1,4-diazines Patents (Class 544/336)
  • Publication number: 20090286792
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-cycloalkylaminopyrrolidine derivatives of the formula I: (wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, X, Y and Z 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 modulators 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: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: Chu-Biao Xue, Brian W. Metcalf, Amy Qi Han, Darius J. Robinson, Changsheng Zheng, Anlai Wang, Yingxin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20090286794
    Abstract: The present invention relates to preventives or remedies for Alzheimer's disease, or to amyloid protein fibril-formation inhibitors, which include as an active ingredient a compound of general formula (I) below or a pharmacologically permitted salt thereof; and also to nitrogen-containing heteroaryl derivatives having specific substituents, or pharmacologically permitted salts thereof, which are valuable as preventives or remedies for Alzheimer's disease, or as amyloid protein fibril-formation inhibitors: (where, R1 and R2 are H or alkyl; Z1 and Z2 are H, alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl or halogeno; Z3 is alkoxy, SH, alkylthio, NH2, mono- or di-alkylamino, OH or halogeno; Z4 and Z5 are H or halogeno; and A is 4,6-pyrimidine-1,3-diyl, 1,3,5-triazine-2,6-diyl, etc).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: BTG International Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Meguro, Tomiichiro Oda, Yasuhiro Nakagami, Shinji Marumoto, Kazuo Koyama, Isao Kaneko
  • Patent number: 7618973
    Abstract: The invention relates to isoxazolo-pyrazine derivatives and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts having affinity and selectivity for the GABA A ?5 receptor binding site, their manufacture, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The compounds of present invention are inverse agonists of GABA A ?5. The invention also relates to methods for enhancing cognition and for treating cognitive disorders like Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Bernd Buettelmann, Roland Jakob-Roetne, Henner Knust, Andrew Thomas
  • Patent number: 7618969
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or prodrug thereof, are disclosed: wherein R1 is C1-6alkyl, haloC1-6alkyl, C2-6alkenyl, amino, monoC1-4alkylamino or diC1-4alkylamino; R2 and R3, which may be the same or different, are hydrogen, halogen, C1-6alkyl, haloC1-6alkyl, C1-4alkoxy, haloC1-4alkoxy, cyano, amino, monoC1-4alkylamino or diC1-4alkylamino; each R4, which may be the same or different, is C1-6alkyl, halogen, C1-6alkyl, haloC1-6alkyl, C1-4alkoxy, haloC1-4alkoxy, cyano, nitro, amino, monoC1-4alkylamino or diC1-4alkylamino; p is 0, 1 or 2; n is 1 or 2; R5 and R6, which may be the same or different, are hydrogen, halogen, C1-6alkyl, haloC1-6alkyl, C1-4alkoxy, haloC1-4alkoxy, cyano, amino, monoC1-4alkylamino or diC1-4alkylamino; and Het is thienyl, pyridyl, pyrimidinyl, pyridazinyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrazinyl, imidazolyl, pyrazolyl, pyrrolyl, quinolyl, thiazolyl or furyl, each of which may be substituted by one or more groups independently selected from the list consisting
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Marcus Bradley, Kevin Michael Thewlis, Simon Edward Ward
  • Patent number: 7618972
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of substituted triazoles of formula (I) with activity as oxytocin antagonists, uses thereof, processes for the preparation thereof and compositions containing said inhibitors. These inhibitors have utility in a variety of therapeutic areas including sexual dysfunction, particularly premature ejaculation (P.E.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc
    Inventor: Andrew Antony Calabrese
  • Patent number: 7615635
    Abstract: Novel N-formyl hydroxylamine compounds and their derivatives are disclosed. These N-formyl hydroxylamine compounds inhibit peptidyl deformylase (PDF), an enzyme present in prokaryotes. The compounds are useful as antimicrobials and antibiotics. The compounds of the invention display selective inhibition of peptidyl deformylase versus other metalloproteinases such as MMPs. Methods of preparation and use of the compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignees: Novartis AG, Vicuron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathryn Rene Bracken, Simon Bushell, Karl Dean, Charles Francavilla, Rakesh K. Jain, Kwangho Lee, Mohindra Seepersaud, Lei Shu, Arathi Sundaram, Zhengyu Yuan
  • Publication number: 20090275588
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel sulfonamide compounds and their use as orexin receptor antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Hamed Aissaoui, Christoph Boss, Markus Gude, Ralf Koberstein, Thierry Sifferlen, Cornella Zumbrunn Acklin
  • Patent number: 7612074
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel diazabicyclic aryl compounds of the formula wherein: R? represents hydrogen or alkyl; A represents an aromatic monocyclic or bicyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic; and is hydrogen or a subsituent as defined in the specification. The compounds are cholinergic ligands at the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and modulators of the monoamine receptors and transporters. The compounds of the invention may be useful for the treatment of diseases or disorders as diverse as those related to the cholinergic system of the central nervous system (CNS), the peripheral nervous system (PNS), diseases or disorders related to smooth muscle contraction, endocrine diseases or disorders, diseases or disorders related to neuro-degeneration, diseases or disorders related to inflammation, pain, and withdrawal symptoms caused by the termination of abuse of chemical substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Neurosearch A/S
    Inventors: Dan Peters, Daniel B. Timmermann, Gunnar M. Olsen, Elsebet Østergaard Nielsen, Tino Dyhring Jørgensen
  • Publication number: 20090270416
    Abstract: The invention provides a Chk-1 kinase inhibiting compound of the formula (I) or a salt, solvate or tautomer thereof, wherein: G is CH2, O, NH, NHCO or CONH; A is a group (CH2)n where n is 1 to 4 provided that when G is O or NH, n is at least 2; X1 is nitrogen or CH; X2 is nitrogen or a group CR5; X3 is nitrogen or a group CR5; X4 is nitrogen or CH; provided that no more than two of X2, X3 and X4 are nitrogen; and R1; R2; R3; R4; R5 and R6 are as defined in the claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: SENTINEL ONCOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert George Boyle, Stuart Travers
  • 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: 7605261
    Abstract: The invention relates to new products of formula (I): in which: Y represents oxygen or sulphur, Z represents C?CH2, CH—CH3 or CH2, R1 represents hydrogen, morpholinyl or the radical. In which the two nitrogen atoms are linear or form a cyclic radical, X represents carbonyl, alkylene or alkenylene, linear or branched, containing at most 6 carbon atoms optionally interrupted by oxygen or sulphur, R4, R5 and R6 represent hydrogen, a protective group of the nitrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl and arylalkyl optionally substituted, R2 represents alkyl optionally substituted by aryl, heteroaryl or —NR4R5, R3 represents alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, arylalkyl or heteroarylalkyl optionally substituted, these products being in all isomer forms and the salts, as medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Pierre Deprez, Marcel Patek
  • Publication number: 20090258868
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula I or a stereoisomer, tautomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein W is a bond, —C(?S)—, —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —C(?O)—, —O—, —C(R6)(R7)—, —N(R5)— or —C(?N(R5))—; X is —O—, —N(R5)— or —C(R6)(R7)—; provided that when X is —O—, U is not —O—, —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —C(?O)— or —C(?NR5)—; U is a bond, —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —C(O)—, —O—, —P(O)(OR15)—, —C(?NR5)—, —(C(R6)(R7))b— or —N(R5)—; wherein b is 1 or 2; provided that when W is —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —O—, or —N(R5)—, U is not —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —O—, or —N(R5)—; provided that when X is —N(R5)— and W is —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —O—, or —N(R5)—, then U is not a bond; and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 are as defined in the specification; and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Zhaoning Zhu, Brian A. McKittrick, Zhong-Yue Sun, Yuanzan C. Ye, Johannes H. Voigt, Corey Strickland, Elizabeth M. Smith, Andrew Stamford, William J. Greenlee, Robert Mazzola, John Caldwell, Jared N. Cumming, Lingyan Wang, Yusheng Wu, Ulrich Iserloh, Tao Guo, Thuy X.H. Le, Kurt W. Saionz, Suresh D. Babu, Rachael C. Hunter, Michelle L. Morris, Huizhong Gu, Gang Qian, Dawit Tadesse
  • Patent number: 7601715
    Abstract: A process is provided for preparing triazole substituted azaindoleoxoacetic piperazine derivative. Novel intermediates produced in the above process, and novel N-1 and amorphous forms of a 1,2,3-triazole substituted azaindoloxoacetic piperazine derivatives and processes for producing such novel forms are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Nachimuthu Soundararajan, Yuping Qiu, Wenhao Hu, David R. Kronenthal, Pierre Sirard, Jean Lajeunesse, Robert Droghini, Ramakrishnan Chidambaram, Xinhua Qian, Kenneth J. Natalie, Shawn K. Pack, Nathan Reising, Erqing Tang, Michael G. Fakes, Qi Gao, Feng Qian, Blisse J. Vakkalagadda, Chiajen Lai, Shan-Ming Kuang
  • Publication number: 20090253676
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I): wherein: R1 is hydroxymethyl; R2 is selected from —C(O)NR4R5, —SO2NR4R5, —S(O)pR4 and HET-2; HET-1 is a 5- or 6-membered, optionally substituted C-linked heteroaryl ring; HET-2 is a 4-, 5- or 6-membered, C- or N-linked optionally substituted heterocyclyl ring; R3 is selected from halo, fluoromethyl, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, methyl, methoxy and cyano; R4 is selected from for example hydrogen, optionally substituted (1-4C)alkyl and HET-2; R5 is hydrogen or (1-4C)alkyl; or R4 and R5 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached may form a heterocyclyl ring system as defined by HET-3; HET-3 is for example an optionally substituted N-linked, 4, 5 or 6 membered, saturated or partially unsaturated heterocyclyl ring; p is (independently at each occurrence) 0, 1 or 2; m is 0 or 1; n is 0, 1 or 2; provided that when m is 0, then n is 1 or 2; or a salt, pro-drug or solvate thereof, are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Craig Johnstone, Darren McKerrecher, Kurt Gordon Pike, Michael James Waring
  • Publication number: 20090253905
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing onium salts comprising alkyl anions or aryl sulfonate anions or alkyl carboxylate anions or acryl carboxylate anions by reacting an onium halide with an alkyl silyl ester or trialkyl silyl ester of an alkyl sulfonic acid or aryl sulfonic acid or an alkyl carboxylic acid or aryl carboxylic acid or the anhydrides thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Urs Weiz-Biermann, Andriy Kucheryna, Helge Willner
  • Patent number: 7598423
    Abstract: This application relates to a substituted hydroxyphenyl ketone compound of formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a pharmaceutical composition thereof and its use in treating migraine. This application also relates to processes for preparing a compound of formula I, and intermediate compounds useful therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Thomas Daniel Aicher, Guillermo S. Cortez, Todd Michael Groendyke, Albert Khilevich, James Allen Knobelsdorf, Fredrik Pehr Marmsater, Jeffrey Michael Schkeryantz, Tony Pisal Tang, Nicholas Andrew Magnus
  • Patent number: 7598272
    Abstract: A compound of the general formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, solvates, crystal forms or diastereomers thereof is described. A method of treating protein kinase-associated disease states using the compound of formula I is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Cytopia Research Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Christopher John Burns, Xianyong Bu, Andrew Frederick Wilks
  • Patent number: 7598236
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I pharmaceutical compositions of these compounds, and use of said compositions to control synaptic transmission in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    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: 20090239866
    Abstract: Novel PDF inhibitors and novel methods for their use are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Axten, Jesus R. Medina
  • Publication number: 20090239841
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I are provided. In which the variables are as described herein. Such compounds may be used to modulate CB1 activity in vivo or in vitro, and are particularly useful in the treatment of conditions responsive to CB1 modulation in humans, domesticated companion animals and livestock animals, including appetite disorders, obesity and addictive disorders. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for using them to treat such disorders are provided, as are methods for using such ligands for receptor localization studies and various in vitro assays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Alan J. Hutchison, Jun Yuan
  • Patent number: 7592337
    Abstract: Tetrazole compounds substituted directly, or by a bridge, with i) a heteroaryl moiety containing N adjacent to the point of connection of the heteroaryl and ii) another heteroaryl or aryl ring, with at least one of the rings being further substituted with another ring, are mGluR5 modulators useful in the treatment of psychiatric and mood disorders such as, for example, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, panic, and bipolar disorder, as well as in the treatment of pain, Parkinson's disease, cognitive dysfunction, epilepsy, circadian rhythm disorders, drug addiction, drug abuse, drug withdrawal, obesity and other diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Chixu Chen, Nicholas D. P. Cosford, Brian W. Eastman, Dehua Huang, Steve F. Poon, Thomas S. Reger, Jeffrey R. Roppe, Nicholas D. Smith
  • Publication number: 20090234120
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions of matter that are ionic liquids, the compositions comprising any of eleven cations combined with any of three fluorinated sulfonated anions. Compositions of the invention should be useful as solvents and, perhaps, as catalysts for many reactions, including aromatic electrophilic substitution, nitration, acylation, esterification, etherification, oligomerization, transesterification, isomerization and hydration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark Andrew Harmer, Christopher P. Junk, Jemma Vickery
  • Publication number: 20090227590
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), in salt or zwitterionic form, wherein J, L, M, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 have the meanings as indicated in the specification, are useful for treating conditions that are mediated by the muscarinic M3 receptor. Pharmaceutical compositions that contain the compounds and a process for preparing the compounds are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Neil John Press, Stephen Paul Collingwood
  • Publication number: 20090221547
    Abstract: The present invention relates to immunosuppressants, processes for their production, their uses and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The invention provides a novel class of compounds useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases or disorders mediated by lymphocyte interactions, particularly diseases associated with EDG receptor mediated signal transduction. This application relates to compounds selected from Formula (Ia), (Ib), (Ic) and (Id).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: IRM LLC
    Inventors: Wenqi Gao, Yongqin Wan, Jiqing Jiang, Yi Fan, Nathanael S. Gray, Shifeng Pan
  • Publication number: 20090221596
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) in which A1, A2, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and X are as defined in the description, to processes and intermediates for their preparation, and to their use for controlling pests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Iris Escher, Michael Müller, Peter Jeschke, Michael Beck, Oliver Gaertzen, Olga Malsam, Peter Lösel, Ulrich Ebbinghaus-Kintscher, Christian Arnold, Karl-Josef Haack
  • Patent number: 7582632
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are useful in the prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of hyperglycemia and diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Prosidion Limited
    Inventors: Matthew Colin Thor Fyfe, Lisa Sarah Gardner, Maseo Nawano, Martin James Procter, Chrystelle Marie Rasamison, Karen Lesley Schofield, Vilasben Kanji Shah, Kosuke Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20090216013
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of formula (I) which are activators of glucokinase and thus may be useful for the management, treatment, control, or adjunct treatment of diseases, where increasing glucokinase activity is beneficial.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Anthony Murray, Jesper Lau, Lone Jeppesen, Per Vedso, Michael Ankersen, Jane Marie Lundbeck, Marit Kristiansen, Maria Carmen Valcarce-Lopez, Dharma Rao Polisetti, Govindan Subramanian, Robert Carl Andrews, Daniel P. Christen, Jeremy T. Cooper, Kalpathy Chidambareswara Santhosh
  • Patent number: 7579465
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of formula I their salts, and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and their use in the treatment of picornavirus infections in mammals, as well as novel intermediates useful in the preparation of the compounds of formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Biota Scientific Managment Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Keith Watson, Guy Krippner, Pauline Stanislawski, Darryl McConnell
  • Patent number: 7572911
    Abstract: A compound represented by the following formula (I) or formula (2-I):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiki Fujiwara, Naoyuki Hanaki, Shigeaki Tanaka, Tadashi Omatsu, Yoshiharu Yabuki
  • Patent number: 7569688
    Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition containing a propane-1,3-dione derivative as the active ingredient, particularly a GnRH receptor antagonist. Also, provided is a propane-1,3-dione derivative having a GnRH antagonistic effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Masaaki Hirano, Eiji Kawaminami, Akira Toyoshima, Hiroyuki Moritomo, Norio Seki, Ryutaro Wakayama, Minoru Okada, Toshiyuki Kusayama
  • Publication number: 20090186900
    Abstract: There is provided a compound of Formula I wherein the various symbols are as defined in the description, and a method of manufacturing a medicament for use in the therapy of a condition or disease associated with 17?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17?-HSD), comprising a compound of Formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Nigel VICKER, Gillian Margaret ALLAN, Harshani Rithma Ruchiranani LAWRENCE, Joanna Mary DAY, Atul PUROHIT, Michael John REED, Barry Victor Lloyd POTTER
  • Publication number: 20090181981
    Abstract: Crystalline R-2-(4-cyclopropanesulfonyl-phenyl)-N-pyrazin-2-yl-3-(tetrahydropyran-4-yl)-propionamide and methods of its preparation and use are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Jeanette Tower Dunlap, Gregory Alan Stephenson
  • Patent number: 7560462
    Abstract: Substituted urea compounds useful in the treatment of diseases and C1-3alkyleneOR3 conditions related to DNA damage or lesions in DNA replication are disclosed formula (I), wherein X1 is null, —O—, —S—, —CH2—, or —N(R1)—; X2 is —O—, . -£>. -, or —N(R1)—,—. . Y xs 0 or S; or =y represents two hydrogen atoms attached to a common carbon atom, —W is selected from the group consisting of heteroaryl, aryl, heterocycloalkyl, cycloalkyl, and C1-6alkyl substituted with a heteroaryl. or aryl group; R6 is —C?C—R7 or heteroaryl; R8, R9, and R10, independently, are selected from the group consisting of halo, optionally substituted C1-6alkyl, C2-6alkenyl, C2-6alkynyl, OCP3, CF3, NO2, CN, NC, N(R3)2, OR3, CO2R3, C(O)N (R3)2, C(O)R3, N(R1)COR3, N(R1)C(O)OR3, N(R8)C(O)OR3, N(R1)C(O)C1-3alkyleneC(O)R3, N(R1)C(O)C1 -3alkyleneC(O)OR3, N(R1)C(O)C1-3alkyleneOR3, N(R1)C(O)C1-3alkyleneNHC(O)OR3, N(R1)C(O)C1-3alkyleneSO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: ICOS Corporation
    Inventors: John Joseph Gaudino, Adam Wade Cook
  • Patent number: 7550461
    Abstract: Disclosed are amide compounds of formula (I): wherein Ar1, Q, Y and R3-R6 of formula (I) are defined herein. The compounds inhibit production of cytokines involved in inflammatory processes and are thus useful for treating diseases and pathological conditions involving inflammation such as chronic inflammatory disease. Also disclosed are processes for preparing these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Donghong Amy Gao, Daniel R. Goldberg, Abdelhakim Hammach, Ming-Hong Hao, Victor Marc Kamhi, Neil Moss, Kevin Chungeng Qian, Gregory Paul Roth, Christopher Ronald Sarko, Alan David Swinamer, Zhaoming Xiong
  • Patent number: 7544694
    Abstract: This invention concerns substituted diaza-spiro-[5.5]-undecane derivatives having neurokinin antagonistic activity, in particular NK1 antagonistic activity, a combined NK1/NK2 antagonistic activity, a combined NK1/NK3 antagonistic activity and a combined NK1/NK2/NK3 antagonistic activity, their preparation, compositions comprising them and their use as a medicine, in particular for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of schizophrenia, emesis, anxiety and depression, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), circadian rhythm disturbances, pre-eclampsia, nociception, pain, in particular visceral and neuropathic pain, pancreatitis, neurogenic inflammation, asthma, COPD and micturition disorders such as urinary incontinence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Frans Eduard Janssens, Bruno Schoentjes, Sophie Coupa, Alain Philippe Poncelet, Yvan René Ferdinand Simonnet
  • Patent number: 7544704
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with aryl-4-ethynyl-isoxazole derivatives of formula I wherein R1 to R5 are as described in the specification and pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. This class of compounds has high affinity and selectivity for GABA A ?5 receptor binding sites, being useful as a cognitive enhancer or for the treatment of cognitive disorders like Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Bernd Buettelmann, Henner Knust, Andrew Thomas
  • Patent number: 7538138
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrug thereof which are useful for the modulation of the histamine-3 receptors in mammals and which are useful for the treatment of disorders ameliorated by histamine-3 receptor ligands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Marlon D. Cowart, Youssef L. Bennani, Ramin Faghih, Gregory A. Gfesser, Lawrence A. Black
  • Patent number: 7531550
    Abstract: Pseudobase benzo[c]phenanthridines and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof of Formula I are provided herein. The variables R, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are defined herein. Certain pseudobase benzo[c]phenanthridines provided herein act as prodrugs, targeting the parent benzo[c]phenanthridinium alkaloid to hydrophilic or hydrophobic regions in the body. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising a pseudobase benzo[c]phenanthridine and a carrier, excipient, or diluent are provided herein. Methods of treating or preventing microbial, fungal and or viral infections and methods of treating diseases and disorders responsive to protein kinase C modulation, topoisomerase I, and/or topoisomerase II modulation are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Yale University
    Inventors: Kenneth Shaw, Mingbao Zhang
  • Patent number: 7531543
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to phenylpiperazine cycloalkanol derivatives, compositions containing these derivatives, and methods of their use for the prevention and treatment of conditions ameliorated by monoamine reuptake including, inter alia, vasomotor symptoms (VMS), sexual dysfunction, gastrointestinal and genitourinary disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromylagia syndrome, nervous system disorders, and combinations thereof, particularly those conditions selected from the group consisting of major depressive disorder, vasomotor symptoms, stress and urge urinary incontinence, fibromyalgia, pain, diabetic neuropathy, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Paige Erin Mahaney, Eugene John Trybulski, Lori Krim Gavrin, An Thien Vu
  • Publication number: 20090118254
    Abstract: The present invention discloses novel compounds of Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which have histamine-H3 receptor antagonist or inverse agonist activity, as well as methods for preparing such compounds. In another embodiment, the invention discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I as well as methods of using these compositions to treat obesity, cognitive deficiencies, narcolepsy, and other histamine H3 receptor-related diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Lisa Selsam Beavers, Robert Alan Gadski, Cynthia Darshini Jesudason, Richard Todd Pickard, Freddie Craig Stevens
  • Publication number: 20090111834
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery that certain non-naturally occurring, non-peptide amide compounds and amide derivatives, such as oxalamides, ureas, and acrylamides, are useful flavor or taste modifiers, such as a flavoring or flavoring agents and flavor or taste enhancer, more particularly, savory (the “umami” taste of monosodium glutamate) or sweet taste modifiers, —savory or sweet flavoring agents and savory or sweet flavor enhancers, for food, beverages, and other comestible or orally administered medicinal products or compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Catherine Tachdjian, Andrew P. Patron, Sara L. Adamski-Werner, Farid Bakir, Qing Chen, Vincent Darmohusodo, Stephen Terrence Hobson, Xiaodong Li, Ming Qi, Daniel Harry Rogers, Marketa Rinnova, Guy Servant, Xiao-Qing Tang, Mark Zoller, David Wallace, Amy Xing, Klaus Gubernator
  • Patent number: 7517532
    Abstract: 8,9-Dihydroxydihydropyridopyrazine-1,6-diones and 8,9-dihydroxypyridopyrazine-1,6-diones are inhibitors of HIV integrase and inhibitors of HIV replication. In one embodiment, the pyridopyrazinediones are of Formula (I): (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are defined herein. The compounds are useful in the prevention and treatment of infection by HIV and in the prevention, delay in the onset, and treatment of AIDS. The compounds are employed against HIV infection and AIDS as compounds per se or in the form of pharmaceutically acceptable salts. The compounds and their salts can be employed as ingredients in pharmaceutical compositions, optionally in combination with other antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics or vaccines. Methods of preventing, treating or delaying the onset of AIDS and methods of preventing or treating infection by HIV are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: John S. Wai, Boyoung Kim, Thorsten E. Fisher, Peter D. Williams, H. Marie Langford
  • Patent number: 7514437
    Abstract: A method of treating or preventing diseases or conditions mediated through the action of oxytocin which comprises administering to a mammal in need thereof of an effective amount of a compound of the formula (I) and/or a physiologically acceptable derivative thereof, wherein the substituents have the meaning given in the description. Disclosed are also novel compounds of formula (I) and processes for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corp.
    Inventors: Alan David Borthwick, Richard Jonathan Hatley, Deirdre Mary Bernadette Hickey, John Liddle, David George Hubert Livermore, Andrew McMurtrie Mason, Neil Derek Miller, Fabrizio Nerozzi, Steven Leslie Sollis, Anna Katrin Szardenings, Paul Graham Wyatt
  • Publication number: 20090088406
    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: May 12, 2006
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    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: 20090076030
    Abstract: A compound selected from those of formula (I): wherein: R1, R2, R3 and R4, which may be the same or different, each represent an atom or group selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, phenyl and cyano, X represents a bond, an oxygen atom or a group selected from —(CH2)m—, —OCH2— and —NR5—, wherein m represents 1 or 2, and R5 is as defined in the description, Y represents an oxygen atom or a group selected from NR7 and CHR8, wherein R7 and R8 are as defined in the description, Z represents a nitrogen atom or a CH group, n represents 1 or 2, Ak represents an alkylene chain, Ar represents an aryl or heteroaryl group, its optical isomers, and addition salts thereof with a pharmaceutically acceptable acid. Medical products containing the same which are useful in the treatment of conditions requiring a serotonin reuptake inhibitor and/or NK1 antagonist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: LES LABORATOIRES SERVIER
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Peglion, Aimee Dessinges, Bertrand Goument, Mark Millan, Clotilde Mannoury La Cour
  • Publication number: 20090075968
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the variables are as defined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Junichi Sakaki, Masashi Kishida, Naoko Matsuura, Ichiro Umemura, Eiji Kawahara, Ken Yamada, Kazuhide Konishi, Yuki Iwaki, Hidetomo Imase, Takahiro Miyake
  • Publication number: 20090062537
    Abstract: Novel N-formyl hydroxylamine compounds and their derivatives are disclosed. These N-formyl hydroxylamine compounds inhibit peptidyl deformylase (PDF), an enzyme present in prokaryotes. The compounds are useful as antimicrobials and antibiotics. The compounds of the invention display selective inhibition of peptidyl deformylase versus other metalloproteinases such as MMPs. Methods of preparation and use of the compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Kwangho Lee, Jennifer A. Leeds
  • Publication number: 20090054444
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) wherein R1 is a cycloalkylsulphonyl group, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are useful in the prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of hyperglycemia and diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2005
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Matthew Colin Thor Fyfe, Vilasben Kanji Shah
  • Publication number: 20090054465
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel N-hydroxyacrylamide compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. More particularly, it relates to novel N-hydroxyacrylamide compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which act as a HDAC inhibitor, to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same and to a method of using the same therapeutically in the treatment and/or prevention of HDAC-related disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: Astella Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Fumiyuki Shirai, Hideo Tsutsumi, Hiromichi Itani, Yoshihiro Kozuki, Yoshiteru Eikyu, Taro Masunaga
  • Publication number: 20090054447
    Abstract: The present invention is related to the use of 2,3 substituted pyrazine sulfonamides of formula (I) for the treatment and/or prevention of allergic diseases, inflammatory dermatoses and other diseases with an inflammatory component. Specifically, the present invention is related to the use of 2,3 substituted pyrazine sulfonamides for the modulation, notably the inhibition, of CRTH2 activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: Laboratoires Serono S.A.
    Inventors: Patrick Page, Matthias Schwarz, Eric Sebille, Christophe Cleva, Cedric Merlot, Maurizio Maio