The Other Cyclo In The Bicyclo Ring System Is Also Six-membered (e.g., Naphthyridines, Etc.) Patents (Class 546/122)
  • Publication number: 20090209547
    Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: which exhibit antibacterial properties. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject in need of antibiotic treatment. The invention also relates to methods of treating a bacterial infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention. The invention further includes process by which to make the compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: IN JONG KIM, GUOQIANG WANG, HEEJIN KIM, YAT SUN OR
  • Patent number: 7576209
    Abstract: The instant invention provides for substituted naphthyridine compounds that inhibit Akt activity. In particular, the compounds disclosed selectively inhibit one or two of the Akt isoforms. The invention also provides for compositions comprising such inhibitory compounds and methods of inhibiting Akt activity by administering the compound to a patient in need of treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Kelly, III, Mark E. Layton, Philip E. Sanderson
  • Publication number: 20090198063
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compound represented by the general formula: [wherein R1 represents an aryl or heterocyclic group which may be substituted or the like; X1 represents a C2-C4 alkylene group or the like; X2, X3 and X5 independently represent NH, a bond or the like; X4 represents a lower alkylene group, a bond or the like; Y1 represents a bivalent alicyclic hydrocarbon residue which may be substituted or a bivalent alicyclic amine residue which may be substituted; and Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, Z5 and Z6 independently represent a nitrogen atom, a group represented by the formula: CH, or the like, provided that at least one of Z3, Z4, Z5 and Z6 represents a nitrogen atom] or a salt thereof, which is useful as an antibacterial agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicants: Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd., Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taro Kiyoto, Junichi Ando, Tadashi Tanaka, Yasuhiro Tsutsui, Mai Yokotani, Toshiya Noguchi, Fumihito Ushiyama, Hiroki Urabe, Hiromasa Horikiri
  • Publication number: 20090192146
    Abstract: The present invention provides substituted di-, tri-, tetra- and penta-sulfide compounds and compositions, and methods of using the same for the treatment and/or prevention of a cell proliferative disorder. The present invention also provides methods for preparing trisulfide compounds and compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: ACEA BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Xiao XU, Haoyun An, Xiaobo Wang
  • Patent number: 7566726
    Abstract: (wherein n, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R15, R16, R17, R18, Y and Z are defined herein) which are modulators of chemokine receptor activity and are useful in the prevention or treatment of certain inflammatory and immunoregulatory disorders and diseases, allergic diseases, atopic conditions including allergic rhinitis, dermatitis, conjunctivitis, and asthma, as well as autoimmune pathologies such as rheumatoid arthritis and atherosclerosis. 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 chemokine receptors are involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Merck & Co. Inc.
    Inventors: Lihu Yang, Sander G. Mills, Kothandaraman Shankaran
  • Publication number: 20090176807
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and X are as defined herein for Formula (IA) and Formula (IB), or a tautomer, prodrug, solvate, or salt thereof; pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and methods of modulating the glucocorticoid receptor function and methods of treating disease-states or conditions mediated by the glucocorticoid receptor function or characterized by inflammatory, allergic, or proliferative processes in a patient using these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventors: John Robinson REGAN, Thomas Wai-Ho Lee, David Thomson, Thomas Martin Kirrane, JR., Daniel Kuzmich, John Robert Proudfoot, Younes Bekkali, Renee Zindell
  • Patent number: 7557121
    Abstract: The present invention relates to tetrahydronaphthyridine derivatives of the general formula (I): or of the general formula (I?) in which A and R1 are as defined within, and to processes for the preparation of, intermediates used in the preparation of, compositions containing and the uses of, including the treatment diseases mediated by H3 ligands, in particular inflammatory, allergic and respiratory diseases, disorders and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc
    Inventors: Graham Lunn, John Paul Mathias, Ross Sinclair Strang
  • Publication number: 20090171089
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula (I): wherein R3, R5, R7 and R8 are defined herein, which are useful as inhibitors SYK kinase and are thus useful for treating diseases resulting from inappropriate mast cell activation, which include allergic and inflammatory diseases. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and processes for preparing these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Charles L. CYWIN, Scott E. JAKES, Joachim HEIDER, Mark A. BOBKO, Renee L. DES JARLAIS, Mark PLAYER, James RINKER, Michael WINTERS, Bao-ping ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20090170885
    Abstract: This invention provided compounds of formula I where W and Z are, independently, CH or N, and where other substituents are defined herein. Such compounds are potassium channel modulators. The invention also provides a composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient and at least one of the following: a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound of formula I; a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of a compound of formula I; a pharmaceutically acceptable ester of a compound of formula I. The invention also provides a method of preventing or treating a disease or disorder which is affected by activities of potassium channels, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I or a salt or ester or solvate thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: JEAN-MICHEL VERNIER, MARTHA DE LA ROSA
  • Patent number: 7550480
    Abstract: Novel substituted 1,5,7-trisubstituted-1,8-napthyridin-2(1H)-one compounds; 1,5,7 trisubstituted-1,6-napthyridine-2-(1H)-one compounds and 1,5,7-trisubstituted quinoline-2(1H)-one compounds, processes for the preparation thereof, the use thereof in treating CSBP/p38 kinase mediated diseases and pharmaceutical compositions for use in such therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Charles Boehm, James Francis Callahan, Ralph F. Hall, Xichen Lin, Katherine Louise Widdowson
  • Publication number: 20090156822
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, n and m are as defined herein. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of HCV NS3 protease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Murray D. BAILEY, Punit BHARDWAJ, Elise GHIRO, Nathalie GOUDREAU, Teddy HALMOS, Montse LLINAS-BRUNET, Marc-Andre POUPART, Jean RANCOURT
  • Publication number: 20090156578
    Abstract: In part, the present invention is directed towards compounds with FabI inhibiting properties. Such compounds may also inhibit other enzymes, including those similar to FabI either structurally or functionally, for example, Fab K. Kits and compositions that include the disclosed compounds are also provided. Methods of treating a subject with a bacterial illness is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Henry Pauls, Judd M. Berman
  • Patent number: 7547709
    Abstract: Compounds, preferably 5-pyrimidinol and 3-pyridinol derivatives, that act as effective chain breaking antioxidants of both the lipid and water-soluble variety (analogous to the natural Vitamins E and C), many of which are more reactive toward peroxyl radicals than the most potent form of Vitamin E. These compounds may exhibit many chemopreventive effects associated with conditions in which free radical-mediated cellular damage or disruption is implicated and Vitamins E and C are shown to have protective effects. Additionally, these compounds should be excellent oxidation inhibitors as additives to fuels, lubricants, rubber, polymers, chemicals, solvents and foodstuffs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Derek A. Pratt, Luca Valgimigli, Gino A. DiLabio
  • Publication number: 20090149492
    Abstract: The present application provides compounds, including all stereoisomers, solvates, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable forms thereof according to Formula I. Additionally, the present application provides pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one compound according to Formula I and optionally at least one additional therapeutic agent. Finally, the present application provides methods for treating a patient suffering from an DPP4 modulated disease or disorder such as, for example, diabetes, by administration of a therapeutically effective dose of a compound according to Formula I. wherein X, Z, A, R2, Y, R1, n, and b are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: John M. Fevig, Jianxin Feng
  • Publication number: 20090131444
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that demonstrate antibacterial activity, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them as the active ingredient, to their use as medicaments and to their use in the manufacture of medicaments for use in the treatment of bacterial infections in warm blooded animals such as humans. In particular this invention relates to compounds useful for the treatment of bacterial infections in warm-blooded animals such as humans, more particularly to the use of these compounds in the manufacture of medicaments for use in the treatment of bacterial infections in warm blooded animals such as humans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Folkert Reck, Marshall Morningstar, Hajnalka Hartl
  • Publication number: 20090124804
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for enantioselectively preparing substituted piperidine alkanoic acid integrin antagonist compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: William A. Kinney, Christopher A. Teleha, Shyamali Ghosh, Bruce E. Maryanoff
  • Publication number: 20090118298
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel compounds of Formula (I) pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pro-drugs thereof, biologically active metabolites thereof, isomers thereof or stereoisomers thereof wherein the variables are as defined herein. The compounds of Formula (I) are useful as chemokine receptor antagonists and as such would be useful in treating certain conditions and diseases, especially inflammatory conditions and diseases and proliferative disorders and conditions, for example, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, multiple sclerosis and asthma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Dawn M. George, Lu Wang, Biqin Li, Anna M. Ericsson, Graham K. Ansell
  • Publication number: 20090118324
    Abstract: Compounds are provided for use with MEK that comprise: wherein the variables are as defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits and articles of manufacture comprising such compounds; methods and intermediates useful for making the compounds; and methods of using said compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Qing DONG, Toufiko Kanounl, Michael B. Wallace
  • Publication number: 20090118233
    Abstract: A heterocyclic compound of the formula (I): wherein B1 is —C(R2)? or —N?; R1? is H, etc.; one of R1 and R2 is -Z1-Z2-Z3-R5 wherein Z1 and Z3 are independently single bond, optionally substituted alkylene, etc.; Z2 is single bond, optionally substituted alkylene, etc.; R5 is optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heteroaryl, etc., and the other of R1 and R2 is H; -A1- is —C(—Y)?C(—RA)—C(—R3)?C(—R4)—, etc. wherein Y is OH, etc.; RA is —COR7 wherein R7 is OH, etc.; one of R3 and R4 is carboxy, etc., and the other of R1 and R2 is H, etc, a prodrug thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a solvate thereof, having an antiviral activity, more particularly, an inhibitory activity against HIV integrase, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same, especially an anti-HIV drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Hitoshi Murai, Takeshi Endo, Noriyuki Kurose, Teruhiko Taishi, Hiroshi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20090105215
    Abstract: The compounds of the present invention are of formula I: wherein A, R3, R4 is as defined herein, are useful as ligands for nicotinic receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Brian Herbert, Wenge Xie, Truc Minh Nguyen, Allen T. Hopper, Ashok Tehim
  • Publication number: 20090104116
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a compound of formula (I), wherein A is a nonaromatic heterocyclic ring, Ar is either absent or phenylene; ? is a radical of formula (II), R2 is a hydrophobic moiety; and G is a radical containing one or more moieties selected from the group consisting of NH, OH and a basic moiety. The compounds are inhibitors of integrins, especially antagonists of the fibronectin receptor alpha5beta1, useful as anti-angiogenic agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: JERINI AG
    Inventors: Gunter Zischinsky, Roland Stragies, Frank Osterkamp, Dirk Scharn, Gerd Hummel, Holger Kalkhof, Grit Zahn, Doerte Vossmeyer, Claudia Christner-Albrecht, Ulrich Reineke
  • Publication number: 20090105291
    Abstract: Phenylalanine enamide derivatives of formula (1) are described: wherein R1 is a group Ar1 L2Ar2Alk- in which: Ar1 is an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group; L2 is a covalent bond or a linker atom or group; Ar2 is an optionally substituted arylene or heteroarylene group; and Alk is a chain —CH2—CH(R)—, —CH?C(R)— or in which R is a carboxylic acid (—CO2H) or a derivative or biostere thereof; X is an —O— or —S— atom or —N(R2)— group in which: Rx, Ry and Rz which may be the same or different is each a hydrogen atom or an optional substituent; or Rz is an atom or group as previously defined and Rx and Ry are joined together to form an optionally substituted spiro linked cycloaliphatic or heterocycloaliphatic group; and the salts, solvates, hydrates and N-oxides thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Brand, Stuart Bailey, Julien A. Brown, James A. Johnson, John R. Porter, John C. Head
  • Publication number: 20090091252
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel binaphthyl compound and an organic light emitting element having a good light emitting efficiency and a high durability at a low driving voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kosuge, Jun Kamatani, Shigemoto Abe, Ryota Ooishi, Kengo Kishino
  • Patent number: 7511055
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclic derivatives of formula I wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the description and claims, which compounds are metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Georg Jaeschke, Sabine Kolczewski, Richard Hugh Philip Porter, Patrick Schnider, Eric Vieira
  • Publication number: 20090082390
    Abstract: This invention relates to N-aroyl cyclic amine derivatives and their use as pharmaceuticals, specifically as orexin receptor antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Wai Ngor CHAN, Amanda Johns, Christopher Norbert Johnson, Riccardo Novelli, Roderick Alan Porter
  • Publication number: 20090082358
    Abstract: Bicyclic 3,4-fused piperidine compounds, and compositions containing them, for the treatment of acute, inflammatory and neuropathic pain, dental pain, general headache, migraine, cluster headache, mixed-vascular and non-vascular syndromes, tension headache, general inflammation, arthritis, rheumatic diseases, osteoarthritis, inflammatory bowel disorders, inflammatory eye disorders, inflammatory or unstable bladder disorders, psoriasis, skin complaints with inflammatory components, chronic inflammatory conditions, inflammatory pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, neuropathic pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, diabetic neuropathy pain, causalgia, sympathetically maintained pain, deafferentation syndromes, asthma, epithelial tissue damage or dysfunction, herpes simplex, disturbances of visceral motility at respiratory, genitourinary, gastrointestinal or vascular regions, wounds, burns, allergic skin reactions, pruritus, vitiligo, general gastrointestinal disorders, gastric ulceration, duo
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Nobuko Nishimura, Mark H. Norman, Nuria Tamayo, Phi Tang, Yunxin Y. Bo
  • Publication number: 20090075978
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted propiolic acid amides, to methods for the production thereof, to medicaments containing these compounds and to the use thereof for producing medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: Grunenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Michael HAURAND, Klaus SCHIENE, Sven KUHNERT, Melanie REICH, Saskia ZEMOLKA
  • Publication number: 20090076065
    Abstract: The present application describes deuterium-enriched MK-0812, pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, and methods of treating using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: PROTIA, LLC
    Inventor: Anthony W. Czarnik
  • Patent number: 7501437
    Abstract: Phenylalanine enamide derivatives of formula (1) are described: wherein R1 is a group Ar1L2Ar2Alk—in which: Ar1 is an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group; L2 is a covalent bond or a linker atom or group; Ar2 is an optionally substituted arylene or heteroarylene group; and Alk is a chain in which R is a carboxylic acid (—CO2H) or a derivative or biostere thereof; X is an —O— or —S— atom or —N(R2)— group in which: Rx, Ry and Rz which may be the same or different is each a hydrogen atom or an optional substituent; or Rz is an atom or group as previously defined and Rx and Ry are joined together to form an optionally substituted spiro linked cycloaliphatic or heterocycloaliphatic group; and the salts, solvates, hydrates and N-oxides thereof. The compounds are able to inhibit the binding of integrins to their ligands and are of use in the prophylaxis and treatment of immuno or inflammatory disorders or disorders involving the inappropriate growth or migration of cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: UCB Pharma, S.A.
    Inventors: Stephen Brand, Stuart Bailey, Julien A. Brown, James A. Johnson, John R. Porter, John C. Head
  • Publication number: 20090062327
    Abstract: The instant invention provides for compounds that inhibit Akt activity. In particular, the compounds disclosed selectively inhibit one or two of the Akt isoforms. The invention also provides for compositions comprising such inhibitory compounds and methods of inhibiting Akt activity by administering the compound to a patient in need of treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Chixu Chen, Brian W. Eastman, Essa H. Hu
  • Publication number: 20090062267
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that inhibit a5b1 function, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them as the active ingredient, to their use as medicaments and to their use in the manufacture of medicaments for use in the treatment in warm-blooded animals such as humans of diseases that have a significant angiogenesis or vascular component such as for treatment of solid tumours. The present invention also relates to compounds that inhibit a5b1, and also that exhibit appropriate selectivity profile(s) against other integrins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Arnould, Benedicte Delouvrie, Christine Marie Paul Lambert-Van Der Brempt
  • Publication number: 20090054304
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as modulators of TGR5 and methods for the treatment or prevention of metabolic, cardiovascular, and inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: KALYPSYS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark R. Herbert, Anthony B. Pinkerton, Dana L. Siegel
  • Publication number: 20090048224
    Abstract: Selected compounds are effective for treatment of pain and diseases, such as inflammation mediated diseases. The invention encompasses novel compounds, analogs, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases and other maladies or conditions involving pain, inflammation, 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: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicants: Amgen, Inc., Array BioPharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Groneberg, Benny C. Askew, JR., Derin C. D'Amico, James Zhan, Andras Toro, Youngboo Kim, David A. Mareska, Nianhe Han, Christopher H. Fotsch, Qingyian Liu, Babak Riahi, Kevin Yang, Aiwen Li, Chester Chenguang Yuan, Kaustav Biswas, Scott Harried, Thomas Nguyen, Wenyuan Qian, Jian Jeffrey Chen, Rana Nomak
  • Patent number: 7491714
    Abstract: Quinoline and naphthridine derivatives useful in the treatment of bacterial infections in mammals, particularly humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Axten, Catherine Genevieve Yvette Dartois, Guy Marguerite Marie Gerard Nadler, Neil David Pearson
  • Publication number: 20090042928
    Abstract: The modulator compounds described herein modulate muscarinic receptors and are useful for treating muscarinic receptor mediated diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Peter D. J. Grootenhuis, Miguel Garcia-Guzman Blanco, Lewis R. Makings, Philip Martin Londo
  • Publication number: 20090029987
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polyphenol-like compounds that are useful for inhibiting VCAM-1 expression, MCP-1 expression and/or SMC proliferation in a mammal. The disclosed compounds are useful for regulating markers of inflammatory conditions, including vascular inflammation, and for treatment and prevention of inflammatory and cardiovascular diseases and related disease states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: RESVERLOGIX CORP.
    Inventors: Norman C.W. Wong, Henrik C. Hansen, Fabrizio S. Chiacchia, Jan O. Johansson
  • Publication number: 20090023769
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I in free or salt form for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension, where R1 and R2 have the meanings as indicated in the specification. Pharmaceutical compositions that contain the compounds are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Clive McCarthy, Neil John Press
  • Publication number: 20090012073
    Abstract: Disclosed are N-aroyl cyclic amine derivatives having the formula: wherein the substituent variables are as defined herein, and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Clive Leslie BRANCH, Steven Coulton, Amanda Johns, Christopher Norbert Johnson, Roderick Alan Porter, Geoffrey Stemp, Kevin Thewlis
  • Patent number: 7473696
    Abstract: An efficient synthesis for the preparation of ((1R,3S)-3-isopropyl-3-{[3-(trifluoromethyl)-7,8-dihydro-1,6-naphthyridin-6(5H)-yl]carbonyl} cyclopentyl)[(3S,4S)-3-methoxytetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl]amine and its succinate salt are provided. The succinate salt is crystalline and has superior properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Jensen, Robert Larsen, Daniel Richard Sidler
  • Patent number: 7470705
    Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of formula (I) wherein A, n, q, K, W, X, Y; Z, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are as defined herein and their pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are disclosed as useful for treating dyslipidemia and its sequelae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Michael Gregory Bell, Guoqing Cao, Ana Maria Escribano, Maria Carmen Fernandez, Peter Ambrose Lander, Nathan Bryan Mantlo, Eva Maria Martin de la Nava, Ana Isabel Mateo Herranz, Daniel Ray Mayhugh, Xiaodong Wang
  • Publication number: 20080318979
    Abstract: This invention provides potassium channel modulators which are compounds of formula I where at least one of W and Z is N; where the moiety is one of Groups A or B below A where Ar is a 1,2-fused, six membered ring aromatic group, bearing substituents R1 and R2 as defined below, and containing zero or one ring nitrogen atom; and where other substituents are defined herein. The invention also provides a composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and at least one of the following: i) a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound of formula I and ii) a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, or prodrug thereof. The invention also provides a method of preventing or treating a disease or disorder which is affected by activities of potassium channels, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I or a salt, ester, or prodrug thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Jean-Michel VERNIER, Samedy OUK, Martha A. DE LA ROSA
  • Patent number: 7468370
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I in free or salt form, wherein R1, R2 and R3 have the meanings as indicated in the specification, are useful for treating conditions mediated by of phosphodiesterase type 4 or the down-regulation or inhibition of TNF-? release, particularly obstructive or inflammatory airways diseases. Pharmaceutical compositions that contain the compounds and processes for preparing the compounds are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Alastair Denholm, Thomas Hugo Keller, Clive McCarthy, Neil John Press, Roger John Taylor
  • Publication number: 20080306088
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and Q are as described in the specification, pharmaceutically-acceptable salts, methods of making, pharmaceutical compositions containing and methods for using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Joshua Clayton, Ian Egle, James Empfield, James Folmer, Methvin Isaac, Fupeng Ma, Abdelmalik Slassi
  • Publication number: 20080300246
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel class of compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with abnormal or deregulated kinase activity, particularly diseases or disorders that involve abnormal activation of the Abl, Bcr-Abl, BMX, BTK, CHK2, b-RAF, c-RAF, CSK, c-SRC, Fes, FGFR3, Flt3, IKK?, IKK?, JNK2? 2, Lck, Met, MKK4, MKK6, MST2, NEK2, p70S6K, PDGFR?, PKA, PKB?, PKD2, Rsk1, SAPK2?, SAPK2?, SAPK3, SGK, Tie2 and TrkB kinases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: IRM LLC
    Inventors: Yongping Xie, Guobao Zhang, Xing Wang, Nathanael S. Gray, Yi Liu
  • Publication number: 20080300243
    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: February 24, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Michael G. Kelly, John Kincaid, Matthew Duncton, Kiran Sahasrabudhe, Satyanarayana Janagani, Ravindra B. Upasani, Guoxian Wu, YunFeng Fang, Zhi-Liang Wei, Carl Kaub, Jianhua He
  • Publication number: 20080293646
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of Formula (I): wherein R1, R2 and X are as defined herein. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating bacterial infections using compounds of Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas V. Magee, Usa Reilly, Mark Carl Noe, Mark E. Flanagan, Zhengong Bryan Li, Richard Allen Buzon, Daniel William Widlicka
  • Publication number: 20080293743
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, R2, A, A1 and B are as defined in the specification; processes for their preparation; pharmaceutical compositions containing them; a process for preparing the pharmaceutical compositions; and their use in therapy. The compounds are useful as MMP inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Balint Gabos, Michael Lundkvist, Magnus Munck Af Rosenschold, Igor Shamovsky, Pavol Zlatoidsky
  • Patent number: 7456195
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel phenylglycinamide derivatives of Formula (I) or (IV): or a stereoisomer, tautomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or prodrug thereof, wherein the variables W, W1, Y, Z, R7, R8, R9, and R11 are as defined herein. These compounds are selective inhibitors of factor VIIa which can be used as medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Xiaojun Zhang, Alexandra A. Nirschl, Yan Zou, Eldon Scott Priestley
  • Patent number: 7449581
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the Formula I and II: wherein R1, R3, W, Z, X1, X2, Ar1, R8 and R9 are as defined herein, and methods and intermediates for their preparation and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Poche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Jian Jeffrey Chen, James Patrick Dunn, David Michael Goldstein, Christoph Martin Stahl
  • Patent number: 7446112
    Abstract: The modulator compounds described herein modulate muscarinic receptors and are useful for treating muscarinic receptor mediated diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Peter D. J. Grootenhuis, Miguel Garcia-Guzman Blanco, Lewis R. Makings, Philip Martin Londo