Piperazines (i.e., Fully Hydrogenated 1,4-diazines) Patents (Class 544/358)
  • Patent number: 6613769
    Abstract: The invention relates to bifunctional tryptase inhibitors of formula (I) wherein H1 and H2 comprise a Q group and L is a linker of formula and the conformation of the H1, H2 and L groups is such that the groups are separated by a distance of from 20 to 45 Å. Pharmaceutical compositions and crystal forms of the compounds are described in addition to methods for producing and identifying such compounds, as well as the use of such compounds in methods of treating allergic and inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignees: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften. e.V., Altana Pharma AG
    Inventors: Wolfram Bode, Luis Moroder, Pedro Jose Barbosa Pereira, Andreas Bergner, Robert Huber, Christian Sommerhoff, Norbert Schaschke, Thomas Bär, Thomas Martin, Josef Stadlwieser, Wolf-Rüdiger Ulrich, Andreas Dominik, Ulrich Thibaut, Daniela Bundschuh, Rolf Beume, Karl-Josef Goebel
  • Patent number: 6608081
    Abstract: Bicyclic heterocyclic substituted phenyl oxazolidinone compounds of the formula: wherein Y is a radical of Formulae II or III: in which the substituents have the meaning indicated in the description. These compounds are useful as antibacterial agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven D. Paget, Dennis J. Hlasta
  • Patent number: 6608066
    Abstract: The invention includes pharmaceutically active compounds and methods of treatment and pharmaceutical compositions that utilize or comprise one or more such compounds. Compounds of the invention are particularly useful for treating or prophylaxis of undesired thrombosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Sunol Molecular Corporation
    Inventors: Jin-An Jiao, Lawrence K. Luepschen, Esperanza L. Nieves, Hing C. Wong, Dean P. Taylor
  • Patent number: 6602875
    Abstract: This invention is directed to sorbitol dehydrogenase inhibitory compounds of the formula I, wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the specification. This invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions containing those compounds and methods of treating or preventing diabetic complications, particularly diabetic neuropathy, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic microangiopathy, diabetic macroangiopathy and diabetic cardiomyopathy by administering such compounds to a mammal suffering from diabetes and therefore at risk for developing such complications. This invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a combination of a compound of formula I of this invention with an aldose reductase inhibitor and to methods of treating or preventing diabetic complications therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc
    Inventors: Margaret Y. Chu-Moyer, Banavara L. Mylari, William J. Zembrowski
  • Patent number: 6602863
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds that are irreversible inhibitors of tyrosine kinases. Also provided is a method of treating cancer, restenosis, atherosclerosis, endometriosis, and psoriasis and a pharmaceutical composition that comprises a compound that is an irreversible inhibitor of tyrosine kinases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: Alexander James Bridges, William Alexander Denny, Ellen Myra Dobrusin, Annette Marian Doherty, David William Fry, Dennis Joseph McNamara, Howard Daniel Hollis Showalter, Jeffrey B. Smaill, Hairong Zhou
  • Patent number: 6599903
    Abstract: Intermediate compounds having the formula wherein the substituents are defined as set forth in the disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Societe de Conseils de Recherches d'Applications Scientifiques (S.C.R.A.S.)
    Inventors: Pierre Etienne Chabrier de Lassauniere, Serge Auvin, Dennis Bigg, Michel Auguet, Jeremiah Harnett
  • Publication number: 20030139401
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, and prodrugs thereof, composition and methods useful for preventing and treating thrombotic conditions in mammals. The compounds of the present invention, and prodrugs thereof, selectively inhibit certain proteases of the coagulation cascade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Applicant: Pharmacia Corporation
    Inventors: Michael S. South, Brenda Case, Danny J. Garland, Michael J. Hayes, Horng-Chih Huang, Wei Huang, Darin E. Jones, William L. Neumann, John J. Parlow, David B. Reitz, Melvin L. Rueppel, Ronald K. Webber
  • Publication number: 20030125549
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for asymmetrically disubstituting carboxylic acid amides on the geminal carbonyl-C atom using two different grignard reagents in the presence of a metal alcoholate compound used as a catalyst and in the presence of another organometallic compound used as a co-catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Herwig Buchholz, Urs Welz-Biermann
  • Patent number: 6586459
    Abstract: This application relates to a compound of formula I (or a prodrug thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound or prodrug thereof) as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and its use as an inhibitor of factor Xa, as well as a process for its preparation and intermediates therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Inventors: Douglas Wade Beight, Trelia Joyce Craft, Jeffry Bernard Franciskovich, Theodore Goodson, Junior, Steven Edward Hall, David Kent Herron, Valentine Joseph Klimkowski, Jeffrey Alan Kyle, John Joseph Masters, David Mendel, Guy Milot, Jason Scott Sawyer, Robert Theodore Shuman, Gerald Floyd Smith, Anne Louise Tebbe, Jennifer Marie Tinsley, Leonard Crayton Weir, James Howard Wikel, Michael Robert Wiley, Ying Kwong Yee
  • Patent number: 6586187
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula are useful in the treatment of various disorders including, but not limited to, cancer (tumor metathesis, tumorgenesis/tumor growth), angiogenesis (as in cancer, diabetic retinopathy, rheumatoid arthritis), restenosis (following balloon angioplasty or stent implantation), inflammation (as in rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis), bone diseases (osteopenia induced by bone metastases, immobilization and glucocortocoid treatment, periodontal disease, hyperparathyroidism and rheumatoid arthritis), and as antiviral agents. Novel method of making compounds of formula I are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Ariamala Gopalsamy, Hui Y. Yang
  • Patent number: 6583144
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds represented by formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof. The compounds can inhibit the biosynthesis of triglycerides in the liver and can inhibit the secretion of lipoprotein containing apolipoprotein B from the liver. Therefore, they are useful for the prevention or treatment of hyperlipidemia (particularly hyper-very-low-density-lipoproteinemia) and arteriosclerotic diseases, such as cardiac infarction, or pancreatitis induced by hyperlipidemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto Ohkura, Takashi Tsuruoka, Takayuki Usui, Yukiko Hiraiwa, Tetsuya Matsushima, Masaharu Shiotani, Tetsutaro Niizato, Yuuko Nakatani, Shigeki Suzuki, Chidsuko Kuroda, Kiyoaki Katano
  • Patent number: 6583173
    Abstract: This application relates to a compound of formula I (or a prodrug thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound or prodrug thereof) as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and its use as an inhibitor of factor Xa, as well as a process for its preparation and intermediates therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Douglas Wade Beight, Trelia Joyce Craft, Jeffrey Bernard Franciskovich, Theodore Goodson, Junior, Steven Edward Hall, David Kent Herron, Valentine Joseph Klimkowski, Jeffrey Alan Kyle, John Joseph Masters, David Mendel, Guy Milot, Jason Scott Sawyer, Robert Theodore Shuman, Gerald Floyd Smith, Anne Louise Tebbe, Jennifer Marie Tinsley, Leonard Crayton Weir, James Howard Wikel, Michael Robert Wiley, Ying Kwong Yee
  • Patent number: 6576297
    Abstract: A coating, sealant or adhesive composition curable at ambient temperatures of 40° C. or below comprises an epoxy resin and an amine-functional curing agent. The curing agent comprises a material containing at least two, and preferably at least three, heterocyclic secondary amine group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: International Coatings Ltd.
    Inventors: Colin Cameron, Anna Thomas, Alastair Robert Marrion, Ian David Fletcher, Stefan Norbert Rudiger Niedoba
  • Patent number: 6562827
    Abstract: Heterocyclically substituted amides of the general formula I wherein the variables as defined in the specification are useful in pharmaceuticals for the treatment of diseases in which increased interleuken-1 levels occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Wilfried Lubisch, Achim Möller, Hans-Jörg Treiber, Monika Knopp
  • Patent number: 6548504
    Abstract: The present invention therefore provides, in a first aspect, a compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof: in which the group D is selected from a group of formula (A), (B) or (C) below: in which P is a monocyclic, bicyclic or tricyclic alicyclic ring containing up to 20 carbon atoms in the ring(s); A is a single bond, a C1-6alkylene or a C2-6alkenylene group; R1 is halogen, C1-6alkyl optionally substituted by one or more fluorine atoms, C3-6cycloalkyl, C1-6alkoxy, OCF3, hydroxy, hydroxyC1-6alkyl, hydroxyC1-6alkoxy, C1-6alkoxyC1-6alkoxy, C1-6alkanoyl, amino, alkylamino or dialkylamino, SR11 where R11 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl or R1 is aryl, arylC1-6alkyl, a bicyclic heterocyclic ring or is a 5 to 7-membered heterocyclic ring each containing 1 to 4 heteroatoms selected from oxygen, nitrogen or sulfur; n is 0, 1, 2 or 3; and R2 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, aryl, arylC1-6alkyl or C3-6cycloalkyl; or in which Ra is an alkyl group containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham p.l.c.
    Inventors: Steven Mark Bromidge, Stephen Frederick Moss
  • Patent number: 6545152
    Abstract: Novel chiral derivitaves of non-nucleoside inhibitors (NNI), particularly R-isomers of halopyridyl and thiazoyl thiourea compounds are provided as potent inhibitors of reverse transcriptase (RT), and particularly of retroviral RT, most particularly HIV RT. The stereospecific compounds and compositions of the invention inhibit replication of retrovirus, particularly human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) and drug resistant strains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Parker Hughes Institute
    Inventors: Fatih M. Uckun, Taracad K. Venkatachalam
  • Publication number: 20030050316
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel analogs of choline and methods of use or treatment of neurodegenerative disorders and/or conditions such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington disease, Alzheimer's disease and related disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, spinal muscular atrophy, Friedrich's ataxia, Pick's disease, Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome, Refsom's disease, retinal degeneration, Cruetzfelt-Jacob syndrome or prion disease (mad cow disease), dementia with Lewy bodies, schizophrenia, paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration and neurodegenerative conditions caused by stroke. The present compounds are effective to treat any neurological condition where acetylcholine transmission neurons and their target cells are affected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Jerry J. Buccafusco, Alvin V. Terry, J. Warren Beach, Rammamohanna R. Jonnala
  • Publication number: 20030050309
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the heterocyclic compounds as ligands for various mammalian cellular receptors, including dopamine, serotonin, or norepinephrine transporters. The compounds of the present invention will find use in the treatment of numerous ailments, conditions and diseases which afflict mammals, including but not limited to addiction, anxiety, depression, sexual dysfunction, hypertension, migraine, Alzheimer's disease, obesity, emesis, psychosis, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, Lesche-Nyhane disease, Wilson's disease, and Tourette's syndrome. An additional aspect of the present invention relates to the synthesis of combinatorial libraries of the heterocyclic compounds, and the screening of those libraries for biological activity, e.g., in assays based on dopamine transporters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Brian M. Aquila, Thomas D. Bannister, Gregory D. Cuny, James R. Hauske, Joanne M. Holland, Paul E. Persons, Heike Radeke, Fengjiang Wang, Liming Shao
  • Publication number: 20030032641
    Abstract: The present invention relates to discodermolidate acid salts of formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Frederick R. Kinder, Prasad K. Kapa, Eric M. Loeser
  • Patent number: 6514298
    Abstract: Fuel additives comprise a compound having a group represented by the formula >C═=N—  (1). Also disclosed are fuel compositions containing such additives. The additives have a superior detergent effect to conventional gasoline detergents and an excellent detergency of the injection nozzles of a diesel engine and is free from being sludge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Haji, Masaki Nagao, Tadahide Sone
  • Patent number: 6514996
    Abstract: An oxygen-containing heterocyclic compound represented by following Formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 independently represent hydrogen, lower alkyl, cyano, —(CH2)n—E1—CO—G1 (wherein E1 represents a bond, O, or NH; and G1 represents hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, OR6, or NR7R8; and n represents an integer of 0 to 4), or the like; R1 and R2 are combined to represent a saturated carbon ring together with a carbon atom adjacent thereto; or R2, and R11 or R13 described below are combined to form a single bond; R3 represents hydrogen, phenyl, or halogen; R4 represents hydroxy, lower alkoxy, or the like; A represents —C(R9)(R10)— or O; B represents O, NR11, —C(R12)(R13)—, or —C(R14)(R15)—C(R16)(R17)—; D represents (i) —C(R18)(R19)—X— (wherein X represents —C(R21)(R22)—, S, or NR23), (ii) —C(R19a)═Y— [Y represents —C(R24)—Z— (wherein Z represents C
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Etsuo Ohshima, Takashi Kawakita, Koji Yanagawa, Kyoichiro Iida, Rie Koike, Yoshisuke Nakasato, Tohru Matsuzaki, Kenji Ohmori, Soichiro Sato, Hidee Ishii, Haruhiko Manabe, Michio Ichimura, Fumio Suzuki
  • Patent number: 6503910
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (B)2N—X—(CH2)n—CR1R2—CO—Y  (I) have therapeutic utility as inhibitors of metalloproteinases etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Darwin Discovery Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrew Douglas Baxter, David Alan Owen, Robert John Watson, John Gary Montana
  • Publication number: 20020198199
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, and prodrugs thereof, composition and methods useful for preventing and treating thrombotic conditions in mammals. The compounds of the present invention, and prodrugs thereof, selectively inhibit certain proteases of the coagulation cascade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: Pharmacia Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. South, Brenda Case, Danny J. Garland, Michael J. Hayes, Horng-Chih Huang, Wei Huang, Darin E. Jones, William L. Neumann, John J. Parlow, David B. Reitz, Melvin L. Rueppel, Rondald K. Webber
  • Patent number: 6495546
    Abstract: Propanolamine derivatives represented by the following formula (I): These derivatives may be &bgr;3 agonists and exert sympathomimetic, anti-ulcerous, anti-pancreatitis, lipolytic and anti-urinary incontinence and anti-pollakiuria activities. Pharmaceutical compositions containing such propanolamine derivatives, methods for the prevention and/or treatment diseases using these propanolamine derivatives, and processes for their preparation are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Taniguchi, Minoru Sakurai, Naoaki Fujii, Kumi Hosoi, Yasuyo Tomishima, Hisashi Takasugi, Hajime Sogabe, Hirofumi Ishikawa, Naomi Hanioka
  • Publication number: 20020183316
    Abstract: Novel amidoalkyl-piperidine and amidoalkyl-piperazine derivatives of the general formula 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Kevin Pan, Michael H. Parker, Allen B. Reitz, Steven J. Coats, Cheryl P. Kordik, Chi Luo
  • Patent number: 6489327
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel inhibitors of human tryptase which are used in the pharmaceutical industry for the production of medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignees: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Fordrungder Wisenschaften, e.V., Byk Gulden Lomberg Chemische Fabrik GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Bär, Thomas Martin, Josef Stadlwieser, Wolf-Rüdiger Ulrich, Andreas Dominik, Ulrich Thibaut, Daniela Bundschuh, Rolf Beume, Karl-Josef Goebel, Wolfram Bode, Luis Moroder, Pedro Jose Barbosa Pereira, Andreas Bergner, Robert Huber, Christian Sommerhoff, Norbert Schaschke
  • Patent number: 6486165
    Abstract: Method for the prevention or treatment of pruritus with anti-pruritic compounds is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Adolor Corporation
    Inventors: Wei Yuan Zhang, Alan L. Maycock, Michael Anthony Marella, Virendra Kumar, Forrest Gaul, Deqi Guo
  • Publication number: 20020173494
    Abstract: The present invention comprises compounds, compositions thereof, and methods capable of delivering inositol hexaphospahte (IHP) to the cytoplasm of mammalian cells. In certain embodiments, the present invention relates to compounds, compositions thereof, and methods that enhance the ability of mammalian red blood cells to deliver oxygen, by delivering IHP to the cytoplasm of the red blood cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Lehn, Yves Claude Nicolau, Stephane P. Vincent
  • Patent number: 6479497
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new new piperidyl or piperazinyl-substituted dihydro-2H-1-benzopyran derivatives compound having the formula (I) wherein X is N or CH; Y is NR2CH2, CH2NR2, NR2CO, CONR2, NR2SO2 or NR2CONR2 wherein R2 is H or C1-C6 alkyl; R1 is H, C1-C6 alkyl or C3-C6 cycloalkyl; R3 is C1-C6 alkyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl or (CH2)n-aryl, wherein aryl is phenyl or a heteroaromatic ring containing one or two heteroatoms selected from N, O and S and which may be mono- or di-substituted with R4 and/or R5; and n is 0-4; as (R)-enantiomers, (S)-enantiomers or a racemate in the form of a free base or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, a process for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing said therapeutically active compounds and to the use of said active compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Astrazeneca AB
    Inventors: Stefan Berg, Martin Nylöf, Svante Ross, Seth-Olov Thorberg
  • Patent number: 6465455
    Abstract: The invention concerns amide derivatives of Formula (I) wherein: R1 and R2 include hydroxy, C1-6alkoxy, mercapto, C1-6akylthio, amino and heterocyclyl; m and p are independently 0-3; R3 is halo, cyano or C1-6alkoxy; q is 0-4; and R4 is aryl or cycloalkyl wherein R4 is optionally substituted with up to 3 substituents having any value defined for each R1 group; or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt or in-vivo-cleavable ester thereof; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of diseases or medical conditions mediated by cytokines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Dearg S Brown, George R Brown
  • Publication number: 20020137742
    Abstract: Compound of formula (I): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Gilbert Lavielle, Bernard Cimetiere, Tony Verbeuren, Serge Simonet, Jean-Jacques Descombes
  • Patent number: 6455521
    Abstract: A condensed thiophene compound of the formula (I) wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and hydrates thereof. The compound of the formula (I) of the present invention is useful as a novel antipsychotic agent which is effective for both positive symptoms and negative symptoms of schizophrenia, which is associated with less side effects such as extrapyramidal motor disorder and the like and which is less associated with serious side effects such as agranulocytosis and the like. In addition, this compound is also useful as a therapeutic agent of Alzheimer's disease and manic-depressive illness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Seio, Hiroshi Tanaka, Toshiyuki Kohara, Kenji Hashimoto, Masatake Fujimura, Hideki Horiuchi, Hiroshi Yasumatsu, Koreichi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20020128208
    Abstract: The disclosed invention is a composition agonists and/or antagonists of V2, V1a or both receptors, in a host, including animals, and especially humans, using a small molecule or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: James P. Snyder, Dennis C. Liotta, Hariharan Venkatesan, Minmin Wang, Matthew C. Davis
  • Patent number: 6444662
    Abstract: Described are salts of hyperforin and adhyperforin of formula I [A−]m[B]p+  (I) wherein m is an integer from 1 to 3, p is equal to m and gives the total number of positive charges of the residue [B], [A−] is an anion of formula II with n=0 or 1 and [B]p+ is an ion of an alkali metal or an ammonium ion of a salt-forming nitrogen base of formula III wherein R1 through R4 have a variety of meanings including hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl and similar groups which in turn may be substituted with one or more substituents. The salts serve inter alia for enriching or purifying hyperforin and adhyperforin from St. John's Wort extracts. Pharmaceutical preparations containing the salts are used for treating Alzheimer's Disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Willmar Schwabe GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Shyam Sunder Chatterjee, Clemens Erdelmeier, Klaus Klessing, Dieter Marme, Christoph Schächtele
  • Publication number: 20020095038
    Abstract: A novel method for the synthesis of piperazine and its derivatives of formula 1, 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Sonny Sebastian, Hetal Virendra Patel, Rajamannar Thennati
  • Patent number: 6417362
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds represented by formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof. The compounds can inhibit the biosynthesis of triglycerides in the liver and can inhibit the secretion of lipoprotein containing apolipoprotein B from the liver. Therefore, they are useful for the prevention or treatment of hyperlipidemia (particularly hyper-very-low-density-lipoproteinemia) and arteriosclerotic diseases, such as cardiac infarction, or pancreatitis induced by hyperlipidemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto Ohkura, Takashi Tsuruoka, Takayuki Usui, Yukiko Hiraiwa, Tetsuya Matsushima, Masaharu Shiotani, Tetsutaro Niizato, Yuuko Nakatani, Shigeki Suzuki, Chidsuko Kuroda, Kiyoaki Katano
  • Patent number: 6417195
    Abstract: The present invention provides the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds based on the isoquinoline ring. More specifically, the invention provides novel isoquinoline derivatives as well as novel libraries comprised of such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Lion Bioscience AG
    Inventor: Michal Lebl
  • Patent number: 6399627
    Abstract: Novel compounds, their salts and compositions related thereto having activity against mammalian factor Xa are disclosed. The compounds are useful in vitro or in vivo for preventing or treating coagulation disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Cor Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Yonghong Song, Bing-Yan Zhu, Robert M. Scarborough, Lane Clizbe, Zhaozhong Jon Jia, Ting Su, Willy Teng
  • Patent number: 6395738
    Abstract: The present invention relates to benzofuran derivatives represented by following general formula (I): wherein R1 represents lower alkyl, R2 represents hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, R3, R4, R5 and R6 independently represent hydrogen or lower alkyl, X represents CH2 or C═O, and Y represents CH2 or NH, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Etsuo Ohshima, Tohru Matsuzaki, Haruhiko Manabe
  • Patent number: 6392042
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition containing at least one stereoisomer of at least one compound selected from: Or a salt thereof with an organic or inorganic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Aventis Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: Georges Bashiardes, Jean-Christophe Carry, Michel Evers, Bruno Filoche, Serge Mignani
  • Patent number: 6380258
    Abstract: A sulfonyl divalent aromatic or heteroaromatic ring hydroxamic acid compound that inter alia inhibits matrix metalloprotease activity is disclosed as are a treatment process that comprises administering a contemplated sulfonyl divalent aromatic or heteroaromatic ring hydroxamic acid compound in a MMP enzyme-inhibiting effective amount to a host having a condition associated with pathological matrix metalloprotease activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: G. D. Searle, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Louis J. Bedell, Joseph J. McDonald, Thomas E. Barta, Daniel P. Becker, Shashidhar N. Rao, John N. Freskos, Brent V. Mischke, Daniel P. Getman, Gary A. DeCrescenzo
  • Patent number: 6380197
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel polyhydroxyalkylpyrazine derivatives useful in treating and preventing a plethora of diseases including diabetes, having a general formula of wherein Rc1 represents the chain (II) —CH(OR4)CH(OR3)CH(OR2)CH2OR1 and either Rc2 represents a hydrogen atom and either Rc3 represents the chain (III)—CH2CH(OR6)CH(OR7)CH2OR8 or Rc2 represents the chain (IV)—CH(OR5)CH(OR6)CH(OR7)CH2OR8 or chain (III) —CH2CH(OR6)CH(OR7)CH2OR8 and Rc3 represents a hydrogen atom, and 1 to 8 substituents R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, identical or different, represent a radical independently selected among the radicals a) —COR9, b) —COOR10, c) —CR11R12OCOR13, d) —CR11R12OR13, e) —CONR14R15, and f) one or more pairs of the substituents R1, R2, R3, R4, R6, R7, R8, consecutive or separated by one of the other substituents R2, R3, R6, R7 can also form a group: —C(O)—; the other substituents R1, R2, R3, R4, R6, R7, R8 are hydrogen atoms
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Aventis Pharma S. A.
    Inventors: Hervé Bouchard, Alain Commercon, Jean-François Peyronel, Corinne Terrier
  • Patent number: 6376428
    Abstract: The dihalopropene compounds of the general formula [I] have excellent insecticidal/acaricidal activity, so that they are satisfactorily effective for the control of noxious insects, mites and ticks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Noriyasu Sakamoto, Sanshiro Matsuo, Masaya Suzuki, Taro Hirose, Kazunori Tsushima, Kimitoshi Umeda
  • Patent number: 6365741
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the selective preparation of cis-2,6-dimethylpiperazine by reacting (i) a diisopropanolamine mixture comprising compounds having the formulas HN(CH2CH(OH)CH3)2, HN(CH(CH3)CH2OH)2, and HN(CH(CH3)CH2OH)(CH2CH(OH)CH3) or (ii) 1,2-diaminopropane with ammonia and hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Rüdiger Schubart
  • Patent number: 6358956
    Abstract: The present invention comprises piperazine-containing compounds which inhibit prenyl-protein transferases, including-farnesyl-protein transferase and geranylgeranyl-protein transferase type I. Such therapeutic compounds are useful in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: George D. Hartman, William C. Lumma, Jr., John T. Sisko, Anthony M. Smith, Thomas J. Tucker, Gerald E. Stokker
  • Patent number: 6359061
    Abstract: Amide compounds of formula (I), combinatorial libraries of amide compounds and methods of preparing the same are provided. Libraries of the invention are useful for screening in biological assays in order to identify pharmaceutically useful compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: ISIS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Edward Swayze, Peter William Davis
  • Patent number: 6350874
    Abstract: A method for producing triethylenediamines and piperazines, which comprises contacting an amine compound having a group of the formula (1): wherein each of R1 to R4 which are independent of one another, is a hydrogen atom or a C1-3 alkyl group which may have a substituent, with a catalyst consisting of a crystalline aluminosilicate calcinated at a temperature of from 500 to 950° C. and then contacted with an inorganic acid, and having a molar ratio of silica to alumina of at least 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Tosoh Corporation
    Inventor: Tsukasa Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20020016462
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for preparing basic organic nitrogen-containing compounds by
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventors: Johannes Scherer, Gunter Rauchschwalbe, Erich Hammerschmidt, Heinz-Gerd Hartges
  • Patent number: 6340759
    Abstract: The present provides a condensed pyridine compound (I) represented by the following formula: (wherein, R2 represents ring A represents benzene ring, pyridine ring, thiophene ring or furan ring; and B represents its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrates thereof, which is a clinically useful medicament having a serotonin antagonism, in particular, that for treating, ameliorating or preventing spastic paralysis or central muscle relaxants for ameliorating myotonia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: Eisai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohshi Ueno, Atsushi Sasaki, Koki Kawano, Tadashi Okabe, Noritaka Kitazawa, Keiko Takahashi, Noboru Yamamoto, Yuichi Suzuki, Manabu Matsunaga, Atsuhiko Kubota
  • Patent number: 6339154
    Abstract: A (2-substituted oxyphenyl)alkanamide derivative or a salt thereof expressed by the following Formula (I): wherein one of A and B is a hydrocarbon group of C3-30 expressed by R1 and the other is —(CH2)n—NR2R3; Z is —CO— or —CONR6—; R2 and R3 individually represent H, lower alkyl or benzyl, or —NR2R3 may be a heterocycle having 3-7 members; wherein —CONR5—(CH2)n—NR2R3 or —CONR6—(CH2)n—NR2R3 may be the following Group (D): wherein ring Y is a heterocycle of 6 or 7 members; R4 is selected from the group consisting of H, halogen, lower alkyl, lower acyl and etc; R5 and R6 are individually H, lower alkyl, lower acyl or lower alkylcarbamoyl, or may form a part of said Group(II); 1 is 0 or 1; m is 1 or 2; and n is an integer of 0-5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignee: Shiseido Co, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Kobayashi, Hirotada Fukunishi, Tokuro Iwabuchi