Double Bonded Divalent Chalcogen Containing Patents (Class 544/131)
  • Patent number: 8729063
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-aminopyrrolidine derivatives of the formula I: (wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, X, Y and X are as defined herein) which are useful as modulators of chemokine receptor activity. In particular, these compounds are useful as modulators of chemokine receptors and more specifically as a modulator of the CCR2 and/or CCR5 receptor. The compounds and compositions of the invention may bind to chemokine receptors, e.g., the CCR2 and/or CCR5 chemokine receptors, and are useful for treating diseases associated with chemokine, e.g., CCR2 and/or CCR5, activity, such as atherosclerosis, restenosis, lupus, organ transplant rejection and rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: Chu-Biao Xue, Brian W. Metcalf, Hao Feng, Ganfeng Cao, Taishing Huang, Changsheng Zheng, Darius J. Robinson, Amy Qi Han
  • Publication number: 20140135301
    Abstract: Derivatives of 1-phenyl-2-pyridinyl alkyl alcohols are useful as inhibitors of the phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) enzyme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.
    Inventors: Maurizio Delcanale, Elisabetta Armani, Gabriele Amari
  • Publication number: 20140135328
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I, wherein A, D, E, L, G, R10, R30, R40, R50 and R60 have the meanings indicated in the claims, which are valuable pharmaceutical active compounds. They are inhibitors of the protease cathepsin A, and are useful for the treatment of diseases such as atherosclerosis, heart failure, renal diseases, liver diseases or inflammatory diseases, for example. The invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of the compounds of the formula I, their use and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: SANOFI
    Inventors: Sven Ruf, Thorsten Sadowski, Klaus Wirth, Herman Schreuder, Christian Buning
  • Publication number: 20140135329
    Abstract: The present invention provides pyridine and pyrazine derivatives which restore or enhance the function of mutant and/or wild type CFTR to treat cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, respiratory tract infections, lung carcinoma, xerostomia and keratoconjunctivitis sire, or constipation (IBS, IBD, opioid induced). Pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives are also encompassed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventors: Urs BAETTIG, Kamlesh BALA, Emma BUDD, Lee EDWARDS, Catherine HOWSHAM, Glyn Alan HUGHES, Darren Mark LEGRAND, Katrin SPIEGEL
  • Publication number: 20140135331
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of structural formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, clathrate, or prodrug thereof, wherein R?1, X, X?, L and Y are defined herein. These compounds are useful as immunosuppressive agents and for treating and preventing inflammatory conditions, allergic disorders, and immune disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Nha Huu Vo, Shoujun Chen, Qinglin Che, Yu Xie
  • Patent number: 8723017
    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: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kunimoto, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Shinji Nakamichi, Ryuichi Takahashi, Junichi Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20140128385
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of BACE-2 inhibitors and pharmaceutical compositions comprising BACE-2 inhibitors for treating metabolic disorders related to decreased ? cell mass and/or function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventor: Heinrich Ruegger
  • Patent number: 8715761
    Abstract: A method of providing a range of flavors to an orally-receivable or ingestible product, the method including adding at least one compound, including salts thereof, of the formula: wherein R1 may be H, OH, O(CH2)2OH, OCH2OCH3 or R2 may be selected from a range of 5- and 6-membered heterocyclic rings, and wherein R3 may be H or OH. The compounds give rise to a wide range of flavors, and some are useful as sweetness enhancers, this allowing sweetener content to be reduced while maintaining sweetness. Also disclosed are orally-receivable or ingestible products including the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Givaudan S.A.
    Inventors: Andrew Daniher, Yili Wang
  • Patent number: 8710048
    Abstract: Benzoxazole and benzothiazole compounds and the stereoisomers, tautomers, solvates, oxides, esters, and prodrugs thereof and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are disclosed. Compositions of the compounds, either alone or in combination with at least one additional therapeutic agent, with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and uses of the compounds, either alone or in combination with at least one additional therapeutic agent are also disclosed. The embodiments are useful for inhibiting cellular proliferation, inhibiting the growth and/or metathesis of tumors, treating or preventing cancer, treating or preventing degenerating bone diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, and/or inhibiting molecules such as CSF-1R.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: James C. Sutton, Marion Wiesmann, Weibo Wang, Mika Lindvall, Jiong Lan, Savithri Ramurthy, Anu Sharma, Elizabeth J. Mieuli, Liana M. Klivansky, William Lenahan, Susan Kaufman, Hong Yang, Simon C. Ng, Keith B. Pfister, Allan S. Wagman, Victoria Sung, Martin Sendzik
  • Patent number: 8710215
    Abstract: Novel bisphosphonate cyclic acetal compounds are disclosed, as well as methods of preparing the compounds, pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds, and administration of the compounds in methods of treating bone metabolism disorders, such as abnormal calcium and phosphate metabolism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Warner Chilcott Company, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Hallock Ebetino, Adam Wieslaw Mazur, Roy Lee Martin Dobson
  • Publication number: 20140114064
    Abstract: There are provided inter alia compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, Ar, L, X, R3 and Q are as defined in the specification for use in therapy, especially in the treatment of inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Respivert Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ito, Peter Strong, William Garth Rapeport, Peter John Murray, John King-Underwood, Jonathan Gareth Williams, Stuart Thomas Onions, Simon Christopher Hirst, David Michel Adrien Taddei, Catherine Elisabeth Charron
  • Publication number: 20140107335
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel cyclic amines which inhibit the P2X7 receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: H. Lundbeck A/S
    Inventors: John Paul Kilburn, Lars Kyhn Rasmussen, Mikkel Jessing, Eman Mohammed Eldemenky, Bin Chen, Yu Jiang
  • Publication number: 20140107118
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds of the formula in which all of the variables are as defined in the specification, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, combinations thereof, and their use as medicaments, particularly for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease or diabetes via inhibition of BACE-1 or BACE-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Sangamesh BADIGER, Murali CHEBROLU, Konstanze HURTH, Sebastien JACQUIER, Rainer Martin LUEOEND, Rainer MACHAUER, Heinrich RUEEGER, Marina TINTELNOT-BLOMLEY, Siem Jacob VEENSTRA, Markus VOEGTLE
  • Publication number: 20140107122
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted benzene compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods of treating cancer by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof. The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for research or other non-therapeutic purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventors: Kevin Wayne Kuntz, John Emmerson Campbell, Masashi Seki
  • Patent number: 8697690
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to isoindolone compounds of 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, schizophrenia, pain or sleep disorders. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and to the use of the compounds and compositions in the treatment of diseases mediated by the M1 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Douglas C. Beshore, Scott D. Kuduk, Youheng Shu, Zhi-Qiang Yang
  • Publication number: 20140093513
    Abstract: The invention relates to new methods of modulating cholesterol by inhibiting proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) with fatty acid derivatives; and new methods for treating or preventing a metabolic disease comprising the administration of an effective amount of a fatty acid derivative. The present invention is also directed to fatty acid bioative derivatives and their use in the treatment of metabolic diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Catabasis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jill C. Milne, Michael R. Jirousek, Chi B. Vu
  • Patent number: 8685975
    Abstract: Compounds that inhibit PDE10 are disclosed that have utility in the treatment of a variety of conditions, including (but not limited to) psychotic, anxiety, movement disorders and/or neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's disease, encephalitis, phobias, epilepsy, aphasia, Bell's palsy, cerebral palsy, sleep disorders, pain, Tourette's syndrome, schizophrenia, delusional disorders, drug-induced psychosis and panic and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Pharmaceutically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, solvates and prodrugs of the compounds are also provided. Also disclosed are compositions containing a compound in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, as well as methods relating to the use thereof for inhibiting PDE10 in a warm-blooded animal in need of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Omeros Corporation
    Inventors: Neil S. Cutshall, Jennifer Lynn Gage, Thomas Neil Wheeler, Thomas L. Little
  • Publication number: 20140088094
    Abstract: The invention provides tetrahydroquinoline and related compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of inhibiting ROR? activity, reducing the amount of IL-17 in a subject, and treating immune disorders and inflammatory disorders using such tetrahydroquinoline and related compounds are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicants: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Lycera Corporation
    Inventors: Gary D. Glick, Peter L. Toogood, Arthur Glenn Romero, Chad A. Van Huis, Thomas Daniel Aicher, Carl Kaub, Matthew N. Mattson, William David Thomas, Karin Ann Sttein, Erik Krogh-Jespersen, Zhan Wang
  • Publication number: 20140088105
    Abstract: There are described cyclohexyl amide derivatives useful as corticotropin releasing factor (CRF1) receptor antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: David Beattie, Andrew James Culshaw, Lisa Rooney, Emily Stanley
  • Publication number: 20140080705
    Abstract: N-(1,3,4-Oxadiazol-2-yl)arylcarboxamides of the general formula (I) are described as herbicides. In this formula (I) A is nitrogen or CY. R, X, Y and Z are each radicals such as hydrogen, organic radicals such as alkyl, and other radicals such as halogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Arnim Köehn, Hartmut Ahrens, Ralf Braun, Simon Dörner-Rieping, Stefan Lehr, Ines Heinemann, Isolde Häuser-Hahn, Elmar Gatzweiler, Christoper Hugh Rosinger
  • Publication number: 20140080768
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to Pro-Drugs of dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) inhibitors and methods of use thereof. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a DHODH inhibitor compound including a cleavable functional group that increases bioavailability as compared to a form of the DHODH inhibitor without the functional group, rendering the former more suitable for therapeutic use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Alan Palmer, Michael J. Hudson, Richard Todd, Patrick Camilleri
  • Publication number: 20140080830
    Abstract: The invention is directed to certain novel compounds. Specifically, the invention is directed to compounds of formula (I): And salts thereof. The compounds of the invention are inhibitors of kinase activity, in particular PI3-kinase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property Development Limited
    Inventors: Julie Nicole Hamblin, Paul Spencer Jones, Suzanne Elaine Keeling, Joelle Le, Charlotte Jane Mitchell, Nigel James Parr
  • Publication number: 20140073634
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and methods which may be useful as inhibitors of HIF pathway activity for the treatment or prevention of cancer and other hypoxia-mediated diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Institute For Applied Cancer Science/The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Inventors: Philip Jones, Maria Emilia DiFrancesco, Alessia Petrocchi, Joe Marszalek, Gang Liu, Zhijun Kang, Chris Carroll, Timothy McAfoos, Barbara Czako
  • 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: 20140066425
    Abstract: Disclosed are substituted thioimidazolidinone compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. The compounds and compositions can be used for treatment of androgen receptor-associated diseases or disorders, such as prostate cancer, benign prostatic hypertrophy, male hair loss and hypertrichosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicants: SUZHOU KINTOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventor: Youzhi Tong
  • Publication number: 20140066445
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds and methods for modulating one or more components of a kinase cascade. The invention also relates to substantially pure compound 1 and substantially pure compound 1 salt (e.g., compound 1 hydrochloride salt and compound 1 benzenesulfonate salt). The invention further relates to methods of preparing substantially pure compound 1 and compound 1 salts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventor: David G. Hangauer, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20140057916
    Abstract: This invention relates to substituted 4-pyridones of formula 1 and their use as inhibitors of neutrophil elastase activity, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods of using the same as agents for treatment and/or prevention of pulmonary, gastrointestinal and genitourinary diseases, inflammatory diseases of the skin and the eye and other auto-immune and allergic disorders, allograft rejection, and oncological diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Thorsten OOST, Dennnis FIEGEN, Christian GNAMM, Sandra HANDSCHUH, Stefan PETERS, Gerald Juergen ROTH
  • Publication number: 20140057882
    Abstract: Derivatives of 1-phenyl-2-pyridinyl alkyl alcohols are useful as inhibitors of the phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) enzyme and the treatment of certain conditions such as COPD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: CHIESI FARMACEUTICI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Elisabetta ARMANI, GABRIELE AMARI, LAURA CARZANIGA, CARMELIDA CAPALDI, ORIANA ESPOSITO, GINO VILLETTI, RENATO DE FANTI
  • Publication number: 20140057891
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted 6,5-fused bicyclic heteroaryl compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods of treating cancer by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: Epizyme, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Wayne Kuntz, Edward James Olhava, Richard Chesworth, Kenneth William Duncan
  • Publication number: 20140057915
    Abstract: There are provided compounds of formula I, wherein R, R1, Ra, Rb, Q, X and Y have meanings given in the description, which compounds have antiinflammatory activity (e.g. through inhibition of one or more of members of: the family of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase enzymes; Syk kinase; and members of the Src family of tyrosine kinases) and have use in therapy, including in pharmaceutical combinations, especially in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, including inflammatory diseases of the lung, eye and intestines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicants: TOPIVERT PHARMA LIMITED, RESPIVERT LIMITED
    Inventors: CLAIRE ANNE MARIE CARIOU, CATHERINE ELISABETH CHARRON, EUAN ALEXANDER FRASER FORDYCE, MATTHEW COLIN THOR FYFE, DANIEL HAMZA, KAZUHIRO ITO, JOHN KING-UNDERWOOD, PETER JOHN MURRAY, STUART THOMAS ONIONS, STEPHEN MALCOLM THOM, HAYLEY TEGAN ANGELA WATSON, JONATHAN GARETH WILLIAMS
  • Publication number: 20140051689
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), and their use as in the treatment of infections involving viruses of the Pneumovirinae sub-family (RSV) are disclosed. In the formula ring (A) may be phenyl, pyridyl etc., (B-C) may be CH2—CH2 etc., (R1) may be phenyl and substituted forms thereof, (R2) may be assorted substituents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Biota Scientific Management Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Silas Bond, Vanessa Anne Sanford, John Nicholas Lambert, Chin Yu Lim, Alistair George Draffan, Roland Henry Nearn, Jeffrey Peter Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20140045811
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): as defined in the specification and compositions comprising any of such novel compounds. These compounds are endothelial lipase inhibitors which may be used as medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventors: Heather Finlay, Ji Jiang, Soong-Hoon Kim, Brandon Parkhurst, Jennifer X. Qiao, Tammy C. Wang, Zulan Pi, George O. Tora, John Lloyd, James A. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20140045800
    Abstract: Certain tetracyclic compounds are described, which may be used in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) activity. Thus, the compounds may be administered to treat, e.g., anxiety, pain, inflammation, sleep disorders, eating disorders, or movement disorders (such as multiple sclerosis).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventor: Dale L. Boger
  • 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: 20140038948
    Abstract: Compounds active on protein kinases are described, as well as methods of using such compounds to treat diseases and conditions associated with aberrant activity of protein kinases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Plexxikon Inc.
    Inventors: Guoxian Wu, Jiazhong Zhang, Yong-Liang Zhu, Chao Zhang, Prabha N. Ibrahim, Songyuan Shi, Wayne Spevak, Dean R. Artis, James Tsai
  • Publication number: 20140038963
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for identifying therapeutic agents that are multifunctional radical quenchers. It also provides compounds of formula (I), (II), or (II-A): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions comprising these compounds, and methods of using these compounds in a variety of applications, such as treatment or suppression of diseases associated with decreased mitochondrial function resulting in diminished ATP production and/or oxidative stress and/or lipid peroxidation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Sidney Hecht, Omar Khdour, Sandipan Roy Chowdhury, Poulami Talukder
  • Publication number: 20140030223
    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: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    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 Martzman, Philip Anthony Morganelli, William J. Watkins, Hong Ye
  • Patent number: 8637510
    Abstract: The present invention relates to morpholinothiazole derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy. The invention particularly relates to positive allosteric modulators of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, such positive allosteric modulators having the capability to increase the efficacy of nicotinic receptor agonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Gregor James Macdonald, Benoit Christian Albert Ghislain De Boeck, Joseph Elisabeth Leenaerts
  • Patent number: 8637508
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds of the formula in which all of the variables are as defined in the specification, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, combinations thereof, and their use as medicaments, particularly for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease or diabetes via inhibition of BACE-1 or BACE-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Sangamesh Badiger, Murali Chebrolu, Konstanze Hurth, Sébastien Jacquier, Rainer Martin Lueoend, Rainer Machauer, Heinrich Rueeger, Marina Tintelnot-Blomley, Siem Jacob Veenstra, Markus Voegtle
  • Publication number: 20140024647
    Abstract: A compound having TRPV4 inhibitory activity or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is provided. The present invention is related to a compound represented by the formula (I), wherein R1a is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like; R1b is hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl; R1c is hydrogen, halogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted nonaromatic heterocyclic group or the like; -L- is —C(=0)—NR2? or the like; X is substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl or the like, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventor: Akira Yukimasa
  • Publication number: 20140024649
    Abstract: Provided herein are Substituted Benzamides, compositions, and method of their manufacture and use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicants: Auckland UniServices Limited, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Amato Giaccia, Edwin Lai, Olga Razorenova, Denise Chan, Michael Patrick Hay, Muriel Bonnet, Connie Sun, Ray Tabibiazar, Po-wai Yuen
  • Patent number: 8629102
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a GPR40 activating agent containing, as an active ingredient, a novel compound having a GPR40 agonist action, a salt of the compound, a solvate of the compound or the salt, or the like, particularly, an insulin secretagogue and a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent against diabetes, obesity, or other diseases. [Means of Solving the Problem] A compound of Formula (I): (where p is 0 to 4; j is 0 to 2; k is 0 to 1; a ring A is an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, a cycroalkyl group, a cycroalkenyl group, a spirocyclic group; a ring B is an aryl group, a heteroaryl group; X is O or —NR7—; and R1 to R7 and L are specific groups), a salt of the compound, or a solvate of the compound or the salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Munetaka Ohkouchi
  • Publication number: 20140011807
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nitrogen-containing saturated heterocyclic compound of the formula [I]: wherein R1 is a cycloalkyl group and the like, R22 is an optionally substituted aryl and the like, R is a lower alkyl and the like, T is a carbonyl group, Z is —O— and the like, and R3 to R6 are the same or different and a hydrogen atom and the like; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, that is useful as a renin inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicants: SHANGHAI PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDING CO., LTD., MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Iijima, Hiroshi Sugama, Takayuki Kawaguchi, Jingkang Shen, Guangxin Xia, Jianshu Xie
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20140005178
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to new azabiphenylaminobenzoic acid derivatives of formula (I); as well as processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and their use in therapy as inhibitors of the dehydroorotate dihydrogenase (DHODH).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Almirall, S.A.
    Inventors: Julio Cesar CASTRO PALOMINO LARIA, Emma Terricabras Belart, Montserrat Erra Sola, Eloisa Navarro Romero, Siliva Fonquerna Pou, Aranzazu Cardus Figueras, Maria Estrella Lozoya Toribio
  • Publication number: 20140005385
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a tetrazoyloxime derivative and a salt thereof, which are excellent in a control effect against plant disease injury, and a plant disease controlling agent containing the same as an active ingredient are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Kobori, Hazumi Nomura, Ichirou Urihara, Hiroyasu Hosokawa, Atsunori Isshiki, Syuichi Ito, Jun Inagaki, Kazushige Fujii
  • Publication number: 20140005164
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I): as herein described and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The compounds of formula (I) have inhibitory effect on the Wnt pathway and are therefore useful in the preparation of a medicament, in particular for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Siena Biotech S.p.A.
    Inventors: Maurizio Varrone, Massimiliano Travagli, Giacomo Minetto, Lucia Cesari, Simone Galeazzi, Andrea Caricasole, Antonio Chiumiento, Massimiliano Salerno
  • Publication number: 20140005195
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel bipyridine sulfonamide derivatives of formula (I) and their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of a neurodegenerative disease or condition, particularly Alzheimers disease (AD), a cardiovascular disease or a pathology involving ischemia. Additionally, processes for preparing such derivatives5 and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Noscira, S.A.
    Inventors: Francisco Palomo Nicolau, Jorge Sánchez-Quesada, Javier López Ogalla, Félix Hernández Juan, Javier Villasante Prieto, Miguel Medina Padilla, Ana Fuertes Huerta, Juan Manuel Dominguez Correa, Susan Herrero Santos, Mercedes Alonso Cascón
  • Publication number: 20130345120
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, corresponding pharmaceutical compositions, compound preparation and treatment methods directed to bacterial infections and inhibition of bacterial peptide deformylase (PDF) activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Glaxosmithkline LLC
    Inventors: Kelly M. Aubart, Andrew B. Benowitz, Yuhong Fang, James Hoffman, Joseph M. Karpinski, Andrew Nicholson Knox, Xiangmin Liao, Donghui Qin, Dongchuan Shi, Jared T. Spletstoser
  • Publication number: 20130345201
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical combination for the treatment of schizophrenia and acute manic episodes associated with bipolar disorders, which comprises a compound which is active on a trace amine-associated receptor 1 (TAAR1 agonist) and an antipsychotic drug. This combination can reduce metabolic side effects which appear if using an antipsychotic drug alone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Marius Hoener, Susanne Raab, Celine Risterucci, Sabine Sewing