Abstract: Water-soluble artemisinin derivatives, their preparation methods, the pharmaceutical compositions containing the same derivatives and the use thereof are disclosed. The artemisinin derivatives have following formula I. It has been proved by pharmacological tests that these compounds and compositions have evident immuno-suppressive activities, and may be used in the preparation of novel immuno-suppressants for treating the diseases caused by hyperfunction of human immunity (e.g. the auto-immune diseases such as lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and the like), and for inhibiting the graft rejection after cell or organ transplantation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a series of substituted bis aryl and heteroaryl compounds of formula (I): Wherein X, Y, Z, A, B, D, Ar, R1 and R2 are as defined herein. The compounds of this invention are selective 5HT2A antagonists, and are therefore, useful in treating a variety of diseases including but not limited to a wide variety of sleep disorders as disclosed and claimed herein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to inhibitors of JNK, a mammalian protein kinase involved cell proliferation, cell death and response to extracellular stimuli. The invention also relates to methods for producing these inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the inhibitors of the invention and methods of utilizing those compositions in the treatment and prevention of various disorders.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the heterocyclic compounds as ligands for various mammalian cellular receptors, including dopamine, serotonin, or norepinephrine transporters. The compounds of the present invention will find use in the treatment of numerous ailments, conditions and diseases which afflict mammals, including but not limited to addiction, anxiety, depression, sexual dysfunction, hypertension, migraine, Alzheimer's disease, obesity, emesis, psychosis, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, Lesche-Nyhane disease, Wilson's disease, and Tourette's syndrome. An additional aspect of the present invention relates to the synthesis of combinatorial libraries of the heterocyclic compounds, and the screening of those libraries for biological activity, e.g., in assays based on dopamine transporters.

Abstract: Provided herein are compounds of the formula (I): as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the substituents are as those disclosed in the specification. These compounds, and the pharmaceutical compositions containing them, are useful for the treatment of diseases such as, for example, COPD.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compound, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, having the formula I: wherein: R represents an alkyl or alkynyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms, or a phenyl group optionally substituted by C1-4 alkyl, alkylthio, alkoxy, halogen, nitro, acylamino, methylsulfonyl or methylenedioxy, or represents tetrahydronaphthyl, R1 represents hydrogen, trifluoro (C1-4) alkyl, alkyl or alkynyl, X represents hydrogen, alkyl having 1-4 carbon atoms, alkoxy, trifluoroalkyl, hydroxy, halogen, methylthio or aralkoxy, R2 represents: a C1-C10 alkyl group, a phenyl group optionally substituted by one or more of the following groups: a C1-C10 alkyl group, a halogen group, a nitro group, hydroxy group, and/or an alkoxy group.

Abstract: This invention generally relates to derivatives of substituted azabicyclo hexanes. The compounds of this invention can function as muscarinic receptor antagonists, and can be used for the treatment of various diseases of the respiratory, urinary and gastrointestinal systems mediated through muscarinic receptors. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds of the present invention, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of the present invention and the methods of treating the diseases mediated through muscarinic receptors.

Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein R is a radical selected from in which R7 is halogen, cyano, C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 alkoxy, trifluoromethyl or trifluoromethoxy; p is an integer from 0 to 3; R1 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, C2-4 alkenyl, C1-4 alkyl optionally substituted by halogen, cyano or C1-4 alkoxy; R2 is hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl; R3 and R4 independently are hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl or R3 together with R4 is C3-7 cycloalkyl; R5 is phenyl substituted by 1 to 3 groups independently selected from trifluoromethyl, C1-4 alkyl, cyano, C1-4 alkoxy, trifluoromethoxy, halogen or (SO)rC1-4 alkyl, naphthyl substituted by 1 to 3 groups independently selected from trifluoromethyl, C1-4 alkyl, cyano, C1-4 alkoxy, trifluoromethoxy, halogen or (SO)rC1-4 alkyl, a 9 to 10 membered fused bicyclic heterocyclic group substituted by 1 to 3 groups independently selected from trifluoromethyl, C1-4 alkyl, cyano, C1-4 alkoxy, trifluoromethoxy, halogen or (SO)rC1-4 alkyl or R5 is a 5 or 6 membered heteroaryl group substituted

Abstract: Chimeric nitrate esters and their use in the treatment of depression are disclosed. The chimeric nitrate esters also are useful in the treatment of depression and comorbidity associated with aging.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel podophyllotoxin derivatives substituted in the 4-position by a substituted (poly)aminoalkylaminoacetamide chain, to their process of preparation and to their use as medicament as anticancer agents.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: The present invention provides a convenient and efficient process for the synthesis of d2-benzo[d][1,3]dioxoles.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3, R4, and q have the meanings indicated in claim 1, can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of tumours.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the heterocyclic compounds as ligands for various mammalian cellular receptors, including dopamine, serotonin, or norepinephrine transporters. The compounds of the present invention will find use in the treatment of numerous ailments, conditions and diseases which afflict mammals, including but not limited to addiction, anxiety, depression, sexual dysfunction, hypertension, migraine, Alzheimer's disease, obesity, emesis, psychosis, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, Lesche-Nyhane disease, Wilson's disease, and Tourette's syndrome. An additional aspect of the present invention relates to the synthesis of combinatorial libraries of the heterocyclic compounds, and the screening of those libraries for biological activity, e.g., in assays based on dopamine transporters.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel compounds of formula (I) having 5HT4-antagonistic properties. The invention further relates to methods for preparing such novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said novel compounds as well as the use as a medicine of said compounds.

Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for reducing aggregation of neurodegenerative proteins associated with neurotoxicity or other proteins. The compounds comprise a first domain or targeting element for binding to the target proteins linked to a second domain or recruiting element that binds to an aggregation inhibiting protein, e.g. a prolyl isomerase. By associating the aggregating forming proteins or neuronal cells under conditions where aggregating proteins are produced with the compound and the aggregation inhibiting protein, aggregation is reduced. The subject agents can be used in assays, investigating the etiology of the neuronal diseases and for prophylaxis and therapy.

Abstract: Compounds of the Formula: are useful for the treatment of depression (including but not limited to major depressive disorder, childhood depression and dysthymia), anxiety, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, premenstrual dysphoric disorder (also known as pre-menstrual syndrome), attention deficit disorder (with and without hyperactivity), obsessive compulsive disorder, social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obesity, eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, vasomotor flushing, cocaine and alcohol addiction, sexual dysfunction and related illnesses.

Abstract: The present application relates to cannabinoid receptor ligands containing compounds of formula (I) wherein A, R1, R2, and R3 are as defined in the specification. The present application also relates to compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are substituted piperidine-based muscarinic receptor modulators of Formula I, process of preparation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.

Abstract: The present invention concerns substituted aminophenylsulfonamide compounds and derivatives, their use as protease inhibitors, in particular as broadspectrum HIV protease inhibitors, processes for their preparation as well as pharmaceutical compositions and diagnostic kits comprising them. The present invention also concerns combinations of the present substituted aminophenylsulfonamide compounds and derivatives with another anti-retroviral agent. It further relates to their use in assays as reference compounds or as reagents.

Abstract: Compounds of Formula I are described: preferably subject to the proviso that either (a) R2 and R3 together form —O—CH(R10)—O—, or (b) R5 and R6 together form —O—CH(R10)—O—, wherein R10 is H, halo, or loweralkyl. Pharmaceutical salts, formulations, and methods of using the same in the treatment of cancer are also described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an isotopologue of Compound 1 substituted with deuterium at the methylene carbon of the benzodioxol ring. The isotopologues of this invention selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and possess unique biopharmaceutical and metabolic properties compared to Compound 1. They may also be used to accurately determine the concentration of Compound 1 in biological fluids and to determine metabolic patterns of Compound 1 and its isotopologues. The invention further provides compositions comprising these deuterated isotopologues and methods of treating diseases and conditions that are responsive to increased neuronal serotonin transmission, alone and in combination with additional agents.

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.

Abstract: Compounds that inhibit cholinesterase activity and, upon hydrolysis release a pharmacologically active agent. The compounds of the invention are employed in methods to treat an individual. The pharmacologically active agent obtained by hydrolysis of the compound can treat, for example, a nervous system condition, a cholinergic deficiency and conditions or diseases associated with a deficiency in a pharmacologically active agent, such as acetylcholine.

Abstract: Compounds comprising an aza-cyclic portion and an aromatic portion linked via a sulphur atom are disclosed. The compounds disclosed are selective modulators of beta 4 subtype nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and are useful for the treatment of dysfunctions of the central and autonomic nervous systems.

Abstract: The present invention relates to modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”), compositions thereof, and methods therewith. The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using such modulators.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds of general formula (I) wherein A, X, m, R1, N, R2, Z1, Z2, Q, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, t and R16 are as defined in the specification, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy

Abstract: 4-O esters of podophyllotoxin and 4?-demethylepipodophyllotoxin are provided. The compounds are 4-O esters of an alkanoic acid or substituted alkanoic acid and podophyllotoxin and 4?-demethylepipodophyllotoxin. The compounds are useful for treating cancer.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel heteroatom containing tetracyclic derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, their use in the treatment and/or prevention of disorders mediated by one or more estrogen receptors and processes for their preparation. The compounds of the invention are useful in the treatment and/or prevention of disorders associated with the depletion of estrogen such as hot flashes, vaginal dryness, osteopenia and osteoporosis; hormone sensitive cancers and hyperplasia of the breast, endometrium, cervix and prostate; endometriosis, uterine fibroids, osteoarthritis and as contraceptive agents, alone or in combination with a progestogen or progestogen antagonist.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a method of treating of drug addiction or drug dependence in a mammal, comprising the step of administering to a mammal in need thereof a therapuetically effective amount of a heterocyclic compound, e.g., a 3-substituted piperidine. In a preferred embodiment, the method of the present invention treats cocaine addiction or methamphetamine addiction.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the formula (I) wherein R1 is —H, —OH, —O(C1-C4 alkyl), —OCOC6H5, —OCO(C1-C6 alkyl), or —OSO2(C2-C6 alkyl); R0, R2 and R3 are each independently —H, —OH, —O(C1-C4 alkyl), —OCOC6H5, —OCO(C1-C6 alkyl), —OSO2(C2-C6 alkyl) or halo; R4 is 1-piperidinyl, 1-pyrrolidinyl, methyl- 1-pyrrolidinyl, dimethyl-1-pyrrolidiny, 4-morpholino, dimethylamino, diethylamino, diisopropylamino, or 1-hexamethyleneimino; n is 2 or 3 X is —S— or —HC?CH—; G is —O—, —S—, —SO—, SO2, or —N(R5)—, wherein R5 is —H or C1-C4 alkyl; and Y is —O—, —S—, —NH—, —NMe—, or —CH2—; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; pharmaceutical compositions thereof, optionally in combination with estrogen and progestin; methods of inhibiting a disease associated with estrogen deprivation; and methods for inhibiting a disease associated with an aberrant physiological response to endogenous estrogen.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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 R

Abstract: Etoposide analogs with improved water-solubility such as 4?-O-Demethyl-4?-(N?,N?-dimethyl-glycyl)-4?-(4?-nitroanilino)-4-desoxy-podophyllotoxin (8) and 4?-O-Demethyl-4?-(N?,N?-dimethyl-glycyl)-4?-(4?-fluoroanilino)-4-desoxy-podophyllotoxin (9) are described, along with pharmaceutical formulations containing the same, methods of use thereof, and intermediates and methods of making the same.

Abstract: 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 system

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for use as therapeutically active substances. The compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases which are associated with the modulation of CB1 receptors including obesity.

Abstract: A process for the industrial scale manufacture of 4-(4-fluorophenyl)-N-alkylnipecotinate esters by the addition of 4-fluorophenylmagnesium halide in tetrahydrofuran to 3,4-unsaturated-3-piperidine esters.

Abstract: Novel aryl and heteroaryl sulfonamides are disclosed. The sulfonamides, which are gamma secretase inhibitors, are represented by the formula: wherein Ar1 and Ar2 independently represent aryl or heteroaryl and Y represents a bond or a —(C(R3)2)1-3 group. Also disclosed is a method of inhibiting gamma secretase, and a method of treating Alzheimer's disease using the compounds of formula I.

Abstract: A sulfonyl aromatic or heteroaromatic ring hydroxamic acid compound that inter alia inhibits matrix metalloprotease activity is disclosed as are a treatment process that comprises administering a contemplated sulfonyl aromatic or heteroaromatic ring hydroxamic acid compound in a MMP enzyme-inhibiting effective amount to a host having a condition associated with pathological matrix metalloprotease activity. A contemplated compound corresponds in structure to the formula wherein W and the R groups are defined elsewhere.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel heteroatom containing tetracyclic derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, their use in the treatment and/or prevention of disorders mediated by one or more estrogen receptors and processes for their preparation. The compounds of the invention are useful in the treatment and/or prevention of disorders associated with the depletion of estrogen such as hot flashes, vaginal dryness, osteopenia and osteoporosis; hormone sensitive cancers and hyperplasia of the breast, endometrium, cervix and prostate; endometriosis, uterine fibroids, osteoarthritis and as contraceptive agents, alone or in combination with a progestogen or progestogen antagonist.

Abstract: The invention relates to new arylglycinamide derivatives of general formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1 and R2 together with the N to which they are bound form a ring of the formula in which R3, R4, R5, Ar, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, r, s and t have the meanings given in the specification and the preparation and use thereof. The new compounds are valuable neurokinin (tachykinin) antagonists.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: Disclosed is a compound represented by Structural Formula (I): R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted 2-imidazolyl group which is optionally fused to a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group. Z1 is ?O, ?S, ?NOR11. R is represented by a Structural Formula selected from (II)–(VII): The variables in Structural Formulas (II)–(VII) are described herein.

Abstract: A novel compound of the formula: wherein A, B, C, D, T, Y, and Z represent each methine or nitrogen; R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 represent each a substituent; n represents 0 or an integer of 1 to 3; m represents 0 or an integer of 1 to 6; and p represents an integer of 1 to 3; and pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof. The compound has a serotonin antagonism and is clinically useful as medicament, in particular, for treating, ameliorating and preventing spastic paralysis or central muscle relaxants for ameliorating myotonia.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel compounds of the formula (I) wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as described in the specification, processes for the preparation of and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said derivatives. The compounds of the present invention are useful for the treatment of epilepsy. The invention is further directed to a process for the preparation of compounds of formula (XX), wherein X, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as described in the specification.

Abstract: The present invention relates to certain 4-heteroaryl-3-heteroarylidenyl-2-indolinones compounds and their physiologically acceptable salts which modulate the activity of protein kinases (“PKs”), in particular CDK2. The compounds of the present invention are therefore useful in treating disorders related to abnormal PK activity. Pharmaceutical composition containing these compounds and methods of preparing these compounds are also described.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula useful for the treatment of depression and other conditions such as obsessive compulsive disorder, panic attacks, generalized anxiety disorder, sexual dysfunction, eating disorders, addictive disorders caused by ethanol or cocaine abuse and related illnesses.

Abstract: 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 and R2 taken together form a bivalent radical of formula wherein in said bivalent radicals one or two hydrogen atoms may be substituted with C1-6alkyl; R3 is hydrogen or halo; R4 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl; R5 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl; L is C3-6cycloalkyl, C5-6cycloalkanone, 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, cyano, C1-6alkylsulfonylamino, C3-6cycloalkyl, C5-6cycloalkanone, or a heterocyclic ring-system; R7 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, hydroxyC1-6alkyl, C3-6cycloalkyl, or a heterocyclic ringsystem; X is O, SO2 or NR8; said R8 being hydrogen or C1-6alkyl; R9 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, C3-6cycloalkyl, C1-6alkyloxy or hydroxy; Y is NR10 or a direct bond; said R10 being hydrogen, or C1-6alkyl; R11 and R12 each independ