Double Bonded Divalent Chalcogen Containing Patents (Class 544/52)
  • Publication number: 20120214990
    Abstract: A nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof represented by the general formula: which have a potent antibacterial activity and a high safety. Thus, the compounds are useful as antibacterial agents against gram-positive bacteria, gram-negative bacteria and drug resistant bacteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicants: TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., TOYAMA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taro KIYOTO, Tadashi Tanaka, Yasuhiro Tsutsui, Junichi Ando, Mai Motono, Yasuko Kawaguchi, Toshiya Noguchi, Yasunobu Ushiki, Fumihito Ushiyama, Hiroki Urabe
  • Patent number: 8217029
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein U, V, W, X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, A, B, D, E, G, m, and n are as defined in the description, to pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such compounds for use in the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention or treatment of a bacterial infection. Certain compounds of formula (I) are new and are also part of this invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd
    Inventors: Daniel Bur, Christian Hubschwerlen, Georg Rueedi, Jean-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn-Acklin
  • Publication number: 20120165322
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1 and R2 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: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Brian Nicholas Cook, Jennifer A. Kowalski, Xiang Li, Daniel Richard Marshall, Sabine Schlyer, Robert Sibley, Lana Louise Smith-Keenan, Fariba Soleymanzadeh, Ronald John Sorcek, Erick Richard Roush Young, Yunlong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120149691
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula I: or a salt thereof as described herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula I, processes for preparing compounds of formula I, intermediates useful for preparing compounds of formula I, and therapeutic methods for suppressing an immune response or treating cancer or a hematologic malignancy using compounds of formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yarlagadda S. Babu, Yarlagadda S. Babu, Pravin L. Kotian, V. Satish Kumar, Minwan Wu, Tsu-Hsing Lin
  • Patent number: 8188073
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound, useful as a mineralocorticoid receptor-modulating agent, of the following formula [I]: wherein Ring A is a benzene ring optionally having a substituent(s) other than R1 etc, R1 is a group of the formula: RaSO2NH— etc, Ra is an alkyl group etc, R2 and R3 are each a hydrogen atom, a phenyl group, an optionally substituted alkyl group etc, X is an oxygen atom etc, Y is a group of the formula: —C(?O)— etc, Ar is an optionally substituted aryl group or an optionally substituted heteroaryl group, Q is a single bond, an alkylene group etc, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Iijima, Yasuo Yamamoto, Hidenori Akatsuka, Takayuki Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20120122855
    Abstract: The present invention features benzoxazines, benzothiazines, and related compounds that inhibit nitric oxide synthase (NOS), particularly those that selectively inhibit neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) in preference to other NOS isoforms. The NOS inhibitors of the invention, alone or in combination with other pharmaceutically active agents, can be used for treating or preventing various medical conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: NeurAxon, Inc.
    Inventors: Jailall RAMNAUTH, Subhash C. Annedi, Sarah Silverman, Peter Dove, Shawn Maddaford, Suman Rakhit
  • Publication number: 20120122773
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I): wherein R1a is optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl, etc.; R1m is hydrogen atom, etc.; G1, G2, G3 and G4 are (i), etc. ((i) G1 is —N(R1b)—, G2 is —CO—, G3 is —C(R1c)(R1d)—, and G4 is oxygen, etc.); R1b is optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl, etc.; R1c and R1d are each independently optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl, etc.; R2 is optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl, etc.; R3a, R3b, R3c and R3d are each independently a group: -A-B (A is a single bond, etc., B is hydrogen atom, etc.), etc.; n is 1, etc.; R5 is C1-4 alkoxycarbonyl, etc., or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which is useful as a renin inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: DAINIPPON SUMITOMO PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Suetsugu, Nobuhisa Fukuda, Yoshio Nakai, Takashi Takada, Yohei Ikuma, Hiroyuki Nakahira
  • Patent number: 8178671
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of treating or preventing autoimmune diseases with 2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds, as well as methods of treating, preventing or ameliorating symptoms associated with such diseases. Specific examples of autoimmune diseases that can be treated or prevented with the compounds include rheumatoid arthritis and/or its associated symptoms, systemic lups erythematosis and/or its associated symptoms and multiple sclerosis and/or its associated symptoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajinder Singh, Ankush Argade, Hui Li, Somasekhar Bhamidipati, David Carroll, Catherine Sylvain, Jeffrey Clough, Holger Keim
  • Publication number: 20120108576
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, salts and hydrates of Formula I, wherein the variables Ar1, R2, R3, R4, r, q, and t are defined herein. Certain compounds of Formula I described herein possess potent antiviral activity. The invention also provides compounds of Formula I that are potent and/or selective inhibitors of Hepatitis C virus replication. Certain compounds described herein inhibit assembly of the HCV replication complex. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more compounds of Formula I, or a salt, solvate, or acylated prodrug of such compounds, and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, excipients, or diluents. The invention further comprises methods of treating patients suffering from certain infectious diseases by administering to such patients an amount of a compound of Formula I effective to reduce signs or symptoms of the disease. These infectious diseases include viral infections, particularly HCV infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: ACHILLION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Suoming Zhang, Avinash Phadke, Cuixian Liu, Xiangzhu Wang, Jesse Quinn, Dawei Chen, Venkat Gadhachanda, Shouming Li, Milind Deshpande
  • Publication number: 20120094972
    Abstract: Substituted bicyclic heteroaryls and compositions containing them, for the treatment of general inflammation, arthritis, rheumatic diseases, osteoarthritis, inflammatory bowel disorders, inflammatory eye disorders, inflammatory or unstable bladder disorders, psoriasis, skin complaints with inflammatory components, chronic inflammatory conditions, including but not restricted to autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE), myestenia gravis, rheumatoid arthritis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, multiples sclerosis, Sjoegren's syndrome and autoimmune hemolytic anemia, allergic conditions including all forms of hypersensitivity, The present invention also enables methods for treating cancers that are mediated, dependent on or associated with p110 activity, including but not restricted to leukemias, such as Acute Myeloid leukaemia (AML) Myelo-dysplastic syndrome (MDS) myelo-proliferative diseases (MPD) Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) T-cell Acute Lymphob
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Brown, Yi Chen, Timothy David Cushing, Felix Gonzalez Lopez De Turiso, Xiao He, Todd J. Kohn, Julia Winslow Lohman, Vatee Pattaropong, Jennifer Seganish, Youngsook Shin, Jillian L. Simard
  • Publication number: 20120065189
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel heterocyclic compound. A heterocyclic compound represented by general formula (1) wherein, R1 and R2, each independently represent hydrogen; a phenyl lower alkyl group that may have a substituent(s) selected from the group consisting of a lower alkyl group and the like on a benzene ring and/or a lower alkyl group; or a cyclo C3-C8 alkyl lower alkyl group; or the like; R3 represents a lower alkynyl group or the like; R4 represents a phenyl group that may have a substituent(s) selected from the group consisting of a 1,3,4-oxadiazolyl group that may have e.g., halogen or a heterocyclic group selected from pyridyl group and the like; the heterocyclic group may have at least one substituent(s) selected from a lower alkoxy group and the like or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Akira Takahashi, Masaki Suzuki, Yuichi Nakamura, Yohji Sakurai
  • Patent number: 8129369
    Abstract: The present invention discloses novel compounds of the Formula (1), comprising benzothiazinone, benzoxazinone or benzoxazolinone moieties having antifungal activity, method for preparing these compounds and the use of these compounds as antifungal agents in prevention and treatment of fungal infections, and pharmaceutical preparations containing these novel compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignees: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research;, FDC Ltd.
    Inventors: Hanumant Bapurao Borate, Suleman Riyasaheb Maujan, Sangmeshwer Prabhakar Sawargave, Ramesh Ganesh Kelkar, Radhika Dilip Wakharkar, Mohan Anand Chandavarkar, Sharangi Ravinda Vaiude, Vinay Anant Joshi
  • Publication number: 20120040957
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein X1, X3; X4 and X6, each independently of the others, represents a nitrogen atom or CR2, with the proviso that at least one of X1, X3; X4 and X6 represents a nitrogen atom; X2 represents C—H, C—(C1-C6alkyl), C—(C1-C6alkoxy), C-halogen, C—COOH; X5 represents C—H or C—(C1-C6alkyl), C-halogen; R1 and R2, independently of one another, represent hydrogen or a substituent selected from hydroxy, halogen, carboxy, amino, C1-C6alkylamino, di(C1-C6alkyl)amino, mercapto, cyano, nitro, C1-C6alkyl, C1-C6alkoxy, C1-C6alkylthio, C1-C6alkylamino-carbonyloxy, C2-C6alkenyl, C2-C6alkynyl, C1-C6alkylcarbonyloxy, C1-C6alkyl-sulfonyloxy, C1-C6heteroalkylcarbonyloxy, C5-C6heterocyclyl-carbonyloxy, C1-C6heteroalkyl, C1-C6heteroalkoxy, wherein heteroalkyl, heteroalkoxy groups or heterocyclyl comprise 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur, in which substituents the alkyl moieties are unsubstituted or further substituted by halogeno, cyano, hydroxy, C1-C4alkoxy, C1-C4alkylcarbo
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Berangere Gaucher, Franck Hubert Danel, Patrick Roussel
  • Publication number: 20120028920
    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: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    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: 20110301133
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel synthetic substituted heterocyclic compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same that are capable of inhibiting or antagonizing a family of receptor tyrosine kinases, Tropomysosin Related Kinases (Trk), in particular the nerve growth factor (NGF) receptor, TrkA. The invention further concerns the use of such compounds in the treatment and/or prevention of pain, cancer, restenosis, atherosclerosis, psoriasis, thrombosis, or a disease, disorder or injury relating to dysmyelination or demyelination or the disease or disorder associated with abnormal activities of NGF receptor TrkA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: VM Pharma LLC
    Inventors: Jay Jie-Qiang Wu, Ling Wang
  • Publication number: 20110301149
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds which antagonize epsilon protein kinase C (PKC?). These compounds have a structural formula (Ia), (Ic) or (II). The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods of treating various diseases, conditions, and/or symptoms by using these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: VM DISCOVERY INC.
    Inventor: Jay Jie-Qiang Wu
  • 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: 20110281854
    Abstract: Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRa), pharmaceutical compositions containing such inhibitors and the use of such inhibitors to treat, for example, diabetic nephropathy and hypertension in mammals, including humans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Agustin Casimiro-Garcia, Kentaro Futatsugi, David W. Piotrowski
  • Publication number: 20110280804
    Abstract: Compounds having the general formula III?, or IV? wherein R1 can be a radical of an optionally substituted C-4 to C-7 N-containing heterocycle or a radical of an optionally substituted cyclic or acyclic tertiary amine or isoindoline-1,3-dione: R2,4,5,6 can each independently be any one or combinations of the following moieties, cyano, nitro, acyl, alkyl, amido, azido, isothiocyanate, isocyanate, optionally substituted anilino, halogens, ethers, sulfonamides, thioacyl, nitro, aromatic, heterocyclic, olefinic, acetylene, deuterium, or tritium; Y is S; Z can be either H, O, S, S—R or NR where R groups can be either H, aryls, alkyls, or cycloalkyls; “n” can be 1 to 5 carbons in length and stereoisomers, functional analogs, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and wherein the moiety bridging R1 and N can be a substituted alkylene, optionally substituted alkenylene or optionally substituted alkynylene and where the alkylene group can include an inserted C3-C5 cycloalkyl group, aromatic, and heterocycli
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicants: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, University of Mississippi
    Inventors: Christopher R. McCurdy, Christophe Mesangeau, Frederick T. Chin, Michelle L. James, Bin Shen, Sanjiv Gambhir
  • Publication number: 20110269749
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to 2,4-pyrimidinediamines substituted with tricyclic carbamates and the compositions and methods using these compounds in the treatment of conditions in which modulation of the JAK pathway or inhibition of JAK kinases, such as JAK2 or JAK3, is therapeutically useful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Rajinder Singh, Somasekhar Bhamidipati, Vadim Markovtsov
  • Publication number: 20110263560
    Abstract: 3,4-substituted piperidine compounds, these compounds for use in the diagnostic and therapeutic treatment of a warm-blooded animal, especially for the treatment of a disease (=disorder) that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class for the preparation of a pharmaceutical formulation for the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class in the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; pharmaceutical formulations comprising a 3,4-substituted piperidine compound, and/or a method of treatment comprising administering a 3,4substituted piperidine compound, a method for the manufacture of a 3,4-substituted piperidine compound, and novel intermediates and partial steps for their synthesis are disclosed. The 3,4-disubstituted piperidine compounds have the formula (I), wherein the symbols have the meanings defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Werner BREITENSTEIN, Takeru EHARA, Claus EHRHARDT, Philipp GROSCHE, Yuko HITOMI, Yuki IWAKI, Takanori KANAZAWA, Kazuhide KONISHI, Juergen Klaus MAIBAUM, Keiichi MASUYA, Atsuko Nihonyanagi, Nils OSTERMANN, Masaki SUZUKI, Atsushi TOYAO, Fumiaki YOKOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20110251182
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods of screening for modulators of mammalian cell injury cause by TRPM7 gene and protein activity, compounds that modulate TRPM7 gene and protein activity and methods of treatment of mammalian cell injury using modulators of TRPM7 gene and protein activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: NoNO, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiujun Sun, Michael Tymianski, Jonathan David Garman
  • Publication number: 20110251171
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula provide pharmacological agents which are potent agonists of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (PPARs). Accordingly, the compounds of the instant invention are useful for the treatment of conditions mediated by the PPAR receptor activity in mammals. Such conditions include dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesteremia, atherosclerosis, hypertriglyceridemia, heart failure, myocardial infarction, vascular diseases, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, obesity, inflammation, arthritis, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, skin disorders, respiratory diseases, ophthalmic disorders, inflammatory bowel diseases, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. The compounds of the present invention are particularly useful in mammals as hypoglycemic agents for the treatment and prevention of conditions in which impaired glucose tolerance, hyperglycemia and insulin resistance are implicated, such as type-1 and type-2 diabetes, and Syndrome X.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas Bach, Prasad Koteswara Kapa, George Tien-San Lee, Eric M. Loeser, Michael Lloyd Sabio, James Lawrence Stanton, Thalaththani Ralalage Vedananda
  • Publication number: 20110251185
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound, useful as a mineralocorticoid receptor-modulating agent, of the following formula [I]: wherein Ring A is a benzene ring optionally having a substituent(s) other than R1 etc, R1 is a group of the formula: RaSO2NH— etc, Ra is an alkyl group etc, R2 and R3 are each a hydrogen atom, a phenyl group, an optionally substituted alkyl group etc, X is an oxygen atom etc, Y is a group of the formula: —C(?O)— etc, Ar is an optionally substituted aryl group or an optionally substituted heteroaryl group, Q is a single bond, an alkylene group etc, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Toru IIJIMA, Yasuo Yamamoto, Hidenori Akatsuka, Takayuki Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20110218160
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an arylalkylamine compound represented by the following formula [I] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a process for preparing the same, and use of the above-mentioned compound as an activating compound (CaSR agonist) of a Ca sensing receptor, a pharmaceutical composition containing the above-mentioned compound as an effective ingredient, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventors: Hiroshi Miyazaki, Junko Tsubakimoto, Kosuke Yasuda, Iwao Takamuro, Osamu Sakurai, Tetsuya Yanagida, Yutaka Hisada
  • Publication number: 20110201581
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) in which n, y, X1, X2, A, B, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the specification, a process for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Mark Furber, Christopher Andrew Luckhurst, Hitesh Jayantilal Sanganee, Linda Anne Stein, Peter Alan Cage
  • Publication number: 20110201595
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula I wherein R1 is alkoxy or halogen; U and V each independently are CH or N; is a bond or is absent; W is CH or N or, when is absent, W is CH2 or NH, with the proviso that U, V and W are not all N; A is a bond or CH2; R2 is H or, provided A is CH2, may also be OH; m and n each independently are 0 or 1; D is CH2 or a bond; G represents a phenyl group substituted once or twice in the meta and/or para position(s) by substituents selected from alkyl, (C1-C3)alkoxy and halogen, or G is a group G1 or G2 wherein Z1, Z2 and Z3 may each represent CH or N; X is N or CH and Q is O or S; it being understood that if m and n each are 0, then A is CH2; and salts of such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Georg Rueedi, Jean-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn-Acklin
  • Publication number: 20110195961
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula I wherein is a bond or is absent, V is CH, CR6 or N; R0 is H or, if is a bond, may also be alkoxy; R1 is notably H or halogen; U is CH or N when is a bond, or, if is absent, U is CH2, NH or NR9; R2 is H, alkylcarbonyl or —CH2—R3; R3 is H, alkyl or hydroxyalkyl; R4 is H or, if n is not 0 and R5 is H, may also be OH; R5 is H, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, carboxy or alkoxycarbonyl; R6 is hydroxyalkyl, carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl or —(CH2)q—NR7R8, q being 1, 2 or 3 and each of R7 and R8 independently being H or alkyl or R7 and R8 forming with the N atom bearing them a ring; R9 is alkyl or hydroxyalkyl; A is —(CH2)p—, —CH2CH2CH(OH)— or —COCH2CH(OH)—; G is substituted phenyl or G1 or G2 wherein Q is O or S and X is CH or N; and Y1, Y2 and Y3 may each be CH or N; and n is 0 when A is —CH2CH2CH(OH)— or —COCH2CH(OH)—, and n is 0, 1 or 2 when A is —(CH2)p—, p being 1, 2, 3 or 4, with the proviso that the sum of n and p is then 2, 3 or
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Daniel Ritz, Georg Rueedi, Jean-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn-Acklin
  • Publication number: 20110195949
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula (I) wherein U, V, W, X, R1, R2, m, A, B and G are as defined in the description, to pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such compounds and to the use of these compounds in the manufacture of a medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS LTD.
    Inventors: Verena Kaegi-Egger, Markus Gude, Cgristien Hubschwerlen, Georg Rueedi, Jean-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn-Acklin
  • Publication number: 20110190278
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the following formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, being useful as a renin inhibitor. [wherein R1a is halogen, etc.; R1m is H, etc.; G1 is —N(R1b)—, etc.; G2 is —CO—, etc.; G3 is —C(R1c)(R1d)—, etc.; G4 is oxygen, etc.; R1b is optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl, etc.; R1c and R1d are independently the same or different, H, etc.; R3 is H, optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl, etc.; R3a, R3b, R3c and R3d are independently the same or different, and a group: -A-B (said A is single bond, etc., and said B is H, etc.), etc.; and n is 1, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakahira, Yohei Ikuma, Nobuhisa Fukuda, Kozo Yoshida, Hidenori Kimura, Satoshi Suetsugu, Akira Fusano, Kiyoto Sawamura, Junya Ikeda, Yoshio Nakai
  • Publication number: 20110183968
    Abstract: The present invention discloses novel compounds of the Formula (1), comprising benzothiazinone, benzoxazinone or benzoxazolinone moieties having antifungal activity, method for preparing these compounds and the use of these compounds as antifungal agents in prevention and treatment of fungal infections, and pharmaceutical preparations containing these novel compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
    Inventors: Hanumant Bapurao Borate, Suleman Riyajsaheb Maujan, Sangmeshwer Prabhaker Sawargave, Ramesh Ganesh Kelkar, Radhike Dilip Wakharkar, Sharangi Ravindra Vaiude, Vinay Anant Joshi
  • Patent number: 7981886
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibiotic derivatives of formula I wherein: A represents —O—, S, —C(?O)—, —C(?NOR6)—; Z—B represents NCH2CH2, NCOCH2, NCH2CO, NCH2CH(OH), CHN(R8)CH2 or CHN(R8)CO; D represents binuclear heteroaryl; Y1 represents —CR1— or —N—, Y2 represents —CR2— or —N—, Y3 represents —CR3— or —N— and Y4 represents —CR4— or —N—; U represents —NH—, —O— or —S— and V represents —N— or —CH—; W represents —CH2—, —O— or —NR7—; R1 represents H, methyl, ethyl or halogen; R2, R3 and R4 each represent independently H, C1-C4 alkyl, halogen, or C1-C4 alkoxy; R5 represents H, C1-C4 alkyl or fluorine; R6 represents H, C1-C4 alkyl or aryl-C1-C4 alkyl; R7 represents H, C1-C4 alkyl, aryl-C1-C4 alkyl or —CH2—COOH; R8 represents H, C1-C4 alkyl or —CH2—COOH; with the provisos that if Z—B represents NCH2CH2, NCOCH2, NCH2CO or NCH2CH(OH), then W represents —CH2—; if A represents O or S, then W represents —CH2—; and only one or two of Y1, Y2, Y3 and Y4 can represent N at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Actelion Pharmaceutical Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel Bur, Christian Hubschwerlen, Jean-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn-Acklin
  • Patent number: 7960376
    Abstract: The present invention provides benzo-fused heterocyclic compounds having the structure of formula I, as well as prodrugs, stereoisomers, racemates, salts, hydrates, solvates, acid salt hydrates and isomorphic crystalline forms thereof. The compounds directly or indirectly modulate the activity of one or more cannabinoid receptors and can be incorporated into pharmaceutical preparations that are useful for the prevention and treatment of a variety of diseases and conditions, including pain, inflammation and pruritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Cara Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason S. Newcom, Carla M. Gauss, Gary R. Gustafson
  • Publication number: 20110136794
    Abstract: A compound represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof: The compound has an inhibitory activity on the production of interleukin-6, and is therefore useful as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for a disease associated with interleukin-6, ocular inflammatory diseases and the like. In the formula, R1 represents a halogen atom, a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group which may have a substituent, a formyl group, or a lower alkylcarbonyl group which may have a substituent, R2 represents a bicyclic hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent or a bicyclic heterocyclic group which may have a substituent, R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group which may have a substituent, an aryl group which may have a substituent, or an acyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Kenji Kawashima, Noriko Kawashima, Hiroshi Enomoto, Minoru Yamamoto, Massaaki Murai
  • Publication number: 20110136795
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula I wherein R1 is alkoxy or halogen; W is CH or N; A is O or NH; B is CO or (CH2)q; G is a group having one of the three formulae below wherein Q represents O or S, Z represents CH or N, R2 represents halogen and R3 represents alkyl; m is 0 or 1; and n is 1 or 2; p is 0 or 1, provided m and p are not each 0; and q is 1 or 2; and salts of such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Georg Rueedi, Jean-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn-Acklin
  • Publication number: 20110135601
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of a general formula (I): wherein A1 and A2 each mean a nitrogen atom or an optionally-substituted methine group; Ring B means a 5-membered to 7-membered aliphatic ring, or a spiro or bicyclo ring formed from the aliphatic ring and any other 3-membered to 7-membered aliphatic ring; R1 means a hydrogen atom, or an optionally-substituted C1-C6 alkyl group, or an optionally-substituted aryl, aralkyl or heteroaryl group; R2 means an optionally-substituted aryl, aralkyl or heteroaryl group; and X means a group of ?NH or ?O, etc. Based on its excellent Wee1 kinase-inhibitory effect, the compound of the invention has cell growth-inhibitory effect and has an additive/synergistic effect with any other anticancer agent, and is therefore useful in the field of medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventor: Makoto Bamba
  • Publication number: 20110118241
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the general formula (I) which are inhibitors of the human aldosterone synthase, and also pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and the use of these compounds and other heteroaryl substituted quinolinone derivatives for the treatment of hyperaldosteronism and/or disorders or diseases that are mediated by 11 ?-hydroxylase (CYP11 B1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Universitat des Saarlandes
    Inventors: Rolf W. Hartmann, Ralf Heim, Simon Lucas
  • Publication number: 20110118232
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel pyrimidine compounds of general formula (I), in which: A represents a group C?W or CRfRg; B represents a chemical bond or a group CRhRi; X represents O, S, a group N—Rk or a group CRmRn; D represents C?O or a chemical bond; E represents a linear or branched 2- to 10-membered alkylene chain that, as members of a chain, can have 1 or 2 non-adjacent heteroatom group(s) K, which is selected among O, S, S(O), S(O)2 and N—Rp and which can comprise a carbonyl group and/or a cycloalkanediyl group and/or a double or triple bond; W represents oxygen or sulfur; Z, together with the carbon atoms, to which it is bound, represents a condensed, optionally substituted 5-, 6- or 7-membered carbocyclic compound or heterocyclic compound that has 1, 2, 3 or 4 heteroatoms, which are selected among N, O and S; J represents CH2, CH2—CH2 or CH2—CH2—CH2; M represents CH or N; Y represents CH2, CH2—CH2 or CH2—CH2—CH2 or M-X, together, represent CH?C or CH2—CH?C; n is 0 or 1, and; Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, Re, Rf,
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hervè Geneste, Andreas Haupt, Wilfried Braje, Wilfried Lubisch, Gerd Steiner
  • Publication number: 20110071142
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of identifying small molecule candidate agents capable of modulating transcription factor function such that the function/expression of a target transcription factor and/or proteins downstream of this target protein comprises the screening of small molecule libraries using in silico high throughput docking for candidate small molecules/agents that are selectively identified for their ability to target and disrupt the transcription factor-DNA interface through unique transcription factor and/or DNA descriptors that are defined within a pharmacophore, and then testing/evaluating the candidate agents identified above through one or more in vitro assays for their ability to modulate transcription factor function including expression of this target protein and/or proteins that are downstream of the target transcription factor. The present invention also relates to various compounds described herein (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER
    Inventors: Peter Oettgen, Alan C. Rigby, Towia Libermann
  • Publication number: 20110061723
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to an electrode layer comprising a porous film made of oxide semiconductor fine particles sensitized with certain methin dyes. Moreover the present invention pertains to a photoelectric conversion device comprising said electrode layer, a dye sensitized solar cell comprising said photoelectric conversion device and to novel methin dyes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kunimoto, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Shinji Nakamichi, Ryuichi Takahashi, Junichi Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20110046112
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with novel heterobicyclic derivatives of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, V, W, X and Y are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts and esters thereof. These compounds inhibit L-CPT1 and can be used as medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Jean Ackermann, Konrad Bleicher, Simona M. Ceccarelli, Odile Chomienne, Patrizio Mattei, Ulrike Obst Sander
  • Publication number: 20110039823
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein U, V, W, X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, A, B, D, E, G, m, and n are as defined in the description, to pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such compounds for use in the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention or treatment of a bacterial infection. Certain compounds of formula (I) are new and are also part of this invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd
    Inventors: Daniel Bur, Christian Hubschwerlen, Georg Rueedi, Jean-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn-Acklin
  • Patent number: 7879845
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with novel heterobicyclic derivatives of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, V, W, X and Y are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts and esters thereof. These compounds inhibit L-CPT1 and can be used as medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Jean Ackermann, Konrad Bleicher, Simona M. Ceccarelli, Odile Chomienne, Patrizio Mattei, Ulrike Obst Sander
  • Publication number: 20110003798
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel class of 2,7-naphthyridin derivatives; pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat o prevent diseases or disorders associated with abnormal or deregulated kinase activity, particularly Syk, ZAP70, KDR, FMS, FLT*, c-Kit, RET, TrkA, TrkB, TrkC-GR-1R, Alk, c-FMS or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: IRM LLC
    Inventors: Barun Okram, Tetsuo Uno, Qiang Ding, Yahua Liu, Yunho Jin, Qihui Jin, Xu Wu, Jianwei Che, S. Frank Yan, Xueshi Hao
  • Publication number: 20110003789
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula I wherein one or two of U, V, W, and X represent N, the rest represent CH or, in the case of X, may also represent CRa wherein Ra is fluorine; R1 represents alkoxy, halogen or cyano; R2 represents H, CH2OH, CH2N3, CH2NH2, alkylcarbonylaminomethyl or triazol-1-ylmethyl; R3 represents H, or, when n is 1, R3 may also represent OH, NH2, NHCOR6 or triazol-1-yl; A represents CR4; K represents O, NH, OCH2, NHCO, NHCH2, CH2NH, CH2CH2, CH?CH, CHOHCHOH or CHR5; R4 represents H or together with R5 forms a bond, or also R4 can represent OH when K is not O, NH, OCH2 or NHCO; R5 represents OH or together with R4 forms a bond; R6 represents alkyl; m is 0 or 1 and n is 0 or 1; and G is as defined in the description; and to salts of such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Georg Rueedi, Jean-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn Acklin
  • Patent number: 7863268
    Abstract: Disclosed are benzothiazin derivatives of formula (I), preparation methods therefore, and treatment methods employing such compounds as antibacterial agents in treating infectious diseases of mammals caused by bacteria, especially diseases like tuberculosis and leprosy caused by mycobacteria: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6, and other variables enumerated under one or more of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are as defined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Alere International
    Inventors: A. Vadim Makarov, Stewart T. Cole, Ute Moellmann
  • Publication number: 20100331318
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula I wherein n is 0 or 1; R1 represents H or F; U represents CH2 or, provided n is 1, O or NH; “-----” is a bond or is absent; V represents CH or N when “-----” is a bond, or CH2 or NH when “-----” is absent; W represents CH or N; A represents —(CH—)p—NH—(CH2)q— wherein p is 1 and q is 1 or 2 or, provided U represents CH2 and n is 1, p may also be 0 and q is then 2; G represents one of the groups wherein Z represents N or CH and Q represents O or S; and Z0, Z1 and Z2 each represent CH, or Z0 and Z1 each represent CH and Z2 represents N, or Z0 represents CH, Z1 represents N and Z2 represents CH or N, or Z0 represents N and Z1 and Z2 each represent CH; and to salts of such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Georg Rueedi, John-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn-Acklin
  • Publication number: 20100331308
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) wherein U, V, W, R1, R1b, A and G are as defined in the description, to pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such compounds and to the use of these compounds in the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention or treatment of a bacterial infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Georg Rueedi, John-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn-Acklin
  • Publication number: 20100324030
    Abstract: The present invention describes novel anti-bacterial compounds of the formula (I). These compounds are, amongst others, of interest as inhibitors of DNA gyrase and topoisomerases, for example of topoisomerase II and IV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Morphochem Aktiengesellschaft Fur Kombinatorische Chemie
    Inventors: Glenn Dale, Sabine Pierau, Michael W. Cappi, Christopher Gray, Christian Hubschwerlen, Jean P. Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn
  • Patent number: 7842686
    Abstract: The present invention relates to CGRP receptor antagonists, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods therewith for treating CGRP receptor-mediated diseases and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Corey Don Anderson, Andreas P. Termin, Pramod Joshi, Sara S. Hadida Ruah, Daniele Bergeron, Sanghee Yoo, Jingrong Cao