Bicyclo Ring System Having The Six-membered Hetero Ring As One Of The Cyclos Patents (Class 546/112)
  • Publication number: 20100298301
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound which is an amide of the formula (1), or a salt, solvate, N-oxide or tautomer thereof; wherein: a is 0 or 1; b is 0 or 1: provided that the sum of a and b is 0 or 1; T is O or NH Ar1 is a monocyclic or bicyclic 5- to 10-membered aryl or heteroaryl group containing up to 4 heteroatoms selected from O, N and S, and being optionally substituted by one or more substituents R1; Ar2 Js a monocyclic or bicyclic 5- to 10-membered aryl or heteroaryl group containing up to 4 heteroatoms selected from O, N and S and being optionally substituted by one or more substituents R2; and R1 and R2 are as defined in the claims. The compounds are inhibitors of kinases and in particular FLT3, FLT4 and Aurora kinases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: SAREUM LIMITED
    Inventors: John Charles Reader, John Mark Ellard, Helen Boffey, Susanne Taylor, Andrew David Carr, Michael Cherry, Michelle Wilson, Richard Boakye Owoare
  • Publication number: 20100291020
    Abstract: The present invention is related to novel compounds of the general formula A, their tautomeric forms, their stereoisomers, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, methods of making of the above compounds, and their use as Dipeptidyl Peptidase-IV (DPP-IV) Inhibitors, which are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases particularly Type II diabetes, other complications related to diabetes and other pathogenic conditions in which DPP IV enzyme is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: Lupin Limited
    Inventors: Sudershan Arora, Neelima Sinha, Prathap Nair, Sai Kumar Chakka, Anil Hajare, Azmi Reddy, Pravin Patil, Majid Sayyed, Rajender Kumar Kamboj, K.H. Sreedhara Swamy, Rajan Goel
  • Patent number: 7834044
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and lower alkyl; each R2 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and lower alkyl; each R3 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, phenyloxy, benzyloxy, halogen and lower alkyl substituted by halogen; X is selected from the group consisting of —CH2—, —CH— and —O—; Y is selected from the group consisting of —CH2—, —CH— and a bond with the proviso that, when X is —O—, Y may not be a bond; Z is selected from the group consisting of —CH2— and —CH—; m is 0, 1 or 2; and n is 0, 1 or 2; and to pharmaceutically-acceptable acid addition salts of such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Hoffman-LaRoche Inc.
    Inventors: Guido Galley, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Roger Norcross, Henri Stalder
  • Publication number: 20100267686
    Abstract: Carbacephem ?-lactam antibiotics having the following chemical structures (I) and (II) are disclosed: including stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters and prodrugs thereof, wherein Ar2, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein. The compounds are useful for the treatment of bacterial infections, in particular those caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus spp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: Achaogen, Inc.
    Inventors: Allan S. Wagman, Heinz E. Moser
  • Publication number: 20100266509
    Abstract: Heteroaryl amide analogues are provided, of Formula (I), wherein variables are as described herein. Such compounds are ligands that may be used to modulate specific receptor activity in vivo or in vitro, and are particularly useful in the treatment of conditions associated with pathological receptor activation in humans, domesticated companion animals and livestock animals. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for using such compounds to treat such disorders are provided, as are methods for using such ligands for receptor localization studies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: H. Lindbeck A/S
    Inventors: David C. Ihle, Qin Guo, Kevin Hodgetts, Jun Yuan
  • Publication number: 20100267696
    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: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: 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
  • Publication number: 20100256114
    Abstract: The present invention relates to inhibitors of 11-? hydroxyl steroid dehydrogenase type 1, antagonists of the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR), and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The compounds of the invention can be useful in the treatment of various diseases associated with expression or activity of 11-? hydroxyl steroid dehydrogenase type 1 and/or diseases associated with aldosterone excess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: INCYTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wenqing Yao, Jincong Zhuo, Meizhong Xu, Brian W. Metcalf, Chunhong He, Ding-Quan Qian, Colin Zhang
  • Patent number: 7807684
    Abstract: Compounds having the structure: are HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitors, wherein A, X, Y, Z, R1 and R2 are defined herein. The compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are useful in the inhibition of HIV reverse transcriptase, the prophylaxis and treatment of infection by HIV and in the prophylaxis, delay in the onset, and treatment of AIDS. The compounds and their salts can be employed as ingredients in pharmaceutical compositions, optionally in combination with other antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics or vaccines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Sandeep A. Saggar, John T. Sisko, Thomas J. Tucker, Robert M. Tynebor, Dai-Shi Su, Neville J. Anthony
  • Publication number: 20100249416
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a new molecule, I-124?CIT Iodine-124[2?-carbomethoxy-3?-(4-iodophenyl)-tropane] and its process of synthesis, for use in PET investigations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: A.C.O.M ADVANCED CENTER ONCOLOGY MACERATA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Domenico Martini, Paola Panichelli, Gianluca Valentini
  • Patent number: 7799799
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of formula (I): described as novel indolizine derivatives and to a method for their preparation along with pharmaceutical compositions thereof whose substituents are as described in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis
    Inventors: Patrick Gautier, David Marchionni, Alain Roccon, Bernard Tonnerre, Jean Wagnon
  • Publication number: 20100216764
    Abstract: This inventions relates to compounds having the structure Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which are soluble guanylate cyclase activators. The compounds are useful for treatment or prevention of cardiovascular diseases, endothelial dysfunction, diastolic dysfunction, atherosclerosis, hypertension, pulmonary hypertension, angina pectoris, thromboses, restenosis, myocardial infarction, strokes, cardiac insufficiency, pulmonary hypertonia, erectile dysfunction, asthma bronchiale, chronic kidney insufficiency, diabetes, or cirrhosis of the liver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Ronald M. Kim, Emma R. Parmee, Christopher Joseph Sinz, Olga A. Ziouzina
  • Publication number: 20100216726
    Abstract: The invention relates to Substituted-Quinoxaline-Type Piperidine Compounds, compositions comprising an effective amount of a Substituted-Quinoxaline-Type Piperidine Compound and methods to treat or prevent a condition, such as pain, comprising administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a Substituted-Quinoxaline-Type Piperidine Compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicants: PURDUE PHARMA L.P., SHIONOGI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouki FUCHINO, R. Richard Goehring, Akira Matsumura, Bin Shao, Yoshiyuki Taoda, Naoki Tsuno, John William Frank Whitehead, Jiangchao Yao
  • Publication number: 20100216758
    Abstract: An active ingredient is a compound represented by the general formula [I]: [wherein R1 and R2 represent a lower alkyl group, a C3-6 cycloalkyl group or the like, X1 and X2 represent methine, an Ar—Y1—Y2—Y3-substituted methine or the like, however either of them is an Ar—Y1—Y2—Y3-substituted methine, X3 to X8 represent methine, —N— or the like, Y1 and Y3 represent a single bond, —O— or the like, Y2 represent a single bond, a lower alkylene group or the like, W represent —(O)—(CH2)n-(O)— or the like, n represents an integer of 1 to 4, L and Z2 represent a single bond or a methylene group, Z1 represents a single bond, a C1-4 alkylene group or the like, and Ar represents an aromatic carbocyclic group or the like]. The compound acts as a melanin-concentrating hormone receptor antagonist and useful as a therapeutic agent for obesity or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Makoto Ando, Etsuko Sekino, Yuji Haga, Norikazu Otake, Minoru Moriya
  • Patent number: 7781450
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel substituted pyrroline compounds useful as kinase inhibitors and methods for treating or ameliorating a kinase mediated disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Han-Cheng Zhang, Gee-Hong Kuo, Bruce E. Maryanoff, Hong Ye, David O'Neill, Lan Shen, Keith Demarest, Bruce R. Conway, David F. McComsey
  • Patent number: 7776107
    Abstract: A new class of chemical entities chosen from aminoindolizines of formula (I), acid addition salts thereof, and solvates thereof: their use for dyeing keratin fibers, including human keratin fibers such as the hair; dyeing compositions comprising such chemical entities; and to kits containing compositions comprising those chemical entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventors: Laurent Vidal, Eric Metais, Aziz Fadli, Alan Katritzky
  • Patent number: 7776880
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a compound of formula (I): wherein m, n, Ar, and R are as defined in the disclosure, to compositions containing them and to their therapeutic use. The disclosure also relates to processes for preparing these compounds and to certain intermediate compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: sanofi-aventis
    Inventors: Gihad Dargazanli, Genevieve Estenne-Bouhtou, Florence Medaisko, Maria-Carmen Renones
  • Publication number: 20100204264
    Abstract: Relates to a new polymorphic form of Granisetron base, Form I, to methods for obtaining thereof, to the method for obtaining Granisetron.HCl and its use for preparing pharmaceutical formulations. The Form I is characterized by the X-ray powder diffractogram shown in FIG. 1. Included in summarised form are the methods and solvents for obtaining the Form I: 1) Evaporation of hexane at atmospheric pressure; 2) Evaporation of acetone at atmospheric pressure; 3) Evaporation of toluene at atmospheric pressure; 4) Cooling of a saturated solution of diethyl ether to reflux temperature; 5) Evaporation of 2-propanol atmospheric pressure; 6) Evaporation of tetrahydrofuran at atmospheric pressure; and 7) Cooling of a saturated solution of acetonitrile to reflux temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: INKE, S.A.
    Inventors: Pere Dalmases Barjoan, Reyes Herbera Espinal, Angel Maria Alvarez Larena
  • Patent number: 7767691
    Abstract: Muscarinic Acetylcholine receptor antagonists and methods of using them are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Dramane I. Laine, Michael R. Palovich, Brent W. McCleland
  • Patent number: 7767673
    Abstract: Compounds represented by Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or N-Oxide thereof, are useful in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Arlindo L. Castelhano, Andrew P. Crew, Han-Qing Dong, Radoslaw Laufer, An-Hu Li, Li Qiu, Colin Peter Sambrook Smith, Tao Zhang
  • Patent number: 7767690
    Abstract: The application relates to novel amino alcohols of the general formula (I) where R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 each have the definitions illustrated in detail in the description, to a process for their preparation and to the use of these compounds as medicines, in particular as renin inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Peter Herold, Stefan Stutz, Aleksandar Stojanovic, Vincenzo Tschinke, Christiane Marti, Michael Quirmbach
  • Patent number: 7767701
    Abstract: This invention relates to newly identified compounds for inhibiting hYAK3 proteins and methods for treating diseases associated with the imbalance or inappropriate activity of hYAK3 proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Masaichi Hasegawa, Jun Tang, Hideyuki Sato
  • Patent number: 7767814
    Abstract: Certain 4-aryl-piperidine compounds, including N-substituted 9?-substituted-5-(3-substituted-phenyl)morphans and N-substituted octahydro-4a-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-10a-methyl-benzo[g]isoquinolines, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of their use, inter alia, as opioid antagonists are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Adolor Corporation
    Inventors: Roland Ellwood Dolle, Bertrand Le Bourdonnec
  • Publication number: 20100184775
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein n represents 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, R represents independent from each other hydroxyl, cyano, nitro, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylamine, dialkylamine, alkylcarbonylamine, alkylcarbamate Y represents one of the following groups: (Ia) in free base or acid addition salt form, to processes for their production, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and their use in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment and/or delay of progression of psychotic and neurodegenerative disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Mathias FREDERIKSEN, Dominik Feuerbach, Konstanze Hurth, Manuel Koller, Bernard Lucien Roy
  • Publication number: 20100179183
    Abstract: Patients susceptible to or suffering from disorders, such as central nervous system disorders, which are characterized by an alteration in normal neurotransmitter release, such as dopamine release (e.g., Parkinsonism, Parkinson's Disease, Tourette's Syndrome, attention deficient disorder, or schizophrenia), are treated by administering a compound of Formulas 1 or 2, as described herein. The compounds of Formulas 1 and 2 are also useful for treating pain, and treating drug addiction, nicotine addiction, and/or obesity. The compounds can exist as individual stereoisomers, racemic mixtures, diastereomers and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: Targacept, Inc.
    Inventors: Balwinder S. Bhatti, Gregory D. Hawkins
  • Patent number: 7754189
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-substituted-2-(arylalkyl)-1-azabicycloalkanes, methods of preparing the compounds, and methods of treatment using the compounds. The azabicycloalkanes generally are azabicycloheptanes, azabicyclooctanes, or azabicyclononanes. The compounds exhibit activity at nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), particularly the ?7 nAChR subtype, and are useful towards modulating neurotransmission and the release of ligands involved in neurotransmission. Methods for preventing or treating conditions and disorders, including central nervous system (CNS) disorders, which are characterized by an alteration in normal neurotransmission, are also disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for treating inflammation, autoimmune disorders, pain and excess neovascularization, such as that associated with tumor growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Targacept, Inc.
    Inventors: Anatoly A. Mazurov, Jozef Klucik, Lan Miao, Angela S. Seamans, Teresa Youngpeter Phillips, Jeffrey Daniel Schmitt, Craig Harrison Miller
  • Patent number: 7750160
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for treating conditions mediated by various kinases wherein derivatives of urea compounds are employed. The invention also provides methods of using the compounds and/or compositions in the treatment of a variety of diseases and unwanted conditions in subjects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Ambit Biosciences Corporation
    Inventors: Zdravko V. Milanov, Hitesh K. Patel, Robert M. Grotzfeld, Shamal A. Mehta, Andiliy G. Lai, David J. Lockhart
  • Publication number: 20100168131
    Abstract: Disclosed are N-{[(1S,4S,6S)-3-(2-pyridinylcarbonyl)-3-azabicyclo [4.1.0]hept-4-yl]methyl}-2-heteroarylamine derivatives and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Giuseppe Alvaro, David Amantini, Emiliano Castiglioni, Romano Di Fabio, Francesca Pavone
  • Publication number: 20100137300
    Abstract: The specific compounds of this list: {7-cyano-2-methyl-1-[4-(morpholine-4-sutfonyl)benzyl]indolizin-3-yl}acetic acid, {1-(3-chloro-4-ethanesulfonylbenzyl)-7-cyano-2-methylindolizin-3-yl}acetic acid, {1-[3-chloro4-(morpholine-4-sulfonyl)benzyl]-7-cyano-2-methylindolizin-3-yl}acetic acid, {1-(3-chloro-4-ethanesulfonylphenylsulfanyl)-7-cyano-2-methylindolizin-3-yl}acetic acid, {1-[3-chloro-4-(morpholine-4-sutfonyl)phenylsutfanyl]-7-cyano-2-methylindolizin-3-yl}acetic acid, {7-cyano-1-(6-fluoroquinolin-2-ylmethyl)-2-methylindolizin-3-yl}acetic acid are ligands of the CRTH2 receptor and are useful in the treatment of respiratory diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: George Hynd, Nicholas Charles Ray, Harry Finch, John Gary Montana, Michael Colin Cramp, Trevor Keith Harrison, Rosa Arienzo, Paul Blaney, Yann Griffon, David Middlemiss
  • Patent number: 7723522
    Abstract: A method in which a pyridinium derivative such as 1,3-dimethyl-2,3-dihydro-2-oxopyrimidinium chloride is reacted with an acetyl compound such as 4-acetylpyridine, and then the reaction product is reacted with ammonia or an ammonium salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Fujifilm Finechemicals Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hirokazu Kuwabara, Chang Shan Zhang, Hiromitsu Saitoh, Takayuki Sonoda
  • Patent number: 7713996
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with novel heterobicyclic derivatives of formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, A, 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: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Jean Ackermann, Konrad Bleicher, Simona M Ceccarelli Grenz, Odile Chomienne, Patrizio Mattei, Tanja Schulz-Gasch
  • Publication number: 20100113460
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds having the ability to inhibit cytochrome P450 2A6, 2A13, and/or 2B6 and tobacco products comprising them. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Givaudan SA
    Inventors: Boris Schilling, Wolf D. Woggon, Antoinette Chougnet, Thierry Granier, Georg Frater, Andreas Hanhart
  • Publication number: 20100113763
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparation of organofluoro compounds containing radioactive isotope fluorine-18. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for preparation of organofluoro compound [18F]florbetaben or [18F]AV-45 having <Chemistry Formula 11> and <Chemistry Formula 12>, respectively, by reacting fluorine salt containing radioactive isotope fluorine-18 with alkyl halide or alkyl sulfonate in the presence of alcohol of Chemistry Formula 1 as a solvent to obtain high yield of organofluoro compound. Synthesis reaction according to the present invention may be carried out under mild condition to give high yield of the organofluoro compounds and the reaction time is decreased, and thereby is suitable for the mass production of the organofluoro compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicants: FUTURECHEM CO., LTD., THE ASAN FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Dae Hyuk MOON, Dae Yoon CHI, Dong Wook KIM, Seung Jun OH, Jin-sook RYU
  • Publication number: 20100113405
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new methylindazole modulators of 5-HT3 receptor activity, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: AUSPEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas G. Gant, Sepehr Sarshar
  • Publication number: 20100113789
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a medicinal composition for preventing or treating parasitic protozoan infections, having a high selective toxicity against parasitic protozoan infection, and a superior preventive or treating effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicants: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masataka Ihara, Kiyosei Takasu, Khanitha Pudhom, Hiroshi Kitaguchi, Masayuki Kawakami, Kozo Sato
  • Publication number: 20100104534
    Abstract: The present invention discloses novel compounds, which have HCV protease inhibitory activity as well as methods for preparing such compounds. In another embodiment, the invention discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds as well as methods of using them to treat disorders associated with the HCV protease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Srikanth Venkatraman, F. George Njoroge, Neng-Yang Shih
  • Publication number: 20100105914
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I: wherein the variables are as defined herein. The present invention also provides processes for preparing the compounds of formula I, and intermediates thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising those compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, Steven Durrant, Michael Mortimore, Michael O'Donnell, Alistair Rutherford, Sharn Ramaya, John R. Studley, Martin Trudeau, Adam Looker
  • Patent number: 7705015
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel substituted pyrroline compounds useful as kinase inhibitors and methods for treating or ameliorating a kinase mediated disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, NV
    Inventors: Han-Cheng Zhang, Gee-Hong Kuo, Bruce E. Maryanoff, Hong Ye, David O'Neill, Lan Shen, David F. McComsey
  • Publication number: 20100098634
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds and compositions which comprise the formulae as disclosed herein, wherein the compound is an amyloid binding compound. An amyloid binding compound according to the invention may be administered to a patient in amounts suitable for in vivo imaging of amyloid deposits, and distinguish between neurological tissue with amyloid deposits and normal neurological tissue. Amyloid probes of the invention may be used to detect and quantitate amyloid deposits in diseases including, for example, Down's syndrome, familial Alzheimer's Disease. In another embodiment, the compounds may be used in the treatment or prophylaxis of neurodegenerative disorders. Also provided herein are methods of allowing the compound to distribute into the brain tissue, and imaging the brain tissue, wherein an increase in binding of the compound to the brain tissue compared to a normal control level of binding indicates that the mammal is suffering from or is at risk of developing a neurodegenerative disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Hartmuth C. Kolb, Joseph C. Walsh, Wei Zhang, Umesh B. Gangadharmath, Dhanalakshmi Kasi, Kai Chen, Anjana Sinha, Eric Wang, Gang Chen, Peter J.H. Scott, Henry Clifton Padgett, Qianwa Liang, Zhiyong Gao, Tieming Zhao, Chunfang Xia
  • Patent number: 7700616
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds and amyloid probes thereof that allow for an antemortem method of diagnosing AD and quantitating the extent or progression of amyloid deposits (plaques) by in vivo imaging of amyloid and/or amyloid deposits in the regions of the brain. Preferably, an amyloid probe of the invention can cross the blood-brain barrier and distinguish AD brain from normal brain. An amyloid probe can be administered to a patient in amounts suitable for in vivo imaging of amyloid deposits. Amyloid probes of the invention can also be used to detect and quantitate amyloid deposits in diseases including, without limitation, Down's syndrome, familial AD and homozygotes for the apolipoprotein E4 allele. In one aspect, the compounds may be used in the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases that include, without limitation, AD and type 2 diabetes mellitus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Molecular Neuroimaging, LLC.
    Inventors: Gilles D. Tamagnan, David Alagille, Herve Da Costa
  • Publication number: 20100093775
    Abstract: Compounds represented by formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein R1, X, Y, Y1, and Z are as defined herein, are useful for treating flaviviridae viral infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: VIROCHEM PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Real DENIS, Carl Poisson, Sanjoy Kumar Das, Irina Motorina, Rabindra Rej, Constatin G. Yannopoulos, Laval Chan Chun Kong
  • Publication number: 20100093751
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are CRTH2 ligands, useful in the treatment of, inter alia, respiratory diseases: wherein R1 is fluoro, chloro, cyano or trifluoromethyl; R2 is hydrogen, fluoro or chloro; R3 is hydrogen, fluoro, chloro or trifluoromethyl; X is —CH2—, —S—, —S(?O)— or —S(?O)2—; one of Y and Y1 is hydrogen and the other is —C(?O)R4, or —S(?O)2R4, or —CR5R6OR7 or a heterocyclic group selected from furanyl, thienyl, pyrrolyl, oxazolyl, thiazolyl, imidazolyl, pyrazolyl, isoxazolyl, isothiazolyl, 1,2,3-oxadiazolyl, 1,2,4-oxadiazolyl, 1,3,4-oxadiazolyl, 1,2,5-oxadiazolyl, furazanyl, 1,2,3-triazolyl, 1,2,4-triazolyl, 1,2,3-thiadiazolyl, 1,2,5-thiadiazolyl, 1,3,4-thiadiazolyl, 1,2,4-thiadiazolyl, tetrazolyl, pyridinyl, pyridazinyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrazinyl, 1,2,4-triazinyl and 1,3,5-triazinyl any of which may be optionally substituted; R4 is an optionally substituted cyclic amino group having 5, 6 or 7 ring atoms which is linked to the carbonyl or sulfonyl through a ring nitrogen; R5 and R6 are independently hydr
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: George Hynd, John Gary Montana, Harry Finch, Trevor Harrison, Janusz Kulagowski
  • Patent number: 7696350
    Abstract: This invention relates to chromen-2-one derivatives useful as monoamine neurotransmitter re-uptake inhibitors. In other aspects the invention relates to the use of these compounds in a method for therapy and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Neurosearch A/S
    Inventors: Dan Peters, Gunnar M. Olsen, Jørgen Scheel-Krüger, Elsebet Østergaard Nielsen
  • Patent number: 7687629
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of 4-aminomethyl-3-alkoxyiminopyrrolidine methanesulfonate, a key intermediate of quinolone antibiotics. According to the process of the present invention, the total number of steps has been shortened to 2-3 steps, the solid separation is not required, and the use of costly chemicals, particularly (BOC)2O (t-butoxycarbonyl anhydride), several organic solvents and reactants, is eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: LG Life Sciences Ltd.
    Inventors: Gyo-Hyun Hwang, Yeong-Dae Kim, Hyun Nam, Jay-Hyok Chang, Hyun-Ik Shin, Young-Keun Kim, Kyung Hee Lee, Jae Sung Lee, Hyun-Kuk Noh
  • Publication number: 20100056511
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, X and X1 are as defined herein. These compounds are useful in the manufacture of medicaments for use in the prevention or treatment of a fungal disease. Compounds of formula (I), and agriculturally acceptable salts thereof, may also be used as agricultural fungicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Robert Downham, Edward Sibley Morris, Lloyd James Payne, Philip Neil Edwards, Gareth Morse Davies
  • Publication number: 20100056562
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel chromen-2-one derivatives useful as monoamine neurotransmitter re-uptake inhibitors. In other aspects the invention relates to the use of these compounds in a method for therapy and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: NeuroSearch A/S
    Inventors: Dan Peters, Gunnar M. Olsen, Jorgen Scheel-Kruger, Elsebet Ostergaard Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20100056561
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrochloride salt of (1R,2R,3S,5S)-3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-[(methyloxy)methyl]-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane, uses of the salt as a medicament in the treatment inter alia of disorders of the central nervous system and pharmaceutical compositions and dosage forms comprising the salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: NeuroSearch A/S
    Inventors: Trevor John Grinter, Peter Moldt, Frank Watjen
  • Publication number: 20100048545
    Abstract: The invention relates to 4-hydroxyisoleucine, isomers, analogs, lactones, salts, and prodrugs thereof, to processes for their preparation, and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. More particularly, the invention relates to the use of those compounds in the prevention and treatment of disorders of fat metabolism and related syndromes. The invention further relates to the use of those compounds in the prevention and treatment of obesity and related syndromes including, but not limited to, the cosmetic treatment of a mammal in order to effect a cosmetically beneficial loss of body weight, and more particularly loss of body fat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: INNODIA INC.
    Inventors: Lucie Jette, Patricia Mcnicol, Manjinder Gill, André Marette
  • Patent number: 7666878
    Abstract: There are provided according to the invention compounds of formula (I), in free or salt form, wherein R1, R2, R3, R 4, R5, R6, Q, W, X, m, n and p are as described in the specification, process for preparing them, and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Kamlesh Jagdis Bala, Catherine Leblanc, David Andrew Sandham, Katharine Louise Turner, Simon James Watson, Lyndon Nigel Brown, Brian Cox
  • Publication number: 20100041693
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein R denotes another heterocylic residue and wherein Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd and Re, are as defined in the specification, processes for their production, their uses, in particular in transplantation, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Maurice Van Eis, Peter Von Matt, Jurgen Wagner
  • Patent number: 7662818
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I): wherein A and B together represent an optionally substituted, fused aromatic ring; X can be NRX or CRXRY; if X=NRX then n is 1 or 2 and if X=CRXRY then n is 1; RX is selected from the group consisting of H, optionally substituted C1-20 alkyl, C5-20 aryl, C3-20 heterocyclyl, amido, thioamido, ester, acyl, and sulfonyl groups; RY is selected from H, hydroxy, amino; or RX and RY may together form a spiro-C3-7 cycloalkyl or heterocyclyl group; RC1 and RC2 are both hydrogen, or when X is CRXRY, RC1, RC2, RX and RY, together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached, may form an optionally substituted fused aromatic ring; and R1 is selected from H and halo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignees: Kudos Pharmaceuticals Limited, Maybridge Limited
    Inventors: Niall Morrison Barr Martin, Graeme Cameron Smith, Stephen Philip Jackson, Vincent Junior M Loh, Xiao-Ling Fan Cockcroft, Ian Timothy Williams Matthews, Keith Allan Menear, Frank Kerrigan, Alan Ashworth