Bicyclo Ring System Having The Diazine Ring As One Of The Cyclos Patents (Class 544/349)
  • Publication number: 20090203672
    Abstract: Substituted sulfonamide compounds corresponding to the formula I? wherein m, n, p, X, Y, Z, R1, RA and RB have specified meanings, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and the use of these substituted sulfonamide compounds for the treatment and/or inhibition of pain or other conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: GRUENENTHAL GmbH
    Inventors: Beatrix Merla, Stefan Oberboersch, Ruth Jostock, Michael Engels, Stefan Schunk, Melanie Reich, Sabine Hees
  • Patent number: 7572787
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted sulfonamide compounds of the general formula (I), wherein P is sulfonamide or amide-substituted sulfonic acid, which compounds are potentially useful for the prophylaxis and treatment of medical conditions relating to obesity, type II diabetes and/or disorders of the central nervous system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Biovitrum AB
    Inventors: Patrizia Caldirola, Ulf Bremberg, Gary Johansson, Andrew Mott, Annika Jenmalm Jensen, Katarina Beierlien, Markus Thor, Lars Tedenborg
  • Publication number: 20090192146
    Abstract: The present invention provides substituted di-, tri-, tetra- and penta-sulfide compounds and compositions, and methods of using the same for the treatment and/or prevention of a cell proliferative disorder. The present invention also provides methods for preparing trisulfide compounds and compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: ACEA BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Xiao XU, Haoyun An, Xiaobo Wang
  • Patent number: 7566715
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted bis-arylsulfonamide and arylsulfonamide compounds of the general formula (I) or the formula (II), which compounds are potentially useful for the prophylaxis and treatment of medical conditions relating to obesity, type II diabetes and/or disorders of the central nervous system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Biovitrum AB
    Inventors: Ulf Bremberg, Patrizia Caldirola, Annika J. Jensen, Gary Johansson, Lori Sutin, Andrew Mott, Jan Tejbrant
  • Publication number: 20090186899
    Abstract: Substituted sulfonamide compounds corresponding to the formula I wherein m, n, p, Q, R1, R2, R3, R4, X, Y and Z have the respective meanings defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, a process for their preparation, and the use of such compounds for the treatment and/or inhibition of pain and other conditions mediated by bradykinin receptor 1 (B1R) and/or bradykinin receptor 2 (B2R).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: GRUENENTHAL GmbH
    Inventors: Beatrix Merla, Stefan Oberboersch, Ruth Jostock, Michael Engels, Stefan Schunk, Melanie Reich, Sabine Hees
  • Publication number: 20090181945
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel two cyclic cinnamide compound and a pharmaceutical agent comprising the compound as an active ingredient. The two cyclic cinnamide compound represented by the general formula (I): wherein represents a single bond or a double bond; Ar1 represents a phenyl group or pyridinyl group that may be substituted with 1 to 3 substituents; R1 and R2 each represent a C1-6 alkyl group, a hydroxyl group, or the like; Z1 represents a methylene group or vinylene group, which may be substituted with 1 or 2 substituents selected from Substituent Group A1, an oxygen atom, or an imino group that may be substituted with a substituent selected from Substituent Group A1; and p, q, and r each represent an integer of 0 to 2, which has an effect of reducing A?40 and A?42 production, and thus is particularly useful as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for a neurodegenerative disease caused by A? such as Alzheimer's disease or Down's syndrome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Teiji Kimura, Koki Kawano, Eriko Doi, Noritaka Kitazawa, Mamoru Takaishi, Koichi Ito, Toshihiko Kaneko, Takeo Sasaki, Takehiko Miyagawa, Hiroaki Hagiwara, Yu Yoshida
  • Patent number: 7553836
    Abstract: The present application provides compounds, including all stereoisomers, solvates, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable forms thereof according to Formula I wherein R1a, R1b, R1c, Q, A, R3, W, D and R2 are defined herein. Additionally, the present application provides pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one compound according to Formula I and optionally at least one additional therapeutic agent. Finally, the present application provides methods for treating a patient suffering from an MCHR-1 modulated disease or disorder such as, for example, obesity, diabetes, depression or anxiety by administration of a therapeutically effective dose of a compound according to Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventor: Guohua Zhao
  • Publication number: 20090163497
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein X, n, Y, and R1 are defined generally and in subsets herein. Compounds of the invention are inhibitors of CCR2 and accordingly are useful for the treatment of a variety of inflammatory, allergic, and autoimmune diseases, disorders, or conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Amy M. Elder, Shomir Ghosh, Sian Griffiths, Prakash Raman, Francois Soucy, Kevin Sprott, Qing Ye
  • Publication number: 20090156465
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ?-amino acid derivatives as dipeptidyl peptidase-IV inhibitors and the processes for the synthesis of the same. This invention also relates to pharmacological compositions containing the compounds of the present invention, and methods of treating diabetes, especially type 2 diabetes, as well as prediabetes, diabetic dyslipidemia, metabolic acidosis, ketosis, satiety disorders, and obesity. These inhibitors can also be used to treat conditions manifested by a variety of metabolic, neurological, anti-inflammatory, and autoimmune disorders like inflammatory disease, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis; viral, cancer and gastrointestinal disorders. The compounds of this invention can also be used for treatment of infertility arising due to polycystic ovary syndrome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Jitendra A. Sattigeri, Shahadat Ahmed, Murugaiah M.S. Andappan, Sachin Sethi, Lalima Sharma, Chanchal Kumar Pal, Sachin Ramesh Kandalkar, Dipak C. Mahajan, Kaushal Kishore, Sumati Bhatia, Anil G. Gadhave, Vinay S. Bansal, Joseph Alexanand Davis
  • 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: 7538110
    Abstract: Certain quinolizidine and octahydropyridopyrazine compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of their use, inter alia, as opioid receptor antagonists are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Adolor Corporation
    Inventors: Roland E. Dolle, Bertrand Le Bourdonnec, Allan James Goodman
  • Publication number: 20090131668
    Abstract: Compound of formula (I): wherein: represents 1-oxidopyridyl substituted by the remainder of the molecule in any one of the positions 2, 3 and 4, m and n, which may be identical or different, each represent an integer of from 1 to 3, R1 represents hydrogen or alkyl, R2 and R3, which may be identical or different, each represent an atom or group selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, hydroxy, acyloxy and alkoxy, or, together with the carbon atom carrying them, form a cycloalkane having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms, R4 and R5 each represent hydrogen, or are adjacent and, together with the carbon atoms carrying them, form a benzo ring, Ar represents aryl or heteroaryl. Medicinal products containing the same which are useful as thrombin inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: LES LABORATOIRES SERVIER
    Inventors: Guillaume De Nanteuil, Philippe Gloanec, Jean-Gilles Parmentier, Alain Benoist, Alain Rupin, Marie-Odile Vallez, Tony Verbeuren
  • Publication number: 20090118232
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nACh receptors), activation of nACh receptors, and the treatment of disease conditions associated with defective or malfunctioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially of the brain. Further, this invention relates to novel compounds (indazoles and benzothiazoles), which act as ligands for the ?7 nACh receptor subtype, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Wenge Xie, Brian Herbert, Jianguo MA, Truc Minh NGUYEN, Richard SCHUMACHER, Carla Maria Gauss, Ashok TEHIM
  • Patent number: 7524839
    Abstract: The invention-provides 2, 3-, 4- or 5-substituted-N1-(arylsulfonyl)indole and (heteroaryl)indole compounds of the general formula (I): in which Ar, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the specification. The compounds bind to the 5-HT6 receptor and are useful for the treatment and prophylaxis of disorders mediated by the 5-HT6 receptor, such as obesity and CNS disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Inventors: Patrizia Caldirola, Björn M. Nilsson, Gary Johansson
  • Publication number: 20090105264
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of substituted nicotinamides. These compounds can inhibit histone deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing terminal differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. The compounds of the invention may also be useful in the prevention and treatment of TRX-mediated diseases, such as autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases, and in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), such as neurodegenerative diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Christopher Hamblett, Dawn M. Mampreian, Joey L. Methot, Thomas Miller, David L. Sloman, Matthew G. Stanton, Kevin Wilson
  • Publication number: 20090099158
    Abstract: Certain substituted tetrahydroisoquinoline compounds are histamine H3 receptor modulators useful in the treatment of histamine H3 receptor-mediated diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Cheryl A. Grice, Michael A. Letavic, Alejandro Santillan, JR., Kimberly L. Schwarz
  • Patent number: 7517988
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to certain hydroxamate derivatives that are useful in the treatment of hepatitis C. These compounds are also inhibitors of histone deacetylase and are therefore useful in the treatment of diseases associated with histone deacetylase activity. Pharmaceutical compositions and processes for preparing these compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Pharmacyclics, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik J. Verner, Hon C. Hui
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20090089939
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to the dyeing of keratin materials using indole-derived styryl dyes comprising an alkylene linker. Disclosed herein is a dye composition comprising an indole-derived styryl dye comprising an alkylene linker, and a dyeing process with, for example, a lightening effect on keratin materials such as hair, using said composition. Disclosed herein are novel indole-derived styryl dyes comprising an alkylene linker and the uses thereof in lightening keratin materials. This composition makes it possible to obtain a coloring with a lightening effect which can be resistant and visible on dark keratin fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventors: Andrew Greaves, Nicolas Daubresse
  • Publication number: 20090075309
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for: compositions, BRET systems, kits, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Sanjiv S. Gambhir, Jelena Levi, Abhijit De
  • Publication number: 20090075983
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel diaza-bicyclo-alkane derivatives, which are found to be cholinergic ligands at the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and modulators of the monoamine receptors and transporters. Due to their pharmacological profile 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: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Dan Peters, Daniel B. Timmermann, Gunnar M. Olsen, Elsebet Ostergaard Nielsen, Jeppe Kejser Christensen, Tino Dyhring
  • Publication number: 20090062253
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and methods useful as modulators of CB2 for the treatment or prevention of disease states including, but not limited to pain, autoimmune disease, malabsorption syndrome, pulmonary disease, osteoporosis, muscle spasm in cancer, neuromuscular disorder, and atherosclerosis progression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: KALYPSYS, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy C. Gahman, Cunxiang Zhao, Hengyuan Lang, Mark Eben Massari
  • Publication number: 20090036455
    Abstract: Novel substituted arylpiperazine derivatives with activity as 5-hydroxytryptamine 1A (5-HT1A) receptor subtype ligands, to their stereochemical isomers, methods of their preparation, and to their use and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them for the treatment of Parkinson disease, cerebral damage by thromboembolic ictus, craneoencephalic traumatisms, depression, migraine, pain, psychosis, anxiety disorders, aggressive disorders or urinary tract disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: CEPA SCHWARZ PHARMA, S.L.
    Inventors: Maria Luz Lopez-Rodriguez, Bellinda Benhamu Salama
  • Publication number: 20090036456
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel 3,9-diazabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane derivatives useful as monoamine neurotransmitter re-uptake inhibitors. In other aspects the invention relates to the use of these compounds in a method for therapy and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Dan Peters, John Paul Redrobe, Elsebet Ostergaard Nielsen
  • Patent number: 7482345
    Abstract: Compounds described by the chemical formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: are inhibitors of p38 and are useful in the treatment of inflammation such as in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid spondylitis, osteoarthritis, gouty arthritis and other arthritic conditions; inflamed joints, eczema, psoriasis or other inflammatory skin conditions such as sunburn; inflammatory eye conditions including conjunctivitis; pyresis, pain and other conditions associated with inflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Inventors: Meng-Hsin Chen, James B. Doherty, Robert Tynebor
  • Publication number: 20090017489
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for modulating the activation of Nurr1, the composition comprising an agonist or an antagonist of a dopamine D2 receptor, methods for modulating the activation of Nurr1 by the dopamine D2 receptor, a method and composition for treating Nurr1-related diseases using the dopamine D2 receptor, and methods for screening a modulator of a dopamine D2 receptor of a test compound. Accordingly, the activation of Nurr1 can be modulated by treating the dopaminergic neurons with the agonist or the antagonist of the dopamine D2 receptor, thereby enhancing or inhibiting generation of the dopaminergic neurons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: Korea University Industry And Academy Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Ja hyun Baik, Sung yul Kim
  • Publication number: 20090018128
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pyrrolopyrazine derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and their use in the treatment of diseases, particularly pain, which diseases are caused directly or indirectly by an increase or decrease in activity of the cannabinoid receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Andrew John Eatherton, Gerard Martin Paul Giblin, William Leonard Mitchell
  • Patent number: 7476465
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a battery which is high in capacity density and superior in stability. An electrode containing a compound having a diazine-N,N?-dioxide structure shown by a general formula (1) described below as an electrode active material is used, where x, y, x?, and y? independently shows integer numbers of 0 or more respectively, and the order of condensation of diazine rings and benzene rings may be alternate or random. One of substituents R1, R2, R3, R4, Ra, Rb, Rc, and Rd shows a part of main chain or side chain of oligomer or polymer, and the other independently shows hydrogen atom, halogen atom, or a specific group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yukiko Morioka, Masahiro Suguro, Kentaro Nakahara, Jiro Iriyama, Shigeyuki Iwasa, Masaharu Satoh
  • Patent number: 7476737
    Abstract: Eszopiclone is prepared by reacting zopiclone with an enatiomerically pure di-p-toluoyl tartaric acid, recovering a solid salt, and reacting a solid salt with a base. Zopiclone is prepared by reacting 6-(5-chloropyrid-2-yl)-5-hydroxy-7-oxo-5,6-dihydropyrrolo[3,4-b]-pyrazine with 1-chlorocarbonyl-4-methylpiperazine hydrochloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignees: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Venkata Naga Brahmeswara Rao Mandava, Sreenadhacharyulu Kandala, Mukunda Reddy Jambula, Raveendra Reddy Chinta
  • Publication number: 20090005388
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel 3,9-diazabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane derivatives which are found to be cholinergic ligands at the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and modulators of the monoamine receptors and transporters. Due to their pharmacological profile 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: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Dan Peters, Daniel B. Timmermann, Gunnar M. Olsen, Elsebet Ostergaard Nielsen, Jeppe Kejser Christensen
  • Publication number: 20090005389
    Abstract: 2,5-diaza-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane 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, sodium channel activity, including, for example, acute pain, chronic pain, visceral pain, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, urinary incontinence, itchiness, allergic dermatitis, epilepsy, irritable bowel syndrome, depression, anxiety, multiple sclerosis, 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: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventor: Prasun K. Chakravarty
  • Publication number: 20080312240
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof: where Ar1, A, Hy, R1, m and n are as defined in the description. The invention also includes pharmaceutical compositions and uses of, and processes of making the compounds, as well as methods of medical treatment of mGluR5-mediated disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Louise Edwards, Methvin Isaac, Abdelmalik Slassi, Guang-Ri Sun, Tao Xin, Alexander Minidis, Peter Dove
  • Publication number: 20080306078
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel 3,9-diazabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane derivatives useful as monoamine neurotransmitter re-uptake inhibitors. In other aspects the invention relates to the use of these compounds in a method for therapy and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Dan Peters, John Paul Redrobe, Elsebet Ostergaard Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20080306077
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I: wherein R1 and Q are as described in the specification, pharmaceutically-acceptable salts, methods of making, pharmaceutical compositions containing and methods for using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Joshua Clayton, Ian Egle, James Empfield, James Folmer, Methvin Isaac, Fupeng Ma, Abdelmalik Slassi
  • Patent number: 7459414
    Abstract: Compounds of formula wherein the substituents have the meanings given in claim 1, and agronomically tolerable salts, isomers and enantiomers of those compounds, are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Maetzke, André Stoller, Sebastian Wendeborn, Henry Szczepanski
  • Patent number: 7452881
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new derivatives of sulphonamides, with the general formula (I), as well as to their physiologically acceptable salts, the processes for their preparation, their application as medicaments in human and/or veterinary therapy and the pharmaceutical compositions that contain them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Laboratories Del Dr. Esteve, S.A.
    Inventors: Ramón Merce-Vidal, Blas Andaluz-Mataro, Jordi Frigola-Constansa
  • Publication number: 20080280912
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel diazabicyclic aryl derivatives, which are found to be cholinergic ligands at the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and modulators of the monoamine receptors and transporters. Due to their pharmacological profile 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: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Dan Peters, Daniel B. Timmermann, Gunnar M. Olsen, Elsebet Ostergaard Nielsen, Tino Dyhring
  • Patent number: 7425557
    Abstract: New pyridine-based compounds of Formula I, compositions, and methods of inhibiting the activity of glycogen synthase kinase (GSK3) in vitro and of treatment of GSK3-mediated disorders in vivo are provided. The methods, compounds, and compositions of the invention may be employed alone, or in combination with other pharmacologically active agents in the treatment of disorders mediated by GSK3 activity, such as diabetes, Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders, obesity, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, essential hypertension, polycystic ovary syndrome, syndrome X, ischemia, traumatic brain injury, bipolar disorder, immunodeficiency or cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: John M Nuss, Stephen D Harrison, David B Ring, Rustum S Boyce, Kirk Johnson, Keith B Pfister, Savithri Ramurthy, Lynn Seely, Allan S Wagman, Manoj C Desai, Barry H Levine
  • Publication number: 20080200471
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds having affinity for the 5-HT6 receptor which are of the formula (I): wherein R1—R4 A, B, D, E, and G are as defined herein. The disclosure also relates to methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: MEMORY PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Dunn, Truc Minh Nguyen, Wenge Xie, Ashok Tehim
  • Publication number: 20080200470
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain derivatives of cycloalkanediones invariably substituted with a chroman-2-yl, 2-quinolyl or —O-phenyl residue which are serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) 5-HT1A receptor subtype agonists modulators, to their stereochemical isomers and to their use in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of pathological states for which an agonist a modulator of these receptors is indicated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Maria Luz Lopez-Rodriguez, Bellinda Benhamu Salama, Joaquin Del Rio Zambrana, Diana Frechilla Manso
  • Publication number: 20080194571
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof: where Ar1, A, B, R1, m and n are as defined in the description. The invention also includes pharmaceutical compositions and uses of, and processes of making the compounds, as well as methods of medical treatment of mGluR 5 mediated disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Louise Edwards, Mithvin Isaac, Abdelmalik Slassi, Guang-Ri Sun, Peter Dove, Erwan Arzel
  • Patent number: 7399763
    Abstract: 8-Hydroxy-1-oxo-tetrahydropyrrolopyrazine compounds are inhibitors of HIV integrase and inhibitors of HIV replication. More particularly, the compounds are of Formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are defined herein. The compounds are useful in the prevention and treatment of infection by ITV 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: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventor: John S. Wai
  • Publication number: 20080167288
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the formula: its enantiomers, diastereomers, racemic mixtures thereof, prodrugs, crystalline forms, non-crystalline forms, amorphous forms thereof, solvates thereof, metabolites thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein the ring A substituent groups are fully defined in the following disclosure. The compounds of formula are inhibitors of metalloproteases such as matrix metalloproteases and sheddases, and are useful in treating diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, neoplastic diseases, allergies and all those diseases wherein inhibition of MMPs is desirable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: Lncyte Corporation
    Inventors: Yun Long Li, Jincong Zhuo, David Burns, Wanqing Yao, Ravi Kumar Jalluri
  • Publication number: 20080167315
    Abstract: Substituted tetrahydropyrrolopyrazine compounds corresponding to the formula I: processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds for the treatment and/or inhibition of pain and other disorders or disease states at least partly mediated by KCNQ2/3 K+ channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: GRUENENTHAL GmbH
    Inventors: Beatrix Merla, Thomas Christoph, Stefan Oberboersch, Klaus Schiene, Gregor Bahrenberg, Robert Frank, Sven Kuehnert, Wolfgang Schroeder
  • Patent number: 7396833
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR), activation of nAChRs, and the treatment of disease conditions associated with defective or malfunctioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially of the brain. Further, this invention relates to novel compounds for example, indoles, 1H-indazoles, 1,2-benzisoxazoles, and 1,2-benzisothiazoles, which act as ligands for the ?7 nAChR subtype, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Memory Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Wenge Xie, Brian Herbert, Jianguo Ma, Truc Minh Nguyen, Richard Schumacher, Carla Maria Gauss, Ashok Tehim
  • Publication number: 20080161314
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel diazabicyclic aryl derivatives which are found to be cholinergic ligands at the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and modulators of the monoamine receptors and transporters. Due to their pharmacological profile 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: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: NeuroSearch A/S
    Inventors: Dan Peters, Daniel B. Timmermann, Gunnar M. Olsen, Elsebet Ostergaard Nielsen, Tino Dyhring
  • Publication number: 20080161313
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel 3,9-diazabicycl?[3.3.1]nonene derivative of formula (I) and the enantiomers thereof and the use thereof as active ingredients in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions. The invention also concerns related aspects including pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one compound of formula (I) or (I?) and especially their use as inhibitors of renin.(I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS LTD
    Inventors: Oliver Bezencon, Daniel Bur, Walter Fischli, Lubos Remen, Sylvia Richard-Bildstein, Thierry Sifferlen, Thomas Weller
  • Publication number: 20080146566
    Abstract: The invention concerns a compound of the Formula I (A chemical formula should be inserted here—please see paper copy enclosed herewith) wherein m is 0-2 and each R1 is a group such as hydroxy, halogeno, trifluoromethyl heterocyclyl and heterocyclyloxy; R2 is halogeno, trifluoromethyl or (1-6C)alkyl; R3 is hydrogen, halogeno or (1-6C)alkyl; and R4 is (3-6C)cycloalkyl; or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of diseases or medical conditions mediated by cytokines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Ian Alun Nash, Kenneth Mark Page, Paul Allen Bethel
  • Publication number: 20080103152
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel 3,9-diazabicyclo[3.3.1]nonene derivative and the enantiomers thereof and the use thereof as active ingredients in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions. The invention also concerns related aspects including processes for the preparation of the compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one compound of formula (I) or (I?) and especially their use as inhibitors of renin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd
    Inventors: Olivier Bezencon, Daniel Bur, Walter Fisciili, Lubos Remen, Sylvia Richard-Bildstein, Thierry Sifferlen, Hans-Peter Weber, Thomas Weller
  • Patent number: 7354922
    Abstract: A compound having the general structure shown in Formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or solvates thereof are useful in treating diseases or conditions mediated by NK1 receptors, for example various physiological disorders, symptoms or diseases, including emesis, depression, anxiety and cough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Xiao, Anandan Palani, Cheng Wang, Hon-Chung Tsui, Xianhai Huang, Sapna S. Shah, Ashwin U. Rao, Xiao Chen, Sunil Paliwal, Neng-Yang Shih