The Spiro Includes The Six-membered Hetero Ring Patents (Class 546/16)
  • Publication number: 20100029625
    Abstract: A therapeutic and/or prophylactic agent for restenosis, which comprises a thiadiazoline derivative represented by the general formula (0), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: [wherein, n represents an integer of 1 to 3, R0 represents aryl, —NR1CONR2 (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or the like, and R2 represents lower alkyl or the like) or the like, R3 represents lower alkyl, R4 represents a hydrogen atom or the like, and R5 represents aryl or the like].
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicants: KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTD., FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichiro Nakai, Emi Shimoike, Hideaki Kusaka, Chikara Murakata, Yoshinori Yamashita
  • Patent number: 7655686
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 2-(6-oxo-1,7-diaza-spiro[4.4]non-7-yl)-propionamides of the formula wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, m and p are as defined in the specification, to their preparation, to their use as pharmaceuticals and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Yves Auberson, Ralf Glatthar, Rhys Salter, Oliver Simic, Marina Tintelnot-Blomley
  • Publication number: 20100022527
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel substituted spirotetronic acids (I) in which R1 and R2, together with the carbon atom to which they are bonded, form a group of the formula (1), (2), (3) or (4), whereby * represents the carbon atom to which R1 and R2 are bonded, to methods for their preparation, their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, as well as their use for the manufacture of medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular of retroviral disorders, in people and/or animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: AiCuris GMBH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dirk HEIMBACH, Adrian TERSTEEGEN, Kai THEDE, Reinhold WELKER, Beate FAST, Arnold PAESSENS, Frank DITTMER, Rudolph SCHOHE-LOOP, Axel HARRENGA, Alexander HILLISCH, Kerstin HENNINGER, Walter HUEBSCH, Marcus BAUSER, Daniela PAULSEN, Alexander BIRKMANN, Thomas BRETSCHNEIDER, Reiner FISCHER, Susanne GRESCHAT, Andreas URBAN, Steffen WILDUM
  • Patent number: 7652014
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), their use as PARP inhibitors as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds of formula (I) wherein n, s, R1, R2, R3, Q, X and Y have defined meanings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica
    Inventors: Dominique Jean-Pierre Mabire, Jacobus Alphonsus Josephus Van Dun, Maria Victorina Francisca Somers, Walter Boudewijn Leopold Wouters
  • Publication number: 20100009986
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted heteroaryl derivatives, to methods for the production thereof, to medicaments containing said compounds and to the use of substituted heteroaryl derivatives for producing medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: GRUNENTHAL GmbH
    Inventors: Saskia Zemolka, Stefan Schunk, Werner Englberger, Babette-Yvonne Kögel, Klaus Link, Hans Schick, Helmut Sonnenschein, Heinz Graubaum, Claudia Hinze
  • Publication number: 20090325992
    Abstract: A compound represented by general formula (I): a salt thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof wherein all symbols are as defined in the specification has an antagonistic activity against CXCR4 and is therefore useful as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for CXCR4-mediated diseases, for example, inflammatory and immune diseases (for example, rheumatoid arthritis, arthritis, retinopathy, macular degeneration, pulmonary fibrosis, transplanted organ rejection, etc.), allergic diseases, infections (for example, human immunodeficiency virus infection, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, etc.), psychoneurotic diseases, cerebral diseases, cardiovascular disease, metabolic diseases, cancerous diseases (for example, cancer, cancer metastasis, etc.), a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for cancerous diseases or infections, or an agent for regeneration therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Hanada, Masaya Kokubo, Hiroshi Ochiai, Kousuke Tani, Shiro Shibayama
  • Patent number: 7638526
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula: and compounds of the formula: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, u and v are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of treating pain (e.g., inflammatory pain, chronic pain, and neuropathic pain), methods of treating diabetes, and methods of inhibiting the absorption of cholesterol using compounds of formula I or IIA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Brian A. McKittrick, Elizabeth M. Smith, Chad E. Bennett, Joel M. Harris, Eugenia Y. Kiselgof, Chad E. Knutson, Peter Korakas, Deen Tulshian, Hyunjin Kim
  • Publication number: 20090306382
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to cationic alkoxyamines, which are useful as polymerization initiators/regulators in a controlled stable free radical polymerization process to produce intercalated and/or exfoliated nanoparticles from natural or synthetic clays, The invention also relates to improved nanocomposites produced by this process and to the use of these nanocomposite compositions as, for example, coatings, sealants, caulks, adhesives and as plastic additives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: ANDREAS Mühlebach, Peter Nesvadba, Andreas Kramer
  • Publication number: 20090298810
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds and compositions thereof, useful in the treatment of disease states mediated by the chemokine, Interleukin-8 (II-8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventor: Jakob Busch-Petersen
  • Publication number: 20090291946
    Abstract: The present invention relates to inhibitors of 11-? hydroxyl steroid dehydrogenase type 1, antagonists of the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR), and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The compounds of the invention can be useful in the treatment of various diseases associated with expression or activity of 11-? hydroxyl steroid dehydrogenase type 1 and/or diseases associated with aldosterone excess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: INCYTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wenqing Yao, Chunhong He, David M. Burns, Jincong Zhuo, Meizhong Xu, Colin Zhang, Ding-Quan Qian, Brian Metcalf
  • Publication number: 20090281133
    Abstract: This invention relates to piperidine derivatives of formula I wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein useful in the treatment of a variety of disorders, including those in which the modulation of CCR5 receptors is implicated. Disorders that may be treated or prevented by the present derivatives include HIV and genetically related retroviral infections (and the resulting acquired immune deficiency syndrome, AIDS), rheumatoid arthritis, solid organ transplant reject (graft vs. host disease), asthma and COPR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventors: David Mark Rotstein, Hanbiao Yang
  • Publication number: 20090275523
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted carbo- and heterocyclic spiro compounds of the formula Ia which inhibit thiol proteases, to processes for their preparation and to the use thereof as medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: Manfred Schudok, Michael Wagner, Armin Bauer, Anna Kohlmann
  • Patent number: 7605156
    Abstract: This invention provides methods for the use of substituted indole compounds of the general formula: and pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof. The invention provides methods for the use of the compounds as inhibitors of the activity of various phospholipase enzymes, particularly phospholipase A2 enzymes, and for the medical treatment, prevention and inhibition diseases and disorders including asthma, stroke, atherosclerosis, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, arthritic disorders, rheumatic disorders, central nervous system damage resulting from stroke, central nervous system damage resulting from ischemia, central nervous system damage resulting from trauma, inflammation caused or potentiated by prostaglandins, inflammation caused or potentiated by leukotrienes, inflammation caused or potentiated by platelet activation factor, pain caused or potentiated by prostaglandins, pain caused or potentiated by leukotrienes, and pain caused or potentiated by platelet activation factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: John C. McKew, Steve Y. Tam, Katherine L. Lee, Lihren Chen, Paresh Thakker, Fuk-Wah Sum, Mark L. Behnke, Baihua Hu, James D. Clark, Wei Li, Valerie Clerin, Suzana Marusic, Kevin Pong
  • Publication number: 20090258857
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of general formula (1) wherein R1, M1, L1 and Q are defined as in claim 1, which are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterised by excessive or anomalous cell proliferation, and the use thereof for preparing a pharmaceutical composition with the above-mentioned properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Ulrich Reiser, Peter Ettmayer, Oliver Kraemer, Peter Sennhenn, Walter Spevak
  • Patent number: 7595399
    Abstract: The compounds of the invention are inhibitors of alpha4 containing integrin-mediated binding to ligands such as VCAM-1 and MAdCAM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: David Y. Jackson, Frederick C. Sailes, Daniel P. Sutherlin
  • Publication number: 20090227613
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel 3-aza-spiro[5.5]undecane derivatives useful as monoamine neurotransmitter re-uptake inhibitors. In other aspects the invention relates to the use of these compounds in a method for therapy and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: Neuro Search A/S
    Inventors: Birgitte L. Eriksen, Dan Peters, Elsebet Ostergaard Nielsen, John Paul Redrobe
  • Publication number: 20090215807
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of general formula. [Chemical formula should be inserted here. Please see paper copy] (II) wherein R and R1 are as defined in the specification, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Stephen Connolly, Marco Skrinjar
  • Publication number: 20090209566
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of substituted spirocyclic compounds, represented by the following structural Formula: I Wherein A, B and D are independently selected from CR12, NR1a, C(O) and O; E is selected from a bond, CR12, NR1a, C(O) and O; wherein at least one of A, B, D or E is CR12; and provided that when A is O, then E is not O; G is CR12; R is selected from NH2 and OH; These compounds can inhibit histone deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing termin differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Scott C. Berk, Joshua Close, Christopher Hamblett, Richard W. Heidebrecht, Solomon D. Kattar, Laura T. Kliman, Dawn M. Mampreian, Joey L. Methot, Thomas Miller, David L. Sloman, Matthew G. Stanton, Paul Tempest, Anna A. Zabierek
  • Publication number: 20090203694
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that are selective and/or potent inhibitors of UPPS. In addition to compounds which inhibit UPPS, the invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and methods of using these compounds for treating bacterial disease, such as bacterial infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Timothy Brian Hurley, Stefan Peukert, Sompong Wattanasin
  • Patent number: 7569604
    Abstract: Heterocyclic derivatives act as Ca channel antagonists. The compositions are useful for treating or relieving Ca channel mediated conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Andreas Termin, Esther Martinborough, Nicole Zimmerman, Charles Cohen, Corey Gutierrez
  • Publication number: 20090192182
    Abstract: A compound represented by general formula (I): a salt thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof wherein all symbols are as defined in the specification. The compound of the present invention has antagonistic activity against CXCR4 and is therefore useful as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for CXCR4-mediated diseases, for example, inflammatory and immune diseases (for example, rheumatoid arthritis, arthritis, systemic erythematosus, retinopathy, macular degeneration, pulmonary fibrosis, transplanted organ rejection, etc.), allergic diseases, infections (for example, human immunodeficiency virus infection, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, etc.), psychoneurotic diseases, cerebral diseases, cardiovascular disease, metabolic diseases, cancerous diseases (for example, cancer, cancer metastasis, etc.), or an agent for regeneration therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Kensuke Kusumi, Masaya Kokubo, Hiroshi Ochiai, Shiro Shibayama
  • Patent number: 7566731
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new hetaryl-substituted homotetramic and homotetronic acids of the formula (I) in which A, B, Q1, Q2, W, G and Het have the meanings stated in the disclosure, to a plurality of processes for their preparation, and to their use as pesticides, microbicides, and herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Reiner Fischer, Astrid Ullmann, Axel Trautwein, Mark Wilhelm Drewes, Christoph Erdelen, Peter Dahmen, Dieter Feucht, Rolf Pontzen, Peter Lösel
  • Publication number: 20090186914
    Abstract: Phenylalanine enamide derivatives of formula (1) are described: wherein R1 is a group Ar1 L2Ar2Alk- in which: Ar1 is an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group; L2 is a covalent bond or a linker atom or group; Ar2 is an optionally substituted arylene or heteroarylene group; and Alk is a chain —CH2—CH(R)—, —CH?C(R)— or in which R is a carboxylic acid (—CO2H) or a derivative or biostere thereof; X is an —O— or —S— atom or —N(R2)— group in which: Rx, Ry and Rz which may be the same or different is each a hydrogen atom or an optional substituent; or Rz is an atom or group as previously defined and Rx and Ry are joined together to form an optionally substituted spiro linked cycloaliphatic or heterocycloaliphatic group; and the salts, solvates, hydrates and N-oxides thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: UCB PHARMA, S.A.
    Inventors: Stephen Brand, Stuart Bailey, Julien A. Brown, James A. Johnson, John R. Porter, John C. Head
  • Publication number: 20090187020
    Abstract: The invention relates to new compounds of formula (III): wherein R is a C1-C4 linear or branched alkyl group. The invention also relates to new compounds of formula (IV) wherein M is a metal. The invention also relates to methods of making compounds of formulas (III) and (IV) and to methods of making donepezil and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, such as donepezil hydrochloride, using the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: CIPLA LIMITED
    Inventors: Srinivas Laxminarayan Pathi, Vinod Acharya, Dharmaraj Ramachandra Rao, Rajendra Narayanrao Kankan
  • Patent number: 7563801
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical formulations containing salts of (5S,8S)-8-[{(1R)-1-(3,5-Bis-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-ethoxy}-methyl]-8-phenyl-1,7-diazaspiro [4.5]decan-2-one, represented by Formula I, are disclosed. Disclosed also are methods of treatment utilizing such dosage forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Zhihui Qiu, Larisa Reyderman
  • Publication number: 20090181996
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted quinolones and to methods for their preparation as well as to their use for the production of medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, especially for use as antiviral agents, particularly against cytomegaloviruses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Chantal Fuerstner, Kai Thede, Holger Zimmermann, David Brueckner, Kerstin Henninger, Dieter Lang, Rudolf Schohe-Loop
  • Publication number: 20090170922
    Abstract: A subject of the present application is new benzimidazole derivatives of formula in which A, Y, R1, R2, R3 and R4 represent different variable groups. These products have an antagonist activity of GnRH (Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone). The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing said products and their use for the preparation of a medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Lydie Poitout, Valerie Brault, Eric Ferrandis, Christophe Thurieau
  • Publication number: 20090169567
    Abstract: A compound represented by general formula (I): a salt thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof wherein all symbols are as defined in the specification has an antagonistic activity against CXCR4 and is therefore useful as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for CXCR4-mediated diseases, for example, inflammatory and immune diseases (for example, rheumatoid arthritis, arthritis, systemic erythematosus, retinopathy, macular degeneration, pulmonary fibrosis, transplanted organ rejection, etc.), allergic diseases, infections (for example, human immunodeficiency virus infection, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, etc.), psychoneurotic diseases, cerebral diseases, cardiac /vascular disease (for example, arteriosclerosis, myocardial infarction, stenocardia, cerebral infarction, chronic arterial occlusive disease, etc.), metabolic diseases, and cancerous diseases (for example, cancer, cancer metastasis, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.,
    Inventors: Masaya Kokubo, Hiroshi Ochiai, Yoshikazu Takaoka, Shiro Shibayama
  • Publication number: 20090156575
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of general formula wherein A, B, p, w, x, y, and z are as defined in the specification, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2006
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Lena Borjesson, Henrik Johansson, Anna Kristoffersson, Igor Shamovsky, Marco Skrinjar, Stephen Connolly, Tero Linnanen
  • Patent number: 7547660
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of the formula (I) in which W, X, Y, Z, G, A, B, Q1, Q2 and D are each as defined in the disclosure, to a plurality of processes for their preparation and to their use as pesticides and herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Reiner Fischer, Alan Graff, Axel Trautwein, Astrid Ullmann, Udo Schneider, Ralf Wischnat, Mark Wilhelm Drewes, Christoph Erdelen, Dieter Feucht
  • Patent number: 7544694
    Abstract: This invention concerns substituted diaza-spiro-[5.5]-undecane derivatives having neurokinin antagonistic activity, in particular NK1 antagonistic activity, a combined NK1/NK2 antagonistic activity, a combined NK1/NK3 antagonistic activity and a combined NK1/NK2/NK3 antagonistic activity, their preparation, compositions comprising them and their use as a medicine, in particular for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of schizophrenia, emesis, anxiety and depression, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), circadian rhythm disturbances, pre-eclampsia, nociception, pain, in particular visceral and neuropathic pain, pancreatitis, neurogenic inflammation, asthma, COPD and micturition disorders such as urinary incontinence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Frans Eduard Janssens, Bruno Schoentjes, Sophie Coupa, Alain Philippe Poncelet, Yvan René Ferdinand Simonnet
  • Publication number: 20090137576
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substance having an antagonistic effect on the binding of histamine to a histamine H3 receptor or an inhibitory effect on the activity which a histamine H3 receptor constantly exhibits. A compound represented by the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; (I) wherein R1 represents a phenyl group which may be substituted or the like and R2 represents a cyano group which may be substituted or the like, or R1 and R2 together form an aliphatic heterocylic ring which may be substituted; R3 represents a group represented by the formula (II-1) below; and all of X1 to X4 represent a carbon atom or the like: (II-1) where R4 and R5 represent a lower alkyl group or the like; and m1 represents an integer of 2 to 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2006
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Shiho Ishikawa, Tsuyoshi Nagase, Nagaaki Sato, Hidekazu Takahashi, Shigeru Tokita, Toshihiro Wada
  • Publication number: 20090124649
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula I or Formula II: enantiomer, diastereomer, prodrug, solvate, metabolite, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein constituent variables are provided herein. The compounds of Formula I and II are modulators of metalloproteases and are useful in treating diseases associated with metalloprotease activity such as arthritis, cancer, cardiovascular disorders, skin disorders, inflammation and allergic conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: INCYTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wenqing Yao, Jincong Zhuo, Meizhong Xu, Fenglei Zhang, Brian Metcalf
  • Publication number: 20090118279
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by formula (I): wherein all symbols are as defined here, a salt thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof. The compound of the present invention has an antagonistic activity against CXCR4 and is therefore useful as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for CXCR4-mediated diseases, for example, inflammatory and immune diseases (for example, rheumatoid arthritis, arthritis, retinopathy, pulmonary fibrosis, rejection of transplanted organ, etc.), allergic diseases, infections (for example, human immunodeficiency virus infection, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, etc.), psychoneurotic diseases, cerebral diseases, cardiovascular disease, metabolic diseases, and cancerous diseases (for example, cancer, cancer metastasis, etc.), or an agent for regeneration therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.,
    Inventors: Masaya Kokubo, Motoyuki Tanaka, Hiroshi Ochiai, Yoshikazu Takaoka, Shiro Shibayama
  • Publication number: 20090118274
    Abstract: Monocyclic aminopropyl tetrahydro-pyrazolo-pyridine compounds are described, which are useful as cathepsin S modulators. Such compounds may be used in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by cathepsin S activity, such as psoriasis, pain, multiple sclerosis, atherosclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Darin Allen, Michael K. Ameriks, Frank U. Axe, Matthew Burdett, Hui Cai, Ingrid Choong, James P. Edwards, Willard Lew, Steven P. Meduna
  • Publication number: 20090118318
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of general formula wherein R and R1 are as defined in the specification, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Stephen Connolly, Tero Linnanen, Marco Skrinjar
  • Publication number: 20090111789
    Abstract: There are provided compounds of the formula or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X, Y, Z, V1, V2, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are herein described. These compounds are useful as anticancer agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: David Joseph Bartkovitz, Jianping Cai, Xin-Jie Chu, Hongju Li, Allen John Lovey, Binh Thanh Vu, Chunlin Zhao
  • Publication number: 20090111841
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel 3,9-diaza-spiro[5.5]undecane derivatives useful as monoamine neurotransmitter re-uptake inhibitors. In other aspects the invention relates to the use of these compounds in a method for therapy and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Birgitte L. Eriksen, Dan Peters, Elsebet Ostergaard Nielsen, John Paul Redrobe
  • Publication number: 20090105289
    Abstract: A novel class of compounds of the general formula (I), their use in therapy, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, as well as their use in the manufacture of medicaments are described. The present compounds modulate the activity of 11 ?-hydroxy-Steroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11?HSD1) and are accordingly useful in the treatment of diseases in which such a modulation is beneficial, e.g. the metabolic syndrome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: John Paul Kilburn, Henrik Sune Anderson, Gita Camilla Tejlgaard Kampen
  • Publication number: 20090099362
    Abstract: A process for preparation of gabapentin hydrochloride by converting 1,5-dicyano-2,4-dioxo-3-azaspiro[5,5]-undecane into 1,5-diaminoformyl-2,4-dioxo-3-azaspiro[5,5]-undecane at a temperature of 65° C. to 85° C. in the presence of a strong acid, and then carrying out Hofmann rearrangement under an alkaline condition. The starting material of the process is readily available. The process is simple, and can reduce the purification procedure of intermediates, reduce production cost, and obtain product with higher purity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: NHWA Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Zhenyun Peng, Wei Zhu
  • Publication number: 20090099172
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 6-phenyl-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]pyridine-4-carbonitrile derivatives having the general Formula I to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same as well as to the use of these derivatives for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of cathepsin S related diseases such as atherosclerosis, obesity, inflammation and immune disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, cancer, and chronic pain, such as neuropathic pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Jiaqiang Cai, Zoran Rankovic, Philip Stephen Jones, David Jonathan Bennett, Xavier Fradera
  • Publication number: 20090093501
    Abstract: This invention relates to piperidine derivatives of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and Y are as defined herein useful in the treatment of a variety of disorders, including those in which the modulation of CCR5 receptors is implicated. Disorders that may be treated or prevented by the present derivatives include HIV and genetically related retroviral infections (and the resulting acquired immune deficiency syndrome, AIDS), rheumatoid arthritis, solid organ transplant reject (graft vs. host disease), asthma and COPR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventors: Stephen Deems Gabriel, Xiao-Fa Lin, Ferenc Makra, David Mark Rotstein, Hanbiao Yang
  • Patent number: 7510781
    Abstract: Provided are a novel spiro compound, and an organic luminescence device using the spiro compound and having an optical output with an extremely high efficiency and a high luminance, and an extremely high durability. The Spiro compound is represented by the following general formula [I]: (wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a substituted amino group, a cyano group, or a halogen atom, and R1, R2, R3, and R4 may be identical or different from each other; and Ar1 and Ar2 represent a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group or a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic heterocyclic group, which may be identical or different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Suzuki, Mizuho Hiraoki, Akihiro Senoo, Naoki Yamada, Chika Negishi, Akihito Saito
  • Patent number: 7511053
    Abstract: The present invention relates to optionally substituted 1-oxa-3,8-diaza-spiro[4.5]decan-2-one compounds as monoamine receptor modulators; compositions comprising the same; methods of inhibiting an activity of a monoamine receptor with said compounds; methods of treating a disease condition associated with a monoamine receptor using said compounds; and methods for identifying a subject suitable for treatment using said compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Acadia Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathalie Schlienger
  • Publication number: 20090082381
    Abstract: The present invention provides a percutaneously absorbable ophthalmic preparation that permits the retention of a therapeutically effective concentration of a heterocyclic spiro compound and a salt thereof for promoting lacrimation, and that produces less adverse reactions such as miosis. Specifically, the present invention provides a percutaneously absorbable ophthalmic preparation comprising as an active ingredient a heterocyclic spiro compound represented by the general formula (I): [wherein the symbols have the same definitions as those given in the description] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Akiharu Isowaki, Akira Ohtori
  • Patent number: 7507744
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of formula wherein n, m, p, X, Y, W, A, G and D are as defined in the specification, enantiomers thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, its use in therapy, especially in the treatment or prophylaxis of psychotic disorders and intellectual impairment disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Eifion Phillips, Robert Mack, John Macor, Simon Semus
  • Patent number: 7507824
    Abstract: The present invention relates to spiro[2H-1-benzopyran-2,4?-piperidine] derivatives having general formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said derivatives, as well as to the use of these spiro[2H-1-benzopyran-2,4?-piperidine] derivatives in therapy, more specifically for the treatment of CNS disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: N.V. Organon
    Inventors: Samuel George Gibson, David John Miller
  • Publication number: 20090075979
    Abstract: Compounds having the structure of Formula (I), including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors, and are useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis. In the compounds of Formula (I), B or R2 is a phenyl group which has an ortho amine or aminomethyl substituent which is further substituted, and the other of B or R2 is also a cyclic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, Zhijian Lu, Peter J. Sinclair, Gayle E. Taylor, Christopher F. Thompson, Cameron J. Smith, Adrian A. Dowst, Yi-Heng Chen
  • Patent number: 7504506
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are described herein The compounds can be used, for example, to modulate growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHS-R). In some instances, the compounds can be used to treat obesity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Elixir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Distefano, Andrew Napper, Rory Curtis, Jay Luly, Manuel A. Navia, Russell J. Thomas, Jean-Francois Pons, Jeffrey O. Saunders
  • Publication number: 20090062268
    Abstract: A compound having the structure set forth in Formula (I): wherein the variables Y, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein. Compounds described herein are inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase activity. Also described herein are pharmaceutical compositions that include at least one compound described herein and the use of such compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to treat diseases, disorders and conditions that are ameliorated by the inhibition of PARP activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: LEAD THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventor: Daniel CHU