    Inventors: Sun-Young Kim, Jin Kwan Kim, Ki-Wha Lee, Byoung Young Woo, Song Seok Shin, Joo-Hyun Moh, Sung-Il Kim, Yeon Su Jeong, Kyung Min Lim, Jin Kyu Choi, Jun Yong Ha, Hyun-Ju Koh, Young-Ho Park, Young-Ger Suh, Hee-Doo Kim, Hyeung-Geun Park, Uh Taek Oh
  • Publication number: 20100324025
    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 the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: University of Washington
    Inventors: Niels H. Andersen, Jason Bowman, Alice L. Erwin, Eric A. Harwood, Toni Kline, Khisimuzi E. Mdluli, Simon Ng, Keith B. Pfister, Ribhi Shawar, Allan S. Wagman, Asha Yabannavar
  • Publication number: 20100317663
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1-R4, Q, Z, r, and p are as defined herein. Compounds of the present invention are useful in the treatment of diseases associated with FAK overexpression, including proliferative diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Jerry Leroy Adams, Thomas H. Faitg, Neil W. Johnson, Xin Peng
  • Publication number: 20100317653
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), and salts and pro-drugs thereof: wherein for example R1 is optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl; Y is a linking group selected from, for example, a direct bond, and a (substituted) alkyl chain; R2 is an optionally substituted aryl, an optionally substituted cycloalkyl or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; are described. Processes to make such compounds and their use as DGAT inhibitors, for example in the treatment of obesity, are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Alan Martin BIRCH, Suzanne Saxon Bowker, Roger John Butlin, Craig Samuel Donald, William Mccoull, Thorsten Nowak, Alleyn Plowright
  • Publication number: 20100317568
    Abstract: Compounds effective in inhibiting replication of Hepatitis C virus (“HCV”) are described. This invention also relates to processes of making such compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat HCV infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABAORATORIES
    Inventors: David A. DeGoey, Warren M. Kati, Charles W. Hutchins, Pamela L. Donner, Allan C. Krueger, John T. Randolph, Christopher E. Motter, Lissa T. Nelson, Sachin V. Patel, Mark A. Matulenko, Ryan G. Keddy, Tammie K. Jinkerson, Todd N. Soltwedel, Dachun Liu, John K. Pratt, Todd W. Rockway, Clarence J. Maring, Douglas K. Hutchinson, Charles A. Flentge, Rolf Wagner, Michael D. Tufano, David A. Betebenner, Michael J. Lavin, Kathy Sarris, Kevin R. Woller, Seble H. Wagaw, Jean C. Califano, Wenke Li, Daniel D. Caspi, Mary E. Bellizzi
  • Publication number: 20100316605
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of PI3K, particularly of PI3K?. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kevin Michael Cottrell, Alex Aronov, Robert J. Davies, Jon H. Come, David Messersmith
  • Publication number: 20100317643
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula I, stereoisomers or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A, B, D, R1, R2, R4 and R5 are defined herein, a pharmaceutical composition that includes a compound of Formula I and methods of use thereof
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: SIMON CHARLES GOODACRE, YINGJIE LAI, JUN LIANG, STEVEN R. MAGNUSON, KIRK D. ROBARGE, MARK S. STANLEY, VICKIE HSIAO-WEI TSUI, KAREN WILLIAMS, BIRONG ZHANG, AIHE ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20100317660
    Abstract: The present invention makes available methods and reagents for inhibiting aberrant growth states resulting from hedgehog gain-of-function, ptc loss-of-function or smoothened gain-of-function comprising contacting the cell with a hedgehog antagonist of formula (I) in a sufficient amount to aberrant growth state, e.g., to agonize a normal ptc pathway or antagonize smoothened or hedgehog activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Oivin M. Guicherit, Edward Andrew Boyd, Judith Boyd, Shirley Ann Brunton, Stephen Price, John Harry Alexander Stibbard, Colin H. Mackinnon
  • Publication number: 20100311748
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to heterocyclic amide compounds, which are useful for inhibiting the Hedgehog pathway, and their use in treating a disease or medical condition mediated alone or in part by Hedgehog pathway inhibition. Also disclosed are methods for manufacture of these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions including these compounds, and use of these compounds in the manufacture of medicaments for treating such diseases and medical conditions in a subject. Formula (IA) with the provisio that either R2 or R3 is (Z).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Leslie Dakin, Benjamin Fauber, Alexander Hird, James Janetka, Daniel John Russell, Qibin Su, Bin Yang, Xiaolan Zheng
  • Publication number: 20100311754
    Abstract: Naphthalene-based compounds having linked heterocyclic and aromatic rings capable of inhibiting P38, methods for inhibiting P38 in vivo or in vitro, diagnostics for determining activity in the treatment of P38 and/or cytokine-associated conditions and methods for treating conditions associated with P38 activity or cytokine activity; more particularly naphthalene-based compounds of Formula (I) having a morpholine heterocyclic ring, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: ARQULE, INC.
    Inventors: Mark A. Ashwell, Yanbin Liu, Syed Ali, Jason Hill, Woj Wrona
  • Publication number: 20100310466
    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: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Guillermo A. Morales, Kevin T. Weber, Jessica M. Newblom, Xiaodong Peng, Jingdong Su, Joseph R. Garlich