Plural Ring Nitrogens In The Polycyclo Ring System Patents (Class 546/199)
  • Publication number: 20110142798
    Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: which inhibit RNA-containing virus, particularly the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Consequently, the compounds of the present invention interfere with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HCV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Yao-Ling Qiu, Ce Wang, Xiaowen Peng, Hui Cao, Lu Ying, Yat Sun Or
  • Patent number: 7956069
    Abstract: Compounds of Formulae I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: wherein A1, A2, G1, G2 G3, R1, R2, X, Y, Z, m, n and p are as defined in the specification as well as salts and pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds are prepared. They are useful in therapy, in particular in the management of pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Yun-Xing Cheng, Mehrnaz Pourashraf, Miroslaw Tomaszewski
  • Publication number: 20110129419
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of medical imaging, and in particular to imaging of disease states associated with the upregulation of the chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5). Imaging agents, precursors and methods are provided which are useful in imaging such disease states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicants: GE HEALTHCARE LIMITED, HAMMERSMITH IMANET LIMITED
    Inventors: Anthony Eamon Storey, Julie Davis, Erik Arstad, Benedicte Guilbert, Alessandra Gaeta
  • Publication number: 20110130381
    Abstract: Inhibitors of dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) for the Plasmodium enzyme have been identified and characterized. The inhibitors have high specificity, submicromolar efficacy against cultured parasite strains, exhibit drug-like properties, and are not overtly cytotoxic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Cecilia Bastos, Michael L. Booker, Cassandra A. Celatka, Jon C. Clardy, Joseph Cortese, Vishal P. Patel, Renato Skerlj, Roger C. Wiegand, Dyann F. Wirth
  • Publication number: 20110124637
    Abstract: Provided herein are sirtuin-modulating compounds of formula (II). The sirtuin-modulating compounds may be used for increasing the lifespan of a cell, and treating and/or preventing a wide variety of diseases and disorders including, for example, diseases or disorders relating to aging or stress, diabetes, obesity, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular disease, blood clotting disorders, inflammation, cancer, and/or flushing as well as diseases or disorders that would benefit from increased mitochondrial activity. Also provided are compositions comprising a sirtuin-modulating compound in combination with another therapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Chi B Vu, Jeremy S. Disch, Pui Yee Ng, Charles A. Blum, Robert B. Perni
  • Publication number: 20110124657
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds having pharmacological activity towards the 5-HT7 receptor; to a method for identifying them as 5-HT7 ligands, especially as agonists, by using a pharmacophore and a descriptor's profile filter; to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them; and to their use in therapy, in particular for the treatment and or prophylaxis of a disease in which 5-HT7 is involved, such as CNS disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: LABORATORIOS DEL DR. ESTEVE, S.A.
    Inventors: Rosalia Pascual-Ramon, H. Helmut Buschmann
  • Publication number: 20110123586
    Abstract: Methods are provided for identifying molecules that can be used to positively and negatively manipulate quorum-sensing-mediated communication to control bacterial behavior. Small-molecule antagonists that disrupt quorum-sensing-mediated activities are identified. Methods are provided for disrupting detection of acyl-homoserine lactone autoinducer in Gram-negative bacteria by contacting the bacteria with the antagonists. Methods of inhibiting quorum sensing-mediated activity in Gram-negative bacteria are provided wherein the activity is pathogenicity, bioluminescence, siderophore production, type III secretion, or metalloprotease production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Bonnie Bassler, Lee Swem
  • Publication number: 20110118278
    Abstract: There are provided bicyclic carbonylamino-pyrazoles of formula (I), wherein the variables are as specified in the claims, for use as medicament, in particular for the treatment of diseases due to the malfunctioning of protein kinases (PKs), such as cancer, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such carbamoyl derivatives, and their use as prodrugs of therapeutically active agents. Method of treatment and some new bicyclic carbonylamino-pyrazoles are also object of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: NERVIANO MEDICAL SCIENCES S.R.L.
    Inventors: Maurizio Pulici, Paolo Polucci
  • Patent number: 7943774
    Abstract: Heterocyclyl-substituted thiazoles of the formula (I), in which the symbols have the meanings given in the description, and also to the agrochemically active salts thereof, and their use for controlling phytopathogenic harmful fungi, and also processes for preparing compounds of the formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Pierre Cristau, Nicola Rahn, Stefan Herrmann, Tomoki Tsuchiya, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann, Arnd Voerste, Jürgen Benting, Pierre Wasnaire, Sebastian Hoffmann
  • Publication number: 20110112091
    Abstract: A derivative of tetrabromobenzimidazole, a process for the preparation thereof, a pharmaceutical composition, a method for using the same, a method for modulating or regulating serine/threonine kinases, and a serine/threonine kinases modulating agent. The invention relates to novel small-molecule compounds with kinase inhibitory activity, having superior properties as pharmaceutical agents, production method thereof and uses thereof. In particular, this invention relates to new derivatives of tetrabromobenzimidazole with Pim kinases inhibitory properties, which exhibits superior pharmacological actions, and can be useful for the treatment of disease conditions, especially cancers depending on Pim kinases, such as leukemias and prostate cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: SELVITA SP. Z O.O.
    Inventors: Krzysztof Brzozka, Wojciech Czardybon, Adrian Zarebski, Nicolas Beuzen
  • Patent number: 7939520
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I and the use thereof in the therapeutic treatment of disorders related to or affected by the 5-HT6 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Wyeth LLC
    Inventors: Simon Nicolas Haydar, Patrick Andrae
  • Patent number: 7935709
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a new class of compounds useful for the prophylaxis and treatment of pro-inflammatory cytokine mediated diseases, including inflammation and related conditions. The compounds have a general Formula I wherein s, T, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are defined herein. The invention also comprises pharmaceutical compositions including one or more compounds of Formula I, methods of use such as treatment of p38 mediated diseases by administering the compounds of Formula I or compositions including the compounds of Formula I, and intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Fang-Tsao Hong, Kelvin K. C. Sham, Seifu Tadesse, Andrew Tasker
  • Patent number: 7935719
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I and the use thereof for the treatment of a central nervous system disorder related to or affected by the histamine-3 receptor: wherein the variables are described in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Wyeth LLC
    Inventors: William Ronald Solvibile, Ji-In Kim, Marla Jean Williams, Jonathan Laird Gross, Albert Jean Robichaud
  • Patent number: 7932250
    Abstract: To provide thienopyrazole derivatives inhibiting PDE 7 selectively, and therefore, enhance cellular cAMP level. Consequently, the compound is useful for treating various kinds of disease such as allergic diseases, inflammatory diseases or immunologic diseases. The compound is thienopyrazole compound represented by the following formula (I): [wherein, especially, R1 is a cyclohexyl, a cycloheptyl group or a tetrahydropyranyl group; R2 is methyl; R3 is a hydrogen atom; and R4 is a group: —CONR5R6 (in which any one of R5 and R6 is a hydrogen atom)].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hidekazu Inoue, Hidenobu Murafuji, Yasuhiro Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20110092501
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel pyrrolidine derivatives of formula (I): wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein, as inhibitors of glutaminyl cyclase (QC, EC 2.3.2.5). QC catalyzes the intramolecular cyclization of N-terminal glutamine residues into pyroglutamic acid (5-oxo-prolyl, pGlu*) under liberation of ammonia and the intramolecular cyclization of N-terminal glutamate residues into pyroglutamic acid under liberation of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: PROBIODRUG AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Heiser, Daniel Ramsbeck, Robert Sommer, Antje Meyer, Torsten Hoffmann, Livia Boehme, Hans-Ulrich Demuth
  • Publication number: 20110092415
    Abstract: Compounds effective in inhibiting replication of Hepatitis C virus (“HCV”) are described. This invention also relates to processes of making such compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat HCV infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABAORATORIES
    Inventors: David A. DeGoey, Warren M. Kati, Charles W. Hutchins, Pamela L. Donner, Allan C. Krueger, John T. Randolph, Christopher E. Motter, Lissa T. Nelson, Sachin V. Patel, Mark A. Matulenko, Ryan G. Keddy, Tammie K. Jinkerson, Todd N. Soltwedel, Dachun Liu, John K. Pratt, Todd W. Rockway, Clarence J. Maring, Douglas K. Hutchinson, Charles A. Flentge, Rolf Wagner, Michael D. Tufano, David A. Betebenner, Michael J. Lavin, Kathy Sarris, Kevin R. Woller, Seble H. Wagaw, Jean C. Califano, Wenke Li, Daniel D. Caspi, Mary E. Bellizzi, William A. Carroll
  • Patent number: 7928105
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the following formula: in which R1, R2, R5, R6, R7, R31, u, and X are defined in the specification. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions, kits, and articles of manufacture, which contain the compounds, methods and intermediates useful for making the compounds, and methods of using the compounds to treat diseases, disorders, and conditions related to PARP activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Anthony R. Gangloff, Andrew John Jennings, Benjamin Jones, Andre A. Kiryanov
  • Patent number: 7928129
    Abstract: New carboxyphenyl-glycylboronic acid transition-state analog inhibitors, representative of a class of compounds effective against class C ?-lactamase AmpC. The new compounds improve inhibition by over two-orders of magnitude compared to analogous glycylboronic acids, with Ki values as low as 1 nM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignees: Northwestern University, University of Modena
    Inventors: Brian K. Shoichet, Fabrio Prati
  • Publication number: 20110086853
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the specification as well as salts and pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds are prepared. They are useful in therapy, in particular in the management of pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: William Brown, Ziping Liu, Daniel Page, Zena Qadoumi, Sanjay Srivastava, Maxime Tremblay, Christopher Walpole, Zhong-yong Wei, Hua Yang
  • Publication number: 20110082143
    Abstract: Bicyclic heteroaryl compounds of formula (I) shown below are disclosed. Each variable in formula (I) is defined in the specification. Also disclosed is treatment of cancer with these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Chung-Ming Sun, Min-Liang Kuo
  • Patent number: 7919510
    Abstract: The present invention relates to benzimidazole compounds having dual nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitory activity and agonist activity at the mu-opioid receptor, to pharmaceutical and diagnostic compositions containing them, and to their medical use, particularly as compounds for the treatment or prevention of chronic pain, acute pain, migraine, and neuropathic pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: NeurAxon, Inc
    Inventors: Paul Renton, Shawn Maddaford, Suman Rakhit, John Andrews
  • Publication number: 20110077236
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new substituted carboxylic acid amides of general formula wherein A, B and R1 to R5 are defined as in claim 1, the tautomers, the enantiomers, the diastereomers, the mixtures thereof and the salts thereof, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof with inorganic or organic acids or bases, which have valuable properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Henning PRIEPKE, Kai GERLACH, Roland PFAU, Norbert HAUEL, Iris KAUFFMANN-HEFNER, Georg DAHMANN, Herbert NAR, Sandra HANDSCHUH, Wolfgang WIENEN, Annette SCHULER-METZ
  • Publication number: 20110076292
    Abstract: Benzoxazepin compounds of Formula I, including stereoisomers, geometric isomers, tautomers, solvates, metabolites and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein: Z1 is CR1 or N; Z2 is CR2 or N; Z3 is CR3 or N; Z4 is CR4 or N; and B is a pyrazolyl, imidazolyl, or triazolyl ring fused to the benzoxepin ring, are useful for inhibiting lipid kinases including p110 alpha and other isoforms of PI3K, and for treating disorders such as cancer mediated by lipid kinases. Methods of using compounds of Formula I for in vitro, in situ, and in vivo diagnosis, prevention or treatment of such disorders in mammalian cells, or associated pathological conditions, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Nicole Blaquiere, Steven Do, Danette Dudley, Adrian Folkes, Robert Heald, Timothy Heffron, Mark Jones, Aleksandr Kolesnikov, Chudi Ndubaku, Alan G. Olivero, Stephen Price, Steven Staben, Lan Wang
  • Publication number: 20110071130
    Abstract: The invention relates to 2-aminobenzimidazoles useful in treating disorders that are mediated by A2a receptor function, including neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson's disease and inflammation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2007
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: Pharmacopeia, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew G. Cole, Brian F. McGuinness, Guizhen Dong, Ian Henderson
  • Publication number: 20110065682
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds of Formulae I-III; as disclosed herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, ester, prodrug or stereoisomer thereof. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing a thromboembolic disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Martin C. Clasby, William J. Greenlee, Yan Xia, Tin-Yau Chan, Mariappan V. Chelliah, Samuel Chackalamannil, Haiyan Pu,, Keith A. Eagen, Henry Vaccaro, Brian A. McKittrick,, Liyuan Wang, Xiaobang Gao
  • Patent number: 7906532
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein: R1, R2, R3, A and m are each as described herein and compositions containing such compounds and the use of such compounds in the treatment of a condition mediated by 5-HT4 agonistic activity such as, but not limited to, gastroesophageal reflux disease, gastrointestinal disease, gastric motility disorder, non-ulcer dyspepsia, functional dyspepsia, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), constipation, dyspepsia, esophagitis, gastroesophageral disease, nausea, central nervous system disease, Alzheimer's disease, cognitive disorder, emesis, migraine, neurological disease, pain, cardiovascular disorders, cardiac failure, heart arrhythmia, diabetes and apnea syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Asako Ishibashi, Tomoki Kato, Kiyoshi Kawamura, Sachiko Mihara, Mikio Morita
  • Patent number: 7906655
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and methods for using these compounds in the treatment of HCV infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Makonen Belema, Andrew C. Good, Jason Goodrich, Ramesh Kakarla, Guo Li, Omar D. Lopez, Van N. Nguyen, Jayne Kapur, Yuping Qiu, Jeffrey Lee Romine, Denis R. St. Laurent, Michael Serrano-Wu, Lawrence B. Snyder, Fukang Yang
  • Publication number: 20110059959
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel multicyclic molecules that mediate enzymatic activity. In particular, the compounds may be effective in the treatment of diseases or disease states related to the activity of PARP, VEGFR2, and MLK3 enzymes, including, for example, neurodegenerative diseases, inflammation, ischemia, and cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: CEPHALON, INC.
    Inventors: Sankar Chatterjee, James L. Diebold, Derek Dunn, Robert L. Hudkins, Reddeppareddy Dandu, Gregory J. Wells, Allison L. Zulli
  • Patent number: 7897634
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the formulas (1), (2) and (3) having pharmacological activity, to compositions containing these compounds, and to methods of treatment employing the compounds and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Athersys, Inc.
    Inventors: Youssef L. Bennani, Michael G. Campbell, David Dastrup, Emile Porter Huck
  • Publication number: 20110046132
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to benzoimidazole compounds of the formula (1) and enantiomers, diastereomers, racemates, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Compounds of the present invention are useful in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions modulated by prolyl hydroxylase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Frances Meredith Hocutt, Barry Eastman Leonard, JR., Hillary M. Peltier, Victor K. Phuong, Michael H. Rabinowitz, Mark D. Rosen, Kyle T. Tarantino, Hariharan Venkatesan, Lucy Xiumin Zhao
  • Publication number: 20110044940
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel Heterocyclic Ether or Thioether Derivatives, compositions comprising the Heterocyclic Ether or Thioether Derivatives, and methods for using the Heterocyclic Ether or Thioether Derivatives for treating or preventing a proliferative disorder, an anti-proliferative disorder, inflammation, arthritis, a central nervous system disorder, a cardiovascular disease, alopecia, a neuronal disease, an ischemic injury, a viral infection, a fungal infection, or a disorder related to the activity of a protein kinase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Gerald W. Shipps, JR., Matthew Richards, Cliff C. Cheng, Xiaohua Huang
  • Patent number: 7893049
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of general formula (1) wherein R1 to R6 are defined as in claim 1, which are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterized by excessive or abnormal cell proliferation, and the use thereof for preparing a medicament having the above-mentioned properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Darryl McConnell, Bodo Betzemeier, Thomas Gerstberger, Maria Impagnatiello, Steffen Steurer, Lars van der Veen, Ulrike Weyer-Czernilofsky
  • Publication number: 20110039857
    Abstract: The invention relates to piperidine and pyrrolidine compounds of formula (I) wherein A, B, n and X are as described in the description; to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and to the use of such compounds use as medicaments, especially as orexin receptor antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: Hamed Aissaoui, Christoph Boss, Ralf Koberstein, Thierry Sifferlen, Daniel Trachsel
  • Patent number: 7879850
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the following structure; A-Q-B—C-D that are useful for treating conditions or disorders associated with DGAT1 activity in animals, particularly humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Young-Shin Kwak, Gary Mark Coppola
  • Publication number: 20110009636
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing 2-methyl-2?-phenylpropionic acid derivatives showing antihistamine activity in more simplified way, intermediate compounds and their preparation processes used therefor. According to the present invention, pharmaceutically useful 2-methyl-2?-phenylpropionic acid derivatives can be prepared with high yield and purity on industrial scale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Chun-Ho Lee, Ja-Heouk Khoo, Kyoung-Chan Kwon, Hyun Ju
  • Publication number: 20110009389
    Abstract: There is provided an imidazole derivative useful as a thrombosis treating agent, which is represented by the formula (I): wherein R represents an optionally substituted cyclic hydrocarbon group or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group, W represents a bond or an optionally substituted divalent linear hydrocarbon group, X represents an optionally substituted divalent hydrocarbon group, Y represents —CO—, —S(O)—, —S(O)2— or a bond, ring A represents an optionally substituted pyrrolidine ring, an optionally substituted piperidine ring or an optionally substituted perhydroazepine ring, Z1 and Z3 independently represent a bond or an optionally substituted divalent linear hydrocarbon group, Z2 represents —N(R1)—, —O—, —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —CO—, —CH(R1)— or a bond, ring B represents an optionally substituted imidazole ring, wherein a substituent which the optionally substituted imidazole ring represented by ring B may have may be taken together with R1 to form an optionally substituted ring, and a represents 0
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Keiji KUBO, Takanobu KUROITA, Yasuhiro IMAEDA, Masaki KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20110009622
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide compounds useful as preventives or remedies for circular system disorders, nervous system disorders, metabolic disorders, reproduction system disorders, digestive system disorders, neoplasm, infectious diseases, etc., or as herbicides. [Means for Solution] A long-chain fatty acyl elongase inhibitor comprising, as the active ingredient thereof, a compound or a pharmaceutically-active salt thereof of a formula (I): [wherein W represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl, etc.; X represents an aryl, a heteroaryl, etc.; n indicates 0 or 1; Z represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl, etc.; A1, A2, A3 and A4 each independently represent CH or N].
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Makoto Jitsuoka, Tsuyoshi Nagase, Nagaaki Sato, Daisuke Tsukahara
  • Publication number: 20110003797
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to hexahydrocyclopentyl[f]imidazole carboxamides and derivatives thereof as selective glucocorticoid receptor ligands useful for treating a variety of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases or conditions. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: William P. Dankulich, Danielle M. McMaster, Robert S. Meissner, Helen J. Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20110003994
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel cycloalkane derivative which exhibits an excellent psychotropic action and has less side effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventor: Megumi MARUYAMA
  • Patent number: 7863310
    Abstract: The present invention provides kinase inhibitors of Formula I:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Rosanne Bonjouklian, Robert Dean Dally, Alfonso de Dios, Mirian Filadelfa del Prado Catalina, Carmen Dominguez-Fernandez, Carlos Jaramillo Aguado, Beatriz Lopez de Uralde-Garmendia, Timothy Alan Shepherd
  • Patent number: 7851630
    Abstract: The invention relates to a group of hydronopol substituted benzimidazolone and quinazolinone derivatives which are agonists on human ORL1 (nociceptin) receptors. The invention also relates to the preparation of these compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions containing a pharmacologically active amount of at least one of these novel benzimidazolone and quinazolinone derivatives as an active ingredient, as well as to the use of these pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of disorders in which ORL1 receptors are involved. The invention relates to compounds of the general formula (1) wherein the symbols have the meanings as given in the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Solvay Pharmaceuticals B.V.
    Inventors: Jacobus A. J. Den Hartog, Samuel David, Daniel Jasserand, Gustaaf J. M. Van Scharrenburg, Herman H. Van Stuivenberg, Tinka Tuinstra
  • Publication number: 20100311709
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to 2-[1-phenyl-5-hydroxy or methoxy-4alpha-methyl-hexahydrocyclopenta[f]indazol-5-yl]ethyl phenyl derivatives of formula I (I) as glucocorticoid receptor ligands useful for treating a variety of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases or conditions. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Christopher J. Bungard, Jesse J. Manikowski, James J. Perkins, Robert Meissner
  • Publication number: 20100305140
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: wherein X, A, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the specification as well as salts and pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds are prepared. They are useful in therapy, in particular in the management of pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: William Brown, Daniel Page, Sanjay Srivastava, Christopher Walpole, Zhong-Yong Wei, Hua Yang
  • Publication number: 20100298377
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, E, and n1 are as defined in the disclosure, to compositions containing them, to processes for preparing them, and the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: Michel ALETRU, Dominique DAMOUR, Patrick MOUGENOT, Frederico NARDI, Patrick NEMECEK, Christophe PHILIPPO, Catherine MONSEAU, Claudie NAMANE
  • Publication number: 20100298378
    Abstract: The invention relates to aryl-substituted polycyclic amines of formula I, especially bicyclic amines, and to the physiologically tolerated salts and physiologically functional derivatives thereof; where the symbols and radicals are explained in the description, as well as to pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to methods of treatment using them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Lothar SCHWINK, Siegfried STENGELIN, Matthias GOSSEL, Gerhard HESSLER, Petra LENNIG
  • Publication number: 20100297038
    Abstract: The present invention refers to compounds with cooling properties, the compound are of formula (I), wherein R1 is selected from the list consisting of C1-C3 alkyl, —SCH3, and —NH2, and —CHR?OR? wherein R? and R? are independently selected from hydrogen, methyl and ethyl; R2 is selected from the list consisting of hydrogen, C1-C3 alkyl, and a halide; and I) A is wherein R is selected from hydrogen, —OR11 wherein R11 is selected from hydrogen, and C1-C3 alkyl; halide; —NO2; —CN; —C(O)NH2; and —C(O)OR12 wherein R12 is selected from hydrogen, and C1-C3 alkyl; and X is selected from the list consisting of —CH2—, —C(O)—, and —C(O)NHCH2—; or II) A is wherein n is 0 or 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: Givaudan S.A.
    Inventors: Stefan Michael Furrer, Thomas Scott McCluskey
  • Publication number: 20100298380
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel N-aryl-N-piperidin-4-ylmethyl amide derivatives useful as monoamine neurotransmitter re-uptake inhibitors. In other aspects the invention relates to the use of these compounds in a method for therapy, and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: NeuroSearch A/S
    Inventors: Dan Peters, John Paul Redrobe, Gordon Munro, Elsebet Østergaard Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20100292266
    Abstract: Certain oxazolyl piperidine compounds are described, which are useful as FAAH inhibitors. Such compounds may be used in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) activity. Thus, the compounds may be administered to treat, e.g., anxiety, pain, inflammation, sleep disorders, eating disorders, or movement disorders (such as multiple sclerosis).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Richard Apodaca, James Guy Breitenbucher, Alison L. Chambers, Mark Seierstad, Wei Xiao
  • Publication number: 20100292214
    Abstract: The Invention relates to compounds having an antiparasitic activity, and to their use as a drug, in particular as a drug for the prevention and/or treatment of parasitic diseases caused by apicomplexans. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing those compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicants: commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Michael Deligny, Nadia Saidani, Anne-Laure Bonneau, Cyrille Botte, Helene Hardre, Bernard Rousseau, Henri Vial, Corinne Mercier, Roman Lopez, Eric Marechal
  • Publication number: 20100292207
    Abstract: Substituted indazole derivatives of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as defined in the specification, 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 deregulated protein kinase activity, like cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: NERVIANO MEDICAL SCIENCES S.R.L.
    Inventors: Andrea Lombardi Borgia, Maria Menichincheri, Paolo Orsini, Achille Panzeri, Ettore Perrone, Ermes Vanotti, Marcella Nesi, Chiara Marchionni