Ring Sulfur In The Polycyclo Ring System Patents (Class 546/202)
  • Publication number: 20090042124
    Abstract: A resist composition includes (A) a compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein each of R1 to R13 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, provided that at least one of R1 to R13 is a substituent containing an alcoholic hydroxyl group; Z represents a single bond or a divalent linking group; and X? represents an anion containing a proton acceptor functional group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sou KAMIMURA, Yasutomo KAWANISHI, Kenji WADA, Tomotaka TSUCHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20090023917
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a selective estrogen receptor modulator of formula I or Ia: (I) (Ia); or a pharmaceutical acid addition salt thereof; useful for treating vasomotor symptoms, in particular hot flashes, night sweats and other symptoms that affect women around menopause.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Robert Dean Dally, Jeffrey Alan Dodge, Scott Alan Frank, Ronald Jay Hinklin, Timothy Alan Shepherd, Owen Brendan Wallace
  • Patent number: 7479500
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Michael Byron Webb, Gary Paul Stack, Magda Asselin, Deborah Ann Evrard
  • Publication number: 20090018149
    Abstract: Described are 4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzo[b]thiophene derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, the use of these derivatives for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of mycobacteria-induced infections and opportunistic infections, as well as compositions containing at least one 4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzo[b]thiophene derivative and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Furthermore, the present application refers to the use of mycobacterial protein serine/threonine kinases for developing methods for detection and determination of these kinases for recognising and monitoring diseases and for controlling therapy of diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Andrea Missio, Gerald Bacher, Anil Koul, Axel Choidas, Peter Banhegyi, Zoltan Greff, Gyorgy Keri, Peter Marko, Laszlo Orfi, Janos Pato, Frigyes Waczek
  • Publication number: 20090005375
    Abstract: The present invention relates to acetyl coenzyme-A carboxylase (“ACC”) inhibiting compounds of the formula wherein the variables are as defined herein. In particular, the present invention relates to ACC1 and/or ACC2 inhibitors, compositions of matter, kits and articles of manufacture comprising these compounds, methods for inhibiting ACC1 and/or ACC2, and methods of making the inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Edcon Chang, Matthew H. McNeill
  • Patent number: 7470710
    Abstract: This invention relates to N-aroyl cyclic amine derivatives of formula (I), wherein X represents a bond, oxygen, NR3 or a group (CH2), wherein n represents 1, 2 or 3; Y represents CH2, CO, CH(OH), or CH2CH(OH); Het is an optionally substituted bicyclic heteroaryl group containing up to 4 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S; Ar2 represents an optionally substituted phenyl or a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclyl group containing up to 3 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S and their use as pharmaceuticals, specifically as orexin receptor antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham p.l.c.
    Inventors: Clive Leslie Branch, Wai Ngor Chan, Amanda Johns, Christopher Norbert Johnson, David John Nash, Riccardo Novelli, Jean-Pierre Pilleux, Roderick Alan Porter, Rachel Elizabeth Anne Stead, Geoffrey Stemp
  • Patent number: 7468443
    Abstract: An alkyl ether derivative represented by the general formula: wherein each of R1 and R2 represents one or more groups selected from a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group, an alkenyl group, an alkenyloxy group, an amino group, an alkylsulfonyl group, an arylsulfonyl group, a carbamoyl group, a heterocyclic group, a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, a nitro group, an oxo group and the like; R3 is an alkylamino group, an amino group, a hydroxyl group or the like; the ring A is a 5-membered or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring or a benzene ring; each of m and n is an integer of 1 to 6; and p is an integer of 1 to 3, or its salt has activity to protect neurons, activity to accelerate nerve regeneration and activity to accelerate neurite extension and hence is useful as a therapeutic agent for diseases in central and peripheral nerves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihito Saitoh, Noboru Iwakami, Tamotsu Takamatsu
  • Publication number: 20080306111
    Abstract: The invention is directed to delta opioid receptor modulators. More specifically, the invention relates to tricyclic ?-opioid modulators. Pharmaceutical and veterinary compositions and methods of treating mild to severe pain and various diseases using compounds of the invention are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: John R. Carson, Scott L. Dax, Bart DeCorte, Li Liu, Mark McDonnell, James McNally
  • Patent number: 7462630
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound represented by the following general formula (1) or its analogue, which selectively inhibit N-type calcium channels or its analogue, and to a method for treating pain etc. comprising the compound represented by the following general formula (1) or its analogue to a patient in need of such treatment: wherein, A represents CH?CH, etc., a, b, c and d represents CH etc., R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 represents H etc., V—W represents C?C, etc., n represents 0 to 3, Y1 represents O etc., B represents —(CH2)vCHR21 wherein v is 0 to 3, R21 represents H, a lower alkyl group or the like, etc., G represents —CO—, a covalent bond, etc., m is 0 to 6, R7 and R8 represents H, a lower alkyl group, —COR18a, —COOR20 wherein R18a and R20 each represents a lower alkyl group or the like, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Seiji Niwa, Kayo Otani, Seiji Ohno, Hajime Koganei, Satoshi Iwayama, Akira Takahara, Yukitsugu Ono, Tomoko Takeda, Shinichi Fujita, Keiko Moki
  • Publication number: 20080287498
    Abstract: Racemic norketotifen, racemic 10-hydroxy-ketotifen, racemic 10-hydroxy-nor-ketotifen and optically active isomers of ketotifen, norketotifen, 10-hydroxy-ketotifen and 10-hydroxy-norketotifen were found to have antiallergic and anti-inflammatory effects while being devoid of the severe dose-limiting sedative side effects of Ketotifen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: A.K. Gunnar Aberg, George E. Wright, Jan L. Chen, Andrew T. Maioli
  • Patent number: 7449481
    Abstract: The present invention is related to chemical compositions, processes for the preparation thereof and uses of the composition. Particularly, the present invention relates to compositions that include substituted biaryl-methanesulfinyl acetamides of Formula (I): wherein Ar, Y, R1, R2, R4, R5, q and x are as defined herein; and their use in the treatment of diseases, including treatment of sleepiness associated with narcolepsy, obstructive sleep apnea, or shift work disorder; Parkinson's disease; Alzheimer's disease; attention deficit disorder; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; depression; or fatigue associated with a neurological disease; as well as the promotion of wakefulness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Cephalon, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward R. Bacon, Sankar Chatterjee, Derek Dunn, Marie-Edith Gourdel, Greg Hostetler, Mohamed Iqbal, Brigitte Lesur, Philippe Louvet, Eric Riguet, Dominique Schweizer, Christophe Yue
  • Patent number: 7449483
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heteroaromate OSC inhibitors. The compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases which are associated with 2,3-oxidosqualene-lanosterol cyclase such as hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipemia, arteriosclerosis, vascular diseases, mycoses, gallstones, tumors and/or hyperproliferative disorders, and treatment and/or prophylaxis of impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes Aebi, Jean Ackermann, Henrietta Dehmlow, Hans-Peter Maerki, Olivier Morand
  • Publication number: 20080227814
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a selective estrogen receptor modulator selected from the group consisting of: (I) or a pharmaceutical salt thereof; useful, e.g., for treating endometriosis and uterine leiomyoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Dodge, Scott Alan Frank, Ronald Jay Hinklin, Owen Brendan Wallace
  • Publication number: 20080207691
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula I that are useful as potent and selective inhibitors of 11-beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1. The present invention further provides a pharmaceutical composition which comprises a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutical salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent, or excipient. In addition, the present invention provides compositions comprising compounds of formula I for the treatment of metabolic syndrome, diabetes, hyperglycemia, obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, other symptoms associated with hyperglycemia, and related disorders. Formula (I) wherein, Ru0 is (II), or (III) G1 is methylene or ethylene; L is a divalent linking group selected from —(C1-C4) alkylene-, —S—, —CH(OH)—, or —O—; A is methylene, —S—, —O—, or —NH—; and the other substituents are as defined in the claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas Daniel Aicher, Mark Joseph Chicarelli, Ronald Jay Hinklin, Hongqi Tian, Owen Brendan Wallace
  • Patent number: 7375229
    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-pyrrolidinyl, 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventor: Owen Brendan Wallace
  • Patent number: 7345060
    Abstract: The invention is directed to compounds of formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7a, R7b, W, G1, G2, a, b, c, d and m are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate or stereoisomer thereof. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of using such compounds; and process and intermediates for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Theravance, Inc.
    Inventors: Mathai Mammen, Sarah Dunham
  • Patent number: 7326716
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating inflammatory bowel disease which comprises administering to an animal having ocular hypertension or glaucoma therapeutically effective amount of a piperidinyl prostaglandin E analog.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Old, Danny T. Dinh, Karen M. Kedzie, Daniel W. Gil, Wha Bin Im
  • Patent number: 7282497
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (Ic) processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to their use in medicine, particularly use in the amelioration of a clinical condition for which a Factor Xa inhibitor is indicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Chuen Chan, Julie Nicole Hamblin, Henry Anderson Kelly, Nigel Paul King, Andrew McMurtrie Mason, Vipulkumar Kantibhai Patel, Stefan Senger, Gita Punjabhai Shah, Nigel Stephen Watson, Helen Elisabeth Weston, Caroline Whitworth, Robert John Young
  • Patent number: 7271264
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Ronald Jay Hinklin, Owen Brendan Wallace
  • Patent number: 7238713
    Abstract: Compounds and methods are provided for the treatment of disease conditions in which modification of cholinergic, especially muscarinic m1, m4, or both m1 and m4, receptor activity has a beneficial effect. In the method, an effective amount of a compound is administered to a patient in need of such treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Acadia Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl-Magnus A. Anderson, Bo Lennart M. Friberg, Niels Skjaerbaek, Tracy A. Spalding, Allan K. Uldam
  • Patent number: 7226934
    Abstract: Racemic norketotifen, racemic 10-hydroxy-ketotifen, racemic 10-hydroxy-nor-ketotifen and optically active isomers of ketotifen, norketotifen, 10-hydroxy-ketotifen and 10-hydroxy-norketotifen were found to have antiallergic and anti-inflammatory effects while being devoid of the severe dose-limiting sedative side effects of ketotifen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Bridge Pharma, Inc.
    Inventors: A. K. Gunnar Aberg, George E. Wright, Jan L. Chen, Andrew T. Maioli
  • Patent number: 7208491
    Abstract: Mono-acylated o-phenylendiamines derivatives of formula I wherein X and R are as described herein, have been found useful for the treatment of diseases mediated by the inhibition of histone deacetylase, such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Georg Fertig, Frank Herting, Manfred Kubbies, Anja Limberg, Ulrike Reiff, Michael Weidner
  • Patent number: 7157454
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis
    Inventors: Bernard Ferrari, Jean Gougat, Yvette Muneaux, Pierre Perreaut, Lionel Sarran
  • Patent number: 7148240
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Assens, Claude Bernhart, Frédérique Cabanel-Haudricourt, Dino Nisato
  • Patent number: 7144883
    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
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Biovitrum AB
    Inventors: Patrizia Caldirola, Gary Johansson, Andrew Mott, Katarina Beierlien, Markus Thor, Lars Tedenborg, Ulf Bremberg, Annika Jenmalm Jensen
  • Patent number: 7144898
    Abstract: 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 nicotine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Marvin Martin Hansen, John Xiaoqiang He, Nicholas Allan Honigschmidt, Daniel James Koch, Todd Jonathan Kohn, Vincent Patrick Rocco, Patrick Gianpietro Spinazze, Kumiko Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 7112594
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ushio, Youichiro Naito, Naoki Sugiyama, Takafumi Kawaguchi, Makio Ohtsuki, Kenji Chiba
  • Patent number: 7071201
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Eisai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noritaka Kitazawa, Kohshi Ueno, Keiko Takahashi, Teiji Kimura, Atsushi Sasaki, Koki Kawano, Tadashi Okabe, Makoto Komatsu, Manabu Matsunaga, Atsuhiko Kubota
  • Patent number: 7060711
    Abstract: The present invention relates to derivatives of 4-(Thio- or Selenoxanthene-9-ylidene)-piperidine or acridine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, use of these compounds as a medicament and for the manufacture of a medicament for treatment of a disease state which can be alleviated by treatment with a 5-HT2B antagonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Biofrontera Bioscience GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann Lubbert, Christoph Ullmer, Emile Bellott, Mark Froimowitz, Douglas Gordon
  • Patent number: 6984637
    Abstract: This invention relates to certain cyclic amine derivatives of Formula (I) that are CCR-3 receptor antagonists, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, methods for their use and methods for preparing these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Syntex (U.S.A.) LLC
    Inventors: Leyi Gong, Denis John Kertesz, David Bernard Smith, Francisco Xavier Talamas, Robert Stephen Wilhelm
  • Patent number: 6977260
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Old, Danny T. Dinh
  • Patent number: 6977263
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 6977265
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula (I): wherein: R1-R5, A, L, and X have any of the values defined in the specification that are CCR-3 receptor antagonists, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, methods for their use, and methods and intermediates useful for preparing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Daisy Joe Du Bois, Denis John Kertesz, Eric Brian Sjogren, David Bernard Smith, Beihan Wang
  • Patent number: 6949540
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.
    Inventors: Hui Cai, James P. Edwards, Steven P. Meduna, Barbara A. Pio, Jianmei Wei
  • Patent number: 6916831
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsiung Lee, Yi Xia, Zheng-Yu Yang, Kenneth F. Bastow, Sheng-Chu Kuo
  • Patent number: 6908922
    Abstract: Compound of formula (I): wherein: V represents a single bond or an alkylene chain, M represents a single bond or an alkylene chain, A and E each represents nitrogen or CH, but at least one of the two groups A or E represents nitrogen, W represents a group of formula (i), (ii) or (iii): Medicinal products containing the same which are useful in the treatment of diseases or pathological conditions ins which endothelial dysfunction is known.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Les Laboratoires Servier
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Peglion, Christophe Poitevin, Jean-Paul Vilaine, Nicole Villeneuve, Marie-Pierre Bourguignon, Catherine Thollon
  • Patent number: 6897211
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the dibenzoazulene compounds represented by formula I as well as to their pharmaceutical preparations for the inhibition of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-?) and interleukine 1 (IL-1) in mammals at all diseases and conditions where these mediators are excessively secreted. The compounds of the present invention also demonstrate an analgetic action and can be used to relieve pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Pliva-Istrazivacki Institut d.o.o.
    Inventors: Mladen Mercep, Milan Mesic, Dijana Pesic, Zeljko Zupanovic, Boska Hrvacic
  • Patent number: 6894064
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds of formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, characterized that the compound is in particulate form and having a specific size range. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions containing or formulated using compounds of formula I, and the use of such compounds for alleviating human pathologies, including osteoporosis, serum lipid lowering, and breast cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Gordon Nelson Arbuthnot, Brian Weston Dalder, Kerry John Hartauer, Wayne Douglas Luke, Robert Eugene Stratford, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6878725
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: 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
  • Patent number: 6861530
    Abstract: This invention relates to substituted piperidine derivatives having at least one six-membered ring substituent. The piperidine derivatives exhibit antitumor activity and are useful as pharmaceuticals such as an antitumor agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Nara, Rieko Nakatsu, Yutaka Kanda, Shiro Akinaga, Mitsunobu Hara, Jun Eishima, Timothy A. Grese, Douglas L. Gernert
  • Patent number: 6849658
    Abstract: The invention concerns bi-aromatic compounds of formula (I) in which Ar represents (a), Z being O or S, R1 is CH3, —CH2—O—R6, —OR6 or —COR7; R2 is —OR8, —SR8 or a polyether radical if in the latter case R4 is C1-C20alkyl and is in ortho or meta position relative to X—Ar; R3 is alkyl or R2 and R3 together form a cycle optionally interrupted by O or S; R4 is aryl radical; R5 is H, halogen, C1-C20 alkyl or —OR8; R6 is H, alkyl or —COR9; R7 is H, alkyl, —N(r?)(r?) or —OR10; R8 is H, alkyl or —COR9; R9 is alkyl; R10 is H, C1-C20 alkyl, alkenyl, monohydroxyalkyl or polyhydroxyalkyl, aryl or aralkyl or a sugar residue, r? and r? are H, alkyl mono- or polyhydroxyalkyl, aryl, an amino acid or sugar residue or together form a heterocycle, X represents a radical of formula (d) or (e) in which R11 is H or —OR6; R12 is H or alkyl; or R11 and R12 form an oxo radical, and the salts, optical and geometrical isomers of the compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Galderma Research & Development
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Bernardon, Simon Trouille
  • Patent number: 6844344
    Abstract: 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 nicotine
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: John Xiaoqiang He, Nicholas Allan Honigschmidt, Todd Jonathan Kohn, Vincent Patrick Rocco, Patrick Gianpietro Spinazze, Kumiko Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 6787650
    Abstract: A compound of the formula: [wherein R1 is a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted; R2 is a cyclic hydrocarbon group which may be substituted or a heterocyclic group which may be substituted; R3 is halogen atoms, a carbamoyl group which may be substituted, a sulfamoyl group which may be substituted, an acyl group derived from sulfonic acid, a C1-4 alkyl group which may be substituted, a C1-4 alkoxy group which may be substituted, an amino group which may be substituted, a nitro group or a cyano group; R4 is hydrogen atoms or a hydroxy group; n is 0 or 1; and p is 0 or 1 to 4]; or a salt thereof, has potent CCR5 antagonistic activity and can be advantageously used as a medicament for inhibition of HIV infection to human peripheral blood mononuclear cells, especially for the treatment or prevention of AIDS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Kurasawa, Shinichi Imamura, Shohei Hashiguchi, Osamu Nishimura, Naoyuki Kanzaki, Masanori Baba
  • Patent number: 6784180
    Abstract: 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 nicotine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: John Xiaoqiang He, Nicholas Allan Honigschmidt, Todd Jonathan Kohn, Vincent Patrick Rocco, Patrick Gianpietro Spinazze, Kumiko Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20040157841
    Abstract: Mono-acylated o-phenylendiamines derivatives of formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Georg Fertig, Frank Herting, Manfred Kubbies, Anja Limberg, Ulrike Reiff, Michael Weidner
  • Patent number: 6768007
    Abstract: 3′,4′-di-O-camphanoyl-(+)-cis-khellactone analogs according to the present invention have been found to have anti-HIV activity. The compounds of the present invention have the following formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester or prodrug thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X, and Z are set in the specification. The invention is also directed to pharmaceuticals compositions comprising one or more compounds of Formula I, optionally further comprising one or more anti-viral agents or immunostimulating agents. Further, the invention is directed to the use of compounds of Formula I for the inhibition of a retroviral infection in cells or tissue of an animal, for the treatment of a patient suffering from a retroviral-related pathology, for the prevention of transmission of HIV infection from an HIV infected pregnant woman to a fetus, and for the prevention of transmission of HIV infection during sexual intercourse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignees: Panacos Pharmaceuticals, Inc., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsiung Lee, Lan Xie, Graham P. Allaway, Carl T. Wild
  • Patent number: 6767915
    Abstract: Certain novel 4-substituted piperidine compounds are agonists of the human melanocortin receptor(s) and, in particular, are selective agonists of the human melanocortin-4 receptor (MC-4R). They are therefore useful for the treatment, control, or prevention of diseases and disorders responsive to the activation of MC-4R, such as obesity, diabetes, sexual dysfunction, including erectile dysfunction and female sexual dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Raman K. Bakshi, Khaled J. Barakat, Yingjie Lai, Ravi P. Nargund, Brenda L. Palucki, Min K. Park, Iyassu K. Sebhat, Zhixiong Ye, Arthur A. Patchett
  • Publication number: 20040142971
    Abstract: Benzothiophene compounds such as 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Applicant: GeneSoft, Inc.
    Inventors: Roland W. Burli, Eldon E. Baird, Matthew J. Taylor, Jacob A. Kaizerman, Wenhao Hu
  • Patent number: 6756388
    Abstract: The invention is a compound of Formula (I): wherein R is —OH, R1 is —OH, R2 is —H, n is 2 or 3 and X is sulfur, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of a compound having Formula (1), or a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound having Formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or methods of treating bone loss, breast cancer or prostate cancer comprising administering an effective amount of the compound having Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Kimberly O. Cameron, Paul Da Silva-Jardine, Eric R. Larson, James R. Hauske, Robert L. Rosati
  • Publication number: 20040122234
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds which are useful in the modulation of endogenous growth hormone levels in a mammal. The invention further relates to novel intermediates for use in the synthesis of said compounds, as well as novel processes employed in these syntheses. Also included are methods of treating a mammal which include the administration of said compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Kenneth Lee Hauser, Jeffrey Alan Dodge, Mark Louis Heiman, Scott Alan Jones, Charles Arthur Alt, Henry Uhlman Bryant, Jeffrey Daniel Cohen, James Densmore Copp, Kennan Joseph Fahey, William Harlan Gritton, Louis Nickolaus Jungheim, Joseph Henry Kennedy, Charles Willis Lugar, Brian Stephen Muehl, Alan David Palkowitz, Andrew Michael Ratz, Gary Anthony Rhodes, Roger Lewis Robey, David Edward Seyler, Timothy Alan Shepherd, Kenneth Jeff Thrasher, William George Trankle