Abstract: Provided are compounds that are useful in the treatment and/or prevention of diseases mediated by deficient levels of glucokinase activity, such as diabetes mellitus. Also provided are methods of treating or preventing diseases and disorders characterized by underactivity of glucokinase or which can be treated by activating glucokinase.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula: wherein R1 is a C1-4 alkyl; R2 is (1) a 5- to 7-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group which may have a substituent selected from the group consisting of (1?) a halogen, (2?) a hydroxy group, (3?) a C1-4 alkyl and (4?) a C1-4 alkoxy, (2) a phenyl which may have a substituent selected from the group consisting of (1?) a halogen, (2?) a C1-4 alkoxy-C1-4 alkyl, (3?) a mono-C1-4 alkyl-carbamoyl-C1-4 alkyl, (4?) a C1-4 alkoxy and (5?) a mono-C1-4 alkylcarbamoyl-C1-4 alkoxy, or the like; R3 is a C1-4 alkyl; R4 is a C1-4 alkoxy, or the like; n is an integer of 1 to 4; or a salt thereof, as a thienopyrimidine compound having gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonistic activity.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds that inhibit protein kinases, prodrugs of the compounds, intermediates and methods of synthesizing the compounds and/or prodrugs, pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds and/or prodrugs and methods of using the compounds and/or prodrugs in a variety of contexts, including, for example, in the treatment and/or prevention of various diseases that are responsive to protein kinase inhibition and/or that are mediated, at least in part, by inappropriate kinase activity.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, including resolved enantiomers, diastereomers, solvates and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, comprising the Formula (I): Also provided are methods of using the compounds of this invention as AKT protein kinase inhibitors and for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases such as cancer.

Abstract: Axl kinase inhibitory compounds are disclosed, as well as compositions and methods of using the same in the treatment of cancer and other conditions mediated by and/or associated with Axl kinase.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel analogs and derivatives of halofuginone. The invention also provides pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions thereof and methods for using halofuginone analogs in treating chronic inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, dry eye syndrome, fibrosis, scar formation, angiogenesis, viral infections, ischemic damage, transplant and implant rejection, neurodegenerative diseases, and cosmetic applications.

Abstract: The present invention relates to therapeutic targets for cancer. In particular, the present invention relates to small molecules and nucleic acids that target EZH2 expression in cancer (e.g., prostate cancer, breast cancer, other solid tumors, multiple myeloma).

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel compound of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The invention is also directed to the uses of compounds having formula (I) in the treatment or prevention of diseases or disorders which requires potassium channel inhibition to an animal, mammal or human in need thereof. The invention is also directed to the use of compounds having formula (I) in the treatment or prevention of arrhythmia to an animal, mammal or human in need thereof.

Abstract: The present invention includes methods for identifying modifiers of chemosensory receptors and their ligands, e.g., by determining whether a test entity is suitable to interact with one or more interacting sites within the Venus flytrap domains of the chemosensory receptors, and modifiers capable of modulating chemosensory receptors and their ligands. The present invention also includes modifiers of chemosensory receptors and their ligands having Formula (I), its subgenus, and specific compounds. Furthermore, the present invention includes ingestible compositions comprising the modifiers of chemosensory receptors and their ligands and methods of using the modifiers of chemosensory receptors and their ligands to enhance the sweet taste of an ingestible composition or treat a condition associated with a chemosensory receptor. In addition, the present invention include processes for preparing the modifiers of chemosensory receptors and their ligands.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of protein kinases, such as inhibitors of GSK-3. The invention provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders. The invention provides processes for preparing compounds of the invention. The invention provides methods of identifying compounds useful for treatment of diabetes, diabetic neuropathy, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, AIDS-associated dementia, bipolar disorder, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, schizophrenia, leukocytopenia, cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, stroke, post-stroke, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, Charcot-Marie-Tooth, peripheral nerve regeneration, and rheumatoid arthritis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel thienopyrimidine compounds of general formula pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and their therapeutic use for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of diseases which can be influenced by the inhibition of the kinase activity of Mnk1 and/or Mnk2 (Mnk2a or Mnk2b) and/or variants thereof.

Abstract: 2-Aminopyrimidine compounds are described, which are useful as H4 receptor modulators. Such compounds may be used in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by H4 receptor activity, such as allergy, asthma, autoimmune diseases, and pruritus.

Abstract: Bridged bicyclic aryl or heteroaryl substituted triazoles and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds are disclosed as being useful in inhibiting the activity of the receptor protein tyrosine kinase Axl. Methods of using the compounds in treating diseases or conditions associated with Axl activity are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a series of compounds of the formula (I) which modulate ?-amyloid peptide (?-AP) production and are useful in the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease and other conditions affected by ?-amyloid peptide (?-AP) production.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel thienopyrimidine compounds of general formula pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and their therapeutic use for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of diseases which can be influenced by the inhibition of the kinase activity of Mnk1 and/or Mnk2 (Mnk2a or Mnk2b) and/or variants thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pharmaceutical compositions comprising thienopyrimidine compounds. Moreover, the present invention relates to the use of the thienopyrimidine compounds of the invention for the production of pharmaceutical compositions for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of diseases which can be influenced by the inhibition of the kinase activity of Mnk1 and/or Mnk2 (Mnk2a or Mnk2b) and/or variants thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidines, having fungicidal activity.

Abstract: 2-Phenoxy pyrimidinone analogues are provided, of the Formula: wherein variables are as described herein. Such compounds are ligands that may be used to modulate specific receptor activity in vivo or in vitro, and are particularly useful in the treatment of conditions associated with pathological receptor activation in humans, domesticated companion animals and livestock animals. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for using such compounds to treat such disorders are provided, as are methods for using such ligands for receptor localization studies.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) and to their salts, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of use, and methods for their preparation. These compounds provide a treatment for myeloproliferative disorders and cancer.

Abstract: Drug candidates for inhibition of HIV-I replication can target Src family kinases (SFK), such as Hck, that interact with Nef protein of the virus. Compounds characterized by such inhibitory activity were identified via an assay for kinase activity of an SFK in a Nef:SFK complex. Illustrative of inhibitors identified using the kinase assay are various 2,3-diaminoquinaxolines and furo[2,3-d]pyrimidines. The inventive inhibitors were found to arrest HIV-I viral replication in vitro.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula: wherein Ar is an optionally substituted ring; A is a spacer having a main chain of 1 to 4 atoms; B is a bond, a C1-10 alkylene group or an oxygen atom; R3 and R5 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R4 is an optionally substituted cyclic group or an optionally substituted C1-10 alkyl group; and R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a substituent, or R1 and R2 or R1 and B are bonded to form an optionally substituted nitrogen-containing heterocycle, or R1 and Ar are bonded to form an optionally substituted nitrogen-containing fused heterocycle, or a salt thereof. The thienopyrimidone compound of the present invention has a superior melanin-concentrating hormone receptor antagonistic action, and is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of obesity and the like.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds having the following Formula IA and IB, which are useful as MCHR1 antagonists, and includes prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof:

Abstract: Provided are therapeutic and/or preventive agents for migraine which comprise, as an active ingredient, a compound having a selective adenosine A2A receptor antagonistic activity or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; therapeutic and/or preventive agents for migraine which comprise, as an active ingredient, a compound having a selective adenosine A2A receptor antagonistic activity, which has an affinity for the adenosine A2A receptor 10 times or higher than that for the adenosine A1 receptor, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and the like.

Abstract: Carboxylic acid derivatives where R—R6, X, Y and Z have the meanings stated in the description, and the preparation thereof, are described. The novel compounds are suitable for controlling diseases.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for improving absorbability of the active ingredient of an enteric polymer coated preparation, which includes using an organic acid.

Abstract: New compounds are disclosed which have utility in the treatment of a variety of metabolic related conditions in a patient. The compounds of this invention have the structure (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, n, p, q, and Ar are as defined herein, including stereoisomers, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of this invention, as well as methods relating to the use thereof in a patient in need thereof.

Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula (I): wherein W is a bicyclic heteroaromatic group; or a salt thereof. The compounds and salts thereof have beneficial therapeutic properties (e.g. immunosuppressant properties).

Abstract: The present application relates to novel substituted furopyrimidine derivatives, to processes for their preparation, to their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases and to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, especially for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of cardiovascular diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-Heterocyclic Substituted Indole Derivatives, compositions comprising at least one 3-Heterocyclic Substituted Indole Derivative, and methods of using the 3-Heterocyclic Substituted Indole Derivatives for treating or preventing a viral infection or a virus-related disorder in a patient.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fused heterocyclic compound having the Formula 1, which is useful as a platelet aggregation inhibitor, a method for preparing the same, and a pharmaceutical composition for inhibiting platelet aggregation comprising the same.

Abstract: A compound of Formula I and enantiomers, diastereomers and pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of Formula I, and methods of treating conditions associated with the activity of p38 kinase.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful as inhibitors of protein kinase. The present invention also provides compositions thereof, and methods of treating Raf-mediated diseases.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, esters, and tautomers thereof, wherein: Q is selected from the group consisting of: and L is selected from the group consisting of: pharmaceutically compositions comprising one or more compounds of formula (I), and methods of using the compounds of formula (I).

Abstract: A compound of formula (I), wherein W is formula (1); A is a benzene ring, a fÊve-membered heteroaromatic ring containing 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms independently chosen from O, N and S, providing that no more than one O or S atom is present, or a six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing 1, 2 or 3 N atoms; n is zero, one, two or three; when n is zero or one, V is CH2; when n is two or three, V is CH2, O or NR5; when V is CH2, the bond formed by V and an adjacent carbon ring atom is optionally fused to a phenyl ring, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms independently chosen from O, N and S, providing that no more than one O or S is present, or a six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing 1, 2 or 3 N atoms; the ring being optionally substituted by one or more R1 groups; and R7 and R8 are independently hydrogen, hydroxy, halogen or C1-4alkyl; Z is a phenyl ring, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms independently chosen from O, N or S, at

Abstract: The invention provides novel synthetic intermediates and processes that can be used to prepare compounds of formula (I), wherein R1 has any of the values described herein and R2 is a nucleoside sugar group.

Abstract: Novel compounds and their uses are disclosed herein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of dihydrothieno[3,2-d]pyrimidine diols, and similar pyrimidine diols, that is efficient, high-yielding, and does not require expensive and potentially unstable intermediates. The diols are used as intermediates in the synthesis of pyrimidine compounds which inhibit PDE4, and are thus useful in the treatment of respiratory or gastrointestinal diseases and complaints, peripheral or central nervous system diseases and disorders, inflammatory conditions, and cancers.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to antifolate compounds having the structure wherein: X is CHR9 or NR9; Y1, Y2, and Y3 independently are O or S; V1 and V2 independently are O, S, or NZ; Z is H, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted alkenyl, optionally substituted alkynyl, or alkaryl; R1 and R2 independently are H, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted alkenyl, optionally substituted alkynyl, or alkaryl; R3 is H, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted alkenyl, optionally substituted alkynyl, optionally substituted alkoxy, hydroxyl, or halo; and R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 independently are H, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted alkenyl, optionally substituted alkynyl, acyl, —C(O)-alkyl, —C(O)-alkenyl, or —C(O)—alkynyl; as well as pharmaceutically acceptable esters, amides, salts, solvates, and prodrugs thereof.

Abstract: The present application relates to novel, cyclically substituted furopyrimidine derivatives, methods for their production, their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases and their use for the production of medicinal products for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of cardiovascular diseases.

Abstract: Acrylic n-hydroxy imides and their use in pharmaceutical compositions and in the inhibition of flap endonuclease are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a condensed pyrimidine compound represented by formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: where A represents a ring where at least one carbon atom within said ring is optionally substituted with one or more groups selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, —O-(lower alkyl), halogen atom, carboxyl, —CO2-(lower alkyl), and carbamoyl, R1 represents: (1) phenyl substituted with at least three halogen atoms, which may have at least one additional substituent, or (2) cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, or cycloheptyl, each of which is optionally substituted; and R2 represents a group represented by formula (II) or an optionally substituted cyclic amino: wherein R21 and R22 may be identical or different and each represents —H, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, heteroaryl, non-aromatic heterocyclyl, or —O-(lower alkyl), each of which is optionally substituted.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are A2B receptor antagonists, wherein R1 is optionally substituted aryl or an optionally substituted 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl ring; R2 and R3 are independently selected from hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl-(C1-C6)-alkyl, aryl-(C1-C6)-alkyl optionally substituted in the ring part thereof, a 5- or 6-membered monocyclic heterocyclic group optionally linked via a C1-C6 alkylene chain and optionally substituted in the ring part thereof, benzimidazol-2-yl-methyl, pyrid-3-yl-carbonyl, or (1-methyl-piperidin-4-yl)-carbonyl-methyl; or R2 and R3 taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form an optionally substituted 5- or 6-membered ring; R4 is C1-C3 alkyl, C2-C3 alkenyl, —N(—R5)—R6, or optionally substituted heteroarylmethylamino; and R5 and R6 are independently selected from hydrogen or C1-C3 alkyl; or R5 and R6 taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form an optionally substituted 4- to 6-membered saturated ring.

Abstract: The present invention relates to Tetracyclic Indole Derivatives, compositions comprising at least one Tetracyclic Indole Derivative, and methods of using the Tetracyclic Indole Derivatives for treating or preventing a viral infection or a virus-related disorder in a patient.

Abstract: The present invention relates to N-containing heterocyclic compounds that are inhibitors of protein kinases including JAK kinases. In particular, the compounds are selective for JAK1, JAK2, JAK3 or TYK2 kinases and combinations thereof such as JAK1 and JAK2. The kinase inhibitors can be used in the treatment of kinase associated diseases such as immunological and inflammatory diseases including organ transplants; hyperproliferative diseases including cancer and myeloproliferative diseases; viral diseases; metabolic diseases; and vascular diseases.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds including substituted thienopyrimidinone derivatives of Formula (IIc) as ligands for modulating chemosensory receptors: These compounds are useful as sweet taste enhancers in comestible or medicinal compositions. The present invention also provides screening methods for identifying modifiers of chemosensory receptors and their ligands, e.g., by determining whether a test entity is suitable to interact with one or more interacting sites within the Venus flytrap domains of the chemosensory receptors as well as modifiers capable of modulating chemosensory receptors and their ligands.

Abstract: The invention relates to molecules ANT-ligands having a substituted nitrogeneous heterocycle A wherein —A is a substituted pyrazinone of formula I wherein R1 is —(CH2)n —CO—OH; —(CH2)n —CO—OR; —(CH2)n —CO—NHR; —(CH2)n —CO—N(R, R?); —(CH2)n —OH; —(CH2)n —OR; —(CH2)n —OAr; —(CH2)n —C(R,R?) —(CH2)n —OH, R and R?, in the above radicals, being identical or different and representing H or a C1-C12 alkyl or cycloalkyl radical; and Ar is a phenyl or Het., Het.

Abstract: Fused cyclic pyrimidine compounds, including tautomers thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, solvates and hydrates thereof, are disclosed having the general Formula II: These compounds are useful in methods for treating cancer, selectively targeting cancerous cells via the proton coupled folate transporter, folate receptor alpha, and/or folate receptor beta pathways, inhibiting GARFTase and/or other folate metabolizing enzymes in cancerous cells, and selectively targeting activated macrophages in a patient having an autoimmune disease, such as rheumatoid arthritis.

Abstract: The invention relates to 5-HT receptor antagonists. Novel piperidinylamino-thieno [2,3-d] pyrimidine compounds represented by Formula I, and synthesis and uses thereof for treating diseases mediated directly or indirectly by 5-HT receptors, are disclosed. Such conditions include central nervous system disorders such as pulmonary arterial hypertension, migraine, hypertension, disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, restenosis, asthma, obstructive airway disease, prostatic hyperplasia and priapism, anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, neural injury and stroke. Methods of preparation and novel intermediates and pharmaceutical salts thereof are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel amide compound represented by the following formula, which has a matrix metalloproteinase inhibitory activity and is useful as a pharmaceutical agent. wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification.