Carbocyclic Ring Containing Patents (Class 546/194)
  • Publication number: 20110172427
    Abstract: This invention relates to a new synthesis, intermediates and precursors leading to a mixture of the compounds 11 and 12 as shown below. It also relates to the resolution of the stereoisomeric mixture to provide in substantial stereochemical purity compound 12. The synthesis of the invention involves preparation of compound 7 and compound 10 as shown below and their reaction to prepare a mixture of compound 11 and compound 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: EISAI R&D MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taiju Nakamura, Masaaki Matsuda, Yongbo Hu, Daiju Hasegawa, Yorihisa Hoshino, Kazato Inanaga, Minetaka Isomura, Nobuaki Sato, Kazuhiro Yoshizawa, George A. Moniz, Gordon D. Wilkie, Francis G. Fang, Yoshihiro Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20110166132
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds that are gamma secretase modulators and are therefore useful for the treatment of diseases treatable by modulation of gamma secretase such as Alzheimer's disease. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and processes for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen A. Hitchcock, Jian J. Chen, Mqhele Vellah Ncube, Thomas Nixey, Albert Amegadzie, Roxanne Kunz, Wenyan Qian, Ning Chen, Christopher M. Tegley, Frenel F. De Morin, Chester Chenguang Yuan, Qingyian Liu, Jiawang Zhu, Tanya A.N. Peterkin, Jeffrey A. Adams, Essa Hu, Frank Chavez, JR.
  • Patent number: 7973056
    Abstract: A triazole derivative or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is provided, the triazole derivative being represented by formula (I): wherein * represents an asymmetric carbon and takes R configuration or S configuration; and R1 represents a structure represented by formula (II) or (III): represents single bond or double bond wherein Y represents a hydrogen atom or an oxygen atom; and R2 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, a formyl group, a carboxyl group, an alkylcarbonyl group, an arylcarbonyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, an amino group, an alkylcarbonylamino group, an arylcarbonylamino group, a cyano group, a nitro group or a halogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Fujifilm Finechemicals Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Takashi Nagayama
  • Publication number: 20110160196
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds represented by Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, or prodrug thereof which are inhibitors of Factor Xa. The present invention is also directed to intermediates used in making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, methods to prevent or treat certain conditions characterized by undesired thrombosis and methods of inhibiting the coagulation of a blood sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Zhaozhong J. Jia, Yonghong Song, Robert M. Scarborough, Carroll Scarborough, Anjali Pandey
  • Patent number: 7968550
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted N-aryl heterocycles and to the physiologically tolerated salts and physiologically functional derivatives thereof. Compounds of the formula I in which the radicals have the stated meanings the N-oxides and the physiologically tolerated salts thereof and process for the preparation thereof are described. The compounds are suitable for example as anorectic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignees: Aventis Pharma Deutschland GmbH, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Schwink, Siegfried Stengelin, Matthias Gossel, Thomas Boehme, Gerhard Hessler, Petra Stahl, Dirk Gretzke
  • Patent number: 7968560
    Abstract: Novel compounds having the general formula (I) below: are useful in a wide variety of applications in human or veterinary medicine (in dermatology, and also in the fields of cardiovascular diseases, immune diseases and/or diseases associated with lipid metabolism), or, alternatively are formulated into cosmetic compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Galderma Research & Development
    Inventors: Laurence Clary, Etienne Thoreau, Michel Rivier, Jerome Aubert, Laurent Chantalat, Johannes Voegel
  • Publication number: 20110152233
    Abstract: The present application relates to compounds of formula wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and n are defined herein or to a pharmaceutically active salt thereof. The present compounds 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: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Henner Knust, Andreas Koblet, Matthias Nettekoven, Hasane Ratni, Claus Riemer, Walter Vifian
  • Publication number: 20110152234
    Abstract: The invention relates to thiophene carboxamides of formula (I), wherein A, R1, R2, R3, n and X are as defined in the specification, processes and intermediates used in their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Alan Faull, Craig Johnstone, Andrew Morley, Jeffrey Philip Poyser
  • Publication number: 20110152520
    Abstract: A compound represented by formula (I), a salt thereof, an N-oxide thereof, a solvate thereof or a prodrug thereof: (wherein each symbol is as defined in the description.) The compounds represented by formula (I) has the antagonistic activity against CCR5, so they are useful in preventing and/or treating CCR5-related diseases, for example, various inflammatory diseases (asthma, nephritis, nephropathy, hepatitis, arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, rhinitis, conjunctivitis, inflammatory bowel disease such as ulcerative colitis, etc.), immunological diseases (autoimmune diseases, rejection in organ transplantation (rejection of graft of solid organ, rejection of graft of pancreatic islet cells in therapy for diabetes, graft-versus-host disease, etc.), immunosuppression, psoriasis, multiple sclerosis, etc.), infectious diseases (infection with human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, infection with RSV, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu TAKAOKA, Shiro SHIBAYAMA, Rena NISHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20110152260
    Abstract: The present invention relates to modulators of IRAK kinases of formula (I) and provides compositions comprising such modulators, as well as methods therewith for treating IRAK-mediated or IRAK-associated conditions or diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Biogen Idec Ma Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Guckian, Charles Jewell, Patrick Conlon, Edward Yin Shiang Lin, Timothy Chan
  • Patent number: 7964618
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): wherein variable groups are defined within; their use in the inhibition of 11?HSD1, processes for making them and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: William McCoull, Martin Packer, James Stewart Scott, Paul Robert Owen Whittamore
  • Publication number: 20110144080
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula: (I) having protein kinase B inhibiting activity: wherein A is a saturated hydrocarbon linker group containing from 1 to 7 carbon atoms, the linker group having a maximum chain length of 5 atoms extending between R1 and NR2R3 and a maximum chain length of 4 atoms extending between E and NR2R3, wherein one of the carbon atoms in the linker group may optionally be replaced by an oxygen or nitrogen atom; and wherein the carbon atoms of the linker group A may optionally bear one or more substituents selected from oxo, fluorine and hydroxy, provided that the hydroxy group when present is not located at a carbon atom a with respect to the NR2R3 group and provided that the oxo group when present is located at a carbon atom a with respect to the NR2R3 group; E is a monocyclic or bicyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group; R1 is an aryl or heteroaryl group; and R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicants: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, THE INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH ROYAL CANCER HOSPITAL
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Gordon Saxty, Marinus Leendert Verdonk, Steven John Woodhead, Paul Graham Wyatt, Robert George Boyle, Hanna Fiona Sore, David Winter Walker, Ian Collins, Robert Downham, Robin Arthur Ellis Carr
  • Publication number: 20110144158
    Abstract: This invention relates to isoindole-imide compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, stereoisomers, and prodrugs thereof. Methods of use, and pharmaceutical compositions of these compounds are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: George W. MULLER, Roger Shen-Chu Chen, Hon-Wah Man, Alexander L. Ruchelman
  • Publication number: 20110144081
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, Z, and n are as defined herein or to a pharmaceutically active salt thereof. Compounds of the invention 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: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Henner Knust, Andreas Koblet, Matthias Nettekoven, Hasane Ratni, Claus Riemer, Walter Vifian
  • Publication number: 20110144070
    Abstract: Derivatives of 1-phenyl-2-pyridinyl alkyl alcohols are useful as inhibitors of the phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) enzyme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.
    Inventors: Maurizio Delcanale, Elisabetta Armani, Gabriele Amari
  • Publication number: 20110144108
    Abstract: Novel 3,4-disubstituted-4-aryl-piperidine compounds are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions containing the 3,4-disubstituted-4-aryl-piperidine compounds and methods of their pharmaceutical uses are also disclosed. The compounds disclosed are useful, inter alia, as antagonists of opioid receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Adolor Corporation
    Inventors: Roland E. Dolle, Bertrand Le Bourdonnec
  • Publication number: 20110144119
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to certain oxazole derivatives which are useful as inhibitors of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase (FAAH). The invention is also concerned with pharmaceutical formulations comprising these compounds as active ingredients and the use of the compounds and their formulations in the treatment of certain disorders, including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetic neuropathy, postherpetic neuralgia, skeletomuscular pain, and fibromyalgia, as well as acute pain, migraine, sleep disorder, Alzeimer Disease, and Parkinson's Disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Harry Chobanian, Linus S. Lin, Ping Liu, Marc D. Chioda, Robert J. DeVita, Ravi P. Nargund, Yan Guo
  • Publication number: 20110144068
    Abstract: 3,4-diarylpyrazole derivatives of formula (I) as defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are disclosed; the compounds of the invention may be useful, in therapy, in the treatment of diseases associated with a disregulated protein kinase activity, like cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: NERVIANO MEDICAL SCIENCES S.R.L.
    Inventors: Maurizio Pulici, Fabio Zuccotto, Alessandra Badari, Stefano Nuvoloni, Giovanni Cervi, Gabriella Traquandi, Sonia Biondaro, Paolo Trifiro', Chiara Marchionni, Michele Modugno
  • Publication number: 20110144153
    Abstract: [Problems] A compound, which is useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition, for example, a pharmaceutical composition for treating chronic renal failure and/or diabetic nephropathy, is provided. [Solving Means] The present inventors have conducted extensive studies on a compound having an EP4 receptor antagonistic activity, and confirmed that the amide compound of the present invention has an EP4 receptor antagonistic activity, thereby completing the present invention. The amide compound of the present invention has an EP4 receptor antagonistic activity, and can be used as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating various EP4-related diseases, for example, chronic renal failure and/or diabetic nephropathy, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Eisuke Nozawa, Ryotaro Ibuka, Kazuhiro Ikegai, Keisuke Matsuura, Tatsuya Zenkoh, Ryushi Seo, Susumu Watanuki, Michihito Kageyama
  • Publication number: 20110144075
    Abstract: Derivatives of 1-phenyl-2-pyridinyl alkyl alcohols are useful as inhibitors of the phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) enzyme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.
    Inventors: Maurizio Delcanale, Elisabetta Armani, Gabriele Amari
  • Patent number: 7960411
    Abstract: The present application describes lactam-containing compounds and derivatives thereof of Formula I: P4—P-M-M4??I or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, wherein ring P, if present is a 5-7 membered carbocycle or heterocycle and ring M is a 5-7 membered carbocycle or heterocycle. Compounds of the present invention are useful as inhibitors of trypsin-like serine proteases, specifically factor Xa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventor: Donald J. P. Pinto
  • Patent number: 7960385
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1-3, R5-7, a, X, Y, Y?, Y?, and Z are as defined in the specification. These compounds are muscarinic receptor antagonists. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes for preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds to, for example, treat pulmonary disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Theravance, Inc.
    Inventors: YuHua Ji, Craig Husfeld, YongQi Mu, Rick Lee, Li Li
  • Publication number: 20110136866
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I): wherein A, p, R1, R3, R4, R5, R6, m, R7, n and R8 are as defined in claim 1. Furthermore, the present invention relates to intermediates used to prepare compounds of formula (I), to methods of using them to combat and control insect, acarine, nematode and mollusc pests and to insecticidal, acaricidal, nematicidal and molluscicidal compositions comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Pitterna, Jerome Yves Cassayer, Camilla Corsi, Peter Maienfisch
  • Publication number: 20110137032
    Abstract: A cyclic amine derivative represented by the formula (II) is a GPR119 agonist, and is used as an agent for treating diabetes. wherein Ar0 is phenyl or phenyl having a substituent such as C1-8 alkylsulfonyl or the like, pyridyl, or pyridyl having a substituent such as C1-8 alkylsulfonyl; A0 is (CH2)p, O, or the like; B0 is (CH2)q, or the like, provided that B0 is neither O nor NR25 when A0 is O or NR24; one of U0 and V0 is N, and the other is N or CR26; each of X0 and Y0 is C1-3 alkylene or C1-3 alkylene having a substituent; R23 is a C1-8 alkyl group or the like; each of R21 and R22 is hydrogen, a halogen atom, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: NIPPON CHEMIPHAR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Endo, Rie Takahashi, Hiroto Tanaka, Toshihiro Kunigami, Takaichi Hamano, Mai Okamura, Kaoru Hara
  • Publication number: 20110136789
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I useful in the inhibition of c-Met protein kinase. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of proliferative disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: David Lauffer, Pan Li, Nathan Waal, Kira Mcginty, Qing Tang, Steven Ronkin, Luc Farmer, Dean Shannon, Dylan Jacobs
  • Publication number: 20110130380
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also provided is a method of using a compound of Formula I for treating a disease or condition mediated by a CDK inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Paul A. Barsanti, Cheng Hu, Xianming Jin, Simon C. Ng, Keith B. Pfister, Martin Sendzik, James Sutton
  • Patent number: 7951807
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel oxindole derivatives of the general formula (I), wherein the substituents A, B, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in Claim 1, and medicaments containing the same for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of vasopressin-dependent or oxytocin-dependent diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wilfried Lubisch, Thorsten Oost, Wolfgang Wernet, Liliane Unger, Wilfried Hornberger, Herve Geneste
  • Publication number: 20110118262
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula (I) and compositions of the present invention which are inhibitors of the sodium proton exchanger isoform-1 (NHE-I). Also disclosed are methods of using and making the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Joerg Martin Bentzien, Stephen James Boyer, Jennifer Burke, Anne Bettina Eldrup, Xin Guo, John David Huber, Thomas Martin Kirrane, Fariba Soleymanzadeh, Alan David Swinamer
  • Publication number: 20110118246
    Abstract: The invention is directed to to compounds of formula (I) and salts thereof. The compounds of the invention are inhibitors of PI3-kinase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Ian Robert Baldwin, Kenneth David Down, Paul Faulder, Simon Gaines, Julie Nicole Hamblin, Joelle Le, Christopher James Lunniss, Nigel James Parr, Timothy John Ritchie, Juliet Kay Simpson, Christian Alan Paul Smethurst
  • Publication number: 20110118311
    Abstract: A compound which is useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition for treating neuropathic pain is provided. The present inventors have made extensive studies on compounds having an FAAH inhibitory activity, and as a result, have found that an azole compound substituted with an N-(pyridine-3-yl)oxycarbonyl-piperidin-4-yl group and a phenyl group or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof has an excellent FAAH inhibitory activity, thereby completing the present invention. The compound of the present invention is confirmed to have an excellent FAAH inhibitory activity and an antiallodynic effect in rat models with neuropathic pain, and thus is useful as an agent for preventing and/or an agent for treating neuropathic pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Satoshi Aoki, Ryosuke Munakata, Noriyuki Kawano, Kiyohiro Samizu, Hiromasa Oka, Takahiro Ishii, Takashi Sugane
  • Publication number: 20110118470
    Abstract: Compounds represented by the following general formula: wherein Ag is an optionally substituted 5- to 14-membered heterocyclic group, etc.; Xg is —O—, —S—, etc.; Yg is an optionally substituted C6-14 aryl group, an optionally substituted 5- to 14-membered heterocyclic group, etc.; and Tg1 is a group represented by the following general formula: (wherein Eg is a single bond or —N(Rg2)—), Rg1 and Rg2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl group, etc. and Zg represents a C1-8 alkyl group, a C3-8 alicyclic hydrocarbon group, a C6-14 aryl group, etc.), salts thereof or hydrates of the foregoing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Yasuhiro FUNAHASHI, Akihiko Tsuruoka, Masayuki Matsukura, Toru Haneda, Yoshio Fukuda, Junichi Kamata, Keiko Takahashi, Tomohiro Matsushima, Kazuki Miyazaki, Ken-ichi Nomoto, Tatsuo Watanabe, Hiroshi Obaishi, Atsumi Yamaguchi, Sachi Suzuki, Katsuji Nakamura, Fusayo Mimura, Yuji Yamamoto, Junji Matsui, Kenji Matsui, Takako Yoshiba, Yasuyuki Suzuki, Itaru Arimoto
  • Publication number: 20110118291
    Abstract: This invention comprises the novel compounds of formula (1) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, X and Y have defined meanings, having histone deacetylase inhibiting enzymatic activity; their preparation, compositions containing them and their use as a medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Patrick René Angibaud, Isabelle Nöelle Constance Pilatte
  • Publication number: 20110118208
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of general formula (1) wherein R1 to R3 are defined as in claim 1, which are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterised by excessive or abnormal cell proliferation, and the use thereof for preparing a medicament having the above-mentioned properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Darryl Mcconnell, Maria Impagnatiello, Dirk Kessler, Oliver Kraemer, Siegfried Schneider, Lars Van Der Veen, Ulrike Weyer-Czernilofsky, Tobias Wunberg
  • Publication number: 20110112143
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new compounds of formula (I) wherein A, B, P, Q, W, R1 and R2 are defined in the description; invention compounds are useful in the prevention or treatment of central nervous system disorders as well as other disorders modulated by mGluR5 receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: Addex Pharma SA
    Inventors: Anne-Sophie Bessis, Beatrice Bonnet, Emmanuel Le Poul, Jean-Philippe Rocher, Mark Epping-Jordan
  • Publication number: 20110112060
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain trisubstituted aryl and heteroaryl derivatives of Formula (I) that are modulators of metabolism. Accordingly, compounds of the present invention are useful in the prophylaxis or treatment of metabolic disorders and complications thereof, such as, diabetes and obesity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Jones, Graeme Semple, Yifeng Xiong, Young-Jun Shin, Albert S. Ren, Imelda Calderon, Beatriz Fioravanti, Jin Sun Karoline Choi, Juerg Lehmann, Marc A. Bruce
  • Publication number: 20110111429
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I): in which R1-R8, A, B, X, Y, m, and n are as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method for detecting a cancer cell using a compound of formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: Academia Sinica
    Inventors: Ta-Chau Chang, Chih-Chien Cho, Cheng-Chung Chang, Chi-Chih Kang, Zi-Fu Wang
  • Publication number: 20110112087
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of general formula (1) wherein R1 to R3 and X are defined as in claim 1, which are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterised by excessive or abnormal cell proliferation, and the use thereof for preparing a medicament having the above-mentioned properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Lars VAN DER VEEN, Maria Impagnatiello, Darryl McConnell, Siegfried Schneider, Tobias Wunberg
  • Publication number: 20110112070
    Abstract: The invention is directed to certain novel compounds. Specifically, the invention is directed to compounds of formula (I) and salts thereof. The compounds of the invention are inhibitors of P13-kinase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Ian Robert Baldwin, Kenneth David Down, Paul Faulder, Simon Gaines, Julie Nicole Hamblin, Katherine Louise Jones, Joelle Le, Christopher James Lunniss, Nigel James Parr, Timothy John Ritchie, Christian Alan Paul Smethurst, Yoshiaki Washio
  • Patent number: 7939532
    Abstract: Objects of the present invention are the compounds of formula I, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, enantiomeric forms, diastereoisomers and racemates, the preparation of the above compounds, medicaments containing them and their manufacture, as well as the use of the above compounds in the control or prevention of illnesses such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick Brookfield, Jonathan Gridley, Lothar Kling, Michael Prime, Ulrike Reiff, Wolfgang Von Der Saal, Thomas Von Hirschheydt
  • Patent number: 7939661
    Abstract: This invention is concerned with compounds of the formula wherein A, R1 to R5 are as defined in the specification and G is a pyridine, quinoline or pyrimidine group as defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, to a process for their preparation and to their use for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases which are associated with the modulation of SST receptors subtype 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas D. Christ, Rainer E. Martin, Peter Mohr
  • Patent number: 7939534
    Abstract: Chemical entities that modulate smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin, and chemical entities, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Cytokinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Pu-Ping Lu, Xiangping Qian, Chihyuan (Grace) Chuang, Bradley P. Morgan, David J. Morgans, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20110105475
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in the claims, including pharmaceutical compositions thereof and for their use in the treatment and/or prevention and/or amelioration of one or more symptoms of disease or disorders related to the activity of FXR. The invention is also directed to intermediates and to a method of preparation of compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: MERXCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Didier Roche, Giséle Mautino, Ingo Kober, Francis Contard, Serge Christmann-Franck, Saumitra Sengupta, Ramesh Sistla, Gummadi Venkateshwar Rao
  • Publication number: 20110105474
    Abstract: This invention is related to new histone deacetylase inhibitors according to the general formula (I) wherein: the dotted line is an optional additional bond; R1 is hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, C1-C6 haloalkyl or C1 C6 haloalkoxy; R2, R3 are, independently, hydrogen; C1-C6 alkyl; aryl; or taken together with the carbon atoms to which they are bound form a bridged bicyclic ring or a fused heterocycle; X is CH or nitrogen; Y is a bond, oxygen, (CH2)mCR4R5(CH2)n, or (CH2)oNR6(CH2)p; m, n, o, p, R4, R5 and R6 are as further defined in the specification; and pharmaceutical acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Florian Thaler, Mario Varasi, Stefania Gagliardi, Andrea Colombo, Saverio Minucci, Ciro Mercurio
  • Publication number: 20110104207
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which inhibit bacterial gyrase and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds. These compounds, and compositions thereof, are useful in treating bacterial infection. Accordingly, the present invention also relates to methods for treating bacterial infections in mammals. The present invention also relates to a method for preparing these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Paul CHARIFSON, David DEININGER, Joseph DRUMM, Anne-Laure GRILLOT, Yusheng LIAO, Patricia OLIVER-SHAFFER, Dean STAMOS
  • Patent number: 7935707
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with novel imidazole derivatives of formula (I), wherein m, E, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds are antagonists of CCR-2 receptor, CCR-5 receptor and/or CCR-3 receptor and can be used as medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes Aebi, Alfred Binggeli, Luke Green, Guido Hartmann, Hans P. Maerki, Patrizio Mattei, Fabienne Ricklin, Olivier Roche
  • Publication number: 20110098320
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds of the Formula (I), (I*), (Ia), (Ib), (Ic), (Id), (Ie), (If), (If*), (Ig), (Ih), (Ij), (Ik), (ll1-3), (Im1-3), (In1-3), (lo1-2), (Ip1-9), (Iq1-9), (Ir1-9) and (Is1-3) pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, which are useful for the therapeutic treatment of diseases associated with the modulation or inhibition of 11?-HSD1 in mammals. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions of the novel compounds and methods for their use in the reduction or control of the production of cortisol in a cell or the inhibition of the conversion of cortisone to Cortisol in a cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: David A. Claremon, Linghang Zhuang, Yuanjie Ye, Suresh B. Singh, Colin M. Tice, Zhenrong Xu, Robert D. Simpson
  • Publication number: 20110098275
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of general formula (1) wherein R1 to R4, m and n are defined as in the specification, which are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterised by excessive or abnormal cell proliferation, and the use thereof for preparing a medicament having the above-mentioned properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Tobias Wunberg, Siegfried Schneider, Lars Van Der Veen
  • Publication number: 20110092505
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel organic compounds of Formula I: methods of use, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Robin Burgis, Michael Paul Capparelli, Lucian Dipietro, Gabriel G. Gamber, Charles Francis Jewell, JR., Erik Meredith, Karl Miranda, Lauren G. Monovich, Chang Rao, Nicolas Soldermann, Taeyoung Yoon, Qingming Zhu
  • Patent number: 7928133
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for modulating the activity of the hedgehog signaling pathway. In particular, the invention provides a method for inhibiting aberrant growth states resulting from phenotypes such as Ptc loss-of-function, hedgehog gain-of-function, smoothened gain-of-function or Gli gain-of-function, comprising contacting a cell with a sufficient amount of a compound of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: IRM LLC
    Inventors: Dai Cheng, Dong Han, Wenqi Gao, Jiqing Jiang, Shifeng Pan, Yongqin Wan, Qihui Jin
  • Patent number: RE42412
    Abstract: The subject invention provides novel compounds and compositions for the safe and effective treatment of gastroesophageal reflux and related conditions. In a preferred embodiment, the compositions of the subject invention comprise esterified cisapride derivatives. These compositions possess potent activity in treating gastroesophageal reflux disease and substantially reduce adverse effects associated with the administration of cisapride. These adverse effects include, but are not limited to, diarrhea, abdominal cramping and elevations of blood pressure and heart rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: ARYx Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Pascal Druzgala, Peter G. Milner, Jurg Pfister, Cyrus Becker