Additional Polycyclo Heterocyclic Ring System Containing Patents (Class 548/159)
  • Publication number: 20130040999
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds of Chemical Formula I, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a hydrate or solvate thereof, a preparation thereof and a composition for the alleviation, prevention or treatment of osteoporosis, comprising thereof in an effective amount, and a method for alleviating, preventing or treating osteoporosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: Ewha University-Industry Collaboration Foundation
    Inventors: Hea-Young PARKCHOO, Kyung-Eun Doh, Mijung Yim, Jung-Min Lee
  • Publication number: 20130035324
    Abstract: Heterocyclic entities that modulate PI3 kinase activity, pharmaceutical compositions containing the heterocyclic entities, and methods of using these chemical entities for treating diseases and conditions associated with PI3 kinase activity are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventors: Pingda Ren, Yi Liu, Liansheng Li, Katrina Chan, Troy Edward Wilson, Simon Fraser Campbell
  • Publication number: 20130035332
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to benzothiazol-one and thiazolo pyridine-one 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: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventors: Mark E. Layton, Michael J. Kelly
  • Publication number: 20130018039
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds having the formula: wherein R1A, R1B, R2 and R3 are defined herein, and methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Vera Q. Bodmer, Linda N. Casillas, Michael P. DeMartino, Philip A. Harris, Bryan W. King, Ami Lakdawala Shah, Lara Kathryn Leister, Joshi M. Ramanjulu, Joseph J. Romano, Gren Z. Wang, Matthew A. Wilson, David Duff Wisnoski
  • Patent number: 8344010
    Abstract: The present invention provides transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV) modulators of formula (I). In particular, compounds described herein are useful for treating or preventing diseases, conditions and/or disorders modulated by TRPV3. Also provided herein are processes for preparing compounds described herein, intermediates used in their synthesis, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for treating or preventing diseases, conditions and/or disorders modulated by TRPV3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals S.A.
    Inventors: V. S. Prasadarao Lingam, Abraham Thomas, Shantaram Kashinath Phatangare, Ajit Shankar Mindhe, Javed Yusuf Khatik, Neelima Khairatkar-Joshi, Vidya Ganapati Kattige
  • Patent number: 8344007
    Abstract: A cantharimide compound may include the backbone of formula (1). R1, R2, R3, and R4 may be independently selected from the group consisting of H, C(O)OR5, C(O)R6, C(O)NR7R8, NR9C(O)R10, N—R11R12, O—R13, S—R14, P(O)(OR15)(OR16), As(O)(OR17)(OR18), SO2R19, SO3R20, and B(OR21). X1 to X4 may be independently selected from the group consisting of nitrogen and carbon, such that X1 to X4 are not all hydrogen. Y1, Y2 and R5 to R21 may be independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-12-alkyl, -aryl, heteroaryl, and a bioactive polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Inventors: Johnny Cheuk-on Tang, Albert Sun-chi Chan, Kim-hung Lam, Chung-hin Chui, Stanton Hon Lung Kok, Marcus Chun Wah Yuen, Sau Hing Chan, Chor Hing Cheng, Filly Cheung
  • Patent number: 8344008
    Abstract: Aryl-substituted bridged or fused diamine compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of using the compounds and the pharmaceutical compositions for leukotriene A4 hydrolase (LTA4H or LTA4H) modulation and for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by LTA4H activity, such as allergy, asthma, autoimmune diseases, pruritis, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, and cardiovascular disease, including atherosclerosis and prevention of myocardial infarction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Genesis M. Bacani, Scott D. Bembenek, Wendy Eccles, James P. Edwards, Matthew T. Epperson, Laurent Gomez, Cheryl A. Grice, Aaron M. Kearney, Adrienne M. Landry-Bayle, Alice Lee-Dutra, Kelly J. McClure, Taraneh Mirzadegan, Alexandro Santillán, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20120330020
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a method for preparing tetrazole methanesulfonic acid salts comprises an acylation reaction using a novel 4-iodine-4H-chromene-2-carbothionic acid S-benzothiazole-2-yl ester. The method of the present invention can shorten a reaction time and improve safety as compared to conventional methods, and can prepare high-purity tetrazole methanesulfonic acid salts at a high yield rate without using a column chromatography method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: HANMI SCIENCE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Keuk Chan Bang, Bum Woo Park, Jong Won Choi, Jae Chul Lee, Yong Hoon An, Young Gil Ahn, Maeng Sup Kim
  • Publication number: 20120328569
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula (I) that are used as hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5B polymerase inhibitors, the synthesis of such compounds, and the use of such compounds for inhibiting HCV NS5B polymerase activity, for treating or preventing HCV infections and for inhibiting HCV viral replication and/or viral production in a cell-based system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Casey Cameron McComas, Nigel J. Liverton, Richard Soll, Peng Li, Xuanjia Peng, Hao Wu, Frank Narjes, Joerg Habermann, Uwe Koch, Shilan Liu
  • Publication number: 20120322787
    Abstract: A compound is represented by Structural Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. A pharmaceutical composition comprises a compound represented by Structural Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. A method of treating a subject in need thereof comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by Structural Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The subject has type 2 diabetes; renal hypertrophy or hyperplasia associated with diabetic nephropathy; Tay-Sachs; Gaucher's; or Fabry's disease. Methods of decreasing plasma TNF-?, lowering blood glucose levels, decreasing glycated hemoglobin levels, inhibiting glucosylceramide synthase, and lowering glycosphingolipid concentrations in a subject in need thereof respectively comprise administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by Structural Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Genzyme Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Siegel, Cecilia M. Bastos, David J. Harris, Angeles Dios, Edward Lee, Richard Silva, Lisa M. Cuff, Mikaela Levine, Cassandra A. Celatka, Frederic Vinick, Thomas H. Jozefiak, Yibin Xiang, John Kane, Junkai Liao
  • Patent number: 8329907
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds according to formula (I) as autotaxin inhibitors and the use of such compounds for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of physiological and/or pathophysiological conditions, which are caused, mediated and/or propagated by increased lysophosphatic acid levels and/or the activation of autotaxin, in particular of different cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Melanie Schultz, Kai Schiemann, Wolfgang Staehle
  • Publication number: 20120302748
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to novel compounds for use in the treatment or prophylaxis of cancers and other proliferative conditions that are for example characterized by cells that express cytochrome P450 1B1 (CYP1B1) and allelic variants thereof. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more such compounds for use in medical therapy, for example in the treatment of prophylaxis of cancers or other proliferative conditions, as well as methods for treating cancers or other conditions in human or non-human animal patients. Provided are methods for identifying novel compounds for use in the treatment of prophylaxis of cancers and other proliferative conditions that are for example characterized by cells that express CYP1B1 and allelic variants thereof. Finally, provided is a method for determining the efficacy of a compound as described herein in treating cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE
    Inventors: Steven Albert Everett, Saraj Ulhaq
  • Publication number: 20120296093
    Abstract: This application discloses a novel process for the preparation of himbacine analogs useful as thrombin receptor antagonists. The process is based in part on the use of a base-promoted dynamic epimerization of a chiral nitro center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: George Wu, Anantha R. SUDHAKAR, Tao WANG, Ji XIE, Frank Xing CHEN, Marc POIRIER, Mingsheng HUANG, Vijay SABESAN, Daw-long KWOK, Jian CUI, Xiaojing YANG, Tiruvettipuram K. THIRUVENGADAM, Jing LIAO, Ilia A. Zavialov, Hoa N. NGUYEN, Ngiap Kie LIM
  • Patent number: 8314248
    Abstract: The present invention describes a novel process for preparing an epothilone derivative using substituted pyridines and methyltrioxorhenium as catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer Pharma AG
    Inventors: Johannes Platzek, Orlin Petrov, Stephan Prühs
  • Patent number: 8314257
    Abstract: The present invention provides indole derivatives that antagonize prostaglandin D2, and that can be used to treat inflammatory diseases mediated by prostaglandin D2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Oxagen Limited
    Inventors: David Middlemiss, Mark Richard Ashton, Edward Andrew Boyd, Frederick Arthur Brookfield, Michael George Hunter, Mark Whittaker, Chris Palmer, Eric R. Pettipher
  • Publication number: 20120270859
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of general formula (1) wherein R1 to R4 are defined as in claim 1, which are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterised by excessive or abnormal cell proliferation, and their use for preparing a pharmaceutical composition having the above-mentioned properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias TREU, Ulrich GUERTLER, Thomas KARNER, Oliver KRAEMER, Jens Juergen QUANT, Stephan Karl ZAHN
  • Publication number: 20120270868
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3 and X are as defined herein. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, processes for preparing these compounds and intermediates useful in these processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Martin KIRRANE, Daniel Richard MARSHALL, Robert SIBLEY, Roger John SNOW, Fariba SOLEYMANZADEH, Ronald John SORCEK
  • Publication number: 20120270912
    Abstract: Disclosed are substituted indolealkanoic acids useful in the treatment of chronic complications arising from diabetes mellitus. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and methods of treatment employing the compounds, as well as methods for their synthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: Michael Lee Jones, David Gunn, John Howard Jones, Michael C. Van Zandt
  • Patent number: 8293774
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optically active (R)-aryloxypropionic acid amide compound which has high selectivity and safety for protecting a crop such as rice, wheat, barley and soy bean, and exhibits excellent herbicidal activity against weeds, and a herbicidal composition comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Kyung Nong Corporation
    Inventors: Joo-kyung Kim, Dong-hoo Kim, Hyung-ho Kim, Kyung-hyun Kim, Cheol-su Yoon, In-cheon Hwang
  • Publication number: 20120252047
    Abstract: A latent fluorophore is derived from salicylic acid, and containing a fluorogenic group and a moiety represented by formula I wherein the fluorogenic group is directly linked to the moiety of formula I or indirectly linked thereto via a linkage structure. In addition, a method of preparing a latent fluorophore, a method of using the same and a kit containing the same are also introduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Sheng-Tung HUANG
  • Publication number: 20120252770
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): The present invention relates to novel indazolyl ester or amide derivatives, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives, to processes for preparing such novel derivatives and to the use of such derivatives as medicaments
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Markus Berger, Jan Dahmén, Karl Edman, Anders Eriksson, Balint Gabos, Thomas Hansson, Martin Hemmerling, Krister Henriksson, Svetlana Ivanova, Matti Lepistö, Darren McKerrencher, Magnus Munck af Rosenschöld, Stinabritt Nilsson, Hartmut Rehwinkel, Camilla Taflin
  • Patent number: 8268803
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 5,6-ring annulated indole derivatives of the formula (I), compositions comprising at least one 5,6-ring annulated indole derivatives, and methods of using the 5,6-ring annulated indole derivatives for treating or preventing a viral infection or a virus-related disorder in a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Frank Bennett, Srikanth Venkatraman, F. George Njoroge, Kevin X. Chen, Neng-Yang Shih, Stuart B. Rosenblum, Joseph A. Kozlowski
  • Publication number: 20120214786
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of formula I their use as inhibitors of the microsomal prostaglandin E2 synthase-1 (mPGES-1), pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use as medicaments for the treatment and/or prevention of inflammatory diseases and associated conditions. A, M, W, R1, R2, R6, R7, R8 have meanings given in the description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Henning PRIEPKE, Henri DOODS, Raimund KUELZER, Roland PFAU, Dirk STENKAMP, Benjamin PELCMAN, Robert ROENN
  • Patent number: 8247415
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and method of using the same in the treatment or prevention of diseases mediated by the activation of ?3-adrenoceptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Richard Berger, Lehua Chang, Scott D. Edmondson, Stephen D. Goble, Sookhee Nicole Ha, Nam Fung Kar, Ihor E. Kopka, Bing Li, Gregori J. Morriello, Chris R. Moyes, Dong-Ming Shen, Liping Wang, Cheng Zhu
  • Publication number: 20120208827
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of benzimidazole derivatives for the modulation, notably the inhibition of the activity or function of fatty acid synthase (FAS). Suitably, the present invention relates to the use of benzimidazoles in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Steven Dock, Jason Hallman, Christopher Laudeman, Ronggang Liu, Aaron Miller, Michael Lee Moore, David Musso, Cynthia Parrish
  • Publication number: 20120208812
    Abstract: Disubstituted octahydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole compounds are described, which are useful as orexin receptor modulators. Such compounds may be useful in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of diseased states, disorders, and conditions mediated by orexin activity, such as insomnia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Wenying Chai, Michael A. Letavic, Kiev S. Ly, Daniel J. Pippel, Dale A. Rudolph, Kathleen C. Sappey, Brad M. Savall, Chandravadan R. Shah, Brock T. Shireman, Akinola Soyode-Johnson, Emily M. Stocking, Devin M. Swanson
  • Patent number: 8231754
    Abstract: An dye compound of the following formula (1): wherein D represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group; L represents ?CR2—, ?N—, or ?N—NH—; R1 represents a monovalent substituent; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a cyano group; n indicates an integer of from 0 to 4; when n is 2 or more, then plural R1's may be the same or different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Fujie, Tetsuya Watanabe, Hisashi Mikoshiba
  • Publication number: 20120190639
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds for use in the treatment or prophylaxis of cancers and other proliferative conditions that are for example characterized by cells that express cytochrome P450 1B1 (CYP1B1) and allelic variants thereof. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more such compounds for use in medical therapy, for example in the treatment of prophylaxis of cancers or other proliferative conditions, as well as methods for treating cancers or other conditions in human or non-human animal patients. The invention also provides methods for identifying novel compounds for use in the treatment of prophylaxis of cancers and other proliferative conditions that are for example characterized by cells that express CYP1 B1 and allelic variants thereof. The invention also provides a method for determining the efficacy of a compound of the invention in treating cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE
    Inventors: Steven Albert Everett, Saraj Ulhaq
  • Patent number: 8202871
    Abstract: The present application discloses compounds of the formula: and pharmaceutical compositions containing same and their use for treating and preventing various pathologies, including obesity, appetite disorders, excess weight and diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis
    Inventors: Marco Baroni, Letizia Puleo
  • Publication number: 20120115845
    Abstract: A compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in which R1, R2, R3, R4 and m are as described in the specification for use in the treatment of obesity and/or diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Jack McQueen ALLEN, Roger John Butlin, Clive Green, William McCoull, Graeme Richard Robb, James Matthew Wood
  • Publication number: 20120115856
    Abstract: A compound depicted by the formula below, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. wherein, R1 represents (1) a C3-6 alkyl group, (2) a C1-6 alkyl group substituted with one or more substituent group(s) selected from those consisting a halogen atom, etc., (3) a C3-10 non-aromatic cyclic hydrocarbon group or a 5- to 6-membered non-aromatic heterocyclic group which respectively is optionally substituted with one or more substituent group(s) selected from those consisting an oxo group, etc., (4) an aromatic cyclic hydrocarbon group substituted with one or more substituent selected from the group consisting halogen atom and C1-4 alkoxy group; X represents NH, O, or S; Y represents CH or N; Z represents N or a C—R2; R2 represents (1) hydrogen atom, (2) a C1-6 alkyl group, a C2-6 alkenyl group or a C2-6 alkynyl group that respectively is optionally substituted with one or more substituent group(s) selected from among those consisting (a) a halogen atom, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Junichi Ishikawa, Koichi Saito, Norihisa Ohe, Kentaro Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20120108565
    Abstract: The present invention provides DNA Gyrase and/or Topo IV inhibitors of Formula (I), which can be used as antibacterial agents. Compounds disclosed herein can be used for treating or preventing conditions caused by or contributed by gram positive, gram negative and anaerobic bacteria, more particularly against, for example, Staphylococci, Streptococci, Enterococci, Haemophilus, Pseudomonus spp., Acenetobacter spp., Mvraxalla spp., Chlamydia spp., Mycoplasma spp., Legionella spp., Mycobacterium spp., Helicobacter, Clostridium spp., Bacteroides spp., Cotynebacterium, Bacillus spp., Enterobactericeae (E. coli, Klebsiella spp., Proteus spp., etc.) or any combination thereof. Also provided, are processes for preparing compounds disclosed herein, pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds disclosed herein, and methods of treating bacterial infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Lalima Sharma, Jitendra A. Sattigeri, Narest Kumar, Ajay Yadav, Rijwan Momim, Shahadat Ahmed, Ian A. Cliffe, Pradip Kumar Bhatnagar, Sanjay Ghosh, V. Samuel Raj, Dilip J. Upadhyay
  • Publication number: 20120101103
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I: (I) in which A, A1, R1, R7a, R7b, R8 and R10 have the meanings given in the specification, are DP2 receptor inhibitors useful in the treatment of useful in the treatment and prevention of immunologic diseases, allergic diseases such as asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis, and other inflammatory diseases mediated by prostaglandin D2 (PGD2). The compounds of Formula I may also be useful in treating diseases or medical conditions involving the Th2 T cell via production of IL-4, IL-5 and/or IL-13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: ARRAY BIOPHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Adam Cook, Kevin W. Hunt, Robert Kirk Delisle, Todd Romoff, Christopher T. Clark, Ganghyeok Kim, Christopher P. Corrette, George A. Doherty, Laurence E. Burgess
  • Patent number: 8163936
    Abstract: The present invention provides indole derivatives that antagonize prostaglandin D2, and that can be used to treat inflammatory diseases mediated by prostaglandin D2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Oxagen Limited
    Inventors: David Middlemiss, Mark Richard Ashton, Edward Andrew Boyd, Frederick Arthur Brookfield, Michael George Hunter, Mark Whittaker, Chris Palmer, Eric R. Pettipher
  • Patent number: 8163931
    Abstract: The present invention provides indole derivatives that antagonize prostaglandin D2, and that can be used to treat inflammatory diseases mediated by prostaglandin D2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Oxagen Limited
    Inventors: David Middlemiss, Mark Richard Ashton, Edward Andrew Boyd, Frederick Arthur Brookfield, Michael George Hunter, Mark Whittaker, Chris Palmer, Eric R. Pettipher
  • Patent number: 8163932
    Abstract: Disclosed are substituted indolealkanoic acids useful in the treatment of chronic complications arising from diabetes mellitus. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and methods of treatment employing the compounds, as well as methods for their synthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Alinea Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Lee Jones, David Gunn, John Howard Jones, Michael C. Van Zandt
  • Publication number: 20120095040
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I) where: R2 is a hydrogen or fluorine atom or a hydroxyl, cyano, trifluoromethyl, C1-6-alkyl, C1-6-alkoxy, or NR8R9 group; m, n, o and p independently are a number from 0 to 3; A is a covalent bond, an oxygen atom, a C1-6-alkylene group or a —O—C1-6-alkylene group in which the end that is an oxygen atom is bonded to the R1 group while the end that is an alkylene group is bonded to the carbon of the bicyclic compound; R1 is an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl group; R3 is a hydrogen or fluorine atom or a C1-6-alkyl or trifluoromethyl group; R4 is an optionally substituted 5-membered heterocyclic compound; wherein the compounds can be in the state of a base or an acid addition salt. The invention can be used in therapeutics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: SANOFI
    Inventors: Ahmed Abouabdellah, Luc Even, Aude Fayol, Julien Vache, Philippe Yauche
  • Patent number: 8153811
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sensitive fluorimetric indicator for analytes determination in the oxygen-insensitive DT-diaphorase-coupled dehydrogenases assay by omitting NADH, which is generated by reaction in the presence of analytes, which presents to the applicability as a biosensor for future clinical diagnostic. Furthermore, the novel long-wavelength latent fluorimetric indicator is also a user-friendly probe for monitoring DT-diaphorase activity. The fluorescence signal revealed by this process is specific and exhibited in the near red spectrum region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: National Taipei University of Technology
    Inventors: Sheng-Tung Huang, Yi-Xiang Peng
  • Publication number: 20120077984
    Abstract: The present invention describes a novel process for preparing an epothilone derivative using substituted pyridines and methyltrioxorhenium as catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Johannes Platzek, Orlin Petrov, Stephan Prühs
  • Publication number: 20120046250
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions for use, inter alia, in methods of reducing Wnt-mediated effects and treating cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: STEMSYNERGY THERAPEUTICS, INC
    Inventor: Darren Orton
  • Publication number: 20120040974
    Abstract: The invention provides novel heterocyclic compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment that modulate levels of MIF expression and treat disorders associated with high or low levels of MIF expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: YALE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: William L. Jorgensen, Richard J. Bucala
  • Publication number: 20120041207
    Abstract: A compound having Formula I wherein one of R1 and R2 is a group of the formula wherein R4 is selected from H and hydrocarbyl, R5 is a hydrocarbyl group and L is an optional linker group, or R1 and R2 together form a ring substituted with the group wherein R3 is H or a substituent, and wherein X is selected from S, O, NR6 and C(R7)(R8), wherein R6 is selected from H and hydrocarbyl groups, wherein each of R7 and R8 are independently selected from H and hydrocarbyl groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: Sterix Limited
    Inventors: Nigel Vicker, Su Xiangdong, Dharshini Ganeshapillai, Atul Purohit, Michael John Reed, Barry Victor Lloyd Potter
  • Patent number: 8114893
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides for a compound of Formula I in which in Formula I, the variables X1, X2a, X2b, X2c, R1, B, L, E, A and the subscript n are as defined herein. In another aspect, the present invention provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I as well as methods for using compounds of Formula I for the treatment of diseases and conditions (e.g., cancer, thrombocythemia, etc) characterized by the expression or over-expression of Bcl-2 anti-apoptotic proteins, e.g., of anti-apoptotic Bcl-xL proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignees: Genentech, Inc., Abbott Laboratories, The Walter and Eliza Hall Medical Research Institute
    Inventors: Jonathan Bayldon Baell, Chinh Thien Bui, Peter Colman, Danette A. Dudley, Wayne J. Fairbrother, John A. Flygare, Guillaume Laurent Lessene, Chudi Ndubaku, George Nikolakopoulos, Carl Steven Rye, Brad Edmund Sleebs, Brian John Smith, Keith Geoffrey Watson, Steven W. Elmore, Andrew M. Petros, Andrew J. Souers, Peter Czabotar
  • Patent number: 8110686
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treatment of certain metabolic diseases, and to novel compounds and their prodrugs, and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds useful in treating such diseases. In particular, this invention relates to the use of novel compounds and compositions for treatment of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers, acidosis, and obesity through the inhibition of malonyl-CoA decarboxylase (MCD). These compounds have the formulae (I) and (II), wherein Y, C, R1, R2, R6, and R7 are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Chugai Seiyaki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Thomas Arrhenius, Jie Fei Cheng, Mark E. Wilson, Rossy Serafimov, Alex M. Nadzan, Gary D. Lopaschuk, Jason R. Dyck
  • Publication number: 20120028959
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, X1, X2, Y, Ra, Rb, Q have the meanings given in claim 1. The compounds are useful e.g. in the treatment of autoimmune disorders, such as multiple sclerosis and also in the treatment of cancer disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK SERONO S.A.
    Inventors: Siva Sanjeeva Rao Thunuguntla, Hosahalli Subramanya, Satish Reddy Kunnam, Sekhar Reddy Sanivaru Vijay, Chakrapani Bingi, Raviraj Kusanur, Matthias Schwarz, Michael Arlt
  • Patent number: 8106215
    Abstract: The invention relates to 3-aza-bicyclo[3.3.0]octane derivatives of the formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, and A are as described in the description and their use as orexin receptor antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Hamed Aissaoui, Christoph Boss, Markus Gude, Ralf Koberstein, Thierry Sifferlen
  • Publication number: 20120015976
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds according to formula (I) as autotaxin inhibitors and the use of such compounds for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of physiological and/or pathophysiological conditions, which are caused, mediated and/or propagated by increased lysophosphatic acid levels and/or the activation of autotaxin, in particular of different cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANK TER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Melanie Schultz, Kai Schiemann, Wolfgang Staehle
  • Patent number: 8088805
    Abstract: The invention relates to the inhibition of histone deacetylase. The invention provides compounds and methods for inhibiting histone deacetylase enzymatic activity. The invention also provides compositions and methods for treating cell proliferative diseases and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: MethylGene Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Delorme, Silvana Marcela Leit de Moradei, Sylvie Frechette
  • Publication number: 20110312935
    Abstract: There are provided compounds of formula (I), wherein R1, R6, R8, Q2, Q3, Q3a, Q4, L and A have meanings given in the description, and pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, which compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases in which inhibition of the activity of a member of the MAPEG family is desired and/or required, and particularly in the treatment of inflammation and/or cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Roland Pfau, Kirsten Arndt, Henri Doods, Norbert Hauel, Klaus Klinder, Raimund Kuelzer, Juergen Mack, Henning Priepke, Dirk Stenkamp
  • Publication number: 20110312996
    Abstract: The embodiments provide compounds of the general Formulae VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, and XV as well as compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, comprising a subject compound. The embodiments further provide treatment methods, including methods of treating a hepatitis C virus infection and methods of treating liver fibrosis, the methods generally involving administering to an individual in need thereof an effective amount of a subject compound or composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: InterMune, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Buckman, John B. Nicholas, Vladimir Serebryany, Scott D. Seiwert