Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), and salts, solvates, tautomers and N-oxide thereof, wherein TG is selected from groups (1) and (2): wherein the asterisk (*) represents the point of attachment of the group E to the group X; R1a is an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl group; R1b is hydrogen or a group R1a; X is an optionally substituted bicyclic heterocyclic group having 8 to 12 ring members of which up to 5 are heteroatoms selected from O, N and S; and A, E, R2, R3, R4, Q1 and Q2 are as defined in the claims; provided that when E is aryl or heteroaryl, then Q2 is other than a bond; and further provided that the moiety (a) is other than a group (BG1) or (BG2); wherein (BG1) and (BG2) are each optionally substituted; T is N or CRZ; J1-J2 is selected from N?C(RZ), (RZ)C?N, (RZ)N—C(O), (RZ)2C—C(O), N?N and (RZ)C?C(R6); J4-J3 is a group N?C(RZ) or a group (RZ)N—CO; and RZ is hydrogen or a substituent.

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

Abstract: The invention relates to piperidinyl compounds of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, or solvate thereof, wherein R1-R3 and Z are defined as set forth in the specification. The invention is also directed to an assay useful for identifying such compounds as N-type calcium channel modulators or blockers. The invention is also directed to the compounds of Formula (I) and compounds identified by the above assay, and the use of such compounds to treat, prevent or ameliorate a disorder responsive to the blockade of calcium channels, and particularly N-type calcium channels. Compounds of the present invention are especially useful for treating pain.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein a, b, c, d, f, W, Q, Y, R1, R2, and R3 are as defined in the specification. The compounds of formula I are muscarinic receptor antagonists. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes and intermediates for preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat pulmonary disorders.

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.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound of formula (I): wherein Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, R1 and T are as defined herein, its preparation, pharmaceutical composition and uses as orexin 2 receptor antagonist.

Abstract: 4-Aminopiperidine derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods for their preparation are provided herein for the treatment of disorders of the central and/or peripheral nervous systems. In particular, the potent antidepressant activity shown by the disclosed 4-aminopiperidine derivatives are particularly useful for the prevention and/or the treatment of depression, severe depression with anxiety, anxiety disorders and affective disorders.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of a formula (I): [Chemical formula should be inserted here. Please see paper copy] wherein the variables are defined herein; to a process for preparing such a compound; and to the use of such a compound in the treatment of a chemokine (such as CCR3) mediated disease state.

Abstract: This invention provides 4-amino-1-benzylpiperidine and related compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which are useful as muscarinic receptor antagonists. This invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds; processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds; and methods for treating disease conditions mediated by muscarinic receptors, such as overactive bladder, irritable bowel syndrome, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, using such compounds.

Abstract: There is provided a compound having Formula (I) wherein each of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are independently selected from (a) H, (b) R17, —OC(R17)3, —OCH(R17)2, —OCH2R17, —C(R17)3, —CH(R17)2, or —CH2R17 wherein R17 is a halogen; (c) —CN; (d) optionally substituted alkyl, (e) optionally substituted heteroalkyl; (f) optionally substituted aryl; (g) optionally substituted heteroaryl; (h) optionally substituted arylalkyl; (i) optionally substituted heteroarylalkyl; (j) hydroxy; (k) alkoxy; (l) aryloxy; (m) —SO2-alkyl; and (n) —N(R11)C(O)R13; wherein the optional substituents of (d) (e) (f) (h) and (i) are selected from the group consisting of: C1-6 alkyl, halo, cyano, nitro, haloalkyl, hydroxy, alkoxy, carboxy, carboxyalkyl, carboxamide, mercapto, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, sulfonyl, sulfonamido, aryl and heteroaryl; each of rings A and B are selected from five or six membered carbon rings optionally containing one or more hetero atoms selected from N, S, and O and optionally having fused thereto a furt

Abstract: The present invention relates to new D3 dopamine receptor subtype selectice ligands of formula (I) to pharmacological compositions containing the same and to their use in therapy and/or prevention of psychoses (e.g. schizophrenia, schizo-affective disorders, etc), drug (e.g. alcohol, cocaine and nicotine, opioids etc.) abuse, cognitive impairment accompanying schizophrenia, mild-to-moderate cognitive deficits, amnesia, eating disorders (e.g. bulimia nervosa, etc.), attention deficit disorders, hyperactivity disorders in children, psychotic depression, mania, paranoid and delusional disorders, dyskinetic disorders (e.g. Parkinson's diseases, neuroleptic induced Parkinson's dissases, tardive dyskinesias) anxiety, sexual dysfunction, sleep disorders, emesis, aggression, autism, pain ophthalmological diseases (e.g. glaucoma etc.).

Abstract: Biphenylcarboxamide compounds of formula (I) methods for preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds as well as the use of said compounds as a medicine for the treatment of hyperlipidemia, obesity and type II diabetes.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula: in salt or zwitterionic form or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1-6, a, Z and Q are as defined in the specification. These compounds are muscarinic receptor antagonists. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes for preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds to, for example, treat pulmonary disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma.

Abstract: A method is provided for making compounds comprising a beta-adrenergic inhibiting moiety and a linking moiety, the method comprising: a) reacting a compound of formula (A): (R1—(CH—O—CH2)) with at least one of NH3, NH4, NH4ClNH3 and R12?NH2 thereby forming a compound of formula (B): (R1—CH(OH)—CH2—NHR12?); and b) reacting a compound of formula (B) with a compound of formula (C): (R3?O), thereby forming a compound of formula (D): (R1—COH—CH2—N(R3)(R12?)), wherein R1 comprises the beta-adrenergic inhibiting moiety or comprises the beta-adrenergic inhibiting moiety when bonded to —COH—CH2—N(R12?)— of formula (D); R3 comprises the linking moiety and is bonded to the =0 of formula (C) via a carbon atom; and R12? is selected from hydrogen and a protecting group.

Abstract: The invention relates to iRNA agents that preferably include a modification that targets CC chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5). The invention also relates to methods of making and using such modified iRNA agents.

Abstract: A compound represented by the following formula (I) or a salt thereof: wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 represent hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, cyano group, nitro group, a C1-4 alkyl group, a halogenated C1-4 alkyl group or a C1-4 alkoxy group, R5 represents a halogen atom, cyano group, a C1-4 alkyl group, a halogenated C1-4 alkyl group or a C1-4 alkoxy group, R6 represents a C5-7 cycloalkyl group, a substituted C5-7 cycloalkyl group, a 5 to 7-membered completely saturated heterocyclic group or a substituted 5 to 7-membered completely saturated heterocyclic group, X represents a single bond, oxygen atom, sulfur atom, NR7, —O—CH2— or —N(R8)—CH2—, R7 represents hydrogen atom or a C1-4 alkyl group, or R7 may combine with a substituent of R6 to represent a single bond, methylene group or ethylene group, R8 represents hydrogen atom, a C1-4 alkyl group or a C7-12 aralkyl group, which is useful as an active ingredient of a medicament for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of diseases caused by an activation of

Abstract: A compound represented the general formula (V): wherein X is CH or N; and Ya is a group of the general formula selected from:

Abstract: The invention provides N-{2-[((2S)-3-{[1-(4-chlorobenzyl)piperidin-4-yl]amino}-2-hydroxy-2-methyl-propyl)oxy]-4-hydroxyphenyl}acetamide hemi-fumarate or a solvate thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing the salt or solvate and use of the salt or solvate in therapy.

Abstract: The subject invention concerns analogs of fentanyl opioids. The subject invention also concerns methods for synthesizing the compounds of the invention. The invention also concerns methods for treating pain in a patient by administering a compound of the invention to a person in need of such treatment.

Abstract: It was an object of the present invention to provide novel compounds that are suitable in particular as active substances in medicaments, preferably in medicaments for the regulation of neuropeptide Y receptors, particularly preferably of neuropeptide Y5 (NPY5) receptor, for the regulation of food ingestion (food intake), preferably for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of disorders of food ingestion, such as obesity, anorexia, cachexia, bulimia or type II (non insulin dependent) diabetes, for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of disorders of the peripheral nervous system, disorders of the central nervous system, anxiety, depression, cognitive disorders, preferably memory disorders, cardiovascular diseases, pain, epilepsy, arthritis, hypertensive syndrom, inflammatory diseases, immune diseases and other NPY5 mediated disorders in animals and mammals, including man. Said object was achieved by providing 1,4-disubstituted piperidine compounds of general formula (I) wherein the substituents are defined in claim 1.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to 2,6-disubstituted piperidine and piperazine analogs having the following general formula: which are used to treat diseases of the central nervous system, drug abuse, and withdrawal therefrom as well as treating eating disorders.

Abstract: A compound of the formula (1): wherein m, n and p is independently an integer of 0 to 4 with the proviso that 3?m+n?8; X is the formula: NR4, etc.; R1, R3 and R4 are a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, etc.; R2 is a hydrogen atom, etc.; a, b, c, d, e and f are a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, etc.; Y is the formula: —SO2—, etc.; and Z is an oxygen atom, etc.; or a prodrug thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the same has an activity of potentiating an expression of a low density lipoprotein receptor and thus is useful as an agent for treating hyperlipidemia or arteriosclerosis.

Abstract: The present application describes modulators of CCR3 of formula (I): or stereoisomers or prodrugs or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein m, n, Q1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, T1, T2, W1, W2, W3 and Z1 are as defined herein. In addition, methods of treating and preventing inflammatory diseases such as asthma and allergic diseases, as well as autoimmune pathologies such as rheumatoid arthritis and atherosclerosis using said modulators are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having aggrecanase inhibitory activity and MMP-13 inhibitory activity, and useful as a therapeutic agent for osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and the like, more specifically, a cyclopropane compound of formula (1): wherein R1 is —(CH2)m—X—(CH2)n-A1 etc., wherein m and n are the same or different and each is 0 to 6, X is a single bond, etc. and A1 is a substituted C3-14 hydrocarbon ring group, etc.; R2 and R3 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom, —(CH2)p—X1—(CH2)q-A2, etc., wherein p and q are the same or different and each is 0 to 6, X1 is a single bond, etc. and A2 is an optionally substituted C3-14 hydrocarbon ring group, etc.; R4 is —CO2R9, etc., wherein R9 is a hydrogen atom, etc.; and R20 and R21 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom, —(CH2)m12—X12—(CH2)m12—R30, etc., wherein m12 and m12 are the same or different and each is 0 to 6, X12 is a single bond, etc. and R30 is a hydrogen atom, etc.

Abstract: This invention is concerned with compounds of the formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, to a process for their preparation and to their use for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases which are associated with the modulation of SST receptors subtype 5.

Abstract: Generally, the present invention is directed to central nervous system dopamine transporter-imaging agents and methods of use thereof. In certain embodiments, the present invention relates to radiolabeled piperidine derivatives for use as imaging agents in the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease. Another aspect of the present invention relates to piperidine monoamine transporter ligands, comprising a functional group capable of chelating a radionuclide, e.g., technetium, and methods of use thereof.

Abstract: A method for resolving enantiomers of a compound containing the structure of the forula: wherein R4 or R5 may contan one or more asymmetric centers, by mixing a racemic mixture of enantiomers of a compound, containing the structure of said formula; in a solvent, with a resolving compound having a defined sterospecificity, to form a solution and with said resolving agent being capable of binding with at least one but not all of said enantiomers to form a precipitate, containing said at least one of said enantiomers in sterospecific form and collecting either the precipitate and purifying it or collecting the solution with contained other of said enantiomers and recrystallizing the enantiomer contained in said solution.

Abstract: Novel compounds having activity as non-covalent inhibitors of urokinase and having activity in reducing or inhibiting blood vessel formation are provided. These compounds have at a group having a guanidino moiety or derivative thereof. These compounds are useful in vitro for monitoring plasminogen activator levels and in vivo in treatment of conditions which are ameliorated by inhibition of or decreased activity of urokinase and in treating pathologic conditions wherein blood vessel formation is related to a pathologic condition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemical genus of biaryl nitrogen-attached heterocycles that are inhibitors of LTA4H (leukotriene A4 hydrolase). The compounds have the general formula They are useful for the treatment and prevention and prophylaxis of inflammatory diseases and disorders.

Abstract: Synthetic pathways are disclosed for synthesizing derivatives or analogs of fentanyl. Specifically set out are pathways for synthesizing alfentanil, sufentanil and remifentanil. The disclosed methods require fewer steps and produce a greater yield of product than methods reported in the prior art.

Abstract: A compound of the formula wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined above, useful as inhibitors of protein kinases, such as the enzyme Janus Kinase 3.

Abstract: Novel compounds of the formula I in which D, W, X, Y, T and R1 are as defined in Patent Claim 1, are inhibitors of coagulation factor Xa and can be employed for the prophylaxis and/or therapy of thromboembolic diseases and for the treatment of tumours.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula wherein X and Y are each independently selected from —CH2— or —O—, with the proviso that X and Y are not simultaneously —O—; A is —S(O)2— or —C(O)—; and R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined in the specification. The compounds are GlyT-1 inhibitors and are useful for the treatment of psychoses, pain, dysfunction in memory and learning, schizophrenia, dementia and other diseases in which cognitive processes are impaired, such as attention deficit disorders or Alzheimer's disease.

Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) that act as cannabinoid receptor ligands and their uses in the treatment of diseases linked to the mediation of the cannabinoid receptors in animals are described herein

Abstract: Use of a compound of formula (A), wherein: W is a residue which imparts antagonistic and/or agonistic activity at histamine H3-receptors when attached to an imidazole ring in 4(5) position; R1 and R2 may be identical or different and represent each independently a lower alkyl or cycloalkyl, or taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, a saturated nitrogen-containing ring (i) as defined, a non-aromatic unsaturated nitrogen-containing ring (ii) as defined, a morpholino group, or a N-substituted piperazino group as defined for preparing medicaments acting as antagonists and/or agonists at the H3-receptors of histamine.

Abstract: Substituted heterocyclinc compounds are disclosed. The compounds are useful for treating multidrug resistance. The compounds can be formulated in compositions with a carrier and, optionally, a therapeutic agent.

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

Abstract: A compound having the general formula (I): wherein: X is N or C; R0 is H, a lower alkyl group, a lower O-alkyl group, lower alkyl group, a benzyl group, a phenyl group, a heterocyclic amine group, a cycloalkyl group, a cycloalkyl group substituted with O-alkyl or, a furyl group; R1 and R2 are, independently, H, an amine group, a lower alkyl group, a lower O-alkyl group, a lower S-alkyl group or a lower N-alkyl group, or R1 and R2 taken together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached form a five-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring, where the heteroatoms of the heterocyclic ring are one or two oxygen atoms, and/or where any substituent on said carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring is chosen from O, S and N; n is 0,1,2,3 or 4; m is 0 or 1; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; with the proviso that said compound is not 1-[(4-methoxyphenyl)sulfonyl]piperazine or 1-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-ylsulfonyl)piperazine.

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

Abstract: Compounds of general formula (I): R1 is selected from any one of phenyl, pyridinyl, thienyl, furanyl, imidazolyl, pyrrolyl, triazolyl, thiazolyl and pyridine N-oxide; where each R1 phenyl ring and R1 heteroaromatic ring may optionally and independently be further substituted by 1, 2 or 3 substituents selected from straight and branched C1–C6 alkyl, NO2, CF3, C1–C6 alkoxy, chloro, fluoro, bromo, and iodo. The substitutions on the phenyl ring and on the heteroaromatic ring may take place in any position on said ring systems; are disclosed and claimed in the present application, as well as salts and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the novel compounds and their use in therapy, in particular in the management of pain, anxiety and functional gastrointestinal disorders.

Abstract: This invention provides compounds of Formula I having the structure wherein, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, T, T1, T2, and X are as defined hereinbefore, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which are useful in treating or inhibiting metabolic disorders related to insulin resistance or hyperglycemia (typically associated with obesity or glucose intolerance), atherosclerosis, gastrointestinal disorders, neurogenetic inflammation, glaucoma, ocular hypertension and frequent urination; and are particularly useful in the treatment or inhibition of type II diabetes.

Abstract: N- and O-substituted 4[2-diaromaticmethoxy and methylamino)alkyl]piperidines exhibit high CNS activity with respect to the dopamine transporter (DAT) and serotonin transporter (SERT). Preferred compounds exhibit highly differential behavior as between the DAT and SERT and between the DAT and the norepinephrine transporter (NET). The compounds have utility in treating CNS disorders, including but not limited to cocaine addiction, depression, and Parkinson's disease.

Abstract: Compounds of general formula (I) wherein m is 0 or 1, and n is 1 or 2; are disclosed and claimed in the present application, as well as their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the novel compounds and their use in therapy, in particular in the management of pain.

Abstract: Cis-2,6-disubstituted piperdine analogs, or lobeline analogs, having the general formula: are used to treat diseases of the central nervous system, drug abuse and withdrawal therefrom as well as to treating eating disorders.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for preparing (S,S)-cis-2-phenyl-3-aminopiperidine and (S,S)-cis-2-phenyl-3-tertbutoxycarbonylaminopiperidine.

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

Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R6, Z, Q, m, n, X1, X2, X3, X4 and T are as defined in the specification, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in therapy, especially for the treatment of chemokine receptor related diseases and conditions

Abstract: The present application relates to novel opioid receptor antagonists and agonists, methods of making these compounds, and methods of use thereof.

Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds which, are novel antagonists for melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH), as well as methods for preparing such compounds. In another embodiment, the invention discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising such MCH antagonists as well as methods of using them to treat obesity, metabolic disorders, eating disorders such as hyperphagia, and diabetes.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): and their salts, solvates, prodrugs, etc., wherein the substituents have the values mentioned herein, are Procollagen C-Proteinase (PCP) inhibitors and have utility in conditions mediated by PCP.