1,2-diazole (including Hydrogenated) Patents (Class 546/211)
  • Publication number: 20090156582
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pyrazole compound represented by the formula (I): wherein ring A0 is a pyrazole ring optionally further having 1 or 2 substituents; Ra is a substituted carbamoyl group; and Rb is an optionally substituted acylamino group, or a salt thereof or a prodrug thereof, which is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of GSK-3? related pathology or disease, and a GSK-3? inhibitor including same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Tetsuya Tsukamoto, Takeshi Yamamoto, Ryosuke Tokunoh, Tomohiro Kawamoto, Masahiro Okura, Masakumi Kori, Katsuhito Murase
  • Publication number: 20090149472
    Abstract: The present invention relates to salts of substituted pyrazoline compounds, methods for their preparation, medicaments comprising these compounds as well as their use for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of humans and animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2006
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: Laboratorios Del Dr. Esteve, S.A.
    Inventors: Antonio Torrens Jover, Maria Rosa Cuberes Altisen, Jose Mas Prio, Lluis Sola, Jordi Benet Buchholz
  • Publication number: 20090149463
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) and processes for preparing such compounds, their use in the treatment of obesity, psychiatric and neurological disorders, to methods for their therapeutic use and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Leifeng Cheng, Eva-Lotte Lindstedt-Alstermark, Anna Maria Persdotter Boije
  • Publication number: 20090137560
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), methods for their preparation, medicaments comprising these compounds as well their use in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of humans and animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Rosa Cuberes-Altisent, Joerg Holenz
  • Publication number: 20090137590
    Abstract: Compounds and methods are provided for the treatment of, inter alia, Type II diabetes and other diseases associated with poor glycemic control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Jingyuan Ma, Christopher J. Rabbat, Jiangao Song, Xin Chen, Imad Nashashibi, Zuchun Zhao, Aaron Novack, Dong Fang Shi, Peng Cheng, Yan Zhu, Alison Murphy
  • Patent number: 7538222
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, amide, ester, or prodrug thereof. Also disclosed are methods of inhibiting an activity of a monoamine receptor comprising contacting the monoamine receptor or a system containing the monoamine receptor with an effective amount of one or more of the compounds of Formula I. Disclosed are also methods of inhibiting an activation of a monoamine receptor comprising contacting the monoamine receptor or a system containing the monoamine receptor with an effective amount of one or more of the compounds of Formula I. Furthermore, methods of treating psychotic disease using a compound of Formula I are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl-Magnus Andersson, Nathalie Schlienger, Alma Fejzic, Eva Louise Hansen, Jan Pawlas
  • Publication number: 20090124608
    Abstract: Compositions for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases are disclosed. Methods of treating and monitoring progression of a neurodegenerative disease are disclosed. According to the present invention, a selective CB2 receptor modulator may be administered to a mammal for the treatment of a neurodegenerative disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas
    Inventors: Paul L. Prather, John P. Crow
  • Patent number: 7528162
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a group of novel 4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazole derivatives which are potent cannabinoid (CB1) receptor antagonists with utility for the treatment of diseases connected with disorders of the cannabinoid system. The compounds have the general formula (I) wherein the symbols have the meanings given in the specification. The invention also relates to methods for the preparation of these compounds, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more of these compounds as an active component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Solvay Pharmaceuticals, B.V.
    Inventors: Cornelis G. Kruse, Josephus H. M. Lange, Jacobus Tipker, Arnoldus H. J. Herremans, Herman H. Van Stuivenberg
  • Patent number: 7524868
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted pyrazoline compounds, methods for their preparation, medicaments comprising these compounds as well as their use for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of humans and animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Laboratorios Del Dr. Esteve, S.A.
    Inventors: Rosa Cuberes Altisen, Jordi Frigola Constansa, Sergio Erill Saez
  • Patent number: 7524838
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the novel derivatives of formula (I) in which A is, if it is present, a (C1-C6) alkyl, a (C3-C6) alkenyl, a (C3-C6) alkynyl, a (C3-C7) cycloalkyl or a (C5-C7) cycloalkenyl, R1 is an NR6R7, (C4-C7) azacycloalkyl, (C5-C7) azacycloalkenyl, (C5-C9) azabicycloalkyl or (C5-C9) azabicycloalkenyl group; A-R1 is such that the nitrogen of R1 and the nitrogen in the 1-position of the pyrazole are necessarily separated by at least two carbon atoms, R3 is an H, halogen, OH, SH, NH2, ORc, SRc, SORa, SO2Ra, NHCHO, NRaRb, NHC(O)Ra, NHC(S)Ra or NHSO2Ra, R4 is an aryl or heteroaryl; and R5 is an H, halogen, CF3, CHF2, CH2F, linear or branched (C1-C6) alkyl or (C3-C7) cycloalkyl, to their racemates, enantiomers and diastereoisomers and to their mixtures, their tautomers and to their pharmaceutically acceptable salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Aventis Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: Arielle Genevois-Borella, Jean-Luc Malleron, Jean Bouquerel, Gilles Doerflinger, Andrees Bohme, Gaetan Touyer, Jean-Francois Sabuco, Corrine Terrier, Serge Mignani, Michel Evers, Youssef El-Ahmad
  • Patent number: 7521562
    Abstract: The present invention provides a filter for electronic display devices, comprising a squarylium compound represented by General Formula (I): [wherein R1 and R2 may be the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group optionally having substituent(s), an aralkyl group optionally having substituent(s), an aryl group optionally having substituent(s), or a heterocyclic group optionally having substituent(s); X represents a group represented by following Formula (A): (wherein R3 and R4 may be the same or different and represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group optionally having substituent(s), an alkoxy group optionally having substituent(s), an aralkyl group optionally having substituent(s), an aryl group optionally having substituent(s), or a heterocyclic group optionally having substituent(s), wherein R3 and R4 may be combined together with the adjacent nitrogen atom thereto form a heterocyclic group optionally having substituent(s))].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuo Shimizu, Junzo Yamano, Motoharu Kinugasa, Katsumi Ukai
  • Patent number: 7514068
    Abstract: The present invention relates to biphenyl-pyrazole compounds and in particular biphenyl-pyrazolecarboxamides. The invention further provides compositions comprising a compound of this invention and the use of such compositions in methods of treating diseases and conditions beneficially treated by antagonism or inverse agonism of the CB1 receptor, such as obesity, smoking cessation, and normalization of blood lipid composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Concert Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventor: Roger Tung
  • Publication number: 20090082396
    Abstract: The invention is directed to 5-(hetero)aryl-4,5-dihydro-(1H)-pyrazole (pyrazoline) derivatives as cannabinoid CB1 receptor agonists, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, to methods for their syntheses, methods for preparing novel intermediates useful for their syntheses, and methods for preparing compositions. The invention also relates to the uses of such compounds and compositions, administered to patients to achieve a therapeutic effect in disorders in which CB1 receptors are involved, or that can be treated via manipulation of those receptors. Compounds of the present invention include compounds of formula (I): wherein the substituents have the definitions given in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Josephus H.M. Lange, Hicham Zilaout, Bernard J. Van Vliet
  • Publication number: 20090069340
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, X, and n are as defined for Formula (I) in the description, processes for the preparation of the compounds and new intermediates employed in the preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and the use of the compounds in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Michael Balestra, Heather Bunting, Deborah Chen, Ian Egle, Janet Forst, Jennifer Frey, Methvin Isaac, Fupeng Ma, David Nugiel, Abdelmalik Slassi, Gary Steelman, Guang-Ri Sun, Babu Sundar, Radhakrishnan Ukkiramapandian, Rebecca Urbanek, Sally Walsh
  • Publication number: 20090069329
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel pyrazoles that are useful as cannabinoid receptor antagonists and pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of using the same for treating obesity, diabetes, and/or cardiometabolic disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: Jenrin Discovery
    Inventors: John F. McElroy, Robert J. Chorvat
  • Publication number: 20090048227
    Abstract: Substituted piperidine compounds represented by Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions comprise an effective amount of the instant compounds, either alone, or in combination with one or more other therapeutically active compounds, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Methods of treating conditions associated with, or caused by, sodium channel activity, including, for example, acute pain, chronic pain, visceral pain, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, urinary incontinence, itchiness, allergic dermatitis, epilepsy, irritable bowel syndrome, depression, anxiety, multiple sclerosis, and bipolar disorder, comprise administering an effective amount of the present compounds, either alone, or in combination with one or more other therapeutically active compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Pasun K. Chakravarty, Pengcheng Patrick Shao, Feng Ye
  • Publication number: 20090048449
    Abstract: The present invention relates to rimonabant monohydrate, to the process for preparing it and to the pharmaceutical compositions containing it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: Gerard COQUEREL, Helene DUPLAA, Baptiste FOURS, Olivier MONNIER, Philippe OCHSENBEIN
  • Patent number: 7491737
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of the formula (I): (wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R10 and n are defined herein) which are useful as modulators of chemokine receptor activity. In particular, these compounds are useful as modulators of the chemokine receptor CCR-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen D. Goble, Alexander Pasternak, Lihu Yang
  • Publication number: 20090041723
    Abstract: Aryl substituted pyrazole derivatives are provided, as well as processes for their preparation. The invention also provides compositions and methods for the treatment of HCV by administering a compound of the present invention, alone or in combination with additional antiviral agents, in a therapeutically effective amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Guolin Li, Reza Fathi, Zhen Yang, Yun Liao, Qiang Zhu, Angela Man Iu Lam, Anthony Sandrasagra, Kenneth Nawoschik, Hyun-Joon Cho, Jie Cao, Wu Rouqiu, C. Richard Wobbe
  • Publication number: 20090035219
    Abstract: Neutral antagonists of the CB1 cannabinoid receptor, means for identifying neutral antagonists of the CB1 cannabinoid receptor, and uses thereof. Antagonists of the CB1 cannabinoid receptor can be used to prevent, treat or reduce the severity of various medical conditions and symptoms, including, but not limited to obesity, appetite disorder, another metabolic disorder, drug addiction and/or mental illness. Administering neutral CB1 cannabinoid receptor antagonists in place of or in combination with known CB1 cannabinoid receptor antagonists or inverse CB1 cannabinoid receptor agonists in an individual or animal to treat a medical condition with a reduction of unwanted side effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Alexandros Makriyannis, Venkata K. Vemuri
  • Publication number: 20090029963
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with novel pyrazol derivatives of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X and Y are as defined herein, as well as physiologically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds are antagonists of CCR-2 receptor and/or CCR-5 receptor and can be used as medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Johannes Aebi, Alfred Binggeli, Luke Green, Guido Hartmann, Hans P. Maerki, Patrizio Mattei, Fabienne Ricklin, Olivier Roche
  • Publication number: 20090023709
    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, type II diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Paul Gillespie, Kevin Richard Guertin, Lida Qi, Qiang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20090012124
    Abstract: The invention provides an acid addition salt of 4-(2,6-dichloro-benzoylamino)-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxylic acid piperidin-4-ylamide and crystals thereof, the salt being formed with an acid selected from methanesulphonic acid and acetic acid and mixtures thereof. Also provided are the novel uses of salts of 4-(2,6-dichloro-benzoylamino)-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxylic acid piperidin-4-ylamide, processes for the preparation of 4-(2,6-dichloro-benzoylamino)-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxylic acid piperidin-4-ylamide and its salts and novel chemical intermediates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Graham Wyatt, David Charles Rees, Mladen Vinkovic, Gary Trewartha
  • Publication number: 20080305041
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel PF4 pharmacophore that is useful, inter alia, for identifying peptidomimetics and other compounds capable of modulating PF4 activity (e.g., as inhibitors, agonists or antagonists). Mutant PF4 polypeptide sequences are also provided that modulate PF4 activity in cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: BIOQUANTA CORP.
    Inventors: Philippe Manivet, George Alexandre Guerin, Monica Alemany
  • Publication number: 20080306068
    Abstract: The present invention provides kinase inhibitors of Formula I:
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Tiechao Li, Mark Andrew Pobanz, Chuan Shih, Yong Wang, Boyu Zhong, Jesus Andres Blas, Alfonso De Dios, Beatriz Lopez De Uralde-Garmendia, Luisa Maria Martin Cabrejas
  • Publication number: 20080306069
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (I), or salts, tautomers, N-oxides or solvates thereof wherein: R1 is selected from: (a) 2,6-dichlorophenyl; (b) 2,6-difluorophenyl; (c) a 2,3,6-trisubstituted phenyl group wherein the substituents for the phenyl group are selected from fluorine, chlorine, methyl and methoxy; (d) a group RO; (e) a group R a; (f) a group RIb; (g) a group RIc; (h) a group RId; and 0) 2,6-difluorophenylamino; wherein R) 0?, r R>llaa, T Rj HbD, T R) HcC, r R>Iid?, r R>>2zaa, r R>22bD and RJ are as defined in the claims. The compounds have activity as inhibitors of cdk kinase (such as cdk1 or cdk2) and glycogen synthase kinase-3 activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Graham Wyatt, Valerio Berdini, Adrian Liam Gill, Gary Trewartha, Andrew James Woodhead, Eva Figueroa Navarro, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Theresa Rachael Phillips
  • Patent number: 7462632
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of for the preparation of N-piperidino-5-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-4-methylpyrazole-3-carboxamide and of its salts, wherein 1,5-dibromopentane is reacted with a compound of formula (IIIa) in the presence of Na2CO3 in acetonitrile heated at reflux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis
    Inventors: Philippe Vayron, Marc Daumas, Raphael Sole, Alain Dlubala
  • Publication number: 20080300232
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I, processes for preparing such compounds, their use in the treatment of obesity, psychiatric disorders, cognitive disorders, memory disorders, schizophrenia, epilepsy, and related conditions, and neurological disorders such as dementia, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea and Alzheimer's disease and pain related disorders and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Kay Brickmann, Bryan J. Egner, Fabrizio Giordanetto, Tord Inghardt, Anna Linusson Jonsson, Fritiof Ponten
  • Publication number: 20080300278
    Abstract: The present invention relates to prodrugs of pyrazoline compounds of formula I, methods for their preparation, medicaments comprising these compounds as well as their use for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of humans and animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: Laboratorios Del DR. Esteve, S.A.
    Inventors: Antonio Torrens Jover, Susana Yenes-Minguez
  • Publication number: 20080287676
    Abstract: The present invention discloses novel compounds of general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof (in which X1-X5, R5-R8b, Z1-Z2 and Ar1 are defined herein), a method for inhibiting the VR1 receptor in mammals using these compounds, a method for controlling pain in mammals, and pharmaceutical compositions including those compounds and a process for making those compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Arthur R. Gomtsyan, Erol K. Bayburt, Chih-Hung Lee, John R. Koenig, Robert G. Schmidt, Kirill A. Lukin, Gilles Chambournier, Margaret Chi-Ping Hsu, Robert M. Leanna, Russell D. Cink
  • Patent number: 7452907
    Abstract: Compounds are provided which have the structure wherein Q is C or N, X1 is C or N, and R1, R2, R2a, R2b, R2c, R3, Y, A, m, n, X2, X3 and X4 are as defined herein, which compounds are useful as antidiabetic, hypolipidemic, and antiobesity agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Peter T. Cheng, Yoon Jeon, Wei Wang
  • Publication number: 20080280925
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that are useful as inhibitors of protein arginine methyltransferase that have a formula selected from Formula (I), Formula (II) and Formula (III), as well as racemic mixtures, diastereomers, enantiomers and tautomers thereof and N-oxides, hydrates, solvates, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs and complexes thereof as defined herein. Said compound are useful as inhibitors of PRMTs and/or CARM-I. The invention further relates to compositions comprising such compounds and methods for their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Amal Wahhab, Eric Therrien, Martin Allan, Sukhdev Manku
  • Publication number: 20080269294
    Abstract: The invention concerns benzamide compounds of formula (I), wherein R1 is a C-linked pyrazole ring, which is optionally substituted by one or more groups selected from C1-4alkyl, C3-4cycloalkyl, C1-4alkoxy and C3-4cycloalkoxy; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or pro-drug form thereof. The invention also concerns processes for the preparation of such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the manufacture of a medicament for use as an antiproliferative agent in the prevention or treatment of tumours or other proliferative conditions, which are sensitive to the inhibition of histone deacetylase (HDAC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2005
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: David Michael Andrews, Elaine Sophie Elizabeth Stokes, Andrew Turner, Michael James Waring
  • Publication number: 20080269207
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (0) or salts or tautomers or N-oxides or solvates thereof for use in the prophylaxis or treatment of disease states and conditions such as cancers mediated by cyclin-dependent kinase and glycogen synthase kinase-3. In formula (0): X is a group R1-A-NR4— or a 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; A is a bond, SO2, C?O, NRg(C?O) or O(C?O) wherein Rg is hydrogen or C1-4 hydrocarbyl optionally substituted by hydroxy or C1-4 alkoxy; Y is a bond or an alkylene chain of 1, 2 or 3 carbon atoms in length; R1 is hydrogen; a carbocyclic or heterocyclic group having from 3 to 12 ring members; or a C1-8 hydrocarbyl group optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from halogen (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS, LTD.
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Maria Grazia Carr, Theresa Rachel Early, Adrian Liam Gill, Gary Trewartha, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford, Andrew James Woodhead, Paul Graham Wyatt
  • Publication number: 20080269293
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I) or stereoisomers or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein Y, R1 through R9, and X1 through X7 are as defined in the specification, pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds useful as P2Y1 antagonists, and to methods of treating thromboembolic disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Liguo Chi, Chulho Choi, Andrew G. Geyer, Robert M. Kennedy, Jeffery A. Pfefferkorn, Roy T. Winters
  • Patent number: 7432379
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds that are bradykinin B1 receptor antagonists and are useful for treating diseases, or relieving adverse symptoms associated with disease conditions, in mammals mediated by bradykinin B1 receptor. Certain of the compounds exhibit increased potency and are also expected to exhibit increased duration of action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay S. Tung, Albert W. Garofalo, Michael A. Pleiss, Jing Wu, David W. G. Wone, Ashley C. Guinn, Darren B. Dressen, R. Jeffrey Neitz, Jennifer Marugg, Martin Neitzel
  • Patent number: 7429581
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound of formula I, in which R0; R1; R2; R3; R4; Q; V, G and M have the meanings indicated below. The compound of formula I is a pharmacologically active compound. It exhibits a strong anti-thrombotic effect and is suitable, for example, for the therapy and prophylaxis of a cardio-vascular disorder like a thromboembolic disease or restenosis. It is a reversible inhibitor of the blood clotting enzymes factor Xa (FXa) and/or factor VIIa (FVIIa), and can in general be applied in conditions in which an undesired activity of factor Xa and/or factor VIIa is present or for the cure or prevention of which an inhibition of factor Xa and/or factor VIIa is intended. The invention furthermore is directed to a process for the preparation of the compound of formula I, and pharmaceutical preparation comprising it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Nazare, Volkmar Wehner, David W. Will, Hans Matter
  • Publication number: 20080234323
    Abstract: The present invention describes novel forms of Rimonabant hydrochloride, processes for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. Thus, the present invention discloses three new crystalline forms designated as Form II, Form III and Form IV of Rimonabant hydrochloride and novel amorphous forms of the salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Braj Bhushan Lohray, Vidya Bhushan Lohray, Bipin Pandey, Mayank Ghanshyambhai Dave, Parind Narendra Dholakia
  • Patent number: 7423052
    Abstract: A invention relates to N aroyl cyclic amine derivatives and their use as pharmaceuticals, specifically as orexin receptor antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham p.l.c.
    Inventors: Wai Ngor Chan, Amanda Johns, Christopher Norbert Johnson, Riccardo Novelli, Roderick Alan Porter
  • Publication number: 20080207637
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted pyrazoline compounds, methods for their preparation, medicaments comprising these compounds as well as their use for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of humans and animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Rosa Cuberes Altisen, Bonifacio Gutierrez Silva, Jordi Frigola- Constansa
  • Publication number: 20080194562
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (I) or a salt, tautomer, solvate or N-oxides thereof; wherein: R1 is selected from (a) 2,6-dichlorophenyl; (b) 2,6-difluorophenyl; (c) a 2,3,6-trisubstituted phenyl group wherein the substituents are fluorine, chlorine, methyl or methoxy; and (d) a group R0 wherein R0 is a 3-12 membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic group; or optionally substituted C1-8 hydrocarbyl; R2a and R2b are each hydrogen or methyl; and R3 is as defined in the claims. The compounds have activity as inhibitors of Cyclin Dependent Kinases (CDK) and Glycogen Synthase Kinases (GSK) kinases and are useful in the treatment or prophylaxis of disease states or conditions mediated by the kinases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Graham Wyatt, Valerio Berdini, Adrian Liam Gill, Gary Trewartha, Andrew James Woodhead, Eva Figueroa Navarro, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Theresa Rachael Phillips
  • Patent number: 7407972
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): wherein A, B, C, G, and W1 have any of the values defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, that are useful to treat thrombotic disorders. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more compounds of Formula I, processes for preparing compounds of Formula I, and intermediates useful for preparing compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventor: Jeremy John Edmunds
  • Publication number: 20080182837
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of general formula (1) wherein the groups R2 to R4, L, Q and n are defined as in claim 1, which are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterised by excessive or abnormal cell proliferation, and the use thereof for preparing a medicament having the above-mentioned properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Steffen STEURER, Peter Ettmayer, Andreas Mantoulidis, loannis Sapountzis, Martin Steegmaier
  • Publication number: 20080182877
    Abstract: Various solid state forms of rimonabant have been found, including a particulate amorphous form as well as several hydrates and solvates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventor: Raymond J.H. Westheim
  • Patent number: 7396929
    Abstract: This application discloses a novel process to synthesize 3-amino-4-substituted pyrazole derivatives, which may be used, for example, as intermediates to prepare compounds having, for example, pharmaceutical utility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Jianshe Kong, Tao Meng, Paul E. McNamara, Xian Liang, Jesse K. Wong
  • Patent number: 7393842
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention is concerned with cannabimimetic pyrazole analogs. Another aspect of the invention is concerned with new and improved pyrazole analogs having high affinities and/or selectivities for the CB1 cannabinoid receptor. A further aspect of the invention is concerned with pharmaceutical preparations employing the inventive analogs and methods of administering therapeutically effective amounts of the inventive analogs to provide a physiological effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: University of Connecticut
    Inventors: Alexandros Makriyannis, Qian Liu, Rajesh Thotapally
  • Publication number: 20080153812
    Abstract: There is provided a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. There are also provided processes for the manufacture of a compound of Formula 1, and the use of a compound of Formula 1 as a medicament and in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: David Buttar, Kevin Micheal Foote, Maria-Elena Theoclitou, Andrew Peter Thomas
  • Publication number: 20080153810
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds, in particular, novel indazole that may be used as melanin concentrating hormone receptor ligands, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat MCH related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: Forest Laboratories Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Matthew Ronsheim, Gian-Luca Araldi
  • Publication number: 20080146614
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1,5-diphenylpyrazole compounds of formula I (A chemical formula should be inserted here—please see paper copy enclosed herewith) and processes for preparing such compounds, their use in the treatment of obesity, psychiatric and neurological disorders, to methods for their therapeutic use and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventor: Leifeng Cheng
  • Publication number: 20080139621
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds and their use in the treatment of thrombocytopenia resulting from diseases or conditions such as immune thrombocytopenic purpura, cancer chemotherapy, surgery, bone marrow or stem cell transplantation, radiation injury or treatment, chronic viral infection, and pancytopenia. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and compositions of the invention as well as methods for treating such diseases or conditions in a mammal, including a human, by administering to such mammal an effective amount of a selected thrombopoietin receptor agonist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: STATegics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Spencer, Juha Punnonen