Five-membered Hetero Ring Having Two Or More Ring Hetero Atoms Of Which At Least One Is Nitrogen Patents (Class 544/366)
  • Publication number: 20120172364
    Abstract: Rate-controlled particles, comprising compounds of the formula as a solid dispersion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas Hantke, Bettina Rehbock, Jörg Rosenberg, Jörg Breitenbach
  • Publication number: 20120165303
    Abstract: Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR2 or CCR9 receptor. Animal testing demonstrates that these compounds are useful for treating inflammation, a hallmark disease for CCR2 and CCR9. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR2-mediated diseases, CCR9-mediated diseases, as controls in assays for the identification of CCR2 antagonists and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR9 antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: ChemoCentryx, Inc.
    Inventors: Trevor T. Charvat, Cheng Hu, Anita Melikian, Aaron Novack, Andrew M.K. Pennell, Sreenivas Punna, Edward J. Sullivan, Xuefei Tan, William D. Thomas, Solomon Ungashe, Yibin Zeng
  • Publication number: 20120165324
    Abstract: Compositions comprising compounds that modulate pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) are described herein. Also described herein are methods of using the compounds that modulate PKM2 in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Francesco G. Salituro, Jeffrey Saunders
  • Publication number: 20120135977
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to ether benzotriazole derivatives which are potentiators of metabotropic glutamate receptors, particularly the mGluR2 receptor, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Douglas C. Beshore, Vadim Dudkin, Robert M. Garbaccio, Adam W. Johnson, Scott D. Kuduk, Jason W. Skudlarek, Cheng Wang, Mark E. Fraley
  • Publication number: 20120101072
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted triazole compounds and compositions comprising substituted triazole compounds. The invention further relates to methods of inhibiting the activity of Hsp90 in a subject in need thereof and methods for treating hyperproliferative disorders, such as cancer, in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a substituted triazole compound of the invention, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Joseph A. Burlison, Shijie Zhang, Weiwen Ying, Dinesh U. Chimmanamada, Minghu Song, Junghyun Chae, Stefan M. Schweizer
  • Publication number: 20120101277
    Abstract: The present invention relates to crystalline form II-S, its preparation and its use to prepare other crystalline forms of posaconazole, in particular crystalline form IV of posaconazole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: SANDOZ AG
    Inventors: Josef Wieser, Arthur Pichler, Andreas Hotter, Ulrich Griesser, Christoph Langes
  • Publication number: 20120095217
    Abstract: Fluorinated compounds and methods of making fluorinated compounds are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Tobias Ritter, Laura Brass, Curtis Keith, Alan Watson, David J. Greenblatt
  • Publication number: 20120095006
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of certain cyclic guanosine 3?,5?-monophosphate phosphodiesterase type five (cGMP PDE5) inhibitors, including in particular the compound sildenafil, for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Ghazwan Saleem Butrous, Timothy Michael Lukas, Ian Machin
  • Patent number: 8153793
    Abstract: The present invention provides an sulfonamide derivative having DP receptor antagonistic activity and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the said compound as an active ingredient, and further a therapeutic agent for treating allergic diseases. A compound of the general formula (II): wherein the ring A is an aromatic carbocyclic ring etc.; the ring B is a nitrogen-containing non-aromatic heterocyclic ring etc.; the ring C is an aromatic carbocyclic ring etc.; R1 is carboxy etc.; R2 is independently a halogen atom etc.; R3 is optionally substituted alkyloxy etc.; R4 is independently a halogen atom etc.; R5 is independently optionally substituted alkyl etc.; M is sulfonyl etc.; Y is a single bond etc.; L1 is a single bond etc.; L2 is a single bond etc.; k is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; n is 0, 1 or 2; and q is 0, 1, 2 or 3; provided that a) k is not 0 when the ring B is a 6-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring containing one or two nitrogen atom(s) and the ring C is a benzene ring, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Kugimiya, Masahiko Fujioka, Yuki Tachibana, Takami Murashi
  • Publication number: 20120071489
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula wherein each symbol is as defined in the present specification, which has a superior RBP4-lowering action and is useful as a pharmaceutical composition for the prophylaxis or treatment of a disease or condition mediated by an increase in RBP4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Shizuo Kasai, Kevin Francis McGee, JR.
  • Patent number: 8138191
    Abstract: A synergistically effective combination of an anti-cancer agent and a therapeutic compound, such as an mTOR-Rictor complex inhibitor, a Serine 473 phosphorylation inhibitor, an AKT2 inhibitor, or a combination thereof, for use in the treatment of cancer, and methods and uses thereof. Also included are methods and uses of a thiosemicarbazone for treating a cancer in a mammal in need thereof characterized by over-expression of RAS, by an EGFR mutation, and/or by over-expression of AKT2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Critical Outcome Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne R. Danter
  • Publication number: 20120065191
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds and compositions for inhibiting the enzyme fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), the use of the compounds in therapy and, in particular, for treating or preventing conditions whose development or symptoms are linked to substrates of the FAAH enzyme, and methods of treatment or prevention using the compounds and compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: BIAL - PORTELA & Cª, S.A.
    Inventors: Laszlo Erno Kiss, David Alexander Learmonth, Carla Patrícia da Costa Pereira Rosa, Rita Gusmão de Noronha, Pedro Nuno Leal Palma, Patrício Manuel Vieira Araújo Soares da Silva, Alexander Beliaev
  • Publication number: 20120059016
    Abstract: The present invention relates to piperidine and pyrazine derivatives according to formulae (Ia), (Ib) and (II) as autotaxin inhibitors and the use of such compounds for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of physiological and/or pathophysiological conditions, which are caused, mediated and/or propagated by increased lysophosphatic acid levels and/or the activation of autotaxin, in particular of different cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Kai Schiemann, Melanie Schultz, Wolfgang Staehle
  • Publication number: 20120046301
    Abstract: Substituted cyclic carboxamide and urea compounds, a process for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and the use of these compounds for the treatment and/or inhibition of pain and other conditions mediated by the vanilloid receptor 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Robert FRANK, Gregor Bahrenberg, Thomas Christoph, Klaus Schiene, Jean De Vry
  • Patent number: 8119795
    Abstract: Novel triazole derivatives of the formula (I) in which R1-R6 and Y have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are HSP90 inhibitors and can be used for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of diseases in which the inhibition, regulation and/or modulation of HSP90 plays a role.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Michael Eggenweiler, Michael Wolf, Hans-Peter Buchstaller, Christian Sirrenberg
  • Publication number: 20120040995
    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 that have lower neurotoxicity effects than other compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    Inventors: Paul J. Hergenrother, Quinn Patrick Peterson, Danny Chung Hsu, Diana C. West, Timothy M. Fan, Chris J. Novotny
  • Patent number: 8114999
    Abstract: This invention comprises the novel compounds of formula (I) wherein n, R1, R2, R3, R4, L, Q, X, Y, Z and have defined meanings, having histone deacetylase inhibiting enzymatic activity; their preparation, compositions containing them and their use as a medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Kristof Van Emelen, Hans Louis Jos De Winter, Alexy Borisovich Dyatkin, Marc Gustaaf Celine Verdonck, Lieven Meerpoel, Jimmy Arnold Viviane Van heusden
  • Publication number: 20120015957
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to piperidinyl and piperazinyl derivatives of formula (I) useful as inhibitors of the NPY Y2 receptor, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, processes for the preparation of said compounds and the use of said compounds for the treatment and/or prevention of disorders, diseases and conditions mediated by the NPY Y2 receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Wenying Chai, Curt A. Dvorak, Jill A. Jablonowski, Dale A. Rudolph, Chandravadan R. Shah, Victoria D. Wong
  • Publication number: 20120015959
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), in which Het, R, X, Y, R1 and p have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are autotaxin inhibitors and can be employed for the treatment of tumours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Wolfgang Staehle, Kai Schiemann, Melanie Schultz
  • Publication number: 20110319413
    Abstract: This invention relates to a piperazine compound represented by Formula (I), wherein R1 is C1-6 alkyl; R2 is hydroxy, C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents, —(C?O)—N(R3)(R4), or —(C?O)—OR5; R3 and R4 are the same or different, and each represents hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents, or R3 and R4, taken together with a nitrogen atom to which R3 and R4 are attached, may form a saturated heterocyclic group; R5 is hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents; and n is 1 or 2; or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Urade, Makoto Kitade, Kazuhiko Shigeno, Keiko Yamane, Katsunao Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20110312931
    Abstract: The compounds of the present invention are represented by the following formula (I): wherein the substituents R1, R2, R3, R4, (R5)m, R6, A, X, and Y are as defined herein. The compounds are useful in methods of treating a disorder which is created by or is dependent upon inhibiting GlyT-1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: ALBANY MOLECULAR RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher L. CIOFFI, Mark A. WOLF, Peter R. GUZZO, Shuang LIU, Kashinath SADALAPURE, Visweswaran PARTHASARATHY, Jun-Ho MAENG
  • Publication number: 20110306603
    Abstract: 8-Substituted-2,6-methano-3-benzazocines of general structure are useful as analgesics, anti-diarrheal agents, anticonvulsants, antitussives and anti-addiction medications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Mark P. Wentland
  • Publication number: 20110306620
    Abstract: Heteroarylpiperidine and -piperazine derivatives of the formula (I), in which the symbols have the meanings given in the description and agrochemically active salts thereof and their use for controlling phytopathogenic harmful fungi and also processes for preparing compounds of the formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Pierre Cristau, Nicola Rahn, Tomoki Tsuchiya, Joachim Kluth, Pierre Wasnaire, Sebastian Hoffmann, Jürgen Benting, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann, Thomas Seitz
  • Patent number: 8071600
    Abstract: A heterocyclic compound or a salt thereof represented by the formula (1): where R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; A represents a lower alkylene group or lower alkenylene group; and R1 represents an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group. The compound of the present invention has a wide treatment spectrum for mental disorders including central nervous system disorders, no side effects and high safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamashita, Hideaki Kuroda, Nobuaki Ito, Shin Miyamura, Kunio Oshima, Jun Matsubara, Haruka Takahashi, Tae Fukushima, Satoshi Shimizu, Kazumi Kondo, Yohji Sakurai, Takeshi Kuroda, Shinichi Taira, Motohiro Itotani, Tatsuyoshi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20110274655
    Abstract: Provided herein are tetrazolone FASN inhibitors of the formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable form thereof; wherein the variables RA, RB and RC are defined herein. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions of the compounds provided herein as well as methods of their use for the treatment of various disorders such as hyperproliferative disorders, inflammatory disorders, obesity-related disorders and microbial infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: Infinity Pharmaceuticals
    Inventors: Adilah BAHADOOR, Alfredo C. Castro, Lawrence K. Chan, Gregg F. Keaney, Marta Nevalainen, Vesa Nevalainen, Stephane Peluso, Daniel A. Snyder, Thomas T. Tibbitts
  • Publication number: 20110269768
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a compound of Formula (I): and forms thereof, wherein A, B, E, G, X and L2 are as defined herein and their use as urotensin II receptor antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: William A. Kinney, Edward C. Lawson, Shyamali Ghosh, Diane K. Luci, David F. McComsey
  • Publication number: 20110269960
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a compound having an action of inhibiting binding between S1P and its receptor, Edg-1 (S1P1), and is useful as a pharmaceutical compound. A compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which compound is represented by the formula below (where A represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a group represented by Formula —SO—, a group represented by Formula —SO2—, or the like, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1-6 carbon atoms, or the like, R1A represents a hydrogen atom or the like, R2 represents an alkyl group having 1-6 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3-6 carbon atoms, or the like, R3 represents an aryl group, R4 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1-6 carbon atoms and optionally substituted with a carboxyl group, and R5 represents an alkyl group having 1-10 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3-8 carbon atoms, an aryl group which is optionally substituted, or the like).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya ONO, Tetsuo Takayama, Fumiyasu Shiozawa, Hironori Katakai, Tetsuya Yabuuchi, Tomomi Ota, Makoto Yagi, Masakazu Sato
  • Publication number: 20110262517
    Abstract: Described herein are methods of inhibiting angiogenesis, and treating or preventing a disease or disorder (or symptoms thereof) associated with angiogenesis, wherein an anti-angiogenesis compound is administered to a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jun O. Liu, Curtis R. Chong, Jing Xu, Jun Lu, Shridhar Bhat
  • Patent number: 8034815
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound of Formula I: and/or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, tautomer, optical isomer, or combination thereof, a composition comprising the thiosemicarbazone, a method of administration thereof, and use thereof to treat a cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Critical Outcome Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne R. Danter, Martyn Brown, Franck LePifre
  • Publication number: 20110224228
    Abstract: Novel derivatives of enfumafungin are disclosed herein, along with' their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and prodrugs. Also disclosed are compositions comprising such compounds, methods of preparing such compounds and method of using such compounds as antifungal agents and/or inhibitors of (1,3)-?-D-glucan synthase. The disclosed compounds, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and prodrugs, as well as compositions comprising such compounds, salts, hydrates and prodrugs, are useful for treating and/or preventing fungal infections and associated diseases and conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicants: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Scynexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark L Greenlee, Robert Wilkening, James Apgar, Donald Sperbeck, Kenneth J. Wildonger, Dongfang Meng, Dann L. Parker, JR., Ahmed Mamai
  • Patent number: 8017608
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I in free or salt form, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 have the meanings as indicated in the specification, are useful for treating diseases mediated by phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase. Pharmaceutical compositions that contain the compounds and processes for preparing the compounds are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Graham Charles Bloomfield, Ian Bruce, Catherine Leblanc, Mrinalini Sachin Oza, Lewis Whithead, Bernard Cuenoud, Thomas Hugo Keller, Louise Kirman, Clive McCarthy, Gaynor Elizabeth Woodward
  • Patent number: 8008299
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a compound of Formula (I): and forms thereof, wherein A, B, E, G, X and L2 are as defined herein and their use as urotensin II receptor antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V.
    Inventors: William A. Kinney, Edward C. Lawson, Shyamali Ghosh, Diane K. Luci, David F. McComsey
  • Publication number: 20110166138
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds and compositions that inhibit the action of fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) and monoacylglycerol lipase (MGL), methods of inhibiting FAAH and MGL, methods of modulating cannabinoid receptors, and methods of treating various disorders related to modulation of cannabinoid receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Alexandros Makriyannis, Lakshmipathi Pandarinathan, Nikolai Zvonok, Teija Parkkari, Lauren Chapman
  • Patent number: 7960385
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1-3, R5-7, a, X, Y, Y?, Y?, and Z are as defined in the specification. These compounds are muscarinic receptor antagonists. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes for preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds to, for example, treat pulmonary disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Theravance, Inc.
    Inventors: YuHua Ji, Craig Husfeld, YongQi Mu, Rick Lee, Li Li
  • Patent number: 7956058
    Abstract: Compounds represented by the following structure (I) are disclosed: as are methods for making such compounds, wherein said methods comprise reacting a diacyldiketopiperazine with a first aldehyde to produce an intermediate compound; and reacting the intermediate compound with a second aldehyde to produce the class of compounds with the generic structure, where the first aldehyde and the second aldehydes are selected from the group consisting of an oxazolecarboxaldeyhyde, imidazolecarboxaldehyde, a benzaldehyde, imidazolecarboxaldehyde derivatives, and benzaldehyde derivatives, thereby forming the above compound wherein R1, R1?, R1?, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6, X1 and X2, Y, Z, Z1, Z2, Z3, and Z4 may each be separately defined in a manner consistent with the accompanying description. Compositions and methods for treating cancer and fungal infection are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Nereus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshio Hayashi, Michael A. Palladino, Jr., Jennifer Grodberg
  • Publication number: 20110105525
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising crystalline form Y of posaconazole. The pharmaceutical composition can be used to treat or prevent fungal infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: SANDOZ AG
    Inventors: Josef Wieser, Arthur Pichler, Andreas Hotter, Ulrich Griesser, Christoph Langes, Christian Laschober
  • Publication number: 20110105749
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted triazole compounds and compositions comprising substituted triazole compounds. The invention further relates to methods of inhibiting the activity of Hsp90 in a subject in need thereof and methods for preventing or treating hyperproliferative disorders, such as cancer, in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a substituted triazole compound of the invention, or a composition comprising such a compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Weiwen YING, David James, Shijie Zhang, Teresa Przewloka, Junghyun Chae, Dinesh U. Chimmanamada, Chi-Wan Lee, Elena Kostik, Howard P. Ng, Kevin Foley, Zhenjian Du, James Barsoum
  • Patent number: 7935703
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof: wherein Ar1, Ar2, A, X, Y, m, n and R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as described in the specification, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical formulations comprising them and their use in therapy, particularly in the therapy of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Abdelmalik Slassi, Methvin Isaac, Jalaj Arora, Dean Brown
  • Publication number: 20110065722
    Abstract: The present invention relates to crystalline form IV of posaconazole and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. The pharmaceutical composition can be used to treat or prevent fungal infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: Sandoz AG
    Inventors: Josef Wieser, Arthur Pichler, Andreas Hotter, Ulrich Griesser, Christoph Langes
  • Publication number: 20100331302
    Abstract: Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR9 receptor. Animal testing demonstrates that these compounds are useful for treating inflammation, a hallmark disease for CCR9. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR9-mediated diseases, and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR9 antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Chemocentryx, Inc.
    Inventors: Trevor T. Charvat, Cheng Hu, Anita Melikian, Aaron Novack, Andrew M.K. Pennell, Edward J. Sullivan, William D. Thomas, Solomon Ungashe, Penglie Zhang, Jay Powers, Sreenivas Punna
  • Publication number: 20100317842
    Abstract: The present application discloses methods for identifying inhibitors with high binding-affinity for the carbonic anhydrase-IX (CA-IX) enzyme using click chemistry and uses the candidates thereof as positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Hartmuth C. Kolb, Joseph C. Walsh, Dhanalakshmi Kasi, Vani P. Mocharla, Bing Wang, Umesh B. Gangadharmath, Brian A. Duclos, Kai Chen, Wei Zhang, Gang Chen, Henry Clifton Padgett, Farhad Karimi, Peter J.H. Scott, Zhiyong Gao, Qianwa Liang, Thomas Lee Collier, Tieming Zhao, Chunfang Xia
  • Publication number: 20100317100
    Abstract: The present invention embraces compositions and methods for establishing and maintaining stem cells and inhibiting stem cell differentiation using a selective Protein Kinase C (PKC) inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Soumen Paul, Debasree Dutta, Soma Ray, Jeffrey Aube, Frank John Schoenen
  • Publication number: 20100317652
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof wherein the variables Z, Q, Ring A, V, X, Y and Y? are as defined herein, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are useful for treating a disorder for which a V1a antagonist is indicated, in particular, dysmenorrhoea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Justin Stephen Bryans, Patrick Stephen Johnson, Lee Richard Roberts, Thomas Ryckmans
  • Patent number: 7842693
    Abstract: Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR1 receptor, and which have been further confirmed in animal testing for inflammation, one of the hallmark disease states for CCR1. The compounds are generally aryl piperazine derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR1-mediated diseases, and as controls in assays for the identification of competitive CCR1 antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: ChemoCentryx, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew M. K. Pennell, James B. Aggen, J. J. Kim Wright, Subhabrata Sen, Brian E. McMaster, Daniel Joseph Dairaghi, Valeri V. Martichonok
  • Publication number: 20100292234
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a new class of compounds useful for modulating the activity of p38 MAP kinase. The compounds have a general Formula I wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, R1 and R5 are defined herein. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions including one or more compounds of Formula I, use of such compounds and compositions for treatment of p38 MAP kinase mediated diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and other inflammatory disorders, as well as intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Liping H. Pettus, Kelvin K.C. Sham, Andrew Tasker, Shimin Xu
  • Patent number: 7834017
    Abstract: There is provided compounds having the formula of structure I: wherein the groups —C(R8)(CH2)vCH(R9)(CH2)y-Q and —C(R8)(CH2)vCH(R9)(CH2)y-J are the same, and R1a, R1b, R2a, R2b, R8, R9, J, Q, W, X, L2, v and y have meanings given in the description. The use of such compounds in the treatment of a condition responsive to changes in melanocortin receptor function in a human or non-human mammal (e.g. male sexual dysfunction, female sexual dysfunction, an eating disorder, above optimal body weight, obesity, below-optimal body weight or cachexia) is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Palatin Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Burris, Yi-Qun Shi, Shubh D. Sharma, Yadi Reddy Bonuga, Papireddy Purma
  • Patent number: 7820673
    Abstract: The present invention provides a urea derivative or a salt thereof, which is useful as a therapeutic agent for thrombosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Keiji Kubo, Yasuhiro Imaeda
  • Patent number: 7816360
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel aryl piperidine or piperazine compounds substituted with certain 5-membered heterocycles having apoB secretion/MTP inhibiting activity and concomitant lipid lowering activity. The invention further relates to methods for preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds as well as the use of said compounds as a medicine for the treatment of hyperlipidemia, obesity and type II diabetes. The invention further relates to methods for preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds as well as the use of said compounds as a medicine for the treatment of atherosclerosis, pancreatitis, obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia, diabetes and type II diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Lieven Meerpoel, Leo Jacobus Jozef Backx, Libuse Jaroskova, Peter Walter Maria Roevens, Louis Jozef Elisabeth Van Der Veken, Marcel Viellevoye, Joannes Theodorus Maria Linders
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    Abstract: Novel serotonin reuptake inhibitor compounds which are designed to exert serotonin uptake inhibitory activity in the peripheral system while being devoid of CNS activity, and a process of preparing same are disclosed. Further disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing same and uses thereof in the treatment of medical conditions associated with peripheral serotonin levels and/or activity, and/or platelet aggregation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: Ramot At Tel Aviv University Ltd
    Inventors: Moshe Rehavi, David Gurwitz
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    Abstract: The invention relates to novel 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) receptor modulator compounds of formula (I); wherein A, B, R1-R5, T, W, X, Y, Z and m are defined herein, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to their use in the treatment of conditions associated with 5-HT action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Jonathan Richard Heal, Joseph Michael Sheridan, William Dennys Ormrod Hamilton, Simon James Grimshaw, Sorin Vasile Filip