Abstract: The invention provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with the activity of liver X receptors (LXRs).

Abstract: Novel compounds or salts thereof, or crystals thereof, which inhibit Axl and are useful for treating diseases caused by Axl hyperfunction, diseases associated with Axl hyperfunction and/or diseases accompanied by Axl hyperfunction are provided. Pyridone derivatives represented by the formula (1) having various substituents or salts thereof, or crystals thereof (where R1, R2, R3, R5, R6, A, W, X and n in the formula (1) are as defined in the specification, respectively) are provided.

Abstract: MCHR1 antagonists are provided having the following Formula I: wherein all of the variables are defined herein. Such compounds are useful for the treatment of MCHR1 mediated diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, IBD, depression, and anxiety.

Abstract: To provide a liquid crystal compound having a large positive value of dielectric anisotropy and a small viscosity. The compound is represented by formula (1): wherein, in formula (1), R1 is alkyl having 1 to 20 carbons or the like; ring A1 is 1,4-cyclohexylene or the like; ring A2 is 1,4-phenylene, 2-fluoro-1,4-phenylene, 2,6-difluoro-1,4-phenylene or the like; ring A3 is 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene, 2-fluoro-1,4-phenylene, 2,6-difluoro-1,4-phenylene or the like; and X1 is halogen, alkyl having 1 to 10 carbons or the like, and in the alkyl, at least one of hydrogen may be replaced by halogen.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds that are alpha4 integrin antagonists having a structure according to the following formula: or a tautomer, mixture of tautomers, salt or solvate thereof, wherein Cy, ring A, m, n, p, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are defined in the specification. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds of the invention as well as methods of making and using the compounds and compositions of the invention, e.g., in the treatment and prevention of various conditions and disorders, such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

Abstract: Compounds of formula I: wherein X, R2, R3, R3a, R3b, R5 and R6 are defined herein, are useful as inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus NS5B polymerase.

Abstract: The invention is directed to pyridinone compounds useful for modulating Met kinase, having the following structure: and is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compound; and methods for treating proliferative diseases, such as cancer by the administration of this compound.

Abstract: Compounds active on protein kinases are described, as well as methods of using such compounds to treat diseases and conditions associated with aberrant activity of protein kinases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of general formula I, wherein the groups R1, R2, L1, L2, U and B are as defined in the application, which have valuable pharmacological properties, and in particular modulate the activity of the MCH receptor.

Abstract: Compounds of the following formula are provided for use with glucokinase: wherein the variables are as defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits and articles of manufacture comprising such compounds; methods and intermediates useful for making the compounds; and methods of using said compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of Formula (I), wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, Am and Bn are defined as in Formula (I); invention compounds are modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptors—subtype 4 (“mGluR4”) which are useful for the treatment or prevention of central nervous system disorders as well as other disorders modulated by mGluR4 receptors. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions and the use of such compounds in the manufacture of medicaments, as well as to the use of such compounds for the prevention and treatment of such diseases in which mGluR4 is involved.

Abstract: The present application relates to novel substituted dicyanopyridines, to processes for their preparation, to their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases and to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, preferably for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of cardiovascular disorders.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel zinc ionophores, zinc chelators and/or zinc complexes with enhanced aqueous solubility. Methods of treating cancer using at least one zinc ionophore and/or zinc chelator are also disclosed. Also disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating cancer with combination therapy using at least one texaphyrin metal complex and at least one zinc ionophore or the respective pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives or salts thereof.

Abstract: Provided are substituted heteroaryl aldehydes and derivatives thereof that act as allosteric modulators of hemoglobin, methods and intermediates for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the modulators, and methods for their use in treating disorders mediate by hemoglobin and disorders that would benefit from increased tissue oxygenation.

Abstract: Novel benzamide compounds including their pharmaceutically acceptable isomers, salts, hydrates, solvates and prodrug derivatives having activity against mammalian factor Xa are described. Compositions containing such compounds are also described. The compounds and compositions are useful in vitro or in vivo for preventing or treating coagulation disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to chelators, in particular to chelators which are capable of forming complexes, i.e. paramagnetic chelates, with paramagnetic metal ions. The invention also relates to said paramagnetic chelates, said paramagnetic chelates linked to other molecules and their use as contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Abstract: Compounds of Formula I are useful as antagonists of TRPM8. Such compounds are useful in treating a number of TRPM8 mediated disorders and conditions and may be used to prepare medicaments and pharmaceutical compositions useful for treating such disorders and conditions. Examples of such disorders include, but are not limited to, migraines and neuropathic pain. Compounds of Formula I have the following structure: where the definitions of the variables are provided herein.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel phenyl amide or pyridyl amide derivatives of the formula wherein A1, A2, B1, B2 and R1 to R11 are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds are GPBAR1 agonists and can be used as medicaments for the treatment of diseases such as type II diabetes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula wherein R1 to R3 are defined in the description, and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases which can be treated with HDL-cholesterol raising agents, such as particularly dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases.

Abstract: N-Azinyl-N?-aryl ureas and thioureas derivatives are effective at controlling insects.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of Formula (I), wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, Am and Bn are defined as in Formula (I); invention compounds are modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptors—subtype 4 (“mGluR4”) which are useful for the treatment or prevention of central nervous system disorders as well as other disorders modulated by mGluR4 receptors. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions and the use of such compounds in the manufacture of medicaments, as well as to the use of such compounds for the prevention and treatment of such diseases in which mGluR4 is involved.

Abstract: Carbacephem ?-lactam antibiotics having the following chemical structures (I) and (II) are disclosed: including stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters and prodrugs thereof, wherein Ar2, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein. The compounds are useful for the treatment of bacterial infections, in particular those caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus spp.

Abstract: Various porphyrin compounds comprising one or more pyridone moieties, intermediates thereof, compositions thereof, and, methods of making and using thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to sulfonamide derivatives, to their use in medicine, to compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation and to intermediates used in such processes. More particularly the invention relates to a new sulfonamide Nav1.7 inhibitors of formula 10 (I):(I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein Z, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the description. Nav 1.7 inhibitors are potentially useful in the treatment of a wide range of disorders, particularly pain.

Abstract: A method for the synthesis of carbon-based structures, particularly graphene substructures and ribbons, from oligo- and poly-alkyne starting materials.

Abstract: An acrylamide derivative represented by formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, as well as a medicament containing said acrylamide derivative or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts as the active ingredient, which can be used to treat disorders associated with tyrosine kinase especially Bcr-Abl, including proliferative disorders such as cancers, and inflammation and the like are provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to 4-pyridinone compounds which are inhibitors of catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT), and are useful in the treatment and prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which COMT enzyme is involved. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which COMT is involved.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methylene urea derivatives of formula (I), the use of the compounds of formula (I) as inhibitors of raf-kinase, the use of the compounds of formula (I) for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition and a method of treatment, comprising administering said pharmaceutical composition to a patient.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula wherein R1 to R4 are defined in the description, and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases which can be treated with HDL-cholesterol raising agents, such as particularly dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of protein kinase. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders. The invention also provides processes for preparing compounds of the inventions.

Abstract: Disclosed are salts and crystalline forms of N-(4-(2-amino-3-chloropyridin-4-yloxy)-3-fluorophenyl)-4-ethoxy-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridine-3-carboxamide and salts thereof. Also disclosed are at least one pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one crystalline form of N-(4-(2-amino-3-chloropyridin-4-yloxy)-3-fluorophenyl)-4-ethoxy-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridine-3-carboxamide, at least one method of using at least one crystalline form of N-(4-(2-amino-3-chloropyridin-4-yloxy)-3-fluorophenyl)-4-ethoxy-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridine-3-carboxamide to treat cancer and/or other proliferative diseases, and processes to prepare crystalline forms of N-(4-(2-amino-3-chloropyridin-4-yloxy)-3-fluorophenyl)-4-ethoxy-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridine-3-carboxamide and salts thereof.

Abstract: GnRH receptor antagonists are disclosed which have utility in the treatment of a variety of sex-hormone related conditions in both men and women. The compounds of this invention have the structure: wherein R1a, R1b, R1c, R1d, R2, R2a, and A are as defined herein, including stereoisomers, esters, solvates, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed are compositions containing a compound of this invention in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, as well as methods relating to the use thereof for antagonizing gonadotropin-releasing hormone in a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides single chain antibody-directed polymeric prodrugs containing multifunctional linkers. Methods of making the polymeric delivery systems and methods of treating mammals using the same are also disclosed.

Abstract: Substituted pyridines, pyrimidines, pyrazines, pyridinones, pyrimidinones, pyrazinones and phenylacetamides useful in treating depression, stress and other disorders are disclosed. The compounds are of the formualae: Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel phenylpyridone derivative compounds. The compounds act as a melanin concentrating hormone receptor antagonists, and can be useful in preventing, treating or acting as a remedial agent for various circular system diseases, nervous system diseases, metabolic diseases, genital diseases, respiratory diseases and digestive diseases.

Abstract: [Object] A compound which is useful as an EP1 receptor antagonist is provided. [Means for Solution] The present inventors investigated EP1 receptor antagonists, and confirmed that a compound having a sulfonamide structure, in which the nitrogen atom of the sulfonamide structure is substituted with 2-fluoropropyl group, 3-fluoro-2-methylpropyl group or the like, has a potent EP1 receptor antagonistic action, thereby completing the present invention. The sulfonamide compound of the present invention has a potent EP1 receptor antagonistic action and can be used as an agent for preventing and/or treating a lower urinary tract symptom or the like.

Abstract: The present inventions provide a method for commercially producing a 1,2-dihydropyridine-2-one compound represented by the following formula (III-a) wherein the ring A represents an optionally substituted 2-pyridyl group, the ring B represents an optionally substituted phenyl group, and the ring C represents an optionally substituted phenyl group. Further, the invention provides crystals of 3-(2-cyanophenyl)-5-(2-pyridyl)-1-phenyl-1,2-dihydropyridin-2-one and production processes therefor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds, in particular novel pyridinone derivatives according to Formula (I) including any stereochemically isomeric form thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a solvate thereof, wherein all radicals are defined in the application and claims. The compounds according to the invention are positive allosteric modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptors subtype 2 (“mGluR2”) which are useful for the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR2 subtype of metabotropic receptors is involved. In particular, such diseases are central nervous system disorders selected from the group of anxiety, schizophrenia, migraine, depression, and epilepsy.

Abstract: There is described novel organo-platinum luminophores comprising a complex of formula I: The luminophores have application as the emissive component in organic light emitting diodes.

Abstract: Chelating monomers and fluoride-releasing compositions are disclosed that may be incorporated into dental composite restorative materials, dental bonding agents or other dental materials, to produce materials with high fluoride release rates, and high fluoride recharge capability. Such dental restorative materials may help reduce the level of dental caries in patients, particularly the level of caries occurring on the margins of the restorative materials.

Abstract: The invention relates to amino-heteroaryl derivatives having the general Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, as well as to the use of these derivatives for the treatment of pain, such as neuropathic pain or inflammatory pain.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aryl- or heteroaryl-substituted benzene compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods of treating cancer by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof. The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for research or other non-therapeutic purposes.

Abstract: Substituted 6-amino-nicotinamides, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and also use of these compounds in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of pain and further diseases and/or disorders.

Abstract: Disclosed are water soluble polymeric conjugates comprising the structure POLY-[Y—S—S-A]x, where POLY is a water soluble polymer; Y is a hydrocarbon-based spacer group, x is 1 to 25, S—S is a disulfide group attached to an sp3 hybridized carbon of Y; and A is a covalently linked residue of a pharmacologically active molecule. Preferably, the water soluble polymer is a PEG polymer. Also disclosed are polymeric reagents useful to prepare such conjugates, and methods of their formation and use.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a new class of hydroxamic acid derivatives of formula I, wherein the variables G, T, D, L, R1, R2, R3 are as described herein, their use as LpxC inhibitors, and more specifically their use to treat bacterial infections in a patient in need thereof.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), or salts thereof, in which R1 to R4 are as defined in formula (I) of claim 1 are suitable as useful-plant-protecting agents for reducing or preventing harmful effects of agrochemicals on the useful plants and their method of preparation are described.

Abstract: Compounds of the following formula are provided for use with glucokinase: wherein the variables are as defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits and articles of manufacture comprising such compounds; methods and intermediates useful for making the compounds; and methods of using said compounds.

Abstract: Disclosed are an oligomer and a phthalonitrile monomer having the formulas: M is a metal or H. The value n is an integer greater than or equal to 1 for the oligomer and greater than or equal to 0 for the phthalonitrile monomer. Ar1 and Ar2 are independently selected aromatic- or heterocyclic-containing groups. Ar1, Ar2, or both are heteroaromatic or heterocyclic groups containing a nitrogen, sulfur, or oxygen heteroatom. Also disclosed are thermosets and pyrolyzed materials made from the phthalonitrile monomer.

Abstract: The invention relates to aryl-substituted heterocycles, to processes for their preparation, to their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases and to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular of thromboembolic disorders.

Abstract: Compounds of formula I: wherein X, R2, R3, R3a, R3b, R5 and R6 are defined herein, are useful as inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus NS5B polymerase.