1,2-diazole Ring (including Hydrogenated) Patents (Class 544/140)
  • Publication number: 20110130393
    Abstract: The instant invention provides for compounds that inhibit the four known mammalian JAK kinases (JAK1, JAK2, JAK3 and TYK2). The invention also provides for compositions comprising such inhibitory compounds and methods of inhibiting the activity of JAK1, JAK2, JAK3 and TYK2 by administering the compound to a patient in need of treatment for myeloproliferative disorders or cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Michael Altman, Kevin Wilson
  • Patent number: 7951801
    Abstract: This invention provides beta-carboline compounds of formula III-A-aa: wherein Q, G, R1, R2, R3, and R6b are as described in the specification. The compounds are useful for treating diseases such as inflammatory diseases and cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Hepperle, Julie Fields Liu, Francois Soucy, Prakash Raman, Jeremy D. Little, Paul E. Fleming, Dominic Reynolds, Geraldine C. B. Harriman
  • Publication number: 20110118253
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds having the formula (I): wherein the dashed line (represented by - - - - -) represents an optional double bond; R1 is hydrogen and R2 is hydroxyethyl; or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a morpholinyl ring optionally substituted with one or two hydroxy groups; each R3 is independently hydroxy or C1-6alkoxy; n is selected from 0, 1, and 2; or a N-oxide, salt, prodrug, solvate or stereoisomer thereof; with the proviso that the compound where the dashed line represents a double bond, R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a morpholinyl ring, and n is 0, is excluded. Also provided are methods for the preparation of compounds of formula (I); their uses as a medicaments, particularly for the treatment or prophylaxis of a sigma receptor mediated diseases or conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: LABORATORIOS DEL DR. ESTEVE, S.A.
    Inventors: Antoni Torrens Jover, Maria Rosa Cuberes-Altisent, Maria Jose Pretel Sanchez, Maria Magdelena Bordas Gelabert
  • Publication number: 20110118236
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel AMPA receptor potentiator. A compound represented by the following formula (I) or a salt thereof: wherein in formula (I) R1 represents (1) a halogen atom, or (2) cyano group, or the like; Ra and Rb each independently represent a hydrogen atom or C1-4 alkyl; L represents a bond, or a spacer in which the number of atoms in the main chain is 1 to 8; Ring A represents (1) a non-aromatic carbon ring of 4-8 carbon atoms, or (2) a 4- to 8-membered non-aromatic heterocycle either of which is optionally substituted with 1 or more substituents selected from (a) halogen atoms, and (b) cyano group; and Ar represents a substituted phenyl group, or optionally substituted 5- or 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Michiyo Mochizuki, Shotaro Miura
  • Publication number: 20110112088
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the formula: to compositions containing these compounds, and to methods of treatment employing the compounds and compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Youssef L. Bennani, Michael G. Campbell, David Dastrup, Emile Porter Huck
  • Publication number: 20110105447
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel calcium release-activated calcium (CRAC) channel inhibitors, methods for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of treatment using them. The present disclosure also relates to methods for treating non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with CRAC inhibitors, and to methods for identifying therapeutics for treating and of diagnosing cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicants: Incozen Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd., Rhizen Pharmaceuticals SA
    Inventors: Meyyappan Muthuppalaniappan, Srikant Viswanadha, Gayatri S. Merikapudi, Swaroop Kumar V.S. Vakkalanka
  • Publication number: 20110105456
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain 3-phenyl-pyrazole derivatives of Formula (Ia) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that modulate the activity of the 5-HT2A serotonin receptor. Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are directed to methods useful in the treatment of platelet aggreagation, coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, transient ischemic attack, angina, stroke, atrial fibrillation, reducing the risk of blood clot formation, asthma or symptoms thereof, agitation or a symptom, behavioral disorders, drug induced psychosis, excitative psychosis, Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome, manic disorder, organic or NOS psychosis, psychotic disorder, psychosis, acute schizophrenia, chronic schizophrenia, NOS schizophrenia and related disorders, and sleep disorders, sleep disorders, diabetic-related disorders, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Bradley Teegarden, Yifeng Xiong, Sonja Strah-Pleynet, Honnappa Jayakumar, Peter I. Dosa, Konrad Feichtinger, Matin Casper, Juerg Lehmann, Robert M. Jones, David J. Unett, Jin Sun Karoline Choi
  • Patent number: 7935699
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are pyrazole glucokinase activators of the formula (I) useful for the treatment of metabolic diseases and disorders, preferably diabetes mellitus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Joseph Berthel, Robert Francis Kester, Douglas Eric Murphy, Thomas Jay Prins, Frank Ruebsam, Ramakanth Sarabu, Chinh Viet Tran, Dionisios Vourloumis
  • Patent number: 7932250
    Abstract: To provide thienopyrazole derivatives inhibiting PDE 7 selectively, and therefore, enhance cellular cAMP level. Consequently, the compound is useful for treating various kinds of disease such as allergic diseases, inflammatory diseases or immunologic diseases. The compound is thienopyrazole compound represented by the following formula (I): [wherein, especially, R1 is a cyclohexyl, a cycloheptyl group or a tetrahydropyranyl group; R2 is methyl; R3 is a hydrogen atom; and R4 is a group: —CONR5R6 (in which any one of R5 and R6 is a hydrogen atom)].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hidekazu Inoue, Hidenobu Murafuji, Yasuhiro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 7932401
    Abstract: Novel 1,5 diphenylpyrazole derivatives of the formula (I), in which R1-R6 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are HSP90 inhibitors and can be used for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of diseases in which the inhibition, regulation and/or modulation of HSP90 plays a role.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Michael Eggenweiler, Michael Wolf
  • Patent number: 7923004
    Abstract: Aryl substituted pyrazole derivatives are provided, as well as processes for their preparation. The invention also provides compositions and methods for the treatment of HCV by administering a compound of the present invention, alone or in combination with additional antiviral agents, in a therapeutically effective amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Guolin Li, Reza Fathi, Zhen Yang, Yun Liao, Qiang Zhu, Angela Lam, Anthony Sandrasagra, Kenneth Nawoschik, Hyun-Joon Cho, Jie Cao, Wu Ruoqiu, C. Richard Wobbe, Yixin Liu
  • Publication number: 20110082141
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 1-benzyl-3-hydroxymethylindazole derivatives according to Formula (I) described in the claims, and to a pharmaceutical composition comprising them, together with a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle. In addition, the present invention relates to the use of 1-benzyl-3-hydroxymethylindazole derivatives for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition that is active in the treatment of diseases based on the expression of MCP-1, CX3CR1 and p40, and to their use in a method for treating or preventing diseases based on the expression of MCP-1, CX3CR1 and p40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: AZIENDE CHIM. RIUN.ANG.FRANC. A.C.R.A.F. S.p.A.
    Inventors: Angelo Guglielmotti, Guido Furlotti, Giorgina Mangano, Nicola Cazzolla
  • Publication number: 20110065667
    Abstract: The present invention provides a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for dementia, Alzheimer's disease, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia, eating disorders, obesity, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, sleep disorders, narcolepsy, sleep apnea syndrome, circadian rhythm disorder, depression, allergic rhinitis or other diseases. A phenylpyrazole derivative represented by formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: {wherein R1 and R2, which may be the same or different, each represent C1-C6 alkyl or C3-C8 cycloalkyl, or R1 and R2 are attached to each other together with their adjacent nitrogen atom to form a 4- to 7-membered saturated heterocyclic ring (wherein said saturated heterocyclic ring may be substituted with halogen or C1-C6 alkyl), n represents an integer of 0 to 2, T represents a hydrogen atom, halogen or C1-C6 alkyl, and R represents formula (I): or the like}.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshio NAKAMURA, Makoto Tatsuzuki, Dai Nozawa, Tomoko Tamita, Seiji Masuda, Hiroshi Ohta, Shuhei Kashiwa, Aya Fujino, Shigeyuki Chaki, Toshiharu Shimazaki
  • Publication number: 20110059964
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the orexin receptor antagonists compounds of the general formula (I) as well as to their isomers, salts and solvates, to the pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to the therapeutic application thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: sanofi-aventis
    Inventors: Michel Aletru, Peter Aranyi, Maria Balogh, Sandor Batori, Judit Bence, Philippe Bovy, Zoltan Kapui, Endre Mikus, Claudie Namane, Christophe Philippo, Tibor Szabo, Zsuzsanna Tomoskozi, Katalin Urban-Szabo
  • Patent number: 7897634
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the formulas (1), (2) and (3) having pharmacological activity, to compositions containing these compounds, and to methods of treatment employing the compounds and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Athersys, Inc.
    Inventors: Youssef L. Bennani, Michael G. Campbell, David Dastrup, Emile Porter Huck
  • Publication number: 20110046137
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: The pyrazole derivatives of formula (I) or salts thereof modulate P2X7 receptor function and are capable of antagonizing the effects of ATP at the P2X7 receptor (P2X7 receptor antagonists). The invention also relates to the use of such compounds or salts, or pharmaceutical compositions thereof, in the treatment or prevention of disorders/diseases mediated by the P2X7 receptor, for example pain, inflammation or a neurodegenerative disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Paul John Beswick, Laura Jane Chambers, Iain Patrick Chessell, David John Davies, Emmanuel Hubert Demont, Robert James Gleave, David George Hubert Livermore, Pamela Joan Theobald, Mythily Vimal, Daryl Simon Walter
  • Publication number: 20110038835
    Abstract: Compounds useful as Rho kinase inhibitors of formula (I): wherein variable are as defined herein are provided. Methods of treatment of malconditions mediated by Rho kinase, and methods of preparation of the compounds, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Yangbo Feng, Philip LoGrasso, Thomas Bannister, Thomas Schroeter, Xingang Fang, Yen ting Chen, Yan Yin, Michael P. Smolinski, Lei Yao, Bo Wang, Hampton Sessions
  • Patent number: 7888354
    Abstract: The present invention provides a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for dementia, Alzheimer's disease, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia, eating disorders, obesity, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, sleep disorders, narcolepsy, sleep apnea syndrome, circadian rhythm disorder, depression, allergic rhinitis or other diseases. A phenylpyrazole derivative represented by formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: {wherein R1 and R2, which may be the same or different, each represent C1-C6 alkyl or C3-C8 cycloalkyl, or R1 and R2 are attached to each other together with their adjacent nitrogen atom to form a 4- to 7-membered saturated heterocyclic ring (wherein said saturated heterocyclic ring may be substituted with halogen or C1-C6 alkyl), n represents an integer of 0 to 2, T represents a hydrogen atom, halogen or C1-C6 alkyl, and R represents formula (I): or the like}.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Toshio Nakamura, Makoto Tatsuzuki, Dai Nozawa, Tomoko Tamita, Seiji Masuda, Hiroshi Ohta, Shuhei Kashiwa, Aya Fujino, Shigeyuki Chaki, Toshiharu Shimazaki
  • Publication number: 20110034432
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I): wherein: R1 is methoxymethyl; R2 is selected from —C(O)NR4R5, —SO2NR4R5, —S(O)pR4 and HET-2; HET-1 is a 5- or 6-membered, optionally substituted C-linked heteroaryl ring; HET-2 is a 4-, 5- or 6-membered, C- or N-linked optionally substituted heterocyclyl ring; R3 is selected from halo, fluoromethyl, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, methyl, methoxy and cyano; R4 is selected from for example hydrogen, optionally substituted (1-4C)alkyl and HET-2; R5 is hydrogen or (1-4C)alkyl; or R4 and R5 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached may form a heterocyclyl ring system as defined by HET-3; HET-3 is for example an optionally substituted N-linked, 4, 5 or 6 membered, saturated or partially unsaturated heterocyclyl ring; p is (independently at each occurrence) 0, 1 or 2; m is 0 or 1; n is 0, 1 or 2; provided that when m is 0, then n is 1 or 2; or a salt, pro-drug or solvate thereof, are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Craig JOHNSTONE, Darren MCKERRECHER, Kurt Gordon PIKE
  • Publication number: 20110028447
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of a condition mediated by CB1 receptor activity in a mammalian subject including a human, which comprises administering to a mammal in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of the compound of formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in this specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Ingrid Price Buchler, Michael Joseph Hayes, Shridhar Gajanan Hegde, Susan Landis Hockerman, Darin Eugene Jones, Steven Wade Kortum, Joseph Gerace Rico, Ruth Elizabeth TenBrink, Kun Ken Wu
  • Publication number: 20110028451
    Abstract: The invention relates to benzoindazole derivatives according to general Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds can be used for the treatment of infertility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: N.V. Organon
    Inventors: Cornelis Marius Timmers, Hubert Jan Jozef Loozen
  • 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: 20110021771
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds and methods for the inhibition of HDAC enzymatic activity. More particularly, the invention provides for compounds of formula (I), (I) and N-oxides, hydrates, solvates, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs and complexes thereof, and racemic and scalemic mixtures, diastereomers and enantiomers thereof, wherein L, M, n, R, W, X and Y are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: METHYLGENE INC.
    Inventors: Tammy Mallais, Oscar Moradei, Alain Ajamian, Pierre Tessier, David Smil, Sylvie Frechette, Roger Machaalani, Silvana Leit, Patrick Beaulieu, Robert Déziel, John Mancuso
  • Patent number: 7875609
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): in which R1, R?1, R2, R?2, R3, and Y have the meanings given in the description are useful in the treatment of conditions susceptible to modulating ion channels, to a process for their preparation, their application by way of medicaments, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Galapagos Sasu
    Inventors: Hélène Jary, Taoues Temal, Pierre DePrez
  • Publication number: 20110015178
    Abstract: The present invention pertains generally to the field of therapeutic compounds. More specifically the present invention pertains to certain amido-thiophene compounds that, inter alia, inhibit 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11?-HSD1). The present invention also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds and compositions, both in vitro and in vivo, to inhibit 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1; to treat disorders that are ameliorated by the inhibition of 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1; to treat the metabolic syndrome, which includes disorders such as type 2 diabetes and obesity, and associated disorders including insulin resistance, hypertension, lipid disorders and cardiovascular disorders such as ischaemic (coronary) heart disease; to treat CNS disorders such as mild cognitive impairment and early dementia, including Alzheimer's disease; etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
    Inventors: Scott Peter Webster, Jonathan Robert Seckl, Brian Robert Walker, Peter Ward, Thomas David Pallin, Hazel Joan Dyke, Trevor Robert Perrior
  • Patent number: 7872006
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pyrazole compound having potent CB1-antagonizing activity, having the following formula [I]: wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different and an optionally substituted aryl group etc., R3 is an alkyl group etc., E is one of the following groups of the formula (i) to (iv): Q1 is a single bond, an alkylene group or a group of the formula: —N(R7)—, R7 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, Q2 is a single bond, an oxygen atom or an alkylene group, R4 is a cycloalkyl group, a group of the formula: —N(R5)(R6) etc., one of R5 and R6 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group and the other is an alkyl group, a group of the formula: —N(R8)(R9) etc., D is an oxygen atom etc., RA1 is an amino group etc., RA2 is an optionally substituted aliphatic heterocyclic group, R is an alkyl group optionally substituted by one to three halogen atom(s) etc., one of R8 and R9 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group and the other is an alkyl group etc., or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Moritani, Ritsuo Imashiro, Atsushi Sato
  • Publication number: 20110009622
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide compounds useful as preventives or remedies for circular system disorders, nervous system disorders, metabolic disorders, reproduction system disorders, digestive system disorders, neoplasm, infectious diseases, etc., or as herbicides. [Means for Solution] A long-chain fatty acyl elongase inhibitor comprising, as the active ingredient thereof, a compound or a pharmaceutically-active salt thereof of a formula (I): [wherein W represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl, etc.; X represents an aryl, a heteroaryl, etc.; n indicates 0 or 1; Z represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl, etc.; A1, A2, A3 and A4 each independently represent CH or N].
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Makoto Jitsuoka, Tsuyoshi Nagase, Nagaaki Sato, Daisuke Tsukahara
  • Publication number: 20110009409
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to compounds having the formula: wherein: Ar, Z, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds have AT1 receptor antagonist activity and neprilysin inhibition activity. In another aspect, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of using such compounds; and process and intermediates for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Brooke Blair, Paul R. Fatheree, Melissa Fleury, Roland Gendron, Ryan Hudson, Robert Murray McKinnell, Michael Wilson
  • Publication number: 20110009384
    Abstract: The present invention provides an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes, which has a superior hypoglycemic action, and is associated with a fewer side effects such as body weight gain and the like. The resent invention relates an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes, which comprises a compound represented by wherein each symbol is as defined in the description, or a salt thereof or a prodrug thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Taisuke Tawaraishi, Hiroshi Imoto, Nobuo Cho
  • Publication number: 20110003799
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (0) or salts or tautomers or N-oxides or solvates thereof for use in the prophylaxis or treatment of disease states and conditions such as cancers mediated by cyclin-dependent kinase and glycogen synthase kinase-3. In formula (0): X is a group R1-A-NR4— or a 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; A is a bond, SO2, C?O, NRg(C?O) or O(C?O) wherein Rg is hydrogen or C1-4 hydrocarbyl optionally substituted by hydroxy or C1-4 alkoxy; Y is a bond or an alkylene chain of 1, 2 or 3 carbon atoms in length; R1 is hydrogen; a carbocyclic or heterocyclic group having from 3 to 12 ring members; or a C1-8 hydrocarbyl group optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from halogen (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS, LTD.
    Inventors: Valerio BERDINI, Michael Alistair O'BRIEN, Maria Grazia CARR, Theresa Rachel EARLY, Adrian Liam GILL, Gary TREWARTHA, Alison Jo-Anne WOOLFORD, Andrew James WOODHEAD, Paul Graham WYATT
  • Publication number: 20110003797
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to hexahydrocyclopentyl[f]imidazole carboxamides and derivatives thereof as selective glucocorticoid receptor ligands useful for treating a variety of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases or conditions. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: William P. Dankulich, Danielle M. McMaster, Robert S. Meissner, Helen J. Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20100331295
    Abstract: Compounds of the invention, such as compounds of Formulae Ia, Ib, Ic, or Id and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, isomers, and prodrugs thereof, which are useful as modulators of the activity of liver X receptors, where R1, R2, R21, R3, and G are defined herein. Pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and methods of using the compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: EXELIXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Brett B Busch, Brenton T. Flatt, Xiao Hui Gu, Shao Po Lu, Richard Martin, Raju Mohan, Michael Charles Nyman, Edwin Schweiger, William C. Stevens, JR., Tie Lin Wang, Yinong Xie
  • Publication number: 20100331304
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are disclosed. Compounds according to the invention bind to and are 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: October 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Angela Berry, Doris Riether, Renee M. Zindell, Nigel James Blumire
  • Patent number: 7855201
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to morpholine carboxamide compounds which are antagonists of prokineticin receptors, in particular antagonists of prokineticin 2 receptors, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which prokineticin 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 prokineticin receptors are involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme. Corp.
    Inventors: Wayne J. Thompson, Jeffrey Y. Melamed
  • Patent number: 7855203
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel indazolyl-substituted pyrroline compounds of Formula (I): useful as kinase or dual-kinase inhibitors, methods for producing such compounds and methods for treating or ameliorating a kinase or dual-kinase mediated disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Han-Cheng Zhang, Bruce Maryanoff, Kimberly White, Hong Ye, Leonard R. Hecker, David F. McComsey
  • Publication number: 20100317648
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula I: wherein R1-R6, X, Y, and B have any of the values described herein, as well as salts of such compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and therapeutic methods that comprise the administration of such compounds. The compounds are inhibitors of MAO-B enzyme function and are useful for improving cognitive function and for treating psychiatric disorders in animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Xianbo Zhou, Roderick E. M. Scott, Rusiko Bourtchouladze, Alan P. Kaplan, Terence P. Keenan, Andrew McRiner
  • Publication number: 20100317618
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 1-benzyl-3-hydroxymethylindazole derivatives according to formula (I) described in the claims, and to a pharmaceutical composition comprising them, together with a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle. In addition, the present invention relates to the use of novel 1-benzyl-3-hydroxymethylindazole derivatives for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition that is active in the treatment of diseases based on the expression of MCP-1 and CX3CR1, and to their use in a method for treating or preventing diseases based on the expression of MCP-1 and CX3CR1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: AZIENDE CHIM. RIUN. ANGEL. FRA. A.C.R.A.F. S.p.A.
    Inventors: Angelo Guglielmotti, Guido Furlotti, Giorgina Mangano, Nicola Cazzolla
  • Publication number: 20100311744
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 1-benzyl-3-hydroxymethylindazole derivatives according to formula (I) described in the claims, and to a pharmaceutical composition comprising them, together with a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle. In addition, the present invention relates to the use of 1-benzyl-3-hydroxymethylindazole derivatives for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition that is active in the treatment of diseases based on the expression of MCP-1, CX3CR1 and p40, and to their use in a method for treating or preventing diseases based on the expression of MCP-1, CX3CR1 and p40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: AZIENDE CHIM. RIUN. ANG. FRANC. A.C.R.A.F. S.p.A.
    Inventors: Angelo Guglielmotti, Guido Furlotti, Giorgina Mangano, Nicola Cazzolla, Barbara Garofalo
  • Publication number: 20100305120
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): wherein X, L1, R1, L2, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined herein, are useful in the treatment or prophylaxis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Becker muscular dystrophy, or cachexia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Graham Michael Wynne, Stephen Paul Wren, Renate Maria Van Well, Daniel Robert Chancellor, Frank Schroer, Francis Xavier Wilson
  • Publication number: 20100298321
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 or Bcl-xL proteins, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which are expressed anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Milan Bruncko, Hong Ding, George A. Doherty, Steven W. Elmore, Lisa Hasvold, Laura Hexamer, Aaron R. Kunzer, Robert A. Mantei, William J. McClellan, Chang H. Park, Cheol-Min Park, Andrew M. Petros, Xiaohong Song, Andrew J. Souers, Gerard M. Sullivan, Zhi-Fu Tao, Gary T. Wang, Le Wang, Xilu Wang, Michael D. Wendt, Todd M. Hansen
  • Publication number: 20100292207
    Abstract: Substituted indazole derivatives of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as defined in the specification, process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are disclosed; the compounds of the invention may be useful in therapy in the treatment of diseases associated with a deregulated protein kinase activity, like cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: NERVIANO MEDICAL SCIENCES S.R.L.
    Inventors: Andrea Lombardi Borgia, Maria Menichincheri, Paolo Orsini, Achille Panzeri, Ettore Perrone, Ermes Vanotti, Marcella Nesi, Chiara Marchionni
  • Patent number: 7834003
    Abstract: The invention relates to 5-Aminopyrazole derivatives of formula (I) or salts thereof, a process for their preparation, to compositions thereof and to their use for the control of pests, including arthropods and helminths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Merial Limited
    Inventors: Stefan Schnatterer, Michael Maier, Friederike Petry, Werner Knauf, Karl Seeger
  • Publication number: 20100279991
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a tetrahydro-cyclopentyl pyrazole cannabinoid modulator compound of formula (I): and a method for use in treating, ameliorating or preventing a cannabinoid receptor mediated syndrome, disorder or disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Fina Liotta, Mingde Xia, Michael P. Wachter, Scott A. Beers
  • Publication number: 20100273791
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of general formula (I), their regioisomers, tautomeric forms, novel intermediates involved in their synthesis. The present invention also relates to a process of preparing compounds of general formula (I), their regioisomers, their tautomeric forms, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and novel intermediates involved in their synthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Braj Bhushan LOHRAY, Vidya Bhushan Lohray, Brijesh Srivastava
  • Publication number: 20100267687
    Abstract: The present invention provides a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for dementia, Alzheimer's disease, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia, eating disorders, obesity, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, sleep disorders, narcolepsy, sleep apnea syndrome, circadian rhythm disorder, depression, allergic rhinitis or other diseases. A phenylpyrazole derivative represented by formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: {wherein R1 and R2, which may be the same or different, each represent C1-C6 alkyl or C3-C8 cycloalkyl, or R1 and R2 are attached to each other together with their adjacent nitrogen atom to form a 4- to 7-membered saturated heterocyclic ring (wherein said saturated heterocyclic ring may be substituted with halogen or C1-C6 alkyl), n represents an integer of 0 to 2, T represents a hydrogen atom, halogen or C1-C6 alkyl, and R represents formula (I): or the like}.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshio Nakamura, Makoto Tatsuzuki, Dai Nozawa, Tomoko Tamita, Seiji Masuda, Hiroshi Ohta, Shuhei Kashiwa, Aya Fujino, Shigeyuki Chaki, Toshiharu Shimazaki
  • Publication number: 20100256108
    Abstract: A compound of the formula: wherein ring X is benzene or pyridine; R1 is substituted alkyl; R2 is optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heterocyclic group; R3 is hydrogen or alkyl; R4 is hydrogen, halogen or alkyl; R5 is hydrogen or alkyl; R6 and R7 are the same or different and each hydrogen or halogen, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which is useful as IKur blocker effective for preventing or treating cardiac arrhythmia such as atrial fibrillation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Tetsuo Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Kawanishi, Hideki Ushirogochi, Tatsuyuki Takahashi, Tohru Takebe
  • Publication number: 20100256137
    Abstract: Novel indazole derivatives of the formula (I), in which R1-R3 have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are HSP90 inhibitors and can be used for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of diseases in which the inhibition, regulation and/or modulation of HSP90 plays a role.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Hans Peter Buchstaller, Hans Michael Eggenweiler, Christian Sirrenberg
  • Patent number: 7803799
    Abstract: This invention relates to selenophene compounds of formula (I) shown below. Each variable in formula (I) is defined in the specification. These compounds can be used to treat cannabinoid-receptor mediated disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: National Health Research Institutes
    Inventors: Kak-Shan Shia, Jing-Po Tsao, Chia-Liang Tai, Wan-Ping Hsieh, Ming-Shiu Hung, Jen-Shin Song, Yu-Sheng Chao
  • Publication number: 20100240644
    Abstract: The present invention provides a morpholine derivative of the formula [I]; wherein R1 is a substituted alkyl group, an optionally substituted aryl group, an optionally substituted heterocyclo group, a cycloalkyl group or an alkyl group; R2 is a substituted alkyl group, an optionally substituted aryl group, an optionally substituted heterocyclo group, an optionally substituted alkylcarbonyl group, an optionally substituted arylcarbonyl group, an optionally substituted heterocyclo-substituted carbonyl group or a cycloalkylcarbonyl group; T is a methylene group or a carbonyl group; R3, R4, R5 and R6 are the same or different and a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted carbamoyl group or an optionally substituted alkyl group; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds are useful as a renin inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Hidenori Akatsuka, Hiroshi Sugama, Nobumasa Awai, Takayuki Kawaguchi, Yoichi Takahashi, Toru Iijima, Jingkang Shen, Guangxin Xia, Jianshu Xie
  • Publication number: 20100240659
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compound which is useful as an 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 inhibitor. A compound represented by the formula: , its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or a solvate thereof, wherein Ring A is a group represented by the formula: Ring B is optionally substituted heteroaryl, provided that optionally substituted isoxazole is excluded, or optionally substituted heterocycle, R1 is hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl, R2 is —OR5, —SR5, halogen, halogenated alkyl or the like, R3 is optionally substituted alkyl or the like, R4 is optionally substituted alkyl or the like, R5 is optionally substituted alkyl or the like, R6 is hydrogen or the like, R7 and R8 are each independently hydrogen or the like, R10 and R11 are each independently hydrogen or the like, R12 is optionally substituted alkyl or the like, m and p are each independently integer of 1 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: SHIONOGI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Masuda, Tomoyuki Ogawa, Takuji Nakatani