The Nitrogen Is Bonded Directly At 4- Or 6-position Patents (Class 544/317)
  • Publication number: 20090280133
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula I effective as cytotoxic agents. The compounds of this invention are useful in the treatment of a variety of clinical conditions in which uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: Myriad Genetics, Incorporated
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Suzuki, Tamara Artz, Warren S. Weiner, Yevgeniya Klimova
  • Patent number: 7615634
    Abstract: Novel intermediate compounds are disclosed. These compounds are useful in the synthesis of 4-aminopyrimidine-5-one derivatives that inhibit cyclin-dependent kinases, in particular cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (Cdk4). The 4-aminopyrimidine-5-one derivatives and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts have antiproliferative activity and are useful in the treatment or control of cancer, in particular solid tumors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: David Joseph Bartkovitz, Xin-Jie Chu, Qingjie Ding, Nan Jiang, Allen John Lovey, John Anthony Moliterni, John Guilfoyle Mullin, Jr., Binh Thanh Vu, Peter Michael Wovkulich
  • Patent number: 7608618
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula wherein: Y? is O or S, W? is optionally substituted, Z? is selected from the group consisting of wherein Q? is OR7 and R7 is C1-3alkyleneC3-8heterocycloalkyl useful in the treatment of diseases and conditions related to DNA damage or lesions in DNA replication are disclosed. Methods of making the compounds, and their use as therapeutic agents, for example, in treating cancer and other diseases characterized by defects in DNA replication, chromosome segregation, or cell division also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Icos Corporation
    Inventors: Edward A. Kesicki, John Joseph Gaudino, Adam Wade Cook, Scott Douglas Cowen, Laurence Edward Burgess
  • Patent number: 7582644
    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 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Mark Ebden, Premji Meghani, Colin Bennion, Anthony Ronald Cook, Roger Victor Bonnert
  • Publication number: 20090215730
    Abstract: Chemical compounds derived by in silico molecular modelling, having a well defined structure suitable for the blocking of the phosphorylation event, through the specific interaction of the chemical with the Casein Kinase 2 enzyme substrate phosphorylation domain or it's neighbourhood. This invention comprises also the pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and their use in the preparation of medicines or agents for the treatment of diseases or conditions related with neoplasic processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Rolando Eduardo Rodriguez Fernandez, Roberto Vera Alvarez, Ania De La Nuez Veulens, Yuliet Mazola Reyes, Silvio Ernesto Perea Rodriguez, Boris Ernesto Acevedo Castro, Alexis Musacchio Lasa, Raimundo Ubieta Gomez
  • Publication number: 20090203879
    Abstract: The present invention relates in general to labeling reagents useful for labeling biomolecules. In particular, the invention provides activated labeling reagents, methods of preparing the same, methods of using the labeled reagents for synthesizing a labeled biomolecule, kits that include reagents for a labeling a biomolecule and kits containing for labeled biomolecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventor: Stela Gengrinovitch
  • Publication number: 20090203647
    Abstract: This present disclosure is related to the field of 5-fluoro pyrimidines and their derivatives and to the use of these compounds as fungicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Zoltan L. Benko, Timothy Boebel, Nneka T. Breaux, Kristy Bryan, George E. Davis, Jeffrey B. Epp, Beth Lorsbach, Timothy P. Martin, Kevin G. Meyer, Bassam S. Nader, W. J. Owen, Mark A. Pobanz, James M. Ruiz, Frisby D. Smith, Michael T. Sullenberger, Jeffery D. Webster, Chenglin Yao, David H. Young
  • Publication number: 20090198056
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (1): wherein R1 is group of the formula (2): (wherein X is nitrogen atom or C(R5), Y is nitrogen atom or C(R6), R5 and R6 are each independently hydrogen atom, etc.) etc., m is 1 to 6, L1 is single bond, etc., R2 is hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, etc., R3 is hydrogen atom, etc., L2 is single bond, etc., R4 is hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, etc., or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, being useful for preventing or treating Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Tsutomu Mimoto, Satoshi Nojima, Naoya Kinomura, Yoshiaki Kiso
  • Patent number: 7569575
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel strategy for the synthesis of Locked Nucleic Acid derivatives, such as ?-L-oxy-LNA, amino-LNA, ?-L-amino-LNA, thio-LNA, ?-L-thio-LNA, seleno-LNA and methylene LNA, which provides scalable high yielding reactions utilizing intermediates that also can produce other LNA analogues such as oxy-LNA. Also, the compounds of the formula X are important intermediates that may be reacted with varieties of nucleophiles leading to a wide variety of LNA analogues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Santaris Pharma A/S
    Inventors: Mads Detlef Sørensen, Jesper Wengel, Troels Koch, Signe M. Christensen, Christoph Rosenbohm, Daniel Sejer Pedersen
  • Publication number: 20090192310
    Abstract: A novel process for preparing emtricitabine, and more particularly a process for preparing emtricitabine involving the formation and isolation of intermediate compounds in salified form, is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Giorgio BERTOLINI, Maurizio DELEO, Marco FRIGERIO, Massimo LOSA, Maurizio VELATI
  • Publication number: 20090181938
    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: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Hayley Binch, Michael Mortimore, Damien Fraysse, Chris Davis, Michael O'Donnell, Simon Everitt, Daniel Robinson, Joanne Pinder, Andrew Miller
  • Publication number: 20090181991
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel class of compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with abnormal or deregulated kinase activity, particularly diseases or disorders that involve abnormal activation of the Lck, IR, IGF-1R, JNK1?, Flt3, Fes, EFGR (Her-1, erbB-1), cSRC, CDK1/cyclinB, c-RAF, BTK, Bmx, Axl, Aurora-A, Abl, BCR-Abl, TrkB, Tie2, Syk, SGK, SAPK2a, Rsk1 and Met kinases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Qiong Zhang, Nathanael S. Gray, Yi Liu, Qiang Ding, Tetsuo Uno
  • Patent number: 7553826
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I, their preparation and uses are described: wherein: M and V are cis to one another and MH is cytarabine; the 5? oxygen of said cytarabine is attached to the phosphorus; V is 4-pyridyl; and pharmaceutically acceptable prodrugs and salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Serge Boyer, Mark D. Erion
  • Patent number: 7547782
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds having the formula I or II: including salts thereof, and methods for using them for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Robert M. Borzilleri, Xiao-Tao Chen, David K. Williams, John S. Tokarski, Robert F. Kaltenbach
  • Patent number: 7544692
    Abstract: Solid phases of (?)-cis-FTC, which are designated herein as amorphous (?)-FTC and Forms II and III (?)-cis-FTC) are provided that can be distinguished from Form I (?)-cis-FTC by X-ray powder diffraction patterns, thermal properties, and methods of manufacture. A hydrated crystalline form of (±)-cis-FTC (i.e. racemic cis-FTC), and a dehydrated form of the hydrate, are also provided, and can similarly be distinguished from other forms of FTC by X-ray powder diffraction patterns, thermal properties, and methods of manufacture. These FTC forms can be used in the manufacture of other forms of FTC, or in pharmaceutical compositions. Particularly preferred uses of these forms are in the treatment of HIV or hepatitis B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuerong Hu, Kenneth R. Phares, Devalina Law
  • Patent number: 7534885
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for the stereo-selective preparation of emtricitabine, which allows the desired product to be obtained in good yield and without the use of chromatographic techniques. The process for the production of emtricitabine of the formula (Ia) is characterized by the formation and isolation of intermediate compounds of formula (XIa) in salified form. Emtricitabine is a known antiviral drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Archimica S.r.l.
    Inventors: Giorgio Bertolini, Maurizio Deleo, Marco Frigerio, Massimo Losa, Maurizio Velati
  • Patent number: 7531536
    Abstract: This invention describes novel pyrazole compounds of formula IIIa: wherein R1 is T-Ring D, wherein Ring D is a 5-7 membered monocyclic ring or 8-10 membered bicyclic ring selected from aryl, heteroaryl, heterocyclyl or carbocyclyl; Rx, Ry, R2; and R2? are as described in the specification. The compounds are useful as protein kinase inhibitors, especially as inhibitors of Aurora-2 and GSK-3, for treating diseases such as cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: David Bebbington, Jean-Damien Charrier, Julian Golec, Andrew Miller, Ronald Knegtel
  • Patent number: 7528142
    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: November 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Hayley Binch, Michael Mortimore, Damien Fraysse, Chris Davis, Michael O'Donnell, Simon Everitt, Daniel Robinson, Joanne Pinder, Andrew Miller
  • Publication number: 20090105286
    Abstract: The invention relates to drugs and the use thereof, wherein said drugs contain compounds selected from a group comprising general formulas (1), (2), (3) and (4) and/or enantiomers, diastereomers or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Said drugs are used for treating autoimmune and tumoral diseases and/or for immunosuppresion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universitat
    Inventors: Michael Famulok, Waldemar Kolanus, Markus Hafner, Imke Grune, Barbara Tappertzhofen, Mirko Theis
  • Publication number: 20090105478
    Abstract: Novel substituted 2,4,8-trisubstituted-8H-pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7-one compounds and compositions for use in therapy as CSBP/p38 kinase inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: JERRY L. ADAMS, JEFFREY C. BOEHM, RALPH HALL, QI JIN, JIRI KASPAREC, DOMINGOS J. SILVA, JOHN J. TAGGART
  • Publication number: 20090069354
    Abstract: The present application describes deuterium-enriched gemcitabine, pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, and methods of treating using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: Protia, LLC
    Inventor: Anthony W. Czarnik
  • Patent number: 7501514
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Shire Biochem, Inc.
    Inventors: Dragos Vizitiu, Ioana R. Simion, legal representative, Jean-Eric Lacoste, Dan Simion
  • Patent number: 7495006
    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: December 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Emory University
    Inventors: Dennis C. Liotta, Shuli Mao, Michael Hager
  • Publication number: 20090048442
    Abstract: Novel substituted pyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidin-2-one compounds and compositions for use in therapy as CSBP/p38 kinase inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Jerry L. Adams, Jeffrey C. Boehm, John J. Taggart, Ralph F. Hall
  • Publication number: 20090047252
    Abstract: The invention is related to anti-viral compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and therapeutic methods that include the administration of such compounds, as well as to processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhenhong R. Cai, Aesop Cho, Choung U. Kim, Jie Xu
  • Publication number: 20090036469
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound of formula (I), wherein R1 and R2 are as defined herein, a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount of one or more compounds of the invention in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and a method of treating a patient suffering from a PGD2-mediated disorder by administering to said patient a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: David STEFANY, Keith John HARRIS, Timothy Alan GILLESPY, Charles J. GARDNER, Joacy C. AGUIAR
  • Publication number: 20090036679
    Abstract: Disclosed relates to a simplified method for resolving enantiomers by dissolving a racemic mixture having chiral carbon in ?-position of nitrogen and an amino acid to prepare a diastereomeric salt, not using catalyses or enzymes, with enhancing the optical purity remarkably. Moreover, the present invention can prepare the enantiomers in large quantities without using expensive catalysts or without controlling the reaction conditions for the activity of enzymes applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: CHONG KUN DANG PHARMACEUTICAL CORP.
    Inventors: Soon Kil Ahn, Hong Woo Lee, In Taek Lim, Dai Sig Im, Joong Bok Ahn, Jung Hwa Lee
  • Publication number: 20090023729
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the general formula (1): wherein, Y is a methylene group, and the like; A is an optionally substituted heterocyclic group, and the like; B is an optionally substituted heterocyclic group, and the like; R1 is an optionally substituted alkyl group, wherein the alkyl group further may optionally be substituted by an optionally substituted homocyclic group, and the like; and R2 is an optionally substituted amino group, and the like; or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, which has an inhibitory activity against cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP), thereby being useful for prophylaxis and/or treatment of arteriosclerotic diseases, hyperlipemia or dyslipidemia, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Nakamura, Norimitsu Hayashi, Takanori Higashijima, Hitoshi Kubota, Kozo Oka
  • Patent number: 7479495
    Abstract: N-heterocyclic compounds that block cytokine production via inhibition of p38 kinase are disclosed. In one embodiment, compounds of the present invention are represented by Formula I: Methods of production, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating conditions associated with inappropriate p38 kinase activity or TNF-? expression utilizing compounds of the present invention are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignees: Pharmacopeia, Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Kevin Joseph Moriarty, Yvonne Shimshock, Gulzar Ahmed, Junjun Wu, James Wen, Wei Li, Shawn David Erickson, Jeffrey John Letourneau, Edward McDonald, Katerina Leftheris, Stephen T. Wrobleski, Zahid Hussain, Ian Henderson, Axel Metzger, John J. Baldwin, Alaric J. Dyckman
  • Patent number: 7470681
    Abstract: This invention features pyrimidine compounds of formula (I): R1 is each of R2 and R4 is H; R3 is H, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, cyclyl, heterocyclyl, or alkylcarbonyl; R5 is H or alkyl; n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6; X is NRc; Y is covalent bond, CH2, C(O), C?N—Rc, C?N—ORc, C?N—SRc, O, S, S(O), S(O2), or NRc; Z is N or CH; one of U and V is N, and the other is CRc; and W is O, S, S(O), S(O2), NRc, or NC(O)Rc; in which each of Ra and Rb, independently, is H, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl; and Rc is H, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, cyclyl, heterocyclyl, or alkylcarbonyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Lijun Sun, Mitsunori Ono, Teresa Przewloka, Elena Kostik, Yumiko Wada
  • Patent number: 7470685
    Abstract: This invention features pyrimidine compounds of formula (I): R1 is in which one of Ra and Rb is H or alkyl, and the other is aryl or heteroaryl optionally substituted with Rd and Rem; each of R2 and R4 is H; R3 is H, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, cyclyl, heterocyclyl, or alkylcarbonyl; R5 is H or alkyl; n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6; X is NRc; Y is covalent bond, CH2, C(O), C?N—Rc, C?N—ORc, C?N—SRc, O, S, S(O), S(O2), or NRc; Z is N or CH; one of U and V is N, and the other is CRc; and W is O, S, S(O), S(O2), NRc, or NC(O)Rc; in which Rc is H, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, cyclyl, heterocyclyl, or alkylcarbonyl; Rd is halogen, CN, alkyl, alkyloxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkyloxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, heteroaryloxycarbonyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkylamino, or alkylaminocarbonyl; Re is halogen, CN, hydroxyl, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, alkoxyl, aryloxyl, or heteroaryloxyl; and m is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4. The pyrimidine compounds can be used to treat an IL-12 overproduction-related disorder (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Lijun Sun, Mitsunori Ono, Elena Kostik, Yumiko Wada
  • Patent number: 7468436
    Abstract: A process for the resolution of a racemic mixture of nucleoside enantiomers that includes the step of exposing the racemic mixture to an enzyme that preferentially catalyzes a reaction in one of the enantiomers. The nucleoside enantiomer (?)-2-hydroxymethyl-5-(5-fluorocytosin-1-yl)-1,3-oxathiolane is an effective antiviral agent against HIV, HBV, and other viruses replicating in a similar manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Emory University
    Inventors: Dennis C. Liotta, Raymond F. Schinazi, Woo-Baeg Choi
  • Patent number: 7465735
    Abstract: 5-Phenylpyrimidines, their preparation, compositions comprising them and their use 5-Phenylpyrimidines of the formula I in which the substituents and the index are as defined below: R1,R2 are hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, halocycloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl or haloalkynyl, and R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached may also form a saturated or unsaturated ring which may be interrupted by an ether, thio, sulfoxyl or sulfonyl group and may be substituted by one to four groups Ra and/or Rb; R3 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy or alkenyloxy; R4 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, hydroxyl, mercapto, azido, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, haloalkoxy, alkylthio, alkenylthio, alkynylthio, haloalkylthio, —ON?CRaRb, —CRc?NORa, —NRcN?CRaRb, —NRaRb, —NRcNRaRb, —NORa, —NRcC(?NRc?)NRaRb, —NRcC(?O)NRaRb, —NRaC(?O)Rc, —NRaC(?NORc)Rc?, —OC(?O)Rc, —C(?NORc)NRaRb, —CRc(?NNRaRb), —C(?O)NRaRb or —C(?O)Rc; in whic
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Gypser, Thomas Grote, Anja Schwögler, Joachim Rheinheimer, Frank Schieweck, Jordi Tormo i Blasco, Ingo Rose, Peter Schäfer, Markus Gewehr, Wassilios Grammenos, Bernd Müller, Eberhard Ammermann, Siegfried Strathmann, Gisela Lorenz, Reinhard Stierl
  • Patent number: 7465725
    Abstract: This invention features pyrimidine compounds of formula (I): R1 is aryl, or heteroaryl; each of R2 and R4, independently, is Rc, halogen, nitro, cyano, isothionitro, SRc, or ORc; or R2 and R4, taken together, is carbonyl; R3 is Rc, alkenyl, alkynyl, ORc, OC(O)Rc, SO2Rc, S(O)Rc, S(O2)NRcRd, SRc, NRcRd, NRcCORd, NRcC(O)ORd, NRcC(O)NRcRd, NRcSO2Rd, CORc, C(O)ORc, or C(O)NRcRd; R5 is H or alkyl; n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6; X is O, S, S(O), S(O2), or NRc; Y is a covalent bond, CH2, C(O), C?N—Rc, C?N—ORc, C?N—SRc, O, S, S(O), S(O2), or NRc; Z is N or CH; one of U and V is N, and the other is CRc; and W is O, S, S(O), S(O2), NRc, or NC(O)Rc; in which each of Ra and Rb, independently, is H, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl; and each of Rc and Rd, independently, is H, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, cyclyl, heterocyclyl, or alkylcarbonyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Mitsunori Ono, Lijun Sun, Teresa Przewloka, Shijie Zhang, Elena Kostik, Weiwen Ying, Yumiko Wada, Keizo Koya
  • Patent number: 7449471
    Abstract: 5-Phenylpyrimidines of the formula I in which the substituents and the index are as defined below: R1,R2 are hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, halocycloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl or haloalkynyl, and R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached may also form a saturated or unsaturated ring which may be interrupted by an ether, thio, sulfoxyl or sulfonyl group and may be substituted by one to four groups Ra and/or Rb; R3 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy or alkenyloxy; R4 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, hydroxyl, mercapto, azido, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, haloalkoxy, alkylthio, alkenylthio, alkynylthio, haloalkylthio, —ON?CRaRb, —CRc?NORa, —NRcN?CRaRb, —NRaRb, —NRcNRaRb, —NORa, —NRcC(?NRc?)NRaRb, —NRcC(?O)NRaRb, —NRaC(?O)Rc, —NRaC(?NORc)Rc?, —OC(?O)Rc, —C(?NORc)NRaRb, —CRc(?NNRaRb), —C (?O)NRaRb or —C(?O)Rc; in which Ra, Rb and Rc are as defined in the description; X is halogen, alkyl, alkoxy o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Gypser, Thomas Grote, Anja Schwögler, Joachim Rheinheimer, Frank Schieweck, Jordi Tormo i Blasco, Ingo Rose, Peter Schäfer, Markus Gewehr, Wassilios Grammenos, Bernd Müller, Eberhard Ammermann, Siegfried Strathmann, Gisela Lorenz, Reinhard Stierl
  • Publication number: 20080267887
    Abstract: Pyrrolo-pyridine, pyrrolo-pyrimidine and related heterocyclic compounds analogues of the formula: wherein R, R2, R5, E, Z1, Z3, Z4, and Ar are defined herein. Such compounds are ligands of C5a receptors. Preferred pyrrolo-pyridine, pyrrolo-pyrimidine and related heterocyclic compounds of the invention bind to C5a receptors with high affinity and exhibit neutral antagonist or inverse agonist activity at C5a receptors. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and to the use of such compounds in treating a variety of inflammatory, cardiovascular, and immune system disorders. In addition, the present invention provides labeled pyrrolo-pyridine, pyrrolo-pyrimidine and related heterocyclic compounds, which are useful as probes for the localization of C5a receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Yuan, Peter Hrnciar, Qin Guo, George D. Maynard
  • Publication number: 20080249119
    Abstract: The invention relates to homogemcitabines of general formula (2), with the meanings for the substituents as given in claim 1, method for production thereof, use for the production of the active agent gemcitabin and the use thereof for the production of medicaments for the treatment of proliferative diseases. The invention further relates to novel intermediates, as used in the inventive method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: PHARMACON-FORSCHUNG UND BERATUNG GMBH
    Inventors: Christian R. Noe, Muhamed Jasic, Hermann Kollmann, Karmin Saadat
  • Publication number: 20080221140
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) wherein: R1 is independently H1—OR3, —NHR4; C1-C4 alkyl; or, when n is 2, adjacent R1 together define an olefinic bond; R2 is H; or when the gem R1 is C1-C4 alkyl, that R2 may also be C1-C4 alkyl; or when the gem R1 is —OR3, that R2 may also be —C(?O)OH or a pharmaceutically acceptable ester thereof; R3 is independently H, or a pharmaceutically acceptable ester thereof; R4 is independently H or a pharmaceutically acceptable amide thereof; R5 and R6 are H or an amine prodrug moiety n is 1, 2 or 3; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; have utility in the treatment or prophylaxis of HIV, especially reverse transcriptase mutants 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: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Xiao-Xiong Zhou, Christer Sahlberg
  • Publication number: 20080214588
    Abstract: HIV replication inhibitors of formula (I) pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts; or stereochemically isomeric forms thereof, wherein R1 is halo; R2 and R3 each independently are C1-6alkyl; pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds as active ingredient and processes for preparing these compounds and compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Herman Augustinus De Kock, Piet Tom Bert Paul Wigerinck
  • Publication number: 20080214811
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel class of xanthene dyes, some of which are functionalized to allow their coupling to conjugation partners of interest, e.g. biomolecules, drugs, toxins and the like. Also provided are conjugates of the dyes, methods of preparing and using the dyes and their conjugates and kits including the dyes and their conjugates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: Biosearch Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Reddington, Matt Lyttle
  • Publication number: 20080214812
    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: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: David Hardern, Anthony Ingall, Brian Springthorpe, Paul Willis, Simon Guile
  • Publication number: 20080200485
    Abstract: Disclosed are protein kinase inhibitors, compositions comprising such inhibitors, and methods of use, thereof. More particularly, disclosed are inhibitors of Aurora-2 (Aurora-A) protein kinase. Also disclosed are methods of treating diseases associated with protein kinases, especially diseases associated with Aurora-2, such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Xiao-Yi Xiao, Dinesh V. Patel
  • Publication number: 20080194600
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to dihydrogen phosphate salt 2-(3-{6-[2-(2,4-dichloro-phenyl)-ethylamino]-2-methoxy-pyrimidin-4-yl}-phenyl)-2-methyl-propionic acid of Formula (III), a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount of the compound of Formula (III), and 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 obs
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: AVENTIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
    Inventors: Beverly LANGEVIN, Edward ORTON, Daniel SHERER
  • Patent number: 7411065
    Abstract: This application relates to monomers of the general formula (I) for the preparation of PNA (peptide nucleic acid) oglimers and provides method for the synthesis of both predefined sequence PNA oligomers and random sequence PNA oligomers: wherein E is nitrogen or C—R?; J is sulfur or oxygen; R?, R1, R2, R3, R4 is independently H, halogen, alkyl, nitro, nitrile, alkoxy, halogenated alkyl, halogenated alkoxy, phenyl or halogenated phenyl, R5 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 nucleobase has an exocyclic amino function, said function is protected by protecting group which is labile to acids but stable to weak to medium bases in the presence of thiol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Panagene, Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Kee Kim, Hyunil Lee, Jong Chan Lim, Hoon Choi, Jae Hoon Jeon, Sang Youl Ahn, Sung Hee Lee, Won Jun Yoon
  • Publication number: 20080182847
    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: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: David J. Augeri, Marianne Carlsen, Kenneth G. Carson, Qinghong Fu, Alexander Heim-Riether, Theodore C. Jessop, James E. Tarver, Jerry A. Taylor
  • Publication number: 20080182854
    Abstract: The present invention provides 4-amino-5-cyanopyrimidine derivatives of the formula: wherein R1, R2 and R3 are defined herein, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, having a safe and potent adenosine A2a receptor agonistic activity; and also provides an adenosine A2a receptor agonist, an intraocular pressure reducing agent, or a medicine for treating glaucoma, etc., which comprises the compound as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya Kato, Norifumi Sato, Minoru Okada, Tetsuyuki Uno, Nobuaki Ito, Yasuhiro Takeji, Hisashi Shinohara, Masahiro Fuwa
  • Patent number: 7402588
    Abstract: A method and composition for the treatment of HIV and HBV infections in humans is disclosed that includes administering an effective amount of 2-hydroxymethyl-5-(5-fluorocytosin-1-yl)-1,3-oxathiolane, a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, including a 5? or N4 alkylated or acylated derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. A process for the resolution of a racemic mixture of nucleoside enantiomers is also disclosed that includes the step of exposing the racemic mixture to an enzyme that preferentially catalyzes a reaction in one of the enantiomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Emory University
    Inventors: Dennis C. Liotta, Raymond F. Schinazi, Woo-Baeg Choi
  • Publication number: 20080167463
    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: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Ashish Ujagare, D. Kockrekar, Matthew Uzagare
  • Publication number: 20080146565
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I modulate JNK: wherein the variables are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: James Patrick Dunn, Leyi Gong, David Michael Goldstein, Xiaochun Han, Joan Heather Hogg, Wylie Solang Palmer, Lubica Raptova, Tania Silva, Parcharee Tivitmahaisoon, Teresa Alejandra Trejo-Martin, Christophe Michoud, Achyutharao Sidduri
  • Publication number: 20080146571
    Abstract: O-linked pyrimidin-4-amine-based compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and methods of their use are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    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