1,3-diazole Ring (including Hydrogenated) Patents (Class 544/139)
  • Patent number: 7566789
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the formula I in which D, X, X?, W, Y, T and R1 are as defined in Patent claim 1, are inhibitors of coagulation factor Xa and can be employed for the prophylaxis and/or therapy of thromboembolic diseases and for the treatment of tumours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Dorsch, Bertram Cezanne, Wrner Mederski, Christos Tsaklakidis, Johannes Gleitz, Christopher Barnes
  • Publication number: 20090182144
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide compounds which have an inhibitory effect on the binding between S1P and its receptor Edg-1(S1P1) and which are useful for pharmaceutical purposes. A compound represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: [wherein Ar represents a monocyclic heterocyclic ring containing one or two nitrogen atoms, A represents an oxygen atom or the like, Y1, Y2 and Y3 each represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl group or the like, R2 represents a C1-C6 alkyl group, a C3-C8 cycloalkyl group or the like, R3 represents a C1-C18 alkyl group or the like, R4 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C6 alkyl group, and R5 represents a C1-C10 alkyl group or the like].
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoya Ono, Tetsuo Takayama, Fumiyasu Shiozawa, Hironori Katakai, Tetsuya Yabuuchi, Tomomi Ota, Takeshi Koami, Rie Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20090181957
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein: A, B, R1, R2 and R3 are each as described herein, and compositions containing such compounds and the use of such compounds in the treatment of a condition mediated by CB2 receptor binding activity such as, but not limited to, inflammatory pain, nociceptive pain, neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia, chronic low back pain, visceral pain, acute cerebral ischemia, pain, chronic pain, acute pain, post herpetic neuralgia, neuropathies, neuralgia, diabetic neuropathy, HIV-related neuropathy, nerve injury, rheumatoid arthritic pain, osteoarthritic pain, back pain, cancer pain, dental pain, fibromyalgia, neuritis, sciatica, inflammation, neurodegenerative disease, cough, broncho constriction, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), colitis, cerebrovascular ischemia, emesis such as cancer chemotherapy-induced emesis, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, asthma
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Kazuo Ando, Makoto Kawai, Tsutomu Masuda, Hirofumi Omura
  • Publication number: 20090170812
    Abstract: Substituted benzoimidazole compounds useful as anti-infectives that decrease resistance, virulence, or growth of microbes are provided. Methods of making and using substituted benzoimidazole compounds, as well as pharmaceutical preparations thereof, in, e.g., reducing antibiotic resistance and inhibiting biofilms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael N. Alekshun, Victoria Bartlett, Lynne Garrity-Ryan, Mark Grier, Oak K. Kim, Atul K. Verma
  • Publication number: 20090163499
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: wherein R1 is optionally substituted imidazolyl, and R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are as defined herein. Also provided are methods of using the compounds for treating diseases mediated by a P2X3 and/or a P2X2/3 receptor antagonist and methods of making the subject compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Li Chen, Michael Patrick Dillon, Lichun Feng, Ronald Charles Hawley, Minmin Yang
  • Publication number: 20090163472
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula (I) in combination with a suitable carrier, diluent, or excipient; and methods for treating physiological disorders, particularly congestive heart failure, hypertension, diabetic nephropathy, or chronic kidney disease, comprising administering a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Konstantinos GAVARDINAS, Prabhakar Kondaji Jadhav
  • Publication number: 20090143375
    Abstract: Objects of the present invention are the compounds of formula I their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, enantiomeric forms, diastereoisomers and racemates, the preparation of the above-mentioned compounds, medicaments containing them and their manufacture, as well as the use of the above-mentioned compounds in the control or prevention of illnesses such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE AG
    Inventors: Guy Georges, Bernhard Goller, Hans-Willi Krell, Anja Limberg, Ulrike Reiff, Petra Rueger, Matthias Rueth, Christine Schuell, Mark Stahl
  • Publication number: 20090137584
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein A, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, m and n are each as described herein, and compositions containing such compounds, and the use of such compounds in the treatment of a condition mediated by CB2 receptor activity such as, but not limited to, inflammatory pain, nociceptive pain, neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia, chronic low back pain, visceral pain, acute cerebral ischemia, pain, chronic pain, acute pain, post herpetic neuralgia, neuropathies, neuralgia, diabetic neuropathy, HIV-related neuropathy, nerve injury, rheumatoid arthritic pain, osteoarthritic pain, back pain, cancer pain, dental pain, fibromyalgia, neuritis, sciatica, inflammation, neurodegenerative disease, cough, broncho constriction, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), colitis, cerebrovascular ischemia, emesis such as cancer chemotherapy-induced emesis, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, as
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Tomoki Kato, Kana Kon-I, Yohei Yuki, Kazuo Ando
  • Publication number: 20090137585
    Abstract: N-Benzoyl arylsulfonamides having the formula are BCL-Xl inhibitors and are useful for promoting apoptosis. Also disclosed are BCL-Xl inhibiting compositions and methods of promoting apoptosis in a mammal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: David J. Augeri, Steven A. Baumeister, Milan Bruncko, Daniel A. Dickman, Hong Ding, Jurgen Dinges, Stephen W. Fesik, Philip J. Hajduk, Aaron R. Kunzer, William Mcclellan, David G. Nettesheim, Thorsten Oost, Andrew M. Petros, Saul H. Rosenberg, Wang Shen, Sheela A. Thomas, Xilu Wang, Michael D. Wendt
  • Publication number: 20090131401
    Abstract: Substituted benzoimidazole compounds useful as anti-infectives that decrease resistance, virulence, or growth of microbes are provided. Methods of making and using substituted benzoimidazole compounds, as well as pharmaceutical preparations thereof, in, e.g., reducing antibiotic resistance and inhibiting biofilms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart B. Levy, Michael N. Alekshun, Brent L. Podlogar, Kwasi Ohemeng, Atul K. Verma, Tadeusz Warchol, Beena Bhatia, Todd Bowser, Mark Grier
  • Publication number: 20090124621
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds having the general structure I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein X is a six-member ring selected from phenyl, pyridine, or pyrimidine; Y is H, an alkenyl, a substituted alkenyl, or alkynyl, and R is H or alkyl. Pharmaceutical compositions for treating various disorders such as cancers, the compositions including compound I are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: Burnham Institute for Medical Research
    Inventor: Maurizio Pellecchia
  • Publication number: 20090124615
    Abstract: The present invention provides benzimidazole thiophene compounds pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, processes for preparing the same and their use as pharmaceutical agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Kevin Kuntz, Kyle Allen Emmitte, Tara Renae Rheault, Stephon Smith, Keith Hornberger, Hamilton Dickson, Mui Cheung
  • Publication number: 20090118200
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to proline bis-amide compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Bergman, Paul J. Coleman, Christopher D. Cox, George D. Hartman, Craig Lindsley, Swati Pal Mercer, Anthony J. Roecker, David B. Whitman
  • Publication number: 20090111803
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or isomer thereof, which can be useful for the treatment of diseases or conditions mediated by MMPs, ADAMs, TACE, TNF—or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Wensheng Yu, Ling Tong, Lei Chen, Joseph A. Kozlowski, Brian J. Lavey, Neng-Yang Shih, Vincent S. Madison, Guowei Zhou, Peter Orth, Zhuyan Guo, Michael K.C. Wong, De-Yi Yang, Seong Heon Kim, Bandarpalle B. Shankat
  • Patent number: 7521448
    Abstract: Compounds represented by Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or N-oxide thereof, are useful in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Bolger, Arlindo L. Castelhano, Andrew Phillip Crew, Han-Qing Dong, Ayako Honda, Radoslaw Laufer, An-Hu Li, Kristen Mulvihill, Li Qiu, Colin Peter Sambrook Smith, Yingchaun Sun, Graham Michael Wynne, Tao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20090088428
    Abstract: The present invention discloses novel compounds of Formula I: (I) having 11?-HSD type 1 antagonist activity, as well as methods for preparing such compounds. In another embodiment, the invention discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I, as well as methods of using the compounds and compositions to treat diabetes, hyperglycemia, obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, metabolic syndrome, and other conditions associated with 11?-HSD type 1 activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Ashraf Saeed, Owen Brendan Wallace, Yanping Xu, Thomas Edward Mabry, Rebecca Lynn Rezac Guenther, Nancy June Snyder
  • Publication number: 20090082329
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to compounds of formula (I): wherein Ra, Rb, R, and n are as defined in the disclosure, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, and to processes for making and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: AVENTIS PHARMA S.A.
    Inventors: Frank HALLEY, Youssef EL-AHMAD, Victor CERTAL, Corinne VENOT, Anne DAGALLIER, Hartmut STROBEL, Kurt RITTER, Sven RUF
  • Publication number: 20090069322
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are antibacterial or antiprotozoal agents for treatment of infections in humans and non-human mammals, wherein: Z represents a radical of formula —N(OH)CH(?O) or formula C(?O)NH(OH); R1 represents hydrogen, methyl or trifluoromethyl, or except when Z is a radical of formula —N(OH)CH(?O), a hydroxy, halo or amino group; R2 represents a group R10—(X)n-(ALK)m— wherein R10, ALK, X, m and n are as defined in the specification; R3 represents hydrogen, (C1-C6) alkyl or phenyl(C1-C6)alkyl-; and R5 and R6 are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: British Biotech Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Paul Raymond Beckett, Steven Launchbury, Gilles Pain, Lisa Marie Pratt
  • Publication number: 20090068699
    Abstract: An inhibitor of a glutaminyl peptide cyclotransferase, and use thereof for the treatment and/or prevention of a disease or disorder selected from the group consisting of inflammatory diseases selected from a. neurodegenerative diseases, e.g. mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Alzheimer's disease, neurodegeneration in Down Syndrome, Familial British Dementia, Familial Danish Dementia, multiple sclerosis, b. chronic and acute inflammations, e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, atherosclerosis, restenosis, pancreatitis, c. fibrosis, e.g. lung fibrosis, liver fibrosis, renal fibrosis, d. cancer, e.g. cancer/hemangioendothelioma proliferation, gastric carcinomas, e. metabolic diseases, e.g. hypertension, f. and other inflammatory diseases, e.g. neuropathic pain, graft rejection/graft failure/graft vasculopathy, HIV infections/AIDS, gestosis, tuberous sclerosis. Additionally disclosed are a respective diagnostic method, assay and kit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: PROBIODRUG AG
    Inventors: Stephan Schilling, Holger Cynis, Torsten Hoffmann, Hans-Ulrich Demuth
  • Patent number: 7498354
    Abstract: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or N-oxide thereof, are useful in the treatment of tumors and cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Philip Crew, Bijoy Panicker, Han-Qing Dong
  • Publication number: 20090054431
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds which are antagonist or inverse agonists at an opioid receptor. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of obesity and related diseases and/or conditions in mammals, particularly humans. Methods of making and using such compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Kevin Karl Barvian, Jason Daniel Speake, David John Cowan, Andrew Lamont Larkin, Jerzy Ryszard Szewczyk
  • Publication number: 20090048213
    Abstract: The present invention provides a most suitable prodrug of a cinnamide compound. The prodrug is represented by Formula (I) wherein Ra and Rb each denote a C1-6 alkyl group or the like; Xa denotes a methoxy group or a fluorine atom; Y denotes a phosphono group or the like; and A denotes a cyclic lactam derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Teiji Kimura, Koki Kawano, Noritaka Kitazawa, Nobuaki Sato, Toshihiko Kaneko, Koichi Ito, Mamoru Takaishi, Ikuo Kushida
  • Publication number: 20090043091
    Abstract: A compound of formula I: and isomers, salts, solvates, chemically protected forms, and prodrugs thereof, wherein: R1 and R2 together form, along with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, an optionally substituted heterocyclic ring having from 4 to 8 ring atoms; and RN1 is selected from hydrogen, an optionally substituted C1-7 alkyl group, an optionally substituted C3-20 heterocyclyl group, an optionally substituted C5-20 aryl group, an acyl group, an ester group and an amido group, and its use as a pharmaceutical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: KUDOS PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED
    Inventors: Graeme Cameron Murray Smith, Niall Morrison Barr Martin, Xiao-Ling Fan Cockcroft, Ian Timothy Williams Matthews, Keith Allan Menear, Laurent Jean Martin Rigoreau, Marc Geoffrey Hummersone, Roger John Griffin
  • Publication number: 20090042854
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to certain hexahydrpyrrolidinone compounds which are useful as neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptor antagonists, and inhibitors of tachykinin and in particular substance P. The invention is also concerned with pharmaceutical formulations comprising these compounds as active ingredients and the use of the compounds and their formulations in the treatment of certain disorders, including emesis, urinary incontinence, depression, and anxiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Jianming Bao, Robert J. DeVita, Huagang Lu, Sander G. Mills, Gregori J. Morriello
  • Patent number: 7482448
    Abstract: Novel inhibitors of cathepsin S, K, B, and L, the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and N-oxides thereof, their uses as therapeutic agents and the methods of their making.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Sukanthini Thurairatnam, David John Aldous, Vincent Leroy, Andreas Paul Timm
  • Publication number: 20090018087
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel inhibitors of glutaminyl cyclase and combinations thereof for the treatment of neuronal disorders, especially Alzheimer's disease, Down Syndrome, Parkinson disease, Chorea Huntington, pathogenic psychotic conditions, schizophrenia, impaired food intake, sleep-wakefulness, impaired homeostatic regulation of energy metabolism, impaired autonomic function, impaired hormonal balance, impaired regulation, body fluids, hypertension, fever, sleep dysregulation, anorexia, anxiety related disorders including depression, seizures including epilepsy, drug withdrawal and alcoholism, neurodegenerative disorders including cognitive dysfunction and dementia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: PROBIODRUG AG
    Inventors: Stephan Schilling, Mirko Buchholz, Andre Niestroj, Ulrich Heiser, Hans-Ulrich Demuth
  • Publication number: 20090012291
    Abstract: Substituted furo[2,3-g]indazoles for lowering intraocular pressure and treating glaucoma are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: Alcon, Inc.
    Inventors: Anura P. Dantanarayana, Jesse Albert May
  • Publication number: 20080318935
    Abstract: The present invention provides substituted imidazoheterocyclic compounds having the structure of formula I Also provided are pharmaceutically acceptable salts, acid salts, hydrates, solvates and stereoisomers of the compounds of formula I. The compounds are useful as modulators of cannabinoid receptors and for the prophylaxis and treatment of cannabinoid receptor-associated diseases and conditions, such as pain, inflammation and pruritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: CARA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: R. Paul Beckett, Richard Foster, Christelle Henault, Janet L. Ralbovsky, Carla M. Gauss, Gary R. Gustafson, Zhiyong Luo, Ann-Marie Campbell, Tatiana E. Shelekhin
  • Publication number: 20080318951
    Abstract: The invention is directed to compounds having the formula: wherein: Ar, r, n, X, R2-3 and R5-7 are as defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds have AT1 receptor antagonist activity and neprilysin inhibition activity. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of using such compounds; and process and intermediates for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Paul Allegretti, Seok-Ki Choi, Paul R. Fatheree, Roland Gendron, Ryan Hudson, Keith Jendza, Robert Murray McKinnell, Darren McMurtrie, Brooke Olson
  • Publication number: 20080306064
    Abstract: Benzimidazole derivatives, methods of preparing the same and their pharmaceutical uses for the treatment of inflammatory diseases including COPD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Lyndon Nigel Brown, Clive McCarthy, Neil John Press, Nicolas Soldermann
  • Publication number: 20080306091
    Abstract: The present invention provides a 2-amino-5-heteroaryl-5-phenylimidazolone compound of formula I The present invention also provides methods for the use thereof to inhibit ?-secretase (BACE) and treat ?-amyloid deposits and neurofibrillary tangles
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: Wyeth
    Inventors: Michael Sotirios Malamas, Ping Zhou, William Floyd Fobare, William Ronald Solvibile, Iwan Suwandi Gunawan, James Joseph Erdei, Yinfa Yan, Patrick Michael Andrae, Dominick Anthony Quagliato
  • Patent number: 7462637
    Abstract: Derivatives of 6,7-dihydro-5H-imidazo[1,2-a]imidazole-3-sulfonyl]-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid amide which exhibit good inhibitory effect upon the interaction of CAMs and Leukointegrins and are thus useful in the treatment of inflammatory disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Terence A. Kelly, Jin Mi Kim, René Marc Lemieux, Matt Aaron Tschantz
  • Publication number: 20080300247
    Abstract: The present invention provides benzimidazole thiophene compounds pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, processes for preparing the same and their use as pharmaceutical agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Kevin Kuntz, Kyle Allen Emmitte, Tara Renae Rheault, Stephon Smith, Keith Hornberger, Hamilton Dickson, Mui Cheung
  • Publication number: 20080293718
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds having the structural formula I below: and to their pharmaceutically acceptable salt, compositions and methods of use. These novel compounds provide a treatment or prophylaxis of cognitive impairment, Alzheimer Disease, neurodegeneration and dementia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicants: ASTRAZENECA AB, ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Stefan Berg, Jeremy Burrows, Gianni Chessari, Miles Stuart Congreve, Johan Hedstrom, Sven Hellberg, Katharina Hogdin, Jacob Kihlstrom, Karin Kolmodin, Johan Lindstrom, Christopher Murray, Sahil Patel
  • Publication number: 20080286231
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), combinations and uses thereof for disease therapy, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or polymorph thereof, including all tautomers and stereoisomers thereof wherein: A represents and B, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and Z are as defined throughout the description and the claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: PROBIODRUG AG
    Inventors: Mirko Buchholz, Ulrich Heiser, Andre J. Niestroj, Robert Sommer
  • Publication number: 20080287438
    Abstract: The present invention provides an agent for preventing or treating neuropathy having superior action and low toxicity. This agent comprises a compound represented by the formula: wherein ring A is a 5-membered aromatic heterocycle containing 2 or more nitrogen atoms, which may further have substituent(s); B is an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; X is a divalent acyclic hydrocarbon group; Z is —O—, —S—, —NR2—, —CONR2— or —NR2CO— (R2 is a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted alkyl group); Y is a bond or a divalent acyclic hydrocarbon group; R1 is an optionally substituted cyclic group, an optionally substituted amino group or an optionally substituted acyl group, provided that when the 5-membered aromatic heterocycle represented by ring A is imidazole, then Z should not be —O—, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Yu Momose, Nozomu Sakai, Tsuyoshi Maekawa, Masatoshi Hazama, Toru Kawamura, Misayo Sera
  • Publication number: 20080280769
    Abstract: A fragment-based strategy, involving “multicomponent reaction chemistry” (MCR), can identify novel chemotypes that disrupt the p53/MDM2 or p53/MDM4 complex employs. This approach uses high resolution structural information to delineate the region of a first protein or a ligand that is nestled within the binding pocket of a second target protein. The identified region is imported into a database containing MCR scaffolds to generate a virtual library of compounds, which subsequently are docked into the binding pocket of the target protein. Results from docking then are used to select compounds for synthesis and screening. A complementary, NMR-based methodology allows for screening the ability of compounds, selected using MCR, to disrupt the p53/MDM2 or p53/MDM4 complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventor: Alexander Doemling
  • Publication number: 20080275233
    Abstract: The invention encompasses ureido substituted benzoic acid compounds, compositions comprising the compounds and methods for treating or preventing diseases associated with nonsense mutations of mRNA by administering these compounds or compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Richard G. Wilde, James J. Takasugi, Seongwoo Hwang, Ellen M. Welch, Guangming Chen
  • Publication number: 20080269217
    Abstract: Provided are MC4-R binding compounds of the formula XVII: wherein L2 is a linker group, and P1, P2, P3, P4, Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, Z5, t, s, and R are as described in the specification. Methods of using the compounds to treat MC4-R associated disorders, such as disorders associated with weight loss, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: Ore Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Tricia J. Vos, Michael E. Solomon, Christopher F. Claiborne, Martin P. Maguire, Mingshi Dai, Michael Patane, Thoma H. Marsilje
  • Publication number: 20080269216
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds having a positive allosteric GÀBAB receptor (GDR) modulator effect, methods for the preparation of said compounds and to their use, optionally in combination with a GABAB agonist, for the inhibition of transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxations, for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, as well as for the treatment of functional gastrointestinal disorders and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Udo Bauer, Wayne Brailsford, Vijay Chhajlani, Bryan Egner, Ola Fjellstrom, Linda Gustafsson, Jan Mattsson, Karolina Nilsson, Thomas Olsson
  • Patent number: 7442716
    Abstract: The invention encompasses novel compounds of Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds are inhibitors of the microsomal prostaglandin E synthase-1 (mPGES-1) enzyme and are therefore useful to treat pain and/or inflammation from a variety of diseases or conditions, such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and acute or chronic pain. Methods of treating diseases or conditions mediated by the mPGES-1 enzyme and pharmaceutical compositions are also encompassed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada Ltd.
    Inventors: Anh Chau, Bernard Cote, Yves Ducharme, Richard Frenette, Richard Friesen, Marc Gagnon, Andre Giroux, Evelyn Martins, Hongping Yu, Tom Wu
  • Publication number: 20080261953
    Abstract: Compounds and compositions are provided for treatment or amelioration of one or more symptoms of ?-synuclein toxicity, ?-synuclein mediated diseases or diseases in which ?-synuclein fibrils are a symptom or cause of the disease. In one embodiment, the compounds for use in the compositions and methods are heteroaryl acylguanidines, heteroarylhydrazones, dihy-dropyridones, heteroaryl and aryl styryl ketones, and heteroarylpyrazoles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicants: WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, FOLDRX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Susan L. Lindquist, Tiago Outeiro, Richard Labaudiniere
  • Publication number: 20080261978
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Michael P. Clark, Mark A. Lockwood, Florence F. Wagner, Michael G. Natchus
  • Publication number: 20080249081
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are benzoimidazole compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising a therapeutically effective amount of the same; methods of modulating the activity of an MrgX1 or an MrgX2 receptor using the same; and methods of alleviating acute, chronic and neuropathic pain in a subject using the same. Also disclosed are methods of identifying a benzoimidazole compound that modulates the activity of an MrgX1 or an MrgX2 receptor; methods of identifying a benzoimidazole compound effective for the treatment of pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Roger Olsson, Anne Eeg Knapp, Jorgen Eskildsen
  • Publication number: 20080249301
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing benzimidazole thiophene compounds of formula (I). Intermediates used in the process are also claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Keith Hornberger, Mui Cheung, Mark Andrew Pobanz, Kyle Allen Emmitte, Kevin Wayne Kuntz, Jennifer Gabriel Badiang
  • Publication number: 20080234266
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), in which R, X, X? and R2, R2?, R2?, R3?, R2?? and R7 have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are inhibitors of CHK1 CHK2 and SGK kinases and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Werner Mederski, Ulrich Emde, Gerhard Barnickel, Frank Zenke, Hartmut Greiner, Frank Stieber
  • Publication number: 20080227781
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the Formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R6, R7 and A are as defined. Compounds of the Formula I have activity inhibiting production of A?-peptide. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating diseases and disorders, for example, neurodegenerative and/or neurological disorders, e.g., Alzheimer's disease, in a mammal comprising compounds of the Formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Michael A. Brodney, Karen J. Coffman
  • Publication number: 20080221086
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), combinations and uses thereof for disease therapy, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or polymorph thereof, including all tautomers and stereoisomers thereof wherein R1 represents heteroaryl; -carbocyclyl-heteroaryl; -alkenylheteroaryl or -alkylheteroaryl; R2 represents alkyl which may optionally be substituted by hydroxy; carbocyclyl, which may optionally be substituted by one or more groups selected from alkyl and hydroxy; aryl; -aryl-heteroaryl; -heteroaryl-aryl; -aryl-heterocyclyl; H; heteroaryl; or heterocyclyl, which may optionally be substituted by one or more groups selected from alkyl oxo and hydroxy; R3 represents alkyl which may optionally be substituted by one of more groups selected from alkoxy, amine, hydroxy and —C(O)Oalkyl; carbocyclyl, which may optionally be substituted by one or more groups selected from alkyl haloalkyl, alkoxy, amine, hydroxy and —C(O)Oalkyl; -alkyl-aryl; -alkyl(aryl)2; -alkyl-heteroaryl; -alkyl(he
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: PROBIODRUG AG
    Inventors: Michael Thormann, Michael Altmstetter, Andreas Treml, Ulrich Heiser, Mirko Buchholz, Andre J. Niestroj
  • Publication number: 20080207612
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined in the specification as well as salts and pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds are prepared. They are useful in therapy, in particular in the management of pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Ziping Liu, Daniel Page, Christopher Walpole, Hua Yang
  • Publication number: 20080146523
    Abstract: The invention relates to imidazole derivatives which have a good affinity to the trace amine associated receptors (TAARs), especially for TAAR1. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutically-suitable acid-addition salt of the above compound. The invention further relates to a composition comprising an imidazole derivative as described above, or a pharmaceutically-suitable acid-addition salt thereof, and to processes for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Guido Galley, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Roger Norcross, Henri Stalder