Bicyclo Ring System Which Is Isoindole (including Hydrogenated) Patents (Class 546/277.1)
  • Patent number: 11261178
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and their use in prevention and treatment of cancer and related diseases and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Accutar Biotechnology Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Fan, Yimin Qian, Wei He, Ke Liu
  • Patent number: 11192898
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds represented by Formula I-A: A1-L1-B1 I-A and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, and solvates thereof, wherein A1, B1, and L1 are as defined as set forth in the specification. The present disclosure also provides compounds of Formula I-A for use to treat a condition or disorder responsive to degradation of MDM2 protein such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Shaomeng Wang, Yangbing Li, Jiuling Yang, Angelo Aguilar, Bing Zhou, Jiantao Hu, Fuming Xu, Rohan Rej, Xin Han
  • Patent number: 9896443
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (1a) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and hydrates thereof and related methods of modulatin perforin activity on a cell: wherein Ring A is selected from a 6-10 membered aryl, 5-6 membered cycloalkyi, 5-6 membered heteroaryl or 5-6 membered heterocyclyl, wherein the heteroaryl and heterocyclyl rings comprise at least one heteroatom selected from N, O or S; and wherein the aryl, cycloalkyi, heteroaryl or heterocyclyl rings are optionally substituted with 1 to 3 substituents selected from halo, nitro, —C1-Cealkyl, —C1-Ceaminoalkyl, —C1-C6hydroxyalkyl, -haloC1-C6alkyl, —C1-C6alkoxyl, -haloC1—C<aIkoxyl, heteroaryl, aryl, hydroxyl, —C(0)Ci-C6alkyl, —OC(0)Ci-C6alkyl, —CH2OC(O)CrC6alkyl, —C(O)OC1, —C6alkyI, —NHC(O)C1, —C6alkyl, —NHS(O)2C1-C6alkyl, —S(O)2C1-C6alkyl, —S(O)2NH2, and —C(O)NJJ; Ring B is a 6-10 membered arylene or a 5-6 membered heteroarylene comprising at least one heteroatom selected from N, 0 or S; and wherein the aryl or heteroaryl is optionally, substituted wit
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute
    Inventors: Julie Ann Spicer, William Alexander Denny, Christian Karl Miller, Patrick David O'Connor, Kristiina Huttunen, Joseph A. Trapani, Geoff Hill, Kylie Alexander
  • Publication number: 20150126485
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): in which Y, Y, R, R 2, R 3 and R 4 are defined in the Summary of the Invention; capable of inhibiting the tyrosine kinase enzymatic activity of the Abelson protein (ABL1), the Abelson-related protein (ABL2) and related chimeric proteins, in particular BCR-ABL1. The invention further provides a process for the preparation of compounds of the invention, pharmaceutical preparations comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Pascal Furet, Robert Martin Grotzfeld, Wolfgang Jahnke, Darryl Brynley Jones, Paul William Manley, Andreas Marzinzik, Xavier Francois Andre Pelle, Bahaa Salem, Joseph Schoepfer
  • Publication number: 20150111890
    Abstract: The present invention provides for compounds of formula (I) wherein A, Y, J, R1, R2, and R3 have any of the values defined therefor in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof,that are useful as agents in the treatment of diseases and conditions, including inflammatory diseases, diabetes, obesity, cancer, and AIDS. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Lisa A. Hasvold, Dachun Liu, Chang Hoon Park, John K. Pratt, George S. Sheppard, Le Wang
  • Publication number: 20150025046
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bicyclic himbacine derivatives of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: X is —O—, —N(R), —C(R8)(R9) or —C(O)—; and Y is —O—, —N(R), —C(R8)(R9) or —C(O)— and the remaining variables are described herein. The compounds of the invention are effective inhibitors of the PAR-1 receptor. The inventive compounds may be used for the treatment or prophylaxis of disease states such as ACS, secondary prevention of myocardial infarction or stroke, or PAD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Mihir Mandal, Timothy A. Blizzard, Helen Chen, Harry Chobanian, Yan Guo, Barbara Pio, Zhicai Wu, Tesfaye Biftu, William J. Greenlee, Johnny Zhaoning Zhu
  • Patent number: 8916605
    Abstract: The present application relates to the use of one or more compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable solvates or prodrugs thereof, for treating cancer or for treating or preventing a viral infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Inventor: William G. Tucker
  • Patent number: 8912199
    Abstract: Compounds of the present invention and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”). The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Sara S. Hadida Ruah, Peter D. J. Grootenhuis, Fredrick Van Goor, Jinglan Zhou, Brian Bear, Mark T. Miller, Jason McCartney, Mehdi Michel Jamel Numa, Xiaoqing Yang
  • Patent number: 8846928
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, and prodrugs thereof which are inhibitors of Syk kinase. The present invention is also directed to intermediates used in making such compounds, the preparation of such a compound, pharmaceutical compositions containing such a compound, methods of inhibition Syk kinase activity, methods of inhibition the platelet aggregation, and methods to prevent or treat a number of conditions mediated at least in part by Syk kinase activity, such as Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhaozhong J. Jia, Yonghong Song, Qing Xu, Brian Kane, Shawn M. Bauer, Anjali Pandey
  • Publication number: 20140288084
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted 2-(4-heterocyclylbenzyl)isoindolin-1-one analogs compounds, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1 (mAChR M1); synthesis methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Craig W. Lindsley, P. Jeffrey Conn, Michael R. Woods, Corey R. Hopkins, Bruce J. Melancon, Michael S. Poslusney, Darren W. Engers
  • Publication number: 20140228360
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Compounds of the present invention are useful for inhibiting PRMT5 activity. Methods of using the compounds for treating PRMT5-mediated disorders are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Epizyme, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Duncan, Richard Chesworth, Paula Ann Boriack-Sjodin, Michael John Munchhof
  • Patent number: 8796313
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), methods for preparing these compounds, compositions, intermediates and derivatives thereof and for treating glucokinase mediated disorders. More particularly, the compounds of the present invention are glucokinase modulators useful for treating disorders including, but not limited to, type II diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Joseph Dudash, Philip Rybczynski, Maud Urbanski, Amy Xiang, Roxanne Zeck, Xiaoyan Zhang, Yongzheng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140179686
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel vanilloid receptor ligands, to a process for the production thereof, to pharmaceutical preparations containing these compounds and to the use of these compounds for the production of pharmaceutical preparations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Jeewoo LEE, Hyung Chul Ryu, Robert FRANK, Gregor BAHRENBERG, Jean DE VRY, Thomas CHRISTOPH, Derek John SAUNDERS, Klaus SCHIENE, Bernd SUNDERMANN
  • Patent number: 8759333
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating various diseases, syndromes, conditions and disorders, including pain. Such compounds are represented by Formula (I) as follows: wherein Q and Z are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Peter J. Connolly, Mark J. Macielag, Bin Zhu
  • Patent number: 8748582
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to affinity ligands and chemical affinity ligand-matrix conjugates for use as chromatographic adsorbents and methods which utilize the adsorbents in the purification of proteins by affinity chromatography. The affinity ligand-matrix conjugates of the present invention comprise ligands of general formula (I): wherein m represents an integer from 0-2, n represents an integer from 0-6, p represents an integer from 0-4, R1 represents H or C1-3 alkyl, R2 is an optional substituent, and X is the position at which the ligand is immobilized, optionally via a linker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Monash University
    Inventors: Milton T W Hearn, Anjali Makarand Bhagwat, William Roy Jackson, Simon John Mountford
  • Patent number: 8748426
    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 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 the compounds or their pharmaceutical compositions, to a mammal in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Piramal Enterprises Limited
    Inventors: Ravindra Dnyandev Jadhav, Rajiv Sharma
  • Patent number: 8722708
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula I or a stereoisomer, tautomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein Q is a bond or —N(R5)—; T is a bond, —O—, —C(O)—; S, —N(R5)—, or —C(R6?R7?); U is a bond or —C(R6)(R7)— Y is C or N; Z is C or N; ring A, including variables Y and Z, is a three to nine membered cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclenyl, aryl, and heteroaryl ring having 0 to 4, preferably 0 to 2, heteroatoms independently selected from the group consisting of O, S, N and —N(R)—, wherein ring A is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 5 independently selected R1 moieties and/or oxo when ring A is cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocyclyl or heterocyclenyl; and R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R6, R7 and R7? are as defined in the specification; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I and the method of inhibiting aspartyl protease, and in particular, the methods of treating cardiovascular diseases, cognitive and neurodegenerative diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Inc., Pharmacopeia Drug Discovery, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Stamford, Guoqing Li, William Greenlee, Zhaoning Zhu, Brian McKittrick, Robert Mazzola, Ying Huang, Tao Guo, Thuy X. H. Le, Gang Qian, Yuefei Shao
  • Patent number: 8664214
    Abstract: The present invention relates to small molecule potentiators of metabotropic receptors, in particular of the mGlu2 receptor. The present invention also relates to the use of these compounds for the prevention or treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved. The present invention thus provides compounds of formula I and variables defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wilfried Braje, Katja Jantos, Hervé Geneste, Mario Mezler, Margaretha Henrica Maria Bakker, Jayne Froggett
  • Publication number: 20140038936
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of PI3K, particularly of PI3K?. 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: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Alex Aronov, Jon H. Come, Robert J. Davies, Albert Charles Pierce, Philip N. Collier, Ronald Lee Grey, Hardwin O'Dowd, James A. Henderson, Elaine B. Krueger, Anne-Laure Grillot, Arnaud Le Tiran, Yusheng Liao, David Messersmith, Jian Wang, Jingrong Cao, Upul Keerthi Bandarage, Suganthini S. Nanthakumar
  • Publication number: 20140024807
    Abstract: Novel conjugates and immunogens derived from lenalidomide and antibodies generated by these immunogens are useful in immunoassays for the quantification and monitoring of thalidomide and lenalidomide in biological fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Saladax Biomedical Inc.
    Inventors: Salvatore J. Salamone, Jodi Blake Courtney, Alexander Volkov, Howard Sard, Vishnumurthy Hegde
  • Patent number: 8598181
    Abstract: Compounds of the present invention and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”). The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Sara S. Hadida Ruah, Peter D. J. Grootenhuis, Fredrick Van Goor, Jinglan Zhou, Brian Bear, Mark T. Miller, Jason McCartney, Mehdi Michel Jamel Numa, Xiaoqing Yang
  • Patent number: 8586609
    Abstract: The invention relates to aryl-substituted polycyclic amines of formula I, especially bicyclic amines, and to the physiologically tolerated salts and physiologically functional derivatives thereof; where the symbols and radicals are explained in the description, as well as to pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to methods of treatment using them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Schwink, Siegfried Stengelin, Matthias Gossel, Gerhard Hessler, Petra Lennig
  • Publication number: 20130302378
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ?-hydroxy and amino-substituted carboxylic acids, which act as matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors, particularly diastereomerically pure ?-hydroxy carboxylic acids, corresponding processes for their synthesis, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of the present invention. Compounds of the present invention are useful in the treatment of various inflammatory, autoimmune, and allergic diseases, such as methods of treating asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, COPD, rhinitis, osteoarthritis, psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis, pulmonary fibrosis, wound healing disorders, pulmonary inflammation, acute respiratory distress syndrome, perodontitis, multiple sclerosis, gingivitis, atherosclerosis, neointimal proliferation, which leads to restenosis and ischemic heart failure, stroke, renal diseases, tumor metastasis, and other inflammatory disorders characterized by the over-expression and over-activation of a matrix metalloproteinase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Viswajanani J. SATTIGERI, Venkata P. PALLE, Manoj Kumar KHERA, Ranadheer REDDY, Manoj Kumar TIWARI, Ajay SONI, Abdul Rehman Abdul RAUF, Sony JOSEPH, Arpita MUSIB, Sunanda G. DASTIDAR, Punit Kumar SRIVASTAVA
  • Publication number: 20130295141
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ?-hydroxy and amino-substituted carboxylic acids, which act as matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors, particularly diastereomerically pure ?-hydroxy carboxylic acids, corresponding processes for their synthesis, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of the present invention. Compounds of the present invention are useful in the treatment of various inflammatory, autoimmune, and allergic diseases, such as methods of treating asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, COPD, rhinitis, osteoarthritis, psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis, pulmonary fibrosis, wound healing disorders, pulmonary inflammation, acute respiratory distress syndrome, perodontitis, multiple sclerosis, gingivitis, atherosclerosis, neointimal proliferation, which leads to restenosis and ischemic heart failure, stroke, renal diseases, tumor metastasis, and other inflammatory disorders characterized by the over-expression and over-activation of a matrix metalloproteinase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Viswajanani J. SATTIGERI, Venkata P. PALLE, Manoj Kumar KHERA, Ranadheer REDDY, Manoj Kumar TIWARI, Ajay SONI, Abdul Rehman Abdul RAUF, Sony JOSEPH, Arpita MUSIB, Sunanda G. DASTIDAR, Punit Kumar SRIVASTAVA
  • Publication number: 20130281450
    Abstract: The present invention provides for compounds of formula (I) wherein A, Y, J, R1, R2, and R3 have any of the values defined therefor in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that are useful as agents in the treatment of diseases and conditions, including inflammatory diseases, diabetes, obesity, cancer, and AIDS. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more compounds of formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: John K. Pratt, Dachun Liu, Chang H. Park, George S. Sheppard, Lisa A. Hasvold, Le Wang
  • Patent number: 8541450
    Abstract: The invention relates to enantiomerically pure 3-(phthalimido)piperidines and processes for preparing enantiomerically pure 3-(phthalimido)piperidines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Waldemar Pfrengle, Thorsten Pachur
  • Publication number: 20130196967
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compound of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1-R7, A and HET are as defined herein. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, processes for preparing these compounds and intermediates useful in these processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Alessandra BARTOLOZZI, Zhidong CHEN, Jonathon Alan DINES, Ho Yin LO, Pui Leng LOKE, Alan OLAGUE, Doris RIETHER, Heather TYE, Lifen WU, Renee M. ZINDELL
  • Publication number: 20130143863
    Abstract: The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 and n are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds. The compounds are useful, for example, as aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2 or CYP11B1) inhibitors for the treatment or prophylaxis of chronic kidney disease, congestive heart failure, hypertension, primary aldosteronism and Cushing syndrome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventor: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130028843
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the crystal structure of the serine protease kallikrein 7 and to the use of this crystal structure in drug discovery. The present invention also relates to compounds binding specifically to this active site of kallikrein 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventor: NOVARTIS AG
  • Patent number: 8344160
    Abstract: The present application provides compounds, including all stereoisomers, solvates, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable forms thereof according to Formula I wherein R1, R4, R5, R3, R3a, W, D, R2a, R2b and R2c are defined herein. Additionally, the present application provides pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one compound according to Formula I and optionally at least one additional therapeutic agent. Finally, the present application provides methods for treating a patient suffering from an MCHR-1 modulated disease or disorder such as, for example, obesity, diabetes, depression, anxiety or intestinal inflammation, by administration of a therapeutically effective dose of a compound according to Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Guohua Zhao, William N. Washburn, James J. Mignone
  • Publication number: 20120322801
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new kinase inhibitors, more specifically ROCK inhibitors, compositions, in particular pharmaceuticals, comprising such inhibitors, and to uses of such inhibitors in the treatment and prophylaxis of disease. In particular, the present invention relates to new ROCK inhibitors, compositions, in particular pharmaceuticals, comprising such inhibitors, and to uses of such inhibitors in the treatment and prophylaxis of disease. In addition, the invention relates to methods of treatment and use of said compounds in the manufacture of a medicament for the application to a number of therapeutic indications including sexual dysfunction, inflammatory diseases, ophthalmic diseases and Respiratory diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Amakem NV
    Inventors: Dirk Leysen, Olivier Defert, Nadzeya Kaval, Petra Blom, Sandro Boland
  • Patent number: 8324384
    Abstract: Glucagon receptor antagonist compounds are disclosed. The compounds are useful for treating type 2 diabetes and related conditions. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Songnian Lin, Xibin Liao, Edward Metzger, Emma R. Parmee, Sheryl D. Debenham
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8309596
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the crystal structure of the serine protease kallikrein 7 and to the use of this crystal structure in drug discovery. The present invention also relates to compounds binding specifically to this active site of kallikrein 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Stefanie Flohr, Stefan Andreas Randl, Nils Ostermann, Ulrich Hassiepen, Frederic Berst, Ursula Bodendorf, Bernd Gerhartz, Andreas Marzinzik, Claus Ehrhardt, Josef Gottfried Meingassner
  • Publication number: 20120269724
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and related technetium and rhenium complexes thereof which are suitable for imaging or therapeutic treatment of tissues, organs, or tumors. In another embodiment, the invention relates to methods of imaging tissues, organs, or tumors using radiolabeled metal complexes, particularly tissues, organs, or tumors which express certain receptors to which the compounds or complexes of the invention have an affinity. The present invention also relates to methods of treating cancer, particularly those cancer lines which express certain receptors to which the compounds or complexes of the invention have an affinity. In yet another embodiment, the present invention provides methods of imaging and/or inhibiting receptors or neuroreceptors using compounds or complexes of the invention which have an affinity for the receptor or neuroreceptor to be imaged and/or inhibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Ashfaq Mahmood, Alun G. Jones, Naengnoi Limpa-Amara, Yijie Peng, Zeynep Akgun
  • Publication number: 20120258947
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: Grunenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Sven KÜHNERT, Gregor Bahrenberg, Achim Kless, Wolfgang Schröder, Simon Lucas
  • Publication number: 20120259094
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to affinity ligands and chemical affinity ligand-matrix conjugates for use as chromatographic adsorbents and methods which utilise the adsorbents in the purification of proteins by affinity chromatography. The affinity ligand-matrix conjugates of the present invention comprise ligands of general formula (I): wherein m represents an integer from 0-2, n represents an integer from 0-6, p represents an integer from 0-4, R1 represents H or C1-3 alkyl, R2 is an optional substituent, and X is the position at which the ligand is immobilized, optionally via a linker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Milton TW Hearn, Anjali Makarand Bhagwat, William Roy Jackson, Simon John Mountford
  • Patent number: 8232299
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that are suitable for treatment of disease states and influence cellular vesicular systems, especially the formation and/or function of lipid droplets, said compound having the general formula I (I) wherein X are each independently hydrogen, halogen, —C1-20-alkyl, —C2-20-alkenyl, —C2-20-alkinyl, —C5-6-cykloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, adamantyl, heterocyclic, hydroxyl, hydroxyalkyl, Or —N—(R1, R2) group; n is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4; R1 and R2 may each be independently hydrogen, straight or branching alkyl, cyclo-alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclic group, wherein each is un-substituted or halogen substituted; or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen in between them form a 5 or 6 member ring; A is a single bond, —O—, —S—, —CH2-, or —NH—; Y is O or S; Z is O or S; R? and R? are each independently methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, isobuthyl, sec-butyl or terc-butyl; with the restriction that: X(n) cannot all be fluorine, and A be a single bond, and Y, as well as Z be O, and R?, as well as R? b
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Avidin Kft.
    Inventors: Laszlo Puskas, Liliana Feher, Eszter Molnar
  • Publication number: 20120157497
    Abstract: The compounds shown by their structural formulas in the specification have analgesic and or immunostimulant activity in mammals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Bertrand Leblond, Eric Beausoleil, Thierry Taverne, John E. Donello
  • Publication number: 20120122854
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with novel carbocyclyl fused cyclic amines of formula (I) wherein A, X1 to X3, Y1 to Y3, Z, R1, R2, m and n are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds inhibit the coagulation factor Xa and can be used as medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Markus Boehringer, Katrin Groebke Zbinden, Wolfgang Haap, Narendra Panday, Fabienne Ricklin, Martin Stahl, Petra Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20120122842
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of NAMPT, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which NAMPT is expressed. Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of ROCK, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which ROCK is expressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Michael L. Curtin, Bryan K. Sorensen, Howard R. Heyman, Richard F. Clark, Kevin R. Woller, Omar J. Shah, Michael Michaelides, Chris Tse, Anil Vasudevan, Helmut Mack, Todd M. Hansen, Ramzi Sweis, Marina A. Pliushchev
  • Patent number: 8153664
    Abstract: Heterocyclic-substituted tricyclics of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate of said compound, isomer or racemic mixture wherein represents an optional double bond, the dotted line is optionally a bond or no bond, resulting in a double bond or a single bond, as permitted by the valency requirement and wherein E, A, G M, Het, B, X, R3, R10, R11, R32 and R33 are herein defined and the remaining substituents are as defined in the specification, are disclosed, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing them and a method of treating diseases associated with thrombosis, atherosclerosis, restenosis, hypertension, angina pectoris, arrhythmia, heart failure, and cancer by administering said compounds. Combination therapy with other cardiovascular agents is also claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Chackalamannil, Mariappan V. Chelliah, Yuguang Wang, Yan Xia
  • Patent number: 8153638
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 and n are as defined in the description, processes for the preparing the compounds, new intermediates employed in the preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and uses of the compounds in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Bradford Van Wagenen, Radhakrishnan Ukkiramapandian, Joshua Clayton, Ian Egle, James R. Empfield, Methvin Isaac, Fupeng Ma, Abdelmalik Slassi, Gary Steelman, Rebecca Urbanek, Sally Walsh
  • Publication number: 20120083495
    Abstract: Compounds useful for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy or other uses, as well as methods of using such compounds to increase SMN expression, increase EAAT2 expression, or increase the expression of a nucleic acid that encodes a translational stop codon introduced by mutation or frameshift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicants: SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. (SAIC), ALBANY MOLECULAR RESEARCH, INC., DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
    Inventors: Jill Heemskerk, Keith D. Barnes, John M. McCall, Graham Johnson, David Fairfax, Matthew Robert Johnson
  • Patent number: 8143288
    Abstract: Compounds having the structure of formula I are described. The compounds can inhibit hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication, and in particular can inhibit the function of the HCV NS5A protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Michael Serrano-Wu, Makonen Belema, Lawrence B. Snyder, Nicholas A. Meanwell, Denis R. St. Laurent, Ramesh Kakarla, Van N. Nguyen, Yuping Qiu, Xuejie Yang, John E. Leet, Min Gao, Donald R. O'Boyle, II, Julie A. Lemm, Fukang Yang
  • Publication number: 20120065396
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an amide compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a preparation method thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same. The inventive amide compound facilitates bone formation and inhibits bone loss, and is therefore useful for preventing and treating bone disorders such as osteoporosis, osteodystrophy, bone fracture, periodontal disease, Paget's disease, bone metastasis, and rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jung Nyoung Heo, Bum Tae Kim, Hyuk Lee, Sung Youn Chang, Zang Hee Lee, Seong Hwan Kim, Hyun-Mo Ryoo
  • Publication number: 20120046315
    Abstract: The invention relates to non-crystalline lenalidomide in the form of a storage-stable intermediate, i.e. preferably amorphous lenalidomide together with a surface stabiliser in the form of a stable intermediate or a storage-stable intermediate, containing lenalidomide and matrix material, wherein the lenalidomide is present in the form of a solid solution (i.e. molecularly disperse). The invention further relates to methods of producing stable amorphous or molecularly disperse lenalidomide and pharmaceutical formulations containing stable amorphous or molecularly disperse lenalidomide. In a second aspect, the invention advantageously relates to dry-processing methods for lenalidomide, especially amorphous and disperse lenalidomide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Katrin Rimkus, Frank Muskulus, Sandra Brueck, Jana Paetz
  • Patent number: 8119624
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein: Ring A is (4-12)-membered heterocyclyl; Ring B is a fused benzene ring selected from the group consisting of: Ring A, ring B, ring C, R1, R1a, R2, R3, R4, L2, n, t, w, and z are as defined in the specification. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I) and methods of treating a condition that is mediated by the modulation of glucokinase, the method comprising administering to a mammal an effective amount of a compound of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Hao Bai, Simon Bailey, Dilip Ramakant Bhumralkar, Feng C. Bi, Fengli Guo, Mingying He, Paul Stuart Humphries, Anthony Lai Ling, Jihong Lou, Seiji Nukui, Ru Zhou
  • Publication number: 20120040950
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of PI3K, particularly of PI3K?. 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: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Alex Aronov, Jon H. Come, Robert J. Davies, Albert Charles Pierce, Philip N. Collier, Ronald Lee Grey, JR., Hardwin O'Dowd, James A. Henderson, Elaine B. Krueger, Arnaud Le Tiran, Yusheng Liao, David Messersmith, Jian Wang, Suganthini S. Nanthakumar, Jingrong Cao, Upul Keerthi Bandarage, Anne-Laure Grillot
  • Patent number: 8110681
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) or (II) useful for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy or other uses, as well as methods of using such compounds to increase SMN expression, increase EAAT2 expression, or increase the expression of a nucleic acid that encodes a translational stop codon introduced by mutation or frameshift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Albany Molecular Research, Inc., Science Applications International Inc. (SAIC)
    Inventors: Jill Heemskerk, Keith D. Barnes, John M. McCall, Graham Johnson, David Fairfax, Matthew Robert Johnson