Ring Chalcogen In The Five-membered Hetero Ring Patents (Class 544/367)
  • Publication number: 20110269772
    Abstract: Axl kinase inhibitory compounds are disclosed, as well as compositions and methods of using the same in the treatment of cancer and other conditions mediated by and/or associated with Axl kinase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: SUPERGEN, INC.
    Inventors: David J. BEARSS, Hariprasad VANKAYALAPATI, Yong XU
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8044213
    Abstract: The invention is directed to compounds of formula (1) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, methods for the preparation thereof, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Jianping Cai, Shaoqing Chen, Yi Chen, Xin-Jie Chu, Robert Alan Goodnow, Jr., Kang Le, Kin-Chun Luk, Steven Gregory Mischke, Peter Michael Wovkulich
  • Patent number: 8039463
    Abstract: The present invention relates to piperazine derivatives that act as inhibitors of stearoyl-CoA desaturase. The invention also relates to methods of preparing the compounds, compositions containing the compounds, and to methods of treatment using the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Forest Laboratories Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Kumar Sundaresan, Sandeep N. Raikar, Srinivasa Raju Sammeta, Ganesh Prabhu, Hosahalli Subramanya, Alexander Bischoff
  • Patent number: 8034953
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to modulators of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), as well as compositions and pharmaceutical methods thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew P. Combs, Eddy W. Yue
  • Publication number: 20110245221
    Abstract: The present invention relates to formula I compounds having antitumoural activities through, as one possible biological target, the molecular chaperone heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) inhibition. The invention includes the use of such compounds in medicine, in relation to cancer disease as well as other diseases where an inhibition of Hsp90 is responsive, and the pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: SIGMA-TAU RESEARCH SWITZERLAND S.A.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Giannini, Walter Cabri, Daniele Simoni, Riccardo Baruchello, Paolo Carminati, Gabriella Singrossi, Silvia Carminati, Giuseppe Paolo Carminati, Claudio Pisano
  • Publication number: 20110237596
    Abstract: Certain heteroaryl-substituted piperidinyl and piperazinyl urea compounds are described, which are useful as FAAH inhibitors. Such compounds may be used in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) activity, such as anxiety, pain, inflammation, sleep disorders, eating disorders, insulin resistance, diabetes, osteoporosis, and movement disorders (e.g., multiple sclerosis).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: J. Guy Breitenbucher, John M. Keith, Mark S. Tichenor, Alison L. Chambers, William M. Jones, Natalie A. Hawryluk, Amy K. Timmons, Jeffrey E. Merit, Mark J. Seierstad
  • Publication number: 20110224187
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel Pyrrolidine, Piperidine and Piperazine Derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the Pyrrolidine, Piperidine and Piperazine Derivatives and the use of these compounds for treating or preventing treating allergy, an allergy-induced airway response, congestion, a cardiovascular disease, an inflammatory disease, a gastrointestinal disorder, a neurological disorder, a metabolic disorder, obesity, an obesity-related disorder, diabetes, a diabetic complication, impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Anandan Palani, Michael Y. Berlin, Aslanian G. Robert, Vaccaro M. Henry, Chan Tin-Yau, Xiao Dong, Degrado Sylvia, Rao U. Ashwin, Chen Xiao, Lee Yoon Joo, Sofolarides J. Michael, Shao Ning, Huang R. Ying, Liu Zhidan, Wang Li Yuan, Pu Haiyan
  • Publication number: 20110212975
    Abstract: Compounds which exhibit antiviral activity, particularly against influenza virus, and methods of making and using thereof are described herein. In one embodiment, the compounds are heterocyclic amides containing piperazine and isozazole rings and optionally substituted with one or more substituents. The compounds can be formulated with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients to form compositions suitable for enteral or parenteral administration. The compounds are preferably used to treat or prevent Influenza A infections, such as H1N1, H2N2, H3N2, H5N1, H7N7, H1N2, H9N2, H7N2, H7N3, and H10N7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Yi Tsun Richard Kao, Dan Yang, Kwok-Yung Yuen
  • Publication number: 20110213145
    Abstract: The invention relates to isoxazolidine containing compounds that bind to bcl proteins and inhibit Bcl function. The compounds may be used for treating and modulating disorders associated with hyperproliferation, such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: Infinity Discovery, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfredo C. Castro, Kristopher M. Depew, Michael J. Grogan, Charles W. Johannes, Edward B. Holson, Brian T. Hopkins, Gregg F. Keaney, Nii O. Koney, Tao Liu, David A. Mann, Marta Nevalainen, Stephane Peluso, Lawrence B. Perez, Daniel A. Snyder, Thomas T. Tibbitts
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8008302
    Abstract: The present invention is related to N-hydroxyamide derivatives of Formula (I) and use thereof, in particular for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of autoimmune disorders, inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, respiratory diseases and fibrosis, including multiple sclerosis, arthritis, emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, liver and pulmonary fibrosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Serono SA
    Inventors: Dominique Swinnen, Agnes Bombrun, Jerome Gonzalez, Stefano Crosignani, Patrick Gerber, Catherine Jorand-Lebrun
  • Publication number: 20110207609
    Abstract: Piperazine compounds of the formula I in which the variables are defined according to the description, their agriculturally suitable salts, processes and intermediates for preparing the piperazines of the formula I, compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidally effective amount of at least one piperazine compound of the formula I to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Liliana Parra Rapado, Frank Stelzer, Matthias Witschel, Thomas Seitz, Trevor William Newton, Julia Major, Tao Qu, William Karl Moberg, Dschun Song, Michael Rack, Timo Frassetto, Anja Simon, Robert Reinhard, Bernd Sievernich, Klaus Grossmann, Thomas Ehrhardt, Klaus Kreuz
  • Patent number: 7994338
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula Ia or Ib below and their tautomers and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions and methods of uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignees: The J. David Gladstone Institutes, University Of Maryland, Baltimore
    Inventors: Paul J. Muchowski, Joseph M. Muchowski, Robert Schwarcz, Paolo Guidetti
  • Publication number: 20110183953
    Abstract: Compounds that selectively modulate the sphingosine 1 phosphate receptor are provided including compounds which modulate subtype 1 of the S1P receptor. Methods of chiral synthesis of such compounds is provided. Uses, methods of treatment or prevention and methods of preparing inventive compositions including inventive compounds are provided in connection with the treatment or prevention of diseases, malconditions, and disorders for which modulation of the sphingosine 1 phosphate receptor is medically indicated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Marcus F. Boehm, Esther Martinborough, Enugurthi Brahmachary, Manisha Moorjani, Junko Tamiya, Liming Huang, Adam Richard Yeager
  • Publication number: 20110178199
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a reaction method and a production method of an organic compound which are capable of achieving high reaction selectivity according to the purpose and a high production rate of a target substance. The methods include at least two fluids, wherein at least one kind of the fluids is a fluid containing at least one organic compound and at least one kind of the fluids other than the above fluid is a fluid containing at least one reactant in the form of a liquid or solution, and the respective fluids join together in a thin film fluid foamed between processing surfaces arranged to be opposite to each other so as to be able to approach to and separate from each other, at least one of which rotates relative to the other, whereby an organic reaction is performed in the thin film fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: M. Technique Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masakazu Enomura
  • Publication number: 20110172414
    Abstract: A pesticide, particularly an insecticide or an acaricide, including a substituted isoxazoline compound of formula (1) or a salt thereof: wherein A1, A2 and A3 independently of one another are carbon atom or nitrogen atom, G is benzene ring, etc., L is —N(R2c)—, or —CH(R2a)N(R2c)—, etc., X is halogen atom, C1-C6 haloalkyl, etc., Y is halogen atom, C1-C6alkyl, etc., R1 is —C(O)R1a, —C(O)OR1a, —C(O)NHR1a, etc., R2 is hydrogen atom, C1-C6haloalkyl, —C1-C4alkoxy C1-C4alkyl, cyano C1-C6alkyl, C3-C6alkenyl, C3-C6alkynyl, —C(O)R15, —C(O)OR15, etc., R3 is C1-C6haloalkyl, etc., m is an integer of 0 to 5, n is an integer of 0 to 4. The pesticide containing these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi MITA, Kazushige MAEDA, Mitsuaki KOMODA, Eitatsu IKEDA, Ken-ichi TOYAMA, Motoyoshi IWASA
  • Publication number: 20110165188
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to N-hydroxyamidino compounds which are modulators of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), as well as compositions and pharmaceutical methods thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Andrew P. Combs, Brian M. Glass, Richard B. Sparks, Eddy Way Tsun Yue
  • Publication number: 20110166155
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 and n are as defined for formula I in the description. The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of the compounds and to new intermediates employed in the preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and to the use of the compounds in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Bradford VAN WAGENEN, Radhakrishnan UKKIRAMAPANDIAN, Joshua CLAYTON, Ian EGLE, James R. EMPFIELD, Methvin ISAAC, Fupeng MA, Abdelmalik SLASSI, Gary STEELMAN, Rebecca URBANEK, Sally WALSH
  • Patent number: 7973039
    Abstract: The present invention is related to derivatives of Formula (I) and use thereof in particular for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of autoimmune disorders, inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, respiratory diseases and fibrosis, including multiple sclerosis, arthritis, emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, liver and pulmonary fibrosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Serono SA
    Inventors: Dominique Swinnen, Agnes Bombrun, Patrick Gerber, Catherine Jorand-Lebrun
  • Patent number: 7968577
    Abstract: Novel non-steroidal compounds are provided which are useful in treating diseases associated with modulation of the glucocorticoid receptor, AP-1, and/or NF-?B activity including inflammatory and immune diseases, obesity and diabetes having the structure of formula (I) an enantiomer, diastereomer, tautomer, solvate (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Bingwei Vera Yang, Lidia M. Doweyko, Wayne Vaccaro, Tram N. Huynh, David R. Tortolani, T. G. Murali Dhar
  • Publication number: 20110136823
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds with a potentiating effect on the activity of antibiotics that are activatable via the EthA enzymatic pathway, for the preparation of a medicament for preventing and/or treating mycobacterial infections such as tuberculosis and leprosy, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them in combination with an antibiotic that is activatable via the EthA pathway, to compounds having a potentiating effect on the activity of antibiotics that are activatable via the EthA enzymatic pathway, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and to their use as medicaments, especially medicaments for preventing and/or treating mycobacterial infections such as tuberculosis and leprosy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2007
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicants: Institut Pasteur De Lille, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Universite De Lille 2, Universite Du Droit Et De La Sante, Institut National De La Sante Et De La Recherche Medicale (Inserm)
    Inventors: Benôit Deprez, Nicolas Willand, Dirie Bertrand, Toto Patrick, Villeret Vincent, Locht Camille, Baulard Alain
  • Patent number: 7943768
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) P—W—C(?X)-L-Q??(I) wherein P is an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl group; W is an optionally substituted 6 or 7-membered aliphatic ring comprising ring atoms Y1 and Y2 independently selected from Oxygen and Nitrogen, X is selected from Oxygen, Nitrogen and Sulphur; L is an optional C1-4 linker; and Q is an optionally substituted 4-7 membered aliphatic ring: for use in the treatment of chemokine mediated diseases or disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Justin Fairfield Bower, Peter Wedderburn Kenny, Jeffrey Philip Poyser
  • Publication number: 20110112074
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I, wherein R1; R2; R3; R4; R5, R16, X and M have the meanings indicated in the claims. The compounds of formula I are valuable pharmacologically active compounds. They exhibit a strong anti-thrombotic effect and are suitable, for example, for the therapy and prophylaxis of cardio-vascular disorders like thromboembolic diseases or restenoses. They are reversible inhibitors of the blood clotting enzymes factor Xa and thrombin and can in general be applied in conditions in which an undesired activity of factor Xa and/or thrombin are present or for the cure or prevention of which an inhibition of factor Xa and thrombin are intended. The invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of compounds of the formula I, their use, in particular as active ingredients in pharmaceuticals, and pharmaceutical preparations comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: Markus FOLLMANN, Volkmar WEHNER, Jean-Michel ALTENBURGER, Gilbert LASSALLE, Jean-Pascal HERAULT
  • Publication number: 20110105524
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula II: wherein R2 is the side chain of leucine, isoleucine, cyclohexylglycine, O-methyl threonine, 4-fluoroleucine or 3-methoxyvaline; R3 is H, methyl or F; Rq is trifluoromethyl and Rq? is H or Rq and Rq? define keto; Q is a p-(C1-C6alkylsulphonyl)phenyl- or an optionally substituted 4-(C1-C6alkyl)piperazin-1-yl-thiazol-4-yl-moiety have utility in the treatment of disorders characterized by inappropriate expression or activation of cathepsin K, such as osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis or bone metastases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: Medivir AB
    Inventors: Magnus NILSSON, Lourdes Oden, Pia Kahnberg, Urszula Grabowska
  • Patent number: 7919496
    Abstract: Methods of treating an SCD-mediated disease or condition in a mammal, preferably a human, are disclosed, wherein the methods comprise administering to a mammal in need thereof a compound of formula (I): where x, y, G, J, K, L, M, W, V, R2, R3, R5, R5a, R6, R6a, R7, R7a, R8 and R8a are defined herein. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I) are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Rajender Kamboj, Zaihui Zhang, Jianmin Fu, Vishnumurthy Kodumuru, Shifeng Liu, Shaoyi Sun, Nagasree Chakka
  • Patent number: 7915260
    Abstract: The invention is directed to Urotensin II antagonists. More specifically, the present invention relates to certain novel compounds, methods for preparing compounds, compositions, intermediates and derivatives thereof and methods for treating Urotensin-II mediated disorders. Pharmaceutical and veterinary compositions and methods of treating cardiovascular disorders and various other disease states or conditions using compounds of the invention are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Inventors: Bruce E. Maryanoff, William A. Kinney, Edward C. Lawson, Diane K. Luci, Nikolay Marchenko, Sergey Sviridov, Shyamali Ghosh
  • Publication number: 20110059970
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new 4-phenyl-1,3-azole derivatives having the general formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X, A, B, and n are variable, in a racemic form, an enantiomeric form or any combinations thereof. These compounds exhibit affinity for cannabinoid receptors and may therefore be used as drugs to treat or prevent pathological states and diseases in which one or more of these receptors are involved. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing said products and to the use thereof to prepare a drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: IPSEN PHARMA S.A.S.
    Inventor: Jeremiah Harnett
  • Publication number: 20110028482
    Abstract: The present invention provides isoxazoline FAAH inhibitors of the formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable forms thereof, wherein each of G, Ra, Rb, Rc, and Rd are as defined herein. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable form thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. The present invention also provides methods for treating an FAAH-mediated condition comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable form thereof, to a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark L. Behnke, Alfredo C. Castro, Lawrence K. Chan, Catherine A. Evans, Louis Grenier, Michael J. Grogan, Yves Leblanc, Tao Liu, Stephane Peluso, Daniel A. Snyder, Thomas T. Tibbitts
  • Patent number: 7875606
    Abstract: The present invention aims at providing an isoxazoline derivative and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, both having an excellent herbicidal effect and an excellent selectivity between crop and weed. The isoxazoline derivative of the present invention is represented by the following general formula: wherein R1 is a haloalkyl group; R2 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or the like; R3, R4, R5 and R6 are each a hydrogen atom, or the like; Y is a pyrrolyl group, a pyrazolyl group, an isothiazolyl group, an oxazolyl group, an imidazolyl group, a pyridazinyl group, a pyrimidinyl group, a pyrazinyl group, a triazinyl group, a triazolyl group, an oxadiazolyl group, or the like; and n is an integer of 0 to 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignees: Ihara Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Nakatani, Minoru Ito, Kyoko Kimijima, Masahiro Miyazaki, Makoto Fujinami, Ryohei Ueno, Satoru Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20100324044
    Abstract: Compounds in accord with Formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the specification, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, methods of making, pharmaceutical compositions containing and methods for using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Joseph Cacciola, James Empfield, James Folmer, Angela M Hunter, Scott Throner
  • Publication number: 20100324015
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating diseases, syndromes, conditions and disorders that are affected by the inhibition of MGL, including pain. Such compounds are represented by Formula (I) as follows: wherein Y, r, R2 and Z are defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Kristen Chevalier, Jose Clemente, Scott Dax, Chris Flores, Li Liu, Mark Macielag, Mark McDonnell, Marina Nelen, Erica Nulton, Stephen Prouty, Matthew Todd, Sui-Po Zhang, Bin Zhu
  • Publication number: 20100317662
    Abstract: Compounds in accord with Formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the specification, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, methods of making, pharmaceutical compositions containing and methods for using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Joseph Cacciola, James Empfield, James Folmer, Angela M. Hunter, Scott Throner
  • Publication number: 20100317653
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), and salts and pro-drugs thereof: wherein for example R1 is optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl; Y is a linking group selected from, for example, a direct bond, and a (substituted) alkyl chain; R2 is an optionally substituted aryl, an optionally substituted cycloalkyl or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; are described. Processes to make such compounds and their use as DGAT inhibitors, for example in the treatment of obesity, are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Alan Martin BIRCH, Suzanne Saxon Bowker, Roger John Butlin, Craig Samuel Donald, William Mccoull, Thorsten Nowak, Alleyn Plowright
  • Patent number: 7851473
    Abstract: There is provided a FAAH inhibitor and a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for cerebrovascular disorders or sleep disorders comprising it. The prophylactic or therapeutic agent comprises a compound of the formula (I0): wherein Z is oxygen or sulfur; R1 is aryl which may be substituted, or a heterocyclic group which may be substituted; R1a is a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted, hydroxyl, etc.; R2 is piperidin-1,4-diyl which may be substituted, or piperazin-1,4-diyl which may be substituted; R3 is a group formed by eliminating two hydrogen atoms from a 5-membered aromatic heterocyclic group having 1 to 3 heteroatoms selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, which may be further substituted, —CO—, etc.; and R4 is a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted, or a heterocyclic group which may be substituted; or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Takahiro Matsumoto, Masakuni Kori, Junichi Miyazaki, Yoshihiro Kiyota
  • 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
  • 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: 7829712
    Abstract: Methods of treating an SCD-mediated disease or condition in a mammal, preferably a human, are disclosed, wherein the methods comprise administering to a mammal in need thereof a compound of formula (I) where x, y, G, J, K, L, M, Q, W, V, R2, R3, R5, R5a, R6, R6a, R7, R7a, R8 and R8a are defined herein. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I) are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Rajender Kamboj, Zaihui Zhang, Jianmin Fu, Serguei Sviridov, Sultan Chowdhury, Vishnumurthy Kodumuru
  • Publication number: 20100280082
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3 R4 and Q are as described in the specification, pharmaceutically-acceptable salts, methods of making, pharmaceutical compositions containing and methods for using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Joshua Clayton, Ian Egle, James Empfield, James Folmer, Methvin Isaac, Fupeng Ma, Abdelmalik Slassi
  • Patent number: 7825147
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isoxazoline derivatives, which can be used as selective inhibitors of phosphodiesterase (PDE) type IV. In particular, compounds disclosed herein can be useful in the treatment of AIDS, asthma, arthritis, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), psoriasis, allergic rhinitis, shock, atopic dermatitis, Crohn's disease, adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), eosinophilic granuloma, allergic conjunctivitis, osteoarthritis, ulcerative colitis and other inflammatory diseases in a patient, particularly in humans. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of disclosed compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and their use as phosphodiesterase (PDE) type IV inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited
    Inventors: Venkata P. Palle, Sarala Balachandran, Mohammad Salman, Gagan Kukreja, Nidhi Gupta, Abhijit Ray, Sunanda G. Dastidar
  • Publication number: 20100273795
    Abstract: Provided herein are arylsulfonamides that are useful for modulating CCR3 activity, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also provided herein are methods of their use for treating, preventing, or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a CCR3-mediated disorder, disease, or condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: Axikin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Tai Wei Ly, Jared Andrew Forrester
  • Publication number: 20100273766
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel oxindole derivatives of general formula (I), wherein the substituents R1, R2, A, B, and Y are defined as in claim 1. The invention further relates to medicaments containing said derivatives, and use thereof for the prevention and/or treatment of vasopressin-dependent diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thorsten Oost, Wilfried Lubisch, Wolfgang Wernet, Wilfried Hornberger, Liliane Unger, Herve Geneste, Astrid Netz
  • Publication number: 20100267740
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) wherein R1 and Q are as described in the specification, pharmaceutically-acceptable salts, methods of making, pharmaceutical compositions containing and methods for using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Joshua Clayton, Ian Egle, James Empfield, James Folmer, Methvin Isaac, Fupeng Ma, Abdelmalik Slassi
  • Patent number: 7812025
    Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof; and an agent for protecting a brain/neuronal cell or a therapeutic agent for sleep disorder comprising the compound or salt: wherein Z represents an oxygen or sulfur; R1 represents an aryl or heterocyclic group which may be substituted, provided that R1 is not a 3-ethyl-6-methoxy-2-methyl-5-naphthalen-1-yl group; R1a represents a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted, a hydroxyl group or the like; R2 represents a piperidin-1,4-diyl or piperazin-1,4-diyl which may be substituted; R3 represents a bivalent group which is formed by removing two hydrogen atoms from a benzene ring or 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent, provided that R3 is not a pyridazin-3,6-diyl; and R4 represents a group which is formed by removing one hydrogen atom from a benzene ring or 5- to 6-membered heterocyclic ring which may be substituted, provided that the substituent on the heterocyclic ring is not a phenylethyl group whic
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Takahiro Matsumoto, Masakuni Kori, Mitsunori Kouno
  • Patent number: 7807672
    Abstract: Disclosed are the ERK inhibitors of formula 1.0: and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof. Q is a piperidine or piperazine ring that can have a bridge or a fused ring. The piperidine ring can have a double bond in the ring. All other substituents are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of treating cancer using the compounds of formula 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Yongqi Deng, Gerald W. Shipps, Jr., Alan Cooper, Yang Nan, Tong Wang, M. Arshad Siddiqui, Hugh Zhu, Robert Sun, Joseph M. Kelly, Ronald Doll, Jagdish Desai, James J-S Wang, Youhao Dong, Vincent Madison, Li Xiao, Alan Hruza, Neng-Yang Shih
  • Patent number: 7799792
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and Q are as described in the specification, pharmaceutically-acceptable salts, methods of making, pharmaceutical compositions containing and methods for using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Joshua Clayton, Ian Egle, James Empfield, James Folmer, Methvin Isaac, Fupeng Ma, Abdelmalik Slassi
  • Publication number: 20100234391
    Abstract: Novel N-alkyl substituted piperazines have been discovered, which are useful as insecticides or fungicides. Such compounds are of Formula (I) wherein X, Y, R1 and R2 are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Beth Anne Lorsbach, James Melvin Ruiz, Thomas Clarence Sparks, Michael Thomas Sullenberger, Irene Mae Morrison, Jeffery Dale Webster
  • Publication number: 20100234389
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel fused-ring compound which has a FAAH inhibitory effect and is useful as an analgesic. The present invention relates to a compound represented by formula (I): wherein symbols are as defined in the specification, or salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Masakuni Kori, Mitsunori Kouno
  • Patent number: 7795288
    Abstract: The invention relates to thiazole and pyrazole derivatives of formula (I) wherein Q is S and X is C, or Q is CH and X is N; R1 is unsubstituted or substituted phenyl; and R2 is unsubstituted or substituted aryl or heteroaryl; or a salt of the said compounds, and to processes for the preparation thereof, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives and to the use of such derivatives for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment especially of a proliferative disease, such as a tumour disease, in particular such diseases which respond to an inhibition of the Flt-3 kinase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Guido Bold, Andreas Floersheimer, Pascal Furet, Vito Guagnano, Keiichi Masuya, Andrea Vaupel, Joseph Schoepfer
  • Patent number: 7786110
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein, R1 is a group of formula A or formula B, and X, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Ra and Rb are as defined herein. Also provided are methods of using the compounds for treating diseases mediated by a P2X3 and/or a P2X2/3 receptor antagonist and methods of making the subject compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Michael Patrick Dillon, Ronald Charles Hawley, Li Chen, Lichun Feng, Minmin Yang