1,3-oxazoles (including Hydrogenated) Patents (Class 546/271.4)
  • Patent number: 8476269
    Abstract: The present invention provides pyridine and pyrazine derivatives which restore or enhance the function of mutant and/or wild type CFTR to treat cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, respiratory tract infections, lung carcinoma, xerostomia and keratoconjunctivitis sire, or constipation (IBS, IBD, opioid induced). Pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives are also encompassed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Urs Baettig, Kamlesh Jagdis Bala, Emma Budd, Lee Edwards, Catherine Howsham, Glyn Alan Hughes, Darren Mark Legrand, Katrin Spiegel
  • Patent number: 8461188
    Abstract: A therapeutic combination comprises an antibacterially effective amount of daptomycin, and an amount of protein synthesis inhibitor antibiotic effective to prevent the development of daptomycin non-susceptibility in bacteria. Related combination therapies and methods are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Trius Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth F Bartizal, Jeffrey B Locke, Karen Joy Shaw, Philippe G Prokocimer
  • Patent number: 8455501
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc
    Inventors: Uwe Grether, Stephan Roever
  • Publication number: 20130137865
    Abstract: A compound represented by formula [I] and a pharmaceutically accepted salt of said compound are a novel compound and a pharmaceutically accepted salt thereof which exert antagonistic activity against group II metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptors, and are effective as a novel preventive or therapeutic agent for disorders such as mood disorders (depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, etc.), anxiety disorders (generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social anxiety disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, a specific phobic disorder, acute stress disorder, etc.), schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, cognitive impairment, dementia, drug dependence, convulsions, shivering, pain, sleep disorders, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshio Nakamura, Kazunari Sakagami, Kazuhide Konishi, Kanako Yamamoto, Seiji Masuda, Yohei Matsuda, Kumiko Okada, Tsuyoshi Shibata, Hiroshi Ohta, Akito Yasuhara, Hiroshi Kawamoto, Hideaki Amada, Hiroki Urabe, Rie Nishikawa, Shuhei Kashiwa ASHIWA
  • Publication number: 20130137730
    Abstract: There is provided a novel oxazolone derivative having inhibitory activity against casein kinase 1? and casein kinase 1?. In addition, the present inhibitor inhibits casein kinase 1? and casein kinase 1?, and thus there is also provided a pharmaceutical agent useful for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases, with the pathological conditions of which the activation mechanism of casein kinase 1? or casein kinase 1? is associated. There is further provided a pharmaceutical agent useful for the treatment of particularly, circadian rhythm disorder (including sleep disorder), central neurodegenerative disease, and cancer. An inhibitor of casein kinase 1? and casein kinase 1? comprising, as an act ingredient, an oxazolone derivative represented by the following general formula (1), a salt thereof, a solvate thereof, or a hydrate thereof: wherein X represents a halogen atom (which may be any one of a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, and an iodine atom).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicants: NB HEALTH LABORATORY CO., LTD., PHARMADESIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Masako Okamoto, Kiyoshi Takayama
  • Publication number: 20130131056
    Abstract: The present invention relates to phenylethynyl compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2, X, L, R3, R4, R4?, cyc, and n are as defined in the specification and claims and to a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt, to a racemic mixture, or to its corresponding enantiomer and/or optical isomer and/or stereoisomer thereof. Compounds of formula I are positive allosteric modulators (PAM) of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5). They are useful for the treatment of schizophrenia or cognitive diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventor: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130123254
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mGluR5 positive allosteric modulators (PAM) and methods for identifying pharmaceutically acceptable compounds with high tolerability and safety, which method comprises the use of at least one non-competitive mGluR5 allosteric modulator which has a shift factor measured at 10 uM glutamate concentration below 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Barbara Biemans, Georg Jaeschke, Lothar Lindemann, Wolfgang Muster, Heinz Stadler, Eric Vieira
  • Patent number: 8440700
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel substituted aryloxazole derivatives, 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 prevention of cardiovascular and metabolic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Nell, Walter Hübsch, Barbara Albrecht-Küpper, Jorg Keldenich, Alexandros Vakalopoulos, Frank Süssmeier, Katja Zimmermann, Dieter Lang, Daniel Meibom
  • Patent number: 8440702
    Abstract: Compounds having the structure of Formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors, and are useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis. The compounds have 3 cyclic groups connected by single bonds, as for example triphenyl, which are attached directly to the ring of formula I or attached at the position B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, Zhijian Lu, Peter J. Sinclair, Yi-Heng Chen, Cameron J. Smith, Hong Li
  • Publication number: 20130109566
    Abstract: This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula One”): and processes related thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: Dow Agrosciences LLC
    Inventor: Dow AgroSciences LLC
  • Publication number: 20130102592
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound which is an amide of the formula (1), or a salt, solvate, N-oxide or tautomer thereof; wherein: a is 0 or 1; b is 0 or 1: provided that the sum of a and b is 0 or 1; T is O or NH Ar1 is a monocyclic or bicyclic 5- to 10-membered aryl or heteroaryl group containing up to 4 heteroatoms selected from O, N and S, and being optionally substituted en by one or more substituents R1; Ar2 Js a monocyclic or bicyclic 5- to 10-membered aryl or heteroaryl group containing up to 4 heteroatoms selected from O, N and S and being optionally substituted by one or more substituents R2; and R1 and R2 are as defined in the claims. The compounds are inhibitors of kinases and in particular FLT3, FLT4 and Aurora kinases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: SAREUM LIMITED
    Inventor: Sareum Limited
  • Patent number: 8426447
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a new class of compounds useful for the modulation of Beta-secretase enzyme activity and for the treatment of Beta-secretase mediated diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related conditions. In one embodiment, the compounds have a general Formula I wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, T1, T2, W, X, Y and Z of Formula I are defined herein. The invention also includes use of these compounds in pharmaceutical compositions for treatment, prophylactic or therapeutic, of disorders and conditions related to the activity of beta-secretase protein. Such disorders include, for example, Alzheimer's Disease, cognitive deficits, cognitive impairment, schizophrenia and other central nervous system conditions related to and/or caused by the formation and/or deposition of plaque on the brain. The invention also comprises further embodiments of Formula I, intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan White, Albert Amegadzie, Marian C. Bryan, Jian Jeffrey Chen, Alan C. Cheng, Thomas Dineen, Oleg Epstein, Vijay Keshav Gore, Zihao Hua, Jason Brooks Human, Hongbing Huang, Charles Kreiman, Daniel La, Qingyian Liu, Vu Van Ma, Isaac Marx, Vinod F Patel, Wenyuan Qian, Matthew Weiss, Chester Chenguang Yuan
  • Publication number: 20130096149
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, and X are as defined herein. The compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are useful for the treatment of cancer, and B-Raf-associated diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Ann Marie Madera, Daniel Poon, Aaron Smith
  • Patent number: 8415359
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof having superior glucokinase activating activity, and is a compound represented by general formula (I), or pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof: [wherein, A represents, for example, an oxygen atom or sulfur atom, R1 represents, for example, a C1-C6 alkyl group, a C1-C6 alkoxy group or a C1-C6 halogenated alkyl group, A and R1 together with the carbon atom bonded thereto form a heterocyclic group that may be substituted with 1 to 3 group(s) independently selected from Substituent Group ?, R2 represents a phenyl group that may be substituted with 1 to 5 group(s) independently selected from Substituent Group ? or a heterocyclic group that may be substituted with 1 to 3 group(s) independently selected from Substituent Group ?, R3 represents a hydroxy group or a C1-C6 alkoxy group, and Substituent Group ? consists of, for example, a halogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl group, a C1-C6 alkyl group substituted with 1 or 2 hyd
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Akihiro Furukawa, Takehiro Fukuzaki, Yukari Onishi, Hideki Kobayashi, Takeshi Honda, Yumi Matsui, Masahiro Konishi, Kenjiro Ueda, Tetsuyoshi Matsufuji
  • Patent number: 8415477
    Abstract: The present invention provides dye compounds optimally excited at about 400 nm and have a Stokes shift of at least about 80 nm. These dyes find use in detection of analyte in a sample and the preparation of dye-conjugates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Gayle Buller, Jixiang Liu, Stephen Yue, Jolene Bradford
  • Publication number: 20130085147
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to antiviral compounds, and more specifically directed to compounds which can inhibit the function of the NS5A protein encoded by Hepatitis C virus (HCV), compositions comprising such compounds, and methods for inhibiting the function of the NS5A protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventor: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
  • Publication number: 20130085148
    Abstract: The present application provides novel pyridine compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof. Also provided are methods for preparing these compounds. These compounds are useful in inhibiting CYP17 activity by administering a therapeutically effective amount of one or more of the compounds to a patient. By doing so, these compounds are effective in treating conditions associated with CPY17 activity. A variety of conditions can be treated using these compounds and include diseases which are characterized by abnormal cellular proliferation. In one embodiment, the disease is cancer, such as prostate cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
    Inventor: Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130079313
    Abstract: The invention relates to inhibitors of the phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) enzyme. More particularly, the invention relates to compounds that are derivatives of 1-phenyl-2-pyridinyl alkyl alcohols, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing them and therapeutic use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.
    Inventor: Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.
  • Patent number: 8404722
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to compounds represented in Formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and methods of treating of diseases or disorders such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Brown, Michael G. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8399660
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for the preparation of triazoles. These compounds are useful as anti-infective, anti-proliferative, anti-inflammatory, and prokinetic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Shili Chen, Rongliang Lou, Yusheng Wu, Jiacheng Zhou, Roger Hanselmann
  • Publication number: 20130065911
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Uwe Grether, Stephan Roever
  • Publication number: 20130066076
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for the preparation of biaryl oxazolidinones. These compounds are useful as anti-infective, anti-proliferative, anti-inflammatory, and prokinetic agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Yusheng Wu, Shili Chen, Yi Chen, Roger Hanselmann, Rongliang Lou, Jiacheng Zhou
  • Publication number: 20130060025
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, X, Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4 and m are as defined herein. Also provided is a pharmaceutically acceptable composition comprising a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided are methods of using a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Luke W. Ashcraft, Gustave Bergnes, Chihyuan Chuang, Scott Collibee, Pu-Ping Lu, Bradley Morgan, Alex Muci, Xiangping Qian, Jeffrey Warrington, Zhe Yang
  • Patent number: 8383822
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel substituted oxazolidinones, to processes for their preparation, to their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases and their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular of thromboembolic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Swen Allerheiligen, Marcus Bauser, Dirk Heimbach, Stefan Heitmeier, Mark Jean Gnoth, Christoph Gerdes, Georges Von Degenfeld, Susanne Röhrig, Ulrich Rester, Elke Dittrich-Wengenroth, Uwe Saatmann, Adrian Tersteegen, Joachim Krüger, Holger Paulsen
  • Patent number: 8378095
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound which is an amide of the formula (1), or a salt, solvate, N-oxide or tautomer thereof; wherein: a is 0 or 1; b is 0 or 1: provided that the sum of a and b is 0 or 1; T is O or NH Ar1 is a monocyclic or bicyclic 5- to 10-membered aryl or heteroaryl group containing up to 4 heteroatoms selected from O, N and S, and being optionally substituted by one or more substituents R1; Ar2 Js a monocyclic or bicyclic 5- to 10-membered aryl or heteroaryl group containing up to 4 heteroatoms selected from O, N and S and being optionally substituted by one or more substituents R2; and R1 and R2 are as defined in the claims. The compounds are inhibitors of kinases and in particular FLT3, FLT4 and Aurora kinases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Saruem Limited
    Inventors: John Charles Reader, John Mark Ellard, Michael Cherry
  • Patent number: 8372823
    Abstract: Certain tetracyclic compounds are described, which may be used in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) activity. Thus, the compounds may be administered to treat, e.g., anxiety, pain, inflammation, sleep disorders, eating disorders, or movement disorders (such as multiple sclerosis).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventor: Dale L. Boger
  • Patent number: 8372984
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to compounds having the formula: wherein: Ar, Z, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds have AT1 receptor antagonist activity and neprilysin inhibition activity. In another aspect, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of using such compounds; and process and intermediates for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Theravance, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul R. Fatheree, Ryan Hudson, Robert Murray McKinnell
  • Publication number: 20130035331
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with substituted azole derivatives that selectively modulate, regulate, and/or inhibit signal transduction mediated by certain native and/or mutant proteine kinases implicated in a variety of human and animal diseases such as cell proliferative, metabolic, allergic, and degenerative disorders. In particular, several of these compounds are potent and selective Flt-3 inhibitors or/and syk inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: AB SCIENCE
    Inventors: Alain Moussy, Abdellah Benjahad, Jason Martin, Emmanuel Chevenier, Didier Pez, Franck Sandrinelli, Willy Picoul
  • Publication number: 20130023525
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which inhibit bacterial gyrase and/or Topo IV and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds. These compounds, and compositions thereof, are useful in treating bacterial infection. Accordingly, the present invention also relates to methods for treating bacterial infections in mammals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Paul S. Charifson, David D. Deininger, Anne-Laure Grillot, Yusheng Liao, Steven Ronkin, Dean Stamos, Emanuele Perola, Tiansheng Wang, Arnaud Le Tiran, Joseph Drumm
  • Publication number: 20130018048
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to certain Oxazole derivatives which are useful as modulators of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase (FAAH) and as FAAH imaging agents. The invention is also concerned with pharmaceutical formulations comprising these compounds as active ingredients and the use of the compounds and their formulations in the treatment of certain disorders, including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetic neuropathy, postherpetic neuralgia, skeletomuscular pain, and fibromyalgia, as well as acute pain, migraine, sleep disorder, Alzheimer Disease, and Parkinson's Disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: ZhiQiang Yang, Philippe G. Nantermet, Constantine Kreatsoulas, Keith P. Moore, Evan Foster Shalen
  • Publication number: 20130012526
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to certain Oxazole derivatives which are useful as modulators of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase (FAAH) and as FAAH imaging agents. The invention is also concerned with pharmaceutical formulations comprising these compounds as active ingredients and the use of the compounds and their formulations in the treatment of certain disorders, including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetic neuropathy, postherpetic neuralgia, skeletomuscular pain, and fibromyalgia, as well as acute pain, migraine, sleep disorder, Alzheimer Disease, and Parkinson's Disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Philippe G. Nantermet, Zhi-Qiang Yang, Constantine Kreatsoulas, Abbas M. Walji, Hong Zhu
  • Patent number: 8350026
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of general formula (I) wherein W, D, E, G, J, L, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and Y are as defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, or solvates thereof, for use—alone or in combination with one or more other pharmaceutically active compounds—in therapy, for treating diseases associated with deregulated angiogenesis, such as cancer and skin and eye diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Leo Pharma A/S
    Inventors: Jakob Felding, Xifu Liang, Anne Marie Horneman, Tina Dahlerup Poulsen, Jens Christian Højland Larsen
  • Publication number: 20130005730
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain novel 1,3-oxazolidine compounds of formula (I), to processes for making such compounds and to their utility as renin inhibitors or prodrugs of renin inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Piaoyang Sun, Mikhajlovich Antonov Dmitry, Xiao Xiong Zhou
  • Publication number: 20130005773
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel, fluoro-substituted 2-aryl-3,5-dicyano-4-(1H-indazol-5-yl)-6-methyl-1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives having protein tyrosine kinase inhibitory activity, to a process for the manufacture thereof and to the use thereof for the treatment of c-Met-mediated diseases or c-Met-mediated conditions, particularly Cancer and other proliferative disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Alexandros Vakalopoulos, Martin Michels, Katja Zimmermann, Nicole Teusch, Mario Lobell, Karen Engel
  • Publication number: 20130005729
    Abstract: The instant invention describes compounds having metalloenzyme modulating activity, and methods of treating diseases, disorders or symptoms thereof mediated by such metalloenzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Viamet Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Hoekstra, Stephen W. Rafferty, Christopher M. Yates, Robert J. Schotzinger, Michael R. Loso, Michael T. Sullenberger
  • Patent number: 8344002
    Abstract: A novel compound represented by the formula (1) below which has ?-secretase inhibitory activity, its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof. wherein Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted 5 to 6 membered mono cyclic aromatic group; R1, R2 and R3 are hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or the like, or R2 and R3 may be taken together with the adjacent nitrogen atom and carbon atom respectively to form a 3 to 6 membered ring; R4 is C1-6 alkyl group, C1-6 alkyl group substituted by phenyl, phenylthio, or a hetero ring, or the like; A is represented by the formula below: wherein X and Y are oxygen atom, NH or sulfur atom, Z is hydrogen atom, hydroxy group which may be substituted, amino group, thiol group, or the like; and B is hydroxy group, substituted or unsubstituted amino group, substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic or aromatic amino group, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Kiso
  • Publication number: 20120316147
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula (I) wherein R1 to R4 are defined as in the description and in the claims. The compound of formula (I) can be used as a medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Uwe Grether, Paul Hebeisen, Atsushi Kimbara, Qingping Liu, Matthias Nettekoven, Marco Prunotto, Stephan Roever, Mark Rogers-Evans, Tanja Schulz-Gasch, Christoph Ullmer, Zhiwei Wang, Wulun Yang
  • Patent number: 8329706
    Abstract: The present invention relates to oxazolidinone derivatives of formula (I) wherein Y, R3 and R4 are as described in the description, to their preparation, to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and to their use as pharmaceuticals, to pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more compounds of formula (I), and especially to their use as orexin receptor antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Hamed Aissaoui, Christoph Boss, Christine Brotschi, Markus Gude, Romain Siegrist, Thierry Sifferlen, Jodi T Williams
  • Patent number: 8329913
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide novel carbazole derivatives, solvates thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof having an excellent adipose tissue weight reducing effect, hypoglycemic effect, and hypolipidemic effect, which are useful as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for fatty liver, obesity, lipid metabolism abnormality, visceral adiposity, diabetes, hyperlipemia, impaired glucose tolerance, hypertension, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Zeria Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Murata, Yoshihiko Itokazu, Ryu Nakao
  • Publication number: 20120302607
    Abstract: The invention provides a series of C4-substituted oxazole compounds having an alpha keto side chain at the 2 position, for example, compounds of formula I. The compounds can inhibit fatty acid amide hydrolase and can be useful for treatment of malconditions modulated by fatty acid amide hydrolase. The invention further provides methods of making compounds of formula I, useful intermediates in the preparation of compounds of formula I, and methods of using compounds of formula 1 and compositions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventor: Dale L. Boger
  • Publication number: 20120295894
    Abstract: Described herein are novel beta-secretase inhibitors and methods for their use, including methods of treating Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Geoffrey M. BILCER, Thippeswamy Devasamudram, Sudha V. Ankala, John C. Lilly, Chunfeng Liu, Hui Lei, Arun K. Ghosh, Makoto Inoue
  • Publication number: 20120289698
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, X, Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4 and m are as defined herein. Also provided is a pharmaceutically acceptable composition comprising a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided are methods of using a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Luke W. Ashcraft, Gustave Bergnes, Chihyuan Chuang, Scott Collibee, Pu-Ping Lu, Bradley Morgan, Alex Muci, Xiangping Qian, Jeffrey Warrington, Zhe Yang
  • Publication number: 20120289551
    Abstract: Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists, of which the following is exemplary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Xin GUO, Stephen J. BOYER, Di WU, Frank WU
  • Publication number: 20120289505
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds in all their stereoisomeric and tautomeric forms; and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutically acceptable solvates and pharmaceutically acceptable polymorphs. The invention also relates to processes for the manufacture of the heterocyclic compounds and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The said compounds and their pharmaceutical compositions are useful in the prevention and treatment of diseases or disorders mediated by diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT), particularly DGAT1. The present invention further provides a method of treatment of such diseases or disorders by administering a therapeutically effective amount of said compounds or their pharmaceutical compositions, to a mammal in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Ravindra Dnyandev Jadhav, Rajiv Sharma
  • Publication number: 20120283264
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to compounds of formula I, including their salts, as well as compositions and methods of using the compounds. The compounds are ligands, agonists and partial agonists for the mGluR5 receptor and may be useful for the treatment of various disorders of the central nervous system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Andrew P. Degnan, Hong Huang, Lawrence B. Snyder, Fukang Yang, Kevin W. Gillman, Michael F. Parker
  • Publication number: 20120277223
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): wherein Q, G1, G2, and G3, are defined herein. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating DGAT-1 related diseases or conditions are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Andrew S. Judd, Mathew M. Mulhern, Rajesh R. lyengar, Philip R. Kym, Andrew J. Souers
  • Patent number: 8299267
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel beta-secretase inhibitors and methods for their use, including methods of treating of Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignees: CoMentis, Inc., Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Arun K. Ghosh, Chunfeng Liu, Thippeswamy Devasamudram, Hui Lei, Lisa M. Swanson, Sudha V. Ankala, John C. Lilly, Geoffrey M. Bilcer
  • Publication number: 20120258948
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Matthew Frank Brown, Ye Che, Anthony Marfat, Michael Joseph Melnick, Justin Ian Montgomery, Usa Reilly
  • Patent number: 8278317
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds having the structure (I) useful as potassium channel inhibitors to treat cardiac arrhythmias, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: B. Wesley Trotter, Kausik K. Nanda, Scott E. Wolkenberg, M. Brad Nolt, David Wisnoski
  • Publication number: 20120245206
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formulas I and II, wherein B1, B2, B3, B4, C1, C2, ring D, L1, L2 and R1-4 are defined herein, synthetic intermediates, and pharmaceutical compositions, comprising such compounds. The compounds and compositions are capable of modulating various protein kinase receptors such as Tie-2 and Aurora and, therefore, influencing kinase related disease states and conditions. The compounds, for example, are capable of treating cancer caused by unregulated angiogenesis, and inflammation as well as other proliferative disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Brian L. HODOUS, Stephanie D. Geuns-Meyer, Philip R. Olivieri, Vinod F. Patel, Paul A. Tempest