1,4-diazines Patents (Class 544/336)
  • Publication number: 20120277208
    Abstract: [Problem]A compound which is useful as a GK activator is provided. [Means for Solution] The present inventors have conducted studies on compounds having a GK activating action, which are promising as active ingredients of pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of diabetes, type 2 diabetes mellitus, obesity, metabolic syndrome and related diseases caused by the aforementioned diseases, and as a result, they have confirmed that a benzamide compound of the present invention has an excellent GK activating action, thereby completing the present invention. That is, the benzamide compound of the present invention has a GK activating action and can be used as an agent for preventing and/or treating diabetes, type 2 diabetes mellitus, obesity, metabolic syndrome, and related diseases caused by the aforementioned diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Masahiko Hayakawa, Seiji Yoshimura, Daisuke Sasuga, Takanori Koike, Takahiro Nigawara, Mitsuaki Okumura, Keisuke Maki
  • Patent number: 8299065
    Abstract: Compound of formula (I) have antibacterial activity: wherein: m is 0 or 1; Q is hydrogen or cyclopropyl; AIk is an optionally substituted, divalent C1-C6 alkylene, alkenylene or alkynylene radical which may contain an ether (—O—), thioether (—S—) or amino (—NR)— link, wherein R is hydrogen, —CN or C1-C3 alkyl; X is —C(?O)NR6—, or —C(?O)O— wherein R6 is hydrogen, optionally substituted C1-C6 alkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl or C2-C6 alkynyl; Z1 is —N? or —CH?Z2 is —N? or —C(R1)?; R1 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, ethenyl, ethynyl, methoxy, mercapto, mercaptomethyl, halo, fully or partially fluorinated (C1-C2)alkyl, (C1-C2JaIkoxy or (C1-C2)alkylthio, nitro, or nitrile (—CN); R2 is a group Q1-[Alk1]q-Q2-, wherein q is 0 or 1; AIk1 is an optionally substituted, divalent, straight chain or branched C1-C6 alkylene, or C2-C6 alkenylene or C2-C6 alkynylene radical which may contain or terminate in an ether (—O—), thioether (—S—) or amino (—NR)— link; Q2 is an optionally substituted divalent monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic ra
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Biota Europe Ltd.
    Inventors: David John Haydon, Lloyd George Czaplewski
  • Patent number: 8299246
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazinone derivatives of formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are as herein defined; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Stephen Brough, Richard Evans, Timothy Jon Luker, Piotr Raubo
  • Patent number: 8293750
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating various diseases, syndromes, conditions and disorders, including pain. Such compounds are represented by Formula I as follows: wherein R1, R2, R3, L, X, and Y are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Peter J. Connolly, Shu-Chen Lin, Mark J. Macielag, Yue-Mei Zhang
  • Patent number: 8287969
    Abstract: An isosorbide derivative of Formula (I) is provided. In Formula (I), Z is —CH2—CH2—, —CH?CH—, —C?C—, —CH2—O—, —CH2—S—, —CH?N—O—, —CO—O—, —CO—S—, single bond, -ph-, —CO—O-ph- or —CO—O-ph-CO—O—, and ph represents benzene, R1 and R2 are, independently, C1-25 alkyl, —CN, —NCS, —CX3 or —OCX3, and X represents halogen, and m and n are, independently, 0, 1 or 2. The invention also provides a liquid crystal display including the isosorbide derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chun-Ming Wu, Kevin Lin, Shih-Hsien Liu, Chih-Lung Chin, An-Cheng Chen, Kung-Lung Cheng, Chien-Hsien Cheng
  • Patent number: 8273749
    Abstract: A series of N-substituted oxindole derivatives represented by Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions comprise an effective amount of the instant compounds, either alone, or in combination with one or more other therapeutically active compounds, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Methods of treating conditions associated with, or caused by, calcium channel activity, including, for example, acute pain, chronic pain, visceral pain, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, urinary incontinence, itchiness, allergic dermatitis, epilepsy, diabetic neuropathy, irritable bowel syndrome, depression, anxiety, multiple sclerosis, sleep disorder, bipolar disorder and stroke, comprise administering an effective amount of the present compounds, either alone, or in combination with one or more other therapeutically active compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Joseph L. Duffy, Scott B. Hoyt, Clare London
  • Publication number: 20120238581
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, salt of a prodrug, or a combination thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions of formula (I) and related methods for treating or preventing metabolic diseases or conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Andrew J. Souers, Ju Gao, Todd M. Hasen, Rajesh R. Iyengar, Philip R. Kym, Bo Liu, Zhonghua Pei, Vince S. Yeh, Gang Zhao, Zhili Xin
  • Patent number: 8263578
    Abstract: Multi-dose formulations for bortezomib are presented in which bortezomib has significantly improved stability. Especially preferred formulations include those in which bortezomib is in a liquid form suitable for injection, wherein the solvent system predominantly comprises propylene glycol. In other preferred aspects, bortezomib is present as a Lewis donor-acceptor complex with a hetero-bifunctional Lewis base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: InnoPharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Kumaresh Soppimath, Satish Pejaver, Kanaiyalal R. Patel, Lakkaraju Dasaradhi, Rama Sodum, Hari Desu, Navneet Puri
  • Patent number: 8263768
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the stereoselective preparation of compounds of general formula (I) and the salts thereof, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof with inorganic or organic acids and bases, which have valuable pharmacological properties, particularly an inhibitory effect on signal transduction mediated by tyrosine kinases, the use thereof for the treatment of diseases, particularly tumoral diseases as well as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), diseases of the lungs and airways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Ostermeier, Stefan Braith, Juergen Daeubler, Guenther Huchler, Waldemar Pfrengle
  • Publication number: 20120225862
    Abstract: Provided are certain heteroaryl benzamides, compositions, and methods of their manufacture and use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicants: AUCKLAND UNIVSERVICES LIMITED, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Patrick D. Sutphin, Denise A. Chan, Sandra Turcotte, William Alexander Denny, Michael Patrick Hay, Anna Claire Giddens, Muriel Marie Bonnet, Amato J. Giaccia
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20120225846
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are new heterocyclic compounds and compositions and their application as pharmaceuticals for the treatment of disease. Methods of inhibiting PAS Kinase (PASK) activity in a human or animal subject are also provided for the treatment of diseases such as diabetes mellitus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: BIOENERGENIX
    Inventors: John M. McCall, Donna L. Romero, Michael Clare
  • Patent number: 8258293
    Abstract: The present invention relates to tetrahydroquinoline derivatives having general formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 is formyl, (1-6C)alkylcarbonyl or (1-6C)alkylsulfonyl; R2 and R3 are H or (1-4C)alkyl; R4 is phenyl; R5 is (1-4C)alkyl; Y—X is C(O)—O, S(O)2-O, NHC(O)—O, NHC(S)—O, OC(O)—O, bond-O, C(O)—NH, S(O)2-NH, NHC(O)—NH, NHC(S)—NH, OC(O)—NH, bond-NH, NH—C(O), O—C(O), NH—S(O)2, or O—S(O)2 or Y—X is a bond; R6 is H, trifluoromethyl, (1-6C)alkyl, 1- or 2-adamantyl(1-4C)alkyl, (2-6C)alkenyl, (2-6C)alkynyl, (3-9C)heteroaryl, (3-6C)cycloalkyl, (2-6C)heterocycloalkyl, (1-4C)alkylthio(1-4C)alkyl, (6-10C)aryl(1-4C)alkyl, (3-9C)heteroaryl(1-4C)alkyl, (3-6C)cycloalkyl(1-4C)alkyl, (2-6C)heterocycloalkyl(1-4C)alkyl, R8,R9-aminocarbonyl(1-4C)alkyl, R8,R9-amino(1-4C)alkyl, R8-oxycarbonyl(1-4C)alkyl, R8-oxy(1-4C)alkyl, R8-carbonyl(1-4C)alkyl or (6-10C)aryl; R7 is H, (1-4C)alkyl, (1-4C)alkoxy, halogen, trifluoromethyl, cyano, nitro, hydroxyl; and R8 and/or R9 is H, (1-4C)alkyl, (2-4C
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: MSD OSS B.V.
    Inventors: Nicole Corine Renee Van Straten, Rudolf Gijsbertus Van Someren, Jurgen Schulz
  • Patent number: 8247401
    Abstract: The subject invention relates to novel P2X3 receptor antagonists that play a critical role in treating disease states associated with pain, in particular peripheral pain, inflammatory pain, or tissue injury pain that can be treated using a P2X3 receptor subunit modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Christopher S. Burgey, Diem Nguyen, Zhengwu Deng, Daniel V. Paone, Craig M. Potteiger, Joseph P. Vacca
  • Publication number: 20120208820
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I pharmaceutical compositions of these compounds, and use of said compositions to control synaptic transmission in mammals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Michael R. Schrimpf, Karin R. Tietje, Richard B. Toupence, Jianguo Ji, Anwer Basha, William H. Bunnelle, Jerome F. Daanen, Jennifer M. Frost, Kevin B. Sippy
  • Publication number: 20120202783
    Abstract: Disubstituted 3,8-diaza-bicyclo[4.2.0]octane and 3,6-diazabicyclo[3.2.0]heptane compounds are described, which are useful as orexin receptor modulators. Such compounds may be useful in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of diseased states, disorders, and conditions mediated by orexin activity, such as insomnia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Bryan James Branstetter, Michael A. Letavic, Kiev S. Ly, Dale A. Rudolph, Brad M. Savall, Chandravadan R. Shah, Brock T. Shireman
  • Publication number: 20120190693
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel “reverse amide” compounds comprising a zinc chelator group, and the use of such compounds in the inhibition of HDAC6 and in the treatment of various diseases, disorders or conditions related to HDAC6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: John H. van Duzer, Ralph Mazitschek, Walter Ogier, James E. Bradner, Guoxiang Huang, Dejian Xie, Nan Yu
  • Patent number: 8227467
    Abstract: A compound of formula: wherein Ar1, Ar2, V, X, R3, R4, and m are as disclosed herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (a “Cyclo(hetero)alkenyl Compound”); compositions comprising an effective amount of a Cyclo(hetero)alkenyl Compound; and methods for treating or preventing, e.g., pain, UI, an ulcer, IBD, or IBS in an animal, comprising administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a Cyclo(hetero)alkenyl Compound are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Purdue Pharma L.P.
    Inventors: Donald J. Kyle, Qun Sun, Laykea Tafesse
  • Patent number: 8222256
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of treating cancer with a compound which inhibits kinases, more specifically IGF1R and Abl, in combination with treatments(s) selected from surgery, radiation, monoclonal antibody, bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplantation, and one or more chemotherapeutic agent(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Exelixis, Inc.
    Inventor: Wentao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120178681
    Abstract: Bipiperidinyl compounds of the formula I, are disclosed as useful for treating or preventing type 2 diabetes and similar conditions. Pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates are included as well. The compounds are useful as agonists of the g-protein coupled receptor GPR-119.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: HAROLD B. WOOD, Alan D. Adams, Stanley Freeman, Jason W. Szewczyk, Conrad Santini, Yong Huang
  • Publication number: 20120178756
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazine and pyridine compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and methods of using the compounds in in vitro applications, such as the study of kinases in biological and pathological phenomena; the study of intracellular signal transduction pathways mediated by such kinases; and the comparative evaluation of new kinase inhibitors. The compounds of this invention have formula I: wherein the variables are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, Steven John Durrant, Ronald Marcellus Alphonsus Knegtel, Joanne Pinder, Stephen Young, Philip Michael Reaper
  • Publication number: 20120178765
    Abstract: The present invention provides an amide derivative having a stilbene or 1,2-diphenylethane moiety within the molecule thereof, a process for the preparation thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same. The amide derivative of the present invention activates glucokinase remarkably, and therefore they can be usefully applied for treating glucokinase-mediated diseases, such as hyperglycemia and diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: YUHAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Won-Hui Yi, Tae-Dong Han, Koo-Yeon Lee, Young-Hwan Kim, Eun-Hye Jung, Dong-Hoon Lee, Yoo-Hoi Park, Kyung-Nan Min, Jae-Gyu Kim, Byung-Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 8212048
    Abstract: A method of producing an aromatic compound of the following formula (3) comprising reacting a compound of the following formula (1) with an olefin compound of the following formula (2) in the presence of a transition metal complex: (wherein, an Ar1 ring represents an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or aromatic heterocyclic ring, an Ar2 ring represents a heterocyclic ring containing X1 and N*, and the X1 represents a nitrogen atom or carbon atom and the N represents a nitrogen atom connecting via a double bond to either one of two adjacent atoms in the Ar2 ring.) (wherein, R1, R2, R3 and R4 represent each independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or an aryl group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms.) (wherein, Ar1, Ar2, X1, N*, R1, R2 and R3 represent the same meanings as described above.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignees: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Osaka University
    Inventors: Fumitoshi Kakiuchi, Yusuke Matsuura, Masato Ueda
  • Publication number: 20120157462
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula wherein the symbols have the meaning described in the specification are hydroxamic acid derivatives of aniline and capable of inhibiting the lethal effects of infection by anthrax bacteria and are useful in the treatment of poisoning by anthrax.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Alan T. Johnson, Guan-Sheng Jiao
  • Publication number: 20120157432
    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 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme, Corp.
    Inventors: Scott D. Edmondson, Richard Berger, Lehua Chang, Vincent j. Colandrea, Jeffrey J. Hale, Bart Harper, Nam Fung Kar, Bing Li, Greg J. Morriello, Christopher R. Moyes, Deyou Sha, Dong-Ming Shen, Liping Wang, Harvey Wendt, Cheng Zhu
  • Publication number: 20120149718
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the variables are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of making the compounds and using the compounds for treatment of diseases associated with the P2X7 purinergic receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Christine E. Brotherton-Pleiss, Keith A. M. Walker
  • Publication number: 20120142705
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds of the formula (I): as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the substituents are as those disclosed in the specification. These compounds, and the pharmaceutical compositions containing them, are useful for the treatment of metabolic diseases and disorders such as, for example, type II diabetes mellitus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventor: Robert Francis Kester
  • Patent number: 8193207
    Abstract: The present invention relates to inhibitors of 11-? hydroxyl steroid dehydrogenase type 1 and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The compounds of the invention can be useful in the treatment of various diseases associated with expression or activity of 11-? hydroxyl steroid dehydrogenase type 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: Jincong Zhuo, Ding-Quan Qian, Wenqing Yao
  • Patent number: 8183371
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating various diseases, syndromes, conditions and disorders, including pain. Such compounds are represented by Formula I as follows: wherein R1, R2, R3, L, X, and Y are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Peter J. Connolly, Shu-Chen Lin, Mark J. Macielag, Yue-Mei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120123117
    Abstract: An organometallic complex is provided by which favorable red-color light emission can be obtained. Further, an organometallic complex having a peak of light emission at about 620 nm is provided because the wavelength of light which is perceived as excellent red-color light is about 620 nm. Furthermore, an organometallic complex is provided by which red-color light emission with high luminous efficiency (cd/A) can be obtained. An organometallic complex represented by the following general formula (G2) and a light-emitting element, a light-emitting device, and an electronic device including the organometallic complex represented by the following general formula (G2) are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Hideko Inoue, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20120115843
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula (I) wherein A1 to A4 and R1 to R6 are defined as in the description and in the claims. The compound of formula (I) can be used, for example, as inhibitors of the cysteine protease cathepsin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: David Banner, Uwe Grether, Wolfgang Haap, Holger Kuehne, Harald Mauser, Jean-Marc Plancher
  • Publication number: 20120115874
    Abstract: The present invention provides pyrazine derivatives of formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the designation of R1, R2, R3 and R4 is provided herein. The invention also provides syntheses for preparation of such compounds. The invention further provides methods of use of these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing them for treatment and/or prevention of diseases and for manufacture of medicaments. These compounds and pharmaceutical compositions have antioxidative and thrombolytic effects, and thus can be used for the treatment and/or prevention of cerebral stroke caused by ischemia, and used for manufacture of medicaments for the treatment and/or prevention of nervous system diseases caused by excessive amount of radicals and/or thrombosis, infectious diseases, metabolic system diseases, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and age-related degenerative diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Jinan University
    Inventors: Yuqiang Wang, Yewei Sun, Pei Yu, Jing Du, Gaoxiao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120108494
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions comprising amiloride amino acid and peptide conjugates. Efficient methods are also provided for administering the compositions for treating cancer and for delivering an amiloride conjugate into cancer cells in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Fredric A. Gorin, Michael H. Nantz
  • Patent number: 8168638
    Abstract: The present invention provides the compounds represented by the general formula (I): [wherein X is a halogen atom or an (C1-C3)alkyl group which may be substituted with a halogen atom(s); Y is a hydrogen or halogen atom, or a cyano, a (C1-C3)alkyl or (C1-C3)alkoxy group; R is a hydrogen or halogen atom, a cyano group, or a (C1-C6)alkyl, (C2-C6)alkenyl group, (C2-C6)alkynyl, (C1-C6)alkoxy, (C2-C6)alkenyloxy, (C2-C6)alkynyloxy, (C1-C6)alkylthio, (C1-C6)alkylsulfinyl or (C1-C6)alkylsulfonyl group which may be substituted with a halogen atom(s), a (C1-C6)alkoxycarbonyl group, a (C1-C6)alkoxyimino(C1-C3)alkyl group, a tri(C1-C10)alkylsilyl group, or a phenyl, phenoxy, pyridyloxy or pyrimidyloxy group which may be substituted with a substituent(s); n is an integer of 1 to 5], which compounds cause reduced loads of deleterious, harmful effects to the earth environment, and exhibit a widened controlling spectrum at lowered chemical application rates, thereby finding useful application as a plant disease controlli
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatsugu Oda, Takashi Furuya, Motohiro Hasebe, Nobutaka Kuroki
  • Publication number: 20120101078
    Abstract: Disclosed are a series of neuropeptide Y Y5 receptor ligands, and as such are useful to treat disorders related to mood, stress, ADHD, cognition, stress and dementia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: H. Lundbrck A/S
    Inventors: Bin Chen, James Ford Burns, Dario Doller
  • Publication number: 20120101276
    Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide a novel crystal of 2-{4-[N-(5,6-diphenylpyrazin-2-yl)-N-isopropylamino]butyloxy}-N-(methylsulfonyl)acetamide (hereinafter referred to as “compound A”). A Form-I crystal of compound A shows diffraction peaks at 9.4 degrees, 9.8 degrees, 17.2 degrees and 19.4 degrees in the powder X-ray diffraction spectrum thereof. A Form-II crystal of compound A shows diffraction peaks at 9.0 degrees, 12.9 degrees, 20.7 degrees and 22.6 degrees in the powder X-ray diffraction spectrum thereof. A Form-III crystal of compound A shows diffraction peaks at 9.3 degrees, 9.7 degrees, 16.8 degrees, 20.6 degrees and 23.5 degrees in the powder X-ray diffraction spectrum thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: NIPPON SHINYAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Itou, Koji Nakamichi, Takashi Tosaka
  • Patent number: 8163905
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazinone derivatives of formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are as herein defined; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Stephen Brough, Richard Evans, Timothy Jon Luker, Piotr Raubo
  • Publication number: 20120095220
    Abstract: The invention relates to a continuous method for producing amides of aliphatic carboxylic acids by reacting at least one carbonic acid ester of formula (I) R3—COOR4 (I), wherein R3 represents hydrogen or an optionally substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group with 1 to 100 carbon atoms and R4 represents a hydrocarbon group with 1 to 30 carbon atoms, or wherein R3 and R4 form an optionally substituted ring with 5, 6 or 7 ring members, with at least one amine of formula (II) HNR1R2 (II), wherein R1 and R2 independently represent hydrogen or a hydrocarbon group with 1 to 100 C atoms, in a reaction tube the longitudinal axis of which extends in the direction of propagation of the microwaves of a monomode microwave applicator, under microwave irradiation to form carboxamide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED
    Inventors: Matthias Krull, Roman Morschhaeuser
  • Patent number: 8158631
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are as defined herein are Hepatitis C virus NS5b polymerase inhibitors. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for treating an HCV infection and inhibiting HCV replication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Elbert Chin, Javier de Vicente Fidalgo, Jim Li, Alfred Sui-Ting Lui, Kristen Lynn McCaleb, Ryan Craig Schoenfeld, Francisco Xavier Talamas
  • Patent number: 8153638
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 and n are as defined in the description, processes for the preparing the compounds, new intermediates employed in the preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and uses of the compounds in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Bradford Van Wagenen, Radhakrishnan Ukkiramapandian, Joshua Clayton, Ian Egle, James R. Empfield, Methvin Isaac, Fupeng Ma, Abdelmalik Slassi, Gary Steelman, Rebecca Urbanek, Sally Walsh
  • Patent number: 8153647
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds according to formula (I): wherein A, Q, X, Y, Z, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10 and R11 are as defined herein. The disclosure also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing a compound of formula (I), to processes for preparing the compounds of formula (I), and to methods of using the compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis
    Inventors: Jozsef Zsolt Bocskei, Gary McCort, Hans Matter, Henning Steinhagen, Bérangère Thiers
  • Patent number: 8148443
    Abstract: The present invention relates to oxonium salts having [(Ro)3O]+ cations and sulfonium salts having [(Ro)3S]+ cations, where Ro denotes straight-chain or branched alkyl groups having 1-8 C atoms or phenyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by Ro, ORo, N(Ro)2, CN or halogen, and anions selected from the group of [PFx(CyF2y+1?xHz)6?x]? anions, where 2?x?5, 1?y?8 and 0?z?2y+1, or anions selected from the group of [BFn(CN)4?n]? anions, where n=0, 1, 2 or 3, or anions selected from the group of [(Rf1SO2)2N]? anions or anions selected from the group of [BFWRf24?w]? anions, to processes for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof, in particular for the preparation of ionic liquids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, German Bissky, Helge Willner
  • Publication number: 20120077806
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of inhibiting a deubiquitinase (DUB), methods of treating pathogenic infections (e.g., viral, bacterial, and/or parasitic), methods of inhibiting cell proliferation, methods of treating a neurodegenerative disease, methods of treating one or more symptoms of a neurodegenerative disease or a genetic disorder, and compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Donato, Christiane Wobus, Hollis D. Showalter, Moshe Talpaz, Jeffrey W. Perry, Roderick J. Sorenson, Mary X. O'Riordan, Yafei Jin
  • Patent number: 8143410
    Abstract: The present invention relates to drug delivery systems comprising ocular implant, which include organic molecules, capable of modulating tyrosine kinase signal transduction in order to regulate, modulate and/or inhibit abnormal cell proliferation, in combination with a polymer, which polymer serves to control, modify, modulate and/or slow the release of the therapeutic component into the environment of the eye in which said composite is placed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Lon T. Spada, Jane Guo Shiah, Patrick Hughes, Thomas C. Malone, Gerald W. Devries, Jeffrey L. Edelman, Julie A. Wurster
  • Patent number: 8143408
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new compounds of formula (I) and to pharmaceutical composition containing said compounds and to the use of said compounds in therapy. The present invention further relates to processes for the preparation of said compounds and to new intermediates useful in the preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Yevgeni Besidski, Inger Kers, Martin Nylöf, Lars Sandberg, Karin Skogholm
  • Publication number: 20120065162
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pyrrolidine compound of General Formula (1) or a salt thereof, wherein R101 and R102 are each independently a phenyl group or a pyridyl group, the phenyl group or the pyridyl group may have one or more substituents selected from halogen atoms and lower alkyl groups optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, etc. The pyrrolidine compound or a salt thereof of the present invention is usable to produce a pharmaceutical preparation having a wider therapeutic spectrum and being capable of exhibiting sufficient therapeutic effects after short-term administration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Muneaki KURIMURA, Shinichi TAIRA, Takahiro TOMOYASU, Nobuaki ITO, Kuninori TAI, Noriaki TAKEMURA, Takayuki MATSUZAKI, Yasuhiro MENJO, Shin MIYAMURA, Yohji SAKURAI, Akihito WATANABE, Yasuyo SAKATA, Takumi MASUMOTO, Kohei AKAZAWA, Haruhiko SUGINO, Naoki AMADA, Satoshi OHASHI, Tomoichi SHINOHARA, Hirofumi SASAKI, Chisako MORITA, Junko YAMASHITA, Satoko NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20120065066
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2009
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION LLC
    Inventors: Christopher John Mathews, Louisa Robinson, Stephane Andre Marie Jeanmart
  • Patent number: 8133847
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling plants or inhibiting plant growth which comprises applying to the plants or to the locus thereof a herbicidally effective amount of a compound of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in claim 1; or salts or N-oxides thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes for preparing compounds of formula (I), to herbicidal compositions comprising compounds of formula (I) and to certain novel pyrido[2,3-b]pyrazines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Neil Brian Carter, Matthew Robert Cordingley, Patrick Jelf Crowley, Michael Drysdale Turnbull
  • Patent number: 8119635
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I pharmaceutical compositions of these compounds, and use of said compositions to control synaptic transmission in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Michael R. Schrimpf, Karin R. Tietje, Richard B. Toupence, Jianguo Ji, Anwer Basha, William H. Bunnelle, Jerome F. Daanen, Jennifer M. Frost, Kevin B. Sippy
  • Publication number: 20120040964
    Abstract: The present invention relates to inhibitors of 11-? hydroxyl steroid dehydrogenase type 1, antagonists of the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR), and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The compounds of the invention can be useful in the treatment of various diseases associated with expression or activity of 11-? hydroxyl steroid dehydrogenase type 1 and/or diseases associated with aldosterone excess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: INCYTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wenqing Yao, Meizhong Xu, Colin Zhang, Yanlong Li, Jincong Zhuo, Brian W. Metcalf