Polycyclo Ring System Having One Of The Two Rings Which Form The Spiro As One Of The Cyclos Patents (Class 546/17)
  • Patent number: 7495007
    Abstract: The present invention relates to spiroindolinone derivatives of the formula and their enantiomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8, are as herein described. The compounds have utility as antiproliferative agents, especially, as anticancer agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Li Chen, Qingjie Ding, Jin-Jun Liu, Song Yang, Zhuming Zhang
  • Patent number: 7495008
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel spiro-piperidine derivatives as V1a receptor antagonists, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments. The active compounds of the present invention are useful in the prevention and/or treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders and other diseases. In particular, the present invention is concerned with compounds of the general formula (I) wherein R1 to R5, R5?, X, Y and A are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Christophe Grundschober, Raffaello Masciadri, Hasane Ratni, Mark Rogers-Evans, Patrick Schnider
  • Publication number: 20090042921
    Abstract: An insecticidal compound of formula (I), wherein Y is a single bond, C?O, C?S or S(O)m where m is 0, 1 or 2; R1, R2, R3, R4, R8 A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B2, B3 and B4 are specified organic groups or salts or N-oxides thereof; compositions containing them and their using in controlling insects, acarines, nematodes or molluscs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Jerome Cassayre, Louis-Pierre Molleyres, Peter Maienfisch, Fredrik Cederbaum
  • Publication number: 20080318990
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the following formula: where R1-R6, R10, Y, n, m, p, and q are as defined herein. Compounds and compositions of the present invention are useful for the treatment of diseases associated with the overexpression of CCR2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Hilary Schenck Eidam, Pamela A. Haile, Terry Vincent Hughes, Clark A. Sehon
  • Publication number: 20080306086
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula I wherein R2 R3, R4, R5, X, n, and o are as defined herein and to a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof which are high potential NK-3 receptor antagonists for the treatment of depression, pain, psychosis, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, anxiety and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Bo Han, Henner Knust, Matthias Nettekoven, Hasane Ratni, Xihan Wu
  • Publication number: 20080306101
    Abstract: An insecticidal compound of formula I wherein X is O or NR11 where R11 is hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl; Y is a single bond, C?O, C?S or S(O)m where m is 0, 1 or 2; R1, R2, R3, R4, R8 and Ra are specified organic groups and p is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; q is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 provided that p+q is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; or salts or N-oxides thereof; compositions containing them and their using in controlling insects, acarines, nematodes or molluscs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Jerome Cassayre, Louis-Pierre Molleyres, Peter Maienfisch, Fredrik Cederbaum
  • Publication number: 20080293685
    Abstract: This invention relates to diamondoid derivatives which exhibit therapeutic activity. Specifically, the diamondoid derivatives herein exhibit therapeutic effects in the treatment of viral disorders. Also provided are methods of treatment, prevention and inhibition of viral disorders in a subject in need.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Deyuan Kong, Frederick W. Lam, Steven F. Sciamanna, Earl Shelton, Shenggao Liu, Robert M. Carlson
  • Publication number: 20080287420
    Abstract: The present invention relates to steroidal alkaloids useful in the treatment of hedgehog pathway related disorders, particularly cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: Infinity Discovery, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfredo Castro, Michael J. Grogan, Andre Lescarbeau, Martin Tremblay
  • Publication number: 20080281103
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel indol-3-yl-carbonyl-azaspiropiperidine derivatives as V1a receptor antagonists, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use for the treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders and other diseases. In particular, the present invention is concerned with compounds of the general formula (I) wherein R1 to R6, U, V, W, X, Y and Z are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Christophe Grundschober, Raffaello Masciadri, Hasane Ratni, Mark Rogers-Evans, Patrick Schnider
  • Publication number: 20080280898
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel spiro-piperidine derivatives as V1a receptor antagonists, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments. The active compounds of the present invention are useful in the prevention and/or treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders and other diseases. In particular, the present invention is concerned with compounds of the general formula (I) wherein R1 to R5, R5?, X, Y and A are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Christophe Grundschober, Raffaello Masciadri, Hasane Ratni, Mark Rogers-Evans, Patrick Schnider
  • Patent number: 7449475
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I) wherein m R1, n, R2, q, X, Y, Z, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, t, and R9 are as defined in the specification, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Nafizal Hossain, Svetlana Ivanova, Marguerite Mensonides-Harsema
  • Publication number: 20080269253
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted benzofused derivatives, which can be used as vanilloid receptor ligands, method of treating diseases, conditions and/or disorders modulated by vanilloid receptors with them, and processes for preparing them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2006
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, S.A.
    Inventors: Laxmikant Atmaram Gharat, Uday Mukund Joshi, Neelima Khairatkar Joshi
  • Publication number: 20080255149
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of carboxyamine compounds and salts thereof in the treatment of HDAC dependent diseases and for the manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations for the treatment of said diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Markus Rolf Dobler, Jonathan E. Grob, Arup Patnaik, Branko Radetich, Micheal Shultz, Yanyi Zhu
  • Patent number: 7435816
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the chemical synthesis of solanum glycosides, in particular to the synthesis of solasonine as well as to novel ?-monosaccharide intermediate compounds, of Formula (2), where R1 is a benzylidene, 4-nitrobenzylidene or 4-methoxybenzylidine group, and each R2 independently is a benzoyl, acetyl or pivaloyl group:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Inventor: Mohammed Shahid
  • Publication number: 20080234252
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, ester or amide thereof, wherein R1 represents [CH2]n—R2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Justin Stephen Bryans, Patrick Stephen Johnson, Lee Richard Roberts, Thomas Ryckmans
  • Publication number: 20080233609
    Abstract: Spirolactam targeting compounds, related compounds, uses of such compounds, and methods of making such compounds are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Stephen C. Miller, Anjan K. Bhunia
  • Publication number: 20080200491
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain 1,2-dihydro-spiro[3H-indole-3,4?-piperidine]compounds of Formula (Ia): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates and hydrates thereof, wherein G, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and Ar are as disclosed herein (“Compound(s) of the Invention”), which are useful, for example, as cardio-protective and/or neuro-protective agents. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a Compound of the Invention and methods for treating, preventing and/or managing a vascular, cardiovascular or neurological disease or disorder, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a Compound of the Invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Thuy-Anh Tran, Sangdon Han, P. Douglas Boatman
  • Publication number: 20080194610
    Abstract: In particular, the present invention is concerned with compounds of the general formula (I) wherein X, Y and R1 to R10 are as described herein. The compounds are V1a receptor antagonists. The invention also relates to the manufacture of compounds of formula I, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use for the treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders and other diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Erwin Goetschi, Christophe Grundschober, Raffaello Masciadri, Hasane Ratni, Mark Rogers-Evans, Patrick Schnider
  • Patent number: 7410976
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of a formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, useful as a therapeutic agent for various ACC-related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Takeru Yamakawa, Hideki Jona, Kenji Niiyama, Koji Yamada, Tomoharu Iino, Mitsuru Ohkubo, Hideaki Imamura, Jun Shibata, Jun Kusunoki, Lihu Yang
  • Publication number: 20080188506
    Abstract: There are provided spiroindolinones of the formula and enantiomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof which have utility as antiproliferative agents, especially, as anticancer agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Qingjie Ding, Jin-Jun Liu, Zhuming Zhang
  • Publication number: 20080176883
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel aminopyrrolidines of formula I pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, metabolites thereof, isomers thereof, stereoisomers thereof or pro-drugs thereof, wherein the variables are as defined herein. The compounds of formula (I) are useful as chemokine receptor antagonists and as such would be useful in treating certain conditions and diseases, especially inflammatory conditions and diseases and proliferative disorders and conditions, for example, cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Dawn M. George, Richard W. Dixon, Michael Friedman, Adrian D. Hobson, Biqin Li, Lu Wang, Xiaoyun Wu, Neil Wishart
  • Publication number: 20080171760
    Abstract: In particular, the present invention is concerned with compounds of the general formula (I) wherein X, Y and R1 to R10 are as described herein. The compounds are V1a receptor antagonists. The invention also relates to the manufacture of compounds of formula I, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use for the treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders and other diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Erwin Goetschi, Christophe Grundschober, Raffaello Masciadri, Hasane Ratni, Mark Rogers-Evans, Patrick Schnider
  • Publication number: 20080171761
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of a general formula (I): wherein Ar1 represents a group formed from an aromatic ring selected from a group consisting of indole, 1H-indazole, 2H-indazole, 1H-thieno[2,3-c]pyrazole, 1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine, benzo[b]furan, benzimidazole, benzoxazole, 1,2-benzisoxazole and imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine; R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a C2-C6 alkenyl group, a C1-C6 alkoxy group, a halo-C1-C6 alkoxy group, a cyclo-C3-C6 alkyloxy group, a C2-C7 alkanoyl group, a halo-C2-C7 alkanoyl group, a C2-C7 alkoxycarbonyl group, a halo-C2-C7 alkoxycarbonyl group, a cyclo-C3-C6 alkyloxycarbonyl group, an aralkyloxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl-C1-C6 alkoxy group, a carboxy-C2-C6 alkenyl group, or a group of -Q1-N(Ra)-Q2-Rb; an optionally-substituted C1-C6 alkyl, aryl or heterocyclic group; or a C1-C6 alkyl or C2-C6 alkenyl group having the aryl or heterocyclic group; R3 and R4 each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, a cyclo-C3-C
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventors: Tomoharu Iino, Hideki Jona, Jun Shibata, Tadashi Shimamura, Takeru Yamakawa, Lihu Yang
  • Publication number: 20080167332
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R10 are as defined in the specification, are described. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical composition comprising said compounds and to the use of said compounds in therapy. The present invention further relates to processes for the preparation of said compounds and to new intermediates useful in the preparation thereof. Beside, the invention relates to salts and polymorphic forms of the new compounds as well as the preparation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Scott Gibson, Barry Elkins, Mike Rogers, Ian Hassall, Hong Gu, Zhenyu Wang, Vinod Kumar, Synthana Suresh Kumar, Santosh Kavitake, Sidda Lingesha, Eric Merifield, David Ennis, John Pavey, Austen Pimm, James Reuberson, Bo-Goran Josefsson, Martin Hemmerling, Svetlana Ivanova, Marguerite Mensonides-Harsema, Hakan Schulz, John Mo, Tomas Eriksson, Per Strandberg
  • Publication number: 20080167333
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel spiro-piperidine derivatives as V1a receptor antagonists, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments. The active compounds of the present invention are useful in the prevention and/or treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders and other diseases. In particular, the present invention is concerned with compounds of the general formula (I) wherein R1 to R5, R5?, X, Y and A are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Christophe Grundschober, Raffaello Masciadri, Hasane Ratni, Mark Rogers-Evans, Patrick Schnider
  • Patent number: 7396930
    Abstract: A process for producing cyclic thioether compounds and their synthetic intermediates. The process produces a compound represented by formula (5): wherein G1 is an alkylene group, R1 is a thiol protecting group, R2 is hydrogen or an amino protecting group, and Ar is an aryl group or a 5- to 7-membered heteroaryl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tomori, Keijiro Kobayashi, Fumihiko Toriyama
  • Publication number: 20080161304
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel spiro-piperidine derivatives as V1a receptor antagonists, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments. The active compounds of the present invention are useful in the prevention and/or treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders and other diseases. In particular, the present invention is concerned with compounds of the general formula (I) wherein R1 to R5, R5?, X, Y and A are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Christophe Grundschober, Raffaello Masciadri, Hasane Ratni, Mark Rogers-Evans, Patrick Schnider
  • Publication number: 20080161299
    Abstract: Present invention is concerned with novel indol-2-yl-carbonyl-spiro-piperidine derivatives as V1a receptor antagonists, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The active compounds of the present invention are useful in the treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders and other diseases. The compounds of present invention have the general formula (I) wherein R1 to R11 and X are as defined in the description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Christophe Grundschober, Raffaello Masciadri, Hasane Ratni, Mark Rogers-Evans, Patrick Schnider
  • Publication number: 20080153861
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel spiro-piperidine derivatives as V1a receptor antagonists, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use for the treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders and other diseases. The compounds of present invention are described with formula (I) wherein R1 to R5, R5?, R7 to R9, R7?, R8?, X and Y are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Christophe Grundschober, Raffaello Masciadri, Hasane Ratni, Mark Roger-Evans, Patrick Schnider
  • Publication number: 20080153863
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel spiro-piperidine derivatives as V1a receptor antagonists, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use for the treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders and other diseases. The compounds of present invention are described with formula (I) wherein R1 to R5, R5?, R7 to R9, R7?, R8?, X and Y are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Christophe Grundschober, Raffaello Masciadri, Hasane Ratni, Mark Roger-Evans, Patrick Schnider
  • Publication number: 20080153862
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel spiro-piperidine derivatives as V1a receptor antagonists, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use for the treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders and other diseases. The compounds of present invention are described with formula (I) wherein R1 to R5, R5?, R7 to R9, R7?, R8?, X and Y are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Christophe Grundschober, Raffaello Masciadri, Hasane Ratni, Mark Rogers-Evans, Patrick Schnider
  • Patent number: 7365067
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having the following general formula (I) which is useful as a neurokinin receptor antagonist: (wherein, R1, R2: optionally substituted (hetero)aryl, R3: —CO—R4, —CO—O—R4, etc., R4: alkyl, cycloalkyl, etc., A: CH2, CO, SO2, B: a single bond, etc., D: oxygen, CH2, E: alkylene, alkenylene, n: 1 to 3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takahide Nishi, Toshiyasu Takemoto, Takuya Ikeda, Kiyoshi Morimoto
  • Patent number: 7354925
    Abstract: This invention provides the compounds of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable ester of such compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 and R2 independently represent a hydrogen atom or the like; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, or the like; R4 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; represents one of the following or the like; R5 represents an aryl group having from 6 to 10 ring atoms or the like; X represents an oxygen atom, or the like; Y represents an oxygen atom or the like and n represents an integer 0, 1 or 2. These compounds have ORL1-receptor antagonist activity; and therefore, are useful to treat diseases or conditions such as pain, various CNS diseases etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Hashizume, Masako Hirota, Sachiko Mihara, Hisoshi Nakamura, Hiroki Koike, Yukari Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 7351831
    Abstract: An intramolecular [3+2] cycloaddition reaction of a hydrazone is carried out under a mild condition with a high stereoselectivity and yield by reacting a hydrazone derivative in the presence of an asymmetric catalyst system obtained by mixing a zirconium alkoxide represented by the following formula (I): Zr(OR)4 ??(I) (wherein R is a hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent) with a binaphthol derivative represented by the following formula (II): (wherein Y1 and Y2 are each identical or different and denote a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, and at least one of Y1 and Y2 denotes a halogen atom).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Shu Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Yamashita, Haruro Ishitani
  • Patent number: 7351706
    Abstract: This invention relates to indol-3-yl-carbonyl-spiro-piperidine derivatives which act as V1a receptor antagonists and which are represented by Formula I: wherein the spiropiperidine-head group A and the residues R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, their use in the treatment of dysmenorrhea, hypertension, chronic heart failure, inappropriate secretion of vasopressin, liver cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome, obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety and depressive disorders, and to methods of preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Christophe Grundschober, Hasane Ratni, Mark Rogers-Evans, Patrick Schnider
  • Patent number: 7338962
    Abstract: Spirocyclic heterocyclic derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and methods for their pharmaceutical use are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the spirocyclic heterocyclic derivatives are ligands of the ? opioid receptor and may be useful, inter alia, for treating and/or preventing pain, anxiety, gastrointestinal disorders, and other ? opioid receptor-mediated conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Adolor Corporation
    Inventors: Roland E. Dolle, Bertrand Le Bourdonnec
  • Patent number: 7335665
    Abstract: This invention is directed to compounds which are selective antagonists for melanin concentrating hormone-1 (MCH1) receptors. The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of the compound of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. This invention provides a pharmaceutical composition made by combining a therapeutically effective amount of the compound of this invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. This invention further provides a process for making a pharmaceutical composition comprising combining a therapeutically effective amount of the compound of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. This invention also provides a method of reducing the body mass of a subject which comprises administering to the subject an amount of a compound of the invention effective to reduce the body mass of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: H - Lundbeck A/S
    Inventors: Mohammad R. Marzabadi, Yu Jiang, Kai Lu, Chien-An Chen, John E. De Leon, John Wetzel, Kim Andersen
  • Patent number: 7332501
    Abstract: The invention relates to indol-3-yl-carbonyl-spiro-piperidine derivatives which act as V1a receptor antagonists and which are represented by Formula I: wherein the spiro-piperidine head group A and the residues R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, methods for preparing the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions, and their use in the treatment of dysmenorrhea, hypertension, chronic heart failure, inappropriate secretion of vasopressin, liver cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome, obsessive compulsive disorder, anxious and depressive disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Christophe Grundschober, Hasane Ratni, Mark Rogers-Evans, Patrick Schnider
  • Publication number: 20080039628
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the chemical synthesis of solanum glycosides, in particular to the synthesis of solasonine as well as to novel ?-monosaccharide intermediate compounds, of Formula (II), where each R1 is the same or different and independently represents a benzylidene, 4-nitrobenzylidene or 4-methoxybenzylidene group and each R2 is the same or different and independently represents a benzoyl, acetyl or pivaloyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventor: Mohammed Shahid
  • Patent number: 7329673
    Abstract: Certain novel N-acylated spiropiperidine derivatives are agonists of the human melanocortin receptor(s) and, in particular, are selective agonists of the human melanocortin-4 receptor (MC-4R). They are therefore useful for the treatment, control, or prevention of diseases and disorders responsive to the activation of MC-4R, such as obesity, diabetes, sexual dysfunction, including erectile dysfunction and female sexual dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Liangqin Guo, Shuwen He, Tianying Jian, Yingjie Lai, Jian Liu, Ravi P. Nargund, Iyassu K. Sebhat, Feroze Ujjainwalla, Zhixiong Ye, Jonathan R. Young
  • Patent number: 7288613
    Abstract: The present invention relates to selected 1-alkoxy-2,2,6,6 tetramethyl piperidine, 1-alkoxy-2,2 diethyl-6,6 dimethyl piperidine and 1-alkoxy-2,6 diethyl-2,3,6 dimethyl piperidine derivatives which are substituted in the 4 position by two oxygen atoms forming an open chain or cyclic ketal structure, a polymerizable composition comprising a) at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer and b) said piperidine derivatives. Further aspects of the present invention are a process for polymerizing ethylenically unsaturated monomers, and the use of 1-alkoxy-2,2,6,6 tetramethyl piperidine, 1-alkoxy-2,2 diethyl-6,6 dimethyl piperidine and 1-alkoxy-2,6 diethyl-2,3,6 dimethyl piperidine derivatives which are substituted in the 4 position by two oxygen atoms forming an open chain or cyclic ketal structure for controlled polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.
    Inventors: Peter Nesvadba, Marie-Odile Zink, Wiebke Wunderlich
  • Patent number: 7288559
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds that are antagonists of CGRP receptors and that are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the CGRP is involved, such as headache, migraine and cluster headache. 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: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Merck + Co, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian M. Bell, Steven N. Gallicchio, Craig A. Stump, C. Blair Zartman
  • Patent number: 7279486
    Abstract: This invention provides the compounds of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable ester of such compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 and R2 independently represent a hydrogen atom or the like; R3 represents an aryl group having from 6 to 10 ring atoms or the like; X represents an oxygen atom, or the like; Y represents an oxygen atom or the like; and n represents an integer 0, 1 or 2. These compounds have ORL1-receptor antagonist activity; and therefore, are useful to treat diseases or conditions such as pain, various CNS diseases etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Hashizume, Masako Hirota, Sachiko Mihara, Hiroshi Nakamura, Hiroki Koike, Yukari Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 7276511
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound which exhibits satisfactory peroral absorbability and excellent antagonistic activity against NK-1 receptor or NK-2 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Zeria Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Nagasawa, Nobuo Kawase, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Hideki Nakamura, Naoki Tsuzuike, Masakazu Murata
  • Patent number: 7262212
    Abstract: The present invention provides a 2,3-dihydro-6-nitroimidazo[2,1-b]oxazole compound represented by the following general formula: wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or C1-C6 alkyl group, n represents an integer of 0 to 6, R2 represents a group —OR3 or the like, and R3 represents a hydrogen atom, C1-C6 alkyl group or the like, or R1 and —(CH2)nR2 may bind to each other together with carbon atoms adjacent thereto through nitrogen atoms so as to form a spiro ring represented by the general formula (H): wherein R41 is hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl group or the like. The present compound has an excellent bactericidal action against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, multi-drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and atypical acid-fast bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetsugu Tsubouchi, Hirofumi Sasaki, Hideaki Kuroda, Motohiro Itotani, Takeshi Hasegawa, Yoshikazu Haraguchi, Takeshi Kuroda, Takayuki Matsuzaki, Kuninori Tai, Makoto Komatsu, Makoto Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Hashizume, Tatsuo Tomishige, Yuji Seike, Masanori Kawasaki, Takumi Sumida, Shin Miyamura
  • Patent number: 7247725
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of the formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R11, R12, W, X, and n are defined herein, which are useful as modulators of chemokine receptor activity. In particular, these compounds are useful as modulators of the chemokine receptor CCR-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Gabor Butora, Alexander Pasternak, Lihu Yang, Changyou Zhou
  • Patent number: 7217719
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1,3,8-triara-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: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventor: Nathalie Schlienger
  • Patent number: 7202251
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of the formula: that are antagonists of CGRP receptors and that are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the CGRP is involved, such as headache, migraine and cluster headache. 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: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Ian M. Bell, Steven N. Gallicchio, Cory R. Theberge, Xu-Fang Zhang, Craig Stump, C. Blair Zartman
  • Patent number: 7115644
    Abstract: Disclosed are benzimidazolone compounds of formulas (I) & (II): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, X, L, m, n and t are defined herein. The compounds inhibit production of cytokines involved in inflammatory processes and are thus useful for treating diseases and pathological conditions involving inflammation such as chronic inflammatory disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Antonio Jose del Moral Barbosa, Jr., Daniel R. Goldberg, Abdelhakim Hammach, Pingrong Liu, Neil Moss, Mark Stephen Ralph, Gregory Paul Roth, Christopher Ronald Sarko, Fariba Soleymanzadeh, Andre White
  • Patent number: 7109207
    Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds which, are novel antagonists for melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH), as well as methods for preparing such compounds. In another embodiment, the invention discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising such MCH antagonists as well as methods of using them to treat obesity, metabolic disorders, eating disorders such as hyperphagia, and diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Duane A. Burnett, Wen-Lian Wu, Thavalakulamgara K. Sasikumar, Martin S. Domalski