Bicyclo Ring System Which Is Indole (including Hydrogenated) Patents (Class 546/277.4)
  • Publication number: 20100098631
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 2-heteroaryl substituted indole derivatives, precursors thereof, and therapeutic uses of such compounds, having the structural formula (Ia) below: and to their pharmaceutically acceptable salt, compositions and methods of use. Furthermore, the invention relates to novel 2-heteroaryl substituted indole derivatives that are suitable for imaging amyloid deposits in living patients, their compositions, methods of use and processes to make such compounds. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of imaging amyloid deposits in brain in vivo to allow antemortem diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease as well as measuring clinical efficacy of Alzheimer?s disease therapeutic agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Erwan Arzel, Britt-Marie Swahn, David Wensbo
  • Publication number: 20100093703
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted arylsulphonylglycines of general formula wherein R, R4, X, Y, Z and m are defined as in claim 1, the tautomers, enantiomers, diastereomers, mixtures thereof and salts thereof, which have valuable pharmacological properties, particularly the suppression of the interaction of glycogen phosphorylase a with the GL subunit of glycogen-associated protein phosphatase 1 (PP1), and their use as pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Wagner, Elke Langkopf, Ruediger Streicher, Matthias Eckhardt, Annette Schuler-Metz, Alexander Pautsch, Corinna Schoelch
  • Publication number: 20100087446
    Abstract: 2-Substituted indole derivatives represented by Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions comprise an effective amount of the instant compounds, either alone, or in combination with one or more other therapeutically active compounds, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Methods of treating conditions associated with, or caused by, calcium channel activity, including, for example, acute pain, chronic pain, visceral pain, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, urinary incontinence, itchiness, allergic dermatitis, epilepsy, diabetic neuropathy, irritable bowel syndrome, depression, anxiety, multiple sclerosis, bipolar disorder and stroke, comprise administering an effective amount of the present compounds, either alone, or in combination with one or more other therapeutically active compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Prasun K. Chakravarty, Joseph L. Duffy, Min K. Park, Sriram Tyagarajan, Bishan Zhou
  • Patent number: 7691885
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of protein kinase. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders. The invention also provides processes for preparing compounds of the inventions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, Sharn Ramaya, Steven Durrant
  • Publication number: 20100069375
    Abstract: The present invention relates to indolone-acetamide derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as for the treatment of epilepsy, epileptogenesis, seizure disorders and convulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: UCB PHARMA, S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Starck, Benoit Kenda
  • Publication number: 20100063102
    Abstract: Use of a compound corresponding to formula (I) in which R represents hydrogen or a group chosen from alkyl, alkylene, alkylidyne, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylene, cycloalkylidyne and —CONH2 groups, and the —COR? and —COOR? groups, in which R? is chosen from alkyl, alkylene, alkylidyne, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylene and cycloalkylidyne groups, it being possible for said groups R and/or R? to be substituted and/or interrupted with -0-, —COO—, —OCO—, —NHCO— or —CONH— functions, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of said compound, for obtaining a medicament for use in the treatment of faecal incontinence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: UROGENE
    Inventors: Jacques Ferte, Hugues Bienayme, Francisco Carlos Perez Martinez
  • Publication number: 20100063103
    Abstract: Compounds of general formula (I) wherein W is chloro or fluoro; R1 is phenyl optionally substituted with one or more substituents, selected from halo, —CN, —C1-C6 alkyl, —SOR3, —SO2R3, —SO2N(R2)2, —N(R2)2, —NR2C(O)R3, —CO2R2, —CONR2R3, —NO2, —OR2, —SR2, —O(CH2)pOR2, or —O(CH2)pO(CH2)qOR2 wherein each R2 is independently hydrogen, —C1-C6 alkyl, —C3-C8 cycloalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl; each R3 is independently, —C1-C6 alkyl, —C3-C8 cycloalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl; p and q are each independently an integer from 1 to 3; and R4 is hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkyl substituted with aryl, aryl, (CH2)mOC(?O)C1-C6alkyl, ((CH2)mO)nCH2CH2X, (CH2)mN(R5)2 or CH((CH2)mO(C?O)R6)2; m is 1 or 2; n is 1-4; X is OR5 or N(R5)2; R5 is hydrogen or methyl; and R6 is C1-C18 alkyl; and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, solvates, complexes or prodrugs are useful in orally administrable compositions for the treatment of allergic diseases such as asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: Oxagen Limited
    Inventors: Richard Edward ARMER, Eric Roy Pettipher, Mark Whittaker, Graham Michael Wynne, Julia Vile, Frank Schroer
  • Publication number: 20100056521
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormal serum uric acid level which has a uricosuric activity or the like. The present invention relates to (aza)indole derivatives represented by the following general formula (I) having xanthine oxidase inhibitory activities and useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormality of serum uric acid level, prodrugs thereof, or salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: KISSEI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Shimizu, Yasushi Takigawa, Hideki Fujikura, Masato Iizuka, Masahiro Hiratochi, Norihiko Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 7659268
    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: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Sara Hadida-Ruah, Matthew Hamilton, Mark Miller, Peter D. J. Grootenhuis, Brian Bear, Jason McCartney, Jinglan Zhou, Frederick van Goor
  • Publication number: 20100029647
    Abstract: 3,4(,5)-substituted tetrahydropyridine compounds, these compounds for use in the diagnostic and therapeutic treatment of a warm-blooded animal, especially for the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class for the preparation of a pharmaceutical formulation for the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class in the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; pharmaceutical formulations comprising a 3,4(,5)-substituted tetrahydropyridine compound, and/or a method of treatment comprising administering a 3,4(,5)-substituted tetrahydropyridine compound, a method for the manufacture of a 3,4(,5)-substituted tetrahydropyridine compound, and novel intermediates and partial steps for its synthesis. The 3,4(,5)-substituted tetrahydropyridine compounds have the formula I wherein the substituents and symbols are as described in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Keiichi Masuya, Osamu Irie, Atsuko Nihonyanagi, Atsushi Toyao, Takanori Kanazawa
  • Publication number: 20100029598
    Abstract: The present invention relates to extended benzamide derivatives of the general formula I, to processes for preparation thereof and to use thereof for production of pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of disorders and indications associated with the EP2 receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: Bayer Schering Pharma AG
    Inventors: Marcus Kopitz, Bernhard Lindenthal, Antonius Ter Laak, Tim Wintermantel, Olaf Peters, Gernot Langer, Nico Braeuer, Bernd Buchmann
  • Publication number: 20100016308
    Abstract: Tetrahydroindole derivatives of formula (I): are disclosed. These compounds modulate the activity of gamma-secretase and hence find use in treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Frank Burkamp, Graham David Checksfield, Stephen Robert Fletcher, Stephen John Lewis, Edward Giles Meiver, Paul Joseph Oakley, Martin Richard Teall
  • Publication number: 20100016371
    Abstract: The present application relates to compounds of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof; wherein X, R1, R2, and R3 are as defined in the specification, a process for the preparation of such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and the use of such compounds in medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Gerard Martin Paul Giblin, Adrian Hall, David Nigel Hurst, Tiziana Scoccitti, Pamela Joan Theobald
  • Publication number: 20090306143
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): Wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, Y and W are as described herein. The invention also relates to a preparation method and to a therapeutic application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: Laurent DUBOIS, Yannick EVANNO, André MALANDA, Christian MALOIZEL
  • Patent number: 7625889
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a series of substituted bis aryl and heteroaryl compounds of formula (I): Wherein X, Y, Z, A, B, D, Ar, R1 and R2 are as defined herein. The compounds of this invention are selective 5HT2A antagonists, and are therefore, useful in treating a variety of diseases including but not limited to a wide variety of sleep disorders as disclosed and claimed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Robert Eastwood, Hazel Hunt, David Mark Fink, Helen Katherine Smith, Richard Simon Todd
  • Publication number: 20090275572
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) are disclosed which are Fab I inhibitors and are useful in the treatment of bacterial infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: William H. Miller, Kenneth A. Newlander, Mark A. Seefeld, Irene N. Uzinskas, Walter E. Dewolf, JR., Dalia R. Jakas
  • Patent number: 7612099
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with vinylogous acids derivatives of formula (I) wherein A and R1 to R6 are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds inhibit chymase and can be used as medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: David Banner, Hans Hilpert, Bernd Kuhn, Harald Mauser
  • Publication number: 20090270408
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel amide derivatives that are PAMs of neuronal nicotinic receptors, compositions comprising the same, processes for preparing such compounds, and methods for using such compounds and compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Kathleen H. Mortell, Diana L. Nersesian, Michael R. Schrimpf, Chih-Hung Lee, Murali Gopalakrishnan
  • Patent number: 7605164
    Abstract: Certain substituted benzamide derivatives selectively modulate the cardiac sarcomere, for example by potentiating cardiac myosin, and are useful in the treatment of systolic heart failure including congestive heart failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Cytokinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Fady Malik, Adam Lewis Tomasi, Bainian Feng, Erica Anne Kraynack, Kathleen A. Elias, Pu-Ping Lu, Whitney Walter Smith, Xiangping Qian, David J. Morgans, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7605156
    Abstract: This invention provides methods for the use of substituted indole compounds of the general formula: and pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof. The invention provides methods for the use of the compounds as inhibitors of the activity of various phospholipase enzymes, particularly phospholipase A2 enzymes, and for the medical treatment, prevention and inhibition diseases and disorders including asthma, stroke, atherosclerosis, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, arthritic disorders, rheumatic disorders, central nervous system damage resulting from stroke, central nervous system damage resulting from ischemia, central nervous system damage resulting from trauma, inflammation caused or potentiated by prostaglandins, inflammation caused or potentiated by leukotrienes, inflammation caused or potentiated by platelet activation factor, pain caused or potentiated by prostaglandins, pain caused or potentiated by leukotrienes, and pain caused or potentiated by platelet activation factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: John C. McKew, Steve Y. Tam, Katherine L. Lee, Lihren Chen, Paresh Thakker, Fuk-Wah Sum, Mark L. Behnke, Baihua Hu, James D. Clark, Wei Li, Valerie Clerin, Suzana Marusic, Kevin Pong
  • Publication number: 20090258884
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula (I) are antagonists and/or inverse agonists of the Cannabinoid-1 (CB1) receptor and are useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the CB1 receptor. The compounds of the present invention are useful as centrally acting drugs in the treatment of psychosis, memory deficits, cognitive disorders, migraine, neuropathy, neuro-inflammatory disorders including multiple sclerosis and Guillain-Barre syndrome and the inflammatory sequelae of viral encephalitis, cerebral vascular accidents, and head trauma, anxiety disorders, stress, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, movement disorders, and schizophrenia. The compounds are also useful for the treatment of substance abuse disorders, the treatment of obesity or eating disorders, as well as the treatment of asthma, constipation, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, and cirrhosis of the liver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: William K. Hagmann, Linus S. Lin, Shrenik K. Shah, Ravindra N. Guthikonda, Hongbo Qi, Linda L. Chang, Ping Liu, Helen M. Armstrong, James P. Jewell, Thomas J. Lanza, JR.
  • Publication number: 20090258883
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): wherein: A represents a divalent radical: wherein: Z represents an oxygen atom or a sulphur atom, R6 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl, alkenyl, arylalkyl or polyhaloalkyl group or a substituted, linear or branched alkyl chain, represents a single bond or a double bond, R1, R2, R3 and R4 represent a hydrogen or halogen atom, an alkyl, alkoxy, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, polyhaloalkyl or optionally substituted amino group, or a linear or branched alkyl chain substituted by one or more groups, R5 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl, aminoalkyl or hydroxyalkyl group, X and Y represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, Ra, Rb, Rc and Rd represent a hydrogen or halogen atom, an alkyl, hydroxy, alkoxy, cyano, nitro, polyhaloalkyl, optionally substituted amino group, or a substituted, linear or branched alkyl chain, Re represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl, arylalkyl or alkenyl group or a substituted, linear or branched alkyl chain, their enantiomers, diastereoisomers
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicants: LES LABORATOIRES SERVIER, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE PARIS SUD
    Inventors: Jean-Daniel Brion, Fabrice Bintein, Rodolphe Razet, Patrick Razon, Zafiarisoa Dolor Renko, Eric Levoirier, Jean-Francois Pujol, Dinah Weissmann, Alain Le Ridant, Catherine Harpey
  • Patent number: 7579365
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of N-substituted indole-3-glyoxylamides of the general formula I as antitumor agents and to a pharmaceutical composition having antitumor action, characterized in that it contains at least one of the compounds of the general formula 1, if appropriate also in the form of the physiologically tolerable acid addition salts or N-oxides. Furthermore, the invention also includes antitumor agents comprising as active compound one or more N-substituted indole-3-glyoxylamides according to the general formula 1 and, if appropriate, their physiologically tolerable acid addition salts and, if possible, N-oxides and a pharmaceutically utilizable carrier and/or diluent or auxiliary substance in the form of tablets, coated tablets, capsules, solutions for infusion or ampoules, suppositories, patches, powder preparations which can be employed by inhalation, suspensions, creams and ointments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: ZIOPHRAM Oncology, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernd Nickel, Istvan Szelenyi, Jürgen Schmidt, Peter Emig, Dietmar Reichert, Eckhard Günther, Kay Brune, Guillaume Le Baut
  • Publication number: 20090197860
    Abstract: The invention relates biaryl substituted diazabicycloalkanes, and more particularly bicycloheteroaryl substituted fused diazabicycloalkane derivatives, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of preventing or treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Jianguo Ji, Tao Li, Kevin B. Sippy, Chih-Hung Lee, Murali Gopalakrishnan
  • Publication number: 20090192157
    Abstract: The invention features methods of treating visceral pain or a condition in a mammal caused by the action of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) or by the action of serotonin 5HT1D/1B receptors, by administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of an indole compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof. The methods of the invention may further comprise the administration of additional therapeutic agent. The invention also features new compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of resolving enantiomeric mixtures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Shawn Maddaford, Jailall Ramnauth, Suman Rakhit, Joanne Patman, Paul Renton, Subhash C. Annedi, John S. Andrews, Gabriela Mladenova
  • Publication number: 20090186923
    Abstract: Compounds of general formula (I) wherein W is chloro or fluoro; R1 is phenyl optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from halo, —CN, —C1-C6 alkyl, —SOR3, —SO2R3, —SO2N(R2)2, —N(R2)2, —NR2C(O)R3, —CO2R2, —CONR2R3, —NO2, —OR2, —SR2, —O(CH2)pOR2, and —O(CH2)p—O—(CH2)qOR2 wherein each R2 is independently hydrogen, —C1-C6 alkyl, —C3-C8 cycloalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl; each R3 is independently, —C1-C6 alkyl, —C3-C8 cycloalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl; p and q are each independently an integer from 1 to 3; and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, solvates, complexes or prodrugs are useful in orally administrable compositions for the treatment of allergic diseases such as asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Richard Edward Armer, Eric Roy Pettipher, Mark Whittaker, Graham Michael Wynne, Julia Vile, Frank Schroer
  • Publication number: 20090186922
    Abstract: A 2-arylindole compound substituted in position 5, of formula (I): in which X, Y, Z, W, A, R and R? have the meanings given in the description, a pharmaceutical composition comprising it, and also intermediate compounds and a preparation process therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: AZIENDE CHIM. RIUN. ANG. FRANC. A.C.R.A.F. S.p.A.
    Inventors: Maria Alessandra Alisi, Nicola Cazzolla, Barbara Garofalo, Guido Furlotti, Caterina Maugeri, Rosella Ombrato, Isabella Coletta, Lorenzo Polenzani, Giorgina Mangano, Beatrice Garrone, Angelo Guglielmotti
  • Publication number: 20090176794
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): wherein: R1 and R2, which may be the same or different, represent a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched (C1-C6)alkyl group, R3 represents a hydrogen or halogen atom, a linear or branched (C1-C6)alkyl group, or a linear or branched (C1-C6)alkoxy group, Het represents a pyridyl, pyrimidinyl or piperidyl group, which are optionally substituted by one or more groups selected from halogen, linear or branched (C1-C6)alkyl and linear or branched (C1-C6)alkoxy, —represents a single bond or a double bond, their enantiomers and diastereoisomers, and also addition salts thereof with a pharmaceutically acceptable acid or base. Medicinal products containing the same which are useful in the treatment of depression, anxiety, disorders of memory in the course of aging and/or neurodegenerative diseases, and in the palliative treatment of Parkinson's disease, and for adaptation to stress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicants: LES LABORATOIRES SERVIER, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE PARIS SUD
    Inventors: Jean-Daniel Brion, Abdallah Deyine, Alain Le Ridant, Catherine Harpey
  • Publication number: 20090176980
    Abstract: 3-substituted-6-aryl pyridines of Formula I are provided: wherein R1, R2, R3, R8, R9, A and Ar are defined herein. Such compounds are ligands of C5a receptors. Preferred compounds of Formula I bind to C5a receptors with high affinity and exhibit neutral antagonist or inverse agonist activity at C5a receptors. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and to the use of such compounds in treating a variety of inflammatory, cardiovascular, and immune system disorders. In addition, the present invention provides labeled 3-substituted-6-aryl pyridines, which are useful as probes for the localization of C5a receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventors: Alan J. Hutchison, Jun Yuan, Kyungae Lee, George D. Maynard, Bertrand L. Chenard, Nian Liu, Qin Guo, Zhihong Guo, Peter Hrnciar
  • Publication number: 20090176841
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a medicament as a thyroid hormone receptor ligand which is sufficient in drug efficacy and safety, and has the excellent action as a drug. The present invention provides a compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: [wherein [Chemical Formula 2] is a single bond or a double bond; A is —CH2— or —CO—; X, Y, and Z are each independently a nitrogen atom or a carbon atom; R1 is a hydrogen atom or an aralkyl group; R2 is an alkyl group or an aralkyl group, etc.; R3 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, etc.; R4 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; R5 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or a halo lower alkyl group, etc.; R6 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; R7 is a hydrogen atom, etc.; R8 is a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group, etc.; and E is —NHCO-G-COR12, etc. (wherein G is a single bond or an alkylene group, and R12 is a hydroxy group or an alkoxy group)].
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukiyasu Asano, Koji Maeda, Nobuaki Tsuruta, Toru Murase
  • Patent number: 7557130
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (1) are described: in which X is an —O— or —S— atom or —N(R2)— group and R1 is a group Ar1L2Ar2Alk- in which Ar1 is an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group, L2 is a covalent bond or a linker atom or group, Ar2 is an optionally substituted bicyclic heteroarylene group and Alk is a chain —CH2—CH(R)—, —CH?C(R)—, OR—CH(CH2R)— in which R is a carboxylic acid (—CO2H) or a derivative or biostere thereof. The compounds are selective inhibitors of alpha 4 integrins such as ?4?1 and are of use in modulating cell adhesion for the prophylaxis or treatment of inflammatory diseases or disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis, in which the extravasculation of leukocytes plays a role.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: UCB Pharma, S.A.
    Inventors: Pavandeep Aujla, Timothy John Norman, John Robert Porter, Stuart Bailey, Stephen Brand
  • Publication number: 20090155903
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the therapeutic treatment and prevention of neurodegenerative disorder and other A?42-related diseases and disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Myriad Genetics, Incorporated
    Inventors: Rachel M. Slade, Warren S. Weiner, Eric Delmar, Yevgeniya Klimova, Richard Trovato
  • Publication number: 20090149493
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), their use as an inhibitor of a p53-MDM2 interaction as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds of formula (I) wherein n, m, p, s, t, R1, R2, A and Z have defined meanings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Jean Fernand Armand Lacrampe, Christophe Meyer, Bruno Schoentjes, Delphine Yvonne Raymonde Lardeau, Alain Philippe Poncelet, Luc Van Hijfte
  • Publication number: 20090149504
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 5-substituted indole derivatives of formula (I): having inhibitory potential of dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP IV) enzyme where x and R1 are defined as defined in the specification
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: AURIGENE DISCOVERY TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Venkata Subrahmanya Raja Rao Ajjarapu, Suresha Gejjalagere Puttalingaiah, Sangamesh Eshwarappa Badiger, Thomas Antony, Shekar Siddalingaiah Chelur, Syed Samiulla Dodheri, Veena Mechanda Mandappa
  • Publication number: 20090149467
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyridinyloxy- and pyrimidinyloxyindole derivatives, that are useful for treating cellular proliferative diseases, for treating disorders associated with MET activity, and for inhibiting the receptor tyrosine kinase MET. The invention also related to compositions which comprise these compounds, and methods of using them to treat cancer in mammals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: MERCK & CO., INC.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Dinsmore, David J. Guerin, Barbara Hanney, Yuntae Kim, Keith L. Spencer, Maricel Torrent
  • Publication number: 20090143439
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof wherein the residues have the significance given in claim 1 and which can be used in the form of pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Wolfgang Haap, Paul Hebeisen, Eric A. Kitas, Bernd Kuhn, Peter Mohr, Hans Peter Wessel
  • Publication number: 20090137635
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds of formula I where the dashed line represents an optional double bond; where R1 is phenyl, naphthyl, pyridyl, pyrimidyl, pyrrolyl, imidazolyl, pyrazyl, furyl, thienyl, oxazolyl, isoxazolyl, thiazolyl, or isothiazolyl, optionally substituted, and other substituents are defined herein. Such compounds are potassium channel modulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Vernier, Huanming Chen, Jianlan Song
  • Publication number: 20090124616
    Abstract: Compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Mcl-1 protein, compositions containing the compounds, and methods of treating diseases involving overexpressed or unregulated Mcl-1 protein are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Xiaohong Song, Hong Ding, Steven W. Elmore, Milan Bruncko, David J. Madar, Andrew J. Souers, Cheol-Min Park, Zhi-Fu Tao, Xilu Wang, Aaron R. Kunzer
  • Publication number: 20090118503
    Abstract: Indole derivatives that are useful for treating pain, inflammation and other conditions are described. Certain of the compounds are benzyl derivatives and others are benzoyl derivatives. The compounds are substituted at least at the 3 position of the indole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Kevin Sprott, John Jeffrey Talley, James Philip Pearson, G. Todd Milne
  • Publication number: 20090105308
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel benzoheterocyclylethylcarboxamide derivatives of formula (I) in which the substituents are in the description, their process of preparation, their use as fungicides, particularly in the form of fungicidal compositions, methods for the control of phytopathogenic fungi of plants using these compounds or their compositions:
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Darren Mansfield, Pierre-Yves Coqueron, Heiko Rieck, Philippe Desbordes, Alain Villier, Marie-Claire Grosjean-Cournoyer, Pierre Genix
  • Publication number: 20090099236
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or prodrugs thereof, wherein p, Ar, R1, R2, R3, Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd and Re are defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, methods of using, and methods of preparing the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Pravin Iyer, Matthew C. Lucas, Ryan Craig Schoenfeld, Marzia Villa, Robert James Weikert
  • Publication number: 20090093479
    Abstract: The present invention is in the area of novel compounds and salts thereof, their syntheses, and their use as anti-cancer agents. The compounds include compounds of Formula I: and solvates, hydrates and pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, wherein A1 is N or CR1; A3 is N or CR3; A5 is N or CR5; R1, R3-R6 and L are defined in the specification; n is 0 or 1; and X is an optionally-substituted aryl group having 6-10 carbons in the ring portion, an optionally-substituted 6-membered heteroaryl group having 1-3 nitrogen atoms in the ring portion, an optionally-substituted 5-membered heteroaryl group having 0-4 nitrogen atoms in the ring portion and optionally having 1 sulfur atom or 1 oxygen atom in the ring portion, or an optionally-substituted heteroaryl group in which a 6-membered ring is fused either to a 5-membered ring or to a 6-membered ring, wherein in each case 1, 2, 3 or 4 ring atoms are heteroatoms independently selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: LOCUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Martha KELLY, Younghee LEE, Bin LIU, Ted FUJIMOTO, Joel FREUNDLICH, Bruce D. DORSEY, Gary A. FLYNN, Arifa HUSAIN
  • Publication number: 20090093469
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to phenylaminopropanol derivatives of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, compositions containing these derivatives, and methods of their use for the prevention and treatment of conditions ameliorated by monoamine reuptake including, inter alia, vasomotor symptoms (VMS), sexual dysfunction, gastrointestinal and genitourinary disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromylagia syndrome, nervous system disorders, and combinations thereof, particularly those conditions selected from the group consisting of major depressive disorder, vasomotor symptoms, stress and urge urinary incontinence, fibromyalgia, pain, diabetic neuropathy, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: WYETH
    Inventors: Callain Younghee Kim, Paige Erin Mahaney, Eugene John Trybulski, Puwen Zhang, Eugene Anthony Terefenko, Casey Cameron McComas, Michael Anthony Marella, Richard Dale Coghlan, Gavin David Heffernan, Stephen Todd Cohn, An Thien Vu, Joseph Peter Sabatucci, Fei Ye
  • Publication number: 20090087409
    Abstract: An isomer, enantiomer, diastereoisomer or tautomer of a compound, represented by formula I: wherein: A is O, S, NR1, or CR1, wherein R1 is defined herein; represents either a single or a double bond; R2 is selected from: H, halogen, R21, OR21, SR21, COOR21, SO2N(R22)2, N(R22)2, CON(R22)2, NR22C(O)R22 or NR22C(O)NR22 wherein R21 and each R22 is defined herein; B is NR3 or CR3, with the proviso that one of A or B is either CR1 or CR3, wherein R3 is defined herein; K is N or CR4, wherein R4 is defined herein; L is N or CR5, wherein R5 has the same definition as R4; M is N or CR7, wherein R7 has the same definition as R4; Y1 is O or S; Z is N(R6a)R6 or OR6, wherein R6a is H or alkyl or NR61R62 wherein R61 and R62 are defined herein; and R6 is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, Het, alkyl-aryl, alkyl-Het; or R6 is wherein R7 and R8 and Q are as defined herein; Y2 is O or S; R9 is H, (C1-6 alkyl), (C3-7)cycloalkyl or (C1-6)alkyl-(C3-7)cycloalkyl, aryl, Het, (C1-6)alkyl-aryl or (C1-6)alkyl-Het, al
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd.
    Inventors: Pierre Louis Beaulieu, Gulrez Fazal, Sylvie Goulet, George Kukolj, Martin Poirier, Youla S. Tsantrizos, Eric Jolicoeur, James Gillard, Marc-Andre Poupart, Jean Rancourt
  • Publication number: 20090069328
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ?-alkyl substituted N-acyltryptophanols of the formula I in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Q, X and W have the meaning as defined in the description. The compounds according to the invention are effective FSH antagonists and can be used for example for fertility control in men or in women, or for the prevention and/or treatment of osteoporosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Lars Wortmann, Marcus Koppitz, Hans Peter Muhn, Anna Schrey, Ronald Kuehne
  • Publication number: 20090062348
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antifungal agent that has superior antifungal action and is also superior in terms of physical properties, safety and metabolic stability. The present invention discloses a compound represented by the formula (I): (wherein X represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or —NH—, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, an amino group or a substituent, and R2 and R3 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group or a substituent, except for a case in which R2 and R3 are both hydrogen atoms), and an antifungal agent containing the above compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Kazutaka Nakamoto, Satoshi Inoue, Keigo Tanaka, Toru Haneda
  • Patent number: 7498349
    Abstract: Aromatic compounds exemplified by exhibit antimicrobial activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Genesoft Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Roland W. Burli, Eldon E. Baird, Jacob A. Kaizerman, Dustin L. McMinn
  • Publication number: 20090048304
    Abstract: Crystal form of besipirdine chlorhydrate (Form I) corresponding to the Formula (A) below: the aforementioned form being characterized at least by one of the following physico-chemical properties: a) In FTIR, it displays at least the following absorption bands of the infrared spectrum: 778, 1198, 1121, but not the following absorption bands of the infrared spectrum: 3395, 1583, 732, the aforementioned bands being expressed in cm?1 at ±5 cm?1; b) In PXRD, it shows at least the following reflections, which are the most intense ones but whose intensity hereafter is given for information only: Formula (II) c) In DSC, it displays at least an endothermic peak at 187.3±2.0° C. using 5° C./min scanning conditions, and a fusion enthalpy ?H of 130.4±2.0 J/g. The invention also relates to the processes used for the preparation of form I as well as its applications in urology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: UROGENE
    Inventors: Hugues Bienayme, Jacques Ferte
  • Publication number: 20090048303
    Abstract: The present invention relates therefore first to new indole-2-carboxamidine derivatives of formula (I)—wherein the meaning of X is hydrogen or halogen atom, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, trifluoromethyl group, Y, V and Z independently are hydrogen or halogen atom, hydroxy, cyano, C1-C4 alkylsulfonamido optionally substituted by a halogen atom or halogen atoms, C1-C4 alkanoylamido optionally substituted by a halogen atom or halogen atoms, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy group, or the neighboring V and Z groups in given case together with one or more identical or different additional hetero atom and —CH? and/or —CH2— groups can form an optionally substituted 4-7 membered homo- or heterocyclic ring, preferably benzene, dioxolane ring, A, B and C independently are substituted carbon atom or one of them is nitrogen atom, and the salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2005
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Istvan Borza, Csilla Horvath, Sandor Farkas, Jozsef Nagy, Sandor Kolok
  • Publication number: 20090048219
    Abstract: The invention describes novel organic nitric oxide enhancing salts of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and novel compositions comprising at least one organic nitric oxide enhancing salt of an NSAID, and, optionally, at least one nitric oxide enhancing compound and/or at least one therapeutic agent. The invention also provides novel compositions and kits comprising at least one organic nitric oxide enhancing salt of an NSAID, and, optionally, at least one nitric oxide enhancing compound and/or at least one therapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: NITROMED INC.
    Inventor: David S. Garvey