Spiro Patents (Class 546/15)
  • Publication number: 20150133481
    Abstract: Described herein are amorphous and crystalline forms of the androgen receptor modulator 4-[7-(6-cyano-5-trifluoromethylpyridin-3-yl)-8-oxo-6-thioxo-5,7-diazaspiro[3.4]oct-5-yl]-2-fluoro-N-methylbenzamide. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions suitable for administration to a mammal that include the androgen receptor modulator, and methods of using the androgen receptor modulator, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that are associated with androgen receptor activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Aragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.and Sloan -Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
    Inventors: Anna Dilhas, Mark R. Herbert, Ouathek Ouerfelli, Nichola D. Smith
  • Publication number: 20150133400
    Abstract: Heterocyclic compounds of formula (I), methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing such a compound and their therapeutic uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Jiazhong Zhang, John Buell, Katrina Chan, Prabha N. Ibrahim, Jack Lin, Phuongly Pham, Songyuan Shi, Wayne Spevak, Guoxian Wu, Jeffrey Wu
  • Publication number: 20150115241
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to xanthene derivatives, and electronic devices including xanthene derivatives. The electronic devices may includes an electron transporting layer or an electron injecting layer, and the electron transporting layer or the electron injecting layer may include one of the xanthene derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Mike Zoellner, Jens Wutke, Omrane Fadhel, Ulrich Denker
  • Publication number: 20150118258
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fluorinated bridged spiro[2.4]heptane derivatives of formula (I), wherein n and R1 are as defined in the description, their preparation and their use as pharmaceutically active compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Olivier Corminboeuf, Davide Pozzi
  • Publication number: 20150112067
    Abstract: The disclosure encompasses a novel process for making piperidinone carboxamide indane and azainane derivatives, having less steps and improved yields as compared to previous synthetic methods for making these compounds, which are CGRP receptor antagonists, useful for the treatment of migraine. Conditions for an amide bond formation between an acid and amine include for example reacting the compounds of Formulae B (after salt break) and C with an amide coupling reagent and optionally an additive and an acid and/or a base in a non-reactive solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Frank Chen, Carmela Molinaro, W. Peter Wuelfing, Nobuyushi Yasuda, Jianguo Yin, Yong-Li Zhong, Joseph Lynch, Teresa Andreani
  • Publication number: 20150111882
    Abstract: The present invention provide compounds of Formula (I) used as BACE inhibitors for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Ares Trading S.A.
    Inventors: Anna Quattropani, Dominique Swinnen
  • Publication number: 20150111914
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to spirolactam analogues which are antagonists of CGRP receptors and useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which CGRP is involved, such as migraine. 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 CGRP is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Ian M. Bell, Mark Fraley, Tesfaye Biftu, Cheng Zhu, Anilkumar Nair
  • Publication number: 20150111910
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are of use in the modulation of Kv3.1, Kv.3.2 and Kv3.3 channels and have utility in the treatment or prevention of related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: AUTIFONY THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Agostino Marasco, Giuseppe Alvaro, Anne Dècor, Dieter Hamprecht, Paolo Dambruoso, Simona Tommasi
  • Publication number: 20150105354
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula I or a stereoisomer, tautomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein W is a bond, —C(?S)—, —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —C(?O)—, —O—, —C(R6)(R7)—, —N(R5)— or —C(?N(R5))—; X is —O—, —N(R5)— or —C(R6)(R7)—; provided that when X is —O—, U is not —O—, —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —C(?O)— or —C(?NR5)—; U is a bond, —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —C(O)—, —O—, —P(O)(OR15)—, —C(?NR5)—, —(C(R6)(R7))b— or —N(R5)—; wherein b is 1 or 2; provided that when W is —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —O—, or —N(R5)—, U is not —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —O—, or —N(R5)—; provided that when X is —N(R5)— and W is —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —O—, or —N(R5)—, then U is not a bond; and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 are as defined in the specification; and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicants: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP., PHARMACOPEIA, LLC
    Inventors: Zhaoning Zhu, Brian McKittrick, Zhong-Yue Sun, Yuanzan C. Ye, Johannes H. Voigt, Corey Strickland, Elizabeth M. Smith, Andrew W. Stamford, William J. Greenlee, Robert D. Mazzola, JR., John Caldwell, Jared N. Cumming, Lingyan Wang, Yusheng Wu, Ulrich Iserloh, Tao Guo, Thuy X.H. Le, Kurt W. Saionz, Suresh D. Babu, Rachael C. Hunter
  • Patent number: 9006442
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) along with processes for their preparation that are useful for treating, managing and/or lessening the diseases, disorders, syndromes or conditions associated with the modulation of cannabinoid (CB) receptors. Methods of treating, managing and/or lessening the diseases, disorders, syndromes or conditions associated with the modulation of cannabinoid (CB) receptors of Formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Lupin Limited
    Inventors: Sanjeev Anant Kulkarni, Sachin Madan, Nirmal Kumar Jana, Prashant Vitthalrao Tale, Narasimha Murthy Cheemala, Sachin Jaysing Mahangare, Prashant Popatrao Vidhate, Chaitanya Prabhakar Kulkarni, Sapana Suresh Patel, Amolsing Dattu Patil, Seema Prabhakar Zade, Rohan Mahadev Shinde, Venkata P. Palle, Rajender Kumar Kamboj
  • Publication number: 20150099732
    Abstract: The present invention pertains generally to the field of therapeutic compounds. More specifically the present invention pertains to certain 3-aryl-5-substituted-2H-isoquinolin-1-one compounds that, inter alia, inhibit PARP (e.g., PARP1, TNKS1, TNKS2, etc.) and/or Wnt signalling. The present invention also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds and compositions, both in vitro and in vivo, to inhibit PARP (e.g., PARP1, TNKS1, TNKS2, etc.); to inhibit Wnt signalling; to treat disorders that are ameliorated by the inhibition of PARP (e.g., PARP1, TNKS1, TNKS2, etc.); to treat disorders that are ameliorated by the inhibition of Wnt signalling; to treat proliferative conditions such as cancer, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Alan Ashworth, Christopher James Lord, Richard James Rowland Elliot, Dan Niculescu-Duvaz, Roderick Porter, Raymond John Boffey, Melanie Jayne Bayford, Stuart Firth-Clark, Ashley Nicholas Jarvis, Trevor Robert Perrior, Rebekah Elisabeth Key
  • Publication number: 20150099730
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating various diseases, syndromes, conditions and disorders, including those mediated by inhibition of fatty acid synthase (FASN) enzyme, such as, cancer, obesity or related discorders, and liver related disorders. Such compounds are represented by formula (I) as follows: wherein L1, a, b, m, n, R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Janssen Pharmaceutica, NV
    Inventor: Peter J. Connolly
  • Publication number: 20150099771
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pyridine derivatives which are antagonists of CGRP receptors and useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which CGRP is involved, such as migraine. 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 CGRP is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Ian M. Bell, Mark Fraley, Tesfaye Biftu, Cheng Zhu, Anilkumar Nair
  • Patent number: 9000184
    Abstract: Cyclohexane-1,2?-naphthalene-1?,2?-imidazole compounds, therapeutically acceptable salts thereof, processes for preparation thereof, therapeutic uses of such compounds for treating A?-related pathologies such as Down's syndrome, ?-amyloid angiopathy, Alzheimer's disease, memory loss, attention deficit symptoms associated with Alzheimer's disease, neurodegeneration associated with diseases such as Alzheimer's disease or dementia including dementia of mixed vascular and degenerative origin, pre-senile dementia, senile dementia and dementia associated with Parkinson's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy or cortical basal degeneration, methods of therapy using such compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Sofia Karlstrom, Lars Sandberg, Peter Soderman, Karin Kolmodin, Liselotte Ohberg
  • Patent number: 9000182
    Abstract: 2H-imidazol-4-amine compounds, therapeutically acceptable salts thereof, processes for preparation thereof, therapeutic uses of such compounds for treating A?-related pathologies such as Down's syndrome, ?-amyloid angiopathy, Alzheimer's disease, memory loss, attention deficit symptoms associated with Alzheimer's disease, neurodegeneration associated with diseases such as Alzheimer's disease or dementia including dementia of mixed vascular and degenerative origin, pre-senile dementia, senile dementia and dementia associated with Parkinson's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy or cortical basal degeneration. methods of therapy, and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Sofia Karlstrom, Gabor Csjernyik, Britt-Marie Swahn, Lars Sandberg, Karin Kolmodin, Peter Soderman, Liselotte Ohberg
  • Patent number: 9000168
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for extracting, purifying and isolating cyclopamine from cyclopamine-containing biomass comprising the steps of contacting cyclopamine-containing organic matter with an extractant (e.g., aqueous extractant) capable of extracting cyclopamine, separating the extracted organic matter from the cyclopamine/extract solution, concentrating the cyclopamine/extract solution leaving a concentrated aqueous solution, contacting the concentrated aqueous solution with an organic extractant capable of selectively extracting cyclopamine from the aqueous phase, concentrating the cyclopamine-containing organic phase, providing an enriched extract containing cyclopamine, separating cyclopamine from the enriched extract using column chromatography, providing at least one fraction containing cyclopamine, and crystallizing select chromatography fractions to provide purified cyclopamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Radient Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Splinter, Satyasagar Kadali
  • Patent number: 9000183
    Abstract: Cyclohexane-1,2?-indene-1?,2?-imidazole compounds, therapeutically acceptable salts thereof, processes for preparation thereof, therapeutic uses of such compounds for treating A?-related pathologies such as Down's syndrome, ?-amyloid angiopathy, Alzheimer's disease, memory loss, attention deficit symptoms associated with Alzheimer's disease, neurodegeneration associated with diseases such as Alzheimer's disease or dementia including dementia of mixed vascular and degenerative origin, pre-senile dementia, senile dementia and dementia associated with Parkinson's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy or cortical basal degeneration, methods of therapy using such compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Astrazeneca AB
    Inventors: Sofia Karlstrom, Peter Soderman, Laszlo Rakos, Liselotte Ohberg, Karin Kolmodin, Lars Sandberg
  • Patent number: 8987287
    Abstract: The application is directed to compounds of Formula I?-A and especially to compounds of Formula I-A and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein R1a-R5a, Y, Za are defined as set forth in the specification. The invention is also directed to use of compounds of Formula I?-A, and especially compounds of Formula I-A, to treat disorders responsive to the modulation of one or more opioid receptors, or as synthetic intermediates. Certain compounds of the present invention are especially useful for treating pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Purdue Pharma L.P.
    Inventors: R. Richard Goehring, Laykea Tafesse, Mark A. Youngman
  • Patent number: 8987452
    Abstract: A novel synthesis of the anti-androgen, A52, which has been found to be useful in the treatment of prostate cancer, is provided. A52 as well as structurally related analogs may be prepared via the inventive route. This new synthetic scheme may be used to prepare kilogram scale quantities of pure A52.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
    Inventors: Ouathek Ouerfelli, Anna Dilhas, Guangbin Yang, Hong Zhao
  • Publication number: 20150080366
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) wherein n, A, R1, R2, R3 and R5 are defined herein, are useful for the treatment of cytomegalovirus disease and/or infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Lee Fader, Pierre Louis Beaulieu, Murray Bailey, Francois Bilodeau, Rebekah J. Carson, André Giroux, Cédrickx Godbout, Oliver Hucke, Marc-André Joly, Mélissa Leblanc, Olivier Lepage, Benoit Moreau, Julie Naud, Martin Poirier, Elisia Villemure
  • Publication number: 20150080367
    Abstract: The present invention provides for compounds of Formula I and various embodiments thereof, and compositions comprising compounds of Formula I and various embodiments thereof. In compounds of Formula I, the groups R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, m, n and the C-linked Ring have the meaning as described herein. The present invention also provides for methods of using compounds of Formula I and compositions comprising compounds of Formula I as DLK inhibitors and for treating neurodegeneration diseases and disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick Cohen, Malcolm Huestis, Cuong Ly, Snahel Patel, Michael Siu, Xianrui Zhao
  • Publication number: 20150079520
    Abstract: An acid diffusion control agent includes a compound represented by a formula (1), a compound represented by a formula (2) or both thereof. R1 represents a hydrocarbon group comprising a monovalent alicyclic structure, or the like. R2 and R3 each independently represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group, or the like. R4 and R5 each independently represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group, or the like. R6 and R7 each independently represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group, or the like. R8 represents a monocyclic heterocyclic group together with the ester group and with the carbon atom. n is an integer of 1 to 6. R9 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group, or the like. R10 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms. R11 and R12 each independently represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group, or the like. R13 and R14 each independently represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hayato NAMAI, Norihiko IKEDA
  • Patent number: 8981085
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I are useful for inhibition of CHK1 and/or CHK2. Methods of using compounds of Formula I and stereoisomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for in vitro, in situ, and in vivo diagnosis, prevention or treatment of such disorders in mammalian cells, or associated pathological conditions are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Array BioPharma Inc.
    Inventors: Yvan Le Huerou, James F. Blake, Indrani W. Gunawardana, Peter J. Mohr, Eli M. Wallace, Bin Wang, Mark Joseph Chicarelli, Michael Lyon
  • Patent number: 8980905
    Abstract: Compounds of the general formula (I) wherein each of m and n is independently 0 or 1; R1 and R2, together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a heterocyclic ring comprising one or two heteroatoms selected from oxygen, sulfur, —S(O)— and —S(O)2—; R3 is —CHF2, —CF3, —OCHF2, —OCF3, —SCHF2 or —SCF3; X is a bond, —CH2—, or —NH—; A is aryl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, heterocycloalkyl or heterocycloalkenyl, optionally substituted with one or more, same or different substituents selected from R4; and R4 is hydrogen, amino, thioxo, alkyl, haloalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, halogen, oxo, thia, or hydroxy; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates or solvates thereof, have been found to exhibit PDE4 inhibiting activity, and may therefore be useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases and disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Leo Pharma A/S
    Inventor: Simon Feldbæk Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20150072978
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Bcl-xL proteins, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which is expressed anti-apoptotic Bcl-xL protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Le Wang, George Doherty, Xilu Wang, Zhi-Fu Tao, Milan Bruncko, Aaron R. Kunzer, Michael D. Wendt, Xiaohong Song, Robin Frey, Todd M. Hansen, Gerard M. Sullivan, Andrew Judd, Andrew J. Souers
  • Publication number: 20150065517
    Abstract: The present invention provides organic compounds of the following structure; A-L1-B-C-D-L2-E that are useful for treating or preventing conditions or disorders associated with DGAT1 activity in animals, particularly humans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Michael H. SERRANO-WU, Young-shin KWAK, Wenming LIU
  • Publication number: 20150065714
    Abstract: The invention relates to the production of alkaloids from Liliaceae cell culture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Phyton Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Venkatesh SRINIVASAN, Jennifer Alford, Beth Slusar-Place, Charles Swindell, Michael Horn, Khisal Alvi, Gilbert Gorr
  • Publication number: 20150060808
    Abstract: Provided are an indenopyridine-based compound and an organic light-emitting device including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Soung-Wook KIM, Myeong-Suk KIM, Jae-Hong KIM, Sam-Il KHO, Seung-Soo YOON
  • Patent number: 8969325
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X1, L, Rx, Ry, G, Z, A, m, n, and p are as defined in the specification. Compositions comprising such compounds and methods for treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Dart, Philip R. Kym, Eric A. Voight, Anurupa Shrestha, Jerome F. Daanen, Tammie K. Jinkerson, Ryan G. Keddy, Sridhar Peddi, Arthur Gomtsyan, Michael E. Kort, Gregory A. Gfesser, Kevin R. Woller, Derek W. Nelson
  • Publication number: 20150057268
    Abstract: Neuropeptide S receptor antagonists are provided that bind in functional assays to neuropeptide S receptors; methods are provided for use of these antagonists in treatment of conditions or disease states that are ameliorated by blocking of the neuropeptide S receptor, including substance abuse and substance abuse relapse; and for use of neuropeptide S receptor antagonists in the manufacture of therapeutics and pro-drugs for therapeutics useful in disease states and conditions sensitive to binding of the neuropeptide S receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Scott Runyon, Yanan Zhang, Carla Hassler, Brian Gilmour
  • Patent number: 8961809
    Abstract: A method of forming an electrolyte solution involves combining ammonium tetrafluoroborate and spiro-bi-pyrrolidinium bromide in a liquid solvent to form spiro-bi-pyrrolidinium tetrafluoroborate and an ammonium halide. The ammonium halide precipitate is removed from the solvent to form an electrolyte solution. The reactants can be added step-wise to the solvent, and the method can include using a stoichiometric excess of the ammonium tetrafluoroborate to form a substantially halide ion-free electrolyte solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Kishor Purushottam Gadkaree, Satyanarayana Kodali, Obiefuna Chukwuemeka Okafor, Shivani Rao Polasani
  • Patent number: 8962608
    Abstract: The instant invention provides compounds of formula I which are JAK inhibitors, and as such are useful for the treatment of JAK-mediated diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, COPD and cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Jason Brubaker, Christopher Dinsmore, Dawn Marie Hoffman, Joon Jung, Duan Liu, Scott Peterson, Tony Siu, Luis E. Torres, Hongjun Zhang, Zhongyong Wei, Feng Shi
  • Patent number: 8957083
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new class of compounds useful for the modulation of beta-secretase enzyme (BACE) activity. The compounds have a general Formula I: wherein variables A1, A3, A4, A5, A6, A8, L, R2, R7, R9, W and Y of Formula I are defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and corresponding uses of the compounds and compositions for treatment of disorders and/or conditions related to plaque formation and deposition, resulting from the activity of BACE. Such BACE mediated disorders include, for example, Alzheimer's Disease, cognitive deficits, cognitive impairments, schizophrenia and other central nervous system conditions. The invention further provides compounds of Formulas II and III, sub-Formula embodiments of Formulas I, II and III, intermediates and processes and methods useful for the preparation of compounds of Formulae I-III.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Ana Elena Minatti, Oleg Epstein, Ryan White, Matthew Weiss, Wenge Zhong, Jonathan D. Low
  • Publication number: 20150045363
    Abstract: Hedgehog pathway inhibitors, such as small molecules, are used to prevent, slow, block the formation of cartilage tumors as well as exostosis or enchondromas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Wentian Yang, Benjamin G. Neel
  • Publication number: 20150038707
    Abstract: Methods for preventing pest infestations are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods for preventing infestations involve use of pyrethroid insecticides or the stereoisomers or salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Kevin M. Belyk, Edward Cleator, Shen-Chun Kuo, Peter Emmanuel Maligres, Bangping Xiang, Nobuyoshi Yasuda, Jianguo Yin
  • Publication number: 20150034161
    Abstract: Organic molecule semi-conducting chromophores containing a halogen-substituted core structure are disclosed. Such compounds can be used in organic heterojunction devices, such as organic molecule solar cells and transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Arnold B. Tamayo, Corey V. Hoven, Thomas K. Wood, Braden Smith
  • Publication number: 20150038490
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to spiropyrrolidine compounds of formula (I) which are inhibitors of the beta-secretase enzyme and that are useful in the treatment of diseases in which the beta-secretase enzyme 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 treatment of such diseases in which the beta-secretase enzyme is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Kun Liu, Shawn J. Stachel, Craig A. Coburn, Thomas G. Steele, Richard Soll, Hao Wu, Xuanjin Peng, Yaxian Cai, Xiaoxiang Du, Jian Li
  • Publication number: 20150031716
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to piperidinone carboxamide indane derivatives which are antagonists of CGRP receptors and useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the CGRP is involved, such as migraine. 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 CGRP is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Ian M. Bell, Mark E. Fraley, Steven N. Gallicchio, Anthony Ginnetti, Helen J. Mitchell, Daniel V. Paone, Donnette D. Staas, Cheng Wang, C. Blair Zartman, Heather E. Stevenson
  • Publication number: 20150031668
    Abstract: Chroman compounds and derivatives of Formula I are useful inhibitors of TRPM8. Such compounds are useful in treating a number of TRPM8 mediated disorders and conditions and may be used to prepare medicaments and pharmaceutical compositions useful for treating such disorders and conditions. Examples of such disorders include, but are not limited to, migraines and neuropathic pain. Compounds of Formula I have the following structure: where the definitions of the variables are provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Kaustav Biswas, Jian J. Chen, Vijay Keshav Gore, Scott Harried, Daniel B. Horne, Matthew R. Kaller, Vu Van Ma, Kelvin Sham, James Brown, Wenge Zhong, Thomas T. Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20150031673
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): wherein A1, A2, Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, R3, R4, R5 and T are as defined in the description. Medicinal products containing the same which are useful in treating pathologies involving a deficit in apoptosis, such as cancer, auto-immune diseases, and diseases of the immune system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Arnaud LE TIRAN, Thierry LE DIGUARHER, Jérôme-Benoît STARCK, Jean-Michel HENLIN, Anne-Françoise GUILLOUZIC, Guillaume DE NANTEUIL, Olivier GENESTE, Imre FEJES, Janos TATAI, Miklos NYERGES, James Edward Paul DAVIDSON, James Brooke MURRAY, I-Jen CHEN, Didier DURAND
  • Publication number: 20150031541
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are useful as a pesticides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Clemens Lamberth, Sarah Sulzer-Mosse, Fredrik Cedarbaum, Jayant Umarye, Ravindra Sonawane
  • Publication number: 20150031691
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds represented by Structural Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Definitions for the variables are provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Lawrence Wayne Dillard, Jing Yuan, Katerina Leftheris, Shankar Venkatraman, Guosheng Wu, Lanqi Jia, Zhenrong Xu, Salvacion Cacatian, Angel Morales-Ramos, Suresh B. Singh, Yajun Zheng
  • Publication number: 20150018347
    Abstract: The present application describes modulators of chemokine receptor activity of formula I or stereoisomers or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. In addition, methods of treating and preventing inflammatory diseases such as asthma and allergic diseases, as well as autoimmune pathologies such as rheumatoid arthritis and transplant rejection using modulators of formula (I) are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: T. G. Murali Dhar, John V. Duncia, Daniel S. Gardner, Weiwei Guo, John Hynes
  • Publication number: 20150018334
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aryl pyrazoles, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The aryl pyrazoles of the present invention are useful as inhibitors of leukotriene A4 hydrolase (LTA4H) and treating LTA4H related disorders. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aryl pyrazoles of the present invention, methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, and processes for preparing these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Asitha ABEYWARDANE, John BROADWATER, Steven Richard BRUNETTE, Thomas Martin KIRRANE, JR., Hossein RAZAVI, Robert SIBLEY, Lana Louise SMITH KEENAN, Qiang ZHANG
  • Patent number: 8933074
    Abstract: 1,2-disubstituted heterocyclic compounds which are inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 10 are described. Also described 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. Among the disorders which may be treated are neurological, neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders including, but not limited to, those associated with cognitive deficits or schizophrenic symptoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: FORUM Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Amy Ripka, Gideon Shapiro, Richard Chesworth
  • Patent number: 8933070
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, uses and compositions for treating a patient with cancer wherein the cancer is characterized by a PTEN gene mutation. In particular embodiments, the methods comprise administering to the patient a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a PLK4 antagonist, and identifying a patient that is likely to be responsive to PLK4 antagonist therapy, if PTEN gene mutation is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: University Health Network
    Inventors: Guohua Pan, Jacqueline M. Mason, Xin Wei, Miklos Feher
  • Patent number: 8927534
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Shire Orphan Therapies GmbH
    Inventors: Gunther Zischinsky, Roland Stragies, Frank Osterkamp, Dirk Scharn, Gerd Hummel, Holger Kalkhof, Grit Zahn, Doerte Vossmeyer, Claudia Christner-Albrecht, Ulrich Reineke
  • Publication number: 20150005330
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to piperidinone carboxamide azaindane derivatives which are antagonists of CGRP receptors and useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the CGRP is involved, such as migraine. 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 CGRP is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Ian M. Bell, Mark E. Fraley, Steven N. Gallicchio, Anthony Ginnetti, Helen J. Mitchell, Daniel V. Paone, Donnette D. Staas, Cheng Wang, C. Blair Zartman
  • Patent number: 8921576
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound represented by a general formula (1) as shown below, which has a glucokinase-activating action in the liver and pancreatic ?-cells and which is useful as an agent for preventing and/or treating diseases caused by hyperglycemia, such as diabetes. A spiroindoline compound represented by the general formula (1), or a salt thereof, or a solvate of the compound or the salt: [wherein ring A represents a nitrogen-containing 5-10 membered heteroaryl group; R1 and R2, which are the same or different, each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a halo C1-6 alkyl group, a C6-10 aryl group, a cyano group, a C1-6 alkyl group optionally having a substituent, a C2-6 alkenyl group optionally having a substituent, etc.; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group optionally having a substituent, etc.; and R4 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group optionally having a substituent, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Kowa Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahisa Ogamino, Yukiyoshi Yamazaki, Shin Tanikawa, Ayumu Okuda, Tomoaki Fukuda, Okihisa Tokuda, Yoshiharu Miyake, Shinsuke Itoh, Hiroyuki Ishiwata
  • Publication number: 20140378344
    Abstract: Fluorescent dyes useful for preparing fluorescent metal ion indicators, the fluorescent indicators themselves, and the use of the fluorescent indicators for the detection, discrimination and quantification of metal cations are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Zhenjun Diwu, Haitao Guo, Ruogu Peng, Qin Zhao, Jixiang Liu, Jinfang Liao