Abstract: Alkyne compounds of formula I wherein A, B, W, X, Y, Z, R1, and R2 have the meanings given herein, which have MCH-receptor antagonistic activity and are useful for preparing pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of metabolic disorders and/or eating disorders, particularly obesity and diabetes.

Abstract: The present invention discloses novel compounds of Formula I: (I) having 11?-HSD type 1 antagonist activity, as well as methods for preparing such compounds. In another embodiment, the invention discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I, as well as methods of using the compounds and compositions to treat diabetes, hyperglycemia, obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, metabolic syndrome, and other conditions associated with 11?-HSD type 1 activity.

Abstract: Novel compounds of the formula I in which R1, R1?, L, E, G, M, Q, U, R2, m, p and q have the meanings indicated in Claim 1 and are, for example, inhibitors of tyrosine kinases, for example TIE-2, and can be employed, for example, for the treatment of tumours or other diseases.

Abstract: A carboxamide compound represented by the formula (I): [wherein Q represents a nitrogen-containing 5-membered heterocyclic group optionally fused with a benzene ring, R1 represents a C1-C3 alkyl group or the like, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or the like, and R3 represents a hydrogen atom.] has an excellent plant disease controlling effect.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are ligands of the melanin concentrating hormone-1 receptor (MCH-1R), useful in the treatment of diseases responsive to modulation of melanin concentrating hormone (MCH) activity, for example feeding disorders and diseases for which obesity is a risk factor (I): wherein ring B is selected from specific substituted phenyl or benz-fused 5 membered N-containing heterocycles defined in the specification; R, is attached to a ring carbon of ring B, and represents hydrogen, F, Cl, or —OCH3; X is ?CH— or ?N—; L, is —CH2— or —CH2CH2—; L2 is a bond, —CH2— or —CO—; R2 is H or C, —C3 alkyl, or —N(R2) L, —is selected from specific cyclic amino linker radicals as defined in the specification; ring A is selected from specific N-containing heterocyclic rings as defined in the specification.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds which are antagonist or inverse agonists at an opioid receptor. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of obesity and related diseases and/or conditions in mammals, particularly humans. Methods of making and using such compounds are also disclosed.

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.

Abstract: The invention relates to new, physiologically acceptable salts of the active substance ethyl 3-[(2-{[4-(hexyloxycarbonylamino-imino-methyl)-phenylamino]-methyl}-1-methyl-1H-benzimidazole-5-carbonyl)-pyridin-2-yl-amino]-propionate.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for the production of disulfide compounds of the formula (I) PAC-SA—SB—R* (I) wherein PAC-SA is a residue of a pharmaceutically active drug a metabolite thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof that is covalently bonded via the sulfur atom, SA of a reduced sulfhydryl, sulfinyl, sulfonyl or sulfonamide group to the sulfur atom SB of an oxidised sulfhydryl group of a pharmacologically acceptable sulfhydryl compound in the absence of an acid. Preferably the pharmaceutically active drug is a proton pump inhibitor and the sulfhydryl compound is N-acetyl cysteine. The disulfide compounds according to the invention can be prepared either in vitro or in vivo and are stable in the acidic conditions of the stomach. Pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of the formula (I) and a method for the treatment or prophylaxis of gastrointestinal disorders using compounds of the formula (I) are also described.

Abstract: The present invention concerns amino-benzimidazoles having inhibitory activity on the replication of the respiratory syncytial virus and having the formula their prodrugs, N-oxides, addition salts, quaternary amines, metal complexes and stereochemically isomeric forms wherein Q is Ar1 or C1-6alkyl substituted with one or more substituents selected from trifluoromethyl, C3-7cycloalkyl, Ar2, hydroxy, C1-4alkoxy, C1-4alkylthio, Ar2-oxy-, Ar2-thio-, Ar2(CH2)noxy, Ar2(CH2)nthio, hydroxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, C1-4alkylcarbonyl, Ar2-carbonyl, C1-4alkoxycarbonyl, Ar2(CH2)ncarbonyl, aminocarbonyloxy, C1-4alkylcarbonyloxy, Ar2-carbonyloxy, Ar2(CH2)ncarbonyloxy, hydroxy-C2-4-alkyloxy, C1-4alkoxycarbonyl(CH2)noxy, mono- or di(C1-4alkyl)-aminocarbonyl, mono- or di(C1-4alkyl)aminocarbonyloxy, aminosulfonyl, mono- or di(C1-4alkyl)aminosulfonyl, dioxolanyl optionally substituted with one or two C1-6alkyl radicals, and a heterocycle selected from pyrrolidinyl, pyrrolyl, dihydropyrrolyl, thiazolidinyl, imidazolyl, triazo

Abstract: This invention relates to novel benzimidazole derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and methods of treatment therewith. The compounds of the invention are useful in the treatment of central nervous system diseases and disorders which are responsive to modulation of the GABAA receptor complex, and in particular for combating anxiety and related diseases.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel benzimidazole derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and methods of treatment therewith. The compounds of the invention are useful in the treatment of central nervous system diseases and disorders, which are responsive to modulation of the GABAA receptor complex, and in particular for combating anxiety and related diseases.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing an imidazothiazole derivative of formula (I) useful as an intermediate for the production of carbapenem derivatives having potent antimicrobial activity and a broad antimicrobial spectrum, that is, a novel method for nicotinoylating an imidazo[5,1-b]thiazole ring at its 7-position. The process comprises reacting a compound of formula (II) with a compound of formula (III).

Abstract: This invention relates to novel benzimidazole derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and methods of treatment therewith. The compounds of the invention are useful in the treatment of central nervous system diseases and disorders, which are responsive to modulation of the GABAA receptor complex, and in particular for combating anxiety and related diseases.

Abstract: A crystal of a salt of 2-[[[3-methyl-4-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-2-pyridinyl]methyl]sulfinyl]-1H-benzimidazole which is useful as a medicine, and use of the crystal.

Abstract: Compounds which inhibit the activity of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP), compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases using them are disclosed.

Abstract: New substituted benzimidazole compounds, compositions, and methods of inhibition of kinase activity associated with tumorigenesis in a human or animal subject are provided. In certain embodiments, the compounds and compositions are effective to inhibit the activity of at least one serine/threonine kinase or receptor tyrosine kinase. The new compounds and compositions may be used either alone or in combination with at least one additional agent for the treatment of a serine/threonine kinase- or receptor tyrosine kinase-mediated disorder, such as cancer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel benzoimidazole derivatives functioning as antagonists to vanilloid receptor-1, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same. They are useful in preventing or treating pain, acute pain, chronic pain, neuropathic pain, postoperative pain, migraines, arthralgia, neuropathy, nerve injury, diabetic neuropathy, neurological illness, neurodermatitis, strokes, bladder hypersensitivity, irritable bowel syndrome, respiratory disorders such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, etc., burns, psoriasis, itching, vomiting, irritation of the skin, eyes, and mucous membranes, gastric-duodenal ulcers, inflammatory intestinal diseases, and inflammatory diseases.

Abstract: The present invention makes available methods and reagents for inhibiting aberrant growth states resulting from hedgehog gain-of-function, ptc loss-of-function or smoothened gain-of-function comprising contacting the cell with a hedgehog antagonist, such as a small molecule, in a sufficient amount to aberrant growth state, e.g., to agonize a normal ptc pathway or antagonize smoothened or hedgehog activity.

Abstract: The invention is directed to compounds having the formula: wherein: Ar, r, n, X, R2-3 and R5-7 are as defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds have AT1 receptor antagonist activity and neprilysin inhibition activity. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of using such compounds; and process and intermediates for preparing such compounds.

Abstract: Benzimidazole derivatives, methods of preparing the same and their pharmaceutical uses for the treatment of inflammatory diseases including COPD.

Abstract: A process for preparing an optionally substituted 4-benzimidazol-2-ylmethylamino)benzamidine, the process comprising: (a) condensing an optionally suitably substituted diaminobenzene with 2-[4-(1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-on-3-yl)phenylamino]acetic acid; (b) hydrogenating the product obtained from step (a); and (c) optionally carboxylating the amidino group of the product obtained from step (b).

Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of the formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are defined as in the specification and claims and to its use for treating or preventing Alzheimer's disease and other similar diseases.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds which are potentiators of metabotropic glutamate receptors, including the mGluR2 receptor, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved.

Abstract: Methods for preparing new substituted benzimidazole compounds having formula (I) useful for treating kinase mediated disorders are provided wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, a, b, and c are defined herein

Abstract: The present invention provides novel amino-benzazoles and analogues thereof, which are selective inhibitors of the human P2Y1 receptor. The invention also provides for various pharmaceutical compositions of the same and methods for treating diseases responsive to modulation of P2Y1 receptor activity.

Abstract: The invention relates to crystals from optionally substituted 2-(2-pyridinyl)methylthio-1H-benzimidazole hydrates and to a method for the production thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I): pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, processes for preparing the same and their use as pharmaceutical agents.

Abstract: A compound of the formula I: wherein: X is CH or N; Y is O or S; Z is OH, NH2, NMeR3, NHR3; OR3 or 5- or 6-membered heterocycle, having 1 to 4 heteroatoms selected from O, N and S, said heterocycle being optionally substituted with from 1 to 4 substituents; A is N, COR7 or CR5, wherein R5 is H, halogen, or (C1-6) alkyl and R7 is H or (C1-6 alkyl), with the proviso that X and A are not both N; R6 is H, halogen, (C1-6 alkyl) or OR7, wherein R7 is H or (C1-6 alkyl); R1 is selected from the group consisting of 5- or 6-membered heterocycle having 1 to 4 heteroatoms selected from O, N, and S, phenyl, phenyl(C1-3)alkyl, (C2-6)alkenyl, phenyl(C2-6)alkenyl, (C3-6)cycloalkyl, (C1-6)alkyl, CF3, 9- or 10-membered heterobicycle having 1 to 4 heteroatoms selected from O, N and S, wherein said heterocycle, phenyl, phenyl(C2-6)alkenyl and phenyl(C1-3)alkyl), alkenyl, cycloalkyl, (C1-6)alkyl, and heterobicycle are all optionally substituted with from 1 to 4 substituents; R2 is selected from (C1-6)alkyl, (C3-7)cycloalkyl,

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating Flaviviridae family virus infections.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are benzoimidazole compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising a therapeutically effective amount of the same; methods of modulating the activity of an MrgX1 or an MrgX2 receptor using the same; and methods of alleviating acute, chronic and neuropathic pain in a subject using the same. Also disclosed are methods of identifying a benzoimidazole compound that modulates the activity of an MrgX1 or an MrgX2 receptor; methods of identifying a benzoimidazole compound effective for the treatment of pain.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing benzimidazole thiophene compounds of formula (I). Intermediates used in the process are also claimed.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), in which R, X, X? and R2, R2?, R2?, R3?, R2?? and R7 have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are inhibitors of CHK1 CHK2 and SGK kinases and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of cancer.

Abstract: New substituted benzazole compounds, compositions and methods of inhibition of Raf kinase activity in a human or animal subject are provided. The new compounds compositions may be used either alone or in combination with at least one additional agent for the treatment of a Raf kinase mediated disorder, such as cancer.

Abstract: Disclosed in certain embodiments is a process for synthesizing a compound of formula (V) and salts thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides 5-heteroaryl substituted benzimidazole thiophene compounds pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, processes for preparing the same and their use as pharmaceutical agents.

Abstract: A compound of the general formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable prodrugs, salts, hydrates, solvates, crystal forms or diastereomers thereof, wherein A represents a variety of six membered nitrogen containing heterocyclic rings, Q is a bond, halogen, C1-4 alkyl, O, S, SO2, CO or CS and X1, X2, X3 and X4 are optionally substituted by 9 specific substituents or one can be nitrogen. Compositions comprising a carrier and at least one compound of formula (I) are also provided. Further provided are methods of treating tyrosine kinase-associated disease states by administering a compound of formula (I) and methods of suppressing the immune system of a subject by administering a compound of formula (I).

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds capable of modulating tyrosine kinases, compositions comprising the compounds and methods of their use.

Abstract: The invention relates to crystalline forms of racemic ilaprazole, 2[[(4-methoxy-3-methyl-2-pyridinyl)-methyl]sulfinyl]-5-(1H-pyrrol-1-yl) 1H-Benzimidazole. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition for inhibiting gastric acid secretion comprising a crystalline Form of ilaprazole according to the invention in an amount effective to inhibit gastric acid secretion and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The invention also provides methods of treatment for various acid-related gastrointestinal (GI) disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative or prodrug thereof. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of bacterial gyrase activity. The present invention also relates to methods for treating bacterial infections in mammala. The present invention also relates to methods for decreasing bacterial quantity in a biological sample.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new compounds or salts, solvates or solvated salts thereof, processes for their preparation and to new intermediates used in the preparation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds and to the use of said compounds in therapy.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of optically active derivatives of 2-(2-piridylmethylsulfinyl)-benzimidazole, or salts thereof, by resolution of the corresponding racemic derivatives of 2-(2-piridylmethylsulfinyl)-benzimidazole. The resolution is performed through the formation of inclusion complexes with (S)-(?) or (R)-(+)-[1,1?-Binaphthalene]-2,2?-diol in the presence of an amine, followed by the break of the inclusion complex by treatment with an hydroxide of an alkaline metal. The enantiomer of the derivative of 2-(2-piridylmethylsulfinyl)-benzimidazole may be obtained by extractions at a particular pH with a suitable organic solvent. The process allows to perform the resolution with high yields and high optical purity, without using neither toxic solvents nor chromatography.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel substituted pyrazole compounds of Formula (I) or a form or composition thereof and the use thereof as inhibitors of ATP-protein kinase interactions.

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

Abstract: Novel 1,3-dihydro-benzimidazol-2-ylidene amine derivatives of formula the addition salts and stereochemically isomeric forms wherein each Alk is C1-6alkanediyl; Q is hydrogen; C1-6alkyl substituted with one or two Ar2 radicals; CI1-6alkyl substituted with quinolinyl, oxazolidinyl, thiazolidinyl, morpholinyl, thiomorpholinyl, or with pyrrolidinonyl; —CO—Ar2; or Q is a radical of formula wherein t is 1, 2 or 3; R4 is amino, mono- or di(C1-6alkyl)amino; R1 is Ar2, —CO—Ar2 or a monocyclic or bicyclic heterocycle which may optionally be substituted; R2 is as R1 and additionally can be hydrogen; where Q is other than hydrogen, R3 is hydrogen; and where Q is other than hydrogen, R3 is a radical: wherein R6 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, substituted C1-6alkyl; R7, R8, R9 are halo, cyano, C1-6alkyl, substituted C1-6alkyl, C2-6alkenyl, cyanoC2-6alkenyl, C2-6alkynyl, cyanoC2 6alkynyl, Ar1, R10a—0—, R10a —S—, —N(R5aR5b), R10a—O—C(?O)—, N(R5aR5b)—C(?O)—, R10a—C(?O)—NR5b1', R10b—C(?O)—O—; and R8 and/or R9 may also be

Abstract: Substituted carboxylic acid amides of general formula wherein A, B, and R1 to R5 are as defined herein, and the tautomers and the salts thereof, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof with inorganic or organic acids or bases, which have valuable properties, such as antithrombotic activity and factor Xa-inhibiting activity.

Abstract: A glucokinase activator is provided; and a treatment and/or a preventive for diabetes, or a treatment and/or a preventive for diabetes such as retinopathy, nephropathy, neurosis, ischemic cardiopathy, arteriosclerosis, and further a treatment and/or a preventive for obesity are provided. The invention relates to a compound of a formula (I): [wherein R1 and R2 represent a hydrogen, etc.; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, etc.; R4 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, etc.; Q represents a carbon atom, a nitrogen atom or a sulfur atom (the sulfur atom may be mono- or di-substituted with an oxo group); R5 and R6 each represent a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, etc.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new cyanine dyes according to the formula (I), wherein A1 and A2 are each independently O, S, or N, and R is H or a carbohydrate that may contain a hetero atom, and m is 0 to 5, and n is 0 to 5.

Abstract: A glucokinase activator is provided; and a remedy and/or a preventive for diabetes, or a remedy and/or a preventive for diabetes such as retinopathy, nephropathy, neurosis, ischemic cardiopathy, arteriosclerosis, and further a remedy and/or a preventive for obesity are provided. A glucokinase activator characterized by containing a 2-heteroaryl-substituted benzimidazole derivative of a general formula (I-0) or its pharmaceutically-acceptable salt: [in the formula, X represents a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom; X1, X2, X3 and X4 each independently represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom; the ring A represents a 5- or 6-membered nitrogen-containing aromatic hetero ring of a formula (II): (in the formula, X represents a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom); R1 represents an aryl, etc.; R2 represents a hydroxy, etc.; R3 represents a —C1-6 alkyl, etc.; R4 represents a —C1-6 alkyl, etc.; X5 represents —O—, etc.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative or prodrug thereof. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of bacterial gyrase activity. The present invention also relates to methods for treating bacterial infections in mammala. The present invention also relates to methods for decreasing bacterial quantity in a biological sample.