At Least One Of The Ring Hetero Atoms Is Chalcogen Patents (Class 546/83)
  • Publication number: 20120059028
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a series of compounds having antiviral activity, more specifically HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) replication inhibiting properties. The invention also relates to methods for the preparation of such compounds, as well as to novel intermediates useful in one or more steps of such syntheses. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of such compounds as active ingredients. This invention further relates to the use of such compounds as medicines or in the manufacture of a medicament useful for the treatment of animals suffering from viral infections, in particular HIV infection. This invention further relates to methods for the treatment of viral infections in animals by the administration of a therapeutic amount of such compounds, optionally combined with one or more other drugs having anti-viral activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
    Inventors: Dorothée Bardiot, Patrick Chaltin, Frauke Christ, Zeger Debyser, Marc De Maeyer, Arnaud Marchand, Damien Marchand, Arnout Voet
  • Publication number: 20120040959
    Abstract: The invention provides compound and salts of Formula I and II, disclosed herein, which includes compounds of Formula A and Formula B: Such compounds possess useful antimicrobial activity. The variables R2, R3, R5, R6, R7, and R9 shown in Formula A and B are defined herein. Certain compounds of Formula I and Formula II disclosed herein are potent and/or selective inhibitors of bacterial DNA synthesis and bacterial replication. The invention also provides antimicrobial compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, containing one or more compounds of Formula I or Formula II and one or more carriers, excipients, or diluents. Such compositions may contain a compound of Formula I or Formula II as the only active agent or may contain a combination of a compound of Formula I or Formula II and one or more other active agents. The invention also provides methods for treating microbial infections in animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Barton James Bradbury, Jason Allan Wiles, Qiuping Wang, Akhiro Hashimoto, Edlaine Lucien, Godwin Clarence Gilroy Pais, Milind Deshpande, Michael John Pucci, Ha Young Kim
  • Patent number: 8114888
    Abstract: The invention provides certain compounds and salts of Formula I and Formula II: which possess antimicrobial activity. The invention also provides novel synthetic intermediates useful in making compounds of Formula I and Formula II. The variables A1, R2, R3, R5, R6, R7, A8 and R9 are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Barton James Bradbury, Godwin Pais, Qiuping Wang, Milind Deshpande, Michael Pucci, Yongsheng Song, Edlaine Lucien, Jason Allan Wiles, Akihiro Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20120022046
    Abstract: Methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating viral infections, by administering certain thienopyridine derivative compounds in therapeutically effective amounts are disclosed. Methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are also disclosed. In particular, the treatment and prophylaxis of viral infections such as caused by flavivirus is disclosed, i.e., including but not limited to, Dengue virus, West Nile virus, yellow fever virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, and tick-borne encephalitis virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Chelsea M. Byrd, Dongcheng Dai, Robert Jordan, Dennis E. Hruby
  • Publication number: 20110312951
    Abstract: Disclosed are C-ring modified tricyclic benzonaphthiridinone compounds and analogs thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and processes for preparing the same. The compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases amenable to protein kinase signal transduction inhibition, regulation and/or modulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Yufang Xiao, Bayard R. Huck, Amanda E. Sutton, Thomas E. Richardson, Srinivasa R. Karra
  • Publication number: 20110306632
    Abstract: A solid dispersion comprises, in essentially non-crystalline form, a kinase inhibitory compound, e.g., N-(4-{4-amino-7-[1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl]thieno[3,2-c]pyridin-3-yl}phenyl)-N?-(3-fluorophenyl)urea, dispersed in a solid matrix that comprises (a) a pharmaceutically acceptable water-soluble polymeric carrier and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable surfactant. A process for preparing such a solid dispersion comprises dissolving the compound, the polymeric carrier and the surfactant in a suitable solvent, and removing the solvent to provide a solid matrix comprising the polymeric carrier and the surfactant and having the compound dispersed in essentially non-crystalline form therein. The solid dispersion is suitable for oral administration to a subject in need thereof for treatment of a cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Miller, Rajeev Gokhale, Eric A. Schmitt, Yi Gao, Justin Lafountaine, Lloyd Dias
  • Patent number: 8058288
    Abstract: The present invention relates to inhibitors of 11-? hydroxyl steroid dehydrogenase type 1, antagonists of the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR), and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The compounds of the invention can be useful in the treatment of various diseases associated with expression or activity of 11-? hydroxyl steroid dehydrogenase type 1 and/or diseases associated with aldosterone excess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: Wenqing Yao, Jincong Zhuo, Meizhong Xu, Colin Zhang, Brian W. Metcalf, Chunhong He, Ding-Quan Qian
  • Patent number: 8044204
    Abstract: The invention provides compound and salts of Formula I and II, disclosed herein, which includes compounds of Formula A and Formula B: Such compounds possess useful antimicrobial activity. The variables R2, R3, R5, R6, R7, and R9 shown in Formula A and B are defined herein. Certain compounds of Formula I and Formula II disclosed herein are potent and/or selective inhibitors of bacterial DNA synthesis and bacterial replication. The invention also provides antimicrobial compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, containing one or more compounds of Formula I or Formula II and one or more carriers, excipients, or diluents. Such compositions may contain a compound of Formula I or Formula II as the only active agent or may contain a combination of a compound of Formula I or Formula II and one or more other active agents. The invention also provides methods for treating microbial infections in animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Barton James Bradbury, Jason Allan Wiles, Qiuping Wang, Akhiro Hashimoto, Edlaine Lucien, Godwin Clarence Gilroy Pais, Milind Deshpande, Michael John Pucci, Ha Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20110223132
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds and salts of Formula I and Formula which possess antimicrobial activity. The invention also provides novel synthetic intermediates useful in making compounds of Formula I and Formula II. The variables A1, R2, R3, R5, R6, R7, A8 and R9 are defined herein. Certain compounds of Formula I and Formula II disclosed herein are potent and selective inhibitors of bacterial DNA synthesis and bacterial replication. The invention also provides antimicrobial compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, containing one or more compounds of Formula I or Formula II and one or more carriers, excipients, or diluents. Such compositions may contain a compound of Formula I or Formula II as the only active agent or may contain a combination of a compound of Formula I or Formula II and one or more other active agents. The invention also provides methods for treating microbial infections in animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: ACHILLION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Barton James Bradbury, Milind Deshpande, Michael John Pucci, Qiuping Wang, Jason Allan Wiles, Monishing Song, Akihiro Hashimoto, Edlaine Lucien
  • Patent number: 8017779
    Abstract: Imidazoquinoline and imidazonaphthyridine compounds having a nitrogen-containing heterocyclyl substituent at the 5-, 6-, 7-, or 8-position, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, intermediates, and methods of making and methods of use of these compounds as immunomodulators, for modulating cytokine biosynthesis in animals and in the treatment of diseases including viral and neoplastic diseases are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Bryon A. Merrill, Chad A. Haraldson, Tushar A. Kshirsagar, Shri Niwas
  • Publication number: 20110212053
    Abstract: Provided are compounds according to Formula (I): or stereoisomer, prodrug, polymorph, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, wherein X, Y, R1, R6, R7, and R8 are as defined, and which compounds are effective inhibitors of PI3-kinase and/or other medically and clinically relevant kinases. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using the compounds and compositions as PI3-kinase and kinase inhibitors. More particularly, the compounds of the invention provide treatments and therapeutics for human diseases regulated by, or associated with, the activity of, PI3-kinases and/or protein kinases, or mutant or variant forms thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Dapeng QIAN, Amy Qi Han, Mark Hamilton, Eric Wang
  • Publication number: 20110213152
    Abstract: The present invention provides process for synthesis of 8-methoxy-9H-isothiazolo[5,4-b]quinoline-3,4-diones and 8A,9-dihydro-4aH-isothiazolo[5,4-b]quinoline-3,4-diones of the Formula A. The substituents R, R5, R6, R7, R8 and R9 are defined herein. The invention also provides novel synthetic intermediates useful in the synthesis of 8-methoxy-9H-isothiazolo[5,4-b]quinoline-3,4-diones and 8A,9-dihydro-4aH-isothiazolo[5,4-b]quinoline-3,4-diones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: ACHILLION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Barton James Bradbury, Jason Allan Wiles, Akihiro Hashimoto, Qiuping Wang, Edlaine Lucien, Godwin Pais, Ha Young Kim
  • Patent number: 8008279
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and compositions for treating diseases associated with cysteine protease activity. The compounds are reversible inhibitors of cysteine proteases, including cathepsins B, K, C, F, H, L, O, S, W and X. Of particular interest are diseases associated with Cathepsin K.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Alexander Graham Dossetter, Nicola Murdoch Heron
  • Publication number: 20110178117
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to oxazolobenzimidazole derivatives which are potentiators of metabotropic glutamate receptors, particularly 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Antonella Converso, Timothy John Hartingh, Sylwia Stachura
  • Publication number: 20110160241
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new compounds of the formula (I), (II), or (III) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and W are as defined herein, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in the treatment of amyloid diseases, especially A? amyloid disease, such as observed in Alzheimer's disease, infectious diseases, PAI-I related disease, and in the manufacture of medicaments for such treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Fredrik Almqvist, Magnus Sellstedt, Pralay Das
  • Publication number: 20110136795
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula I wherein R1 is alkoxy or halogen; W is CH or N; A is O or NH; B is CO or (CH2)q; G is a group having one of the three formulae below wherein Q represents O or S, Z represents CH or N, R2 represents halogen and R3 represents alkyl; m is 0 or 1; and n is 1 or 2; p is 0 or 1, provided m and p are not each 0; and q is 1 or 2; and salts of such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Georg Rueedi, Jean-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn-Acklin
  • Publication number: 20110130707
    Abstract: Thiadiazole compounds, compositions, bioconjugates, and methods for targeting and photoactivation at target sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Raghavan Rajagopalan, Frederick G. Jacobs, Richard B. Dorshow
  • Publication number: 20110124661
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to oxazolobenzimidazole derivatives which are potentiators of metabotropic glutamate receptors, particularly 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Edward J. Brnardic, Antonella Converso, Mark E. Fraley, Robert M. Garbaccio, Shaei Y. Huang
  • Publication number: 20110105553
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel GABAA/BzR ligands of the general formulas (I), (II) and (III) wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, haloalkyl having 1-2 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1 to 3 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain, alkyl having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and nitro, and R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen and alkyl having 1 to 2 carbon atoms, as well as the use of these compounds for treating anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, sedative-hypnotic and myorelaxant conditions as well as anxiogenic, somnolytic and convulsant conditions in mammals including pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Mogens Nielsen, Tommy Liljefors, Jakob Nilsson, Olov Sterner
  • Patent number: 7928237
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel class of fused ring azadecalin compounds and methods of using the compounds as glucocorticoid receptor modulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Robin D. Clark, Nicholas C. Ray, Paul M. Blaney, Christopher A. Hurley, Karen Williams
  • Patent number: 7927830
    Abstract: Chemically reactive carbocyanine dyes incorporating an indolium ring moiety that is substituted at the 3-position by a reactive group or by a conjugated substance, and their uses, are described. Conjugation through this position results in spectral properties that are uniformly superior to those of conjugates of spectrally similar dyes wherein attachment is at a different position. The invention includes derivative compounds having one or more benzo nitrogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Ching-Ying Cheung, Stephen Yue, Wai-Yee Leung
  • Patent number: 7910087
    Abstract: Novel luciferins, methods of making luciferins, and uses of the same are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: University of Massachusetts
    Inventor: Stephen C. Miller
  • Publication number: 20110065698
    Abstract: The invention relates in part to molecules having certain biological activities that include, but are not limited to, inhibiting cell proliferation, modulating protein kinase activity and modulating polymerase activity. Molecules of the invention can modulate protein kinase CK2 activity, Pim kinase activity and/or FMS-like tyrosine kinase (Flt) activity. The invention also relates in part to methods for using such molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: CYLENE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Fabrice PIERRE, Mustapha HADDACH, Collin F. REGAN, David M. RYCKMAN
  • Publication number: 20110021493
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds and processes for their preparation, methods of treating diseases, particularly cancer, comprising administering said compounds, and methods of making pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment or prevention of disorders, particularly cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: BAYER SCHERING PHARMA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Hartmut Schirok, Ying Li-Sommer, Michael Brands, Mario Lobell, Adrian Tersteegen, Herbert Himmel, Karl-Heinz Schlemmer, Dieter Lang, Kirsten Petersen, Matthias Renz, Dominik Mumberg, Jens Hoffman, Gerhard Siemeister, Ulf Bömer
  • Patent number: 7868018
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula I: wherein R1-R6 are described in the Summary of the Invention; the pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with abnormal or deregulated kinase activity, particularly diseases or disorders that involve abnormal activation of the Abl, Bcr-Abl, BMX, BTK, CHK2, b-RAF, c-RAF, CSK, c-SRC, Fes, FGFR3, Flt3, IKK?, IKK?, JNK2?2, Lck, Met, MKK4, MKK6, MST2, NEK2, p70S6K, PDGFR?, PKA, PKB?, PKD2, Rsk1, SAPK2?, SAPK2?, SAPK3, SGK, Tie2 and TrkB kinases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: IRM LLC
    Inventors: Yongping Xie, Guobao Zhang, Xing Wang, Nathanael S. Gray, Yi Liu
  • Publication number: 20110002952
    Abstract: Novel non-steroidal compounds are provided which are useful in treating diseases or disorders associated with modulation of the glucocorticoid receptor, AP-1, and/or NF-?B activity, including metabolic and inflammatory and immune diseases or disorders, having the structure of formula (I): an enantiomer, diastereomer, or tautomer thereof, or a prodrug ester thereof, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, in which: Z is heterocyclo or heteroaryl; -A is a 5- to 8-membered carbocyclic ring or a 5- to 8-membered heterocyclic ring; B1 and B2 rings are pyridyl rings, wherein the B1 and B2 rings are each fused to the A ring and the B1 ring is optionally substituted by one to three groups which are the same or different and are independently selected from R1, R2, and R4, and the B2 ring is optionally substituted by one to three groups which are the same or different and are independently selected from R3, R7, and R3 71, J2, and J3 are at each occurrence the same or different and are independently -AIQA2-; Q is
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Jingwu Duan, David S. Weinstein, Bin Jiang
  • Publication number: 20110003776
    Abstract: This invention relates to tetrahydropyranonaphthyridines derivatives having formula (III) or IV: and analogues of the tetrahydropyranonaphthyridines derivatives. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and methods for treatment of tuberculosis using these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: John K. Snyder, John A. Porco, JR., Ya Zhou
  • Publication number: 20110003786
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I and salts thereof, wherein the substituents are as defined in the description, to compositions and use of the compounds in the treatment of diseases ameloriated by inhibition of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Robin Alec FAIRHURST, Marc GERSPACHER, Robert MAH
  • Publication number: 20100256180
    Abstract: Disclosed are fused heterocyclic compounds of Formula (I): or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts or stereoisomers thereof. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds in the treatment of at least one androgen receptor-associated condition, such as, for example, cancer, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMAPANY
    Inventors: Weifang Shan, James Aaron Balog, Ashvinikumar V. Gavai, Yufen Zhao
  • Publication number: 20100255005
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of heterocyclic compounds as modulators of gamma secretase, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more diseases associated with the central nervous system using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Zhaoning Zhu, William J. Greenlee, Zhong-Yue Sun, Gioconda Gallo, Ruo Xu, Xianhai Huang, Xiaohong Zhu
  • Publication number: 20100240693
    Abstract: Thiazolo[4,5-c]ring compounds, (e.g. thiazolopyridine, thiazoloquinoline, 6,7,8,9-tetrahydrothiazoloquinoline, thiazolonaphthyridine, and 6,7,8,9-tetrahydrothiazolonaphthyridine compounds) having an oxime or hydroxylamine substituent at the 2-position, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, intermediates, and methods of making and methods of use of these compounds as immunomodulators, for modulating cytokine biosynthesis in animals and in the treatment of diseases including viral and neoplastic diseases are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2006
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: Coley Pharmaceutical Group, Inc
    Inventors: Gregory D. Lundquist, JR., Tushar M. Kshirsagar, Philip D. Heppner
  • Publication number: 20100234350
    Abstract: Novel compounds of formulae (I) to (VIII), which more particularly include sulfonylurea derivatives, sulfonylthiourea derivatives, sulfonylguanidine derivatives, sulfonylcyanoguanidine derivatives, thioacylsulfonamide derivatives, and acylsulfonamide derivatives which are effective platelet ADP receptor inhibitors. These derivatives may be used in various pharmaceutical compositions, and are particularly effective for the prevention and/or treatment of cardiovascular diseases, particularly those diseases related to thrombosis. The invention also relates to a method for preventing or treating thrombosis in a mammal comprising the step of administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formulae (I) to (VIII), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Scarborough, Wolin Huang, Charles K. Marlowe, Kim A. Kane-McGuire, Hans-Michael Jantzen, David M. Sedlock
  • Publication number: 20100197684
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds and to their use in the treatment of various disease states, including cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. In particular embodiments, the structure of the compounds is given by Formula (I): wherein Q1, Q2, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are as described herein. The invention also relates to methods for the preparation of the compounds, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: Gilead Palo Alto, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Abelman, Robert Jiang, Jeff Zablocki
  • Patent number: 7767815
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides tricyclic compounds of formula I (wherein J1-J3, X, Z, and R1-R4 are as defined herein) useful as metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) antagonists, particularly as selective metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 antagonists, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and methods of treatment using the compounds and compositions to treat diseases associated with metabotropic glutamate receptor (e.g., mGluR1) such as, for example, pain, migraine, anxiety, urinary incontinence and neurodegenerative diseases such Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Chad E. Bennett, Wen-Lian Wu, Duane A. Burnett
  • Publication number: 20100168154
    Abstract: Provided is a compound useful as an N-type Ca2+ channel blocker. As a result of intensive studies of compounds having an action of blocking N-type Ca2+ channels, the present inventors found that a tetrahydroisoquinoline compound of the present invention having a substituent at the 1-position has an action of blocking the N-type Ca2+ channels, an antinociceptive pain action, an antineuropathic pain action, an abdominal pain-inhibitory action and an opioid-induced constipation-improving action, and the present invention has been completed based on these findings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Jun-Ichi Shishikura, Makoto Inoue, Takashi Ogiyama, Koichi Yonezawa, Susumu Yamaki, Kazuhiro Yokoyama, Shuichirou Kakimoto, Hidetsugu Okada
  • Publication number: 20100098634
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds and compositions which comprise the formulae as disclosed herein, wherein the compound is an amyloid binding compound. An amyloid binding compound according to the invention may be administered to a patient in amounts suitable for in vivo imaging of amyloid deposits, and distinguish between neurological tissue with amyloid deposits and normal neurological tissue. Amyloid probes of the invention may be used to detect and quantitate amyloid deposits in diseases including, for example, Down's syndrome, familial Alzheimer's Disease. In another embodiment, the compounds may be used in the treatment or prophylaxis of neurodegenerative disorders. Also provided herein are methods of allowing the compound to distribute into the brain tissue, and imaging the brain tissue, wherein an increase in binding of the compound to the brain tissue compared to a normal control level of binding indicates that the mammal is suffering from or is at risk of developing a neurodegenerative disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Hartmuth C. Kolb, Joseph C. Walsh, Wei Zhang, Umesh B. Gangadharmath, Dhanalakshmi Kasi, Kai Chen, Anjana Sinha, Eric Wang, Gang Chen, Peter J.H. Scott, Henry Clifton Padgett, Qianwa Liang, Zhiyong Gao, Tieming Zhao, Chunfang Xia
  • Publication number: 20100076012
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), in which E, R3, R4, R5, X, Y, W, Q1, Q2, Z, s and m have the meanings indicated in claim 1, can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of tumours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Schiemann, Dirk Finsinger, Christiane Amendt, Frank Zenke
  • Patent number: 7683171
    Abstract: The present invention provides for thiazolopyridine-based tricyclic compounds having the formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R5, R6 and R7 are as described herein. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, as well as the use of such compounds for treating inflammatory and immune diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: William J. Pitts, Jagabandhu Das, Yuping Qiu, Steven H. Spergel
  • Publication number: 20100069380
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds that modulate the activity of a bacterial peptidyl tRNA hydrolase, including compositions and dosage forms comprising the compounds. Further provided herein are methods for screening and identifying compounds that modulate the activity of a bacterial peptidyl tRNA hydrolase. In particular, provided herein are assays for the identification of compounds that inhibit or reduce the activity of a bacterial peptidyl tRNA hydrolase. The methods provided herein provide a simple, sensitive assay for high-throughput screening of libraries of compounds to identify pharmaceutical leads useful for preventing, treating, and managing a bacterial infection or one or more symptoms thereof. Further provided herein are methods for preventing or inhibiting bacterial proliferation as well as methods for preventing, treating, and/or managing a bacterial infection using such compounds and compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Soongyu Choi, Arthur Branstrom, Scott A. Gothe, Richard Lipman, Tamil Arasu, Richard G. Wilde
  • Patent number: 7678790
    Abstract: Novel compounds of formula (I) to (VI), which more particularly include sulfonylurea derivatives, sulfonylthiourea derivatives, sulfonylguanidine derivatives, sulfonylcyanoguanidine derivatives, thioacylsulfonamide derivatives, and acylsulfonamide derivatives which are effective platelet ADP receptor inhibitors. These derivatives may be used in various pharmaceutical compositions, and are particularly effective for the prevention and/or treatment of cardiovascular diseases, particularly those diseases related to thrombosis. The invention also relates to a method for preventing or treating thrombosis in a mammal comprising the step of administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formulae (I)-(VI), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Scarborough, Hans-Michael Jantzen, Wolin Huang, David M. Sedlock, Charles Marlowe
  • Publication number: 20100034741
    Abstract: The present invention relates to radiolabelled compounds particularly 1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]octane compounds (i.e., quinuclidine compounds) which are labeled with one or more radioisotopes and which are suitable for imaging or therapeutic treatment of tissues, organs, or tumors which express the ?7-nicotinic cholinergic receptor. In another embodiment, the invention relates to methods of imaging tissues, organs, or tumors using radiolabeled compounds of the invention, particularly tissues, organs, or tumors which express ?7-nicotinic cholinergic receptor to which the compounds of the invention have an affinity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicants: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Martin G. Pomper, John L. Musachio, Hong Fan, Robert F. Dannals, Catherine Foss, Eifion Phillips, John Gordon, Dennis McCarthy, Richard Keith, Mark Smith, Richard Heys, Peter N. Dorff
  • Patent number: 7659399
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds and salts of Formula I and Formula II: which possess antimicrobial activity. The invention also provides novel synthetic intermediates useful in making compounds of Formula I and Formula II. The variables A1, A8, R2, R3, R5, R6, R7, and R9 are defined herein. Certain compounds of Formula I and Formula II disclosed herein are potent and selective inhibitors of bacterial DNA synthesis and bacterial replication. The invention also provides antimicrobial compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, containing one or more compounds of Formula I or Formula II and one or more carriers, excipients, or diluents. Such compositions may contain a compound of Formula I or Formula II as the only active agent or may contain a combination of a compound of Formula I or Formula II and one or more other active agents. The invention also provides methods for treating microbial infections in animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Barton James Bradbury, Jason Allan Wiles
  • Publication number: 20100029707
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula wherein R1 is a hydrocarbon group optionally having substituent(s), amino optionally having substituent(s), hydroxy optionally having a substituent or a heterocyclic group optionally having substituent(s), R2 is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group optionally having substituent(s), R3 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydrocarbon group optionally having substituent(s), amino optionally having substituent(s), hydroxy optionally having a substituent or mercapto optionally having a substituent, Xa to Xe are each a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, m is 0 to 2, and ring A to ring C are each a ring optionally having substituent(s), or a salt thereof, which is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of a disease relating to an action of melatonin, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Osamu Uchikawa, Tatsuki Koike, Takafumi Takai, Yasutaka Hoashi
  • Publication number: 20090318442
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted thiazolyl- and oxazoyl-isoquinolinones that act, for example, as modulators of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP). The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of substituted thiazolyl- and oxazolyl-isoquinolinones and to their use in treating various diseases and disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: Wyeth
    Inventors: Roberto PELLICCIARI, Flavio Moroni, Adam Matthew Gilbert
  • Publication number: 20090312362
    Abstract: Compounds that are inhibitors of the unfolded protein response and endonuclease IRE1 are provided, together with compositions comprising such compounds, and methods for their use in the treatment of various disorders, such as cancer, autoimmune disorders, and diabetes. Also provided are packaged pharmaceuticals comprising these compositions. The compositions may be administered in combination with another therapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Albert C. Koong, Douglas E. Feldman
  • Publication number: 20090286767
    Abstract: Substituted quinolin-4-ylamine analogues are provided. Such compounds are ligands that may be used to modulate specific receptor activity in vivo or in vitro, and are particularly useful in the treatment of conditions associated with pathological receptor activation in humans, domesticated companion animals and livestock animals. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for using them to treat such disorders are provided, as are methods for using such ligands for receptor localization studies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: Neurogen Corporation
    Inventors: Rajagopal Bakthavatchalam, Timothy M. Caldwell, Bertrand L. Chenard, Stéphane De Lombaert, Kevin J. Hodgetts
  • Patent number: 7608643
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof: The present invention provides compositions comprising these compounds that are useful for treating cellular proliferative diseases or disorders associated with KSP kinesin activity and for inhibiting KSP kinesin activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald J. Doll, Ronald Herbst, Wolfgang Seghezzi, Emma M. Lees, William F. Estacio
  • Patent number: 7598382
    Abstract: Aryl substituted imidazoquinoline compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, intermediates, and methods of use of these compounds as immunomodulators, for inducing or inhibiting cytokine biosynthesis in animals and in the treatment of diseases including viral, and neoplastic, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Coley Pharmaceutical Group, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Hays, Tushar Kshirsagar, Philip D. Heppner, Bryon A. Merrill, Michael E. Danielson, John F. Gerster, Chad A. Haraldson, Sarah Johannessen, Maureen A. Kavanagh, Kyle J. Lindstrom, Michael J. Rice, David J. Squire, Sarah A. Strong, Joshua R. Wurst
  • Patent number: 7569580
    Abstract: The present invention comprises tetrazoloquinoline-compounds that are inhibitors of HCV. Compositions comprising the compounds in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier are also disclosed, as are methods of using the compounds and compositions to inhibit HCV infection of a cell, particular in the form of treating HCV infection in a mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Sambaiah Thota, Rajinder Singh, Guy Laidig, Henry Lu
  • Patent number: 7557212
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are provided as well as processes for the manufacture of such compounds. The compounds are useful in the treatment or prevention of inflammatory and allergic diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Laboratorios Almirall, S.A.
    Inventors: Carlos Puig Duran, Daniel Perez Crespo, Jordi Bach Tana, Hamish Ryder