Chalcogen Attached Indirectly To The Diazine Ring By Nonionic Bonding Patents (Class 544/335)
  • Publication number: 20130131036
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are modulators of TRPV3 of formula (II): wherein G1, X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, G2, Ra, Rb, and u are as defined in the specification. Compositions comprising such compounds and methods for treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions are also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventor: AbbVie Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130123254
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mGluR5 positive allosteric modulators (PAM) and methods for identifying pharmaceutically acceptable compounds with high tolerability and safety, which method comprises the use of at least one non-competitive mGluR5 allosteric modulator which has a shift factor measured at 10 uM glutamate concentration below 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Barbara Biemans, Georg Jaeschke, Lothar Lindemann, Wolfgang Muster, Heinz Stadler, Eric Vieira
  • Publication number: 20130109713
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula I:or a salt thereof, wherein R3-R8 and X and Y have any of the values described in the specification, as well as compositions comprising a compound of formula I. The compounds are useful as antibacterial agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Edmond J. Lavoie, Ajit Parhi, Daniel S. Pilch
  • Publication number: 20130109685
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1-phenyl-substituted heterocyclyl derivatives of the formula (I), wherein X, Y, Z, n, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R10 are as described in the description and their use as prostaglandin receptor modulators, most particularly as prostaglandin D2 receptor modulators, in the treatment of various prostaglandin-mediated diseases and disorders, to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and to processes for their preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Hamed Aissaoui, Christoph Boss, Anja Valdenaire, Julien Pothier, Sylvia Richard-Bildstein, Philippe Risch, Romain Siegrist
  • Publication number: 20130102609
    Abstract: The present invention provides biaryl oxyacetic acid compounds which may be useful for treating inflammatory disorders, including disorders affecting the respiratory system and skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
    Inventor: Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc.
  • Patent number: 8426446
    Abstract: An acrylamide derivative represented by formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, as well as a medicament containing said acrylamide derivative or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts as the active ingredient, which can be used to treat disorders associated with tyrosine kinase especially Bcr-Abl, including proliferative disorders such as cancers, and inflammation and the like are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignees: Beijing Shiqiao Biopharm Co. Ltd., Beijing Jiashilianbo Pharm Sci & Tech Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Shuping Sun
  • Patent number: 8420812
    Abstract: A process for the palladium-catalyzed coupling of terminal alkynes with heteroaryl tosylates and heteroaryl benzenesulfonates The present invention relates to a process for the regioselective synthesis of compounds of the formula (I), wherein D, J and W have the meanings indicated in the claims. The present invention provides an efficient and general palladium-catalyzed coupling process of heteroaryl tosylates with terminal alkynes to a wide variety of substituted, multifunctional heteroaryl-1-alkynes of the formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Omar Rkyek, Marc Nazare, Andreas Lindenschmidt, Jorge Alonso, Matthias Urmann, Nis Halland
  • Patent number: 8420653
    Abstract: Described are novel heterocyclic compounds of the general formula (I), their derivatives, analogs, tautomeric forms, stereoisomers, polymorphs, hydrates, solvates, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions, metabolites and prodrugs thereof. These compounds are useful in the treatment of immunological diseases, inflammation, pain disorder, rheumatoid arthritis; osteoporosis; multiple myeloma; uveititis; acute and chronic myelogenous leukemia; atherosclerosis; cancer; cachexia; ischemic-induced cell damage; pancreatic beta cell destruction; osteoarthritis; rheumatoid spondylitis; gouty arthritis; inflammatory bowel disease; ARDS; psoriasis; Crohn's disease; allergic rhinitis; ulcerative colitis; anaphylaxis; contact dermatitis; muscle degeneration; asthma; COPD; bone resorption diseases; multiple sclerosis; sepsis; septic shock; toxic shock syndrome and fever. More particularly these compounds are useful as PDE4 inhibitors and are useful for treating PDE4 mediated diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited
    Inventors: Visweswara Akella Satya Surya Srinivas, Ravikumar Tadiparthi, Ganapavarapu Veera Raghava Sharma, Thirunavukkarasu Sappanimuthu, Durairaj Peter Bhakiaraj, Virendra Kachhadia, Kilambi Narasimhan, Sathya Narayana Thara, Sriram Rajagopal, Sukunath Narayanan, Venkatesan Parameswaran, Venkatesan Janarthanam, Maruthikumar Narayanam, Sathyanarayana Gadde, Uma Ramachandran, Gopalan Balasubramanian, Narayanan Surendran, Shridhar Narayanan, Lolaknath Santosh Vishwakarma, Sanjeev Saxena, Nishikanth Reddy Gaddam
  • Patent number: 8420654
    Abstract: CB-1 receptor inverse agonist compounds of Formula and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of obesity or cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventor: John Mehnert Schaus
  • Publication number: 20130090341
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of neurodegenerative disease and the like, or a salt thereof. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
  • Patent number: 8410116
    Abstract: Disclosed are bis(styryl)pyrimidine or bis(styryl)benzene compounds, represented by Chemical Formula 1, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, a method for preparing the same, and a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention and treatment of amyloidosis-associated diseases, comprising the same as an active ingredient. Having the ability to inhibit the deposition of beta amyloid and to reduce the toxicity of beta amyloid, the derivatives can improve learning and memory and can be useful in the prevention and treatment of amyloidosis-associated diseases. (wherein R1, R2, R3 and X are as defined in the specification).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Kye Jung Shin, Eun Joo Roh, Yun Suk Lee
  • Patent number: 8410155
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I) or (II): or a stereoisomer, tautomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate form thereof, wherein the variables A, L1, R3, R4, R8a, R11 and M are as defined herein. The compounds of Formula (I) or (II) are selective inhibitors of serine protease enzymes of the coagulation cascade and/or contact activation system; for example thrombin, factor Xa, factor XIa, factor IXa, factor VIIa and/or plasma kallikrein. In particular, it relates to compounds that are selective factor XIa inhibitors or dual inhibitors of fXIa and plasma kallikrein. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and methods of treating thromboembolic and/or inflammatory disorders using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventor: Donald J. P. Pinto
  • Publication number: 20130079517
    Abstract: Disclosed are electroluminescent devices that comprise organic layers that contain certain organic compounds containing one or more pyrimidine moieties. The organic compounds containing one or more pyrimidine moieties are suitable components of blue-emitting, durable, organo-electroluminescent layers. The electroluminescent devices may be employed for full color display panels in for example mobile phones, televisions and personal computer screens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventor: BASF SE
  • Publication number: 20130045972
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein A, n, R1a to R1e and R2 to R5 are as defined in the description and claims, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are glucocorticoid receptor antagonists useful for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases such as diabetes, dyslipidemia, obesity, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, adrenal imbalance or depression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Jacques Bailly, Cornelia Hertel, Daniel Hunziker, Christian Lerner, Ulrike Obst Sander, Jens-Uwe Peters, Philippe Pflieger, Tanja Schulz-Gasch
  • Patent number: 8372975
    Abstract: The invention provides a liquid crystal compound having general physical properties necessary for the compound, namely stability to heat, light and so forth, a wide temperature range of a liquid crystal phase, a high clearing point, a good compatibility with other compounds, a large optical anisotropy and a large dielectric anisotropy; a compound represented by formula (1): wherein, for example, R1 is alkyl having 1 to 20 carbons; ring A1 and ring A4 each are 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene, or 1,4-phenylene in which arbitrary hydrogen is replaced by halogen; Z1 and Z4 each are a single bond; L1, L2, L3 and L4 each are hydrogen or fluorine; and X1 is fluorine, chlorine, —CF3 or —OCF3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignees: JNC Corporation, JNC Petrochemical Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8362017
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds for modulating protein kinase enzymatic activity for modulating cellular activities such as proliferation, differentiation, programmed cell death, migration and chemoinvasion. Even more specifically, the invention provides compounds for modulating c-Kit kinase activity and methods of treating diseases mediated by c-Kit activity utilizing the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Exelixis, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Cheng, Erick Wang Co, Moon Hwan Kim, Rhett Ronald Klein, Donna T. Le, Amy Lew, John M. Nuss, Wei Xu, William Bajjalieh
  • Patent number: 8362003
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-aminopyrrolidine derivatives of the formula I: (wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, X, Y and X are as defined herein) which are useful as modulators of chemokine receptor activity. In particular, these compounds are useful as modulators of chemokine receptors and more specifically as a modulator of the CCR2 and/or CCR5 receptor. The compounds and compositions of the invention may bind to chemokine receptors, e.g., the CCR2 and/or CCR5 chemokine receptors, and are useful for treating diseases associated with chemokine, e.g., CCR2 and/or CCR5, activity, such as atherosclerosis, restenosis, lupus, organ transplant rejection and rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: Chu-Biao Xue, Brian W. Metcalf, Hao Feng, Ganfeng Cao, Taisheng Huang, Changsheng Zheng, Darius J. Robinson, Amy Qi Han
  • Publication number: 20130023539
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel compounds of formula (I) and their use in treating and/or preventing metabolic diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Euroscreen S.A.
    Inventors: Hamid R. Hoveyda, Didier Schils, Ludivine Zoute, Julien Parcq
  • Publication number: 20130018046
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the general formula: in which the variable groups are as defined herein, and to their preparation and use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yihan Wang, Xiaotian Zhu, Rajeswari Sundaramoorthi, Wei-Sheng Huang, Dong Zou, R. Mathew Thomas, Jiwei Qi, Jan Antoinette C. Romero, David C. Dalgarno, William C. Shakespeare, Tomi K. Sawyer, Chester A. Metcalf, III
  • Publication number: 20130012491
    Abstract: Disclosed are pyrimidine derivatives for use as a sphingosine 1-phosphate 1 (S1P1) receptor agonists, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of conditions or diseases mediated by S1P1 receptors, particularly multiple sclerosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: GLAXO GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: Xichen Lin, Feng Ren, Haibo Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130005663
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound of the formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and use of such compounds for treating proliferative diseases such as cancer, in mammals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Mark G. CHAREST, Christine Hiu-Tung CHEN, Zhuoliang CHEN, Miao DAI, Feng HE, Huangshu LEI, Ly Luu PHAM, Sushil Kumar SHARMA, Christopher Sean STRAUB, Run-Ming David WANG, Fan YANG, Leigh ZAWEL
  • Publication number: 20120329743
    Abstract: The invention provides certain cycloalkyl-fused tetrahydroquinolines of the Formula (I), and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters, wherein R1, R2, R7, R8, R8a, E, Y, Z, n, u, and t are as defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using the compounds for treating diseases or conditions associated with uncontrolled or inappropriate stimulation of CRTH2 function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Xianhai Huang, Jason Brubaker, Scott L. Peterson, John W. Butcher, Joshua T. Close, Michelle Martinez, Rachel Nicola MacCoss, Joon O. Jung, Phieng Siliphaivanh, Hongjun Zhang, Robert G. Aslanian, Purakkattle Johny Biju, Li Dong, Ying Huang, Kevin D. McCormick, Anandan Palani, Ning Shao, Wei Zhou
  • Publication number: 20120329649
    Abstract: This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula One”): and processes associated therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: James E. Hunter, William C. Lo, Gerald B. Watson, Akshay Patny, Gary D. Gustafson, Dan Pernich, William K. Brewster, Debra L. Camper, Beth Lorsbach, Michael R. Loso, Thomas C. Sparks, Hemant Joshi, Adiraj Mandaleswaran, Ramadevi Sanam, Rambabu Gundla, Pravin S. Iyer
  • Publication number: 20120322761
    Abstract: Compounds of formula Ia and Ib wherein A, B, C and R1 are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Mark E. Salvati, Heather Finlay, Bang-Chi Chen, Lalgudi S. Harikrishnan, Ji Jiang, James A. Johnson, Muthoni G. Kamau, R. Michael Lawrence, Jianqing Li, John Lloyd, Michael M. Miller, Zulan Pi, Jennifer X. Qiao, Richard A. Rampulla, Jacques Y. Roberge, Tammy C. Wang, Yufeng Wang, Wu Yang
  • Publication number: 20120313041
    Abstract: A liquid crystal compound having a high stability to heat, light or the like, a high clearing point, a low minimum temperature of a liquid crystal phase, a small viscosity, a suitable optical anisotropy, a large dielectric anisotropy, a suitable elastic constant and an excellent compatibility with other liquid crystal compounds, and a liquid crystal composition including this compound, and a liquid crystal display device containing this composition. A compound represented by formula (1): for example, R1 is alkyl having 1 to 10 carbons; ring A1, ring A2 and ring A3 are 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene or 1,4-phenylene in which at least one of hydrogen has been replaced by fluorine; Z1 is a single bond, and Z2 and Z3 are —CF2O— or —OCF2—; X1 is fluorine; and L1 and L2 are fluorine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicants: JNC PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION, JNC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro KUBO, Yasuyuki GOTO
  • Patent number: 8329902
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optically pure compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof, a process for preparing the optically pure compound of formula (I), and use of the optically pure compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof as a medicament, in particular as a medicament for the treatment and prevention of type B hepatitis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Beijing Molecule Science And Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Song Li, Guangqiang Xia, Guoming Zhao, Lili Wang, Zhibing Zheng, Yunde Xie, Wu Zhong, Junhai Xiao, Xingzhou Li, Hao Cui
  • Patent number: 8329745
    Abstract: Ghrelin O-acyltransferase (GOAT) is inhibited with designed small molecules of the general formula: Methods comprise contacting the GOAT with an inhibitor and detecting a resultant inhibition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Patrcik G. Harran, Michael S. Brown, Joseph L. Goldstein, Jing Yang, Tong-Jin Zhao
  • Publication number: 20120309759
    Abstract: The present invention embraces methods for identifying compounds that modulate the activity of telomerase. Compounds of the invention are identified by designing or screening for a compound which binds to at least one amino acid residue of the TRBD, “thumb,” “finger,” and/or “palm” domain; or FP-pocket, PT-pocket or Th-pocket of telomerase and testing the compound for its ability to modulate the activity of telomerase. Compounds selected for interacting with the T-pocket or Fingers-Palm pocket of telomerase are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: The Wistar Institute
    Inventor: Emmanuel Skordalakes
  • Publication number: 20120295904
    Abstract: The present embodiments relate to compounds with physiological effects, such as the activation of hematopoietic growth factor receptors. The present embodiments also relate to use of the compounds to treat a variety of conditions, diseases and ailments such as hematopoietic conditions and disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
    Inventors: Lin Zhi, Andrew R. Hudson, Cornelis A. Van Oeveren, Steven L. Roach, Bijan Pedram, Yixing Shen, Lino J. Valdez, Jillian Basinger, Virginia Heather Sharron Grant, Jason C. Pickens
  • Publication number: 20120295907
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bis-amide derivatives of formula (I), to processes and intermediates for preparing them, to methods of using them to control insect, acarine, nematode and mollusc pests, and to insecticidal, acaricidal, nematicidal and molluscicidal compositions comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Maienfisch, Christopher Richard Ayles Godfrey, Pierre Joseph Marcel Jung, Ottmar Franz Hueter, Peter Renold
  • Publication number: 20120289403
    Abstract: The invention relates to alkylsulfide derivatives compounds of formula I as hereunder depicted or the enantiomers or veterinarily acceptable salts thereof which are useful for combating or controlling invertebrate pests, in particular arthropod pests and nematodes. The invention also relates to methods for controlling invertebrate pests by using these compounds and to plant propagation material and to agricultural and veterinary compositions comprising said compounds. wherein U, R1, R2, R3U, X, n and p are defined as in the description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Sebastian Soergel, Ralph Paulini, Steffen Gross, Carsten Beyer, Matthias Pohlman, Henricus Maria Martinus Bastiaans, Michael Rack, Deborah L. Culbertson, Douglas D. Anspaugh, Sarah Thompson, Vincent Salgado
  • Publication number: 20120283264
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to compounds of formula I, including their salts, as well as compositions and methods of using the compounds. The compounds are ligands, agonists and partial agonists for the mGluR5 receptor and may be useful for the treatment of various disorders of the central nervous system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Andrew P. Degnan, Hong Huang, Lawrence B. Snyder, Fukang Yang, Kevin W. Gillman, Michael F. Parker
  • Patent number: 8304403
    Abstract: Compounds of formula Ia and Ib and wherein A, B, C and R1 are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Mark E. Salvati, Heather Finlay, Bang-Chi Chen, Lalgudi S. Harikrishnan, Ji Jiang, James A. Johnson, Muthoni G. Kamau, R. Michael Lawrence, Jianqing Li, John Lloyd, Michael M. Miller, Zulan Pi, Jennifer X. Qiao, Richard A. Rampulla, Jacques Y. Roberge, Tammy C. Wang, Yufeng Wang, Wu Yang
  • Publication number: 20120277252
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to compounds providing antibacterial therapeutic agents and preparations, and related methods of using and making antibacterial compounds. Antibacterial compounds of the present invention include chalcone, alkylpyrimidine, aminopyrimidine and cyanopyridine compounds and derivatives thereof exhibiting minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) similar to or less than conventional antibacterial compounds in wide use. For example, the present invention provides chalcone and cyanopyridine compounds, and derivatives thereof, exhibiting high antibacterial activities having multiple electron withdrawing group substituents, such as halogens and fluorinated alkyl groups, and optionally having hydroxyl and/or alkoxyl groups substituents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Helen E. Blackwell, Matthew D. Bowman, Jennifer C. O'Neill, Joseph R. Stringer
  • Publication number: 20120277213
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ethynyl derivatives of formula I X, G, R1, R2, R3, R3?, R4, R4?, R5, R6, R6?, m, and n are as defined herein or to a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt, to a racemic mixture, or to its corresponding enantiomer and/or optical isomer and/or stereoisomer thereof. Compounds of formula I are positive allosteric modulators (PAM) of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5). They can be used for the treatment of schizophrenia or cognitive disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Georg Jaeschke, Synese Jolidon, Lothar Lindemann, Heinz Stadler, Eric Vieira
  • Publication number: 20120268706
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula I, and to a liquid-crystalline medium, preferably having a nematic phase and negative dielectric anisotropy, which comprises one or more compounds of formula I, defined herein, for use in an electro-optical display, particularly in an active-matrix display based on the VA, ECB, PALO, FFS or IPS effect, and to the use of the compounds of the formula I for the stabilization of a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises one or more compounds of the formula II and one or more compounds of the formulae III-1 to III-4, defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Mark GOEBEL, Rocco FORTTE, Detlef PAULUTH
  • Publication number: 20120270852
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ethynyl derivatives of formula I wherein Y is N or C—R3; R3 is hydrogen, methyl, halogen or nitrile; R1 is phenyl or pyridinyl, each of which is optionally substituted by halogen, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy; R2/R2? are each independently hydrogen, lower alkyl or lower alkyl substituted by halogen, or R2 and R2? together with the N-atom to which they are attached form a morpholine ring, a piperidine ring or an azetidine ring, each of which is unsubstituted or substituted one or more substituents selected from lower alkoxy, halogen, hydroxy and methyl; R4/R4? are each independently hydrogen or lower alkyl, or R4 and R4? together form a C3-5 cycloalkyl-, tetrahydrofuran- or an oxetane-ring; or to a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt, to a racemic mixture, or to its corresponding enantiomer and/or optical isomer and/or stereoisomer thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: Georg Jaeschke, Synese Jolidon, Lothar Lindemann, Antonio Ricci, Daniel Rueher, Heinz Stadler, Eric Vieira
  • Publication number: 20120270877
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds which directly inhibit IRE-1? activity in vitro, prodrugs, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Such compounds and prodrugs are useful for treating diseases associated with the unfolded protein response and can be used as single agents or in combination therapies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: MannKind Corporation
    Inventors: Qingping Zeng, Warren S. Wade, John Bruce Patterson
  • Patent number: 8293899
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing stereoisomerically enriched 3-heteroaryl-3-hydroxycarboxylic esters by reducing 3-heteroaryl-3-oxocarboxylic esters in the presence of ruthenium-containing catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Lanxess Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Boris Bosch, Markus Eckert, Hans-Christian Militzer, Claus Dreisbach
  • Publication number: 20120252809
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I, wherein A, D, E, L, G, R10, R30, R40, R50 and R60 have the meanings indicated in the claims, which are valuable pharmaceutical active compounds. They are inhibitors of the protease cathepsin A, and are useful for the treatment of diseases such as atherosclerosis, heart failure, renal diseases, liver diseases or inflammatory diseases, for example. The invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of the compounds of the formula I, their use and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: SANOFI
    Inventors: Sven RUF, Thorsten SADOWSKI, Klaus WIRTH, Herman SCHREUDER, Christian BUNING
  • Publication number: 20120252830
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I?; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, X and n are defined herein. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Gary Mark Coppola, Yuki Iwaki, Rajeshri Ganesh Karki, Toshio Kawanami, Gary Michael Ksander, Muneto Mogi, Robert Sun
  • Patent number: 8278309
    Abstract: The present invention provides arylamide compounds and methods of making and using them as antibiotics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: PolyMedix, Inc.
    Inventors: William F. DeGrado, Dahui Liu, Richard W. Scott, Yongjiang Xu, Haizhong Tang, Bozena Korczak
  • Publication number: 20120245137
    Abstract: Methods and compounds effective in ameliorating conditions characterized by unwanted calcium channel activity, particularly unwanted N-type and/or T-type calcium channel activity, are disclosed. Specifically, a series of compounds containing aryl sulphone derivatives, as exemplified by Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Zalicus Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Hassan A. Pajouhesh, Robert Galemmo, JR., Richard Holland, Yuanxi Zhou, Yongbao Zhu, Eric Simonson, Navjot Chahal, Mike Grimwood
  • Publication number: 20120245185
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to sulfone compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Corey R. Hopkins, Charles David Weaver, Colleen M. Niswender, Yiu-Yin Cheung
  • Publication number: 20120245124
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are modulators of TRPV3 of formula (I) wherein X1, X2, R1, R2, Rx, and n are as defined in the specification. Compositions comprising such compounds and methods for treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions are also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Bruce Clapham, Phil B. Cox, Michael J. Dart, Arthur Gomtsyan, Tammie K. Jinkerson, Ryan G. Keddy, Michael E. Kort, Philip R. Kym, Mark Matulenko, Robert G. Schmidt, Clara I. Villamil, Eric A. Voight, Kevin R. Woller
  • Publication number: 20120232033
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of compounds of formula I wherein the substituents are described in the description and claims for the treatment of psychoses, dysfunction in memory and learning, schizophrenia, dementia, attention deficit disorders or Alzheimer's disease. The invention also relates to some compounds of formula I and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Sabine Kolczewski, Hans-Peter Marty, Robert Narquizian, Emmanuel Pinnard, Henri Stalder
  • Publication number: 20120232052
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aryl carboxamide derivatives of formula (I), wherein Ar1 is phenyl; Ar2 is aryl; n is 1-4; X is —O—, —S—, —SO— or —SO2—, a prodrug thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which have blocking activities of voltage gated sodium channels as the TTX-S channels, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of such disorders and diseases as pain in which voltage gated sodium channels are involved. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases as pain in which voltage gated sodium channels are involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yamagishi, Yoshimasa Arano, Mikio Morita, Tadashi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20120225891
    Abstract: A compound represented by Formula (1): The compound can be used as insecticides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kei Yoshida, Takeo Wakita, Hiroyuki Katsuta, Akiyoshi Kai, Yutaka Chiba, Kiyoshi Takahashi, Hiroko Kato, Nobuyuki Kawahara, Michikazu Nomura, Hidenori Daido, Junji Maki, Shinichi Banba
  • Publication number: 20120225876
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compound represented by formula (1) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof (In the formula, A represents a group that is represented by formula (A-1); R1a and R1b may be the same or different and each independently represents a C1-6 alkyl group which may be substituted by one to three halogen atoms; m and n each independently represents an integer of 0-5; X1 represents a hydroxyl group or an aminocarbonyl group; Z1 represents a single bond or the like; and R2 represents an optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl group, an optionally substituted C6-10 aryl group or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: DAINIPPON SUMITOMO PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Horiuchi, Kiyoto Sawamura, Hiroaki Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20120225886
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and method of using the same in the treatment or prevention of diseases mediated by the activation of ?3-adrenoceptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme, Corp.
    Inventors: Scott D. Edmondson, Lehua Chang, Nam Fung Kar, Gregori J. Morriello, Christopher R. Moyes, Dong-Ming Shen, Cheng Zhu, Neville J. Anthony, Philip Jones, Graham F. Smith, Mark E. Scott, Christopher F. Thompson, Joon Jung, Carolyn Cammarano, Dawn Marie Hoffman