Six-membered Ring Consisting Of One Nitrogen And Five Carbons (e.g., Pyridine, Etc.) Patents (Class 544/360)
  • Publication number: 20140088106
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which is expressed anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Milan Bruncko, Yujia Dai, Hong Ding, George A. Doherty, Steven W. Elmore, Lisa Hasvold, Laura A. Hexamer, Aaron R. Kunzer, Robert A. Mantei, William J. McClellan, Chang H. Park, Cheol-Min Park, Andrew M. Petros, Xiaohong Song, Andrew J. Souers, Gerard M. Sullivan, Zhi-Fu Tao, Gary T. Wang, Le Wang, Xilu Wang, Michael D. Wendt, Todd M. Hansen
  • Patent number: 8680104
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula I: wherein variable substituents are defined herein, that modulate the activity of or bind to chemokine receptors such as CCR5. In some embodiments, the compounds of the invention are selective for CCR5. The compounds can be used, for example, to treat diseases associated with chemokine receptor expression or activity such as inflammatory diseases, immune diseases and viral infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: Chu-Biao Xue, Genfeng Cao, Taisheng Huang, Lihua Chen, Ke Zhang, Anlai Wang, David J. Meloni, Rajan Anand, Joseph Glenn, Brian W. Metcalf
  • Publication number: 20140080768
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to Pro-Drugs of dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) inhibitors and methods of use thereof. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a DHODH inhibitor compound including a cleavable functional group that increases bioavailability as compared to a form of the DHODH inhibitor without the functional group, rendering the former more suitable for therapeutic use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Alan Palmer, Michael J. Hudson, Richard Todd, Patrick Camilleri
  • Patent number: 8673919
    Abstract: This invention concerns N-(ortho phenylamino dihydropyridyl)sulfonamides and N-(ortho phenylamino dihydropyridyl), N?-alkyl sulfamides which are inhibitors of MEK and are useful in the treatment of cancer and other hyperproliferative diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Ardea Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Vernier, Hong Woo Kim, Marion Hitchcock, Shunqi Yan
  • Patent number: 8669259
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclic amide derivatives of Formula (I): Formula (I) wherein the variables are as defined in the specification. The present invention further relates to compositions comprising said heterocyclic amide derivatives of formula (I) and methods for using said heterocyclic amide derivatives of formula (I) for treating or preventing a disease or disorder related to the activity of a protein kinase, in particular, a proliferative disease, an anti-proliferative disorder, inflammation, arthritis, a neurological or neurodegenerative disease, a cardiovascular disease, alopecia, a neuronal disease, an ischemic injury, a viral disease or a fungal infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Panduranga P. Adulla Reddy, M. Arshad Siddiqui, Tzu Tshin Wong
  • Publication number: 20140066621
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which is expressed anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicants: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Milan Bruncko, Yujia Dai, Hong Ding, George A. Doherty, Steven W. Elmore, Lisa Hasvold, Laura Hexamer, Aaron R. Kunzer, Robert A. Mantei, Chang H. Park, Cheol-Min Park, Andrew M. Petros, Xiahong Song, Andrew J. Souers, Gerard M. Sullivan, Zhi-Fu Tao, Gary T. Wang, Le Wang, Xilu Wang, Michael D. Wendt, Peter Edward Czabotar, Guillaume Laurent Lessene, Peter Malcolm Colman, William J. McClellan
  • Patent number: 8664246
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted pyridines and to processes for preparation thereof, and to the use thereof for production of medicaments for treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, especially of haematological disorders, preferably of leukopenia and neutropenia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Siegel, Andreas Wilmen, Niels Svenstrup, Mark Jean Gnoth, Adrian Tersteegen, Ulrich Rester
  • Publication number: 20140057889
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 or Bcl-xL proteins, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which are expressed anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Milan Bruncko, Hong Ding, George A. Doherty, Steven W. Elmore, Lisa Hasvold, Laura A. Hexamer, Aaron R. Kunzer, Robert A. Mantei, William J. McClellan, Chang H. Park, Cheol-Min Park, Andrew M. Petros, Xiaohong Song, Andrew J. Souers, Gerard M. Sullivan, Zhi-Fu Tao, Gary T. Wang, Le Wang, Xilu Wang, Michael D. Wendt
  • Publication number: 20140057890
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 or Bcl-xL proteins, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which are expressed anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Milan Bruncko, Hong Ding, George A. Doherty, Steven W. Elmore, Lisa Hasvold, Laura A. Hexamer, Aaron R. Kunzer, Robert A. Mantei, William J. McClellan, Chang H. Park, Cheol-Min Park, Andrew M. Petros, Xiaohong Song, Andrew J. Souers, Gerard M. Sullivan, Zhi-Fu Tao, Gary T. Wang, Le Wang, Xilu Wang, Michael D. Wendt
  • Publication number: 20140057882
    Abstract: Derivatives of 1-phenyl-2-pyridinyl alkyl alcohols are useful as inhibitors of the phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) enzyme and the treatment of certain conditions such as COPD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: CHIESI FARMACEUTICI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Elisabetta ARMANI, GABRIELE AMARI, LAURA CARZANIGA, CARMELIDA CAPALDI, ORIANA ESPOSITO, GINO VILLETTI, RENATO DE FANTI
  • Patent number: 8653081
    Abstract: Certain substituted urea derivatives selectively modulate the cardiac sarcomere, for example by potentiating cardiac myosin, and are useful in the treatment of systolic heart failure including congestive heart failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Cytokinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley P. Morgan, Erica A. Kraynack, Pu-Ping Lu, Alex Muci, David J. Morgans
  • Patent number: 8653080
    Abstract: The disclosure provides methods and compositions useful for screening inhibitors of aggregation mediated proteotoxicity. The disclosure provides transgenic animals and cell useful for such screening. Also provided are compounds useful for inhibiting aggregation mediated proteotoxicity in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Salk Institute for Biological Studies
    Inventors: Andrew Dillin, Thomas J. Baiga, Erik Kapernick, Joseph P. Noel
  • Patent number: 8648067
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula I: their use as H3 antagonists/inverse agonists, processes for their preparation, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignees: Cephalon, Inc., Teva Sante
    Inventors: Edward R. Bacon, Thomas R. Bailey, Sankar Chatterjee, Derek D. Dunn, Greg A. Hostetler, Robert L. Hudkins, Brigitte Lesur, Babu G. Sundar, Allison L. Zulli, Christophe Yue
  • Publication number: 20140038984
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the compound for treatment and/or prevention of one or more metabolic disorders utilizes an A-B-C tripartite structure, wherein A, B, and C are identical or non-identical structures, for example, but not limited to, heterocyclic, phenyl or benzyl ring structures with or without substitutions and are described in detail herein. Also provided are methods for the treatment and/or prevention of one or more metabolic disorders, for example, obesity or diabetes, utilizing fatostatin A and/or a derivative and/or analog thereof and/or the A-B-C tripartite compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Motonari Uesugi, Salih J. Wakil, Lutfi Al-Elheiga, Mizuki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20140038945
    Abstract: The invention includes a compound of formula I: wherein R1, X, Z, n, and m have any of the values described herein, as well as salts of such compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and therapeutic methods that comprise the administration of such compounds. The compounds ate inhibitors of PDE4function and are useful for improving cognitive function in animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: DART NEUROSCIENCE (CAYMAN) LTD
    Inventors: Terence P. Keenan, Alan P. Kaplan
  • Publication number: 20140038963
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for identifying therapeutic agents that are multifunctional radical quenchers. It also provides compounds of formula (I), (II), or (II-A): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions comprising these compounds, and methods of using these compounds in a variety of applications, such as treatment or suppression of diseases associated with decreased mitochondrial function resulting in diminished ATP production and/or oxidative stress and/or lipid peroxidation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Sidney Hecht, Omar Khdour, Sandipan Roy Chowdhury, Poulami Talukder
  • Publication number: 20140031341
    Abstract: An in vitro method of screening candidate compounds for the preventive or curative treatment of rosacea is described. The method can include determining the capacity of a compound to modulate the expression or activity of the Transient Receptor Potential (TRPs), as well as the use of modulators of the expression or activity of this transcription factor for the treatment of rosacea. The method can also include in vitro diagnosis or prognosis of this pathology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicants: UNIVERSITAT MUNSTER, GALDERMA RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
    Inventors: Jerome Aubert, Martin Steinhoff
  • Patent number: 8633213
    Abstract: Crystalline forms of imatinib mesylate (F, G, H, I and K) and their respective characterization are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventor: Michael Mutz
  • Patent number: 8633196
    Abstract: Benzenesulfonamide compounds having a structure of formula (I) are described. Also described, are methods for synthesizing the compounds and to the use thereof in pharmaceutical compositions for human or veterinary medicine and in cosmetic compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Galderma Research & Development
    Inventors: Laurence Clary, Sandrine Chambon, Laurent Chantalat, Carine Rosignoli, Olivier Roye, Jean-Claude Pascal, Marlène Schuppli-Nollet
  • Publication number: 20140011796
    Abstract: The present invention provides MDM2 inhibitor compounds of Formula I, wherein the variables are defined above, which compounds are useful as therapeutic agents, particularly for the treatment of cancers. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions that contain an MDM2 inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Michael David BARTBERGER, Ana Gonzalez Buenrostro, Hilary Plake Beck, Xiaoqi Chen, Richard Victor Connors, Jeffrey Deignan, Jason Duquette, John Eksterwicz, Benjamin Fisher, Brian Matthew Fox, Jiasheng Fu, Zice Fu, Felix Gonzalez Lopez De Turiso, Michael William Gribble, Dann James Gustin, Julie Anne Heath, Xin Huang, Xianyun Jiao, Michael Johnson, Frank Kayser, David John Kopecky, Sujen Lai, Yihong Li, Zhihong Li, Jiwen Liu, Jonathan Dante Low, Brian Stuart Lucas, Zhihua Ma, Lawrence R. McGee, Joel McIntosh, Dustin McMinn, Julio Cesar Medina, Jeffrey Thomas Mihalic, Steven Howard Olson, Yosup Rew, Philip Marley Roveto, Daqing Sun, Xiaodong Wang, Yingcai Wang, Xuelei Yan, Ming Yu, Jiang Zhu
  • Patent number: 8623873
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, or esters thereof, are useful in treating diseases or conditions mediated by CB1 receptors, such as metabolic syndrome and obesity, neuroinflammatory disorders, cognitive disorders and psychosis, addiction (e.g., smoking cessation), gastrointestinal disorders, and cardiovascular conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Intervet Inc.
    Inventors: Eric J. Gilbert, Michael W. Miller, Jack D. Scott, Duane Eugene DeMong, Andrew Stamford, William J. Greenlee, Chander Shekher Celly
  • Patent number: 8623857
    Abstract: The present invention provide Imidazole Carboxamide Compounds of Formula (I): wherein D, T, R1, R2, R3, and R6 are as defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such Imidazole Carboxamide Compounds. The Imidazole Carboxamide Compounds are useful in the treatment of cancer and other aberrant conditions that result from overstimulation of the PDK-1 signaling pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Hon-Chung Tsui, Sunil Paliwal, Hyunjin M. Kim, Angela D. Kerekes, Mary Ann Caplen, Sara J. Esposite, Brian A. McKittrick, Thierry Olivier Fischmann, Ronald J. Doll, Matthew Paul Rainka, Ang Li
  • Patent number: 8623859
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R1a, R1b, R2, R3 and X, X1, X2, X3 have the meaning as cited in the description and the claims. Said compounds are useful as Bradykinin B1 antagonists. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions, the preparation of such compounds as well as the production and use as medicament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Evotec AG
    Inventors: James Madden, David James Hallett, Alastair Parkes, Ali Raoof, Xiaolu Wang
  • Publication number: 20130338170
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula IA and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, compositions comprising an effective amount of a compound of formula IA or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, and methods for treating or preventing a condition such as pain, UI, an ulcer, IBD and IBS, comprising administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of formula IA or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Purdue Pharma L.P.
    Inventor: Laykea TAFESSE
  • Publication number: 20130338361
    Abstract: Provided by the present invention is a novel method for obtaining an 18F-labelled compound wherein said compound comprises an 18F-labelled pyridyl ring. The method of the invention is advantageous over the prior art methods as it provides these compounds in higher radiochemical yields than have been possible with previous methods. Also provided by the present invention is an 18F-labelled synthon useful in the method of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: GE HEALTHCARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Helen May Betts, Imtiaz Khan, Edward George Robins
  • Publication number: 20130338169
    Abstract: The present invention relates to inhibitors of 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase Type 1 enzyme and their use in treatment of non-insulin dependent type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, obesity, lipid disorders, metabolic syndrome, central nervous system disorders, and diseases and conditions that are related to excessive glucocorticoids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventor: AbbVie Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130324550
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I: where X, HAr, a, and R1 through R6 are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds of formula I are serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of using such compounds; and process and intermediates for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: THERAVANCE, INC.
    Inventors: Eric L. Stangeland, Lori Jean Patterson, Sheila Zipfel
  • Patent number: 8598169
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds and methods for modulating one or more components of a kinase cascade. The invention relates to compounds of the formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds of the invention are useful for methods of protecting against or treating hearing loss, osteoporosis, cell proliferative disorders, obesity, diabetes, eye disease, stroke, atherosclerosis, neuropathic pain or hepatitis B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Kinex Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventor: David G. Hangauer, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8598364
    Abstract: The invention provides protease inhibitors that are chemically modified by covalent attachment of a water-soluble oligomer. A conjugate of the invention, when administered by any of a number of administration routes, exhibits characteristics that are different from the protease inhibitors not attached to the water-soluble oligomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Jennifer Riggs-Sauthier, Lin Cheng, Tacey X. Viegas, Xuyuan Gu, Franco J. Duarte, Wen Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130317027
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods useful for treating cancer, systemic or chronic inflammation, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, obesity, T-cell mediated autoimmune disease, ischemia, and other complications associated with these diseases and disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Myrexis, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Adam Willardsen, Jeffrey W. Lockman, Brett R. Murphy, Weston R. Judd, In Chul Kim, Se-Ho Kim, Daniel Feodore Zigar, Kraig M. Yager, Tracey C. Fleischer, Ryan T. Terry-Lorenzo, J. Jay Boniface, Daniel P. Parker, Ian A. McAlexander, Matthew Gregory Bursavich, David M. Dastrup, Christophe Hoarau, David A. Gerrish, Paul R. Sebahar, Dange Vijay Kumar
  • Patent number: 8592440
    Abstract: Crystalline forms of imatinib mesylate (F, G, H, I and K) and their respective characterizations are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventor: Michael Mutz
  • Patent number: 8592584
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are disclosed in embodiments relating to induction of cell death such as in cancer cells. Compounds and related methods for synthesis and use thereof, including the use of compounds in therapy for the treatment of cancer and selective induction of apoptosis in cells are disclosed. Compounds are disclosed in connection with modification of procaspases such as procaspase-3. In embodiments, compositions are capable of activation of procaspase-3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the of The University of Illinois
    Inventors: Paul J. Hergenrother, Karson S. Putt, Quinn P. Peterson, Valerie Fako
  • Publication number: 20130310344
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I): and to their salts, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of use, and methods for their preparation. These compounds inhibit Bcl-2 and/or Bcl-XL activities and may be used for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Robert Bruce Diebold, Thomas Gero, Paul Grover, Shan Huang, Stephanos Ioannidis, Claude Afona Ogoe, Jamal Carlos Saeh, Jeffrey Gilbert Varnes
  • Publication number: 20130310378
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 4-(4-pyridyl)-benzamides of the formula (I). The compounds I possess valuable therapeutic properties and are suitable, in particular, for treating diseases that respond to modulation of Rho kinases (ROCKs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicants: AbbVie Inc., AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co KG, AbbVie Inc.
  • Patent number: 8580790
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to (heterocycle-fused piperidine)-(piperazinyl)-1-alkanone derivatives and (heterocycle-fused pyrrolidine)-(piperazinyl)-1-alkanone derivatives of formula (I): wherein A, W, R2 and n are as defined in the disclosure, to the method of preparation thereof and the therapeutic use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Marco Baroni, Francoise Bono, Sandrine Delbary-Gossart, Valentina Vercesi
  • Publication number: 20130296335
    Abstract: Certain substituted urea derivatives selectively modulate the cardiac sarcomere, for example by potentiating cardiac myosin, and are useful in the treatment of systolic heart failure including congestive heart failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Bradley P. MORGAN, Erica A. KRAYNACK, Pu-Ping LU, Alex MUCI, David J. MORGANS
  • Patent number: 8575168
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with the activity of GPR119.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: IRM LLC
    Inventors: Mihai Azimioara, Christopher Cow, Robert Epple, Gerald Lelais, John Mecom, Victor Nikulin
  • Publication number: 20130289270
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide methods and materials for chemical cross-coupling reactions that utilize aryl alcohol derivatives as cross-coupling partners. Embodiments of the invention include methods for the amination of aryl sulfamates and carbamates, which are attractive cross-coupling partners, particularly for use in multistep synthesis. Illustrative embodiments include versatile means to use simple derivatives of phenol as precursors to polysubstituted aryl amines, as exemplified by a concise synthesis of the antibacterial drug linezolid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Neil K. Garg, Stephen D. Ramgren, Amanda L. Silberstein, Kyle W. Quasdorf
  • Publication number: 20130289048
    Abstract: To find a therapeutic and/or prophylactic agent for gastrointestinal disorders and so on, the agent having excellent activity and high safety. A compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. In the formula, A represents an optionally substituted phenylene group; B represents an optionally substituted 4- to 10-membered heterocyclic group, an optionally substituted C6-C10 aryl group, or an optionally substituted C3-C10 cycloalkyl group; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C3 alkyl group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C3 alkyl group; R3 represents a C1-C6 alkyl group, a C3-C10 cycloalkyl group, a C1-C3 alkoxy C1-C3 alkyl group, or a C1-C3 hydroxyalkyl group; R4 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl group, or a halogen atom; n represents an integer of 1 to 4; and X represents methylene, —O—, —NH—, —N(C1-C3 alkyl)-, —C(?O)—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O2)—, or a single bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Narihiro Toda, Rieko Takano, Takeshi Shida, Takahiro Katagiri, Mitsuhiro Iwamoto, Shinji Ashida, Mami Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8563582
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of Formula I: which are modulators of chemokine receptors. The compounds of the invention, and compositions thereof, are useful in the treatment of diseases related to chemokine receptor expression and/or activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: Chu-Biao Xue, Changsheng Zheng, Hao Feng, Michael Xia, Joseph Glenn, Ganfeng Cao, Brian W. Metcalf
  • Patent number: 8557822
    Abstract: Disclosed are carboxamide, sulfonamide and amine compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use. One embodiment is a compound having the structure in which R1, R2, R4, D, E, J, T, p, q and x are as described herein. In certain embodiments, a compound disclosed herein activates the AMPK pathway, and can be used to treat metabolism-related disorders and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ihab S. Darwish, Jiaxin Yu, Hui Hong, Rajinder Singh, Sambaiah Thota, Xiang Xu
  • Publication number: 20130267516
    Abstract: Compounds of general formula I, (formula [I)], their use as calcium receptor-active compounds for the prophylaxis, treatment or amelioration of physiological disorders or diseases associated with disturbances of CaSR activity, such as hyperparathyroidism, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, and methods of treating diseases with said compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: LEO PHARMA A/S
    Inventors: Kristoffer Månsson, Lars Kristian Albert Blæhr
  • Publication number: 20130253188
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 is 2-indanyl, R2 is 1-methylpropyl, R3 is a group selected from 2,6-dimethyl-3-pyridyl or 4,6-dimethyl-3-pyridyl, R4 represents methyl and R5 represents hydrogen or methyl or, R4 and R5 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached represent morpholino and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof are described, as are processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in medicine, particularly their use as oxytocin antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Alan David Borthwick, Deirdre Mary Bernadette Hickey, John Liddle, Andrew McMurtrie Mason
  • Patent number: 8541409
    Abstract: There is provided a novel carbamoyloxy arylalkanoyl arylpiperazine derivative compound having abundant racemic or enantiomeric characteristics, represented by the Formula 1, and pharmaceutically available salts or hydrates thereof. Also, there are provided a pharmaceutical composition for treating pain, anxiety or depression including an effective amount of the compound, and a method for treating pain, anxiety or depression in mammals by administering an effective amount of the compound to the mammals in need of treatment thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: SK Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byong Sung Kwak, Hong Sik Moon, Han Ju Yi, Young Soon Kang, Dae Joong Im, Eun Hee Chae, Sang Mi Chae, Ki Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 8541573
    Abstract: Substituted sulfonamide compounds corresponding to the formula I processes for the preparation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and the use of substituted sulfonamide compounds for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for treating pain and other conditions at least partly mediated via the bradykinin 1 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Oberboersch, Ruth Jostock, Klaus Schiene, Jean De Vry, Tieno Germann, Sabine Hees, Stefan Schunk, Melanie Reich
  • Patent number: 8536181
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors that can stabilize hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1?), as well as hypoxia inducible factor-2 (HIF-2). Also disclosed herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more of the disclosed compounds. Yet further disclosed are methods for stimulating the cellular immune response in a mammal such as increasing phagocytosis, for example, prolonging the life of phagocytes, inter alia, kerotyiocytes, neutrophils. As such the disclosed compounds provide methods for treating diseases that relate to the body's immune response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Aerpio Therapeutics Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph H. Gardner, Robert Shalwitz
  • Patent number: 8530465
    Abstract: The invention provides a series of novel 1,2-disubstituted amido-anthraquinone derivatives. Further, the invention also provides the preparation method and application of said derivatives, said application comprises: said derivatives with therapeutically effective amount are prepared into pharmaceutical compositions for inhibition of cancer cell growth, further treating cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: National Defense Medical Center
    Inventors: Hsu-Shan Huang, Chia-Chung Lee
  • Patent number: 8530469
    Abstract: The invention provides a combination comprising an Hsp90 inhibitor compound of the formula (VII): or tautomer or salt thereof and one or more therapeutic agents selected from topoisomerase I inhibitors; antimetabolites; tubulin targeting agents; DNA binder and topoisomerase II inhibitors; alkylating agents; monoclonal antibodies; anti-hormones; signal transduction inhibitors; proteasome inhibitors; DNA methyl transferases; cytokines; retinoids and HDAC or HAT modulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics Ltd.
    Inventors: Gianni Chessari, Miles Stuart Congreve, Martyn Frederickson, Christopher William Murray, Eva Figueroa Navarro, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford, Maria Grazia Carr, Robert Downham, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Theresa Rachel Phillips, Andrew James Woodhead
  • Publication number: 20130225561
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds having structural Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which are inhibitors of the Renal Outer Medullary Potassium (ROMK) channel (Kir1.1). The compounds of Formula I are useful as diuretics and natriuretics and therefore are useful for the therapy and prophylaxis of disorders resulting from excessive salt and water retention, including cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension and chronic and acute heart failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: Haifeng Tang, Alexander Pasternak, Lihu Yang, Shawn P. Walsh, Barbara Pio, Aurash Shahripour, Nardos Teumelsan
  • Patent number: 8518947
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to (heterocycle-tetrahydropyridine)(piperazinyl)-1-alkanone and (heterocycle-dihydropyrrolidine)(piperazinyl)-1-alkanone derivatives of formula (I): wherein A, B, m, n, W, and R2 are as defined in the disclosure; to the methods of preparing said derivatives, and to the therapeutic uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Marco Baroni, Francoise Bono, Sandrine Delbary-Gossart, Valentina Vercesi