Bicyclo Ring System Having The 1,2-diazine Ring As One Of The Cyclos Patents (Class 544/235)
  • Publication number: 20110124642
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are KCNQ potassium channels modulators of formula (I) wherein ring Z1, R1, p, R3, and R4 are as defined in the specification. Compositions comprising such compounds; and methods for treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Brian S. Brown, Tongmei Li, Arturo Perez-Medrano, Sridhar Peddi
  • Publication number: 20110118248
    Abstract: Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR2 receptor. Animal testing demonstrates that these compounds are useful for treating inflammation, a hallmark disease for CCR2. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR2-mediated diseases, and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR2 antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Solomon Ungashe, Zheng Wei, Arindrajit Basak, Trevor T. Charvat, Wei Chen, Jeff Jin, Jimmie Moore, Yibin Zeng, Sreenivas Punna, Daniel Dairaghi, Derek Hansen, Andrew M. K. Pennell, John J. Wright, Antoni Krasinski, Qiang Wang
  • Publication number: 20110098283
    Abstract: The invention relates to chemical compounds of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which possess CSF-1R kinase inhibitory activity and are accordingly useful for their anti-cancer activity and thus in methods of treatment of the human or animal body. The invention also relates to processes for the manufacture of said chemical compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to their use in the manufacture of medicaments of use in the production of an anti-cancer effect in a warm-blooded animal such as man.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Leslie Dakin, Claude Afona Ogoe, David Scott, XiaoLan Zheng
  • Publication number: 20110092368
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 2,4,6-phenyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols of the formula (I) in which W, X, Y and CKE have the meanings given in the disclosure, to a plurality of processes for their preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides. The invention further relates to selectively herbicidal compositions containing 2,4,6-phenyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols and a compound which improves crop plant tolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Reiner Fischer, Klaus Kunz, Stefan Lehr, Michael Ruther, Udo Schneider, Markus Dollinger, Mark Wilhelm Drewes, Dieter Feucht, Jörg Konze, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann, Guido Bojack, Thomas Auler, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Thomas Bretschneider, Olga Malsam, Christoph Erdelen, Angelika Lubos-Erdelen, Alfred Angermann, Hein Kehne, Christopher Hugh Rosinger
  • Patent number: 7915250
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof. Such compounds are MEK inhibitors and are useful in the treatment of proliferative diseases, such as cancer. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds as well as methods of using the compounds and compositions of the invention in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Exelixis, Inc.
    Inventors: Naing Aay, Neel Kumar Anand, Charles M. Blazey, Owen Joseph Bowles, Joerg Bussenius, Simona Costanzo, Jeffry Kimo Curtis, Steven Charles DeFina, Larisa Dubenko, Anagha Abhijit Joshi, Abigail R. Kennedy, Angie Inyoung Kim, Elena S. Koltun, Jean-Claire Limun Manalo, Csaba J. Peto, Kenneth D. Rice, Tsze H. Tsang
  • Patent number: 7910058
    Abstract: Applicants have produced a chromophore and a polymer that are highly sensitive to the presence of various agents, including organophosphates, pesticides, neurotoxins, metal ions, some explosives, and biological toxins. The detection is accomplished by detecting a change in the fluorescence characteristics of the chromophore or polymer when in the presence of the agent to be detected. The chromophore and polymer may be incorporated into sensors of various types, and they are adaptable for potential field use in areas where detection of these types of agents is desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: NDSU—Research Foundation
    Inventors: Johnson Thomas, Philip Boudjouk
  • Publication number: 20110065713
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to benzazole compounds that inhibit ?-site amyloid precursor protein-cleaving enzyme (BACE) and that may be useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which BACE is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease. 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 BACE is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: High Point Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Adnan M.M. Mjalli, David Jones, Devi Reddy Gohimmukkula, Guoxiang Huang, Jeff Zhu, Mohan Rao, Robert C. Andrews, Tan Ren
  • Patent number: 7897619
    Abstract: The invention relates to heterocyclic compounds of Formula I and compositions thereof useful for treating diseases mediated by protein kinase B (PKB) where the variables have the definitions provided herein. The invention also relates to the therapeutic use of such compounds and compositions thereof in treating disease states associated with abnormal cell growth, cancer, inflammation, and metabolic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Qingping Zeng, Dawei Zhang, Guomin Yao, George E. Wohlhieter, Xianghong Wang, James Rider, Andreas Reichelt, Holger Monenschein, Fang-Tsao Hong, James R. Falsey, Celia Dominguez, Matthew P. Bourbeau, John G. Allen
  • Patent number: 7893085
    Abstract: The invention relates to azabenzothiophenyl compounds of Formula I with anti-cancer and/or anti-inflammatory activity and more specifically to azabenzothiophenyl compounds which inhibit MEK kinase activity. The invention provides compositions and methods useful for inhibiting abnormal cell growth or treating a hyperproliferative disorder, or treating an inflammatory disease in a mammal. The invention also relates to methods of using the compounds for in vitro, in situ, and in vivo diagnosis or treatment of mammalian cells, or associated pathological conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc
    Inventors: Pascal Pierre Savy, Stephen Price, Hazel Joan Dyke, John Gary Montana, Karen Williams, Mark S. Stanley, Liang Bao
  • Publication number: 20110039836
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula (I) wherein U represents CH or N; W represents CH or N; R1 represents alkoxy, halogen or CN; ring A represents a pyrrolidin-1,3-diyl-, a piperidin-1,3-diyl or a morpholin-2,4-diyl group and B represents CH2; or ring A is selected from the groups drawn below: wherein R2 represents H, F or hydroxymethyl, and B is absent; G represents a group selected from the group consisting of —CH?CH-E, wherein Y1, Y2, Y3 and Z independently represent CH or N; Q represents O or S; and E represents phenyl which is mono- or di-substituted wherein the substituents are each independently halogen; and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS LTD.
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Georg Rueedi, John-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn-Acklin
  • Publication number: 20110039823
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein U, V, W, X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, A, B, D, E, G, m, and n are as defined in the description, to pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such compounds for use in the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention or treatment of a bacterial infection. Certain compounds of formula (I) are new and are also part of this invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd
    Inventors: Daniel Bur, Christian Hubschwerlen, Georg Rueedi, Jean-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn-Acklin
  • Publication number: 20110033393
    Abstract: The present invention relates to hydrazone compounds of Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and stereoisomers thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, L1, and L2 are defined as set forth in the specification. The invention is also directed to the use of compounds of Formula I as inhibitors of TRPM5 protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: Philip STEIN, Robert DAINES, Dennis SPROUS, Harold O'GRADY
  • Publication number: 20110034375
    Abstract: The present application provides compounds, including all stereoisomers, solvates, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable forms thereof according to Formula I. Additionally, the present application provides pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one compound according to Formula I and optionally at least one additional therapeutic agent. Finally, the present application provides methods for treating a patient suffering from an MCHR-1 modulated disease or disorder such as, for example, obesity, diabetes, depression or anxiety by administration of a therapeutically effective dose of a compound according to Formula I. where R1, R1a, R1b, A, R3, R4, R5, R5b and R6 are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: William N. Washburn, Saleem Ahmad, Andres S. Hernandez
  • Publication number: 20110009415
    Abstract: The present invention relates to thienopyridazine compounds of formula (I), their pharmaceutically acceptable salts or hydrates, wherein R1 and R2 are independently H or C1-4 alkyl, R3 is a saturated or unsaturated 5- or 6-membered ring containing N, S or O, or its optical isomers, R4 is a halophenyl monosubstituted or disubstituted at any position. The present invention provides the preparation methods of these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and the uses of these compounds, particularly in treating cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventor: Zhanggui Wu
  • Publication number: 20110003992
    Abstract: A quaternary nitrogen-containing corrosion inhibitor of formula wherein is an aromatic, nitrogen-containing ring of 5 to 14 ring atoms, optionally containing an additional N, O or S ring atom and optionally substituted with one or more alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, arylalkyl, cycloalkyl, amino, aminoalkyl, alkoxy, hydroxylalkyl, or cyano groups, or a mixture thereof; Y is a group of formula —OC(O)R1 or —C(O)R1; L is C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl or a group of formula —CH2CH(OR2)CH2—; R1 is C8-C20 alkyl or C8-C20 alkenyl; R2 is H or —C(O)R1; R3 and R4 are independently selected from H, alkyl, alkenyl, amino, alkoxy, hydroxylalkyl and cyano; and X is Br, Cl or I is particularly useful for inhibiting corrosion in oil and gas field applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventor: Laxmikant Tiwari
  • Publication number: 20100331334
    Abstract: This invention concerns to N-(2-aylamino)aryl sulfonamides, which are inhibitors of MEK, methods of using such compounds in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Yung-hyo Koh, Zhi Hong, Jean-Michel VERNIER, Andreas Maderna
  • Patent number: 7855216
    Abstract: The invention relates to azaindolyl compounds of Formula I with anti-cancer and/or anti-inflammatory activity and more specifically to azaindolyl compounds which inhibit MEK kinase activity. The invention provides compositions and methods useful for inhibiting abnormal cell growth or treating a hyperproliferative disorder, or treating an inflammatory disease in a mammal. The invention also relates to methods of using the compounds for in vitro, in situ, and in vivo diagnosis or treatment of mammalian cells, or associated pathological conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Charles Goodacre, Karen Williams, Stephen Price, Hazel Joan Dyke, John Gary Montana, Mark S. Stanley, Liang Bao, Wendy Lee
  • Patent number: 7855289
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel sirtuin-modulating compounds and methods of use thereof. The sirtuin-modulating compounds may be used for increasing the lifespan of a cell, and treating and/or preventing a wide variety of diseases and disorders including, for example, diseases or disorders related to aging or stress, diabetes, obesity, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular disease, blood clotting disorders, inflammation, cancer, and/or flushing as well as diseases or disorders that would benfit from increased mitochondrial activity. Also provided are compositions comprising a sirtuin-modulating compound in combination with another therapeutic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph J. Nunes, Jill Milne, Jean Bemis, Roger Xie, Chi B. Vu, Pui Yee Ng, Jeremy S. Disch, Thomas Salzmann, David Armistead
  • Patent number: 7851622
    Abstract: The present application provides compounds, including all stereoisomers, solvates, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable forms thereof according to Formula I. Additionally, the present application provides pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one compound according to Formula I and optionally at least one additional therapeutic agent. Finally, the present application provides methods for treating a patient suffering from an MCHR-1 modulated disease or disorder such as, for example, obesity, diabetes, depression or anxiety by administration of a therapeutically effective dose of a compound according to Formula I where R1, R1a, R1b, A, R3, R4, R5, R5b and R6 are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: William N. Washburn, Saleem Ahmad, Andres S. Hernandez
  • Publication number: 20100311593
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds of the formula (I), in which W, X, Y, Z and CKE are each as defined above, to several methods and intermediates for preparation thereof and to the use thereof as pesticides and/or herbicides. The invention also relates to selective herbicidal compositions which comprise firstly haloalkylmethyleneoxyphenyl-substituted ketoenols and secondly a compound which improves crop plant compatibility. The present invention further relates to the enhancement of the action of crop protection compositions comprising especially haloalkylmethyleneoxyphenyl-substituted ketoenols, by the addition of ammonium or phosphonium salts and optionally penetration enhancers, to the corresponding compositions, to methods for production thereof and to the use thereof in crop protection as insecticides and/or acaricides and/or for preventing undesired plant growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Reiner Fischer, Thomas Bretschneider, Stefan Lehr, Eva-Maria Franken, Olga Malsam, Arnd Voerste, Ulrich Görgens, Jan Dittgen, Dieter Feucht, Isolde Häuser-Hahn, Christopher Hugh Rosinger, Alfred Angermann
  • Publication number: 20100311760
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula I wherein wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X1, X2, X3 and X4 and as defined herein are Hepatitis C virus NS5b polymerase inhibitors. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for treating an HCV infection and inhibiting HCV replication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Javier de Vicente Fidalgo, Jim Li, Ryan Craig Schoenfeld, Francisco Xavier Talamas, Joshua Paul Gergely Taygerly
  • Patent number: 7842808
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) as antagonists of calcitonin gene-related peptide receptors (“CGRP-receptor”), pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, methods for identifying them, methods of treatment using them and their use in therapy for treatment of neurogenic vasodilation, neurogenic inflammation, migraine and other headaches, thermal injury, circulatory shock, flushing associated with menopause, airway inflammatory diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and other conditions the treatment of which can be effected by the antagonism of CGRP-receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Prasad V. Chaturvedula, Ling Chen, Rita Civiello, Andrew P. Degnan, Gene M. Dubowchik, Xiaojun Han, Xiang Jun J. Jiang, Guanglin Luo, John E. Macor, Graham S. Poindexter, George O. Tora
  • Publication number: 20100292241
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to 3,5-disubstituted-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one derivatives which are potentiators of metabotropic glutamate receptors, including the mGluR2 receptor, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neuro-ological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which metabotropic glutamate 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 metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Edward Brnardic, Mark Fraley, Mark Layton, Robert Garbaccio
  • Patent number: 7834000
    Abstract: The present invention relates to CGRP receptor antagonists, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods therewith for treating CGRP receptor-mediated diseases and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Corey Gutierrez, Andreas Termin, Sara Hadida-Ruah, Pramod Joshi, Daniele Bergeron, Sanghee Yoo, Hayley Binch, Jon Come, Jingrong Cao, Suganthi Nanthakumar
  • Publication number: 20100280007
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel pyridizinone derivatives that mediate enzymatic activity. In particular, the compounds may be effective in the treatment of diseases or disease states related to the activity of the histamine H3 receptor, including, for example, neurodegenerative disorders, sleep/wake disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and cognition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: CEPHALON, INC.
    Inventors: Edward R. Bacon, Thomas R. Bailey, Nadine C. Becknell, Sankar Chatterjee, Derek Dunn, Greg A. Hostetler, Robert L. Hudkins, Kurt A. Josef, Lars J.S. Knutsen, Ming Tao, Allison L. Zulli
  • Publication number: 20100273779
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel pyridizinone derivatives that mediate enzymatic activity. In particular, the compounds may be effective in the treatment of diseases or disease states related to the activity of the histamine H3 receptor, including, for example, neurodegenerative disorders, sleep/wake disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and cognition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: CEPHALON, INC.
    Inventors: Edward R. Bacon, Thomas R. Bailey, Nadine C. Becknell, Sankar Chatterjee, Derek Dunn, Greg A. Hostetler, Robert L. Hudkins, Kurt A. Josef, Lars J.S. Knutsen, Ming Tao, Allison L. Zulli
  • Patent number: 7820668
    Abstract: The present invention relates to diazabenzo[de]anthracen-3-one compounds which inhibit poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (“PARP”), compositions containing these compounds and methods for using these PARP inhibitors to treat, prevent and/or ameliorate the effects of the conditions described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Eisai Inc.
    Inventors: Weizheng Xu, Greg Delahanty, Jie Zhang
  • Patent number: 7820664
    Abstract: This invention concerns to N-(2-aylamino)aryl sulfonamides, which are inhibitors of MEK, methods of using such compounds in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Bayer Schering Pharma AG
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Vernier, Andreas Maderna, Yung-hyo Koh, Zhi Hong
  • Patent number: 7816526
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula: wherein Q represents a fused heterocyclic group, X and Y are the same or different and each represent an optionally halogenated lower alkyl group, an optionally halogenated lower alkoxy group, etc., or a salt thereof, as well as a herbicide comprising the compound or a salt thereof, which exhibits a significant effect for control of sulfonylurea herbicide-resistant weeds in paddy fields and can reduce the number of active ingredients in a combined preparation and a method of controlling sulfonylurea herbicide-resistant weeds which comprises using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yasushi Tanaka, Yukari Kajiwara, Makoto Noguchi, Takeshi Kajiwara, Takanori Tabuchi
  • Publication number: 20100256082
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for screening for metallohydrolase inhibitors using metal binding moieties in combination with targeting moieties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Viamet Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert J. Schotzinger
  • Patent number: 7807672
    Abstract: Disclosed are the ERK inhibitors of formula 1.0: and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof. Q is a piperidine or piperazine ring that can have a bridge or a fused ring. The piperidine ring can have a double bond in the ring. All other substituents are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of treating cancer using the compounds of formula 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Yongqi Deng, Gerald W. Shipps, Jr., Alan Cooper, Yang Nan, Tong Wang, M. Arshad Siddiqui, Hugh Zhu, Robert Sun, Joseph M. Kelly, Ronald Doll, Jagdish Desai, James J-S Wang, Youhao Dong, Vincent Madison, Li Xiao, Alan Hruza, Neng-Yang Shih
  • Publication number: 20100234350
    Abstract: Novel compounds of formulae (I) to (VIII), which more particularly include sulfonylurea derivatives, sulfonylthiourea derivatives, sulfonylguanidine derivatives, sulfonylcyanoguanidine derivatives, thioacylsulfonamide derivatives, and acylsulfonamide derivatives which are effective platelet ADP receptor inhibitors. These derivatives may be used in various pharmaceutical compositions, and are particularly effective for the prevention and/or treatment of cardiovascular diseases, particularly those diseases related to thrombosis. The invention also relates to a method for preventing or treating thrombosis in a mammal comprising the step of administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formulae (I) to (VIII), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Scarborough, Wolin Huang, Charles K. Marlowe, Kim A. Kane-McGuire, Hans-Michael Jantzen, David M. Sedlock
  • Publication number: 20100226969
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions comprising protein aggregation inhibitors, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and methods for making and using them, including methods for preventing, reversing, slowing or inhibiting protein aggregation, e.g., for treating diseases that are characterized by protein aggregation—including some degenerative neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease. In one aspect, the compositions of the invention specifically target synuclein, beta-amyloid and/or tau protein aggregates, and the methods of the invention can be used to specifically prevent, reverse, slow or inhibit synuclein, beta-amyloid and/or tau protein aggregation. In alternative embodiments, the compositions and methods of the invention, are used to treat, prevent or ameliorate (including slowing the progression of) degenerative neurological diseases related to or caused by protein aggregation, e.g., synuclein, beta-amyloid and/or tau protein aggregation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Eliezer Masliah, Igor Tsigelny, Wolfgang Wrasidlo, Edward Rockenstein
  • Publication number: 20100210649
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pyridazinone compounds of formula (I) and furan compounds of formula (II), pharmaceutical compositions of compounds of formula (I) and (II), kits containing these compounds, methods of syntheses, and a method of treatment of a proliferative disease in a subject by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formulae (I) or (II). Both classes of compounds were identified through screening of a collection of small molecule libraries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
    Inventors: Hakim Djaballah, Harold E. Varmus, David Shum, Romel Somwar, Alexander Chucholowski, Mohan Santhanam Thiruvazhi
  • Patent number: 7772234
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein R1, R2, R8, R9 and R10, W, X, and Z are as defined in the specification. Such compounds are MEK inhibitors and useful in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, such as cancer and inflammation, in mammals, and inflammatory conditions. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases in mammals and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Array Biopharma Inc.
    Inventors: Eli Wallace, Hong Woon Yang, James Blake
  • Publication number: 20100197679
    Abstract: Bicyclic nitrogen containing compounds and their use as antibacterials
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Christopher Barfoot, David Thomas Davies, Timothy James Miles, Neil David Pearson
  • Publication number: 20100184751
    Abstract: Tricyclic nitrogen-containing compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or N-oxides thereof: compositions containing them, their use in the treatment of tuberculosis, and methods for the preparation of such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Lluis Ballell-Pages, David Barros-Aguirre, Julia Castro-Pichel, Modesto Jesus Remuinan-Blanco, Jose Maria Fiandor-Roman
  • Publication number: 20100184771
    Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (I), a salt thereof, an N-oxide thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof: wherein X1 represents N and X2 represents C, or X1 represents C and X2 represents N; Y1 represents CR4 or N; Y2 represents CH or N; wherein both Y1 and Y2 do not represent N at the same time; R1 represents (1) C3-10 branched alkyl which may be substituted or (2) —(CH2)m—NR5R6; R2, R3, and R4 each independently represent H, C1-4 alkyl, a halo-substituted C1-4 alkyl, C2-4 alkenyl, C2-4 alkynyl, or the like; R5 and R6 each independently represent C1-6 alkyl which may be substituted, or R5 represents H, and R6 represents C3-6 branched alkyl which may be substituted; and Ar represents an aromatic ring which may be substituted, is useful as a pharmacologically active ingredient having a CRF antagonistic activity in preventing and/or treating neuropsychiatric diseases, diseases of peripheral organs or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisao Nakai, Tetsuji Saito, Yoshifumi Kagamiishi
  • Patent number: 7750006
    Abstract: A method of treatment of a disease of the human or animal body mediated by PARP comprising administering to such a subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula: or an isomer, salt, solvate, chemically protected form, and prodrug thereof, wherein: A and B together represent an optionally substituted, fused aromatic ring; RC is represented by -L-RL, where L is of formula: —(CH2)n1-Qn2-(CH2)n3— wherein n1, n2 and n3 are each selected from 0, 1, 2 and 3, the sum of n1, n2 and n3 is 1, 2 or 3 and Q is selected from O, S, NH, C(?O) or —CR1R2—, where R1 and R2 are independently selected from hydrogen, halogen or optionally substituted C1-7 alkyl, or may together with the carbon atom to which they are attached form a C3-7 cyclic alkyl group, which may be saturated (a C3-7 cycloalkyl group) or unsaturated (a C3-7 cycloalkenyl group), or one of R1 and R2 may be attached to an atom in RL to form an unsaturated C3-7 cycloalkenyl group which comprises the carbon atoms to which R1 and R2 are a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignees: Kudos Pharmaceuticals Limited, Maybridge PLC
    Inventors: Niall Morrison Barr Martin, Graeme Cameron Murray Smith, Charles Richard White, Roger Frank Newton, Diane Gillian Douglas, Penny Jane Eversley, Julia Vile
  • Publication number: 20100168065
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), their use as PARP inhibitors as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, n, m and X have defined meanings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Jorge Eduardo Vialard, Patrick René Angibaud, Laurence Anne Mevellec, Christophe Meyer, Eddy Jean Edgard Freyne, Isabelle Noëlle Pilatte, Bruno Roux, Elisabeth Thérèse Jeanne Pasquier, Xavier Marc Bourdrez, Christophe Denis Adelinet, Laurence Francoise Bernadette Marconnet-Decrane, Jacqueline Anne Macritchie, James Edward Stewart Duffy, Andrew Pate Owens, Pierre-Henri Storck, Virginie Sophie Poncelet
  • Patent number: 7745449
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a new class of compounds useful for the prophylaxis and treatment of protein kinase mediated diseases, including inflammation and related conditions. The compounds have a general Formula I wherein A1, A2, B, R2 and R3 are defined herein. The invention also comprises pharmaceutical compositions including one or more compounds of Formula I, uses of such compounds and compositions for treatment of kinase mediated diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and other inflammation disorders, as well as intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Fang-Tsao Hong, James R. Falsey, Robert M. Rzasa, Seifu Tadesse, Andrew Tasker
  • Patent number: 7737272
    Abstract: Transition metal complexes include a diazaphosphacycle of formula III and a transition metal. The phosphorus atom of the diazaphosphacycle is bonded to the transition metal and the diazaphosphacycle of formula III has the following structure where the variables have the values set forth herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Clark R. Landis, Wiechang Jin, Jonathan S. Owen, Thomas P. Clark
  • Patent number: 7732446
    Abstract: Compounds, pharmaceuticals, kits and methods are provided for use with DPP-IV inhibitors comprising Formulae: where the substituents are as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Stephen L. Gwaltney, Jeffrey A. Stafford, Michael B. Wallace, Laurence E. Burgess, Scott D. Cowen, Stephen S. Gonzales, Ellen R. Laird, Xiaodong Wang
  • Publication number: 20100137297
    Abstract: The present invention relates to spiroindalone compounds useful as HIF prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors to treat anemia and like conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Joan M. Fletcher, Jeffrey J. Hale, Shouwu Miao, Petr Vachal
  • Publication number: 20100137590
    Abstract: A series of S-triazolyl ?-mercaptoacetanilides having N-(?-mercaptoacetyl) p amino benzoic acid derivatives. are provided, where Q is CO2H, or a salt or ester thereof, or a C(O) N-linked amino acid. The compounds inhibit several variants of the reverse transcriptase of HIV, and are useful in the treatment of HIV infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: Ardea Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Girardet, Yung-hyo Koh, Martha De La Rosa, Zhi Hong, Stanley Lang
  • Patent number: 7723331
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the class of thienopyrimidines, processes for preparing such compounds, their use in the treatment of obesity, psychiatric disorders, cognitive disorders, memory disorders, schizophrenia, epilepsy, and related conditions, type II diabetes, Metabolic syndrome and neurological disorders such as dementia, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, Alzheimer's disease, and pain related disorders, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Fabrizio Giordanetto, Tord Inghardt
  • Patent number: 7723337
    Abstract: The invention relates to chemical compounds of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which possess CSF-1R kinase inhibitory activity and are accordingly useful for their anti-cancer activity and thus in methods of treatment of the human or animal body. The invention also relates to processes for the manufacture of said chemical compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to their use in the manufacture of medicaments of use in the production of an anti-cancer effect in a warm-blooded animal such as man.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Leslie Dakin, Claude Afona Ogoe, David Scott, XiaoLan Zheng
  • Publication number: 20100125074
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a new class of compounds useful for the prophylaxis and treatment of protein kinase mediated diseases, including inflammation and related conditions. The compounds have a general Formula I wherein A1, A2, B, R2 and R3 are defined herein. The invention also comprises pharmaceutical compositions including one or more compounds of Formula I, uses of such compounds and compositions for treatment of kinase mediated diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and other inflammation disorders, as well as intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Fang-Tsao Hong, James R. Falsey, Robert M. Rzasa, Seifu Tadesse, Andrew Tasker
  • Patent number: 7709483
    Abstract: Tricyclic nitrogen containing compounds and their use as antibacterials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Graham Elgin Jones, Timothy James Miles, Neil David Pearson
  • Patent number: 7700595
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to cinnoline-based modulators of Liver X receptors (LXRs) and related methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Wyeth LLC
    Inventors: Baihua Hu, Jay E. Wrobel, Michael David Collini, Rayomand J. Unwalla