At 2-position And At 4- Or 6-position Patents (Class 544/309)
  • Publication number: 20110166096
    Abstract: Disclosed are uracil derivatives of the formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, and X are as defined herein, and use thereof as therapeutic agents. The uracil derivatives are used in particular together with a cytostatic agent for suppressing or reducing resistance building up on cytostatic treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: RESPROTECT GMBH
    Inventors: Rudolf Fahrig, Kurt Eger, Martin Führer, Nicole Heinze, Matthias Klemm, Jörg-Christian Heinrich
  • Patent number: 7968559
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I are disclosed, as well as compositions comprising them and methods of their use to treat, prevent and/or manage diseases and disorders:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Arokiasamy Devasagayaraj, Haihong Jin, Zhi-Cai Shi, Ashok Tunoori, Ying Wang, Chengmin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20110130285
    Abstract: A composition for promoting root nodule formation, which can be easily applied to soil or plants, and enables efficient formation of root nodules, and a method for promoting root nodule formation using the composition are provided. A composition for promoting root nodule formation, which comprises a compound selected from the group consisting of a nucleoside, a nucleotide, and a nucleobase such as inosine, as an active ingredient, is applied to a leguminous plant to promote root nodule formation of the plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Watanabe, Daisuke Yokoi
  • Publication number: 20110124619
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or in vivo hydrolysable ester thereof and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these, all for use in the treatment of chemokine mediated diseases and disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: David Ranulf Cheshire, Rhona Jane Cox, Premji Meghani, Neal Michael Smith, Jeffrey Paul Stonehouse, Cherylin Francis Preston
  • Patent number: 7932376
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a method of preventing or treating diseases or conditions associated with platelet aggregation. The method is also directed to a method of treating thrombosis or related disorders. The method comprises administering to a subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of a non-nucleotide pyrimidine-based compound, preferably a P2Y12 receptor antagonist compound, wherein said amount is effective to inhibit platelet aggregation. The compounds useful for this invention include compounds of general Formulae I and Ia-Ic, or tautomers, salts, hydrates, and solvates thereof. The present invention also provides novel compounds of Formulae I and Ia-Ic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: James G. Douglass, III, Paul S. Watson, Sammy R. Shaver, Krzysztof Bednarski
  • Patent number: 7923557
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a regioselective synthesis of compounds represented by formula (I): or a salt, solvate, clathrate, or prodrug thereof, wherein X, Y, R2, R3, R4, R7, R8, R9, R10, m and n are defined as within.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Shijie Zhang, Elena Kostik, Lijun Sun
  • Patent number: 7906523
    Abstract: Compounds, pharmaceuticals, kits and methods are provided for use with DPP-IV and other S9 proteases that comprise a compound comprising: wherein M is N or CR4; Q1 and Q2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of CO, SO, SO2, and C?NR9; and each L, X, R1, R2, and R3 are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Jun Feng, Stephen L. Gwaltney, Jeffrey A. Stafford, Zhiyuan Zhang, Bruce J. Elder, Paul K. Isbester, Grant J. Palmer, Jonathon S. Salsbury, Luckner G. Ulysse
  • Patent number: 7884202
    Abstract: Nucleobases are perfluoroalkylated in a one step process with a perfluoroalkyl halide in the presence of a sulfoxide, a peroxide and an iron compound. Compounds so produced are useful as medicinal drugs, intermediates for medicinal drugs and agricultural chemicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignees: Tosoh Corporation, Tosoh F-Tech, Inc., Sagami Chemical Research Center
    Inventors: Tetsu Yamakawa, Kyoko Yamamoto, Daisuke Uraguchi, Kenji Tokuhisa
  • Publication number: 20110028337
    Abstract: The present invention provides modified nucleobase compounds, modified nucleic acid mimetic compounds and various uses thereof. In addition, the invention provides methods for nucleobase characterisation, SNP characterisation and nucleic acid sequencing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Mark Bradley, Juan J. Diaz-Mochon
  • Publication number: 20110009607
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing a DNA fragment, in which a desired double-stranded DNA fragment having a sticky end is directly and easily obtained from an amplification product (an amplified fragment) after PCR without a restriction enzyme digestion. The method for preparing a DNA fragment having a sticky end of the present invention comprises: (i) a step of performing a PCR reaction using a template DNA and specific primers to obtain an amplified DNA fragment; and (ii) a step of performing a prescribed treatment on the amplified DNA fragment to dissociate a protecting group from the fragment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Makoto Komiyama, Akinori Kuzuya, Keita Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7847097
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing 1-alkyl-3-phenyluracils of the formula I where the variables R1 to R7 are as defined in the description by reacting 3-phenyluracils of the formula II and alkylating agents of the formula III R1-L1??III, with one another, wherein during the entire reaction the pH is kept in a range from 1 to 6 by adding base a little at a time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joachim Gebhardt, Sandra Loehr, Michael Keil, Thomas Schmidt, Jan Hendrik Wevers, Helmut Zech, Rudolf Haeberle
  • Patent number: 7807858
    Abstract: It was found that a fluoro derivative can be produced by reacting a hydroxy derivative with sulfuryl fluoride (SO2F2) in the presence of an organic base or in the presence of an organic base and “a salt or complex comprising an organic base and hydrogen fluoride”. According to the present production process, it is not necessary to use perfluoroalkanesulfonyl fluoride, which is not preferable in industrial use, and it is possible to advantageously produce optically-active fluoro derivatives, which are important intermediates of medicines, agricultural chemicals and optical materials, specifically 4-fluoroproline derivatives, 2?-deoxy-2?-fluorouridine derivatives, optically-active ?-fluorocarboxylate derivatives, and the like, even in a large scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Akihiro Ishii, Takashi Ootsuka, Manabu Yasumoto, Hideyuki Tsuruta, Kenjin Inomiya, Koji Ueda, Kaori Mogi
  • Patent number: 7807689
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the formula: or stereoisomers or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, articles of manufacture comprising the same, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Zhiyuan Zhang, Bruce J. Elder, Paul K. Isbester, Grant J. Palmer, Luckner G. Ulysse
  • Patent number: 7799914
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the preparation of a compound of formula (I): wherein X is halogen; Y is ZR1; Z is oxygen or sulphur; and R1 is C1-6 alkyl, C1-6 haloalkyl or C3-7 cycloalkyl; the process comprising either: a. hydrogenating a compound of formula (II): with a suitable transition metal catalyst in a C1-6 aliphatic alcohol, an ether, an ester or a hydrocarbon as solvent; or, b. conducting a one-pot hydrogenation of a compound of formula (III): wherein R2 is phenyl optionally substituted by chloro, C1-6 alkyl, C1-6 alkoxy or (C1-6 alkyl)2N; i. firstly at about 20° C. to form a compound of formula (IV): ii. and then at about 40° C.; both steps (i) and (ii) being carried out in the presence of a suitable catalyst and in the presence of a suitable solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Ulf Larsson, Kajsa Radevik
  • Patent number: 7795270
    Abstract: Deoxyuridine derivatives of the formula (I) where R1 is H or various substituents; D is —NHCO—, —CONH—, -0-, —C(?O)—, —CH?CH, —C?C—, —NR5—; R4 is hydrogen or various substituents; R5 is H, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkanoyl; E is Si or C; R6, R7 and R8 are independently selected from C1-C8 alkyl, C2-C8 alkenyl, C2-C8 alkynyl or a stable monocyclic, bicyclic or tricyclic ring system; G is —O—, —S—, —CHR10—, —C(?O)—; J is —CH2—, or when G is CHR10 may also be —O— or —NH—; R10 is H, F, —CH3, —CH2NH2, —CH2OH; —OHR11 is H, F, —CH3, —CH2NH2, —CH2OH, —CH(OH)CH3, CH(NH3)CH3; or R10 and R11 together define an olefinic bond, or together form a —CH2-group, thereby defining a cis or trans cyclopropyl group; have utility in the prophylaxis or treatment of protozoal diseases such as malaria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Medivir AB
    Inventors: Ian Gilbert, Corinne Nguyen, Gian Filippo Ruda, Alessandro Schipani, Ganasan Kasinathan, Nils-Gunnar Johansson, Dolores Gonzalez Pacanowska
  • Patent number: 7795428
    Abstract: Compounds are provided for use with DPP-IV of the formula: Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits and articles of manufacture comprising such compounds; methods and intermediates useful for making the compounds; and methods of using said compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Jun Feng, Stephen L. Gwaltney, Jeffrey Alan Stafford, Zhiyuan Zhang, Bruce Elder, Paul Isbester, Grant Palmer, Jonathan S. Salsbury, Luckner Ulysse
  • Patent number: 7790735
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel nucleoside and nucleotide derivatives that are useful agonist or antagonists of P1 and P2 receptors. For example, the present invention provides a compound of formula A-M, wherein A is modified adenine or uracil and M is a constrained cycloalkyl group. The adenine or uracil is bonded to the constrained cycloalkyl group. The compounds of the present invention are useful in the treatment or prevention of various diseases including airway diseases (through A2B, A3, P2Y2 receptors), cancer (through A3, P2 receptors), cardiac arrhythmias (through A1 receptors), cardiac ischemia (through A1, A3 receptors), epilepsy (through A1, P2X receptors), and Huntington's Disease (through A2A receptors).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Kenneth A Jacobson, Victor E Marquez
  • Patent number: 7781584
    Abstract: Compounds, pharmaceuticals, kits and methods are provided for use with DPP-IV and other S9 proteases that comprise a compound comprising: wherein M is N or CR4; Q1 and Q2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of CO, SO, SO2, and C?NR9; and each L, X, R1, R2, and R3 are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Jun Feng, Stephen L. Gwaltney, Jeffrey A. Stafford, Zhiyuan Zhang, Bruce J. Elder, Paul K. Isbester, Grant J. Palmer, Jonathon S. Salsbury, Luckner G. Ulysse
  • Patent number: 7776869
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a new class of compounds useful for the prophylaxis and treatment of protein kinase mediated diseases, including inflammation, cancer and related conditions. The compounds have a general Formula I wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, R1 and R2 are defined herein. Accordingly, the invention also comprises pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention, methods for the prophylaxis and treatment of kinase mediated diseases using the compounds and compositions of the invention, and intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart C. Chaffee, Brian K. Albrecht, Brian L. Hodous, Matthew W. Martin, David C. McGowan, Erin F. DiMauro, Gade Reddy, Victor J. Cee, Philip R. Olivieri, Anthony Reed, Karina Romero
  • Publication number: 20100204456
    Abstract: Novel conjugates of 5-fluoro-uracil and novel 5-fluoro-uracil immunogens and monoclonal antibodies generated by these immunogens which are useful in immunoassays for the quantification and monitoring of 5-fluoro-uracil in biological fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Salvatore J. Salamone, Jodi Blake Courtney, Dennis Stocker
  • Patent number: 7767811
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a method for the kinetic resolution of racemic and diastereomeric mixtures of chiral compounds. The critical elements of the method are: a non-racemic chiral tertiary-amine-containing catalyst; a racemic or diastereomeric mixture of a chiral substrate, e.g., a cyclic carbonate or cyclic carbamate; and a nucleophile, e.g., an alcohol, amine or thiol. A preferred embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for achieving the kinetic resolution of racemic and diastereomeric mixtures of derivatives of ?- and ?-amino, hydroxy, and thio carboxylic acids. In certain embodiments, the methods of the present invention achieve dynamic kinetic resolution of a racemic or diastereomeric mixture of a substrate, i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Brandeis University
    Inventors: Li Deng, Jianfeng Hang, Liang Tang
  • Patent number: 7767624
    Abstract: Disclosed are 3-heterocyclyl substituted benzoic acid derivatives of general formula (I), in which the variables R1 to R8 and X have the meanings indicated in claim 1, and the use thereof as herbicides or for desiccating/defoliating plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Puhl, Gerhard Hamprecht, Robert Reinhard, Ingo Sagasser, Werner Seitz, Cyrill Zagar, Matthias Witschel, Andreas Landes
  • Patent number: 7745453
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (1), pharmaceuticals containing the same, especially anti-HIV agents having anti viral activity, especially inhibitory activity against HIV integrase, wherein X represents either one of the following groups: (wherein, C ring is nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic ring in which at least one atom in atoms neighboring the atom bound to the pyrimidine ring is unsubstituted nitrogen atom; R10 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; D ring is aryl or heteroaryl) Z1 and Z3 each is independently a single bond, O, S, S(?O) or SO2; Z2 is a single bond, lower alkylene or lower alkenylene; Ar is optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl; R1 is lower alkyl, substituted lower alkyl or the like; R2 is a hydrogen atom or optionally substituted lower alkyl; or R1 and R2 may form, together with an adjacent atom, an optionally substituted heterocyclic ring, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a solvate thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenori Mikamiyama, Minamo Iwata, Yoshiyuki Taoda
  • Patent number: 7737275
    Abstract: A process is described for preparing 3-phenyl(thio)uracils or 3-phenyldithiouracils of the formula I, by reacting a phenyl iso(thio)cyanate of the formula II with an enamine of the formula III and, if appropriate, in a further step, the resulting 3-phenyl(thio)uracil or 3-phenyldithiouracil of the formula I where R1=R1a, when R1=hydrogen, is reacted with an aminating agent of the formula IV to give 3-phenyl(thio)uracils or 3-phenyldithiouracils of the formula I where R1=amino where the variables R1, R1a, R2, R3, R4, X1, X2, X3, Ar, A and L1 are each as defined in claim 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerhard Hamprecht, Michael Puhl, Bernd Wolf, Michael Keil, Robert Reinhard, Werner Seitz, Guido Mayer
  • Patent number: 7709493
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I are disclosed, as well as compositions comprising them and methods of their use to treat, prevent and/or manage diseases and disorders:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Arokiasamy Devasagayaraj, Haihong Jin, Zhi-Cai Shi, Ashok Tunoori, Ying Wang, Chengmin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20100105030
    Abstract: The invention relates to non-natural bases and base pairs that expand the normal DNA-based encoding system. Compositions herein may comprise at least one non-natural base that may interact with another base via a Watson Crick-type hydrogen bonding geometry and/or a Hoogsteen-type hydrogen bonding geometry. The bases may be used in a molecular entity, such as an oligomer or any other entity wherein the bases are attached to a backbone. For example, they may be comprised in DNA, RNA, or PNA, or a variety of other nucleic acid-type systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: DAKO DENMARK A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Lohse, Kenneth Heesche Petersen
  • Publication number: 20100105562
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a crystalline form of 2-chloro-5-[3,6-dihydro-3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-1-(2H)pyrimidinyl]-4-fluoro-N-[[methyl(1-methylethyl)-amino]sulfonyl]benzamide. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of this crystalline form and to plant protection formulations which comprise this crystalline form of the phenyluracil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas Schmidt, Joachim Gebhardt, Sandra Löhr, Michael Keil, Jan Hendrik Wevers, Peter Erk, Heidi Emilia, Gerhard Hamprecht, Werner Seitz, Guido Mayer, Bernd Wolf, Gerhard Cox, Alfred Michel, Cyrill Zagar, Robert Reinhard, Bernd Sievernich
  • Patent number: 7704971
    Abstract: Uracil reductase inactivators, notably a 5-substituted uracil or 5,6-dihydro-5-substituted uracil, potentiate 5-flourouracil and find use particularly in the treatment of cancer. The 5-substituent is selected from bromo, ido, cyano, halo-substituted C1-4 alkyl, C2-6 alkenyl, 1-halo-C2-6 alkenyl and halo-substituted C2-6 alkynyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: SmithKlineBeecham Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Spector, David J. T. Porter, Saad G. Rahim
  • Publication number: 20100099159
    Abstract: There is disclosed nucleotides and nucleotide analogs having a protecting or “caging” group. There is further disclosed oligonucleotides and oligonucleotides analogs formed having a protecting or “caging” group. There is further disclosed a method for decaging the nucleotides and nucleotide analogs having a protecting or “caging” group and oligonucleotides and oligonucleotide analogs having a caging group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventor: Alexander Deiters
  • Publication number: 20100087641
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and materials for the conversion of cytosine to uracil. A nucleic acid, such a gDNA, is reacted with bisulfate, such as magnesium bisulfite, in the presence of a quaternary amine catalyst. Examples of suitable quaternary amine catalysts include but are not limited to quaternary ammonium compounds, quaternary alkyl ammonium salts, quaternary alkyl ammonium halides, quaternary methyl ammonium bromide, quaternary ammonium chloride, tetraethyl ammonium hydroxide, tetraethylammonium chloride, tetrabutyl ammonium chloride, tetrabutyl ammonium bromide. The invention also contemplates kits of premeasured ingredients for carrying out the methods of the invention either on an individual sample or on a plurality of samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Victoria L. Boyd, Gerald Zon
  • Patent number: 7642303
    Abstract: Thermoplastic composition and articles containing UV absorbers that protect the articles contents from harmful UV radiation are disclosed as well as methods for making the thermoplastic articles and methods for using the articles to contain and protect materials sensitive to UV radiation. The UV absorbers contain oxazolone and/or azine functional groups that absorb UV radiation and prevent its transmission into the article. Many of the compounds are novel compositions of matter. The generally clear thermoplastic articles of this disclosure are particularly useful for containing a variety of UV sensitive consumer products that would otherwise have to be packaged in opaque containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas L. Shakely, James John Krutak
  • Publication number: 20090326081
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polymeric material comprising crosslinked spherical particles that are obtained by photoinitiated precipitation polymerization of crosslinking monomer and optionally a further monomer in the presence of an initiator and a solvent. It also relates to a method for producing the material and a chromatography column containing the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: SEQUANT AB
    Inventors: Knut Irgum, Fredrik Lime
  • Publication number: 20090286818
    Abstract: wherein R1, R2, V, W, X, Y and Z can be as defined herein. The compounds can be used in the treatment of disorders mediated by the cannabinoid receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: Bob M. Moore, II, Steven Gurley, Suni Mustafa
  • Publication number: 20090275750
    Abstract: Methods of making compounds of the formula (I) wherein the variables are as defined herein. Also, methods of making compounds that may be used to inhibit dipeptidyl peptidase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Jun Feng, Stephen L. Gwaltney, Jeffrey A. Stafford, Zhiyuan Zhang, Paul R. Brodluahrer, Bruce Elder, Paul Isbester, Richard S. Fornicola, Philip B. Kisanga, Bingidimi I. Mobele, Grant J. Palmer, Maxwell M. Reeve, Jonathon S. Salsbury, Luckner Ulysse, Sripathy Venkatraman
  • Patent number: 7592446
    Abstract: The present invention provides selenium derivatives of nucleosides, nucleoside phosphoramidites, nucleotides, nucleotide triphosphates, oligonucleotides, polynucleotides, and larger nucleic acids and methods for their synthesis. Selenium derivatives of both ribonucleic acids and deoxyribonulcleic acids, as well as methods for their synthesis, crystallization and uses in structural determinations, particularly by X-ray crystallographic techniques are disclosed. The selenium derivatives of the present invention are also useful as food supplements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Zhen Huang
  • Patent number: 7572816
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds having the structure wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and m are as defined herein. The compounds of this invention are novel therapeutic agents for the treatment of cancer, metabolic diseases and skin disorders in mammalian subjects. These compounds are also useful modulators of gene expression. They exert their activity by interfering with certain cellular signal transduction cascades. The compounds of the invention are thus also useful for regulating cell differentiation and cell cycle processes that are controlled or regulated by various hormones or cytokines. In particular, the invention relates to compounds that induce apoptosis of cancer cells and therefore may be used for the treatment or prevention of cancer, including advanced cancers and pre-cancerous cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Auspex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruno Tse, Sepehr Sarshar
  • Patent number: 7553840
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I are disclosed, as well as compositions comprising them and methods of their use to treat, prevent and/or manage diseases and disorders:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Arokiasamy Devasagayaraj, Haihong Jin, Zhi-Cai Shi, Ashok Tunoori, Ying Wang, Chengmin Zhang
  • Patent number: 7547704
    Abstract: 2? and/or 3? prodrugs of 1?, 2?, 3? or 4?-branched nucleosides, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and derivatives are described. These prodrugs are useful in the prevention and treatment of Flaviviridae infections, including HCV infection, and other related conditions. Compounds and compositions of the prodrugs of the present invention are described. Methods and uses are also provided that include the administration of an effective amount of the prodrugs of the present invention, or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts or derivatives. These drugs may optionally be administered in combination or alteration with further anti-viral agents to prevent or treat Flaviviridae infections and other related conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignees: Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Universita Degli Studi di Cagliari
    Inventors: Paola LaColla, Richard Storer, Gilles Gosselin, Jean-Pierre Sommadossi
  • Publication number: 20090124796
    Abstract: Provided is a simple and efficient production process of a nucleobase having a perfluoroalkyl group. A nucleobase (for example, uracils, cytosines, adenines, guanines, hypoxanthines, xanthines, or the like) is reacted with a perfluoroalkyl halide in the presence of a sulfoxide, a peroxide and an iron compound to produce a perfluoroalkyl-substituted nucleobase, which is useful as an intermediate for medical drugs, economically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Tetsu Yamakawa, Kyoko Yamamoto, Daisuke Uraguchi, Kenji Tokuhisa
  • Publication number: 20090118224
    Abstract: To provide a novel anti-psychosocial stress agent which is highly safety and can be continuously taken, more particularly, a novel anti-psychosocial stress agent which prevents or alleviates psychosocial stress. The invention provides an anti-psychosocial stress agent containing, as an active ingredient, uridylic acid, uridine, or uracil. Since uridylic acid, uridine, or uracil, which is an active ingredient of the anti-psychosocial stress agent of the present invention, is inexpensively available and is a biological component, the agent exhibits high safety and can be continuously taken. Therefore, the anti-psychosocial stress agent of the present invention is effective for mitigating, alleviating, or relieving psychosocial stress, which is an issue in modern society. When the anti-psychosocial stress agent is taken before development of symptoms associated with psychosocial stress, the symptoms can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: YAMASA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Endo, Noriyuki Ashida
  • Patent number: 7521396
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) in which Q, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 are as defined in the disclosure, to processes for their preparation, and to their use as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Schwarz, Roland Andree, Dorothee Hoischen, Joachim Kluth, Karl-Heinz Linker, Anton Vidal-Ferran, Mark Wilhelm Drewes, Peter Dahmen, Dieter Feucht, Rolf Pontzen
  • Publication number: 20090081145
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved method of formation of disulfide bridges in substances bearing SH groups, in particular peptides, for example by formation of intramolecular disulfide bridges, in which a heterocyclic compound having at least one nitrogen atom (e.g. caffeine or a caffeine-like substance) is used for catalysis of the reaction. It was found, surprisingly, that addition of the heterocyclic substance increases both the yield and the purity of the product bearing disulfide bridges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2006
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: AplaGen GmbH
    Inventors: Karsten Knorr, Marco Emgenbroich, Carsten Bungener
  • Patent number: 7501429
    Abstract: Methods and compounds useful for the inhibition of convulsive disorders, including epilepsy, are disclosed. The methods and compounds of the invention inhibit or prevent ictogenesis and/or epileptogenesis. Methods for preparing the compounds of the invention are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Queen's University at Kingston
    Inventors: Donald F. Weaver, Buhendwa Musole Guillain, John R. Carran, Kathryn Jones
  • Patent number: 7462625
    Abstract: GnRH receptor antagonists are disclosed that have utility in the treatment of a variety of sex-hormone related conditions in both men and women. The compounds of this invention have the structure: wherein A, Q, R1, R2, R3a, R3b, R4, R5, R6 and n are as defined herein, including stereoisomers, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed are compositions containing a compound of this invention in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, as well as methods relating to the use thereof for antagonizing gonadotropin-releasing hormone in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Yun-Fei Zhu, Chen Chen, Fabio C. Tucci, Zhiqiang Guo, Timothy D. Gross, Martin Rowbottom, R. Scott Struthers
  • Publication number: 20080300216
    Abstract: Deoxyuridine derivatives of Formula (I?); where A is O, S or CH2; B is O, S or CHR3; R1 is H, or various substituents; R2 is H, F; R3 is H, F, OH, NH2; or R2 and R3 together form a chemical bond; D is —NHCO—, —CONH—, —O—, —C(?O)—, —CH?CH, —C?C—, —NR5—; R4 is hydrogen or various substituents; R5 is H, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkanoyl; E is Si or C; R6, R7 and R8 are independently selected from C1-C8 alkyl, C2-C8 alkenyl, C2-C8 alkynyl, or a stable monocyclic, bicyclic or tricyclic ring system have utility in the prophylaxis of treatment of parasitic diseases such as malaria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2005
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Ian Gilbert, Corinne Nguyen, Gian Filippo Ruda, Alessandro Schipani, Ganasan Kasinathan, Nils-Gunnar Johansson, Dolores Gonzalez Pacanowska
  • Publication number: 20080262005
    Abstract: Compounds having utility as GnRH receptor antagonists and for treatment of a variety of sex-hormone related conditions in both men and women. Such compounds have the following structure (I): (I) wherein R1a, R1b, R1c, R2a, R2b, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, n and X are as defined herein, including stereoisomers, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed are compositions containing a compound of structure (I) in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, as well as methods relating to the use thereof for antagonizing gonadotropin-releasing hormone in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Yun-Fei Zhu, Zhiqiang Gou, Mi Chen, Liren Zhao
  • Patent number: 7405221
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula (I) are antagonists and/or inverse agonists of the Cannabinoid-1 (CB1) receptor and are useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the CB1 receptor. The compounds of the present invention are useful as centrally acting drugs in the treatment of psychosis, memory deficits, cognitive disorders, migraine, neuropathy, neuro-inflammatory disorders including multiple sclerosis and Guillain-Barre syndrome and the inflammatory sequelae of viral encephalitis, cerebral vascular accidents, and head trauma, anxiety disorders, stress, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, movement disorders, and schizophrenia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Ihor E. Kopka, Bing Li, William K. Hagmann
  • Publication number: 20080177064
    Abstract: Compounds, pharmaceuticals, kits and methods are provided for use with DPP-IV and other S9 proteases that comprise a compound comprising: wherein M is N or CR4; Q1 and Q2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of CO, SO, SO2, and C?NR9; and each L, X, R1, R2, and R3 are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Jun Feng, Stephen L. Gwaltney, Jeffrey A. Stafford, Zhiyuan Zhang, Bruce J. Elder, Paul K. Isbester, Grant J. Palmer, Jonathon S. Salsbury, Luckner G. Ulysse
  • Patent number: RE42462
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hartmut Riechers, Dagmar Klinge, Wilhelm Amberg, Andreas Kling, Stefan Muller, Ernst Baumann, Joachim Rheinheimer, Uwe Josef Vogelbacher, Wolfgang Wernet, Liliane Unger, Manfred Raschack
  • Patent number: RE42477
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hartmut Riechers, Dagmar Klinge, Wilhelm Amberg, Andreas Kling, Stefan Muller, Ernst Baumann, Joachim Rheinheimer, Uwe Josef Vogelbacher, Wolfgang Wernet, Liliane Unger, Manfred Raschack