1,2-diazole Ring (including Hydrogenated) Patents (Class 544/371)
  • Patent number: 8410159
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), methods for their preparation, medicaments comprising these compounds as well their use in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of humans and animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Laboratories del Dr. Esteve, S.A.
    Inventors: Rosa Cuberes-Altisent, Joerg Holenz
  • Publication number: 20130059860
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to naphthalene carboxamide compounds of formula (I) which are M1 receptor positive allosteric modulators and that are useful in the treatment of diseases in which the M1 receptor is involved, such as Alzheimers disease, schizophrenia, pain or sleep disorders. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and to the use of the compounds and compositions in the treatment of diseases mediated by the M1 receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Douglas C. Beshore, Chirstina Ng Dimarco, Scott D. Kuduk
  • Publication number: 20130053386
    Abstract: The invention encompasses a novel class of diaryl ether derivatives which inhibit the processing of APP by the putative ?-secretase while sparing Notch signaling pathway, and thus are useful in the treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's disease without the development of Notch inhibition mediated gastrointestinal issues. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: William Colby Brown, Richard W. Heidebrecht, Jason Brubaker, Christian Fischer, John T. Hendrix, Elizabeth H. Kelley, Rachel N. MacCoss, Joey L. Methot, Thomas Miller, Karin M. Otte, Phieng Siliphaivanh, Thomas Reger, Peter D. Williams, Catherine M. Wiscount
  • Patent number: 8372844
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel piperazinyl-propyl-pyrazole derivative, a method of its preparation and a pharmaceutically acceptable composition comprising the same. The novel piperazinyl-propyl-pyrazole derivative of the present invention has superior selective affinity for dopamine D4 receptor, can effectively inhibit psychotic behavior (cage climbing) induced by apomorphine, and has relatively low adverse effects in mouse rotarod test. Therefore, it can be developed as a therapeutic agent for the treatment and prevention of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, in particular, schizophrenia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, stress diseases, panic disorder, phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, cognitive disorder, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, anxiety, paraphrenia, mania, seizure disorder, personality disorder, migraine, drug addiction, alcohol addiction, obesity, eating disorder, and sleeping disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Jae Yang Kong, Woo-Kyu Park, Heeyeong Cho, Daeyoung Jeong, Gildon Choi, Hun Yeong Koh, Sang Hee Kim, Ae Nim Pae, Yong Seo Cho, Joo Hwan Cha, Hyunah Choo, Sang Eun Chae, Hee-Yoon Lee
  • Patent number: 8367653
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating various diseases, syndromes, conditions and disorders, including pain. Such compounds are represented by Formula (I) as follows: wherein Y, Z, R1, and s are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Haiyan Bian, Kristen Chevalier, Jose Clemente, Pete Connolly, Chris Flores, Shu-Chen Lin, Li Liu, John Mabus, Mark MacIelag, Mark McDonnell, Philip Pitis, Yue-Mei Zhang, Sui-Po Zhang, Bin Zhu
  • Patent number: 8367844
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds of formula I which have microbiocidal activity, in particular fungicidal activity as well as methods of using the compounds of formula (I) to control microbes: wherein A is x-C(R10R11)—C(?O)—, x-C(R12R13)—C(?S)—, x-O—C(?O)—, x-O—C(?S)—, x-N(R14)—C(?O)—, x-N(R15)—C(?S)—, x-C(R16R17)—SO2— or X—N?C(R30)—, in each case x indicates the bond that is connected to R1; T is CR18 or N; Y1, Y2, Y3, and Y4 are independently CR19 or N; Q is O or S; n is 1 or 2; p is 1 or 2, providing that when n is 2, p is 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Sarah Sulzer-Mosse, Clemens Lamberth, Laura Quaranta, Mathias Stephan Respondek
  • Publication number: 20130029978
    Abstract: There is a need for FAAH inhibitors capable of oral administration and having excellent efficacy, particularly agents for the prevention and treatment of pain. Disclosed are novel arylurea compounds represented by formula (I), salts or solvates thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same as an active ingredient. The pharmaceutical composition is used primarily for FAAH inhibitors, or agents for prevention and treatment of pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2010
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kamino, Yoshitaka Maeda
  • Patent number: 8362001
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating various diseases, syndromes, conditions and disorders, including pain. Such compounds are represented by Formula (I) as follows: wherein Y, Z, R1, and s are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Haiyan Bian, Kristen Chevalier, Jose Clemente, Pete Connolly, Chris Flores, Shu-Chen Lin, Li Liu, John Mabus, Mark Macielag, Mark McDonnell, Philip Pitis, Yue-Mei Zhang, Sui-Po Zhang, Bin Zhu
  • Patent number: 8362249
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1 to R6, A, B, X, Y and n are as defined herein. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, processes for preparing these compounds and intermediates useful in these processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: John David Ginn, Daniel Richard Marshall, Anthony S. Prokopowicz, Sabine Schlyer, Robert Sibley, Michael Robert Turner, Di Wu, Frank Wu
  • Publication number: 20130023522
    Abstract: Novel benzamide derivatives of formula (I) wherein W1, W2, R1 to R7, R8, X and Y have the meaning according to the claims, are positive allosteric modulators of the FSH receptor, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of fertility disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Henry YU, Jiezhen LI, Thomas E. RICHARDSON, Pandi BHARATHI, Brian H. HEASLEY, Andreas GOUTOPOULOS
  • Patent number: 8354399
    Abstract: Substituted indazole derivatives of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as defined in the specification, process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are disclosed; the compounds of the invention may be useful in therapy in the treatment of diseases associated with a deregulated protein kinase activity, like cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Nerviano Medical Sciences S.R.L.
    Inventors: Maria Menichincheri, Jay Aaron Bertrand, Chiara Marchionni, Marcella Nesi, Paolo Orsini, Achille Panzeri
  • Publication number: 20130012507
    Abstract: Compounds represented by formula (Ia) or (Ib) and wherein R and R1 are as defined in the description, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are disclosed; the said compounds are useful in the treatment of cell cycle proliferative disorders, e.g. cancer, associated with an altered cell cycle dependent kinase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: NERVIANO MEDICAL SCIENCES S.R.L.
    Inventors: Maria Gabriella Brasca, Raffaella Amici, Daniele Fancelli, Marcella Nesi, Paolo Orsini, Fabrizio Orzi, Patrick Roussel, Anna Vulpetti, Paolo Pevarello
  • Publication number: 20130005738
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the general formula: in which the variable groups are as defined herein, and to their preparation and use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: William C. Shakespeare, Wei-Sheng Huang, David C. Dalgarno, Xiaotian Zhu, R. Mathew Thomas, Yihan Wang, Jiwei Qi, Rajeswari Sundaramoorthi, Dong Zou, Chester A. Metcalf, III, Tomi K. Sawyer, Jan Antoinette C. Romero
  • Patent number: 8343976
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, compositions and methods for treating a disease in an animal, which disease is responsive to inhibiting of functional cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) polypeptide by administering to a mammal in need thereof an effective amount of a compound defined herein (including those compounds set forth in Tables 1-2 or encompassed by formulas Ia, Ib, IIa, and IIb) or compositions comprising these compounds, thereby treating the disease. The present invention particularly, relates to a method of treating diarrhea and polycystic kidney disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Institute for OneWorld Health
    Inventors: Stephen David Penrose, Kevin James Doyle
  • Patent number: 8329703
    Abstract: Aryl substituted pyrazole derivatives are provided, as well as processes for their preparation. The invention also provides compositions and methods for the treatment of HCV by administering a compound of the present invention, alone or in combination with additional antiviral agents, in a therapeutically effective amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Youhong Hu, Bin Xu, Yun Liao, Kenneth Nawoschik, Yixin Liu, Anthony Sandrasagra, Reza Fathi, Zhen Yang
  • Patent number: 8314091
    Abstract: The present invention relates to N-benzyl,N?-arylcarbonylpiperazine derivatives having the general formula I to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and to the use of a these N-benzyl,N?-arylcarbonylpiperazine derivatives for the manufacture of a medicament for treating or preventing atherosclerosis and related disorders associated with cholesterol and bile acids transport and metabolism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignees: MSD OSS B.V., Pharmacopeia, Inc.
    Inventors: Koc-Kan Ho, Andrew Laird Roughton, Irina Neagu, Jui-Hsiang Chan, Nasrin Ansari, Michelle Lee Morris, Yajing Rong, Michael Ohlmeyer, Andrew John Cooke, Andrew Stanley Edwards, David Jonathan Bennett
  • Patent number: 8314089
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel substituted pyrazolamides, methods for their preparation, their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, as well as their use for the manufacture of medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, especially of retroviral diseases, in humans and/or animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: AiCuris GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rudolf Schohe-Loop, Reinhold Welker, Arnold Paessens, Marcus Bauser, Friederike Stoll, Frank Dittmer, Kerstin Henninger, Daniela Paulsen, Dieter Lang
  • Publication number: 20120283194
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for modulating Hedgehog (Hh) pathway signaling in a cell. Aspects of the methods include methods for inhibiting Hh pathway-promoted cancer proliferation and/or metastasis that is promoted by Hh pathway signaling, methods for treating cancers promoted by Hh pathway signaling, and methods for screening candidate agents for the ability to treat a cancer promoted by Hh pathway signaling. In addition, reagents and kits thereof that find use in practicing the subject methods are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Scott X. Atwood, Anthony Oro
  • Publication number: 20120277248
    Abstract: Substituted pyrrolo-pyrazole derivatives of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as defined in the specification, process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are disclosed; the compounds of the invention may be useful in therapy in the treatment of diseases associated with dysregulated protein kinase activity, like cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: NERVIANO MEDICAL SCIENCES S.R.L.
    Inventors: Michele CARUSO, Italo BERIA, Maria Gabriella BRASCA, Ron FERGUSON, Helena POSTERI
  • Patent number: 8299072
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazolylmethylamine-piperazine derivatives and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts effective as calcium channel modulators and a method of manufacturing the same. The present invention also relates to the medicinal use of the above compounds as therapeutic treatment of diseases due to their effect as calcium channel modulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Ghilsoo Nam, Kyung Il Choi, Hye Ran Kim, Seon Hee Seo, Yoon Jee Kim, Hee Sup Shin, Dong Jin Kim, Ae Nim Pae, Hye Jin Chung, Hyunah Choo, Hyewhon Rhim, Yong Seo Cho, Eun Joo Roh, Gyo Chang Keum, Kee Hyun Choi, Kye Jung Shin, Hoh Gyu Hahn, Chan Seong Cheong, Jae Kyun Lee, Kee Dal Nam, Yong Koo Kang, Youngsoo Kim, Woong Seo Park, Eunice Eun-Kyeong Kim, Key-Sun Kim, Hesson Chung, Dong Yun Shin, Chi man Song
  • Patent number: 8299063
    Abstract: The present invention pertains generally to the field of therapeutic compounds. More specifically the present invention pertains to certain amido-thiophene compounds that, inter alia, inhibit 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11?-HSD1). The present invention also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds and compositions, both in vitro and in vivo, to inhibit 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1; to treat disorders that are ameliorated by the inhibition of 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1; to treat the metabolic syndrome, which includes disorders such as type 2 diabetes and obesity, and associated disorders including insulin resistance, hypertension, lipid disorders and cardiovascular disorders such as ischaemic (coronary) heart disease; to treat CNS disorders such as mild cognitive impairment and early dementia, including Alzheimer's disease; etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: The University of Edinburgh
    Inventors: Scott Peter Webster, Jonathan Robert Seckl, Brian Robert Walker, Peter Ward, Thomas David Pallin, Hazel Joan Dyke, Trevor Robert Perrior
  • Patent number: 8299057
    Abstract: Substituted indazole derivatives of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as defined in the specification, process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are disclosed; the compounds of the invention may be useful in therapy in the treatment of diseases associated with a deregulated protein kinase activity, like cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Nerviano Medical Sciences S.R.L.
    Inventors: Andrea Lombardi Borgia, Maria Menichincheri, Paolo Orsini, Achille Panzeri, Ettore Perrone, Ermes Vanotti, Marcella Nesi, Chiara Marchionni
  • Publication number: 20120245176
    Abstract: A compound of Formula I is set forth, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: wherein Het is a 5 or 6-membered heterocycle with —N, —O, or —S adjacent to the —Ar substituent or adjacent to the point of attachment for the —Ar substituent; Ar is aryl or heteroaryl; R is —CH3, —CH2F, —CHF2 or —CH?CH2; V is —H, —CH3 or ?O; W is —NO2, —Cl, —Br, —CH2OH, or —CN; X is —Cl, —Br, —F, —CH3, —OCH3, or —CN; Y is —CH or —N; and Z is —CH or —N. This compound is useful in compositions for the prevention and treatment of influenza virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Christopher W. Cianci, Samuel Gerritz, Sean Kim, David R. Langley, Guo Li, Bradley C. Pearce, Annapurna Pendri, Shuhao Shi, Weixu Zhai, Shirong Zhu
  • Patent number: 8263597
    Abstract: Disclosed indazoles compounds that are useful as antagonists of CCR1 activity and are thus useful for treating a variety of diseases and disorders that are mediated or sustained through the activity of CCR1 including autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, processes for preparing these compounds and intermediates useful in these processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Kuzmich, Can Mao, Alan David Swinamer, David Smith Thomson
  • Publication number: 20120225880
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I): wherein A, B, D, X, Y, R1, R2, R3, m, p, and q are defined herein. Also disclosed is a method for inhibiting FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3, aurora kinase, or vascular endothelial growth factor receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: National Health Research Institutes
    Inventors: Weir-Torn Jiaang, Tsu-An Hsu, Wen-Hsing Lin, Yu-Sheng Chao
  • Publication number: 20120225867
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The present disclosure also relates to compositions and methods of treating comprising compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Gerd Wohlfahrt, Olli Törmäkangas, Harri Salo, lisa Höglund, Arja Karjalainen, Pia Knuuttila, Patrik Holm, Sirpa Rasku, Anniina Vesalainen
  • Publication number: 20120225854
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that interact with glucokinase regulatory protein. In addition, the present invention relates to methods of treating type 2 diabetes, and other diseases and/or conditions where glucokinase regulatory protein is involved using the compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions that contain the compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Kate Ashton, Michael David Bartberger, Yunxin Bo, Marian C. Bryan, Michael Croghan, Christopher Harold Fotsch, Clarence Henderson Hale, Roxanne Kay Kunz, Longbin Liu, Nobuko Nishimura, Mark H. Norman, Lewis Dale Pennington, Steve Fong Poon, Markian Myroslaw Stec, David Joseph St. Jean, JR., Nuria A. Tamayo, Christopher Michael Tegley, Kevin Chao Yang
  • Publication number: 20120214817
    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: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Bruce E Maryanoff, William A. Kinney, Edward C. Lawson, Diane K. Luci, Nikolay Marchenko, Sergey Sviridov, Shyamali Ghosh
  • Publication number: 20120214790
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds which show high effectiveness against positive symptoms, negative symptoms and cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia and reduce conventional side-effect risks as well as have remarkable effects for central neurological diseases associated with cognitive dysfunction other than schizophrenia. N-Acyl cyclic amine derivatives of formula (1): wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are aryl or heteroaryl; V is nitrogen, or CR3; W1 is a single bond, —C(O)—, etc.; W2 is C1-alkylene; W3 is a single bond, methylene, —NH—, —CR4?CR5—, etc.; Ring Q is a group of formula (a) in which n is 0 or 1; m is 0 to 2; k is 1 to 3; Z is a single bond, methylene, oxygen, etc.; R1a, R1b and R1c are each, same or different, hydrogen, hydroxyl, halogen, cyano, C1-6 alkyl, etc.; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Megumi Maruyama, Naoya Kinomura, Satoshi Nojima, Masahiro Takamura, Keisuke Kakiguchi, Hiroto Tatamidani
  • Publication number: 20120209001
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel piperazinyl-propyl-pyrazole derivative, a method of its preparation and a pharmaceutically acceptable composition comprising the same. The novel piperazinyl-propyl-pyrazole derivative of the present invention has superior selective affinity for dopamine D4 receptor, can effectively inhibit psychotic behavior (cage climbing) induced by apomorphine, and has relatively low adverse effects in mouse rotarod test. Therefore, it can be developed as a therapeutic agent for the treatment and prevention of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, in particular, schizophrenia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, stress diseases, panic disorder, phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, cognitive disorder, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, anxiety, paraphrenia, mania, seizure disorder, personality disorder, migraine, drug addiction, alcohol addiction, obesity, eating disorder, and sleeping disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jae Yang KONG, Park Woo-Kyu, Heeyeong CHO, Daeyoung JEONG, Gildon CHOI, Hun Yeong KOH, Sang Hee KIM, Ae Nim PAE, Yong Seo CHO, Joo Hwan CHA, Hyunah CHOO, Sang Eun CHAE, Hee-Yoon LEE
  • Publication number: 20120202794
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds useful for treating a viral infection, such as HCV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: PHARMASSET, INC.
    Inventors: MICHAEL JOSEPH SOFIA, RAMESH KAKARLA, JIAN LIU, DEVAN NADUTHAMBI, RALPH MOSLEY, HOLLY MICOLOCHICK STEUER
  • Patent number: 8236806
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel piperazinyl-propyl-pyrazole derivative, a method of its preparation and a pharmaceutically acceptable composition comprising the same. The novel piperazinyl-propyl-pyrazole derivative of the present invention has superior selective affinity for dopamine D4 receptor, can effectively inhibit psychotic behavior (cage climbing) induced by apomorphine, and has relatively low adverse effects in mouse rotarod test. Therefore, it can be developed as a therapeutic agent for the treatment and prevention of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, in particular, schizophrenia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, stress diseases, panic disorder, phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, cognitive disorder, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, anxiety, paraphrenia, mania, seizure disorder, personality disorder, migraine, drug addiction, alcohol addiction, obesity, eating disorder, and sleeping disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Jae Yang Kong, Woo-Kyu Park, Heeyeong Cho, Daeyoung Jeong, Gildon Choi, Hun Yeong Koh, Sang Hee Kim, Ae Nim Pae, Yong Seo Cho, Joo Hwan Cha, Hyunah Choo, Sang Eun Chae, Hee-Yoon Lee
  • Publication number: 20120190845
    Abstract: The present invention discloses novel compounds of general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof (in which X1-X5, R5-R8b, Z1-Z2 and Ar1 are defined herein), a method for inhibiting the VR1 receptor in mammals using these compounds, a method for controlling pain in mammals, and pharmaceutical compositions including those compounds and a process for making those compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Arthur R. Gomtsyan, Erol K. Bayburt, Chih-Hung Lee, John R. Koenig, Robert G. Schmidt, Kirill A. Lukin, Gilles Chamboumier, Margaret Chi-Ping Hsu, Robert M. Leanna, Russell D. Cink
  • Patent number: 8227472
    Abstract: Substituted pyrrolo-pyrazole derivatives of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as defined in the specification, process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are disclosed; the compounds of the invention may be useful in therapy in the treatment of diseases associated with dysregulated protein kinase activity, like cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Nerviano Medical Sciences S.R.L.
    Inventors: Michele Caruso, Italo Beria, Maria Gabriella Brasca, Ron Ferguson, Helena Posteri
  • Patent number: 8202872
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I having pharmacological activity towards the sigma receptor, to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use for the treatment and or prophylaxis of a disease in which the sigma receptor is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Laboratorios del Dr. Esteve, S.A.
    Inventors: Rosa Cuberes-Altisent, Joerg Holenz
  • Publication number: 20120142698
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds of formula I which have microbiocidal activity, in particular fungicidal activity as well as methods of using the compounds of formula (I) to control microbes: wherein A is x-C(R10R11)—C(?O)—, x-C(R12R13)—C(?S)—, x-O—C(?O)—, x-O—C(?S)—, x-N(R14)—C(?O)—, x-N(R15)—C(?S)—, x-C(R16R17)—SO2— or X—N?C(R30)—, in each case x indicates the bond that is connected to R1; T is CR18 or N; Y1, Y2, Y3, and Y4 are independently CR19 or N; Q is O or S; n is 1 or 2; p is 1 or 2, providing that when n is 2, p is 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, LLC
    Inventors: Sarah Sulzer-Mosse, Clemens Lamberth, Laura Quaranta, Mathias Stephan Respondek
  • Publication number: 20120142702
    Abstract: A number of compounds and use of the compounds in a method for treating or preventing cancer in a subject by administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition including a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are described. The compounds can also be used to inhibit integrin-linked kinase in a cell, which has an effect on the Akt signaling pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: The Ohio State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Ching-Shih Chen, Su-Lin Lee, Samuel K. Kulp
  • Patent number: 8188087
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel crystalline forms of (3-cyano-1H-indol-7-yl)-[4-(4-fluorophenethyl)piperazin-1-yl]methanone phosphate and to pharmaceutical compositions containing said forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Susan Marie Reutzel-Eden, Gregory Alan Stephenson
  • Publication number: 20120129844
    Abstract: There is provided a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. There are also provided processes for the manufacture of a compound of Formula 1, and the use of a compound of Formula 1 as a medicament and in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: David Buttar, Kevin Michael Foote, Maria-Elena Theoclitou, Andrew Peter Thomas
  • Publication number: 20120122889
    Abstract: The invention features a series of heterocyclic derivatives that inhibit tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-?) induced necroptosis. The heterocyclic compounds of the invention are described by Formulas (I)-(VIII) and by Compounds (I)-(I), (13)-(26), (27)-(33), (48)-(57), and (58)-(70). These necrostatins are shown to inhibit TNF-? induced necroptosis in FADD-deficient variant of human Jurkat T cells. The invention further features pharmaceutical compositions featuring necrostatins. The compounds and compositions of the invention may also be used to treat disorders where necroptosis is likely to play a substantial role.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Junying Yuan, Emily S. Hsu
  • Publication number: 20120108588
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of Formula (I): wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 are as defined above. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and to methods of treating diabetes mellitus and its complications (including in particular diabetic retinopathy, nephropathy or neuropathy), cancer, ischemia, inflammation, central nervous system disorders, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease and dermatological disease pression, viral diseases, inflammatory disorders, or diseases in which the liver is a target organ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Pfizer, Inc.
    Inventors: Iriny Botrous, Yufeng Hong, Hui Li, Kevin Kun-Chin Liu, Seiji Nukui, Min Teng, Eileen Valenzuela Tompkins, Chunfeng Yin
  • Publication number: 20120108815
    Abstract: A precursor for the deposition of a thin film by atomic layer deposition is provided. The compound has the formula MxLy where M is a metal and L is an amidrazone-derived ligand or an amidate-derived ligand. A process of forming a thin film using the precursors is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Aloke K. Dutta
  • Publication number: 20120108584
    Abstract: Compounds corresponding to the formula (I) as defined in the disclosure, as well as methods for making such compounds, intermediates employed in such methods, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of the invention, and methods of treatment using them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: Laurent DUBOIS, Yannick Evanno, Christian Maloizel, Mireille Sevrin
  • Patent number: 8163757
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (IA) or (IB) or pharmaceutically or veterinarily acceptable salt thereof:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: MediGene AG
    Inventor: Ian Richard Matthews
  • 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.
  • Publication number: 20120065193
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is at least one cyclopropyl amide derivative, at least one pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one cyclopropyl amide derivative disclosed herein, and at least one method of using at least one cyclopropyl amide derivative disclosed herein for treating at least one histamine H3 receptor associated condition therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: James Arnold, Andrew Todd Brugel, Scott Throner, Steven Wesolowski, Phil Edwards, Andrew Griffin, Thierry Groblewski, Denis Labrecque
  • Publication number: 20120065196
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds represented by the formula (Ie): and the formula (If): wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification. According to the present invention, these compounds have a DGAT inhibitory activity and are useful for the prophylaxis, treatment or improvement of diseases or pathologies caused by high expression or high activation of DGAT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Shuji Kitamura, Thomas Daniel Aicher, Steve Gonzales, Yvan Le Huerou, Scott Alan Pratt, Yoshihisa Nakada
  • Patent number: 8129391
    Abstract: There is provided a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. There are also provided processes for the manufacture of a compound of Formula 1, and the use of a compound of Formula 1 as a medicament and in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Kevin Michael Foote, Maria-Elena Theoclitou, Andrew Peter Thomas, David Buttar
  • 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: 8119641
    Abstract: Furo[3,2-c]pyrazole derivatives of formula (I) as defined in the description, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A is an aryl or heteroaryl ring, —NHZR5 is at the ortho position to the CONH linker; —R1 and R2 are the same or different and, independently from each other, represent a hydrogen atom, or an organic residue; R3 is a hydrogen or halogen atom or an organic group; R4 is a hydrogen or halogen atom or an organic group; Z is direct bond, >C?O, or —C(?O)NH—; —R5 is hydrogen or an optionally substituted organic group or isomers, tautomers, carriers, metabolites, prodrugs, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. A process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are disclosed; the compounds of the invention may be useful, in therapy, in the treatment of diseases associated with a disregulated protein kinase activity, in particular Aurora kinases activity or IGF-1R activity, like cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Nerviano Medical Sciences S.R.L.
    Inventors: Daniele Fancelli, Maurizio Pulici, Jürgen Moll, Tiziano Bandiera