The Other Cyclo In The Bicyclo Ring System Is Also Six-membered (e.g., Naphthyridines, Etc.) Patents (Class 546/122)
  • Publication number: 20110201501
    Abstract: Substituted pyridines of the formula I in which the variables are defined according to the description, their agriculturally suitable salts, processes and intermediates for preparing the pyridines of the formula I, compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidally effective amount of at least one pyridine compound of the formula I to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dschun Song, Eike Hupe, Christian Pilger, Trevor William Newton, Matthias Witschel, William Karl Moberg, Liliana Parra Rapado, Tao Qu, Frank Stelzer, Andrea Vescovi, Thomas Seitz, Thomas Ehrhardt, Klaus Kreuz, Klaus Grossmann, Robert Reinhard, Anja Simon, Ricarda Niggeweg, Bernd Sievernich
  • Publication number: 20110201632
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to 2,5-disubstituted piperidine 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: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Michael J. Breslin, Paul J. Coleman, Christopher D. Cox, Izzat T. Raheem, Anthony J. Roecker, John D. Schreier
  • Publication number: 20110195999
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antifungal agent represented by the formula: wherein A1 represents a 3-pyridyl group which may have a substituent, a quinolyl group which may have a substituent, or the like; X1 represents a group represented by the formula —NH—C(?O)—, a group represented by the formula —C(?O)—NH—, or the like; E represents a furyl group, a thienyl group, a pyrrolyl group, a phenyl group, a pyridyl group, a tetrazolyl group, a thiazolyl group or a pyrazolyl group; with the proviso that A1 may have 1 to 3 substituents, and E has one or two substituents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Kazutaka NAKAMOTO, Itaru Tsukada, Keigo Tanaka, Masayuki Matsukura, Toru Haneda, Satoshi Inoue, Norihiro Ueda, Shinya Abe, Katsura Hata, Naoaki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20110196150
    Abstract: Provided are 4?-arylmethoxy isoindoline compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, clathrates, stereoisomers, and prodrugs thereof. Methods of use, and pharmaceutical compositions of these compounds are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Hon-Wah Man, George W. Muller, Alexander L. Ruchelman, Ehab M. Khalil, Roger Shen-Chu Chen, Weihong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20110195980
    Abstract: New compounds, compositions and methods of inhibition of Provirus Integration of Maloney Kinase (PIM kinase) activity associated with tumorigenesis in a human or animal subject are provided. In certain embodiments, the compounds and compositions are effective to inhibit the activity of at least one PIM kinase. The new compounds and compositions may be used either alone or in combination with at least one additional agent for the treatment of a serine/threonine kinase- or receptor tyrosine kinase-mediated disorder, such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Matthew Burger, Mika Lindvall
  • Publication number: 20110183976
    Abstract: 5- and 6-membered heterocyclic compounds which are inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 10 are described as are processes, pharmaceutical compositions, pharmaceutical preparations and pharmaceutical use of the compounds in the treatment of mammals, including human(s) for central nervous system (CNS) disorders and other disorders which may affect CNS function. Also described is the treatment of neurological, neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders including but not limited to those comprising cognitive deficits or schizophrenic symptoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Amy Ripka, Gideon Shapiro, Richard Chesworth
  • Publication number: 20110183997
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel class of compounds of Formula I: (I) pharmaceutical compositions comprising 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 c-kit, PDGFR? and PDGFR? kinases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: IRM LLC
    Inventors: Donatella Chianelli, Xiaolin LI, Xiaodong Liu, Jon Loren, Valentina Molteni, Juliet Nabakka, Vince Yeh
  • Publication number: 20110178096
    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: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Dawn M. George, Lu X. Wang, Biqin Li, Anna M. Ericsson, Graham K. Ansell
  • Publication number: 20110178083
    Abstract: Vicinal substituted cyclopropyl compounds which are inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 10 are described as are processes, pharmaceutical compositions, pharmaceutical preparations and pharmaceutical use of the compounds in the treatment of mammals, including human(s) for central nervous system (CNS) disorders and other disorders which may affect CNS function, for example neurological, neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders including, but not limited to, those comprising cognitive deficits or schizophrenic symptoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Amy Ripka, Gideon Shapiro, Richard Chesworth
  • Publication number: 20110172256
    Abstract: Glucagon receptor antagonist compounds are disclosed. The compounds are useful for treating type 2 diabetes and related conditions. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment are also included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Songnian Lin, Christian P. Stevenson, Emma R. Parmee, Libo Xu, Xibin Liao, Edward metzger, Rui Liang, Fengqi Zhang, John E. Stelmach
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20110165075
    Abstract: The invention provides a family of agents that target integrins, which can be used as imaging agents and/or therapeutic agents. The agents can be used to image angiogenesis, inflammation or other physiological processes in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Milind Rajopadhye, Guojie Ho, Bohumil Bednar, Le T. Duong, Paul J. Coleman
  • Publication number: 20110160210
    Abstract: An ophthalmic pharmaceutical composition useful in the treatment of glaucoma and control of intraocular pressure comprising an effective amount of a selective modulator of ALK5 receptor activity is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method of treating glaucoma and controlling intraocular pressure comprising applying a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a selective modulator of ALK5 receptor activity to an affected eye of a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: ALCON, INC.
    Inventors: Debra L. Fleenor, Iok-Hou Pang, Allan R. Shapard, Mark R. Hellberg, Abbot F. Clark, Peter G. Klimko
  • Publication number: 20110160208
    Abstract: The present invention provides the compounds represented by formula (I): or pharmaceutical salts thereof, wherein: X1 represents oxygen atoms and the like, X2 represents nitrogen atoms and the like, X3 represents nitrogen atoms and the like, X4 represents nitrogen atoms and the like, R1 represents formula (II-1): wherein X5 represents sulfur atoms and the like, A1 represents carbon atoms and the like, A2 represents nitrogen atoms and the like and A ring represents phenyl group and the like, having mGluR1 inhibiting effect, and being useful for preventing or treating convulsion, acute pain, inflammatory pain, chronic pain, brain disorder such as cerebral infarction or transient ischemick attack, psychotic disorder such as schizophrenia, anxiety, drug dependence, Parkinson's disease, or gastrointestinal disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: Banyu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukari Hirata, Satoru Ito, Hiroshi Kawamoto, Toshifumi Kimura, Yasushi Nagatomi, Hisashi Ohta, Akio Sato, Atsushi Satoh, Gentaroh Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7968664
    Abstract: The invention described herein provides for novel nitric oxide-releasing polymers that comprise at least two adjacent units derived from acrylonitrile monomer units and containing at least one carbon-bound diazeniumdiolate. The diazeniumdiolated acrylonitrile-derived polymers can be used in medical devices therapeutically. Accordingly, the invention also provides a method of treating a biological disorder and a method of promoting angiogenesis that includes administering a medical device comprising a nitric oxide-releasing polymer comprising at least two adjacent units of acrylonitrile before exposure to nitric oxide and at least one nitric oxide releasing N2O2— group, wherein the N2O2— group is attached directly to the polyacrylonitrile backbone, to a specific location on or within the mammal in an amount effective to treat the biological disorder or promote angiogenesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Joseph A. Hrabie, Michael L. Citro, Frank DeRosa, Larry K. Keefer
  • Patent number: 7968720
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel secondary amine derivatives of formula (I) and the use thereof as active ingredients in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions. The invention also concerns related aspects including processes for the preparation of the compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more of those compounds and especially their use as inhibitors of renin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Olivier Bezencon, Daniel Bur, Olivier Corminboeuf, Daniel Dube, Corinna Grisostomi, Dwight MacDonald, Dan McKay, David Powell, Lubos Remen, Sylvia Richard-Bildstein, John Scheigetz, Michel Therien, Thomas Weller
  • Publication number: 20110150831
    Abstract: The present invention relates to kinase modulators of the naphthyridine type and to the preparation and use thereof as medicaments for the modulation of misdirected cellular signal transduction processes, in particular for influencing the function of tyrosine and serine/threonine kinases and for the treatment of malignant or benign tumours and other disorders based on pathological cell proliferation, such as, for example, restenosis, psoriasis, arteriosclerosis and cirrhosis of the liver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: AETERNA ZENTARIS GmbH
    Inventors: Tilmann SCHUSTER, Matthias GERLACH, Irene SEIPELT, Emmanuel POLYMEROPOULOS, Gilbert MUELLER, Eckhard GUENTHER, Pascal MARCHAND, Julien DEFAUX
  • Publication number: 20110150833
    Abstract: Compounds useful as Rho kinase inhibitors of formula (1) wherein the variables are as defined herein are provided. Methods of treatment of malconditions mediated by Rho kinase, and methods of preparation of the compounds, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Yangbo Feng, Philip LoGrasso, Thomas Bannister, Thomas Schroeter, Yen Ting Chen, Yan Yin, Hampton Sessions, Michael P. Smolinski, Lei Yao, Bo Wang, Bozena Frackowiak-Wojtasek
  • Publication number: 20110152282
    Abstract: The invention provides a method, compounds and compositions for modulating the activity of the hedgehog signaling pathway. In particular, the invention provides a method for inhibiting aberrant growth states resulting from phenotypes such as Ptc loss-of-function, hedgehog gain-of-function, smoothened gain-of-function or GIi gain-of-function, comprising contacting a cell with a sufficient amount of a compound of Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: IRM LLC
    Inventors: Dai Cheng, Dong Han, Guobao Zhang, Yongqin Wan, Yun Feng Xie, Jiqing Jiang, Wenqi Gao, Shifeng Pan
  • Publication number: 20110124633
    Abstract: In part, the present invention is directed to antibacterial compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Judd Berman, Peter Sampson, Heinz W. Pauls, Jailall Ramnauth, David Douglas Manning, Matthew David Surman, Dejian Xie, Helene Yvonne Decornez
  • Patent number: 7947679
    Abstract: The naphthyridine derivatives of formula (I) a and method of combating or controlling phytopathogenic fungi which comprises applying the compounds of formula (I) to a plant, to a seed of a plant and to the locus of the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Jelf Crowley, Markus Dobler, Urs Mueller, John Williams
  • Publication number: 20110118248
    Abstract: Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR2 receptor. Animal testing demonstrates that these compounds are useful for treating inflammation, a hallmark disease for CCR2. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR2-mediated diseases, and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR2 antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Solomon Ungashe, Zheng Wei, Arindrajit Basak, Trevor T. Charvat, Wei Chen, Jeff Jin, Jimmie Moore, Yibin Zeng, Sreenivas Punna, Daniel Dairaghi, Derek Hansen, Andrew M. K. Pennell, John J. Wright, Antoni Krasinski, Qiang Wang
  • Publication number: 20110112080
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein the definitions of X, R and R1 are as defined herein. The compounds of formula I have a good affinity to the trace amine associated receptors (TAARs), especially for TAAR1. The compounds can be used for the treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), stress-related disorders, psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease, neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, migraine, hypertension, substance abuse and metabolic disorders such as eating disorders, diabetes, diabetic complications, obesity, dyslipidemia, disorders of energy consumption and assimilation, disorders and malfunction of body temperature homeostasis, disorders of sleep and circadian rhythm, and cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Guido Galley, Roger Norcross, Alessandra Polara
  • Publication number: 20110112127
    Abstract: Compounds and salts thereof, formulations thereof, conjugates thereof, derivatives thereof, forms thereof and uses thereof are described. In certain aspects and embodiments, the described compounds or salts thereof, formulations thereof, conjugates thereof, derivatives thereof, or forms thereof are active on Fms protein kinase, or on Fms and Kit protein kinase, or on Fms and Flt-3 protein kinase. Also described are methods of use thereof to treat diseases and conditions, including diseases and conditions associated with activity of Fms protein kinase, Kit protein kinase, or Flt-3 protein kinase including rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, glomerulonephritis, interstitial nephritis, Lupus nephritis, tubular necrosis, diabetic nephropathy, renal hypertrophy, acute myeloid leukemia, melanoma, multiple myeloma, metastatic breast cancer, prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, neurofibromatosis, brain metastases, and gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Jiazhong Zhang, Prabha N. Ibrahim, Ryan Bremer, Wayne Spevak, Hanna Cho
  • Patent number: 7939527
    Abstract: Thiazolopyridin-2-yloxy-phenyl and thiazolopyrazin-2-yloxy-phenyl amine compounds are described, which are useful as LTA4 hydrolase (LTA4H) modulators. Such compounds may be used in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for modulation of LTA4H and for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by LTA4 hydrolase activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Genesis M. Bacani, Diego Broggini, Eugene Y. Cheung, Christa C. Chrovian, Xiaohu Deng, Laurent Gomez, Cheryl A. Grice, Aaron M. Kearney, Adrienne M. Landry-Bayle, Alice Lee-Dutra, Jimmy T. Liang, Susanne Lochner, Neelakandha S. Mani, Alejandro Santillán, Jr., Kathleen Sappey, Kia Sepassi, Virginia M. Tanis, Alvah T. Wickboldt, John J. M. Wiener, Hartmut Zinser
  • Publication number: 20110104110
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Substituted Indole Derivatives, compositions comprising at least one Substituted Indole Derivative, and methods of using these Substituted Indole Derivatives for treating or preventing a viral infection or a virus-related disorder in a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Gopinadhan N. Anikumar, Frank Bennett, Tin-Yau Chan, Kevin X. Chen, Mousumi Sannigrahi, Francisco Velazquez, Srikanth Venkatraman, Qingbei Zeng, Jose S. Duca, Charles A. Lesburg, Joseph A. Kozlowski, F. George Njoroge, Stuart B. Rosenblum, Neng-Yang Shih
  • Patent number: 7935725
    Abstract: Aryl-substituted bridged or fused diamine compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of using the compounds and the pharmaceutical compositions for leukotriene A4 hydrolase (LTA4H or LTA4H) modulation and for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by LTA4H activity, such as allergy, asthma, autoimmune diseases, pruritis, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, and cardiovascular disease, including atherosclerosis and prevention of myocardial infarction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Scott D. Bembenek, Wendy Eccles, Laurent Gomez, Cheryl A. Grice, Aaron M. Kearney, Adrienne M. Landry-Bayle, Taraneh Mirzadegan, Alejandro Santillán, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20110098277
    Abstract: Compounds are disclosed which are Fab I inhibitors and are useful in the treatment bacterial infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Walter J. Burgess, Dalia Jakas, William F. Huffman, William H. Miller, Kenneth A. Newlander, Mark A. Seefeld, Irene N. Uzinskas
  • Publication number: 20110092537
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 2,6-diaminopyridine compounds that can be employed in the treatment of a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with amyloid protein and of diseases or conditions associated with amyloid-like proteins. The compounds of the present invention can also be used in the treatment of ocular diseases associated with pathological abnormalities/changes in the tissues of the visual system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: AC Immune S.A.
    Inventors: Heiko Kroth, Wolfgang Froestl, Andrea Pfeifer, Andreas Muhs
  • Publication number: 20110092495
    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: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Gloria Breault, Charles Joseph Eyermann, Bolin Geng, Marshall Morningstar, Folkert Reck
  • Publication number: 20110092480
    Abstract: Compounds of the general Formula I, wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, R1, R2, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, Y1, n, m, p and q are defined as above, their preparation and their use as antimicrobial agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Steven Joseph Brickner, Jinshan Michael Chen, Zhengong Bryan Li, Anthony Marfat, Mark Joseph Mitton-Fry, Michael A. Plotkin, Usa Datta Reilly, Chakrapani Subramanyam, Zhijun Zhang, Shaughnessy Robinson
  • Publication number: 20110092528
    Abstract: The invention is directed to piperidinyl compounds that selectively bind integrin receptors and methods for treating an integrin mediated disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Bart De Corte, Willam A. Kinney, Bruce E. Maryanolf, Shyamali Ghosh, Li Liu
  • 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
  • Patent number: 7919502
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt form thereof, wherein A, L1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and X are as defined herein. The compounds of Formula I have ALK and/or c-Met inhibitory activity, and may be used to treat ALK- or c-Met-mediated disorders or conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Cephalon, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce D. Dorsey, Douglas A. Pippin, Jay P. Theroff, Craig A. Zificsak
  • Patent number: 7915416
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula (I), wherein W, R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 have the meanings indicated in claim 1. Said compounds can be used for the treatment of tumors, among other things.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Schiemann, David Bruge, Hans-Peter Buchstaller, Dirk Finsinger, Wolfgang Staehle, Christiane Amendt, Ulrich Emde, Frank Zenke
  • Publication number: 20110071180
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the following formula (I) that bind to and modulate the activity of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, to processes for preparing these compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and to methods of using these compounds for treating a wide variety of conditions and disorders, including those associated with dysfunction of the central nervous system (CNS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: Targacept, Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivasa Rao Akireddy, Balwinder Singh Bhatti, Scott R. Breining, Philip S. Hammond, Ronald Joseph Heemstra, Anatoly A. Mazurov, Matt S. Melvin, Lan Miao, V. Srinivasa Murthy, Jon-Paul Strachan, Yunde Xiao
  • Publication number: 20110062429
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) that is improved in the luminous efficiency, fully secured of the driving stability, and of a simple structure and also disclosed is a compound for organic EL device useful for the said device. The compound for organic EL device is, for example, an indolocarbazole derivative represented by the following general formula (3). The organic EL device comprises a light-emitting layer disposed between an anode and a cathode piled one upon another on a substrate and the said light-emitting layer comprises a phosphorescent dopant and the aforementioned indolocarbazole derivative as a host material. In general formula (3), L is an aromatic heterocyclic group of a fused-ring structure with a valence of (n+1), Ar1 to Ar3 each is an alkyl group, an aralkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon or aromatic heterocyclic group, and n is an integer of 0-5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Takahiro Kai, Masaki Komori, Toshihiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20110065713
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to benzazole compounds that inhibit ?-site amyloid precursor protein-cleaving enzyme (BACE) and that may be useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which BACE is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease. 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 BACE is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: High Point Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Adnan M.M. Mjalli, David Jones, Devi Reddy Gohimmukkula, Guoxiang Huang, Jeff Zhu, Mohan Rao, Robert C. Andrews, Tan Ren
  • Patent number: 7906530
    Abstract: New inhibitors of the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase having the general formula (I) are disclosed, as well as processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and their use in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Laboratorios Almirall, S.A.
    Inventors: Juan Francisco Caturla Javaloyes, Laura Vidal Gispert, Wenceslao Lumeras Amador
  • Publication number: 20110059964
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the orexin receptor antagonists compounds of the general formula (I) as well as to their isomers, salts and solvates, to the pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to the therapeutic application thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: sanofi-aventis
    Inventors: Michel Aletru, Peter Aranyi, Maria Balogh, Sandor Batori, Judit Bence, Philippe Bovy, Zoltan Kapui, Endre Mikus, Claudie Namane, Christophe Philippo, Tibor Szabo, Zsuzsanna Tomoskozi, Katalin Urban-Szabo
  • Publication number: 20110053897
    Abstract: Provided herein area 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 Syk kinase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: IRM LLC
    Inventors: Jianwei CHE, Bei Chen, Qiang Ding, Xueshi Hao, Xiaohui He, Songchun Jiang, Qihui Jin, Yunho Jin, Hong Liu, Yahua Liu, Barun Okram, Tetsuo Uno, Xu Wu, Kunyong Yang, Xuefeng Zhu
  • Publication number: 20110052562
    Abstract: Compounds useful as Rho kinase inhibitors according to formula IA or IB: wherein A, B, D, E, R1, R2 and Ar1 are as defined herein, and any tautomer, salt, stereoisomer, hydrate, solvent, or prodrug thereof, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treatment, and synthetic methods are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Yangbo Feng, Philip LoGrasso, Thomas Bannister, Thomas Schroeter, Hampton Sessions, Lei Yao, Bo Wang, Michael P. Smolinski, Yen Ting Chen, Yan Yin, Bozena Frackowiak-Wojtasek, Sarwat Chowdhury
  • Patent number: 7897772
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an irinotecan acid addition salt which is formed through addition of an acid selected from the group consisting of sulfuric acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acid, methanesulfonic acid, citric acid, maleic acid, and succinic acid to irinotecan, to a method for producing the salt, and to a pharmaceutical composition containing the salt. The addition salt requires no heating process during drug preparation and provides an aqueous drug product in which the salt is stably dissolved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha
    Inventors: Hideaki Shimizu, Miyuki Uchida, Seigo Sawada, Norimasa Kaneda, Tsuneo Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20110046162
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel substituted fused cyanopyridine derivatives, to processes for their preparation, to their use for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases and to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases, preferably for the treatment and/or prevention of cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: BAYER SCHERING PHARMA
    Inventors: Peter Nell, Alexandros Vakalopoulos, Frank Süssmeier, Barbara Albrecht-Küpper, Katja Zimmermann, Jörg Keldenich, Daniel Meibom
  • Publication number: 20110046130
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I), wherein X1a, X1 to X5, Ra, Rb, n and R have the meaning as cited in the description and the claims. Said compounds are useful as Histamine H3 receptor antagonists. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions, the preparation of such compounds as well as the production and use as medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: Evotec AG
    Inventors: Adam James Davenport, David James Hallett, Frédéric Marlin, Mark Gemkow
  • Publication number: 20110044899
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I): in which R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an optionally labelled halogen, a radionuclide or a Sn[(C1-C4)alkyl]3 group, Ar represents an aryl group or a heteroaryl group, R9 represents a hydrogen atom, a (C1-C4) alkyl group or forms together with the group R1—Ar a ring fused with the Ar group, A represents a group of formula (?) or (?): R3 and R4 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a (C1-C6)alkyl group, a (C1-C6) alkenyl group or a group of formula (y): wherein R11 represents an optionally labelled halogen, a radionuclide, an aryl or heteroaryl group optionally substituted by an optionally labelled halogen, a radionuclide, a —NO2 group, a —NR5R6 group, a N+R5R6R7X? group, or a —OSO2R12 group, and their addition salts with pharmaceutically acceptable acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicants: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM), COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, UNIVERSITE D'AUVERGNE CLERMONT 1, LABORATOIRES CYCLOPHARMA
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Chezal, Frederic Dolle, Jean-Claude Madelmont, Aurelie Maisonial, Elisabeth Miot-Noirault, Nicole Moins, Janine Papon, Bertrand Kuhnast, Bertrand Tavitian, Raphael Boisgard
  • Publication number: 20110039823
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein U, V, W, X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, A, B, D, E, G, m, and n are as defined in the description, to pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such compounds for use in the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention or treatment of a bacterial infection. Certain compounds of formula (I) are new and are also part of this invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd
    Inventors: Daniel Bur, Christian Hubschwerlen, Georg Rueedi, Jean-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn-Acklin
  • Publication number: 20110038835
    Abstract: Compounds useful as Rho kinase inhibitors of formula (I): wherein variable are as defined herein are provided. Methods of treatment of malconditions mediated by Rho kinase, and methods of preparation of the compounds, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Yangbo Feng, Philip LoGrasso, Thomas Bannister, Thomas Schroeter, Xingang Fang, Yen ting Chen, Yan Yin, Michael P. Smolinski, Lei Yao, Bo Wang, Hampton Sessions
  • Publication number: 20110034334
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling plants or inhibiting plant growth which comprises applying to the plants or to the locus thereof a herbicidally effective amount of a compound of formula (I): wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in claim 1; or a salt or N-oxide thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes for preparing compounds of formula (I), to intermediates used in the preparation of compounds of formula (I), to herbicidal compositions comprising compounds of formula (I) and to certain novel pyridopyridines, pyridodiazines and pyridotriazines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Robert Cordingley, Michael Drysdale Turnbull, Nigel James Willetts, Patrick Jelf Crowley
  • Publication number: 20110028509
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2, R4, Ra, Rb, Rc, Re, A*, W1, W2 and W3 are as defined in claim 16, for the treatment of CXCR3 related diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: MERCK SERONO SA
    Inventors: Stefano Crosignani, Christophe Cleva, Christos Tsaklakidis, Lars Burgdorf