Ring Oxygen In The Bicyclo Ring System Patents (Class 546/115)
  • Patent number: 7816353
    Abstract: Compounds of formula III: wherein R5a, R3, X, Y, Q, R1a and R1b are as defined in the specification, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Exelixis, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Cheng, Erick Wang Co, Moon Hwan Kim, Rhett Ronald Klein, Donna T. Le, Amy Lew Tsuhako, John M. Nuss, Wei Xu
  • Publication number: 20100261725
    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: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    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: 7812164
    Abstract: The invention provides novel derivatives of cyclopamine having the following formula:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Austad, Mark L. Behnke, Alfredo C. Castro, Michael J. Grogan, Somarajannair Janardanannair, Andre Lescarbeau, Stephane Peluso, Martin Tremblay
  • Publication number: 20100255005
    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: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Zhaoning Zhu, William J. Greenlee, Zhong-Yue Sun, Gioconda Gallo, Ruo Xu, Xianhai Huang, Xiaohong Zhu
  • Publication number: 20100249078
    Abstract: Certain tetracyclic compounds are described, which may be used in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) activity. Thus, the compounds may be administered to treat, e.g., anxiety, pain, inflammation, sleep disorders, eating disorders, or movement disorders (such as multiple sclerosis).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: The Scrips Research Institute
    Inventor: Dale L. Boger
  • Publication number: 20100247514
    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: May 5, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Zhaoning Zhu, William J. Greenlee, Zhong-Yue Sun, Gioconda Gallo, Theodros Asberom, Xianhai Huang, Xiaohong Zhu, Mark D. McBriar, Dmitri A. Pissarnitski, Zhiqiang Zhao, Ruo Xu, Hongmei Li, Anandan Palani, Johannes H. Voigt, Robert D. Mazzola, JR., John Clader, Hubert Josien, Jun Qin
  • Publication number: 20100249417
    Abstract: Disclosed is 1-(2-(4-((2,3-dihydro(1,4)dioxino(2,3-c)pyridin-7-ylmethyl)amino)piperidin-1-yl)ethyl)-7-fluoro-1,5-naphthyridin-2(1H)-one monohydrate, which has strong antibacterial activity. The compound is highly safe and useful as an original drug for pharmaceutical preparations. Also disclosed is a method which is useful for producing 1-(2-(4-((2,3-dihydro(1,4)dioxino(2,3-c)pyridin-7-ylmethyl)amino)piperidin-1-yl)ethyl)-7-fluoro-1,5-naphthyridin-2(1H)-one monohydrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicants: Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd., Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taro Kiyoto, Masahiro Takebayashi, Yasutaka Baba, Muneo Syoji, Toshiya Noguchi, Fumihito Ushiyama, Hiroki Urabe, Hiromasa Horikiri
  • Publication number: 20100239551
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, which are useful for modulating chan-nel activating proteases, and methods for using such compounds to treat, ameliorate or prevent a condition associated with a channel activating protease, including but not limited to prostasin, PRSS22, TMPRSS11 (e.g., TMPRSS11B, TMPRSSI1E), TMPRSS2, TMPRSS3, TMPRSS4 (MTSP-2), matriptase (MTSP-1), CAP2, CAP3, trypsin, cathepsin A, or neutrophil elastase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: IRM LLC
    Inventors: David C. Tully, Arnab K. Chatterjee, Agnes Vidal, Badry Bursulaya
  • Publication number: 20100234419
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted 3-aminoisoxazolopyridines, to processes for their preparation, to medicaments containing these compounds and to the use of these compounds in the preparation of medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: GRUNENTHAL GMBH
    Inventors: Sven KÜHNERT, Gregor Bahrenberg, Wolfgang Schröder
  • Patent number: 7790729
    Abstract: The invention relates to the inhibition of VEGF receptor signaling and HGF receptor signaling. The invention provides compounds and methods for inhibiting VEGF receptor signaling and HGF receptor signaling. The invention also provides compositions and methods for treating cell proliferative diseases and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Methylgene Inc.
    Inventors: Oscar Mario Saavedra, Stephen William Claridge, Lijie Zhan, Franck Raeppel, Arkadii Vaisburg, Stephane Raeppel, Robert Deziel, Michael Mannion, Nancy Z. Zhou, Ljubomir Isakovic
  • Patent number: 7790726
    Abstract: Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR1 receptor, and have in vivo anti-inflammatory activity. The compounds are generally monocyclic and bicyclic compounds and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR1-mediated diseases, and as controls in assays for the identification of competitive CCR1 antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Chemocentryx, Inc.
    Inventors: Penglie Zhang, Andrew M. K. Pennell, John J. Kim Wright, Lianfa Li, Edward J. Sullivan, Wei Chen, Kevin Lloyd Greenman
  • Patent number: 7790753
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) as defined herein: are useful for treating behavioral disorders associated with dementia, psychoses, in particular schizophrenia (deficient form and productive form) and acute or chronic extrapyramidal symptoms induced by neuroleptics; for the treatment of various forms of anxiety, panic attacks, phobias, and compulsive obsessive disorders; for treating various forms of depression, including psychotic depression; for treating disorders caused by alcohol abuse or weaning from alcohol, sexual behavior disorders, eating disorders and for treating migraine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: sanofi-aventis
    Inventors: Gihad Dargazanli, Genevieve Estenne-Bouhtou, Corinne Veronique
  • Publication number: 20100222352
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds according to the formula I: Where Ra is H or an optionally OH-substituted C1-C3 alkyl; R1 is OR1, an optionally substituted C4-12 carbocyclic group which may be saturated or unsaturated (including aromatic) or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; R1 is an optionally substituted C1-C14 hydrocarbyl group or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; R2, R3 and R4 are each independently H, an optionally substituted C1-C4 alkyl group (preferably CH3, CH2CH3 or CF3), halogen (preferably F, Cl, Br), OR, CN, NO2, a C1-C6 thioether, a C1-C6 thioester group, an optionally substituted CO2R group, an optionally substituted COR group or an optionally substituted OCOR group (preferably R4 is H); R is H or an optionally substituted C1-C6 alkyl group; RHET is an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or polymorphs thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: YALE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: William L. Jorgensen, Juliana Ruiz-Caro, Andrew D. Hamilton
  • Publication number: 20100222338
    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 A, B, W, 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: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Wenge Zhong, Stephen Hitchcock, Brian K. Albrecht, Michael D. Bartberger, James Brown, Ryan Brown, Stuart C. Chaffee, Yuan Cheng, Michael Croghan, Russell Graceffa, Scott Harried, Dean Hickman, Daniel Horne, Randall Hungate, Ted Judd, Matthew Kaller, Charles Kreiman, Daniel La, Patricia Lopez, Craig E. Masse, Thomas Nixey, Vinod F. Patel, Lewis Pennington, Matthew Weiss, Qiufen Xue, Bryant Yang, Holger Monenschein, Thomas Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20100197679
    Abstract: Bicyclic nitrogen containing compounds and their use as antibacterials
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Christopher Barfoot, David Thomas Davies, Timothy James Miles, Neil David Pearson
  • Patent number: 7767667
    Abstract: It has now been found that certain novel heterocyclic derivitives have provided unexpected insecticidal activity. These compounds are represented by formula (I): R Preferred are those compounds of formula (I) where R2 and R3 taken together is ?NCH(R6)CH(R7)N(R8)—, ?NC(R6)?C(R7)N(R8)—, or ?CHN?C(R7)N(R8)—, and tautomers thereof, and where R4 and R5 taken together is —C(R11)?C(R12)C(R13)?C(R14) 1 12, -, where R,R,R6, R7, R8, RI1, R R13, R14, and X are described. In addition, compositions comprising an insecticidally effective amount of at least one compound of formula (I), and optionally, an effective amount of at least one of a second compound with at least one insecticidally compatable carrier are also disclosed; along with methods of controlling insects comprising applying said compositions to a locus where insects are present or are expected to be present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: John A. Dixson, Zeinab M. Elshenawy, Harvey R. Wendt, Saroj Sehgel, Robert H. Henrie, II, David M. Roush, Ping Ding, John W. Lyga, Stephen F. Donovan
  • Patent number: 7737161
    Abstract: The present invention provides a condensed furan compound of the formula (I): wherein Ring X is benzene, pyridine, or the like; Y is an optionally substituted amino, an optionally substituted cycloalkyl, an optionally substituted aryl, an optionally substituted saturated heterocyclic group, an optionally substituted unsaturated heterocyclic group; A is a single bond, lower alkylene, lower alkenylidene, lower alkenylene or an oxygen atom; R3 is hydrogen or the like; and, R4 is hydrogen, or the like, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which is useful as a medicament, particularly, as an activated blood coagulation factor X inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Kawaguchi, Hidenori Akatsuka, Toru Iijima, Tatsuya Watanabe, Jun Murakami, Takashi Mitsui
  • Publication number: 20100144717
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, to their use in the treatment of bacterial infections, and to their methods of preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Janelle Comita-Prevoir, Mark Cronin, Bolin Geng, Andrew Aydon Godfrey, Folkert Reck
  • Publication number: 20100143251
    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: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Gilles D. Tamagnan, David Alagille, Herve Da Costa
  • Publication number: 20100120838
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or isomer 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: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Brian J. Lavey, Joseph A. Kozlowski, Guowei Zhou, Ling Tong, Wensheng Yu, Michael K. C. Wong, Shankar B. Bandarpalle, Neng-Yang Shih, M. Arshad Siddiqui, Kristin E. Rosner, Chaoyang Dai, Janeta Popovici-Muller, Vinay M. Girijavallabhan, Dansu Li, Aneta M. Micula, Seong Heon Kim, De-Yi Yang, Razia Rizvi
  • Publication number: 20100120839
    Abstract: There is provided compounds of formula I, wherein R1, R2, A1, A2, A3 and A4 have meanings given in the description, and pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, which compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases in which inhibition of the activity of a lipoxygenase (e.g. 15-lipoxygenase) is desired and/or required, and particularly in the treatment of inflammation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Kiyo No, Andrei Sanin, Gasse Kromann
  • Patent number: 7709483
    Abstract: Tricyclic nitrogen containing compounds and their use as antibacterials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Graham Elgin Jones, Timothy James Miles, Neil David Pearson
  • Publication number: 20100105659
    Abstract: Provided are compounds that are useful in the treatment and/or prevention of diseases mediated by deficient levels of glucokinase activity, such as diabetes mellitus. Also provided are methods of treating or preventing diseases and disorders characterized by underactivity of glucokinase or which can be treated by activating glucokinase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: ARRAY BIOPPHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Daniel Aicher, Steven Armen Boyd, Mark Joseph Chicarelli, Kevin Ronald Condroski, Ronald Jay Hinklin, Ajay Singh
  • Publication number: 20100099663
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound of formula I, wherein R1, R2, R3, X, A, m and n are as herein defined, the process for its preparation and its use thereof as a medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Manfred SCHUDOK, Armin HOFMEISTER
  • 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: 20100093733
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof, are useful for the treatment of obesity, type II diabetes and the metabolic syndrome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: PROSIDION LIMITED
    Inventors: Oscar Barba, Graham Dawson, William Gattrell, Martin James Procter, Chrystelle Marie Rasamison, Colin Peter Sambrook-Smith, Philippe Wong-Kai-In
  • Publication number: 20100081650
    Abstract: Cyclohexane and cyclohexene derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof useful in methods of treatment of bacterial infections in mammals, particularly man.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Axten, Robert A. Daines, David Thomas Davies, Timothy Francis Gallagher, Graham Elgin Jones, William Henry Miller, Neil David Pearson, Israil Pendrak
  • Publication number: 20100063066
    Abstract: Compounds of Formulas (I), (IIA) and (IIIA) are useful for inhibiting Raf kinase and for treating disorders mediated thereby. Methods of using compounds of Formulas (I), (IIA) and (IIIA) and stereoisomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for in vitro, in situ, and in vivo diagnosis, prevention or treatment of such disorders in mammalian cells, or associated pathological conditions are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: Array Biopharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexandre J. Buckmelter, Joseph P. Lyssikatos, Greg Miknia, Li Ren, Steven Mark Wenglowsky, Bryson Rast
  • Patent number: 7674907
    Abstract: The present invention relates to furanopyridine compounds having the general Formula I: and stereoisomers, tautomers, solvates, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and derivatives, and prodrugs thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph J. Nunes, Matthew W. Martin, Ryan White, David McGowan, Jean E. Bemis, Frank Kayser, Jiasheng Fu, Jinqian Liu, XianYun Jiao
  • Publication number: 20100048537
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by formula [1] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: In formula [1], one of X and Y is CH and the other is oxygen or sulfur; R is hydrogen, etc.; Z is hydrogen, etc.; Ar is phenyl, etc.; and n is 1 or 2 and or m is 1 or 2, excluding compounds where n is 2 and m is 2 simultaneously. Also provided is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of formula [1] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. The composition is usable as an agent for the prevention or treatment of depression, panic disorder, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, obesity, stress urinary incontinence, and overactive bladder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Matsuoka, Tatsuya Oyama
  • Publication number: 20100048610
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a novel LXR? agonist that is useful as a preventative and/or therapeutic agent for atherosclerosis; arteriosclerosis such as those resulting from diabetes; dyslipidemia; hypercholesterolemia; lipid-related diseases; inflammatory diseases that are caused by inflammatory cytokines; skin diseases such as allergic skin diseases; diabetes; or Alzheimer's disease. [Solving Means] A carbinol compound represented by the following general formula (I) or salt thereof, or their solvate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Yamaguchi, Minoru Koura, Sayaka Kurobuchi, Takayuki Matsuda, Ayumu Okuda, Hisashi Sumida, Yuuichirou Watanabe, Takashi Enomoto, Kimiyuki Shibuya
  • Patent number: 7659399
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds and salts of Formula I and Formula II: which possess antimicrobial activity. The invention also provides novel synthetic intermediates useful in making compounds of Formula I and Formula II. The variables A1, A8, R2, R3, R5, R6, R7, and R9 are defined herein. Certain compounds of Formula I and Formula II disclosed herein are potent and selective inhibitors of bacterial DNA synthesis and bacterial replication. The invention also provides antimicrobial compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, containing one or more compounds of Formula I or Formula II and one or more carriers, excipients, or diluents. Such compositions may contain a compound of Formula I or Formula II as the only active agent or may contain a combination of a compound of Formula I or Formula II and one or more other active agents. The invention also provides methods for treating microbial infections in animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Barton James Bradbury, Jason Allan Wiles
  • Patent number: 7648994
    Abstract: The present invention relates to steroidal alkaloids that can be used in the treatment of hedgehog pathway related disorders, particularly cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Infinity Discovery, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfredo C. Castro, Michael J. Grogan, Martin Tremblay
  • Publication number: 20100009992
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters and prodrugs of Formula (I) or (II): which are useful as AMPK modulators effective in treating diabetes, obesity and cancer in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Neal C. Birnberg, Hong Liu, Qing Ping Weng, Haibo Shang, Pan Yin, Sharanappa B. Rajur, Hwa-Ok Kim, Paresh D. Salgaonkar, Norton P. Peet
  • Patent number: 7645753
    Abstract: This invention is concerned with compounds of the formula wherein A, B1, B2, R1, R2 and G are as defined in the description and claims, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, to a process for their preparation and to their use for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases which are associated with the modulation of SST receptors subtype 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred Binggeli, Andreas Dominik Christ, Luke Gideon Granville Green, Wolfgang Guba, Hans-Peter Maerki, Rainer Eugen Martin, Peter Mohr
  • Patent number: 7638530
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds which contain a five-membered heterocyclic ring fused to a substituted pyridine moiety which inhibit the activity of Akt, a serine/threonine protein kinase. The invention is further directed to chemotherapeutic compositions containing the compounds of this invention and methods for treating cancer comprising administration of the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Mark T. Bilodeau, Zhicai Wu
  • Publication number: 20090318436
    Abstract: Selected compounds are effective for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases, such as HGF mediated diseases. The invention encompasses novel compounds, analogs, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases and other maladies or conditions involving, cancer and the like. The subject invention also relates to processes for making such compounds as well as to intermediates useful in such processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Brian K. Albrecht, David Bauer, Steven Bellon, Christiane M. Bode, Shon Booker, Alessandro Boezio, Deborah Choquette, Derin D'Amico, Jean-Christophe Harmange, Satoko Hirai, Randall W. Hungate, Tae-Seong Kim, Richard T. Lewis, Longbin Liu, Julia Lohman, Mark H. Norman, Michelle Potashman, Aaron C. Siegmund, Stephanie K. Springer, Markian Stec, Ning Xi, Kevin Yang
  • Patent number: 7625923
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bicyclic compounds according to formula I, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of androgen receptor-associated conditions, such as age-related diseases, for example sarcopenia, wherein R1, R2, R5, X, Y and n are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Alexandra Nirschl, James C. Sutton, Lawrence Hamann, Tammy Wang, Yan Zou, Chongqing Sun
  • Patent number: 7625924
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR), activation of nAChRs, and the treatment of disease conditions associated with defective or malfunctioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially of the brain. Further, this invention relates to novel compounds which act as ligands for the ?7 nAChR subtype, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Memory Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Truc Minh Nguyen, Wenge Xie, Richard Schumacher, Brian Herbert, Ashok Tehim
  • Patent number: 7625922
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to certain imidazo[4,5-b]pyridin-2-one and oxazolo[4,5-b]pyridin-2-one compounds and analogs thereof, which, inter alia, inhibit RAF (e.g., B-RAF) activity, inhibit cell proliferation, treat cancer, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignees: Cancer Research Technology Limited, The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, Astex Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Dan Niculescu-Duvaz, Caroline Joy Springer, Adrian Liam Gill, Richard David Taylor, Richard Malcol Marais, Harmen Dijkstra, Catherine Gaulon, Delphine Menard, Esteban Roman Vela
  • Patent number: 7622479
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound having potent tyrosine kinase-inhibiting activity represented by formula: (wherein, R1b is a C6-10 aryl group which has substituent(s), and the like; Ta is a single bond, a C1-6 alkyl group, —CH2O—, and the like; X and Y are the same or different, and each is a nitrogen atom which may have substituent(s), and the like; the broken line is a single bond or a double bond; Za is a nitrogen atom or CH; W is a single bond, an oxygen atom, and the like; Q is a C6-10 aryl group which may have substituent(s) or an aromatic heterocyclic group which may have substituent(s)); or a salt thereof and a pharmaceutical composition comprising thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Tsuneo Oda, Takashi Imada, Kenichiro Naito, Toshiya Tamura, Shuichi Furuya
  • Publication number: 20090281138
    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: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Johan Bylund, Marie E. Ek, Annika Kers, Gunnar Nordvall, Liselotte Ohberg, Jenny Viklund, Stefan Von Berg, Jorg Holenz, Katja Narhi, Daniel Sohn, Martin H. Johansson
  • Publication number: 20090275558
    Abstract: Substituted sulfonamide compounds corresponding to formula I processes for the preparation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and the use of such compounds for treating and/or inhibiting pain or other conditions at least partly mediated by the bradykinin 1 receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: GRUENENTHAL GmbH
    Inventors: Melanie Reich, Ellen Klegraf, Stefan Oberboersch, Stefan Schunk, Ruth Jostock, Sabine Hees, Tieno Germann, Michael Engels
  • Publication number: 20090270374
    Abstract: Bicyclic nitrogen containing compounds and their use as antibacterials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Llius Ballell, David Barros, Gerald Brooks, Julia Castro Pichel, Steven Dabbs, Robert A. Daines, David Thomas Davies, Jose Maria Fiandor Roman, Israil Pendrak, Modesto J. Remuinan Blanco, Jason Anthony Rossi, Ilaria Giordano, Alan Joseph Hennessy, James B. Hoffman, Graham Elgin Jones, Timothy James Miles, Neil David Pearson, Lihua(lily) Zhang
  • Publication number: 20090264653
    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: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    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: 20090264405
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors, and are useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, Julianne A. Hunt, Florida Kallashi, Jennifer Kowalchick, Dooseop Kim, Cameron J. Smith, Peter J. Sinclair, Ramzi F. Sweis, Gayle E. Taylor, Christopher F. Thompson, Liya Chen, Nazia Quraishi
  • Patent number: 7605156
    Abstract: This invention provides methods for the use of substituted indole compounds of the general formula: and pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof. The invention provides methods for the use of the compounds as inhibitors of the activity of various phospholipase enzymes, particularly phospholipase A2 enzymes, and for the medical treatment, prevention and inhibition diseases and disorders including asthma, stroke, atherosclerosis, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, arthritic disorders, rheumatic disorders, central nervous system damage resulting from stroke, central nervous system damage resulting from ischemia, central nervous system damage resulting from trauma, inflammation caused or potentiated by prostaglandins, inflammation caused or potentiated by leukotrienes, inflammation caused or potentiated by platelet activation factor, pain caused or potentiated by prostaglandins, pain caused or potentiated by leukotrienes, and pain caused or potentiated by platelet activation factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: John C. McKew, Steve Y. Tam, Katherine L. Lee, Lihren Chen, Paresh Thakker, Fuk-Wah Sum, Mark L. Behnke, Baihua Hu, James D. Clark, Wei Li, Valerie Clerin, Suzana Marusic, Kevin Pong
  • Publication number: 20090253691
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-aniline-5-aryl triazole derivatives and analogues or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy, according to Formula (I). The invention particularly relates to positive allosteric modulators of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, such positive allosteric modulator having the capability to increase the efficacy of nicotinic receptor agonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicants: JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA N.V., BIOFOCUS DPI LIMITED
    Inventors: Johannes Wilhelmus John F. Thuring, Gregor James MacDonald, Anne Simone Josephine Lesage, Wei Zhuang, Marcel Frans Leopold De Bruyn, Frans Alfons Maria Van Den Keybus, Yves Emiel Maria Van Roosbroeck, Theodorus Dinklo
  • Patent number: 7598236
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I pharmaceutical compositions of these compounds, and use of said compositions to control synaptic transmission in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Michael R. Schrimpf, Karin R. Tietje, Richard B. Toupence, Jianguo Ji, Anwer Basha, William H. Bunnelle, Jerome F. Daanen, Jennifer M. Frost, Kevin B. Sippy
  • Publication number: 20090239866
    Abstract: Novel PDF inhibitors and novel methods for their use are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Axten, Jesus R. Medina