Ether Containing Patents (Class 544/174)
  • Patent number: 9914696
    Abstract: The present invention provides a one-pot method for synthesizing clomiphene (a mixture of the isomers cis-clomiphene and trans-clomiphene) utilizing a single solvent. In a preferred embodiment, the single solvent is dichloromethane (DCM, also known as methylene chloride). The present invention provides an improved method for synthesizing clomiphene and purifying clomiphene isomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Repros Therapeutics Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph S. Podolski, Kuang Hsu
  • Patent number: 9458089
    Abstract: The present invention relates to particular phenoxy alkyl diethanolamine and diisopropanolamine compounds for delivering biologically active agents to a target. These compounds are well suited for forming non-covalent mixtures with active agents for oral, intracolonic, pulmonary, and other routes of administration to animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Emisphere Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriela Mustata, Dahua Pan, David Gschneidner
  • Patent number: 9434703
    Abstract: Provided here are methods of manufacture of viloxazine and its various salts, as well as viloxazine-related compounds, such as novel intermediate reaction products and polymorphs thereof. In particular, the methods provide a substantially pure API of viloxazine HCl while avoiding undesirable impurities. The methods further provide for separating, identifying, and characterizing novel polymorphs of viloxazine. Further provided are methods for synthesis and identification and characterization of novel intermediates of viloxazine, as well as for some important metabolites and precursors of metabolites of viloxazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Likan Liang, Padmanabh P. Bhatt, David Dain, Jean-Philippe Taquet, Aleksandr Pechenov, Alexei Tchesnokov, Reynold Mariaux
  • Patent number: 9403783
    Abstract: Provided here are methods of manufacture of viloxazine and its various salts, as well as viloxazine-related compounds, such as novel intermediate reaction products and polymorphs thereof. In particular, the methods provide a substantially pure API of viloxazine HCl while avoiding undesirable impurities. The methods further provide for separating, identifying, and characterizing novel polymorphs of viloxazine. Further provided are methods for synthesis and identification and characterization of novel intermediates of viloxazine, as well as for some important metabolites and precursors of metabolites of viloxazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Likan Liang, Padmanabh P. Bhatt, David Dain, Jean-Philippe Taquet, Aleksandr Pechenov, Alexei Tchesnokov, Reynold Mariaux
  • Patent number: 9278915
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that have the ability to modulate the activity of GPR40 and are therefore useful in the treatment of GPR40 related disorders. In addition the invention relates to the compounds, methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and the uses of these compounds in the treatment of certain disorders related to GPR40 activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: CONNEXIOS LIFE SCIENCES PVT LTD
    Inventors: Jagannath Madanahalli Ranganath Rao, Nagarajan Arumugam, Mohd Mudabbir Ansari, Chandrasekhar Gudla, Shanmugam Pachiyappan, Manivannan Ramalingam, Jenson George, George Fernanda Arul, Kenchegowda Bommegowda, Y, Sathesh Kumar Angupillai, Ramamoorthy Kottamalai, Pradeep Jidugu, Shivanageshwara Rao, D
  • Patent number: 9115237
    Abstract: Disclosed is an oil-soluble lubricating oil additive composition, suitable for use as a dispersant viscosity index improver in lubricating oils; prepared by the process which comprises reacting a hydrocarbon polymer having a number average molecular weight (Mn) between about 7,000 and about 500,000 wherein the polymer backbone has been functionalized with an ethylenically unsaturated acylating agent and an aryloxy-alkylene amine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Chevron Oronite Company LLC
    Inventors: Patrick J. McDougall, Pritesh A. Patel
  • Publication number: 20150133430
    Abstract: Provide herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions suitable as modulators of hemoglobin, methods and intermediates for their preparation, and methods for their use in treating disorders mediated by hemoglobin and disorders that would benefit from tissue and/or cellular oxygenation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Qing XU, Zhe LI
  • Publication number: 20150126735
    Abstract: Provided here are methods of manufacture of viloxazine and its various salts, as well as viloxazine-related compounds, such as novel intermediate reaction products and polymorphs thereof. In particular, the methods provide a substantially pure API of viloxazine HCl while avoiding undesirable impurities. The methods further provide for separating, identifying, and characterizing novel polymorphs of viloxazine. Further provided are methods for synthesis and identification and characterization of novel intermediates of viloxazine, as well as for some important metabolites and precursors of metabolites of viloxazine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Likan Liang, Padmanabh P. Bhatt, David Dain, Jean-Philippe Taquet, Aleksandr Pechenov, Alexei Tchesnokov, Reynold Mariaux
  • Publication number: 20150072980
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, their synthesis, and their use as antagonists, inverse agonists, modulators and or inhibitors of the Retinoic acid-related orphan nuclear receptor ?t (ROR?t)/ROR?. The compounds of the present invention are useful for modulating ROR?t)/ROR? activity and for treating diseases or conditions mediated by ROR?t)/ROR? such as for example, disease states associated with immunopathology of human autoimmune diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Inflammatory Colitis, Psoriasis, COPD, Pain, Obesity, Diabetes, Dyslipidemia, Osteoporosis, Asthma, Neurodegenerative diseases and Cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Hariprasad Vankayalapati, Venkatakrishnareddy Yerramreddy
  • Publication number: 20150045367
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which inhibit the activity of histone deacetylase 8 (HDAC8). Also described herein are methods of using such HDAC8 inhibitors, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from inhibition of HDAC8 activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Erik Verner, Wei Chen, Sriram Balasubramanian
  • Publication number: 20140330012
    Abstract: A substituted paracyclophane of formula (I) is provided wherein X1 and X2 are linking groups comprising between 2 to 4 carbon atoms, Y1 and Y2 are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halide, oxygen, nitrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl and Z is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, aryl group or heteroaryl group. The substituted paracyclophane provides transition metal catalysts that are useful in C—C and C—N bond formation and asymmetric hydrogenation reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Jianliang Xiao, Jiwu Ruan
  • Patent number: 8877747
    Abstract: An indenone derivative of formula (1) is effective in enhancing the activity of osteoblastic cells and inhibiting bone resorption by osteoclastic cells, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the indenone derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is useful for preventing or treating bone diseases such as osteoporosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Jung Nyoung Heo, Myung Ae Bae, Nack Jeong Kim, Sung Youn Chang, Nam Sook Kang, Sung Eun Yoo, Eun Sook Hwang
  • Patent number: 8865052
    Abstract: The TPU of this invention contains unsaturation in its polymeric backbone. The unsaturation can be present in the soft segment or in the hard segment or in both the soft and hard segments of the TPU. The TPU can be molded like a thermoplastic, and can be subsequently crosslinked by exposure to electron beam irradiation into thermoset articles having excellent chemical resistance, dimensional stability, set properties, heat resistance, oxidative resistance, and creep resistance. In one embodiment, the TPUs of this invention are the reaction product (1) a hydroxyl terminated intermediate, (2) a polyisocyanate, (3) a saturated glycol chain extender, and (4) a glycol chain extender containing carbon-carbon double bonds, such as the allyl moieties present in trimethylolpropane monoallyl ether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Umit G. Makal, Louis J. Brandewiede, George H. Loeber
  • Publication number: 20140221649
    Abstract: A novel compound suitable for obtaining a negative-type photosensitive resin composition capable of forming a pattern having favorable adhesiveness at a low light exposure. The compound is represented by the following formula (1). In the formula, R1 and R2 each independently indicate a hydrogen atom or an organic group, but at least one indicates an organic group. R1 and R2 may be bonded to form a ring structure and may contain a hetero atom bond. R3 indicates a single bond or an organic group. R4 to R9 each independently indicate a hydrogen atom, an organic group, etc., but R6 and R7 are never hydroxyl groups. R10 indicates a hydrogen atom or an organic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicants: DAICEL CORPORATION, TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dai Shiota, Mayumi Kuroko, Kunihiro Noda, Yoshinori Tadokoro, Yasuyuki Akai, Hideyuki Takai
  • Patent number: 8791254
    Abstract: A hydrofluoroether compound comprises at least one five- or six-membered, perfluorinated heterocyclic ring, each ring comprising four or five ring carbon atoms and one or two catenated heteroatoms selected from divalent ether oxygen atoms and trivalent nitrogen atoms, at least one of the catenated heteroatoms being a divalent ether oxygen atom, and each of the ring carbon atoms adjacent to the divalent ether oxygen atom bearing a fluorochemical group that comprises a tetrafluoroethylidene moiety (—(CF3)CF—) that is directly bonded to the ring carbon atom, the fluorochemical group optionally comprising at least one catenated heteroatom selected from divalent ether oxygen atoms and trivalent nitrogen atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Daniel R. Vitcak, Richard M. Flynn, Michael G. Costello
  • Publication number: 20140121371
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to processes and reagents for making diaryliodonium salts, which are useful for the preparation of fluorinated, iodinated, astatinated and radiofluorinated aromatic compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Ground Fluor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen G. DiMagno
  • Publication number: 20140038945
    Abstract: The invention includes a compound of formula I: wherein R1, X, Z, n, and m 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 ate inhibitors of PDE4function and are useful for improving cognitive function in animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: DART NEUROSCIENCE (CAYMAN) LTD
    Inventors: Terence P. Keenan, Alan P. Kaplan
  • Publication number: 20130338160
    Abstract: The present invention includes compounds, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics having at least one (substituted phenyl)-propenal moiety. The compounds and compositions of the present invention are useful in the treatment or prevention of medical conditions including androgen associated conditions, androgen associated inflammation, a wound (the compounds assist with wound healing), acne, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, rosacea, and alopecia; Kennedy's disease (spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy, or SBMA), polyglutamine-mediated motor neuron degeneration; cancers such as prostate cancer, bladder cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, hepatocellular (liver) cancer, and pancreatic cancer; and other medical conditions described herein. Treatment of such medical conditions includes administering to an individual suffering from a medical condition describe herein, a therapeutically effective amount of any of the disclosed compounds, their derivatives, or pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Charles SHIH, Qian Shi, Hui-kang Wang
  • Publication number: 20130289270
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide methods and materials for chemical cross-coupling reactions that utilize aryl alcohol derivatives as cross-coupling partners. Embodiments of the invention include methods for the amination of aryl sulfamates and carbamates, which are attractive cross-coupling partners, particularly for use in multistep synthesis. Illustrative embodiments include versatile means to use simple derivatives of phenol as precursors to polysubstituted aryl amines, as exemplified by a concise synthesis of the antibacterial drug linezolid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Neil K. Garg, Stephen D. Ramgren, Amanda L. Silberstein, Kyle W. Quasdorf
  • Patent number: 8546375
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are azetidinyl compounds of formula I, as described herein, pharmaceutical compositions comprising an azetidinyl compound, and a method of using an azetidinyl compound in the treatment or prophylaxis of a melanin-concentrating hormone related disease or condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Susanne Doris Margit Bökman-Winiwarter, Marlene Fredenwall, Carl Anders Hogner, Lars Anders Mikael Johansson, Robert Andrew Judkins, Lanna Li, Björn Christian Ingvar Löfberg, Sverker Von Unge
  • Publication number: 20130210769
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with the activity of Cannabinoid Receptor 1 (CB1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: IRM LLC
    Inventors: Hong Liu, Xiaohui He, Dean Paul Phillips, Xuefeng Zhu, Kunyong Yang, Thomas Lau, Baogen Wu, Yongping Xie, Truc Ngoc Nguyen, Xing Wang
  • Publication number: 20130203752
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds and prodrugs and methods of preparation of compounds and prodrugs that are capable of functioning as releasers and/or uptake inhibitors of one or more monoamine neurotransmitters, including dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more of these compounds or prodrugs, which may further comprise one or more additional therapeutic agents. Also provided are methods of treatment of various conditions that may be responsive to modification of monoamine neutrotransmitter levels, such as pre-obesity, obesity, addiction, and depression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventors: Bruce E. Blough, Richard Rothman, Antonio Landavazo, Kevin M. Page, Ann Marie Decker
  • Publication number: 20130158021
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds and compositions characterized, in certain embodiments, by conjugation of various groups, such as lipophilic groups, to an amino or amide group of an amino acid, a linear or cyclic peptide, a linear or cyclic polypeptide, or structural isomer thereof, to provide compounds of the present invention, collectively referred to herein as “APPLs”. Such APPLs are deemed useful for a variety of applications, such as, for example, improved nucleotide delivery. Exemplary APPLs include, but are not limited to, compounds of Formula (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), and (VI), and salts thereof, as described herein: wherein m, n, p, R?, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R8, Z, W, Y, and Z are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventor: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Publication number: 20130089624
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and methods of using the compounds in in vitro applications, such as the study of kinases in biological and pathological phenomena; the study of intracellular signal transduction pathways mediated by such kinases; and the comparative evaluation of new kinase inhibitors. The compounds of this invention have formula I: wherein the variables are as defined herein. Additionally, the present invention also relates to novel processes for the production of various morpoholine based intermediates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, Stephen Clinton Young, Christopher John Davis, John Studley
  • Publication number: 20120270877
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds which directly inhibit IRE-1? activity in vitro, prodrugs, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Such compounds and prodrugs are useful for treating diseases associated with the unfolded protein response and can be used as single agents or in combination therapies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: MannKind Corporation
    Inventors: Qingping Zeng, Warren S. Wade, John Bruce Patterson
  • Publication number: 20120214991
    Abstract: An indenone derivative of formula (1) is effective in enhancing the activity of osteoblastic cells and inhibiting bone resorption by osteoclastic cells, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the indenone derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is useful for preventing or treating bone diseases such as osteoporosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Jung Nyoung Heo, Myung Ae Bae, Nack Jeong Kim, Sung Youn Chang, Nam Sook Kang, Sung Eun Yoo, Eun Sook Hwang
  • Patent number: 8202513
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful in the modulation of potassium channel activity in cells, in particular the activity of Kv1.3 channels found in T cells. The invention also relates to the use of these compounds in the treatment or prevention of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, including multiple sclerosis, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Bionomics Limited
    Inventors: Bernard Luke Flynn, Jonathan Bayldon Baell, Jason Hugh Chaplin, Gurmit Singh Gill, Damian Wojciech Grobelny, Andrew John Harvey, Jorgen Alvar Mould, Dharam Paul
  • Patent number: 8133994
    Abstract: A process for preparing aprepitant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignees: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd., Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Pravinchandra Jayantilal Vankawala, Ravi Ram Chandrasekhar Elati, Naveen Kumar Kolla, Subrahmanyeswara Rao Chlamala, Srinivas Gangula
  • Publication number: 20120046247
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), (II), or (III) as shown in the specification, which contain a 1,5-diphenylpenta-1,4-dien-3-one backbone. These compounds can be used to treat cancer, inflammatory disease, or autoimmune disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Charles C-Y Shih, Toshio Kitamura, Qian Shi, Toshiyuki Kawashima, Hui-Kang Wang
  • Publication number: 20120010189
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are azetidinyl compounds of formula I, as described herein, pharmaceutical compositions comprising an azetidinyl compound, and a method of using an azetidinyl compound in the treatment or prophylaxis of a melanin-concentrating hormone related disease or condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Susanne Doris Margit Bökman-Winiwarter, Marlene FREDENWALL, Carl Anders Hogner, Lars Anders Mikael Johansson, Robert Andrew Judkins, Lanna Li, Björn Christian Ingvar Löfberg, Sverker Von Unge
  • Publication number: 20110281844
    Abstract: Use of a compound of formula (A), wherein: W is a residue which imparts antagonistic and/or agonistic activity at histamine H3-receptors when attached to an imidazole ring in 4(5) position; R1 and R2 may be identical or different and represent each independently a lower alkyl or cycloalkyl, or taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, a saturated nitrogen-containing ring (i) as defined, a non-aromatic unsaturated nitrogen-containing ring (ii) as defined, a morpholino group, or a N-substituted piperazino group as defined for preparing medicaments acting as antagonists and/or agonists at the H3-receptors of histamine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Jean-Charles SCHWARTZ, Jean-Michel ARRANG, Monique GARBARG, Jeanne-Marie LECOMTE, Xavier LIGNEAU, Walter G. SCHUNACK, Holger STARK, Charon Robin GANELLIN, Fabien LEURQUIN, Elz Sigurd
  • Publication number: 20110251198
    Abstract: Provided here are methods of manufacture of viloxazine and its various salts, as well as viloxazine-related compounds, such as novel intermediate reaction products and polymorphs thereof. In particular, the methods provide a substantially pure API of viloxazine HCl while avoiding undesirable impurities. The methods further provide for separating, identifying, and characterizing novel polymorphs of viloxazine. Further provided are methods for synthesis and identification and characterization of novel intermediates of viloxazine, as well as for some important metabolites and precursors of metabolites of viloxazine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Likan Liang, Padmanabh P. Bhatt, David Dain, Jean-Philippe Taquet, Aleksandr Pechenov, Alexei Tchesnokov, Reynold Mariaux
  • Publication number: 20110207730
    Abstract: Ion channel modulating compounds are disclosed. The compounds of the present invention may be incorporated in compositions and kits. The present invention also discloses a variety of in vitro and in vivo uses for the compounds and compositions, including the treatment of arrhythmia and the production of analgesia and local anesthesia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: Cardiome Pharma Corp.
    Inventors: Allen I. Bain, Gregory N. Beatch, Cindy J. Longley, Bertrand M.C. Plouvier, Tao Sheng, Michael J.A. Walker, Richard A. Wall, Sandro L. Yong, Jeff Jiqun Zhu, Alexander B. Zolotoy
  • Publication number: 20110166348
    Abstract: Provided are an acid addition salt of (+)-2-[(inden-7-yloxy)methyl]morpholine (compound A) and a novel crystal thereof, which are for use as a medicament or a drug substance, and which has high storage stability, particularly high stability against humidity and light. An acid addition salt of the compound A with an acid selected from benzenesulfonic acid and hydrobromic acid is a compound which is isolated in the form of a crystal, is a solid at room temperature, exhibits no hygroscopicity at such a level that causes a problem for use as a medicament or a drug substance, has stability against humidity and light, and is therefore extremely useful as a medicament or a drug substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Kazumi Kikuchi, Akio Kuroda, Ryo Mizoguchi, Kenichirou Sakamoto, Kazuhiro Takeguchi
  • Publication number: 20110152268
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treating nociceptive pain, containing a morpholine derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as an active ingredient. The present invention is useful in providing an excellent pharmaceutical composition for treating nociceptive pain. In addition, the present invention is particularly useful in providing a pharmaceutical composition for treating pain accompanying a disease selected from the group consisting of rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid spondylitis, osteoarthritis, spondylosis deformans, gouty arthritis, juvenile arthritis, scapulohumeral periarthritis, and cervical syndrome, lumbago, lumbago accompanying spondylosis deformans, menalgia, pain and tumentia after inflammation, operation or injury, pain after odontectomy, and cancer pain. In addition, the present invention is particularly useful for alleviating pain in a damaged cartilage region, and is particularly useful for osteoarthritis in which NSAIDs are not effective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Takeshita, Fusako Nishigaki, Toshiaki Aoki, Seiji Tamura, Kazumi Kikuchi, Akio Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20110094321
    Abstract: A process for preparing aprepitant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicants: DR. REDDY'S LABORATORIES LIMITED, DR. REDDY'S LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Pravinchandra Jayantilal Vankawala, Ravi Ram Chandrasekhar Elati, Naveen Kumar Kolla, Subrahmanyeswara Rao Chlamala, Srinivas Gangula
  • Publication number: 20110065689
    Abstract: The invention includes a compound of formula I: wherein R1, X, Z, n, and m 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 PDE4 function and are useful for improving cognitive function in animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Terence P. Keenan, Alan P. Kaplan
  • Publication number: 20110028718
    Abstract: A substituted paracyclophane is described of formula (I) wherein X1 and X2 are linking groups comprising between 2 to 4 carbon atoms, Y1 and Y2 are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halide, oxygen, nitrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl and Z is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, aryl group or heteroaryl group. Preferably X1 and X2 are —(C2H4)— and Z is a substituted aryl group. The substituted paracyclophane provides transition metal catalysts that are useful in C—C and C—N bond formation and asymmetric hydrogenation reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Jianliang Xiao, Jiwu Ruan
  • Patent number: 7875611
    Abstract: Ion channel modulating compounds are disclosed. The compounds of the present invention may be incorporated in compositions and kits. The present invention also discloses a variety of in vitro and in vivo uses for the compounds and compositions, including the treatment of arrhythmia and the production of analgesia and local anesthesia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Cardiome Pharma Corp.
    Inventors: Allen I. Bain, Gregory N. Beatch, Cindy J. Longley, Bertrand M. C. Plouvier, Tao Sheng, Michael J. A. Walker, Richard A. Wall, Sandro L. Yong, Jeff Jiqun Zhu, Alexander B. Zolotoy
  • Publication number: 20110009629
    Abstract: This invention relates to processes and intermediates for the stereoselective morpholine derivatives. The invention in particular allows the stereoselective preparation of the drugs aprepitant and fosaprepitant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: SANDOZ AG
    Inventors: Martin Albert, Dominic DeSouza, Kerstin Knepper
  • Publication number: 20100297077
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful in the modulation of potassium channel activity in cells, in particular the activity of Kv1.3 channels found in T cells. The invention also relates to the use of these compounds in the treatment or prevention of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, including multiple sclerosis, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods for their preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: BIONOMICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Bernard Luke Flynn, Jonathan Bayldon Baell, Jason Hugh Chaplin, Girmit Singh Gill, Damian Wojciech Grobelny, Andrew John Harvey, Jorgen Alvar Mould, Dharam Paul
  • Patent number: 7829713
    Abstract: The invention includes a compound of formula I: wherein R1, X, Z, n, and m 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 PDE4 function and are useful for improving cognitive function in animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Helicon Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Terrence P. Keenan, Alan P. Kaplan
  • Publication number: 20100279997
    Abstract: A compound, composition and method are disclosed that can provide analgesia. A contemplated compound has a structure that corresponds to Formula A, wherein A, B, X, R1, R2, R7 and R8, and the dashed lines are defined within.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Lindsay Burns Barbier, Hoau-Yan Wang, Nan-Horng Lin, Andrei Blasko
  • Publication number: 20100279996
    Abstract: A compound, composition and method are disclosed that can provide analgesia. A contemplated compound has a structure that corresponds to Formula I, wherein R1 and R2 are substituents, and W is a ring structure that are defined within.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Lindsay Burns Barbier, Hoau-Yan Wang, Nan-Horng Lin, Andrei Blasko
  • Publication number: 20100197680
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel lactam-substituted dicarboxylic acid derivatives, processes for their preparation, their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, and their use for producing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, especially for the treatment and/or prevention of cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Hahn, Eva-Maria Becker, Andreas Knorr, Dirk Schneider, Johannes-Peter Stasch, Karl-Heinz Schlemmer, Frank Wunder, Dieter Lang
  • Patent number: 7750012
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemical genus of biaryl nitrogen-attached heterocycles that are inhibitors of LTA4H (leukotriene A4 hydrolase). The compounds have the general formula They are useful for the treatment and prevention and prophylaxis of inflammatory diseases and disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: deCODE genetics ehf
    Inventors: Vincent Sandanayaka, Jasbir Singh, Li-Ming Zhou, Mark E. Gurney
  • Patent number: 7745439
    Abstract: The inventive indene derivatives of formula (I) are capable of selectively modulating the activities of peroxisome proliferator activated receptors (PPARs), causing no adverse side effects, and thus, they are useful for the treatment and prevention of disorders modulated by PPARs, i.e., metabolic syndromes such as diabetes, obesity, arteriosclerosis, hyperlipidemia, hyperinsulinism and hypertension, inflammatory diseases such as osteoporosis, liver cirrhosis and asthma, and cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignees: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Jeil Pharm. Co., Ltd., Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, CJ Corp.
    Inventors: Hyae Gyeong Cheon, Sung-Eun Yoo, Sung Soo Kim, Sung-Don Yang, Kwang-Rok Kim, Sang Dal Rhee, Jin Hee Ahn, Seung Kyu Kang, Won Hoon Jung, Sung Dae Park, Nam Gee Kim, Sun Mee Kim, Kil Woong Mo, Jae Mok Lee, Hye Jung Kang, Koun Ho Lee, Jong Hoon Kim, Jeong-Hyung Lee, Seung Jun Kim
  • Publication number: 20100081660
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new compounds, a process for their preparation and new intermediates used therein, pharmaceutical formulations containing said therapeutically active compounds and to the use of said active compounds in therapy, such as provide compounds having a selective inhibiting effect at GSK3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Stefan Berg, Sven Hellberg, Peter Söderman
  • Publication number: 20100029639
    Abstract: Ion channel modulating compounds are disclosed. The compounds of the present invention may be incorporated in compositions and kits. The present invention also discloses a variety of in vitro and in vivo uses for the compounds and compositions, including the treatment of arrhythmia and the production of analgesia and local anesthesia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: CARDIOME PHARMA CORP.
    Inventors: Allen I. Bain, Gregory N. Beatch, Cindy J. Longley, Bertrand M. C. Plouvier, Tao Sheng, Michael J. A. Walker, Richard A. Wall, Sandro L. Yong, Jeff Jiqun Zhu, Alexander B. Zolotoy
  • Patent number: 7638514
    Abstract: There are described compounds of formula (I) wherein X1 and X2 are each independently of the other fluorine, chlorine or bromine; A1 and A2 are, for example, a bond or a C1-C6alkylene bridge; A3 is a C1-C6alkylene bridge; R1 and R2 are, for example, halogen, OH, SH, CN, nitro, C1-C6alkyl, C1-C6haloalkyl, C1-C6alkyl-carbonyl, C2-C6alkenyl, C2-C6haloalkenyl or C3-C6alkynyl; R,3 is, for example, H, halogen, OH, SH, CN, nitro, C1-C6alkyl or C1-C6haloalkyl; R4 and R5 are, for example, H, halogen, cyano, nitro, C1-C6alkyl or C1-C3haloalkyl; m is 1 or 2; Y is, for example, O, S, SO or SO2; Q is, for example, O, S, SO or SO2; W is, for example, a bond, O, S, SO, S02, —C(?O)—O— or —O—C(?O)—; T is, for example, a bond, O, S, SO, SO2, —C(?O)—O— or —O—C(?O)—; and E is aryl unsubstituted or substituted from one to five times or heterocyclyl unsubstituted or, depending upon the possibilities of substitution on the ring, substituted from one to four times; and, where applicable, their possible E/Z isomers, E/Z isomeric mixt
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Werner Zambach, Stephan Trah, Roger Graham Hall, William Lutz