1,2-oxazoles (including Hydrogenated) Patents (Class 546/272.1)
  • Publication number: 20090048306
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, to processes for the preparation of, intermediates used in the preparation of, and compositions containing such compounds and the uses of such compounds for the treatment of pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: Pfizer, Inc.
    Inventors: Sharanjeet Kaur Bagal, Karl Richard Gibson, Mark Ian Kemp, Cedric Poinsard, Blanda Luzia Christa Stammen, Stephen Martin Denton, Melanie Susanne Glossop
  • Publication number: 20090042945
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted benzo[d]isoxazol-3-yl-amine compounds, methods for their production, medicaments containing these compounds and the use of these compounds to produce medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Frank, Beatrix Merla, Melanie Reich, Ruth Jostock
  • Publication number: 20090042726
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, m, R5, R6, n and Y are as defined in claim 1; or N-oxides, salts and optical isomers thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes for preparing compounds of formula (I), to herbicidal compositions comprising them and to methods of using them to control plants or to inhibit plant growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: SYNGENTA LIMITED
    Inventors: Janice Black, Jutta Elisabeth Boehmer, Ewan James Turner Chrystal, Anthony Marian Kozakiewicz, Andrew Plant
  • Patent number: 7488824
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of compounds of formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, by reaction of a compound of formula (II) wherein R3 is C1-C8alkyl or C3-C6cycloalkyl and R4 and R05 are as defined for formula (I), with a compound of formula (III) wherein R, R1, R2 and X1, are as defined for formula (I) in claim 1, in an inert solvent in the presence of a proton source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: David Anthony Jackson, Martin Charles Bowden
  • Publication number: 20090036450
    Abstract: The pyrazole compound of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (I). The pyrazole compound of the present invention or a salt thereof or a solvate thereof potently inhibits liver glycogen phosphorylase, and, therefore, is useful as a therapeutic or prophylactic agent for diabetes. wherein each symbol denotes as described in the specifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO, INC.
    Inventors: Masaki Takagi, Takeshi Nakamura, Isamu Matsuda, Toshihiro Kiguchi, Naoki Ogawa, Hidekazu Ozeki
  • Publication number: 20090018160
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds of the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a solvate or hydrate thereof wherein the heterocycle comprises two double bonds which may be present at several positions, and which are represented by the dashed lines (---); the heterocycle contains two heteroatoms, W is N or NH; Y is CH, O or NH, wherein if Y is O, X1 is CH and X2 is C-Z-R2 or C—R3, wherein Z is NH, O, or S; and if Y is CH or NH, one of X1 and X2 is CH or N, wherein if X1 is CH or N, X2 is C-Z-R2 or C—R3, and if X2 is CH or N, X1 is C-Z-R2 or C—R3, wherein Z is NH or S; R1 is chosen from structures (a), (b) and (c): R2 is chosen from (C1-C10)alkyl, (C2-C10)alkenyl and (C2-C10)alkynyl, optionally independently substituted with one or more substituents chosen from halogen, hydroxy, cyano, oxo, (C1-C6)alkoxy, (C1-C6)alkylthio, (C1-C6)alkenyloxy, (C1-C6)alkenylthio, (C1-C4)alkoxy(C1-C4)alkoxy, (C5-C7)cycloalkyl, a 5-membered unsaturated heterocycle (optionally s
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Axel Stoit, Hein K.A.C. Coolen, Cornelis G. Kruse, Jan H. Reinders, Louise Terwel
  • Patent number: 7476684
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel compounds, their use in therapy and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said novel compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Alexander Minidis, David Wensbo, Methvin Isaac, Abdelmalik Slassi, Jalaj Arora, Tao Xin, Louise Edwards, Caroline Eriksson, Veronica Profir, Per-Olov Bergstrom
  • Patent number: 7476683
    Abstract: The present invention relates to glycinamide 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Buchstaller, Matthias Wiesner, Oliver Schadt, Christiane Amendt, Frank Zenke, Christian Sirrenberg, Matthias Grell
  • Publication number: 20090005370
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned isoxazole-imidazole derivatives having affinity and selectivity for GABA A ?5 receptor binding site, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use for enhancing cognition or for the treatment of cognitive disorders like Alzheimer's disease. In particular, the present invention is concerned with aryl-isoxazol-4-yl-imidazole derivatives of formula I wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as described in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Bernd Buettelmann, Roland Jakob-Roetne, Henner Knust, Andrew Thomas
  • Patent number: 7456200
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new compounds of formula I, a process for their preparation and new intermediates prepared therein, pharmaceutical formulations containing compounds of the formula I and to the use of compounds of the formula I in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Astrazeneca AB
    Inventors: Jalaj Arora, Louise Edwards, Methvin Isaac, Donald A. McLeod, Abdelmalik Slassi, Tomislav Stefanac, Thomas M. Stormann, David Wensbo, Tao Xin, Helena Gyback, Martin Johansson, Annika Kers, John Malmberg, Alexander Minidis, Karin Oscarsson, Mangus Waldman, Ulrika Yngve, Christoffer Osterwall
  • Publication number: 20080274891
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which the substituents are as defined in claim 1 are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Edmunds, Alain De Mesmaeker, Christoph Luthy, Jurgen Schaetzer
  • Patent number: 7446199
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful of inhibitors of protein kinases. 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Alex Aronov, David J. Lauffer, Pan Li, Ronald C. Tomlinson
  • Publication number: 20080269267
    Abstract: Compounds of the present invention find utility in the treatment of mammalian cancers and especially human cancers including but not limited to malignant melanomas, solid tumors, glioblastomas, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancers, breast cancers, kidney cancers, hepatic cancers, cervical carcinomas, metastasis of primary tumor sites, myeloproliferative diseases, chronic myelogenous leukemia, leukemias, papillary thyroid carcinoma, non-small cell lung cancer, mesothelioma, hypereosinophilic syndrome, gastrointestinal stromal tumors, colonic cancers, ocular diseases characterized by hyperproliferation leading to blindness including various retinopathies, diabetic retinopathy, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, mastocytosis, mast cell leukemia, a disease caused by c-Abl kinase, oncogenic forms thereof, aberrant fusion proteins thereof and polymorphs thereof, a disease caused by c-Kit kinase, oncogenic forms thereof, aberrant fusion proteins thereof a
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel L. Flynn, Peter A. Petillo, Michael D. Kaufman
  • Publication number: 20080262028
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound of formula I: or any stereoisomeric form of the compound of the formula I or a mixture of these forms in any ratio or a physiologically acceptable salt of the compound of the formula I which inhibit the enzyme TAFIa (activated thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor), and to a process for their preparation and to their use to treat described diseases where the substituents are as described in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: Christopher KALLUS, Holger HEITSCH, Volkmar WEHNER
  • Publication number: 20080255155
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds that inhibit protein tyrosine kinase activity. In particular the invention relates to compounds, compositions and methods for the inhibition of kinase activity. The invention also provides compounds, compositions and methods for treating cell proliferative diseases and conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Stephane Raeppel, Oscar Saavedra, Stephen Claridge, Arkadii Vaisburg, Frederic Gaudette, Ljubomir Isakovic, Robert Deziel
  • Publication number: 20080233102
    Abstract: Administering an effective dose of a tTGase inhibitor to a Celiac or dermatitis herpetiformis patient reduces the toxic effects of toxic gluten oligopeptides, thereby attenuating or eliminating the damaging effects of gluten.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Chaitan Khosla, Kihang Choi
  • Publication number: 20080227824
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel compounds of formula (I)/(II)/(III), their use in therapy and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said novel compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: Astrazeneca AB
    Inventors: Alexander Minidis, David Wensbo, Abdelmalik Slassi, Methvin Isaac, Caroline Ericsson, Veronica Profir, Per-Olov Bergstrom, Louise Edwards, Jalaj Arora, Tao Xin
  • Publication number: 20080214623
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel compound, processes for its preparation, compositions comprising the same and its use in the treatment of condition or diseases mediated by p38 kinase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Amrik Chandi, Trevor Raymond Keel, Vipulkumar Kantibhai Patel, Ann Louise Walker
  • Patent number: 7414061
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with aryl-isoxazol-4-yl-imidazole derivatives of formula I: wherein R1 to R6 are as defined in the specification and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof. This class of compounds has high affinity and selectivity for GABA A ?5 receptor binding sites and might be useful as cognitive enhancer or for the treatment of cognitive disorders like Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Bernd Buettelmann, Bo Han, Henner Knust, Andrew Thomas
  • Publication number: 20080194586
    Abstract: Fused aromatic compounds of Formula (I) are PPAR gamma agonists or partial agonists and are useful in the treatment or control of type II diabetes, including hyperglycemia, dylipidermia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, and obesity that are often associated with type 2 diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Harold B. Wood, Peter T. Meinke, Guo Q. Shi, Yong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20080171754
    Abstract: The present invention provides certain pyrazoline compounds useful as inhibitors of protein kinases. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ruth S. Adams, Matthew Duffey, Alexandra E. Gould, Paul D. Greenspan, Bheemashankar A. Kulkarni, Tricia J. Vos
  • Publication number: 20080167350
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula I: along with methods of making the same, compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof, particularly methods of use as fungicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: SYNGENTA LIMITED
    Inventors: Shy-Fuh Lee, Micah Gliedt
  • Publication number: 20080153838
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of the Formula I. or salt, prodrug or solvate thereof, wherein R1, R5, R6, D, A, B, L, n, m and p are as defined in the description. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions of said compounds, the use of said compounds as medicaments and in the production of an anti-angiogenic effect in a warm-blooded animal. The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of said compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Clifford David Jones, Richard Williams Arthur Luke, William McCoull
  • Patent number: 7390907
    Abstract: Compounds having the general structure and compositions containing them, for the treatment of acute, inflammatory and neuropathic pain, dental pain, general headache, migraine, cluster headache, mixed-vascular and non-vascular syndromes, tension headache, general inflammation, arthritis, rheumatic diseases, osteoarthritis, inflammatory bowel disorders, inflammatory eye disorders, inflammatory or unstable bladder disorders, psoriasis, skin complaints with inflammatory components, chronic inflammatory conditions, inflammatory pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, neuropathic pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, diabetic neuropathy pain, causalgia, sympathetically maintained pain, deafferentation syndromes, asthma, epithelial tissue damage or dysfunction, herpes simplex, disturbances of visceral motility at respiratory, genitourinary, gastrointestinal or vascular regions, wounds, burns, allergic skin reactions, pruritus, vitiligo, general gastrointestinal disorders, gastric ulceration, d
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Thomas Nixey, Mark H. Norman
  • Publication number: 20080139561
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds having the Formula (I) to their pharmaceutical compositions and to their methods of use. These novel compounds provide a treatment for cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Audrey Davies, Michelle Lamb, Paul Lyne, Tao Wang, Dingwei Yu, Peter Mohr, Bin Wang
  • Publication number: 20080132551
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula I: wherein A, B, and X are described herein. These compounds may be in the form of pharmaceutical salts or compositions, may be in pure enantiomeric form or racemic mixtures, and are useful in pharmaceuticals used to treat diseases or conditions in which ?7 nAChR is known to be involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Bruce Nelsen Rogers, David Walter Piotrowski, Brandon J. Margolis, Jason K. Myers, Vincent Edward Groppi, Daniel G. Rudmann
  • Publication number: 20080132706
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a [di(ether or thioether)heteroaryl or fluoro substituted aryl] compound or an N-oxide thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which is useful for inhibiting the production or physiological effects of TNF in the treatment of a patient suffering from a disease state associated with a physiologically detrimental excess of tumor necrosis factor (TNF). Compounds within the scope of the present invention also inhibit cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase, and are useful in treating a disease state associated with pathological conditions that are modulated by inhibiting cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase, such disease states including inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, in particular type IV cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase. The present invention is therefore directed to their pharmacological use for inhibiting TNF and/or cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase, pharmacological compositions comprising the compounds and methods for their preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: AVENTIS PHARMA LIMITED
    Inventors: Garry FENTON, Tahir Nadeem MAJID, Malcolm Norman PALFREYMAN
  • Patent number: 7381687
    Abstract: 3-Heteroaryl-substituted isoxazolines of the formula I where: X is substituted 5-membered heteroaryl having one to four nitrogen atoms or one to three nitrogen atoms and one oxygen or sulfur atom or one oxygen or sulfur atom; or substituted 6-membered heteroaryl having one to four nitrogen atoms; where the abovementioned 5-membered heteroaryl is not pyrazolyl or thienyl; R1-R7 are hydrogen, alkyl or haloalkyl; Y is unsubstituted or substituted aryl, or benzo[1,4]dioxonyl, benzo[1,3]dioxolanyl, 2,3-dihydrobenzofuranyl or benzimidazole; or unsubstituted or substituted 5- to 6-membered heteroaryl; and their agriculturally useful salts, processes and intermediates for their preparation, and the use of these compounds or of the compositions comprising these compounds for controlling unwanted plants are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Oliver Wagner, Michael Rack, Matthias Witschel, Cyrill Zagar, Andreas Landes
  • Publication number: 20080113988
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel isoxazoline-indole derivatives according to Formula (I), a pharmaceutically acceptable acid or base addition salt thereof, a stereochemically isomeric form thereof, an N-oxide form thereof or a quaternary ammonium salt thereof, with a binding affinity towards dopamine receptors, in particular towards dopamine D2 and/or D3 receptors, with selective serotonin reuptake inhibition (SSRI) properties and showing an affinity for the 5-HT1A receptor, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds according to the invention, the use thereof for the prevention and/or treatment of a range of psychiatric and neurological disorders, in particular certain psychotic disorders, most in particular schizophrenia and processes for their production, wherein the variables are further defined in the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2005
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA N.V.
    Inventors: Jose Ignacio Andres-Gil, Jose Manuel Bartolome-Nebreda, Manuel Jesus Alcazar-Vaca, Maria de las Mercedes Garcia-Martin, Antonius Adrianus Hendrikus Petrus Megens
  • Patent number: 7354919
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are useful as protein kinase inhibitors, especially inhibitors of ERK, having the formula: where A, B, R1, R2, T and Ht are described in the specification. The compounds are useful for treating diseases in mammals that are alleviated by a protein, kinase inhibitor, particularly diseases such as cancer, inflammatory disorders, restenosis, and cardiovascular disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael R. Hale, James W. Janetka, Francois Maltais, Jingrong Cao
  • Publication number: 20080064689
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I): or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt or pro-drug thereof: wherein R1 is selected for example from hydrogen, halogen, optionally substituted methyl; R2 and R3 are independently selected from hydrogen, fluoro, chloro and trifluoromethyl; R4 and R5 are independently selected, for example, from hydrogen, methyl, optionally substituted (2-4C)alkyl, C(O)R6 or R4 and R5 together with the nitrogen to which they are attached form an optionally substituted 5 or 6 membered, saturated or partially unsaturated heterocyclyl ring or an optionally substituted imidazole ring. Methods for making the compounds of formula (I), compositions containing them and their use as antibacterial agents are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2004
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Daniel Robert Carcanague, Michael Barry Gravestock
  • Patent number: 7338967
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula I: along with methods of making the same, compostions thereof, and methods of use thereof, particularly methods of use as fungicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Shy-Fuh Lee, Micah Gliedt
  • Patent number: 7332602
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyridyl substituted heterocycles and hydro isomers thereof and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that inhibit replication and/or proliferation of HCV virus. The present invention also relates to the use of the pyridyl heterocycles and hydro isomers thereof and/or pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds to treat or prevent HCV infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajinder Singh, Dane Goff, John Partridge, Henry H. Lu
  • Publication number: 20070259923
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel compounds, to a process for their preparation, their use in therapy and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the novel compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicants: AstraZeneca AB, NPS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Methvin Isaac, Abdelmalik Slassi, Louise Edwards, Tao Xin, Andreas Wallberg, Tomislav Stefanac
  • Patent number: 7259175
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds represented by the following structural formula, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, Formula I: wherein: (a) R5 is selected from the group consisting of (C1-C6) alkyl, (C1-C6) alkenyl, substituted aryl(C0-C4)alkyl, substituted aryloxy(C0-C4)alkyl, substituted arylthio(C0-C4)alkyl, unsubstituted aryl(C0-C4)alkyl, unsubstituted aryloxy(C0-C4)alkyl, and unsubstituted arylthio(C0-C4)alkyl; (b) T1 is C or N; (c) Q is selected from the group consisting of O, a single bond, O(CH2)q and C; (d) q is 1 or 2; (e) W is selected from the group consisting of O, S, (CH2)rN(R20)(CH2)k, NHSO2, C(O)N(R20)(CH2)r, (CH2)rN(R20)C(O), and SO2; (f) X is CmH2m; (g) m is 0, 1 or 2; (h) A is an functional group selected from the group consisting of carboxyl, C1-C3 alkylnitrile, carboxamide, and (CH2)n COOR19; and (i) R19 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, optionally substituted C1-C4alkyl and optionally substituted arylmethyl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Scott Eugene Conner, Nathan Bryan Mantlo, Guoxin Zhu
  • Patent number: 7253187
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are useful as protein kinase inhibitors having the formula: wherein Z1 and Z2 are each independently nitrogen or CH and Ring A, TmR1, QR2, UnR3, and Sp are as described in the specification. The compounds are especially useful as inhibitors of ERK2 and for treating diseases in mammals that are alleviated by a protein kinase inhibitor, particularly diseases such as cancer, inflammatory disorders, restenosis, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jingrong Cao, Jeremy Green, Michael Hale, Francois Maltais, Judy Straub, Qing Tang, Alex Aronov
  • Patent number: 7229999
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula wherein X and R1 to R8 are as defined in the description and claims, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases which are associated with the modulation of CB1 receptors, such as obesity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Hebeisen, Hans Iding, Matthias Heinrich Nettekoven, Ulrike Obst, Stephan Roever, Beat Wirz
  • Patent number: 7214678
    Abstract: According to the invention there is provided a compound the formula I; wherein A, X, B, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Burk, Sophie Beauchemin
  • Patent number: 7211595
    Abstract: Substituted imidazoles and thiazoles having the formula are useful for inhibiting farnesyltransferase. Also disclosed are farnesyltransferase-inhibiting compositions and methods of inhibiting farnesyltransferase in a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Akiyo K. Claiborne, Stephen L. Gwaltney, II, Lisa A. Hasvold, Qun Li, Tongmei Li, Nan-Horng Lin, Robert A. Mantei, Todd W. Rockway, Hing L. Sham, Gerard M. Sullivan, Yunsong Tong, Gary Wang, Le Wang, Xilu Wang, Wei-Bo Wang
  • Patent number: 7196103
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the compound of formula I which is useful for inhibiting the activity of Factor Xa. The present invention is also directed to compositions containing said compounds, processes for their preparation, their use, such as for inhibiting the formation of thrombin or for therapeutically or prophylactically treating a patient suffering from, or subject to, or associated with a disease state associated with a cardiovascular disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Nazare, Volkmar Wehner, Kurt Ritter, Volker Laux
  • Patent number: 7179804
    Abstract: The present invention relates to selective NK-1 receptor antagonists of Formula (I); or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for the treatment of disorders associated with an excess of tachykinins
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Albert Kudzovi Amegadzie, Kevin Matthew Gardinier, Erik James Hembre, Jian Eric Hong, Louis Nickolaus Jungheim, Michael Alan Robertson, Kenneth Allen Savin
  • Patent number: 7169798
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula I: where R1 is H, CONH2, T(n)-R, or T(n)-Ar2, n may be zero or one, and G, XYZ, and Q are as described below. These compounds are inhibitors of protein kinase, particularly inhibitors of JNK, a mammalian protein kinase involved cell proliferation, cell death and response to extracellular stimuli. The invention also relates to methods for producing these inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the inhibitors of the invention and methods of utilizing those compositions in the treatment and prevention of various disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeremy Green, Guy Bemis, Anne-Laure Grillot, Mark Ledeboer, Francesco G. Salituro, Edmund Harrington, Huai Gao, Christopher Baker, Jingrong Cao, Michael Hale
  • Patent number: 7125865
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel LXR ligands of Formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters and tautomers thereof, which are useful in the treatment of dyslipidemic conditions, particularly depressed levels of HDL cholesterol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: A. Brian Jones, Alan D. Adams, Ahren I. Green, Shaei Y. Huang, Bruno Tse, Clare E. Gutteridge, Yuan Cheng
  • Patent number: 7119104
    Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (I) or a salt of the compound, and a PPAR-? activator which contains the compound or salt as the active ingredient: (wherein A represents O or S; B1 represents N, etc.; B2 represents O, etc.; each of X1 and X2 represents O, S, a bond, etc.; Y represents C1-8 alkylene chain; Z represents O or S; R1 represents aryl, etc. which can have substituents; R2 represents C1-8 alkyl, etc.; R3 represents C1-8 alkyl, C2-8 alkenyl, etc.; each of R4 and R5 represents hydrogen, C1-8 alkyl, etc.; and R6 represents hydrogen, etc.; provided that each of Z and R3 is attached to the benzene ring, and X2 is not attached to the benzene ring).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Nippon Chemiphar, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shogo Sakuma, Tomio Yamakawa, Takashi Kanda, Seiichiro Masui
  • Patent number: 7105549
    Abstract: This invention relates aryl substituted pyridines of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug or solvate thereof, wherein Ar and R1–R4 are set in the specification. The invention is also directed to the use of compounds of Formula I for the treatment of neuronal damage following global and focal ischemia, for the treatment or prevention of neurodegenerative conditions such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and for the treatment, prevention or amelioration of both acute or chronic pain, as antitinnitus agents, as anticonvulsants, and as antimanic depressants, as local anesthetics, as antiarrhythmics and for the treatment or prevention of diabetic neuropathy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Euro-Celtique S.A.
    Inventors: Bin Shao, R. Richard Goehring, Samuel F Victory, Qun Sun
  • Patent number: 7105556
    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: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Peter T. Cheng, Yoon Jeon, Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 7091199
    Abstract: The compounds are of the class of thienoisoxazole phenoxy unsubstituted ethyl and propyl derivatives, useful as D4 antagonists. Said compounds are useful for the treatment of medical conditions mediated by inhibition of D4 receptor. These conditions comprise, for example, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Psychoses, Substance Abuse, Substance Dependence, Parkinson's Disease, Parkinsonism, Tardive Diskinesia, Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome, Conduct Disorder, and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. A further aspect of the invention is to provide a pharmaceutical composition, intermediates, and a method of making said class of compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: George E. Lee, John G. Jurcak, Timothy A. Ayers
  • Patent number: 7087598
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds of Formula I, their N-oxides and agriculturally suitable salts wherein A and B are independently O or S; J is an optionally substituted 5- or 6-memebered nonaromatic heterocyclic ring; K is taken together with the two contiguous linking carbon atoms to form a phenyl ring or a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring, each ring optionally substituted; and R1, R2, and R3 are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula I, an N-oxide thereof or a suitable salt of the compound (e.g., as a composition described herein).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: David Alan Clark
  • Patent number: 7081538
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt, or an in-vivo-hydrolysable ester thereof, wherein, for example, X is O, S or NH; HET is an optionally substituted C-linked 5-membered heteroaryl ring containing 2 to 4 heteroatoms independently selected from N, O and S; Q is selected from, for example, Q1 and Q2: R2 and R3 are independently hydrogen or fluoro; T is selected from a range of groups, for example, an N-linked (fully unsaturated) 5-membered heteroaryl ring system or a group of formula (TC5): wherein Rc is, for example, R13CO—, R13SO2— or R13CS—; wherein R13 is, for example, optionally substituted (1–10C)alkyl or R14C(O)O(1–6C)alkyl wherein R14 is optionally substituted (1–10C)alkyl; are useful as antibacterial agents; and processes for their manufacture and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are described
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Michael Barry Gravestock, Michael John Betts
  • Patent number: RE39265
    Abstract: Heteroarylpiperidines, pyrrolidines, and piperazines are useful as antipsychotic and analgesic agents. The compounds are especially useful for treating psychoses by administering to a mammal a psychoses-treating effective amount of one of the compounds. The compounds are also useful as analgesics by administering a pain-relieving effective amount of one of the compounds to a mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph T. Strupczewski, Kenneth J. Bordeau, Edward J. Glamkowski, Yulin Chiang, Grover C. Helsley