Having -c(=x)-, Wherein X Is Chalcogen, Bonded Directly To The Six-membered Hetero Ring Patents (Class 546/156)
  • Publication number: 20120270863
    Abstract: The present invention relates to arylcarbonyl and heteroarylcarbonyl anthranilate compounds that may be useful as anti-fibrotic agents. The present invention also relates to methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and uses of these compounds in the treatment disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Fibrotech Therapeutics Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Spencer John Williams, Steven Zammit, Darren James Kelly
  • Publication number: 20120264760
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, that are useful as inhibitors of IMPDH. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention which selectively inhibit parasitic IMPDH. In certain embodiments, the present invention relates to selective inhibition of C. parvum inosine-5?-monophosphate-dehydrogenase over human inosine-5?-monophosphate-dehydrogenase (IMPDH type I and type II). These compounds may be used alone or in combination with other therapeutic or prophylactic agents, such as anti-virals, anti-inflammatory agents, antimicrobials and immunosuppressants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicants: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., Brandeis University
    Inventors: Lizbeth K. Hedstrom, Boris Striepen
  • Patent number: 8288549
    Abstract: The invention relates to quinoline derivatives as well as their pharmaceutically acceptable salts. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of such compounds. The compounds of the invention are glycine B antagonists and are therefore useful for the control and prevention of various disorders, including neurological disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Merz Pharma GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Markus Henrich, Angela Bauer, Jens Nagel, Meik Sladek, Christopher Graham Raphael Parsons, Wojciech Danysz, Valerjans Kauss, Jevgenijs Rozhkovs, Igors Starchenkovs, Dina Trifanova
  • Publication number: 20120258982
    Abstract: The invention relates to JNK inhibitors and corresponding methods, formulations, and compositions for inhibiting JNK and treating JNK-mediated disorders. The application discloses JNK inhibitors, as described below in Formula I: wherein the variables are as defined herein. The compounds and compositions disclosed herein are useful to modulate the activity of JNK and treat diseases associated with JNK activity. Disclosed are methods and formulations for inhibiting JNK and treating JNK-mediated disorders, and the like, with the compounds, and processes for making said compounds, and corresponding compositions, disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Adrian Wai-Hing Cheung, Kevin Richard Guertin, Nancy-Ellen Haynes, Eric Mertz, Lida Qi, Yimin Qian, Nathan Robert Scott
  • Publication number: 20120252841
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted 2-mercaptoquinoline-3-carboxamides, methods for the preparation thereof, medicaments containing these compounds and the use of these compounds for the preparation of medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: DRUNENTHAL GMBH
    Inventors: Sven KÜHNERT, Gregor BAHRENBERG, Achim KLESS, Wolfgang SCHRÖDER
  • Patent number: 8273892
    Abstract: A crystalline form of a drug, ways to make it, compositions containing it and methods of treatment of diseases and inhibition of adverse physiological events using it are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Geoff G. Z. Zhang, Michael F. Bradley, David M. Barnes, Rodger Henry
  • Publication number: 20120238758
    Abstract: The invention provides synthetic processes and synthetic intermediates that can be used to prepare 4-oxoquinolone compounds having useful integrase inhibiting properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Dowdy, Steven Pfeiffer
  • Patent number: 8252813
    Abstract: A crystalline form of a drug, ways to make it, compositions containing it and methods of treatment of diseases and inhibition of adverse physiological events using it are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Geoff G. Z. Zhang, Michael F. Bradley, David M. Barnes, Rodger Henry
  • Publication number: 20120214841
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solid state forms of N-[2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-5-hydroxyphenyl]-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide (Compound 1), pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Patricia Hurter, William Rowe, Christopher R. Young, Adriana Costache, Patrick R. Connelly, Mariusz Krawiec, Yuchuan Gong, Yushi Feng, Martin Trudeau
  • Publication number: 20120214990
    Abstract: A nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof represented by the general formula: which have a potent antibacterial activity and a high safety. Thus, the compounds are useful as antibacterial agents against gram-positive bacteria, gram-negative bacteria and drug resistant bacteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicants: TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., TOYAMA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taro KIYOTO, Tadashi Tanaka, Yasuhiro Tsutsui, Junichi Ando, Mai Motono, Yasuko Kawaguchi, Toshiya Noguchi, Yasunobu Ushiki, Fumihito Ushiyama, Hiroki Urabe
  • Publication number: 20120208843
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for identifying a metabolic stabilizing compound, comprising: a) contacting a candidate compound with GPR35, and b) determining whether GPR35 functionality is increased, wherein an increase in GPR35 functionality is indicative of the candidate compound being a metabolic stabilizing compound. The invention further relates to a method for treating or preventing a metabolic-related disorder, comprising administering to an individual in need thereof an effective amount of a GPR35 modulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: James N. Leonard, Zhi Liang Chu
  • Publication number: 20120208841
    Abstract: The present invention relates to modulators of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (“CFTR”), compositions thereof, and methods therewith. The present invention also relates to methods of treating diseases using modulators of CFTR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Hayley Binch, Lev T.D. Fanning, Dennis Hurley, Urvi Sheth, Alina Silina, Xiaoqing Yang, Martyn Botfield, Peter D.J. Grootenhuis, Fredrick Van Goor, Mehdi Michel Djamel Numa
  • Publication number: 20120197005
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing a mixture of amorphous compounds, the method comprising supplying a solution containing the compounds; and allowing at least a portion of the solvent of the solution to evaporate while preventing the solute of the solution from contacting a nucleation point. Also provided is a method for transforming solids to amorphous material, the method comprising heating the solids in an environment to form a melt, wherein the environment contains no nucleation points; and cooling the melt in the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
    Inventors: Chris J. Benmore, Johann R. Weber
  • Publication number: 20120196894
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods that modulate at least one TRP family member. Specifically, the present invention relates to novel TRPA1 antagonists and their use in the treatment of pain such as chronic inflammatory and neuropathic pain. Compounds that can modulate one or more TRPA1 functions are useful in many aspects including, but not limited to, maintaining calcium homeostasis; maintaining sodium homeostasis; modulating intracellular calcium levels; modulating membrane polarization (membrane potential); modulating cation levels; and/or treating or preventing diseases, disorders, or conditions associated with calcium homeostasis, sodium homeostasis, calcium or sodium dyshomeostasis, or membrane polarization/hyperpolarization (including hypo and hyperexcitability), and/or treating or preventing diseases, disorders, or conditions associated with regulation or misregulation of TRPA1 expression or function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Mark T. Bilodeau, Melissa Egbertson, Ahren Green, John C. Hartnett, Yiwei Li
  • Patent number: 8232401
    Abstract: An anti-HIV agent containing, as an active ingredient, a 4-oxoquinoline compound represented by the following formula [I] wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound of the present invention has HIV integrase inhibitory action and is useful as an anti-HIV agent for the prophylaxis or therapy of AIDS. Moreover, by a combined use with other anti-HIV agents such as protease inhibitors, reverse transcriptase inhibitors and the like, the compound can become a more effective anti-HIV agent. Since the compound has high inhibitory activity specific for integrases, it can provide a safe pharmaceutical agent with a fewer side effects for human.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Motohide Satoh, Hiroshi Kawakami, Yoshiharu Itoh, Hisashi Shinkai, Takahisa Motomura, Hisateru Aramaki, Yuji Matsuzaki, Wataru Watanabe, Shuichi Wamaki
  • Publication number: 20120190707
    Abstract: The present invention describes an improved method for screening compounds for activity in inhibiting the enzymatic activity of Akt1 protein kinase. In general, the method comprises: (1) providing a plurality of compounds suspected of having Akt1 kinase inhibitory activity; (2) modeling the docking of each of the plurality of the compounds with a target binding site; (3) ranking the docked compounds by goodness of fit; (4) further selecting compounds; (5) optionally, visually analyzing structures of compounds selected in step (4) to remove any compounds with improbable docking geometry; and (6) experimentally testing the selected compounds from step (4) or step (5), if step (5) is performed, to determine their inhibitory activity against Akt1. The invention also encompasses pharmaceutical compositions including compounds whose inhibitory activity against Akt1 is discovered by the screening method, as well as methods of use of the pharmaceutical compositions to prevent and treat cancer and other conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Ze'ev Ronai, Maurizio Pellecchia, Gary Chiang
  • Publication number: 20120184548
    Abstract: Compounds of formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are described, as well as the pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and the use of said compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment, control or amelioration of proliferative diseases, including cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Romyr Dominique, Kin-Chun Luk, Qi Qiao, Pamela Loreen Rossman
  • Patent number: 8222407
    Abstract: To provide a novel mutilin derivative having a substitution at the 14-position, which is a novel mutilin analogue exhibiting a potent and broad antimicrobial action against Gram-positive bacteria and Gram-negative bacteria including various drug-resistant bacteria, and which is expected to be useful as an agent for treating infectious diseases. A mutilin derivative represented by the following general formula (1): or a pharmaceutically acceptable addition salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasumichi Fukuda, Masanori Takadoi, Yoshikazu Asahina, Taro Sato, Haruaki Kurasaki, Hiroyuki Ebisu, Masaya Takei, Hideyuki Fukuda
  • Patent number: 8211910
    Abstract: A quinolone synthetic antibacterial agent and a therapeutic agent for an infection which exhibit broad spectrum and strong antibacterial activity for both Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria, and which are also highly safe are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Takahashi, Hiroaki Inagaki, Satoshi Komoriya, Makoto Takemura, Rie Miyauchi
  • Publication number: 20120165372
    Abstract: Solid forms of N-[2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-5-hydroxyphenyl]-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide are described herein, including crystalline forms thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: John DeMattei, Yushi Feng, Cristian Harrison, Adam Looker, Praveen Mudunuri, Stefanie Roeper, Yuegang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120157447
    Abstract: A process of preparing a quinolone carboxylic acid or its derivatives having Formula I, Ia, or IV, as shown herein, comprises using a starting quinolone that already has one or more desired substituents at one or more particular positions on the quinolone ring and preserving the orientation of such substituents throughout the synthesis. The present process comprises fewer steps than prior-art processes. The present process also can include a simple separation of a desired enantiomer of the quinolone carboxylic acid or its derivatives from the enantiomeric mixture. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising fluoroquinolones prepared by the present process can be used effectively against a variety of microbial pathogens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventor: Arthur E. Harms
  • Publication number: 20120142635
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the Formula (I) that are useful antimicrobial agents and effective against a variety of multi-drug resistant bacteria:
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Morphochem Aktiengesellschaft Fur Kombinatorische Chemie
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Jean-Luc Specklin, Daniel Baeschlin, Christine Schmitt, Stefan Müller, Michael W. Cappi
  • Publication number: 20120135961
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds, in which the pharmacophores of quinolone and oxazolidinone are chemically linked together through a linker that is stable under physiological conditions, for the treatment of anthrax and other infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: Morphochem Aktiengesellschaft Fur Kombinatorische Chemie
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Jean-Luc Specklin, Daniel Baeschlin, Hans Locher, Christine Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20120122921
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for the preparation of a compound of Formula 1, comprising coupling a carboxylic acid of Formula 2 with an aniline of Formula 3 in the presence of a coupling agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: John DeMattei, Adam R. Looker, Bobbianna J. Neubert-Langille, Martin Trudeau, Stefanie Roeper, Michael P. Ryan, Dahrika Milfred Lao Yap Guerette, Brian R. Krueger, Peter Diederik Jan Grootenhuis, Fredrick F. Van Goor, Martyn Curtis Botfield, Gregor Zlokarnik
  • Patent number: 8178667
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to benzyl-substituted quinolone compounds of general formula (I) which are M1 receptor positive allosteric modulators and that are useful in the treatment of diseases in which the M1 receptor is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease, pain or sleep disorders. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the treatment of diseases in which the M1 receptor is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Craig Lindsley, William D. Shipe, Feng Yang, Jaime Lynn Bunda
  • Publication number: 20120108582
    Abstract: A quinolone synthetic antibacterial agent having excellent properties as a medicine is provided, which has strong antibacterial activity not only to Gram-negative bacteria but also to Gram-positive cocci that have low sensitivity to quinolone antibacterial agents, and which exhibits high safety and excellent pharmacokinetics. A compound represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof, or a hydrate thereof. Specifically, a quinolone derivative of the formula (I) wherein substituents R6 and R7 taken together with the carbon atoms to which they are bonded form a cyclic structure which may contain an oxygen atom as a ring constituent atom, the cyclic structure forming a 5-4, 5-5, or 5-6 fused bicyclic pyrrolidinyl substituent, the substituent being bonded to a quinolone mother skeleton Q containing a pyridobenzoxazine structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Hisashi Takahashi, Satoshi Komoriya, Takahiro Kitamura, Takashi Odagiri, Hiroaki Inagaki, Toshifumi Tsuda, Kiyoshi Nakayama, Makoto Takemura, Kenichi Yoshida, Rie Miyauchi, Masatoshi Nagamochi
  • Patent number: 8163922
    Abstract: 8-hydroxy-5-[(1R)-1-hydroxy-2[[(1R)-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1-methylethyl]amino]ethyl]-2(1H)-quinolinone monohydrochloride of formula (I) may be conveniently prepared in a diastereomeric pure form from optically pure precursors that are readily available by simple resolution and asymmetric reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.
    Inventors: Fausto Pivetti, Monica Bocchi, Maurizio Delcanale
  • Publication number: 20120094833
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel herbicidal oxopyridine and thionopyridine derivatives of Formula (I), or an agronomically acceptable salt of said compound wherein R1, R5, R6, R7, X1, X2 and Q are as defined herein. The invention further relates to processes and intermediates for the preparation of the oxopyridine derivatives, to compositions which comprise the herbicidal compounds, and to their use for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, LLC
    Inventors: Roger Salmon, Glynn Mitchell, James Alan Morris
  • Patent number: 8158798
    Abstract: Process for making 7-cycloamino-1-cyclopropyl-1,4-dihydro-8-methoxy-4-oxo-3-quinolinecarboxylic acids. Borate ester compounds suitable for use in such process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: TaiGen Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Michael Reilly
  • Patent number: 8158797
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the Formula (I) that are useful antimicrobial agents and effective against a variety of multi-drug resistant bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Morphochem Aktiengesellschaft fur Kombinatorische Chemie
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Jean-Luc Specklin, Daniel Baeschlin, Christine Schmitt, Stefan Müller, Michael W. Cappi
  • Patent number: 8153801
    Abstract: The invention provides synthetic processes and synthetic intermediates that can be used to prepare 4-oxoquinolone compounds having useful integrase inhibiting properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Dowdy, Steven Pfeiffer
  • Publication number: 20120071466
    Abstract: The compounds of formula (I) are derived from perhydroquinoline and perhydroisoquinoline and are useful as active pharmaceutical ingredients for the prophylaxis or treatment of diseases caused by 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type I (11-beta-HSD1) enzyme-associated disorders, such as glaucoma, elevated ocular pressure, metabolic disorders, obesity, metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, hypertension, diabetes, atherosclerosis, Cushing's syndrome, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, cognitive disorders, Alzheimer's disease or neurodegeneration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Juan Lorenzo Catena Ruiz, Carme Serra Comas, Oscar Rey Puiggros, Albert Antolin Hernandez, Esther Monlleomas
  • Publication number: 20120071504
    Abstract: This invention relates to a compound of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R is COOH or CH2OH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Xiaoqing Yang, Sara Sabina Hadida Ruah, Peter Diederik Jan Grootenhuis, Fredrick F. Van Goor, Martyn Curtis Botfield, Gregor Zlokarnik
  • Publication number: 20120071505
    Abstract: Substituted pyridine derivatives, methods of their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising a substituted pyridine derivative, and methods of use in treating inflammation are provided. The substituted pyridine derivatives may control of the activity or the amount or both the activity and the amount of heme-oxygenase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: HIGH POINT PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
    Inventors: Bapu Gaddam, Dharma Rao Polisetti, Matthew J. Kostura, Mustafa Guzel, Samuel Victory
  • Publication number: 20120053206
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted 2-oxo- and 2-thioxo-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxamides to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and also to these compounds for use in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of pain and further diseases and/or disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Grunenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Sven KÜHNERT, Gregor Bahrenberg, Achim Kless, Wolfgang Schröder
  • Publication number: 20120053192
    Abstract: This present invention discloses a heterocyclic substituted acardite derivate and application thereof, namely compounds in the general formula (1) or the general formula (2) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A is monosubstituted or polysubstituted quinoline, isoquinoline, quinazoline, pyrrole or pyrimidine, and the substituent is halogen, C1-5alkyl, C1-5haloalkyl, C1-5alkoxy, C1-5haloalkoxy, C1-5alkylamino, C1-5haloalkylamino, amino or nitryl; R1 is C1-5alkyl; R2 is one or more selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl or haloalkoxy; and R3 is one or more selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl or haloalkoxy. The compound of the present invention and the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof can be used for treating tumor or leukemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicants: Nanjing Luyesike Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Provincial Institute of Materia Medica Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Aihua Zhang, Shengtao Yuan, Guang Cheng, Yipeng Shen, Ancheng Ji
  • Publication number: 20120041208
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of synthesizing anti-infective compounds. More particularly, the invention relates to synthesizing a family of quinolone compounds useful as anti-infective agents. The invention includes a process for preparing a quinolone compound wherein less than about 0.40% of dimeric impurity of the quinolone is produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: RIB-X PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Roger Hanselmann, Maxwell M. Reeve, Graham Johnson
  • Publication number: 20120041001
    Abstract: This invention comprises the novel compounds of formula (I) wherein n, m, t, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, L, Q, X, Y and have defined meanings, having histone deacetylase inhibiting enzymatic activity; their preparation, compositions containing them and their use as a medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: Janssen Pharmaceutica, NV
    Inventors: Kristof Van Emelen, Marc Gustaaf Celine Verdonck, Sven Franciscus Anna Van Brandt, Leo Jacobus Jozef Backx
  • Publication number: 20120029015
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of kynurenic acid derivatives of general formula (I), wherein R1 is hydroxy, NHR2, NR2R2 or C1-10 straight or branched alkoxy or glyceryl group; R2 is hydrogen atom or C1-10 straight or branched alkyl group; R3-R6 are independently of each other hydrogen atom, halogen atom, C1-10 alkyl, C2-10 alkenyl or alkynyl group optionally substituted with a halogen atom, and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester or amide thereof in manufacturing of a drug used in prevention and therapy of pancreas disorders characterized by edema and/or vacuolization and/or destruction of pancreatic tissue and/or pancreas necrosis leading to release of pancreatic ?-amylase. Preferably, in the compound represented by formula (I) R1 is a hydroxy, NH2, NH—(C1-5 straight or branched alkyl) or C1-5 straight or branched-alkoxy or glyceryl group; R2 is a hydrogen atom; R3-R6 are independently of each other a hydrogen atom, halogen atom or CF3 group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Andrzej Marciniak, Waldemar Turski
  • Patent number: 8106072
    Abstract: Object To provide novel quinolinecarboxylic acid compounds serving as safe, strong antibacterial agents that are effective against drug-resistant bacteria that are less susceptible to conventional antibacterial agents. Solving Means There are provided 7-(4-substituted-3-cyclopropylaminomethylpyrrolidinyl)quinolonecarboxylic acid derivatives (such as 1-cyclopropyl-7-[(3S,4S)-3-cyclopropylaminomethyl-4-fluoro-1-pyrrolidinyl]-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-8-methoxy-4-oxo-3-quinolinecarboxylic acid) that exhibit strong antibacterial activity against gram-positive bacteria, such as MRSA, PRSP and VRE, while being safe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Asahina, Masaya Takei
  • Publication number: 20120022057
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds as diacylglycerol acyltransferase (“DGAT”) inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the heterocyclic compounds and the use of the compounds for treating or preventing a cardiovascular disease, a metabolic disorder, obesity or an obesity-related disorder, diabetes, dyslipidemia, a diabetic complication, impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose. An illustrative compound of the invention is shown below (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Gang Zhou, Grant Wishart, Pauline C. Ting, Robert G. Aslanian, Nicolas Zorn, Jianhua Cao
  • Patent number: 8101766
    Abstract: The invention provides a crystalline 1,2-ethanedisulfonic acid salt of biphenyl-2-ylcarbamic acid 1-[2-(2-chloro-4-{[(R)-2-hydroxy-2-(8-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinolin-5-yl)ethylamino]methyl}-5-methoxyphenylcarbamoyl)ethyl]piperidin-4-yl ester or a solvate thereof. This invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such a salt or prepared using such a salt; processes and intermediates for preparing such a salt; and methods of using such a salt to treat a pulmonary disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Theravance, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert S. Chao, Miroslav Rapta, Pierre-Jean Colson
  • Publication number: 20120010238
    Abstract: The subject invention provides deuterated N-ethyl-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-5-chloro-1-methyl-2-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide, its salts and uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Victor Piryatinsky, Avital Laxer
  • Patent number: 8093381
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of preparation of fluoroquinolones of formula (I) from compounds of formula (II): in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and X are as defined in Claim 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Biocodex
    Inventors: Laurence Berthon-Cedille, Marie-Emmanuelle Leguern, Gilles Renaud, Francis Tombret
  • Publication number: 20110312995
    Abstract: This invention provides for certain bridged and fused heterocyclic compounds of the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester solvate or prodrug thereof wherein: L is: (II) and the other variables are defined herein; the inventive compounds are agonists of the G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40, also known as free fatty acid receptor FFAR). This invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and the use of these compounds to regulate insulin levels in a mammal. The compounds may be used, for example in the prevention and treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus and in the prevention and treatment of conditions related to Type 2 diabetes mellitus, such as insulin resistance, obesity and lipid disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Hubert B. Josien, John W. Clader, William J. Greenlee, Michael John Mayer, Robert Jason Herr, Jason L. Davis, Kai Deng, Ming Min Hsia, Shuangyi Wan
  • Patent number: 8071615
    Abstract: This invention comprises the novel compounds of formula (I) wherein n, m, t, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, L, Q, X, Y and have defined meanings, having histone deacetylase inhibiting enzymatic activity; their preparation, compositions containing them and their use as a medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Kristof Van Emelen, Marc Gustaaf Celine Verdonck, Sven Franciscus Anna Van Brandt, Leo Jacobus Jozef Backx
  • Publication number: 20110288121
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the process for producing modulators of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Lifang Sun, Khisal Ahmed Alvi, Caroline Joyce Decker, Yongmin Li
  • Publication number: 20110287937
    Abstract: Provided are 2-pyridone derivatives which have excellent herbicidal activity and exhibit high safety to useful crops and so on; salts thereof; and herbicides containing same. In more detail, 2-pyridone derivatives represented by general formula [I] or agrochemically acceptable salts thereof, and herbicides containing these compounds are provided. In general formula [I], X1 is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; X2, X3, and X4 are to each CH or N(O)m; m is an integer of 0 or 1; R1 is a hydrogen atom, a C1-12 alkyl group, or the like; R2 is a halogen atom, a cyano group, or the like; n is an integer of 0 to 4; R3 is a hydroxyl group, a halogen atom, or the like; A1 is C(R11R12); A2 is C(R13R14) or C?O; A3 is C(R15R16); and R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, and R16 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicants: IHARA CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD., KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Takabe, Yuuki Hirano, Akira Funyu, Masami Kobayashi, Takashi Mitsunari
  • Patent number: 8063221
    Abstract: Provided herein are aminoquinolones and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof. In certain embodiments, provided herein are compounds, compositions and methods for treating, preventing or ameliorating GSK-3 mediated diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Oana Cociorva, Bei Li, Anna Katrin Szardenings, Yasumichi Fukuda, Masahiro Nomura, Shigeki Seto, Kazuhiro Yumoto, Kyoko Okada, Ayako Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20110269741
    Abstract: Described herein are novel enzyme inhibitors. In some embodiments the enzyme inhibitors are integrase inhibitors, particularly HIV integrase inhibitors. Also described herein are compositions containing them and methods of using them. Thus, the compounds and compositions described herein are useful for the in vitro and in vivo inhibition of HIV integrase as a method of treating or preventing HIV, AIDS or related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: Ardea Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Huanming CHEN, Jianlin SONG, Jean-Michel VERNIER, Anthony B. PINKERTON, Johnny Y. NAGASAWA