1,3,4-oxadiazoles (including Hydrogenated) Patents (Class 548/143)
  • Publication number: 20090075985
    Abstract: Aryl sulfonamide, peri-substituted, fused bicyclic ring compounds useful for the treatment or prophylaxis of a prostaglandin-mediated disease or condition are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: DECODE GENETICS INC.
    Inventors: Jasbir Singh, Mark Gurney, Georgeta Hategan
  • Publication number: 20090076049
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new compounds of formula (I), wherein R1 to R9 and X are as defined as in formula I, or salts, solvates or solvated salts thereof, processes for their preparation and to new intermediates used in the preparation thereof, pharmaceutical formulations containing said compounds and to the use of said compounds in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Lucy Horoszok, Carmen Leung, Miroslaw Tomaszewski, Christopher Walpole
  • Publication number: 20090069391
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of hydroxamic acid derivatives. The hydroxamic acid compounds can be used to treat cancer. The hydroxamic acid compounds can also inhibit histone deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing terminal differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. The compounds of the invention are also useful in the prevention and treatment of TRX-mediated diseases, such as autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases, and in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), such as neurodegenerative diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Jed Lee Hubbs, Sam Kattar, Joey Methot, Thomas Miller, Phieng Siliphaivanh, Matthew Stanton, Kevin Wilson, David J. Witter
  • Publication number: 20090062340
    Abstract: Novel biaromatic compounds having the structural formula (I) below: are formulated into pharmaceutical compositions suited for administration in human or veterinary medicine (in dermatology, and also in the fields of cardiovascular diseases, immune diseases and/or diseases associated with lipid metabolism), or, alternatively, into cosmetic compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Galderma Research & Development
    Inventors: LAURENCE CLARY, CLAIRE BOUIX-PETER, MICHEL RIVIER, PASCAL COLLETTE, ANDRE JOMARD
  • Publication number: 20090054397
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound having an excellent JNK inhibitory effect. That is, it provides a compound represented by the following formula, a salt thereof or a hydrate of them. Wherein R1 designates —(CO)h—(NRa)j—(CRb?CRc)k—Ar (wherein Ra, Rb and Rc each independently designate a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, hydroxyl group, an optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl group or the like; Cy designates a 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl; and V each independently designate the formula -L-X—Y (wherein L designates a single bond, an optionally substituted C1-6 alkylene group or the like; X designates a single bond or the formula -A- (wherein A designates NR2, O, CO, S, SO or SO2) and so on; and Y designates a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, nitro group or the like).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Norihito Ohi, Nobuaki Sato, Motohiro Soejima, Takashi Doko, Taro Terauchi, Yoshimitsu Naoe, Takafumi Motoki
  • Publication number: 20090048228
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or tautomers thereof, which are inhibitors of histone deacetylase (HDAC). The compounds of the present invention are useful for treating cellular proliferative diseases, including cancer. Further, the compounds of the present invention are useful for treating neurodegenerative diseases, schizophrenia and stroke among other diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Barbara Attenni, Federica Ferrigno, Philip Jones, Raffaele Ingenito, Olaf Kinzel, Laura Llauger Bufi, Jesus Maria Ontoria, Giovanna Pescatore, Michael Rowley, Rita Scarpelli, Carsten Schultz
  • Publication number: 20090042866
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods, compounds, and compositions for inhibiting angiogenesis. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods, compounds, and compositions for inhibiting VEGF production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: William Lennox, Hongyan Qi, Duck-Hyung Lee, Soongyu Choi, Young-Choon Moon
  • Publication number: 20090042772
    Abstract: Novel compounds, compositions comprising compounds, and methods for methods for preparing and using compounds are described herein. Methods of treating or ameliorating various conditions, including insulin resistance, pancreatic beta cell apoptosis, obesity, pro-thrombotic conditions, myocardial infarction, hypertension, dyslipidemia, manifestations of Syndrome X, congestive heart failure, inflammatory disease of the cardiovascular system, atherosclerosis, sepsis, type 1 diabetes, liver damage, and cachexia, by administering compounds described herein. Compounds presented herein may be used to modulate serine palmitoyl transferase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: Transition Therapeutics Inc.
    Inventor: John Nestor
  • Publication number: 20090036450
    Abstract: The pyrazole compound of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (I). The pyrazole compound of the present invention or a salt thereof or a solvate thereof potently inhibits liver glycogen phosphorylase, and, therefore, is useful as a therapeutic or prophylactic agent for diabetes. wherein each symbol denotes as described in the specifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO, INC.
    Inventors: Masaki Takagi, Takeshi Nakamura, Isamu Matsuda, Toshihiro Kiguchi, Naoki Ogawa, Hidekazu Ozeki
  • Publication number: 20090012075
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of fluorinated arylamide derivatives. The instant compounds can be used to treat cancer. The fluorinated arylamide derivatives can also inhibit histone deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing terminal differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. The compounds of the invention may also be useful in the prevention and treatment of TRX-mediated diseases, such as autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases, and in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), such as neurodegenerative diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas A. Miller, David L. Sloman, Matthew G. Stanton, Kevin J. Wilson, David J. Witter
  • Publication number: 20080311075
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and methods for using these compounds in the treatment of HCV infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Carol Bachand, Makonen Belema, Daniel H. Deon, Andrew C. Good, Jason Goodrich, Lawrence G. Hamann, Clint A. James, David R. Langley, Rico Lavoie, Omar D. Lopez, Alain Martel, Nicholas A. Meanwell, Van N. Nguyen, Jeffrey Lee Romine, Edward H. Ruediger, Lawrence B. Snyder, Denis R. St. Laurent, Gan Wang, Fukang Yang
  • Publication number: 20080306067
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I), wherein substituents are as given above, useful in the treatment of a disease mediated by the action of CCR3, in particular inflammatory or obstructive airway diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Klaus Weigand, Thomas Ullrich, Kate Hoeganauer, Philipp Lehr, Rohan Beckwith
  • Publication number: 20080293684
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds which are potentiators of metabotropic glutamate receptors, including the mGluR2 receptor, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Anthony B Pinkerton, Jean-Michel Vernier, Rowena V. Cube, John H. Hutchinson, Dehua Huang, Celine Bonnefous, Steven P. Govak, Theodore Kamenecka
  • Publication number: 20080280925
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that are useful as inhibitors of protein arginine methyltransferase that have a formula selected from Formula (I), Formula (II) and Formula (III), as well as racemic mixtures, diastereomers, enantiomers and tautomers thereof and N-oxides, hydrates, solvates, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs and complexes thereof as defined herein. Said compound are useful as inhibitors of PRMTs and/or CARM-I. The invention further relates to compositions comprising such compounds and methods for their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Amal Wahhab, Eric Therrien, Martin Allan, Sukhdev Manku
  • Publication number: 20080280915
    Abstract: N-Substituted (heteroaryl)alkyl sulfilimines are effective at controlling insects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Michael R. Loso, Benjamin M. Nugent, Yuanming Zhu, Richard B. Rogers, Jim X. Huang, James M. Renga, Zoltan L. Benko, Gregory T. Whiteker, John F. Daeuble
  • Patent number: 7442795
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative, wherein A, B, V, W, X, Y, and Z are as defined herein; pharmaceutical compositions thereof; and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Stephen Bryans, Patrick Stephen Johnson, Thomas Ryckmans, Alan Stobie
  • Patent number: 7439242
    Abstract: Modulators of PPAR? activity are provided which are useful in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of conditions such as type II diabetes and obesity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan B. Houze, Lawrence R. McGee, Steven Marc Rubenstein
  • Publication number: 20080255202
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel phenylthioacetic acid derivatives, to processes for their preparation, to their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases and to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, preferably for the treatment and/or prevention of cardiovascular disorders, in particular dyslipidaemias and arteriosclerosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2005
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: Bayer HealthCare AG
    Inventors: Hilmar Bischoff, Elke Dittrich-Wengenroth, Nils Griebenow, Axel Kretschmer, Joachim Kruger, Elisabeth Woltering, Lars Barfacker, Claudia Hirth-Dietrich, Peter Ellinghaus, Martin Raabe, Stephen Bartel, Christian Pilger, Ulrich Rosentreter, Klemens Lustig, Armin Kern, Dieter Lang
  • Patent number: 7429606
    Abstract: Oxadiazolyl-phenoxyalkylisoxazoles and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions comprising oxadiazolyl-phenoxyalkylisoxazole compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and methods for using oxadiazolyl-phenoxyalkylisoxazole compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof as anti-picornaviral agents are described herein. The methods include using pleconaril as a prodrug for conversion to anti-picornaviral compounds in vivo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: ViroPharma Incorporated
    Inventors: Gerald Rhodes, Theodore J Nitz
  • Patent number: 7425555
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): are inhibitors of p38 kinase and are useful in the treatment of conditions or disease states mediated by p38 kinase activity or mediated by cytokines produced by the activity of p38.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Martyn Angell, Paul Bamborough, Ian Robert Baldwin, Anne-Marie Li-Kwai-Cheung, Timothy Longstaff, Suzanne Joy Merrick, Kathryn Jane Smith, Stephen Swanson, Ann Louise Walker
  • Publication number: 20080207705
    Abstract: A novel heteroaryl-imidazole compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is effective as a cannabinoid CB1 receptor inverse agonist or antagonist, which is useful for preventing or treating obesity and obesity-related metabolic disorders. The present invention also provides a method for preparing same, a pharmaceutical composition containing same, and a method for preventing or treating obesity and obesity-related metabolic disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Green Cross Corporation
    Inventors: Jinhwa LEE, Jeongmin Kim, Jong Yup Kim, Hee Jeong Seo, Myung Eun Jung, Sung-Han Lee, Kwangwoo Ahn, Suk Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20080207707
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted aryl-substituted heterocycles and to the physiologically tolerated salts and physiologically functional derivatives thereof, to process for their preparation and to their use as medicaments. Compounds of the formula I in which the radicals have the stated meanings, the N-oxides thereof, and the physiologically tolerated salts thereof, and process for the preparation thereof are described. The compounds bring about for example a weight reduction in mammals and are suitable for example for the prevention and treatment of obesity and diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Schwink, Siegfried Stengelin, Thomas Boehme, Matthias Gossel, Gerhard Hessler, Petra Stahl
  • Publication number: 20080207704
    Abstract: A heteroaryl-imidazole compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is effective as a cannabinoid CB1 receptor inverse agonist or antagonist, which is useful for preventing or treating obesity and obesity-related metabolic disorders. The present invention also provides a method for preparing a heteroaryl-imidazole compound of formula (I), a pharmaceutical composition containing a heteroaryl-imidazole compound of formula (I), and a method for preventing or treating obesity and obesity-related metabolic disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: THE GREEN CROSS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jinhwa Lee, Jeongmin Kim, Jong Yup Kim, Hee Jeong Seo, Myung Eun Jung, Sung-Han Lee, Kwangwoo Ahn
  • Patent number: 7417061
    Abstract: Oxadiazole compounds and compositions for the delivery of active agents are provided. Methods of administration and preparation are provided as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: MHR Institutional Partners IIA LP
    Inventor: David Gschneidner
  • Publication number: 20080200501
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel cannabinoid receptor modulators, in particular cannabinoid 1 (CB1) or cannabinoid 2 (CB2) receptor modulators, and uses thereof for treating diseases, conditions and/or disorders modulated by a cannabinoid receptor (such as pain, neurodegenative disorders, eating disorders, weight loss or control, and obesity).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals S.A.
    Inventors: Meyyappan Muthuppalaniappan, Kumar Sukeerthi, Gopalan Balasubramanian, Srinivas Gullapalli, Neelima Khairatkar Joshi, Shridhar Narayanan, Pallavi V. Kamik
  • Patent number: 7414142
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I, wherein R1-R9 and n are defined herein, and pharmaceutical compositions and kits containing these compounds are provided. Also provided are methods of inducing contraception, providing hormone replacement therapy, treating cycle-related symptoms, or treating or preventing benign or malignant neoplastic disease using the compounds of formula I or formula II, wherein R3-R5, R10, and R11 are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Puwen Zhang, Jeffrey Curtis Kern, Eugene Anthony Terefenko, Eugene John Trybulski
  • Patent number: 7414048
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with the compounds of formula wherein m, n and p are each independently 0 or 1 and q is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; -A1=A2-A3=A4- is a pyridinylidene, pyridazinylidene, pyrimidinylidene, pyrazinylidene or phenylidene; B represents an amide, ketone or oxadiazole; D represents Ar or Het; Q represents a covalent direct bond or a ketone, —N—, —O—, —CR5R6—, amide, ethenyl, imine, sulfonyl, sulfinyl, 3-oxobutenyl, pyrazole, isoxazole or thiazole; L represents Ar or Het; R1 represents hydrogen, halo, hydroxy, C(2-6)alkenyl, C(2-6)alkynyl, C(3-6)cycloalkyl, C(3-6)cycloalkenyl, cyano, guanidine, nitro, NR17R18, an optionally substituted C(1-6)alkyl or C(1-6)alkyloxy; R2 and R3 each independently represent hydrogen, halo, C(1-6)alkyloxy or an optionally substituted C(1-6)alkyl; R5 and R6 each independently represent hydrogen, hydroxy, halo, an optionally substituted C(1-6)alkyl, C(2-6)alkenyl, C(2-6)alkynyl, C(3-6)cycloalkyl, C(3-6)cycloalkenyl, C(1-6)alkyloxy, cyano, (C?O)R25, (C—O)OR16,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V.
    Inventors: Eddy Jean Edgard Freyne, José Ignacio Andrés-Gil, Frederik Dirk Deroose, Davy Petrus Franciscus Maria Petit, Maria Encarnacion Matesanz-Ballesteros, Rosa Maria Alvarez Escobar
  • Patent number: 7414046
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative or prodrug thereof. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of bacterial gyrase activity. The present invention also relates to methods for treating bacterial infections in mammala. The present invention also relates to methods for decreasing bacterial quantity in a biological sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Anne-Laure Grillot, Paul Charifson, Dean Stamos, Yusheng Liao, Michael Badia, Martin Trudeau
  • Publication number: 20080182992
    Abstract: This invention relates to inhibitors of mitotic kinesins, particularly KSP, and methods for producing these inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the inhibitors of the invention and methods of utilizing the inhibitors and pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment and prevention of various disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Jeremy Hans, Eli M. Wallace, Qian Zhao, Joseph P. Lyssikatos, Thomas D. Aicher, Ellen R. Laird, John Robinson, Shelley Allen
  • Publication number: 20080176899
    Abstract: The present invention relates to modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”), compositions thereof, and methods therewith. The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using such modulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Sarah Hadida Ruah, Peter Grootenhuis, Mark Miller, Matthew Hamilton
  • Publication number: 20080176911
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) as defined herein: inhibit the formation of the ?-amyloid peptide (?-A4) and are, therefore, useful in the treatment of pathologies in which a ?-amyloid peptide (?-A4) formation inhibitor provides a therapeutic benefit. Particular such pathologies are senile dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Down's syndrome, Parkinson's disease, amyloid angiopathy, cerebrovascular disorders, frontotemporal dementias and Pick's disease, post-traumatic dementias, pathologies linked to neuroinflammatory processes, Huntington's disease and Korsakov's syndrome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: Sylvie BALTZER, Marc PASCAL, Viviane VAN DORSSELAER
  • Publication number: 20080171741
    Abstract: A compound of Formula I and enantiomers, diastereomers and pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of Formula I, and methods of treating conditions associated with the activity of p38 kinase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventors: Stephen T. Wrobleski, Jagabandhu Das, T.G. Murali Dhar, Alaric J. Dyckman, John Hynes, Katerina Leftheris, James Lin, Shuqun Lin
  • Patent number: 7399765
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) Z-Ar1—Ar2??(I) wherein Z is a diazabicyclic amine, Ar1 is a 5- or 6-membered aromatic ring, and Ar2 is selected from the group consisting of an unsubstituted or substituted 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl ring; unsubstituted or substituted bicyclic heteroaryl ring; 3,4-(methylenedioxy)phenyl; carbazolyl; tetrahydrocarbazolyl; naphthyl; and phenyl; wherein the phenyl is substituted with 0, 1, 2, or 3 substituents in the meta- or para-positions. The compounds are useful in treating conditions or disorders prevented by or ameliorated by ?7 nAChR ligands. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of formula (I) and methods for using such compounds and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: William H. Bunnelle, Jianguo Ji, Tao Li, Jennifer M. Pace, Karin R. Tietje, Kathleen H. Mortell, Diana L. Nersesian, Michael R. Schrimpf
  • Patent number: 7384963
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), wherein R1 is a phenyl group which may be optionally substituted; R2 is selected from hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl and (CH2)p—C3-7cycloalkyl; R3 is the group: (Formula II), R4 is selected from hydrogen and C1-4 alkyl; U is selected from methyl and halogen; X and Y are each selected independently from hydrogen, methyl and halogen; m is selected from 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4, and may be optionally substituted with up to two groups selected independently from C1-6 alkyl; n is selected from 0, 1 and 2; p is selected from 0, 1 and 2; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof, and their use as pharmaceuticals, particularly as p38 kinase inhibitors
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Richard Martyn Angell, Paul Bamborough, George Stuart Cockerill, Ann Louise Walker
  • Patent number: 7384929
    Abstract: Compounds, pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds, and methods of preparation and use thereof are disclosed. The compounds are N-aryl or heteroaryl azaspiroalkene/alkane compounds, prodrugs or metabolites of these compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The aryl group can be a phenyl ring or a five- or six-membered heterocyclic ring (heteroaryl). The compounds and compositions can be used to treat and/or prevent a wide variety of conditions or disorders, particularly those disorders characterized by dysfunction of nicotinic cholinergic neurotransmission, including disorders involving neuromodulation of neurotransmitter release, such as dopamine release. CNS disorders, which are characterized by an alteration in normal neurotransmitter release, are another example of disorders that can be treated and/or prevented. The compounds and compositions can also be used to alleviate pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Targacept, Inc.
    Inventors: Balwinder Bhatti, Scott R. Breining, Philip S. Hammond, Jozef Klucik, Yun-De Xiao
  • Publication number: 20080125432
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that interact with ion channels. In particular, the invention relates to compounds having the structural Formula having the structural Formula I, II, III or IV, stereoisomers, tautomers, racemics, prodrugs, metabolites thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or solvate thereof, wherein X, Y1, Y2, R1, n, R3, R8, R9, R10, L1, L2, Ar1 and Ar2 are defined in claim 1. The invention also relates to methods for preparing said compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, and to the use of said compounds in methods for treatment of the human and animal body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: Devgen NV
    Inventors: Petra Blom, Jan Octaaf De Kerpel, Eric Pierre Paul Rene Fourmaintraux, Titus Jan Kaletta, Dirk Leysen
  • Publication number: 20080113990
    Abstract: Biphenyl derivatives useful as ion channel antagonists are disclosed herein. The compositions thereof are useful for treating or relieving pain-related conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: Esther Martinborough, Danielle Lehsten, Timothy Neubert, Aarti Sameer Kawatkar, Nicole Zimmermann, Andreas Termin
  • Publication number: 20080081815
    Abstract: A novel heteroaryl-pyrazole compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is effective as a cannabinoid CB1 receptor inverse agonist or antagonist, which is useful for preventing or treating obesity and obesity-related metabolic disorders. The prevention also provide a method for preparing same, a pharmaceutical composition containing same, and a method for preventing or treating obesity and obesity-related metabolic disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: GREEN CROSS Corporation
    Inventors: Jinhwa Lee, Jeong Min Kim, Chong-Hwan Jonathan Chang, Suk Youn Kang, Hee Jeong Seo, Kwang-Seop Song, Sung-Han Lee, Kwang-Woo Ahn
  • Patent number: 7351825
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having aggrecanase inhibitory activity and MMP-13 inhibitory activity, and useful as a therapeutic agent for osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and the like, more specifically, a cyclopropane compound of formula (1): wherein R1 is —(CH2)m—X—(CH2)n-A1 etc., wherein m and n are the same or different and each is 0 to 6, X is a single bond, etc. and A1 is a substituted C3-14 hydrocarbon ring group, etc.; R2 and R3 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom, —(CH2)p—X1—(CH2)q-A2, etc., wherein p and q are the same or different and each is 0 to 6, X1 is a single bond, etc. and A2 is an optionally substituted C3-14 hydrocarbon ring group, etc.; R4 is —CO2R9, etc., wherein R9 is a hydrogen atom, etc.; and R20 and R21 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom, —(CH2)m12—X12—(CH2)m12—R30, etc., wherein m12 and m12 are the same or different and each is 0 to 6, X12 is a single bond, etc. and R30 is a hydrogen atom, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Inaba, Julia Haas, Makoto Shiozaki, Nicole M. Littmann, Katsutaka Yasue, Steven W. Andrews, Atushi Sakai, Andrew M. Fryer, Takafumi Matsuo, Ellen R. Laird, Akira Suma, Yuichi Shinozaki, Yoshikazu Hori, Hiroto Imai, Tamotsu Negoro
  • Patent number: 7319108
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted aryl-substituted heterocycles and to the physiologically tolerated salts and physiologically functional derivatives thereof, to process for their preparation and to their use as medicaments. Compounds of the Formula I in which the radicals have the stated meanings, the N-oxides thereof, and the physiologically tolerated salts thereof, and process for the preparation thereof are described. The compounds bring about for example a weight reduction in mammals and are suitable for example for the prevention and treatment of obesity and diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Schwink, Siegfried Stengelin, Thomas Boehme, Matthias Gossel, Gerhard Hessler, Petra Stahl
  • Patent number: 7316851
    Abstract: An electroluminescent element is disclosed, comprising an electroluminescent material and a fluorescent substance emitting light having an emission maximum at the wavelength different from that of light emitted from the electroluminescent material upon absorption of the light emitted from the electroluminescent material. A color conversion filter is also disclosed, comprising a fluorescent substance emitting light having an emission maximum at the wavelengths of 400 to 700 nm upon absorption of the light emitted from the electroluminescent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kita, Yoshiyuki Suzuri, Taketoshi Yamada, Kazuaki Nakamura, Noriko Ueda, Yasushi Okubo
  • Patent number: 7300472
    Abstract: The invention relates to agents for coloring fibers containing keratin, in particular, human hair, which comprise selected cationic, CH-acidic heterocycles according to formula I in which A, R1, R2 and X? are as defined in the application, in combination with reactive carbonyl compounds, to the use of this combination in agents for coloring fibers containing keratin, for freshening up the color or nuancing fibers containing keratin which have already been colored, and to a method of coloring fibers containing keratin, in particular, human hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Wibke Gross, Horst Höffkes, Doris Oberkobusch, Sandra Mausberg
  • Patent number: 7271406
    Abstract: Compounds and compositions are provided that can be used as electron transport agents in organic electronic devices such as organic electroluminescent devices. The compounds are non-polymeric and have an aromatic core conjugated to end capping groups. The aromatic core contains a phenylene group arylene or naphthalene group arylene having a pendant heteroaryl group that includes a —C?N— unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: James G. Bentsen, Nicholas P. Goplen, Yingbo Li, Ralph R. Roberts
  • Patent number: 7205321
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds represented by the following structural formula, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates and hydrates thereof, R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted group selected from C1–C8 alkyl, aryl-C0-4-alkyl, heteroaryl-C0-4-alkyl, and C3–C6 cycloalkylaryl-C0-2-alkyl; W is O or S; X is an optionally substituted C1–C5 alkylene linker wherein one carbon atom of the linker may be replaced with O, NH or S; Y is C, O, S, NH or a single bond; E is C(R3)(R4)A or A
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Richard Duane Johnston, Nathan Bryan Mantlo, Richard Craig Thompson
  • Patent number: 7196199
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a phenoxypropylamine compound of the formula (I) wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, an optically active compound thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and hydrates thereof, which simultaneously show selective affinity for and antagonistic activity against 5-HT1A receptor, as well as 5-HT reuptake inhibitory activity, and can be used as antidepressants quick in expressing an anti-depressive effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Nishiyama, Masahiro Bougauchi, Takanobu Kuroita, Masanori Minoguchi
  • Patent number: 7183303
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I: inhibit gamma-secretase and hence find use in treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
    Inventors: Jose Luis Castro Pineiro, Ian James Collins, Timothy Harrison
  • Patent number: 7169797
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically suitable salt or prodrug thereof, which are useful for the selective inhibition of protein tyrosine phosphatase-1B (PTP1B), and are useful for the treatment of disorders caused by overexpressed or altered protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Zhili Xin, Gang Liu, Zhonghua Pei, Bruce G. Szczepankiewicz, Michael D. Serby, Hongyu Zhao
  • Patent number: 7166624
    Abstract: Novel PDF inhibitors and novel methods for their use are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Jack Dale Leber, Mei Li, Jinhwa Lee, Kelly M. Aubart, Siegfried B. Christensen, IV
  • Patent number: 7151113
    Abstract: The present invention provides pyrazole derived compounds of formula (I) useful for treating p38 kinase-associated conditions, where W, X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and m are as defined herein. The invention further pertains to pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one compound according to the invention useful for treating p38 kinase-associated conditions, and methods of inhibiting the activity of p38 kinase in a mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Bristol Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Alaric J. Dyckman, Jagabandhu Das, Katerina Leftheris, Chunjian Liu, Robert V. Moquin, Stephen T. Wrobleski
  • Patent number: RE40245
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative or prodrug thereof. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of bacterial gyrase activity. The present invention also relates to methods for treating bacterial infections in mammala. The present invention also relates to methods for decreasing bacterial quantity in a biological sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Anne-Laure Grillot, Paul S. Charifson, Dean Stamos, Yusheng Liao, Michael C. Badia, Martin Trudeau