The Other Cyclo In The Bicyclo Ring System Is Five-membered Patents (Class 544/262)
  • Patent number: 7425630
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for preparing pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine ether compounds that are modulators of glucose metabolism and therefore useful in the treatment of metabolic disorders such as diabetes and obesity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Tawfik Gharbaoui, Dipanjan Sengupta, Edward A. Lally, Naomi S. Kato, Marlon Carlos, Natalie Rodriguez
  • Publication number: 20080194557
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods of treating, managing and preventing pain, inflammation, cancer, and ocular diseases and disorders, and to compounds and pharmaceutical compositions useful in such methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Joseph Barbosa, Simon D.P. Baugh, Qiang Han, Victoria K. Lombardo, Huy Van Nguyen, Praveen K. Pabba, Kristen M. Terranova
  • Publication number: 20080194529
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are substituted phosphodiesterase type 5 enzyme modulators of Formula I, processes of preparation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: AUSPEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas G. Gant, Sepehr Sarshar
  • Publication number: 20080194591
    Abstract: The invention comprises (1) anhydrous crystalline forms of N-[1-(2-ethoxyethyl)-5-(N-ethyl-N-methylamino)-7-(4-methylpyridin-2-yl-amino)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3-d]pyrimidine-3-carbonyl]methanesulfonamide, (2) pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one such form, (3) methods for the treatment of a phosphodiesterase-5-mediated condition using at least one such form, and (4) methods for preparing such forms. The compound N-[1-(2-ethoxyethyl)-5-(N-ethyl-N-methylamino)-7-(4-methylpyridin-2-yl-amino)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3-d]pyrimidine-3-carbonyl]methanesulfonamide has the following structure (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: David Andrew Entwistle, Peter Vallance Marshall, Stefan Colin John Taylor
  • Publication number: 20080188482
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I) and methods for inhibition of kinases, more specifically p70S6 kinases, and more preferably p70S6, Akt-1 and Akt-2 kinases. The invention provides compounds for modulating protein kinase enzymatic activity for modulating cellular activities such as proliferation, differentiation, programmed cell death, migration, chemoinvasion and metabolism. Compounds of the invention inhibit, regulate and/or modulate kinase receptor signal transduction pathways related to the changes in cellular activities as mentioned above, and the invention includes compositions which contain these compounds, and methods of using them to treat kinase-dependent diseases and conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: EXELIXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Ken Rice, Erick Wang Co, Moon Hwan Kim, Lynne Canne Bannen, Joerg Bussenirs, Donna Tra Le, Amy Lew Tsuhako, John Nuss, Yong Wang, Wei Xu, Rhett Ronald Klein
  • Publication number: 20080188496
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel 3-(dihydro-1H-pyrazolo[4,3-d]pyrimidin-5-yl)-4-propoxybenzenesulfonamide compounds, their derivatives, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and hydrates thereof. This invention also provides compositions comprising a compound of this invention and the use of such compositions in methods of treating diseases and conditions that are beneficially treated by administering inhibitors of cyclic guanosine 3?,5?-monophosphate specific phosphodiesterase (cGMP-specific PDE), in particular PDE5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: Concert Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventor: Roger Tung
  • Patent number: 7407962
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds that are inhibitors of protein kinase, particularly inhibitors of ERK2, GSK3, PKA, CDK2 protein kinases, mammalian protein kinases involved in proliferative and neurodegenerative disorders. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of utilizing those compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Alex Aronov, Michael R. Hale, Francois Maltais, Qing Tang
  • Patent number: 7405220
    Abstract: Novel pyrazolopyrimidines of formula (I): are discussed. These pyrazolopyrimidines are capable of inhibiting the activity of cyclin-dependent kinases, most particularly cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (Cdk1), cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (Cdk2), and cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (Cdk4) and are thus useful, inter alia, in the treatment or control of cancer, in particular solid tumors. This invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and to methods of treating or controlling cancer, most particularly the treatment or control of breast, lung, colon and prostate tumors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Qingjie Ding, Nan Jiang, John Lawson Roberts
  • Publication number: 20080139582
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds that form covalent bonds with Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk). Also described are irreversible inhibitors of Btk. Methods for the preparation of the compounds are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the compounds. Methods of using the Btk inhibitors are disclosed, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, including lymphoma, and inflammatory diseases or conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: PHARMACYCLICS, INC.
    Inventors: Lee HONIGBERG, Erik VERNER, Zhengying PAN
  • Patent number: 7384952
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel pyrazolopyrimidine compound of the formula [I]: wherein R? is (A) a substituted aryl group, (B) an optionally substituted nitrogen-containing aliphatic heteromonocyclic group, (C) a substituted cyclo-lower alkyl group, (D) an optionally substituted amino group, or (E) a substituted heteroaryl group, R2 is (a) an optionally substituted heteroaryl group or (b) an optionally substituted aryl group, Y is a single bond, a lower alkylene group or a lower alkenylene group, Z is a group of the formula: —CO—, —CH2-, —SO2- or a group of the formula [II]: Q is a lower alkylene group, and q is an integer of 0 or 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable sait thereof, which has a small conductance potassium channel (SK channel) blocking activity and is useful as a medicament and a process for preparing the same
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Iwao Takamuro, Yasuo Sekine, Yasunori Tsuboi, Kouji Nogi, Hiroyuki Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20080114005
    Abstract: There are provided derivatives having PPAR agonist activity. The derivatives include compounds and/or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts; the compounds having the formula (I) wherein A has the structure (II) or (III); X is chosen from —CH2—, —O—, —NH—, and —S—; Y is chosen from —O—, —NH—, and —S—; Z, which may be located in any position of substitution, is hydrogen or halogen; R1 and R2, which may be the same or different, are independently chosen from hydrogen and C1-C8 alkyl, or R1 and R2 together form a carbocyclic ring having from 4 to 6 carbon atoms; R3 is chosen from hydrogen and C1-C8 alkyl; R4, R5, and R6, which may be the same or different, are independently chosen from hydrogen and C1-C8 alkyl; and n is 1 to 6. Various embodiments and variants are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicants: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Saibal Kumar Das, Sunil Kumar Singh, Gurram Ranga Madhavan, Debnath Bhuniya, Javed Iqbal, Sudhir Kumar Sharma, Ranjan Chakrabarti
  • Publication number: 20080081817
    Abstract: A novel nitrogenous fused bicyclic compound represented by the following general formula [1] or a pharmacologically acceptable salt of the compound. They have excellent SK channel blocking activity and are useful as a medicine. [I] (In the formula, R0 represents hydrogen, halogeno, etc.; R1 represents a group represented by the formula (a) or (b); A represents a group represented by the formula (X) or (Y); D1, D2 and D3 each represents N or CH; R2 represents halogeno or optionally halogenated lower alkyl, etc.; R3 represents hydrogen or lower alkyl; and Q represents lower alkylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Iwao Takamuro, Saburo Kawanami, Yasunori Tsuboi, Toshiyuki Himiyama, Yuko Hasegawa, Hideki Mochida, Kouji Nogi
  • Patent number: 7351826
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula (I) that bind to GABAA receptors. In the above formula, variables are defined herein. Such compounds may be used to modulate ligand binding to GABAA receptors in vivo or in vitro, and are particularly useful in the treatment of a variety of central nervous system (CNS) disorders in humans, domesticated companion animals, and livestock animals. Compounds provided herein may be administered alone or in combination with one or more other CNS agents to potentiate the effects of the other CNS agent(s). Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating such disorders are provided, as are methods for using such ligands for detecting GABAA receptors (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Linghong Xie, Bingsong Han, Yuelian Xu
  • Publication number: 20080076921
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds that form covalent bonds with Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk). Also described are irreversible inhibitors of Btk. Methods for the preparation of the compounds are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the compounds. Methods of using the Btk inhibitors are disclosed, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, including lymphoma, and inflammatory diseases or conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: PHARMACYCLICS, INC.
    Inventors: Lee Honigberg, Erik Verner, Zhengying Pan
  • Patent number: 7339054
    Abstract: A process is provided for the preparation of branched-chain ribonucleosides of formula (I): from the 1,2-anhydroderivatives of formula (II). wherein PG is a hydroxyl protecting group, B is a purine or pyrimidine nucleobase, and R1 is C1-6 alkyl. The compounds of formula (I) are inhibitors of HCV polymerase useful in the treatment of HCV infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Feng Xu, Matthew M Bio, Cameron Cowden, Kimberly A. Petrillo, J. Michael Williams, Chunhua Yang, Marjorie See Waters
  • Publication number: 20080045511
    Abstract: The present invention provides for compounds useful for treating an HIV infection, or preventing an HIV infection, or treating AIDS or ARC. The compounds of the invention are of formula I wherein A is A1, A2, A3 or A4 and R1, R2, R3, R4a, R4b, R5, R6, Ar, X1, X2, X4, X4 and X5 are as herein defined. Also disclosed in the present invention are methods of treating an HIV infection with compounds defined herein and pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Joshua Kennedy-Smith, Wylie Solang Palmer, Zachary Kevin Sweeney
  • Patent number: 7332497
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or prodrugs thereof, where G, Ra, R2, and R3 are defined as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Abbott GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Gavin C. Hirst, Paul Rafferty, Kurt Ritter, David Calderwood, Neil Wishart, Lee D. Arnold, Michael M. Friedman
  • Publication number: 20070254892
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of a general formula (I): wherein Ar1 is an optionally-substituted aryl or heteroaromatic group; R1 is an optionally-substituted lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl or cyclo-lower alkyl group, or is an aryl, aralkyl or heteroaromatic group optionally having a substituent; R2 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkenyl group or a lower alkynyl group, or is an aryl, aralkyl or heteroaromatic group optionally having a substituent; R3 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R4 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a lower alkyl group or a group of —N(R1k)R1m; T and U are a nitrogen atom or a methine group, etc. The compounds of the invention have excellent Weel kinase-inhibitory effect and are therefore useful in the field of medicines, especially treatment of various cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Takeshi Sagara, Sachie Otsuki, Satoshi Sunami, Toshihiro Sakamoto, Kenji Niiyama, Fuyuki Yamamoto, Takashi Yoshizumi, Hidetomo Furuyama, Yasuhiro Goto, Makoto Bamba, Keiji Takahashi, Hiroshi Hirai, Toshihide Nishibata
  • Patent number: 7285558
    Abstract: Compounds having the general formula and pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in the treatment or prophylaxis of H. pylori infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Gregory Basarab, Joseph Eyermann, Madhusudhan Gowravaram, Oluyinka Green, Lawrence MacPherson, Marshall Morningstar, Thanh Nguyen
  • Patent number: 7268133
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) that act as cannabinoid receptor ligands and their uses in the treatment of diseases linked to the mediation of the cannabinoid receptors in animals are described herein
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Pfizer, Inc. Patent Department
    Inventors: David A. Griffith, Marlys Hammond
  • Patent number: 7268128
    Abstract: Pyrazolopyrimidinone derivatives expressed by the following general formula (IA) or (IB): where the symbols are as disclosed in the specification, are provided as desired compounds. These compounds selectively inhibiting PDE7, thereby increasing the intracellular cAMP level and inhibiting the activation of T cells. Thus, these compounds are useful for prevention and treatment of various allergic diseases and inflammatory or immunological diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Ausbio Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Inoue, Hidenobu Murafuji, Yasuhiro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 7262192
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a class of 5,7-diaminopyrazolo[4,3-d]pyrimidine compounds. These compounds are useful as phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors. The present invention further comprises compositions containing the compounds use of the compounds and compositions to treat hypertension and other conditions, processes for the preparation of the compounds, and intermediates used in the preparation of the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Simon Bell, David Graham Brown, David Nathan Abraham Fox, Ian Roger Marsh, Andrew Ian Morrell, Michael John Palmer, Carol Ann Winslow
  • Patent number: 7259165
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I and the use thereof for the treatment of a central nervous system disorder related to or affected by the 5-HT6 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Ronald Charles Bernotas, Yinfa Yan
  • Patent number: 7259157
    Abstract: Compounds represented by Formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are effective as NMDA NR2B antagonists useful for relieving pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Nigel J. Liverton, John W. Butcher, Charles McIntyre, Christopher F. Claiborne, David A. Claremon, John A. McCauley, Joseph J. Romano, Wayne Thompson, Peter M. Munson
  • Patent number: 7230100
    Abstract: A process for producing predominantly cis nucleosides or nucleoside analogues and derivatives of formula (A): wherein R1 is a pyrimidine base or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof and Q is oxygen, carbon or sulphur, comprising a coupling step of the pyrimidine base with a molecule of formula (B) described herein in a suitable coupling solvent, in the presence of catalytic amounts of an element or combination of elements of groups IB or IIB of the periodic table, a tertiary amine and a Lewis acid to obtained an intermediate of formula (D) which is deprotected in the subsequent step to generate the product of formula (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Shire BioChem., Inc.
    Inventor: Qing Yu
  • Patent number: 7217710
    Abstract: Pyrazolo-pyrimidine derivatives are described herein. The described invention also includes methods of making such derivatives as well as methods of using the same in the treatment of diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Jerry Leroy Adams, Jiri Kasparec, Domingos J. Silva, Catherine C. K. Yuan
  • Patent number: 7211668
    Abstract: This application relates to monomers of the general formula (I) for the preparation of PNA (peptide nucleic acid) oligomers and provides method for the synthesis of both predefined sequence PNA oligomers and random sequence PNA oligomers: wherein E is sulfur or oxygen; J is nitrogen or C—R?; R1, R? is independently H, halogen, alkyl, nitro, nitrile, alkoxy, halogenated alkyl, halogenated alkoxy or a functional group having one of following general formulae: wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, is independently selected from H, halogen such as F, Cl, Br or I, CF3, alkyl, preferably C1–C4 alkyl, nitro, nitrile, alkoxy, preferably C1–C4 alkoxy, halogenated (such as F, Cl, Br and I) alkyl, preferably halogenated C1–C4 alkyl, halogenated (such as F, Cl, Br and I) alkoxy, preferably halogenated C1–C4 alkoxy, phenyl, and halogenated (such as F, Cl, Br and I phenyl; R2 is H or protected or unprotected side chain of natural or unnatural ?-amino acid; and B is a natural or unnatural nucleobase, wherein when said nuc
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Panagene, Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Kee Kim, Hyunil Lee, Jong Chan Lim, Sung Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 7176311
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of Compounds of the formula (1): wherein R1, R2, R4 and R13 are as defined or a pharmaceutically or veterinarily acceptable salt or polymorph thereof, or a pharmaceutically or veterinarily acceptable solvate or pro-drug thereof: are potent and selective inhibitors of type 5 cyclic guanosine 3?,5?-monophosphate phosphodiestbrase (cGMP PDE5) and have utility in the treatment of, inter alia, male erectile dysfunction (MED) and female sexual dysfunction (FSD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Edward Bunnage, Keith Michael DeVries, Laurence James Harris, Philip Charles Levett, John Paul Mathias, Joanna Teresa Negri, Stephen Derek Albert Street, Albert Shaw Wood
  • Patent number: 7173039
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit or modulate the activity of protein kinases and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds. The disclosed compound contain two or more ligand moieties covalently linked together by one or more linking groups. Such compounds are useful for treating diseases or medical disorders mediated by protein kinases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Theravance, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Griffin, Yu-Hua Ji, Edmund J. Moran, Jonathan W. Wray
  • Patent number: 7148350
    Abstract: The present invention describes new homo or heterodimer prodrugs wherein both active monomeric units are compounds of the formula: where R1 and R2 are each independently —H, —C1–C6 alkyl —C1 –C6OH, or —C1–C6NHR?, wherein R? is —H, or —C1–C6 alkyl, R3 is: where R4 and R5 are defined in the description. The monomeric units are coupled to each other via a labile carbonate (—O—COO—), carbamate (—O—CO—N—), urea (—N—CO—N—) or phosphate (—O—POO—O—) moiety. Such homo or heterodimer prodrugs are useful in the treatment of erectile dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignees: Cristalia Prod.Qui.Farm. LTDA
    Inventors: Elisa Mannochio De Souza Russo, Valter Freire Torres Russo
  • Patent number: 7148228
    Abstract: A compound represented by Formula I, or a polymorph, ester, tautomer, enantiomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof: wherein: R1 is halogen, —OR1, —SR11 or lower alkyl; R2 is —NHR8; R3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, —SR8, —OR8, —CN, —C(O)R9, —CO2H, —NO2, —NR8R10, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, lower perhaloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, alicyclic and heterocyclic, all optionally substituted, wherein: the aryl, heteroaryl, alicyclic and heterocyclic groups are optionally mono-, bi- or tri-cyclic, R4 is —CHR12—, —C(O), —C(S), —S(O)—, or —SO2—; R5 is aryl, heteroaryl, alicyclic, or heterocyclic, wherein the aryl group is substituted with 3 to 5 substituents, the heteroaryl group is substituted with 2 to 5 substituents, the alicyclic group is substituted with 3 to 5 substituents, the heterocyclic group is substituted with 3 to 5 substituents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Conforma Therapeutics Corporation
    Inventors: Srinivas Rao Kasibhatla, Marco A. Biamonte, Kevin D. Hong, David Hurst, Marcus F. Boehm
  • Patent number: 7141669
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) that act as cannabinoid receptor ligands and their uses in the treatment of diseases linked to the mediation of the cannabinoid receptors in animals are described herein
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Philip A. Carpino, David A. Griffith
  • Patent number: 7135493
    Abstract: A compound having the following formula (I): wherein R1 is N-containing heterocyclic ring optionally substituted with one or more suitable substituent(s), R2 is hydroxyamino, R3 is hydrogen or a suitable substituent, L1 is —(CH2)n— (wherein n is an integer of 0 to 6) optionally substituted with one or more suitable substituent(s), wherein one or more methylene(s) may be replaced with suitable heteroatom(s), and L2 is lower alkenylene, or a salt thereof. The compound is useful as a histone deacetylase inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuharu Urano, Shigeki Satoh, Naoki Ishibashi, Kazunori Kamijo
  • Patent number: 7132426
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain fused aryl and heteroaryl derivatives of Formula (I) that are modulators of metabolism. Accordingly, compounds of the present invention are useful in the prophylaxis or treatment of metabolic disorders and complications thereof, such as, diabetes and obesity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Jones, Graeme Semple, Yifeng Xiong, Young-Jun Shin, Albert S. Ren, Imelda Calderon, Beatriz Fioravanti, Jin Sun Karoline Choi, Carleton R. Sage
  • Patent number: 7101884
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which inhibit, regulate and/or modulate tyrosine kinase signal transduction, compositions which contain these compounds, and methods of using them to treat tyrosine kinase-dependent diseases and conditions, such as angiogenesis, cancer, tumor growth, atherosclerosis, age related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, inflammatory diseases, and the like in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Arrington, Mark E. Fraley, Barbara Hanney, Yuntae Kim, Keith L. Spencer
  • Patent number: 7087754
    Abstract: Use of a compound of formula (I): wherein R1 is selected from alkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkylthio, arylthio, aryl, halogen, CN, NR6R7, NR5COR6, NR5CONR6R7, NR5CO2R8 and NR5SO2R8; R2 is selected from heteroaryl attached via an unsaturated carbon; R3 is selected from H, alkyl, halogen, OR5, SR5 and NR6R7; R4 is selected from H, acyclic alkyl, CONR6R7, CONR5NR6R7, COR6, CO2R8 and SO2R; R5, R6 and R7 are independently selected from H, alkyl and aryl, or where R6 and R7 are in an NR6R7 group, R6 and R7 may be linked to form a heterocyclic group, or where R5, R6 and R7 are in a (CONR5NR6R7) group, R5 and R6 may be linked to form a heterocyclic group; and R8 is selected from alkyl and aryl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or prodrug thereof, in the treatment or prevention of a disorder in which the blocking of purine receptors, particularly adenosine receptors and more particularly A2A receptors, may be beneficial, particularly wherein said disorder is a movement disorder such as Parkinson's disease or s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Vernalis Research Limited
    Inventors: Roger John Gillespie, Joanne Lerpiniere, Suneel Gaur
  • Patent number: 7074929
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds, compositions, and methods for the treatment of physiological disorders associated with an excess of neuropeptide Y.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignees: Neurogen Corp., Pfizer, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond F. Horvath, Jennifer Tran, Stéphane De Lombaert, Kevin J. Hodgetts, Philip A. Carpino, David A. Griffith
  • Patent number: 7067659
    Abstract: A reactive oxygen generating enzyme inhibitor with NO donor bioactivity, e.g., nitrated allopurinol, e.g., 1,5-bis(3-nitrooxypropyyl)-1,5-dihydro-4H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine-4-one is useful to treat heart failure, stable angina, ischemic disorder, ischemic reperfusion injury, atherosclerosis, sickle cell disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, ALS and asthma and to obtain proper contraction of heart, skeletal and smooth muscle. Where the disorder is heart failure, administration of the enzyme inhibitor mediates amelioration of acute coronary symptoms and/or myocardial infarction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignees: Duke University, Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Jonathan S. Stamler, Eric J. Toone, Joshua M. Hare
  • Patent number: 7067660
    Abstract: There is provided a process for the production a compound of general formula I: wherein A, R1, R2, R3 and R4 have meanings given in the description, which process comprises the dehydrogenation of a compound of general formula II,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Edward Bunnage, Philip Charles Levett, Nicholas Murray Thomson
  • Patent number: 7060823
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 5-aminomethylpyrazolo[4,3-d]pyrimidines of the general formula (I) in which the radicals R1 to R6 have the meaning indicated in the text. The compounds show phosphodiesterase V inhibition and can be employed for the treatment of conditions of the cardiovascular system and for the treatment of potency disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rochus Jonas, Pierre Schelling, Maria Christadler, Norbert Beier
  • Patent number: 7041667
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula 1 [Region ?]—[Region ?]—[Region ?]—[Region ?]??(1) which are useful as modulators of chemokine activity. The invention also provides pharmaceutical formulations and methods of treatment using these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Pfizer, Inc.
    Inventors: Duncan Robert Armour, David Anthony Price, Blanda Luzia Christa Stammen, Anthony Wood, Manoussos Perros, Martin Paul Edwards
  • Patent number: 7005425
    Abstract: Methods are provided for treating arrhythmia in a manner that minimizes undesirable side effects, comprising administration of a therapeutically effective minimal dose of an A1 adenosine receptor agonist with a therapeutically effective minimal dose of a beta blocker, calcium channel blocker, or a cardiac glycoside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: CV Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Luiz Belardinelli, Arvinder Dhalla
  • Patent number: 7005520
    Abstract: There is provided a process for the production a compound of general formula I: wherein A, R1, R2, R3 and R4 have meanings given in the description, which process comprises the reaction of a compound of formula II, wherein Rx is a group substitutable by an aminopyrazole, with a compound of general formula III
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Peter James Dunn, Catherine Dunne
  • Patent number: 6992188
    Abstract: Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) antagonists having the formula wherein the dashed lines, A, B, D E, F, Z, G, R3, and R5 having the definitions set forth in the specification pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Pfizer, Inc.
    Inventor: Yuhpyng L. Chen
  • Patent number: 6964957
    Abstract: Pyrazole compounds represented by the formula: are described. The pyrazole compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing them may be used in inhibiting ERAB or HADH2 activity and in treating ERAB, HADH2 or amyloid-? mediated diseases and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Melwyn A. Abreo, Jerry J. Meng, Charles S. Agree
  • Patent number: 6962915
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof, are useful as kinase inhibitors, wherein Y is —C(?O)NR1—, —NR1C(?O)—, —NR1C(?O)NR1—, —NR1SO2—, —SO2NR1—, —C(?O)—, —OC(?O)—, or —CO2—; B is alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, hydroxy, alkoxy, aryl, cycloalkyl, heteroaryl, and heterocyclo; or when Y is —C(?O)NR1—, B also may be selected from —C(?O)R8, —C(?O)NR8R9, and —CO2R8; R1 is hydrogen, C1-4alkyl, or substituted C1-4alkyl; R2 is hydrogen or C1-4alkyl; R3 is hydrogen, methyl, perfluoromethyl, hydroxy, methoxy, halogen, cyano, NH2, or NH(CH3); and R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Jagabandhu Das, Chunjian Liu, Robert V. Moquin, Katerina Leftheris
  • Patent number: 6960661
    Abstract: [7-(3-chloro-4-methoxybenzylamino)-1-methyl-3-propyl-1H-pyrazolo[4,3-d]pyrimidin-5-ylmethoxy]acetic acid, is disclosed, as well as a process for its preperation and intermediates in the process of preparing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Michael Eggenweiler
  • Patent number: 6921763
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pyrazolopyrimidine derivatives of formula (I) wherein the substituents are defined herein, which are useful as kinase inhibitors and as such are useful for affecting angiogenesis and diseases and conditions associated with angiogenesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Gavin C. Hirst, Paul Rafferty, Kurt Ritter, David Calderwood, Neil Wishart, Lee D. Arnold, Michael M. Friedman
  • Patent number: 6858616
    Abstract: The present application describes nitrogen containing heterobicyclics and derivatives thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, which are useful as inhibitors of factor Xa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma Company
    Inventors: John M. Fevig, Joseph Cacciola, Charles G. Clark, Qi Han, Patrick Yuk Sun Lam, Donald J. P. Pinto, James R. Pruitt, Mimi L. Quan, Karen A. Rossi
  • Patent number: RE40332
    Abstract: The novel compounds of formula I: wherein (R1, R2, Hal and L1 through L5 are defined in the specification) show selective fungicidal activity. The new compounds may be processed with carriers and adjuvants to produce fungicidal compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus-Juergen Pees, Guenter Krummel, Henry Van Tuyl Cotter, Guido Albert, Annerose Rehnig, Leslie May, Waldemar Pfrengle