Ring Oxygen In The Bicyclo Ring System Patents (Class 546/115)
  • Publication number: 20110294790
    Abstract: Bicyclic pyrazole and isoxazole 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 mediated by HSP90 protein, like cancer and neurodegenerative disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: NERVIANO MEDICAL SCIENCES S.R.L.
    Inventors: Sergio Mantegani, Maria Gabriella Brasca, Francesco Casuscelli, Ron Ferguson, Helena Posteri, Carlo Visco, Elena Casale, Fabio Zuccotto
  • Publication number: 20110287937
    Abstract: Provided are 2-pyridone derivatives which have excellent herbicidal activity and exhibit high safety to useful crops and so on; salts thereof; and herbicides containing same. In more detail, 2-pyridone derivatives represented by general formula [I] or agrochemically acceptable salts thereof, and herbicides containing these compounds are provided. In general formula [I], X1 is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; X2, X3, and X4 are to each CH or N(O)m; m is an integer of 0 or 1; R1 is a hydrogen atom, a C1-12 alkyl group, or the like; R2 is a halogen atom, a cyano group, or the like; n is an integer of 0 to 4; R3 is a hydroxyl group, a halogen atom, or the like; A1 is C(R11R12); A2 is C(R13R14) or C?O; A3 is C(R15R16); and R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, and R16 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicants: IHARA CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD., KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Takabe, Yuuki Hirano, Akira Funyu, Masami Kobayashi, Takashi Mitsunari
  • Publication number: 20110288054
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the Formula (I) as described herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or ester thereof, which can be useful for the treatment of diseases or conditions mediated by MMPs, ADAMs, TACE, aggrecanase, TNF- or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Bandarpalle B. Shankar, Seong Heon Kim, Wensheng Yu, Ling Tong, Michael K.C. Wong, Brian J. Lavey, Joseph A. Kozlowski, Lei Chen, Razia K. Rizvi, Aneta Maria Kosinski, De-Yi Yang, Guowei Zhou, Kristen E. Rosner, Luke Fire, Judson E. Richard, Dansu Li
  • Publication number: 20110288077
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the Formula (I)-(IX):, as defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or ester thereof, which can be useful for the treatment of diseases or conditions mediated by MMPs, ADAMs, TACE, aggrecanase, TNF-? combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: SCHERING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael K.C. Wong, Wensheng Yu, Ling Tong, Brian J. Lavey, Bandarpalle B. Shankar, Joseph A. Kozlowski, Seong Heon Kim, Guowei Zhou, De-Yi Yang, Razia K. Rizvi, Lei Chen, Aneta Maria Kosinski, Kristen E. Rosner, Luke Fire, Judson E. Richard, Dansu Li
  • Patent number: 8058289
    Abstract: The present invention is related to pyridine methylene azolidinone derivatives of Formula (I) in particular for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of autoimmune disorders and/or inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, bacterial or viral infections, kidney diseases, platelet aggregation, cancer, transplantation, graft rejection or lung injuries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Serono SA
    Inventors: Thomas Rueckle, Anna Quattropani, Vincent Pomel, Jerome Dorbais, David Covini, Alexander Bischoff
  • Publication number: 20110269753
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), their derivatives, analogs, tautomeric forms, regioisomers, stereoisomers, polymorphs, solvates, intermediates, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions, N-oxides, metabolites and prodrugs thereof. These compounds are phosphodiesterase type 4 (PDE4) inhibitors. They are useful in the treatment of a variety of allergic or inflammatory diseases including asthma, COPD, chronic bronchitis, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis, vernal conjunctivitis, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, uveitis, NASH and lupus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: ORCHID RESEARCH LABORATORIES LTD.
    Inventors: Gopalan Balasubramanian, Sukunath Narayanan, Ganapavarapu Veera Raghava Sharma, Lavanya Andiappan, Shridhar Narayanan, Sanjeev Saxena, Sridharan Rajagopal, Santosh Lolaknath Vishwakarma, Saravanan Thirunavukkarasu
  • Patent number: 8048879
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted 4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-isoxazolo[4,5-c]pyridine compound corresponding to formula I, methods for producing them, to medicaments containing these compounds, the use of these compounds for producing medicaments and related treatment methods
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Corinna Sundermann, Bernd Sundermann, Jörg Holenz, HagenHeinrich Hennies
  • Publication number: 20110263562
    Abstract: The present invention provides to a compound having an ACC inhibitory action, which is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, cardiac failure, diabetic complications, metabolic syndrome, sarcopenia, cancer and the like, and has superior efficacy. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Tohru Yamashita, Makoto Kamata, Hideki Hirose, Masataka Murakami, Takuya Fujimoto, Zenichi Ikeda, Tsuneo Yasuma, Ikuo Fujimori, Ryo Mizojiri, Tomoya Yukawa
  • Publication number: 20110263529
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of heterocyclic compounds as modulators of gamma secretase, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more diseases associated with the central nervous system using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Ruo Xu, John W. Clader
  • Publication number: 20110257156
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides novel heterocyclic compounds as modulators of gamma secretase, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more diseases associated with the central nervous system using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Zhaoning Zhu, William J. Greenlee, David James Cole, Dmitri A. Pissarnitski, Gioconda V. Gallo, Hongmei Li, Hubert B. Josien, Jun Qin, Chad E. Knutson, Mihirbaran Mandal, Monica L. Vicarel, Murali Rajagopalan, Pawan Kumar Dhondi, Ruo Xu, Zhong-Yue Sun, Thomas A. Bara, Xianhai Huang, Xiaohong Zhu, Zhiqiang Zhao, John W. Clader, Anandan Palani, Theodros Asberom, Troy McCracken, Chad E. Bennett
  • Patent number: 8039481
    Abstract: The present invention includes novel derivatives of bicyclic tetrahydrofuran imino acids of formula I, processes for their preparation, and uses thereof as medicaments. The compounds are suitable for use in the therapy and prophylaxis of diseases which are associated with an increased matrix metalloproteinase activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis
    Inventors: Manfred Schudok, Hans Matter, Armin Hofmeister
  • Publication number: 20110245259
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula I wherein R1 represents alkoxy (notably methoxy); R2 represents H or F; each of R3, R4, R5 and R6 represents independently H or D; V represents CH and W represents CH or N, or V represents N and W represents CH; Y represents CH or N; Z represents O, S or CH2; and A represents CH2, CH2CH2 or CD2CD2; and salts of such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Georg Rueedi, Jean-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn-Acklin
  • Patent number: 8030495
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to cyclopropyl proline bis-amide compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Inventors: Paul J. Coleman, Swati P. Mercer, Anthony J. Roecker
  • Publication number: 20110217696
    Abstract: Unsymmetrical cyanine dyes that incorporate an aza-benzazolium ring moiety are described, including cyanine dyes substituted by a cationic side chain, monomeric and dimeric cyanine dyes, chemically reactive cyanine dyes, and conjugates of cyanine dyes. The subject dyes are virtually non-fluorescent when diluted in aqueous solution, but exhibit bright fluorescence when associated with nucleic acid polymers such as DNA or RNA, or when associated with detergent-complexed proteins. A variety of applications are described for detection and quantitation of nucleic acids and detergent-complexed proteins in a variety of samples, including solutions, electrophoretic gels, cells, and microorganisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard P. HAUGLAND, Stephen T. Yue
  • Publication number: 20110212941
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to imidazoisoindole compounds which are antagonists of neuropeptide S receptors, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which the neuropeptide S receptor is involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which the neuropeptide S receptor is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Peter J. Manley, Kausik K. Nanda, B. Wesley Trotter
  • Publication number: 20110212970
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which modulate the activity of store-operated calcium (SOC) channels. Also described herein are methods of using such SOC channel modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from inhibition of SOC channel activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: CALCIMEDICA, INC.
    Inventors: GONUL VELICELEBI, KENNETH A. STAUDERMAN, JEFFREY P. WHITTEN, YAZHONG PEI, JIANGUO CAO, ZHIJUN WANG, EVAN ROGERS, BRIAN DYCK, JONATHAN GREY
  • Patent number: 7999107
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula (I) are antagonists and/or inverse agonists of the Cannabinoid-1 (CB1) receptor and are useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the CB1 receptor. The compounds of the present invention are useful as centrally acting drugs in the treatment of psychosis, memory deficits, cognitive disorders, Alzheimer's disease, migraine, neuropathy, neuro-inflammatory disorders including multiple sclerosis and Guillain-Barre syndrome and the inflammatory sequelae of viral encephalitis, cerebral vascular accidents, and head trauma, anxiety disorders, stress, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease movement disorders, and schizophrenia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: John S. Debenham, Jeffrey J. Hale, Pei Huo, Christina B. Madsen-Duggan, Thomas F. Walsh, Lin Yan
  • Publication number: 20110195408
    Abstract: A labeling dye of the present invention includes a coloring portion comprising an organic EL-dye, a bonding portion to be bonded with a biomolecule and a spacer portion for linking the coloring portion and the bonding portion. The present invention provides a high incorporation ratio and also high fluorescence intensity in solid state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventor: Shinichiro Isobe
  • Publication number: 20110178120
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyridoxine (vitamin B6) derived compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts, or solvates thereof, wherein R1, R2, R4, A, L B1 and B2 are as defined in the specification, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds. Compounds of formula (I) inhibit Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-integrase enzyme and are useful for preventing and treating HIV infection and AIDS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: AMBRILIA BIOPHARMA, INC.
    Inventors: Brent Stranix, Francis Beaulieu, Jean-Emmanuel Bouchard, Guy Milot, Wang Zhigang, Réjean Ruel
  • Patent number: 7982041
    Abstract: A compound having the formula in racemic form, enantiomerically enriched form or enantiomerically pure form, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignees: University of Pittsburgh-of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Dennis P. Curran, David Bom, Thomas G. Burke
  • Patent number: 7982040
    Abstract: The invention relates to 5-HT receptor agonists and partial agonists. Novel thienopyridinone compounds represented by Formula I, and synthesis and uses thereof for treating diseases mediated directly or indirectly by 5-HT receptors, are disclosed. Such conditions include Alzheimer's disease, cognition disorders, irritable bowel syndrome, nausea, emesis, vomiting, prokinesia, gastroesophageal reflux disease, nonulcer dyspepsia, depression, anxiety, urinary incontinence, migraine, arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation, ischemic stroke, gastritis, gastric emptying disorders, feeding disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, constipation, erectile dysfunction, and respiratory depression. Methods of preparation and novel intermediates and pharmaceutical salts thereof are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Nanotherapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale S. Dhanoa, Oren Becker, Silvia Noiman, Pradyumna Mohanty, Dongli Chen, Mercedes Lobera, Laurence Wu, Yael Marantz, Boaz Inbal, Alexander Heifetz, Shay Bar-Haim, Sharon Shacham
  • Patent number: 7977351
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula: wherein the variables R1, b, R6, Y, Z, X, R and a are defined in the specification. Said compound may be used in a method for treating diseases related to unregulated tyrosine kinase signal transduction, wherein said disease is selected from the group consisting of cancer, blood vessel proliferative disorders, fibrotic disorders, mesangial cell proliferative disorders, and metabolic diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Sougato Boral, Xialing Guo, Shimiao Wang, Julie A. Wurster, Thomas C. Malone
  • Patent number: 7960544
    Abstract: Indoles that have activity as inhibitors of FAAH are described as are indoles and indole derivatives that have activity as inhibitors of DAO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilmin Bartolini, Brian M. Cali, Barbara Chen, Yueh-Tyng Chien, Mark G. Currie, G. Todd Milne, James Philip Pearson, John Jeffrey Talley, Jane Yang, Craig Zimmerman, Charles Kim, Kevin Sprott, Timothy Barden, Regina Lundigran, Ara Mermerian
  • Publication number: 20110098237
    Abstract: Methods of inhibiting cytochrome P450 enzymes are provided that can be used for improving the treatment of diseases by preventing degradation of drugs or other molecules by cytochrome P450. Pharmaceutical compositions are provided that can act as boosters to improve the pharmacokinetics, enhance the bioavailability, and enhance the therapeutic effect of drugs that undergo in vivo degradation by cytochrome P450 enzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: Sequoia Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Eissenstat, Dehui Duan, Sergi Gulnik, John W. Erickson
  • Publication number: 20110098471
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel antimicrobial drug comprising an oxazolidinone derivative of the formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof; wherein ring A is ring B is a benzene ring optionally substituted with lower alkyl; ring C is an optionally substituted six-membered heterocycle containing at least one nitrogen atom and one to three double bond(s) in the ling wherein the atom at the point of attachment to ring B is a carbon atom; ring D is an optionally substituted five-membered ring containing one or two double bond(s) in the ring; A1 and A2 are independently nitrogen or carbon; m is 0 or 1; R represents H, —NHC(?O)RA, —NHC(?S)RA, —NH-het1, —O-het1, —S-het1, —S(?O)-het1, —S(?O)2-het1, het2, —CONHRA, —OH, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or lower alkenyl; and het1 and het2 are independently a heterocyclic group; with the proviso that the fused ring C-D is not
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Issei Katoh, Toshiaki Aoki, Hideyuki Suzuki, Iwao Utsunomiya, Norikazu Kuroda, Tsutomu Iwaki
  • Patent number: 7927830
    Abstract: Chemically reactive carbocyanine dyes incorporating an indolium ring moiety that is substituted at the 3-position by a reactive group or by a conjugated substance, and their uses, are described. Conjugation through this position results in spectral properties that are uniformly superior to those of conjugates of spectrally similar dyes wherein attachment is at a different position. The invention includes derivative compounds having one or more benzo nitrogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Ching-Ying Cheung, Stephen Yue, Wai-Yee Leung
  • Publication number: 20110085985
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel amyloid binding compounds of formula (I) and methods for measuring effects of the compounds, by measuring changes of amyloid plaque level in living patients. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of using the compounds of this invention as tracers in positron emission tomography (PET/) imaging to study amyloid deposits in brain in vivo to allow diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Thus, the present invention relates to use of the novel amyloid binding compounds as a diagnostic. The invention further relates to a method of measuring clinical efficacy of Alzheimer's disease therapeutic agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: James C. Barrow, Scott Harrison, James Mulhearn, Cyrille Sur, David L. Williams, Scott Wolkenberg
  • Publication number: 20110082136
    Abstract: The instant invention provides for compounds that inhibit the four known mammalian JAK kinases (JAK1, JAK2, JAK3 and TYK2) and PDK1. The invention also provides for compositions comprising such inhibitory compounds and methods of inhibiting the activity of JAK1, JAK2, JAK3, TYK2 and PDK1 by administering the compound to a patient in need of treatment for myeloproliferative disorders or cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: Michelle Machacek, Gabriela de Almeida, Jonathan B. Grimm, Rachel N. MacCoss, Eric Romeo, Tony Siu, Catherine White, Kevin Wilson
  • Publication number: 20110082132
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula I wherein R1 represents alkoxy or halogen; U, V and W each represent CH, or one of U, V and W represents N and the others each represent CH; A represents CH2 or O; G is CH?CH—E wherein E represents a phenyl group mono- or di-substituted with halogen, or G is a group of one of the formulae hereafter wherein Z represent CH or N, Q represents O or S and K represents O or S; and salts of such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Georg Rueedi, Jean-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn-Acklin
  • Publication number: 20110077154
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyridin-4-ylmethyl sulfonamides of formula I wherein Het, Ra, Rc, Rf, m, n, p, R, A and Y are as defined in the claims, to the N-oxides, and salts thereof and their use for combating harmful fungi, and also to compositions and seed comprising at least one such compound. The invention also relates to a process and intermediates for preparing these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Alice Glaettli, Wassilios Grammenos, Bernd Mueller, Jan Klaas Lohmann, Marianna Vrettou
  • Publication number: 20110039843
    Abstract: Disclosed is a harmful arthropod control composition comprising, as an active ingredient, a fused heterocyclic compound represented by formula (1) [wherein A1 and A2 independently represent a nitrogen atom or the like; R1 and R4 independently represent a halogen atom or the like; R2 and R3 independently represent a halogen atom or the like; R5 and R6 independently represent a linear C1-C6 hydrocarbon group which may be substituted, or the like (provided that both R5 and R6 cannot represent a hydrogen atom simultaneously); and n represents 0 or 1]. The harmful arthropod control composition has an excellent efficacy to control harmful arthropods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Iwakoshi, Ippei Uemura
  • Publication number: 20110039836
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula (I) wherein U represents CH or N; W represents CH or N; R1 represents alkoxy, halogen or CN; ring A represents a pyrrolidin-1,3-diyl-, a piperidin-1,3-diyl or a morpholin-2,4-diyl group and B represents CH2; or ring A is selected from the groups drawn below: wherein R2 represents H, F or hydroxymethyl, and B is absent; G represents a group selected from the group consisting of —CH?CH-E, wherein Y1, Y2, Y3 and Z independently represent CH or N; Q represents O or S; and E represents phenyl which is mono- or di-substituted wherein the substituents are each independently halogen; and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS LTD.
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Georg Rueedi, John-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn-Acklin
  • Publication number: 20110034458
    Abstract: The present invention is related to pyridine methylene azolidinone derivatives of Formula (I) in particular for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of autoimmune disorders and/or inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, bacterial or viral infections, kidney diseases, platelet aggregation, cancer, transplantation, graft rejection or lung injuries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: APPLIED RESEARCH SYSTEMS ARS HOLDING N.V.
    Inventors: Thomas RUECKLE, Anna Quattropani, Vincent Pomel, Jerome Dorbais, David Covini, Alexander Bischoff
  • Publication number: 20110028507
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are pyridine derivatives, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, amide, or prodrug thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and methods of modulating the level or activity of HIF in a subject, inhibiting hydroxylation of HIF ? in a subject, modulating expression of HIF-regulated genes in a subject, treating an HIF-related disorder in a subject, increasing levels of endogenous EPO in a subject, or treating a disorder in a subject, using the disclosed compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: CRYSTALGENOMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Sun Nam Kim, Yong Rae Hong, Dongkyu Shin, Seonggu Ro, Joong Myung Cho, Mi Jung Lee, Ho Jin Chang
  • Publication number: 20110028465
    Abstract: Compounds are disclosed that have a formula represented by the following: The compounds may be prepared as pharmaceutical compositions, and may be used for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including by way of non-limiting example, pain, inflammation, traumatic injury, and others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Matthew Duncton, Donogh John Roger O'Mahony, Matthew Cox, Maria De Los Angeles Estiarte-Martinez
  • Patent number: 7879848
    Abstract: Novel compounds exhibiting good inhibitory activity versus Dipeptidyl Peptidase-IV(DPP-IV) include those of the following formula (1) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein A is a substituted or unsubstituted 1,4,5,7-tetrahydro-pyrazolo[3,4-c]pyridine, 5,6 -dihydro-8H-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyrazine, 4,5-dihydro-7H-isooxazolo[3,4-c]pyridine, 3,4 -dihydroisoquinoline, 5,8-dihydropyrido[3,4-d]pyrimidine, or 6,7 -dihydro[1,3]thiazolo[4,5,c]pyridine, and B is a substituted or unsubstituted piperidin-2-one, morpholin-3-one, oxazolidin-2-one, pyrrolidin-2-one, or 1,5-dihydro-pyrrol-2-one. Methods of preparing the novel inhibitory compounds of formula (1) and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same as an active agent are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: LG Life Sciences, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang-Seok Lee, Jong Sung Koh, Ki Dong Koo, Geun Tae Kim, Kyoung-Hee Kim, Sang Yong Hong, Sungsub Kim, Min-Jung Kim, Hyeon Joo Yim, Dongchul Lim, Hye Jin Kim, Hee Oon Han, Seong Cheol Bu, Oh Hwan Kwon, Sung Ho Kim, Gwong-Cheung Hur, Ji Young Kim, Zi-Ho Yeom, Dong-Jun Yeo
  • Publication number: 20110021540
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula wherein R1, R3, L1, L2, G1, G2, A and m are as defined in the specification and optical isomers, racemates and tautomers thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; together with processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy. The compounds are inhibitors of microsomal prostaglandin E synthase-1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Johan Bylund, Maria Ek, Jorg Holenz, Martin H. Johansson, Annika Kers, Katja Narhi, Gunnar Nordvall, Liselotte Ohberg, Daniel Sohn, Jenny Viklund, Stefan Von Berg
  • Publication number: 20110021494
    Abstract: The compounds of formula (I), wherein ring D and ring E together form a fused ring system selected from formula (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), and the salts of these compounds are novel, effective inhibitors of histone deacetylases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Thomas Maier, Thomas Beckers, Thomas Baer, Matthias Vennemann, Volker Gekeler, Astrid Zimmermann, Petra Gimmnich, Kamlesh Padiya, Hemant Joshi, Uday Joshi, Mahindra Makhija, Dipak Harel
  • Patent number: 7875368
    Abstract: Provided is a novel heterocyclic compound which is useful as a material for an organic electroluminescent device. The heterocyclic compound is represented by the general formula [I]: wherein X represents a nitrogen atom or a carbon atom; Y represents O or S; R1 and R2 each represent, independently of one another, a group selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group and the like; a represents 0 or more and 3 or less; b represents 0 or more and 3 or less; and Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic ring or the like; and n represents an integer of 2 to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroki Ohrui, Akihiro Senoo, Tetsuya Kosuge, Taiki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20110015190
    Abstract: This invention provides novel compounds that are modulators of gamma secretase. The compounds have the formula (I) wherein R2 is a fused bicyclic ring of the formula (II). Also disclosed are methods of modulating gamma secretase activity and methods of treating Alzheimer's disease using the compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Xianhai Huang, Anandan Palani, Jun Qin, Robert Aslanian, Zhaoning Zhu, William Greenlee, Hubert Josien, Wei Zhou, Xiaohong Zhou, Chad E. Bennett, Dmitri Pissarnitski, Mihirbaran Mandal, Pawan Dhondi, Troy McCracken, Thomas Bara, Zhiqiang Zhao, Duane Burnett, John Clader
  • Patent number: 7872128
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a new class of compounds capable of modulating the c-kit protein kinase and, accordingly, useful for treatment of c-kit mediated diseases including, without limitation, autoimmune disease, allergies, mastcytosis, mast cell related tumors and various fibrotic diseases. The compounds have a general Formula I wherein R1-5, X, Y and Z are defined herein. The invention further comprises pharmaceutical compositions, methods for treatment of c-kit mediated diseases, and intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Essa Hu, Roxanne Kunz, Shannon Rumfelt, Andrew Tasker
  • Publication number: 20110009400
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to compounds of formula (I): wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, Y, n, A, and W are as defined in the disclosure, or a salt thereof, or a hydrate or solvate thereof, and to processes for the preparation of these compounds and the therapeutic use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: Laurent Dubois, Yannick Evanno, Catherine Gille, André Malanda
  • Publication number: 20100331358
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Tetrahydrofuropyridones compounds useful as HIF prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors to treat anemia and like conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Vincent J. Colandrea, Jeffrey J. Hale, Joshua G. McCoy
  • Publication number: 20100324054
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel substituted aminotetrahydropyrans of structural formula I which are inhibitors of the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved, such as diabetes and particularly Type 2 diabetes. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Tesfaye Biftu, Ping Chen, Danqing Feng, Ann E. Weber
  • 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: 7846943
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds which have an inhibitory effect on hormone-sensitive lipase or endothelial lipase. The compounds of the invention are azolopyridin-2-one derivatives of the general formula I wherein the substituents are as defined herein. The compounds of formula I wherein R2 is hydrogen are distinguished by favorable effects on disorders of lipid metabolism. They beneficially influence the HDL to LDL ratio and increase in particular the HDL level and are suitable for the prevention and treatment of dyslipidemias and metabolic syndrome and their diverse sequelae such as atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, heart failure, obesity and diabetes. The compounds of formula I wherein R1 and R2 together form a ring system are distinguished by favorable effects on metabolic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis
    Inventors: Gerhard Zoller, Stefan Petry, Gunter Müller, Hubert Heuer, Norbert Tennagels
  • Patent number: 7842698
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyridine methylene azolidinone compounds of Formula (I) for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of autoimmune disorders and/or inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, bacterial or viral infections, allergy, asthma, pancreatitis, multi-organ failure, kidney diseases, platelet aggregation, cancer, sperm motility, graft rejection or lung injuries. Specifically, the present invention is related to pyridine methylene azolidinone derivatives for the modulation, notably the inhibition of the activity or function of the phosphoinositide-3-kinases, PI3Ks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Serono S.A.
    Inventors: Thomas Rueckle, Anna Quattropani, Vincent Pomel, Jerome Dorbais, David Covini, Alexander Bischoff
  • Patent number: 7838676
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a new class of compounds useful for the modulation of Beta-secretase enzyme activity and for the treatment of Beta-secretase mediated diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related conditions. In one embodiment, the compounds have a general Formula I wherein R1, W, B, R3, R4, R5, i and j are defined herein. The invention also comprises pharmaceutical compositions including one or more compounds of Formula I, methods of use for these compounds, including treatment of AD and related diseases, by administering the compound(s) of Formula I, or compositions including them, to a subject. The invention also comprises further embodiments of Formulas II and III, intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Qiufen Xue, Brian K. Albrecht, Denise Lyn Andersen, Michael Bartberger, James Brown, Ryan Brown, Stuart C. Chaffee, Yuan Cheng, Michael Croghan, Russell Graceffa, Scott Harried, Stephen Hitchcock, Randall Hungate, Ted Judd, Matthew Kaller, Charles Kreiman, Daniel La, Patricia Lopez, Craig Masse, Holger Monenschein, Thomas Nguyen, Thomas Nixey, Vinod F. Patel, Lewis Pennington, Matthew Weiss, Bryant Yang, Wenge Zhong
  • Publication number: 20100292188
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) comprising a cyclobutoxy group, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: UCB PHARMA S.A.
    Inventors: Frédéric Denonne, Sylvain Celanire, Anne Valade, Sabine Defays, Véronique Durieu
  • Patent number: 7820664
    Abstract: This invention concerns to N-(2-aylamino)aryl sulfonamides, which are inhibitors of MEK, methods of using such compounds in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Bayer Schering Pharma AG
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Vernier, Andreas Maderna, Yung-hyo Koh, Zhi Hong