The Nitrogen Is Bonded Directly At 4- Or 6-position Patents (Class 544/317)
  • Publication number: 20130053560
    Abstract: Lamivudine oxalate, preparation method and crystalline forms thereof are disclosed. A preparation method of Lamivudine is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: Jiangsu Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yanlong LIU, Fei Liu, Xiaquan Zhang
  • Patent number: 8383633
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of Aurora protein kinases. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising those compounds and methods of using the compounds and compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, and disorders. The invention also provides processes for preparing compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Mortimore, Julian Golec, Daniel Robinson, John Studley
  • Publication number: 20130045985
    Abstract: This present disclosure is related to the field of N-(5-fluoro-2-((4-methylbenzyl)oxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)benzamides and their derivatives and to the use of these compounds as fungicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Kristy Bryan, Beth Lorsbach, Kevin G. Meyer, W. John Owen, Michael T. Sullenberger, Jeffery D. Webster, Chenglin Yao
  • Publication number: 20130045984
    Abstract: This present disclosure is related to the field of 5-fluoro-4-imino-3-(substituted)-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)ones and their derivatives and to the use of these compounds as fungicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Timothy A. Boebel, Beth Lorsbach, W. John Owen, Michael T. Sullenberger, Jeffery D. Webster, Chenglin Yao
  • Publication number: 20130045962
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to certain {2-(alkyl)-3-[2-(5-fluoro-4-pyrimidinyl)hydrazino]-3-oxopropyl}hydroxyformamide derivatives. Specifically, the invention is directed to compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, R2 and R3 are defined below and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds of this invention are bacterial peptide deformylase inhibitors and can be useful in the treatment of bacterial infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Donghui Qin, Beth Norton, Xiangmin Liao, Andrew Nicholson Knox, Jinhwa Lee, Yuhong Fang, Jason Christopher Dreabit, Siegfried Benjamin Christensen, IV, Andrew B. Benowitz, Kelly M. Aubart
  • Patent number: 8354524
    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 deoxyribonucleic 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: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Zhen Huang
  • Patent number: 8350030
    Abstract: Disclosed herein an improved process for producing 5-Fluoro-1-(2R,5S)-[2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-oxathiolan-5-yl]cytosine and its pharmaceutical acceptable salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Matrix Laboratories Limited
    Inventors: Om Dutt Tyagi, Umamaheswar Vasireddy Rao, Vellanki Sivarama Prasad, Arabinda Sahu
  • Publication number: 20130005728
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a substituted pyrimidine compound of formula (I) or an enantiomer thereof, or a prodrug or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a compound. The invention also includes a method of treatment of a patient by the administration of a pharmaceutically effective amount of such a compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: AVENTIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
    Inventors: Keith J. HARRIS, Joacy C. AGUIAR, Patrick Wai-Kwok SHUM, Zhicheng ZHAO, Gregory B. POLI, Gregory STOKLOSA, Yong-Mi CHOI-SLEDESKI, Stephan REILING, David STEFANY, Charles GARDNER
  • Publication number: 20130005741
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a 2,6-substituted-4-monosubstitutedamino-pyrimidine compound of formula (I): or an enantiomer thereof, or an ester prodrug or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a compound. The invention also includes a method of treatment of a patient by the administration of a pharmaceutically effective amount of such a compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: AVENTIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
    Inventors: Keith John HARRIS, Joacy C. AGUIAR, Patrick Wai-Kwok SHUM, Zhicheng ZHAO, Gregory B. POLI, Gregory T. STOKLOSA, Yong-Mi CHOI-SLEDESKI, Stephan REILING
  • Publication number: 20120322755
    Abstract: This invention provides a cytosine analogue, a method of preparation of a cytosine analogue, a DNA rhethyltransferase 1 inhibitor, a method for DNA methylation inhibition, the use of the analogue in the treatment of diseases associated with deviations from normal DNA methylation. More precisely, the invention relates to various derivatives of cytosine, as well as methods of preparation of mono- and multi-1,4,5 and 6-substituted cytosines. In general, the solution relates to providing effective modulators of DNA methylation which could be used in prevention and treatment of diseases associated with DNA methylation level disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: INSTYTUT CHEMII BIOORGANICZNEJ PAN
    Inventors: Jan Barciszewski, Wojciech T. Markiewicz, Ewelina Adamska, Beata Plitta, Malgorzata Giel-Pietraszuk, Eliza Wyszko, Maria Markiewicz, Agnieszka Fedoruk-Wyszomirska, Tadeusz Kulinski, Marcin Chmielewski
  • Publication number: 20120316339
    Abstract: A thermodynamically controlled process for preparing Form I polymorph of lamivudine is described, wherein the process involves crystallizing Form I at a temperature of from about 0° C. to about 50° C. from a mixture which comprises (a) lamivudine or an acid salt thereof or both, (b) a solvent system comprising water and at least one organic solvent, and optionally (c) Form I seed; wherein, when a lamivudine acid salt is employed in the mixture, the crystallizing step is conducted in the presence of a base; and wherein the water activity of the solvent system is maintained in a range in which Form I is thermodynamically the most stable form of lamivudine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Benjamin Cohen, Christopher Whahl, Itzia Z. Arroyo, Aaron S. Cote
  • Patent number: 8318934
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for the chiral resolution of 2-substituted 4-substituted 1,3-oxathiolanes and derivatives thereof. The present invention also relates to novel 2-substituted 4-substituted 1,3-oxathiolanes derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Avexa Limited
    Inventors: Widanagamage Ruwansiri Epa, Sebastian Mario Marcuccio, John Joseph Deadman
  • Patent number: 8318758
    Abstract: This present disclosure is related to the field of 5-fluoro-2-oxopyrimidine-1-(2H)-carboxylates and their derivatives and to the use of these compounds as fungicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy A. Boebel, Kristy Bryan, Beth Lorsbach, Timothy P. Martin, W. John Owen, Mark A. Pobanz, Scott Thornburgh, Jeffery D. Webster, Chenglin Yao
  • Publication number: 20120295930
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of cis-nucleoside derivative of formula-1 involving chlorination of the compound of formula-2 followed by reaction with compound of formula-3 in presence of a base to get compound of formula-4, reacting the compound of formula-4 with an alkyl halide (RiX) to get a quaternary ammonium salt then with cytosine derivative of formula-5 to provide the compound of formula-6, optionally de-protecting the compound of formula-6 to the compound of formula-7, reducing compound of formula-7 with metal catalyst in presence of a buffer solution, then adding an organic acid to get the compound of formula-8, and converting the compound of formula-8 to cis-nucleoside derivative of formula-1. The present invention further relates to novel cis-nucleoside derivative of formula-8. The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising cis-nucleoside derivative of formula-1 with excipients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Shankar Rama, Sarat Chandra Srikanth Gorantla, Lakshmana Rao Vadali, Venkata Bala Kishore Sarma Inupakutika, Srinivas Rao Dasari, Nagaraju Mittapelly, Santosh Kumar Singh, Debashish Datta
  • Patent number: 8314116
    Abstract: Provided herein are 2-S-benzyl pyrimidine compounds having CRTH2 (G-protein-coupled chemoattractant receptor, expressed on Th2 cells) antagonistic activity, useful for the prophylaxis and treatment of diseases associated with CRTH2 activity, including the treatment of allergic diseases, eosinophil-related diseases and basophil-related diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Actimis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Tai Wei Ly, Garrett Thomas Potter, Marie Chantal Siu-Ying Tran
  • Patent number: 8309565
    Abstract: The present invention relates to phosphonate compounds, compositions containing them, processes for obtaining them, and their use for treating a variety of medical disorders, e.g., osteoporosis and other disorders of bone metabolism, cancer, viral infections, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Karl Y. Hostetler, James R. Beadle, Ganesh D. Kini
  • Patent number: 8304422
    Abstract: The invention encompasses compounds having formula I and the compositions and methods using these compounds in the treatment of conditions in which modulation of the JAK pathway or inhibition of JAK kinases, particularly JAK3, are therapeutically useful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Andy Atuegbu, Vadim Markovtsov, Somasekhar Bhamidipati, Rajinder Singh, Vanessa Taylor, Sambaiah Thota, Jeffrey Wayne Clough, David Carroll, Hui Li, Robin Cooper
  • Patent number: 8304540
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a process for stereoselective synthesis of Lamivudine comprising the following steps: (a) performing a glycosylation reaction between the compound of formula (I) and cytosine or protected cytosine, and separating the reaction product by recrystallization to obtain the intermediate of formula (II); and (b) deprotecting the intermediate of formula (II) to obtain Lamivudine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Shanghai Desano Pharmaceutical Holding Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinliang Li, Feng Lv
  • Publication number: 20120277220
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 5-oxo-5,8-dihydropyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives, to their preparation and to their therapeutic use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: SANOFI
    Inventors: Philippe BEAUVERGER, Guillaume BEGIS, Sandrine BISCARRAT, Olivier DUCLOS, Gary MCCORT
  • Publication number: 20120238575
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a novel series of pyrimidyl or fused pyrimidyl hydrazones. Compounds of Formula (I) wherein A is selected from the group consisting of Formulas (A1), (A2), (A3), (A4), (A5) are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of a proliferative disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK SERONO SA
    Inventors: BRIAN HEALEY, Zhong Zhao, Amanda Sutton, Matthias Schwarz
  • Patent number: 8269002
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: David Ranulf Cheshire, Rhona Jane Cox, Premji Meghani, Neal Michael Smith, Jeffrey Paul Stonehouse, Cherylin Francis Preston
  • Patent number: 8263764
    Abstract: The invention relates to cyclic hydrazone compounds, compositions including the cyclic hydrazone compounds and methods of using and methods of making thereof. The compounds (and compositions) are useful, inter alia, in modulating IL-12 production and processes mediated by IL-12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Zachary Demko, Lijun Sun, Howard P. Ng
  • Patent number: 8263603
    Abstract: This present disclosure is related to the field of N3-substituted-N1-sulfonyl-5-fluoropyrimidinones and their derivatives and to the use of these compounds as fungicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy A. Boebel, Beth Lorsbach, Timothy P. Martin, W. John Owen, Michael T. Sullenberger, Jeffery D. Webster, Chenglin Yao
  • Publication number: 20120214812
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with the activity of liver X receptors (LXRs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: IRM LLC
    Inventors: VALENTINA MOLTENI, XIAOLIN LI, JULIET NABAKKA, DAVID ARCHER ELLIS, BETH ANACLERIO, ENRIQUE SAEZ, JOHN WITAK
  • Publication number: 20120214789
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein, R1 is optionally substituted tetrazolyl, R2 is optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted pyridinyl or optionally substituted thienyl, and R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined herein. Also provided are methods of using the compounds for treating diseases associated with the P2X3 and/or a P2X2/3 receptor antagonist and methods of making the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Michael Patrick Dillon, Ronald Charles Hawley, Li Chen, Lichun Feng, Minmin Yang
  • Patent number: 8242271
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Avila Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Juswinder Singh, Shomir Ghosh, Arthur F. Kluge, Russell C. Petter
  • Patent number: 8242129
    Abstract: A compound having Formula I or II (Formula I) or (Formula II), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein X, Z, R1, R2, R11 and R12 are as defined in the specification; pharmaceutical compositions thereof; and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Exelixis, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy L. Tsuhako, Naing Aay, S. David Brown, Wai Ki Vicky Chan, Hongwang Du, Ping Huang, Brian Kane, Patrick Kearney, Moon Hwan Kim, Elena S. Koltun, Michael Pack, Wei Xu, Peiwen Zhou
  • Publication number: 20120202809
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of Formulas A and B: wherein A, B, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 and R10 are as defined above. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and to methods of treating diabetes mellitus and its complications, cancer, ischemia, inflammation, central nervous system disorders, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease and dermatological disase pression, virus diseases, inflammatory disorders, or diseases in which the liver is a target organ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Hui Li, Seiji Nukui, Stephanie Anne Scales, Min Teng, Chunfeng Yin
  • Patent number: 8227602
    Abstract: The invention relates to new proteins called alkylcytosine transferases (ACTs) derived from O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase, and to substrates for ACTs specifically transferring a label to these ACTs and to fusion proteins comprising these. The substrates according of the invention are substituted cytosines of formula (I) wherein R1 is an aromatic or a heteroaromatic group, or an optionally substituted unsaturated alkyl, cycloalkyl or heterocyclyl group with the double bond connected to OCH2—; R2 is a linker; and L is a label or a plurality of same or different labels. The invention further relates to methods of transferring label L from these substrates of formula (I) to ACTs and ACT fusion proteins. The system of ACT-compound of formula (I) is particularly suitable for double labelling studies together with the known system O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase (AGT)-benzylguanines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
    Inventors: Arnaud Gautier, Kai Johnsson, Maik Kindermann, Alexandre Juillerat, Florent Beaufils
  • Publication number: 20120184739
    Abstract: Single enantionmers of compounds of formula (B), in either the cis or trans configuration, wherein R1 and R2 are as defined herein, can be separated from enantiomeric mixtures thereof by reacting the compound with an acid to produce a conglomerate salt that has the following characteristics: the IR spectrum of the salt of the racemic compound, a 1:1 mixture of (?) and (+) crystals, is identical to that of the each of the single enantiomer, and the salt of the racemic compound has a melting point lower that that of either single enantiomer. The conglomerate salt is then separated by preferential crystallization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: SHIRE CANADA INC.
    Inventors: Dragos Vizititu, Ioana Simion, Jean Eric Lacoste
  • Publication number: 20120165348
    Abstract: The invention provides new triazolo[4,5-d]pyrimidine compounds, their use as medicaments, compositions containing them and processes for their preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: David Hardern, Anthony Ingall, Brian Springthorpe, Paul Willis, Simon Guile
  • Publication number: 20120157431
    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: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: David Ranulf Cheshire, Rhona Jane Cox, Premji Meghani, Neal Michael Smith, Jeffrey Paul Stonehouse, Cherylin Francis Preston
  • Publication number: 20120142660
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of protein kinases. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising those compounds and methods of using the compounds and compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, and disorders. The invention also provides processes for preparing compounds of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Hayley Binch, Michael Mortimore, Damien Fraysse, Chris Davis, Michael O'Donnell, Simon Everitt, Daniel Robinson, Joanne Pinder, Andrew Miller
  • Patent number: 8193183
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound of Formula (I) wherein Cy1, Cy2, L1, L2, and R1 are as defined herein, a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount of one or more compounds according to Formula (I) in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and a method of treating a patient suffering from a PGD2-mediated disorder including, but not limited to, allergic disease (such as allergic rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis, atopic dermatitis, bronchial asthma and food allergy), systemic mastocytosis, disorders accompanied by systemic mast cell activation, anaphylaxis shock, bronchoconstriction, bronchitis, urticaria, eczema, diseases accompanied by itch (such as atopic dermatitis and urticaria), diseases (such as cataract, retinal detachment, inflammation, infection and sleeping disorders) which is generated secondarily as a result of behavior accompanied by itch (such as scratching and beating), inflammation, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, ischem
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Sungtaek Lim, Keith John Harris, David Stefany, Charles J. Gardner, Bin Cao, Ray Boffey, Timothy A. Gillespy, Joacy C. Aguiar, Hazel J. Dyke, Elsa A. Dechaux
  • Patent number: 8193182
    Abstract: Chemical entities of Formula I: that modulate PI3 kinase activity, pharmaceutical compositions containing the chemical entities, and methods of using these chemical entities for treating diseases and conditions associated with P13 kinase activity are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Intellikine, Inc.
    Inventors: Pingda Ren, Yi Liu, Troy Edward Wilson, Liansheng Li, Katrina Chan, Christian Rommel
  • Patent number: 8193354
    Abstract: A process for isolating ?-anomer enriched Gemcitabine hydrochloride by converting Gemcitabine base into Gemcitabine hydrochloride followed by its purification using solvents from the series of water soluble ethers like 1,4-dioxane or Monoglyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Arch Pharmalabs Limited
    Inventors: Ashish Ujagare, Dattatrey Kochrekar, Matthew Uzagare
  • Publication number: 20120108609
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X, Ar, and are defined herein or to a pharmaceutically suitable acid addition salt thereof. Compounds of formula I have a good affinity to the trace amine associated receptors (TAARs), especially for TAAR1. The compounds can be used for the treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), stress-related disorders, psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease, neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, migraine, hypertension, substance abuse and metabolic disorders such as eating disorders, diabetes, diabetic complications, obesity, dyslipidemia, disorders of energy consumption and assimilation, disorders and malfunction of body temperature homeostasis, disorders of sleep and circadian rhythm and cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Matthias Nettekoven, Roger Norcross, Alessandra Polara
  • Patent number: 8153630
    Abstract: Disclosed are protein kinase inhibitors of Formula Ia and Ib, compositions comprising such inhibitors, and methods of use, thereof. More particularly, these compounds and compositions are inhibitors of Aurora-A (Aurora-2) and Aurora-B (Aurora-1) protein kinase. Also disclosed are methods of using these compounds and compositions to prevent and treat diseases associated with protein kinases, especially diseases associated with Aurora-A or Aurora-B, such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Miikana Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiao-Yi Xiao, Dinesh V. Patel
  • Patent number: 8153790
    Abstract: In one embodiment the present invention encompasses 4-(2,6-dichloropyrimidin-4-yloxy)-3,5-dimethylbenzonitrile (“ETHER”), 4-(4,6-dichloropyrimidin-2-yloxy)-3,5-dimethyl-benzonitrile (“ETHER C-2 isomer”), mixtures and salts thereof of. The present invention encompasses the use of ETHER and salts thereof to prepare Etravirine and Etravirine intermediates, and salts thereof. In another embodiment the present invention encompasses the use of ETHER and salts thereof to prepare debrometravirine (“DEBETV”) and salts thereof. In yet another embodiment the present invention encompasses the use of ETHER and salts thereof to prepare 4-(6-chloro-2-(4-cyanophenylamino)pyrimidin-4-yloxy)-3,5-dimethyl-benzonitrile (“ARCPBN”) and salts thereof. The compound, 4-(2,6-dichloropyrimidin-4-yloxy)-3,5-dimethylbenzonitrile “ETHER” of formula (A) wherein n is either 0 or 1 and HA is an acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Inventors: Irena Krizmanić, Jasna Dogan, Marina Marinković, Maja {hacek over (S)}epelj
  • Patent number: 8143396
    Abstract: Novel bicyclic tetrahydrofuran compounds and derivatives, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, according to the formula: These compounds have utility in the treatment of retroviruses such as HIV, especially reverse transcriptase mutant which allow an obligate chain terminating nucleoside- or nucleotide-phosphate to be excised from the nascent DNA strand by ATP or pyrophosphate-mediated excision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Medivir AB
    Inventors: Xiao-Xiong Zhou, Christer Sahlberg
  • Patent number: 8129399
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of protein kinases. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising those compounds and methods of using the compounds and compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, and disorders. The invention also provides processes for preparing compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Hayley Binch, Michael Mortimore, Damien Fraysse, Chris Davis, Michael O'Donnell, Simon Everitt, Daniel Robinson, Joanne Pinder, Andrew Miller
  • Patent number: 8114994
    Abstract: Provided are cyclobutyl nucleosides and methods for their use in treatment of infections including Retroviridae (including HIV), Hepadnaviridae (including HBV), or Flaviviridae (including BVDV and HCV) infection, or conditions related to abnormal cellular proliferation, in a host, including animals, and especially humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Emory University
    Inventors: Dennis C. Liotta, Shuli Mao, Michael Hager, Raymond F Schinazi
  • Patent number: 8106063
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or in vivo hydrolysable ester thereof for the treatment of asthma, allergic rhinitis, COPD, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis or cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Mark Ebden, Premji Meghani, Colin Bennion, Anthony Ronald Cook, Roger Victor Bonnert
  • Patent number: 8093245
    Abstract: 4-Amino-1H-pyrimidin-2-one-based compounds, compositions comprising them, and methods of their use for the treatment, prevention and management of various diseases and disorders are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Augeri, Marianne Carlsen, Kenneth G. Carson, Qinghong Fu, Alexander Heim-Riether, Theodore C. Jessop, James E. Tarver, Jerry A. Taylor
  • Patent number: 8093246
    Abstract: O-linked pyrimidin-4-amine-based compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and methods of their use are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Augeri, Marianne Carlsen, Kenneth G. Carson, Qinghong Fu, Jason P. Healy, Alexander Heim-Riether, Theodore C. Jessop, Philip E. Keyes, Min Shen, James E. Tarver, Jerry A. Taylor, Xiaolian Xu
  • Publication number: 20120004252
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel antagonists for CCR2 (CC chemokine receptor 2) and their use for providing medicaments for treating conditions and diseases, especially pulmonary diseases like asthma and COPD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Heiner Ebel, Sara Frattini, Kai Gerlach, Riccardo Giovannini, Christoph Hoenke, Rocco Mazzaferro, Marco Santagostino, Stefan Scheuerer, Christofer Tautermann, Thomas Trieselmann
  • Publication number: 20110319439
    Abstract: MCHR1 antagonists are provided having the following Formula I: wherein all of the variables are defined herein. Such compounds are useful for the treatment of MCHR1 mediated diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, IBD, depression, and anxiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventor: Saleem Ahmad
  • Patent number: 8084458
    Abstract: Methods are described for the synthesis of Locked Nucleic Acid (LNA) derivatives using certain nitrogen-containing nucleophiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Santaris Pharma A/S
    Inventors: Mads Detlef Sørensen, Jesper Wengel, Troels Koch, Signe M. Christensen, Christoph Rosenbohm, Daniel Sejer Pedersen
  • Publication number: 20110288298
    Abstract: A polymorph of emtricitabine, wherein said polymorph displays angular positions of characteristic peaks in powder X-ray diffraction pattern 13.61±0.2, 15.54±0.2, 19.49±0.2, 20.55±0.2, 25.89±0.2, 28.09±0.2 and 29.10±0.2. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a polymorph of emtricitabine displaying angular positions of characteristic peaks in powder X-ray diffraction pattern 13.61±0.2, 15.54±0.2, 19.49±0.2, 20.55±0.2, 25.89±0.2, 28.09±0.2 and 29.10±0.2. A process for the preparation of a polymorph of emtricitabine comprising the steps of (a) dissolving crude emtricitabine in polar organic solvent by heating at a temperature of at least 40° C. and not more than 150° C. to form a reaction mixture optionally decreasing the concentration of polar organic solvent in said reaction mixture; cooling the reaction mixture obtained in step (a); and separating the solid from the cooled reaction mixture resulted in step (b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: LUPIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Girij Pal Singh, Dhananjai Srivastava, Harishchandra Jadhav, Shailendra Pathak, Manmeet Saini, Sudhakar Patil
  • Patent number: 8063045
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new, potent DPP-IV enzyme inhibitors of the general formula (I), which contain fluorine atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis
    Inventors: Peter Aranyi, Laszlo Balazs, Imre Bata, Sandor Batori, Eva Boronkay, Philippe Bovy, Karoly Kanai, Zoltan Kapui, Edit Susan, Tibor Szabo, Lajos T. Nagy, Katalin Urban-Szabo, Marton Varga