Hetero Ring In The Polycyclo Ring System Patents (Class 546/196)
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Patent number: 7238709Abstract: This invention relates to hindered carbamate derivatives that are muscarinic receptor antagonists, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of preparing these compounds.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2000Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Theravance, Inc.Inventors: Mathai Mammen, David Oare
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Patent number: 7238712Abstract: The invention is directed to methods to inhibit p38-? kinase using compounds of the formula and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition thereof, wherein represents a single or double bond; one Z2 is CA or CR8A and the other is CR1, CR12, NR6 or N wherein each R1, R6 and R8 is independently hydrogen or noninterfering substituent; A is —Wi—COXjY wherein Y is COR2 or an isostere thereof and R2 is hydrogen or a noninterfering substituent, each of W and X is a spacer of 2–6 ?, and each of i and j is independently 0 or 1; Z3 is NR7 or O; each R3 is independently a noninterfering substituent; n is 0–3; each of L1 and L2 is a linker; each R4 is independently a noninterfering substituent; m is 0–4; Z1 is CR5 or N wherein R5 is hydrogen or a noninterfering substituent; each of l and k is an integer from 0–2 wherein the sum of l and k is 0–3; Ar is an aryl group substituted with 0–5 noninterfering substituents, wherein two noninterfering substituents can form a fused ring; aType: GrantFiled: May 28, 2002Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Scios, Inc.Inventors: Babu J. Mavunkel, Sarvajit Chakravarty, John J. Perumattam, Sundeep Dugar, Qing Lu, Xi Liang
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Patent number: 7235584Abstract: Novel non-psychotropic cannabinoids are disclosed and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these novel compounds are described for preventing neurotoxicity, neuroinflammation, immune or inflammatory disorders comprising as active ingredient the stereospecific (+) enantiomer, having (3S,4S) configuration of ?6 tetrahydrocannabinol type compounds. The compositions are particularly effective in alleviating and even preventing neurotoxicity due to acute injuries to the central nervous system, including mechanical trauma, compromised or reduced blood supply as may occur in cardiac arrest or stroke, or poisonings. They are also effective in the treatment of certain inflammatory disorders and chronic degenerative diseases characterized by neuronal loss and chronic pain including neuropathic pain.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2003Date of Patent: June 26, 2007Assignee: Pharmos CorporationInventors: Aaron Garzon, George Fink
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Patent number: 7220862Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) as antagonists of calcitonin gene-related peptide receptors (“CGRP-receptor”), pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, methods for identifying them, methods of treatment using them and their use in therapy for treatment of neurogenic vasodilation, neurogenic inflammation, migraine and other headaches, thermal injury, circulatory shock, flushing associated with menopause, airway inflammatory diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and other conditions the treatment of which can be effected by the antagonism of CGRP-receptors.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2003Date of Patent: May 22, 2007Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyInventors: Prasad V. Chaturvedula, Ling Chen, Rita Civiello, Andrew P. Degnan, Gene M. Dubowchik, Xiaojun Han, Xiang Jun J. Jiang, George N. Karageorge, Guanglin Luo, John E. Macor, Graham Poindexter, George Tora
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Patent number: 7217819Abstract: A cytotoxic agent comprising one or more taxanes linked to a cell binding agent. A therapeutic composition for killing selected cell populations comprising: (A) a cytotoxic amount of one or more taxanes covalently bonded to a cell binding agent through a linking group, and (B) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient. A method for killing selected cell populations comprising contacting target cells or tissue containing target cells with an effective amount of a cytotoxic agent comprising one or more taxanes linked to a cell binding agent. Novel sulfur-containing taxanes.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2005Date of Patent: May 15, 2007Assignee: ImmunoGen, Inc.Inventors: Ravi V. J. Chari, Walter A. Blättler
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Patent number: 7208495Abstract: A compound represented by the formula: (wherein, R1 and R2 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, hydrocarbon group or heterocyclic group, or R1 and R2 may form, together with the adjacent carbon atom, a 3–8 membered iso- or heterocyclic group, R3 represents a cyclic group, a hydroxy group, a mercapto group that may have oxo, or an amino group, R4 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, a hydroxy group, a mercapto group which may have oxo, or an amino group, or R2 and R4 may link together to form a double bond, X represents a bond or a linear hydrocarbon group, W represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, ring B represents a 5–8 membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group, ring C represents a benzene ring, and— represents a single bond or a double bond), or a salt or a prodrug thereof that has excellent neurodegenerative inhibitory activity and brain penetrability, and is useful as an agent for preventing/treating neurodegenerative diseases.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2002Date of Patent: April 24, 2007Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company LimitedInventors: Shigenori Ohkawa, Masaomi Miyamoto, Masahiro Okura, Tetsuya Tsukamoto
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Patent number: 7205417Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I): (wherein A is an optionally substituted straight-chain hydrocarbon having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, which is optionally intervened by oxygen or nitrogen atom; Ar1 is aryl or heteroaryl, any of which is optionally substituted; n is 0 or 1; R0 is hydrogen, or lower alkylene attached to an arbitrary, bondable position of A; T, U, V and W are independently nitrogen atom or optionally substituted methine, and at least two of T, U, V and W are said methine group; X is —N(SO2R1)—, —N(COR2)— or —CO—; Y is —C(R3)(R4)—, —O— or —N(R5)—; Z is methine or nitrogen atom) exhibit NPY antagonistic activities and are useful as agents for the treatment of various diseases related to NPY, for example, cardiovascular disorders such as hypertension, nephropathy, heart disease, vasospasm, arteriosclerosis, etc., central nervous system disorders such as bulimia, depression, anxiety, seizure, epilepsy, dementia, pain, alcoholism, drug withdrawal, circadian rhythm disorders, schizophrenia, etc.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2002Date of Patent: April 17, 2007Assignee: Banyu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takehiro Fukami, Katsumasa Nonoshita, Takeshi Sagara, Hiroyuki Kishino
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Patent number: 7205410Abstract: The present invention of compounds of formula (I) a stereochemically isomeric form thereof, an N-oxide form thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, —R1—R2— is a bivalent radical of formula wherein in said bivalent radicals one or two hydrogen atoms may be substituted with C1-6alkyl or hydroxy; R3 is hydrogen or halo; R4 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl; R5 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl; L is C3-6cycloalkyl, oxoC5-6cycloalkyl, C2-6alkenyl, or L is a radical of formula -Alk-R6—, Alk-X—R7, -Alk-Y—C(?O)—R9, or -Alk-Y—C(?O)—NR11R12 wherein each Alk is C1-12alkanediyl; and R6 is hydrogen, amino, cyano, C1-6alkylsulfonylamino, C3-6cycloalkyl, oxoC5-6cycloalkyl, aryl or a heterocyclic ringsystem; R7 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, hydroxyC1-6alkyl, C3-6cycloalkyl, aryl or a heterocyclic ringsystem; X is O, S, SO2 or NR8; said R8 being hydrogen or C1-6alkyl; R9 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, C3-6cycloalkyl, C1-6alkyloxy, hydroxy or aryl; Y is a direct bond or NR10; said R10 being hydrogen, or C1-6alkyl; R11 and RType: GrantFiled: January 29, 2003Date of Patent: April 17, 2007Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V.Inventors: Jean-Paul René Marie André Bosmans, Ann Louise Gabriëlle Meulemans, Michel Anna Jozef De Cleyn, Henricus Jacobus Maria Gijsen
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Patent number: 7189726Abstract: The invention is directed to methods to inhibit p38-? kinase using compounds which contain an aromatic residue coupled to an benzofuran moiety through a piperidine.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2002Date of Patent: March 13, 2007Assignee: Scios, Inc.Inventors: Babu J. Mavunkel, Sarvajit Chakravarty, John J. Perumattam, Sundeep Dugar, Qing Lu, Xi Liang
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Patent number: 7186752Abstract: N-(imino)amines and their preparation and their use as NO synthase inhibitors and selective or non-selective traps for a reactive oxygen species.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2005Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: SCRASInventors: Dennis Bigg, Pierre-Etienne Chabrier de Lassauniere, Serge Auvin, Jeremiah Harnett, Gérard Ulibarri
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Patent number: 7186719Abstract: Compounds of formula (II) are antibacterial agents wherein Q represents a radical of the formula: —N(OH)CH(?O) or the formula: —C(?O)NH(OH); R1 represents hydrogen, C1–C6 alkyl or C1–C6 alkyl substituted by one or more halogen atoms, or, except when Q is a radical of the formula: —N(OH)CH(?O), a hydroxy, C1–C6 alkoxy, C1–C6 alkenyloxy, amino, C1–C6 alkylamino, or di-(C1–C6 alkyl)amino group; R2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1–C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl(C1–C6 alkyl)- or aryl(C1–C6 alkyl)-group; and A represents a group of formula (IIA), or (IIB) wherein R4 represents the side chain of a natural or non-natural alpha amino acid, and R5 and R6 when taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a saturated heterocyclic first ring of 5 to 7 atoms as specified in the description.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2004Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: British Biotech PharmaceuticalsInventors: Lisa Marie Pratt, Kenneth Noel Keavey, Gilles Denis Pain, Laurent Mounier
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Patent number: 7176317Abstract: Compounds of the formula wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, a, b, c, d, Y, Q, Q—, A, and CA are as defined herein.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2003Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Jeffery H. Banning, Bo Wu, James M. Duff, Wolfgang G. Wedler, Donald R. Titterington
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Patent number: 7176326Abstract: Novel ?-lactams finding utility as intermediates in the preparation of sidechain-bearing taxanes such as taxol and taxol derivatives. The present invention also relates to novel methods of coupling ?-lactams to form such sidechain-bearing taxanes, and to novel sidechain-bearing taxanes.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2004Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyInventors: John K. Thottathil, Ivan D. Trifunovich, David J. Kucera, Wen-Sen Li
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Patent number: 7157454Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula: These compounds show affinity for the bradykinin receptors with selectivity towards the B1 receptors; they may be used for the preparation of medicinal products intended for treating or preventing inflammation pathologies and persistent or chronic inflammatory diseases.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2002Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignee: Sanofi-AventisInventors: Bernard Ferrari, Jean Gougat, Yvette Muneaux, Pierre Perreaut, Lionel Sarran
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Patent number: 7153868Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treatment of a subject suffering from a disease, such as schizophrenia, for which the administration of an NK-3 antagonist is indicated which comprises administering to that subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I: wherein, generally, Q is R1 is benzyl, phenyl, thiophene or imidazolyl optionally substituted with C1-4alkyl or halogen, such as methyl, fluorine or bromine; R2 is hydrogen or C1-4alkyl such as methyl; R3 is phenyl; R4 is hydrogen; R5 is hydrogen or C1-6alkylcarbonyl such as methylcarbonyl; X is —SO2— or —C(O)N(R2)SO2— where R2 is preferably hydrogen; Y is a bond, CH2 or Z1 where Z1 is —N(Rf)— in which Rf is C1-6alkylcarbonyl such as ethylcarbonyl; and R6 is phenyl, pyrazolyl, pyridyl, pyrimidinyl or benzimidazolonyl optionally substituted with one or two groups chosen from C1-6alkyl and benzyl, such as methyl, ethyl and benzyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2003Date of Patent: December 26, 2006Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.Inventors: Mark Stuart Chambers, Philip Jones, Helen Jane Szekeres
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Patent number: 7148240Abstract: The invention relates to benzofuran or benzothiophene derivatives of general formula: These compounds are of use as medicinal products, in particular in the treatment of pathological syndromes of the cardiovascular system.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2001Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: Sanofi-AventisInventors: Jean-Louis Assens, Claude Bernhart, Frédérique Cabanel-Haudricourt, Dino Nisato
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Patent number: 7144883Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted sulfonamide compounds of the general formula (I), wherein P is sulfonamide or amide-substituted sulfonic acid, which compounds are potentially useful for the prophylaxis and treatment of medical conditions relating to obesity, type II diabetes and/or disorders of the central nervous systemType: GrantFiled: June 11, 2002Date of Patent: December 5, 2006Assignee: Biovitrum ABInventors: Patrizia Caldirola, Gary Johansson, Andrew Mott, Katarina Beierlien, Markus Thor, Lars Tedenborg, Ulf Bremberg, Annika Jenmalm Jensen
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Patent number: 7115634Abstract: A subject of the present application is new derivatives of 4-aminopiperidines of formula in which R1, R2 and R3 represent various radical, and their preparation processes by synthetic methods in parallel in liquid and solid phase. These products having a good affinity with certain sub-types of somatostatin receptors, they are particularly useful for treating the pathological states or diseases in which one (or more) somatostatin receptors are involved.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2000Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: Societe de Conseils de Recherches et d'Applications ScientifiquesInventors: Christophe Thurieau, Jérôme Gonzalez, Christophe Moinet
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Patent number: 7112594Abstract: Compounds represented by the following general formula (I) wherein ring A is benzene, cyclohexane, pyridine, piperidine, a derivative thereof, imidazole, a derivative thereof, etc.; the ring B represents benzene, cyclohexane, pyrrole or a derivative thereof, furan, thiophene, etc.; R1, R2 and R3 represent each hydrogen, alkyl, halogen, hydroxyl, alkoxy, etc.; W represents hydrogen, alkyl or hydroxycarbonylalkyl; X represents halogen, cyano, nitro, etc.; X? represents hydrogen, halogen, etc.; and Y represents alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, hydroxycarbonylalkyl, aminoalkyl, etc.; salt thereof, and drugs comprising these compounds. Because of having an exellent effect of inhibiting activated lymphocyte proliferation, these compounds are usefull as preventives or remedies for various autoimmune diseases.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2001Date of Patent: September 26, 2006Assignee: Mitsubishi Pharma CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Ushio, Youichiro Naito, Naoki Sugiyama, Takafumi Kawaguchi, Makio Ohtsuki, Kenji Chiba
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Patent number: 7105542Abstract: The present invention provides 2-heterosubstituted 3-aryl-4H-benzopyran-4-one compounds for the treatment of cancers, namely breast cancer. This invention further provides a method of synthesis of 2-(alkylthio)isoflavones that can be carried out at ambient conditions. This invention further provides a method of synthesis of the 2-heterosubstituted 3-aryl-4H-benzopyran-4-one from a 2-(alkylthio)isoflavone. The invention further provides methods of using the 2-heterosubstituted 3-aryl-4H-benzopyran-4-one compounds for the treatment of breast cancer in mammals.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2003Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: The Ohio State University Research FoundationInventors: Robert W. Brueggemeier, Young-Woo Kim
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Patent number: 7098202Abstract: Selected amino acid hydroxyethylamino sulfonamide compounds are effective as retroviral protease inhibitors, and in particular as inhibitors of HIV protease. The present invention relates to such retroviral protease inhibitors and, more particularly, relates to selected novel compounds, composition and method for inhibiting retroviral proteases, such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease, prophylactically preventing retroviral infection or the spread of a retrovirus, and treatment of a retroviral infection.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2004Date of Patent: August 29, 2006Assignee: G. D. Searle & Co.Inventors: Daniel P. Getman, Gary A. DeCrescenzo, John N. Freskos, Michael L. Vazquez, James A. Sikorski, Balekudru Devadas, Srinivasan Nagarajan, David L. Brown, Joseph J. McDonald
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Patent number: 7087599Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and derivatives thereof, their synthesis, and their use as estrogen receptor modulators. The compounds of the instant invention are ligands for estrogen receptors and as such may be useful for treatment or prevention of a variety of conditions related to estrogen functioning including: bone loss, bone fractures, osteoporosis, cartilage degeneration, endometriosis, uterine fibroid disease, hot flashes, increased levels of LDL cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, impairment of cognitive functioning, cerebral degenerative disorders, restinosis, gynacomastia, vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, obesity, incontinence, and cancer, in particular of the breast, uterus and prostate.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2001Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: Dann LeRoy Parker, Jr., Ronald W. Ratcliffe, Robert R. Wilkening, Kenneth J. Wildonger
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Patent number: 7084144Abstract: A compound having the general formula (I): wherein: X is N or C; R0 is H, a lower alkyl group, a lower O-alkyl group, lower alkyl group, a benzyl group, a phenyl group, a heterocyclic amine group, a cycloalkyl group, a cycloalkyl group substituted with O-alkyl or, a furyl group; R1 and R2 are, independently, H, an amine group, a lower alkyl group, a lower O-alkyl group, a lower S-alkyl group or a lower N-alkyl group, or R1 and R2 taken together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached form a five-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring, where the heteroatoms of the heterocyclic ring are one or two oxygen atoms, and/or where any substituent on said carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring is chosen from O, S and N; n is 0,1,2,3 or 4; m is 0 or 1; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; with the proviso that said compound is not 1-[(4-methoxyphenyl)sulfonyl]piperazine or 1-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-ylsulfonyl)piperazine.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2004Date of Patent: August 1, 2006Assignee: The Jordanian Pharmaceutical MFG & Medical Equipment CO LTDInventor: Adnan Badwan
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Patent number: 7067656Abstract: A sulfamoyl compound of the general formulae (1): wherein R1 and R2 are each independently C1-4 alkyl, or R1 and R2 together are C4-6 alkylene or C4-6 alkyleneoxy, Y is H, halogen, C1-8 alkyl, C1-8 alkoxy, C1-8 alkylthio, C1-8 haloalkyl, C1-8 haloalkoxy or C1-8 haloalkylthio, A is a predetermined heterocyclic group, B is a predetermined heterocyclic group which is identical with or different from A, W is a chemical bond or O, V is O or S, D, E, F and G are each independently N, CR7, CR8, CR9 or CR10, and R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10 and R11 are each independently predetermined group such as H, or an unsubstituted or substituted aliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic group. The sulfamoyl compound is useful as an agricultural and horticultural fungicide.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2003Date of Patent: June 27, 2006Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Toshiaki Takeyama, Toshimasa Hamada, Hiroaki Takahashi, Junichi Watanabe, Kazuhiro Yamagishi, Masanori Nishioka, Hiroyuki Suzuki
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Patent number: 7067533Abstract: The present invention relates to an aminophenoxyacetamide derivative of the formula (I): wherein R1 to R4 are, independent from each other, a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted alkyl group; E1 is —NR4—; and E2 is an oxygen atom or —NR10—; Q is the group —X—Y-Q?, wherein X and Y are connecting bonds or X is an alkylene or alkenylene group and Y is selected from a group comprising C?O, NHC(?), and C(?O)NH, and Q? is a hydrogen atom or a phenyl or pyridyl group which may be substituted; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The present invention further relates to compositions comprising compounds of the formula (I) and methods of using said compounds for treating cerebral functional disorders and cerebral organic disorders.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2001Date of Patent: June 27, 2006Assignee: Daiichi Asubio Pharma Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naohiro Takemoto, Hirokazu Annoura, Norihito Murayama
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Patent number: 7053078Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) in which R2, X, Y, Cy, L and Lp(D)n have the meanings given in the specification, are inhibitors of the serine protease, Factor Xa and are useful in the treatment of cardiovascular disorders.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2001Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: John Walter Liebeschuetz, Christopher William Murray, Stephen Clinton Young, Nicholas Paul Camp, Stuart Donald Jones, William Alexander Wylie, John Joseph Masters, Michael Robert Wiley, Scott Martin Sheehan, David Birenbaum Engel, Brian Morgan Watson
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Patent number: 7045518Abstract: Selected sulfonylalkanoylamino hydroxyethylamine sulfonamide compounds are effective as retroviral protease inhibitors, and in particular as inhibitors of HIV protease. The present invention relates to such retroviral protease inhibitors and, more particularly, relates to selected novel compounds, composition and method for inhibiting retroviral proteases, such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease, prophylactically preventing retroviral infection or the spread of a retrovirus, and treatment of a retroviral infection.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2003Date of Patent: May 16, 2006Assignee: G.D. Searle & Co.Inventors: Daniel P. Getman, Gary A. DeCrescenzo, John N. Freskos, Michael L. Vazquez, James A. Sikorski, Balekudru Devadas, Srinivasan Raj Nagarajan, Joseph J. McDonald
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Patent number: 7008942Abstract: A cytotoxic agent comprising one or more taxanes linked to a cell binding agent. A therapeutic composition for killing selected cell populations comprising: (A) a cytotoxic amount of one or more taxanes covalently bonded to a cell binding agent through a linking group, and (B) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient. A method for killing selected cell populations comprising contacting target cells or tissue containing target cells with an effective amount of a cytotoxic agent comprising one or more taxanes linked to a cell binding agent. Novel sulfur-containing taxanes.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2003Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: Immunogen, Inc.Inventors: Ravi V. J. Chari, Walter A. Blättler
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Patent number: 7008950Abstract: A compound of the formula: wherein R1 and R2 each is H or a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted, or R1 and R2 form a 3- to 8-membered carbo or heterocyclic ring which may be substituted; R3 is H, a lower alkyl which may be substituted or an aromatic group which may be substituted; R4 is (1) an aromatic group which may be substituted, (2) an aliphatic hydrocarbon group substituted by an aromatic group which may be substituted, which hydrocarbon group may be further substituted or (3) an acyl; X and Y each is oxygen or sulfur which may be oxidized; and ring A is a benzene ring which may be further substituted, or a salt thereof, is useful for an agent for suppressing neurodegeneration.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 1998Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shigenori Ohkawa, Masaki Setoh, Mitsuru Kakihana, Masahiro Okura
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Patent number: 6977263Abstract: Provided herein are novel and useful compounds having a tryptase inhibition activity, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods treating subjects suffering from a condition, disease, or disorder that can be ameliorated by the administration of an inhibitor of tryptase, e.g., asthma and inflammatory diseases, to name only a few.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2001Date of Patent: December 20, 2005Assignee: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.Inventors: Peter C. Astles, Paul R. Eastwood, Olivier Houille, Julian Levell, Heinz Pauls, Mark Czekaj, Guyan Liang, Yong Gong, James Pribish, Kent Neuenschwander
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Patent number: 6977260Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating ocular hypertension or glaucoma which comprises administering to an animal having ocular hypertension or glaucoma therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by the general formula I; wherein X, Y, Z, D and R3 are as defined in the specification.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2004Date of Patent: December 20, 2005Assignee: Allergan, Inc.Inventors: David W. Old, Danny T. Dinh
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Patent number: 6964977Abstract: The present invention is related to oxindole derivatives of structure (I), compositions containing the same, and methods of use and manufacture of the same. Such compounds generally are useful pharmacologically as agents in those disease states alleviated by the alteration of mitogen activated signaling pathways in general, and in particular in the inhibition or antagonism of protein kinases, which pathologically involve aberrant cellular proliferation. Such disease states include tumor growth, restenosis, atherosclerosis, pain and thrombosis. In particular, the present invention relates to a series of substituted oxindole compounds, which exhibit Trk family protein tyrosine kinase inhibition, and which are useful in cancer therapy and chronic pain indications.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2001Date of Patent: November 15, 2005Assignee: SmithKline Beecham CorporationInventors: Philip Anthony Harris, Robert N Hunter, Robert Walton McNutt, Jr., Lee Frederick Kuyper, Karen Elizabeth Lackey, Michael Robert Peel, Edgar Raymond Wood, III
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Patent number: 6951883Abstract: 2H-1-Benzopyran derivatives, processes for their preparation and use thereof for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention and treatment of postmenopausal pathologies.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2002Date of Patent: October 4, 2005Assignee: Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.Inventors: Maurizio Delcanale, Gabriele Amari, Elisabetta Armani, Maurizio Civelli, Elisabetta Galbiati
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Patent number: 6949540Abstract: Substituted pyrazoles, methods of manufacturing them, compositions containing them, and methods of using them to treat, for example, autoimmune diseases mediated by cathepsin S are described.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2003Date of Patent: September 27, 2005Assignee: Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.Inventors: Hui Cai, James P. Edwards, Steven P. Meduna, Barbara A. Pio, Jianmei Wei
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Patent number: 6949537Abstract: The invention provides novel prodrugs of inhibitors of PI-3 kinase. The novel compounds are LY294002 and analogs thereof comprising a reversibly quaternized amine.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2004Date of Patent: September 27, 2005Assignee: Semafore Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Joseph R. Garlich, Donald L. Durden, Mary Patterson, Jingdong Su, Robert G. Suhr
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Patent number: 6930118Abstract: The invention provides aminoalkylindole compounds of Formula (I), wherein R1-R5, n and p are as described. Also provided are compositions containing compounds of Formula (I) and the use of compounds of Formula (I) in modulating the activity of a cannabinoid receptor in a subject.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2001Date of Patent: August 16, 2005Assignee: Amrad Operations Pty. Ltd.Inventors: Peter Gerard Moloney, Alan Duncan Robertson
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Patent number: 6916831Abstract: Compounds are described having a structure according to Formula I or Formula II: wherein: X is selected from the group consisting of O, NH, and S; Y is selected from the group consisting of O and S; m is from 1 to 3; n is from 1 to 5; R1 and R3 are each independently selected from the group consisting of H, hydroxy, lower alky, lower alkoxy, halo, amino, aminoalkyl, nitro, heteroaryl, —OC(?O)R6, —O(C?O)OR6; and —O(C?O)N(R6)2; and R2 is side chain such as an acetic acid side chain, where p is O to 4, R5 is hydroxy, alkoxy or amino, and R6 is H or lower alkyl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds are useful for the treatment of cancer.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2003Date of Patent: July 12, 2005Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillInventors: Kuo-Hsiung Lee, Yi Xia, Zheng-Yu Yang, Kenneth F. Bastow, Sheng-Chu Kuo
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Patent number: 6900196Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) in which R2, X, Y, Cy, L and Lp(D)n have the meanings given in the specification, are inhibitors of the serine protease, Factor Xa and are useful in the treatment of cardiovascular disorders.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2004Date of Patent: May 31, 2005Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: John Walter Liebeschuetz, Christopher William Murray, Stephen Clinton Young, Nicholas Paul Camp, Stuart Donald Jones, William Alexander Wylie, John Joseph Masters, Michael Robert Wiley, Scott Martin Sheehan, David Birenbaum Engel, Brian Morgan Watson
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Patent number: 6900222Abstract: The present invention concerns compounds of formula (I) a stereochemically isomeric form thereof, an N-oxide form thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereon wherein —Z1—Z2— is a bivalent radical; R1, R2 and R3 are each independently selected from hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, hydroxy, halo and the like; or when R1 and R2 are on adjacent carbon atoms, R1 and R2 taken together may form a bivalent radical of formula; Alk is optionally substituted C1-6alkanediyl; the bivalent radical is a substituted piperidinyl, an optionally substituted pyrrolidinyl, homopiperidinyl, piperazinyl or tropyl; R5 is a radical of formula wherein n is 1 or 2; p1 is 0, and p2 is 1 or 2; or p1 is 1 or 2, and p2 is 0; X is oxygen, sulfur or ?NR9; Y is oxygen or sulfur; R7 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, C3-6cycloalkyl, phenyl or phenylmethyl; R8 is C1-6alkyl, C3-6cycloalkyl phenyl or phenylmethyl; R9 is cyano, C1-6alkyl, C3-6cyclo-alkyl, C1-6alkyloxycarbonyl or aminocarbonyl; R10 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl; and Q is aType: GrantFiled: May 23, 2000Date of Patent: May 31, 2005Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.Inventors: Marcel Frans Leopold De Bruyn, Kristof Van Emelen, Piet Tom Bert Paul Wigerinck, Wim Gaston Verschueren
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Patent number: 6881733Abstract: The present invention provides serotonergic benzofurans of Formula (I): where A, R, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as described in the specification.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2000Date of Patent: April 19, 2005Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: Karin Briner, Joseph Paul Burkhart, Timothy Paul Burkholder, Brian Eugene Cunningham, Matthew Joseph Fisher, William Harlan Gritton, Cynthia Darshini Jesudason, Shawn Christopher Miller, Jeffrey Thomas Mullaney, Matthew Robert Reinhard, Roger Ryan Rothhaar, Freddie Craig Stevens, Leonard Larry Winneroski, Yanping Xu, Yao-Chang Xu
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Patent number: 6846825Abstract: Compounds of formula (II) are antibacterial agents wherein Q represents a radical of the formula: —N(OH)CH(?O) or the formula: —C(?O)NH(OH); R1 represents hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl or C1-C6 alkyl substituted by one or more halogen atoms, or, except when Q is a radical of the formula: —N(OH)CH(?O), a hydroxy, C1-C6 alkoxy, C1-C4 alkenyloxy, amino, C1-C4 alkylamino, or di-(C1-C6 alkyl)amino group; R2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl(C1-C6 alkyl)- or aryl(C1-C6 alkyl)-group; and A represents a group of formula (IIA), or (IIB) wherein R4 represents the side chain of a natural or non-natural alpha amino acid, and R5 and R6 when taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a saturated heterocyclic first ring of 5 to 7 atoms as specified in the description.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2000Date of Patent: January 25, 2005Assignee: British Biotech Pharmaceuticals LimitedInventors: Lisa Marie Pratt, Kenneth Noel Keavey, Gilles Denis Pain, Laurent Mounier
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Patent number: 6846817Abstract: The invention provides nicotine receptor agonists of formula I: wherein R1, x, y, and n have any of the values given in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such a compound or salt, methods for preparing such a compound or salt, and methods for modulating (e.g. antagonizing or activating) nicotine receptors with such a compound or salt.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2001Date of Patent: January 25, 2005Assignee: Regents of the University of MinnesotaInventor: S. Mbua Ngale Efange
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Patent number: 6844344Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) which are useful for treating depression, anxiety, and alleviating the symptoms caused by withdrawal or partial withdrawal from the use of tobacco or of nicotineType: GrantFiled: December 6, 2000Date of Patent: January 18, 2005Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: John Xiaoqiang He, Nicholas Allan Honigschmidt, Todd Jonathan Kohn, Vincent Patrick Rocco, Patrick Gianpietro Spinazze, Kumiko Takeuchi
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Patent number: 6844336Abstract: This invention describes the new 4-fluoroalkyl-2H-benzopyrans of general formula I, in which Z is a straight-chain or branched-chain alkyl group with up to 5 carbon atoms that is fluorinated in at least one place, preferably a trifluoromethyl group, and R1, R2, X, Y and n have the meanings that are indicated in the description. The new compounds have at their disposal strong antiestrogenic action. In addition, they can have at their disposal estrogenic action that occurs in a tissue-selective manner. They can be used for the production of pharmaceutical agents, especially for the treatment of estrogen-dependent diseases and tumors and pharmaceutical agents for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) as well as for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2001Date of Patent: January 18, 2005Assignee: Schering AGInventors: Hermann Kuenzer, Rolf Jautelat, Ludwig Zorn, Christa Hegele-Hartung, Uwe Kollenkirchen, Karl-Heinrich Fritzemeier
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Publication number: 20040260095Abstract: Selected amino acid hydroxyethylamino sulfonamide compounds are effective as retroviral protease inhibitors, and in particular as inhibitors of HIV protease. The present invention relates to such retroviral protease inhibitors and, more particularly, relates to selected novel compounds, composition and method for inhibiting retroviral proteases, such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease, prophylactically preventing retroviral infection or the spread of a retrovirus, and treatment of a retroviral infection.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2004Publication date: December 23, 2004Applicant: G. D. Searle & Co.Inventors: Daniel P. Getman, Gary A. DeCrescenzo, John N. Freskos, Michael L. Vazquez, James A. Sikorski, Balekudru Devadas, Srinivasan Nagarajan, David L. Brown, Joseph J. McDonald
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Patent number: 6825202Abstract: This invention relates to compounds which have generally 5-HT6 receptor affinity and which are represented by Formula (I): wherein Ar, R1, R2, R3 or R4 are as defined in the specification, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, methods for their use as therapeutic agents, and methods of preparation thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2002Date of Patent: November 30, 2004Assignee: Syntex (U.S.A.) LLCInventors: Jacob Berger, Robin Douglas Clark, Shu-Hai Zhao
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Patent number: 6822101Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for preparing amine substituted benzofurans, and more particularly 4-(2-{2-[(2R)-2-methyl-1-pyrrolidinyl]ethyl}-1-benzofuran-5-yl)benzonitrile, and salts thereof. Compounds prepared by the processes of the invention have demonstrated activity as histamine-3 receptor ligands.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2003Date of Patent: November 23, 2004Assignee: Abbott LaboratoriesInventors: Yi-Yin Ku, Yu-Ming Pu, Marlon D. Cowart, Timothy A. Grieme, Ashok K. Gupta, Daniel J. Plata
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Patent number: 6818774Abstract: Disclosed are isoquinolino derivatives of the formula wherein Y is >C═O or —CH2—, Z is >C═O or —CH2—, and R1, R2 and m are as defined herein as well as the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds are MAO-B selective inhibitors useful, inter alia, in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and/or senile dementia.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2003Date of Patent: November 16, 2004Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Andrea Cesura, Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento, Michelangelo Scalone, Andrew William Thomas, Rene Wyler
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Patent number: 6815438Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heteroaryl-diazabicycloalkanes which are found to be cholinergic ligands at the nicotinic Acetyl Choline Receptors. Due to their pharmacological profile the compounds of the invention may be useful for the treatment of diseases or disorders as diverse as those related to the cholinergic system of the central nervous system (CNS), diseases or disorders related to smooth muscle contraction, endocrine diseases or disorders, diseases or disorders related to neurodegeneration, diseases or disorders related to inflammation, pain, and withdrawal symptoms caused by the termination of abuse of chemical substances.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2002Date of Patent: November 9, 2004Assignee: Neurosearch A/SInventors: Dan Peters, Gunnar M. Olsen, Elsebet Ostergaard Nielsen, Philip K. Ahring, Simon Feldbaek Nielsen, Tino Dyhring Jorgensen
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Publication number: 20040220223Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), a method for obtaining them and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are described. The compounds are useful as human NK3 receptor antagonists.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2004Publication date: November 4, 2004Inventors: Daniel Bichon, Xavier Emonds-Alt, Patrick Gueule, Vincenzo Proietto, Didier Van Broeck