Cyano Or -c(=x)-, Wherein X Is Chalcogen, Attached Directly Or Indirectly To The Oxazole Ring By Nonionic Bonding Patents (Class 548/236)
  • Publication number: 20120289505
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds in all their stereoisomeric and tautomeric forms; and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutically acceptable solvates and pharmaceutically acceptable polymorphs. The invention also relates to processes for the manufacture of the heterocyclic compounds and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The said compounds and their pharmaceutical compositions are useful in the prevention and treatment of diseases or disorders mediated by diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT), particularly DGAT1. The present invention further provides a method of treatment of such diseases or disorders by administering a therapeutically effective amount of said compounds or their pharmaceutical compositions, to a mammal in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Ravindra Dnyandev Jadhav, Rajiv Sharma
  • Publication number: 20120277266
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns novel compounds of Formula (I) as defined in the specification and compositions comprising such novel compounds. These compounds are useful antiviral agents, especially in inhibiting the function of the NS5A protein encoded by Hepatitis C virus (HCV). Thus, the disclosure also concerns a method of treating HCV related diseases or conditions by use of these novel compounds or a composition comprising such novel compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Omar D. Lopez, Qi Chen, Makonen Belema, Lawrence G. Hamann
  • Patent number: 8299268
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel macrocyclic lactams intermediates useful for the preparation of diazonamide analogs. This invention also relates to a novel electrochemical oxidative cyclization for the preparation of such macrocyclic lactams, and their further elucidation to provide diazonamide analogs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignees: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Joyant Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Gunnar Hanson, Charles Caldwell, Patrick G. Harran, Susan Harran, Qi Wei, Ming Zhou
  • Publication number: 20120258990
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds of formula (I) which have microbiocidal activity, in particular fungicidal activity: formula (I) wherein G1 and G2 are independently O or S; T is —C(R9R10)—, —C(R11)?C(R12)—, —C?C—, NR13 or O; Y1 and Y2 are independently CR14 or N; Q is —C(?O)—N(R15)-z, —C(?S)—N(R16)-z, —C(?O)—O-z, —N(R17)—C(?O)-z, —N(R18)—C(?S)-z, —N(R19)—C(?O)—O-z or —N(R20)—C(?O)—N(R21)-z, in each case z indicates the bond that is connected to R8; n is 1, 2, 3 or 4 when T is —C(R9R10)—, NR13 or O; n is 1, 2, 3 when T is —C(R11)?C(R12)— or —C?C—; R1, R2, R3, R4, R11, R12 and R14 each independently are hydrogen, halogen, cyano, C1-C4alkyl, or C1-C4haloalkyl; R5, R13, R15, R16, R17, R18, R19, R20 and R21 each independently are hydrogen, C1-C4alkyl or C1-C4alkoxy; R6 and R7 each independently are hydrogen, halogen, cyano, hydroxy, C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4alkoxy, C1-C4alkylthio, C1-C4haloalkyl, C1-C4haloalkoxy, C1-C4haloalkylthio or together from a carbonyl group (?O); R9 and R10 each independent
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, LLC
    Inventors: Sarah Sulzer, Clemens Lamberth
  • Patent number: 8283383
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein, R1 is optionally substituted phenyl or optionally substituted pyridinyl, and R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 and R9 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using the compounds for treating diseases associated with P2X3 and/or a P2X2/3 receptor antagonists and methods of making the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Chris Allen Broka, Ronald Charles Hawley
  • Publication number: 20120245206
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formulas I and II, wherein B1, B2, B3, B4, C1, C2, ring D, L1, L2 and R1-4 are defined herein, synthetic intermediates, and pharmaceutical compositions, comprising such compounds. The compounds and compositions are capable of modulating various protein kinase receptors such as Tie-2 and Aurora and, therefore, influencing kinase related disease states and conditions. The compounds, for example, are capable of treating cancer caused by unregulated angiogenesis, and inflammation as well as other proliferative disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Brian L. HODOUS, Stephanie D. Geuns-Meyer, Philip R. Olivieri, Vinod F. Patel, Paul A. Tempest
  • Publication number: 20120238559
    Abstract: The invention is directed to certain novel compounds. Specifically, the invention is directed to compounds of formula (I): and salts thereof. The compounds of the invention are inhibitors of PI3-kinase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: GLAXO GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: Ian Robert Baldwin, Kenneth David Down, Paul Faulder, Simon Gaines, Julie Nicole Hamblin, Joelle Le, Christopher James Lunniss, Nigel James Parr, Timothy John Ritchie, John Edward Robinson, Juliet Kay Simpson, Christian Alan Paul Smethurst
  • Patent number: 8268873
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which inhibit IMPDH. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of this invention are particularly well suited for inhibiting IMPDH enzyme activity and consequently, may be advantageously used as therapeutic agents for IMPDH-mediated processes. This invention also relates to methods for inhibiting the activity of IMPDH using the compounds of this invention and related compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Dean Stamos, Martin Trudeau, Randy S. Bethiel, Steven M. Ronkin, Michael C. Badia, Jeffrey O. Saunders
  • Patent number: 8268874
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to the field of chemistry and biochemistry, and, more specifically, to anti-cancer compounds, synthesis thereof, and methods of using same. Disclosed herein are various heterocyclic compounds and methods of using the novel anti-cancer compounds to inhibit the growth of a cancer cell, for instance a leukemia, non-small cell lung, central nervous system (CNS), skin, ovarian, renal, prostate, breast, or colon cancer cell. Other embodiments include methods of treating cancer in a subject, such as using the disclosed heterocyclic anti-cancer agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: University of Notre Dame du Lac
    Inventors: Marvin J. Miller, Garrett C. Moraski, Jonathan Stefely
  • Publication number: 20120214802
    Abstract: Described herein are novel beta-secretase inhibitors and methods for their use, including methods of treating Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Geoffrey M. Bilcer, Thippeswamy Devasamudram, Sudha V. Ankala, John C. Lilly, Chunfeng Liu, Hui Lei, Arun K. Ghosh, Makoto Inoue
  • Publication number: 20120214804
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of formula (1), (2) or (3) as defined in the specification for the prevention or treatment of diseases associated with oxidative stress, mitochondria dysfunction, hypoxic injury, necrosis and/or ischemic reperfusion injury, and a cosmetic composition comprising an indole compound having an antioxidant effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Soon Ha Kim, Hyoung Jin Kim, Heui Sul Park, Seon Yeong Gu, Hyo Shin Kwak, Du Hee Park, Hyo Soo Kim, Hyun Jai Cho, Ji Hyun Kim, Ju Young Kim, Kwang Min Park
  • Publication number: 20120202852
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to heterocycle amide compounds which are antagonists of T-type calcium channels, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of disorders and diseases in which T-type calcium channels 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 T-type calcium channels are involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: James Barrow, Kelly-Ann Schlegel, Yoheng Shu, Zhi-Qiang Yang
  • Publication number: 20120196884
    Abstract: The present invention relates to sulphonamide derivatives, whith a urea moiety. The invention also relates to the use of the derivatives as inhibitors of collagen receptor integrins, especially ?2?1 integrin inhibitors e.g. in connection with diseases and medical conditions that involve the action of cells and platelets expressing collagen receptors, their use as a medicament, e.g. for the treatment of thrombosis, inflammation, cancer and vascular diseases, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and a process for preparing them. The sulphonamide derivatives have the general formula (I) or (I?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: BIOTIE THERAPIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jarkko Tapani Koivunen, Jani Korhonen, Anne Marjamäki, Liisa Nissinen, Marjo Pihlavisto, Olli Taneli Pentikäinen
  • Publication number: 20120196838
    Abstract: The invention relates to certain compounds according to Formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, clathrates, or prodrugs thereof, that are useful as immunosuppressive agents and for treating and preventing inflammatory conditions, allergic disorders and immune disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Jun Jiang, Junyi Zhang, Shoujun Chen, Lijun Sun
  • Publication number: 20120190700
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters or stereoisomers thereof, wherein R1 to R4, A and Y have the meanings given herein, as well as methods for making those compounds and their use as medicament, in particular as medicament for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Xianfeng Lin, Zongxing Qiu, Guozhi Tang, Jason Christopher Wong, Zhenshan Zhang
  • Patent number: 8221737
    Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: which inhibit RNA-containing virus, particularly the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Consequently, the compounds of the present invention interfere with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HCV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yat Sun Or, Xiaowen Peng, Lu Ying, Ce Wang, Yao-Ling Qiu
  • Patent number: 8212050
    Abstract: Novel amidine compounds which may be active ingredients in herbicides that are reliably effective at a lesser dose and highly safe, and herbicides containing these compounds as active ingredients are provided. Amidine compounds represented by a formula (1?) and herbicides containing at least one kind of these compounds as active ingredients, [wherein G is an optionally substituted nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group represented by a formula (2?) with a proviso that the number of carbons constituting the nitrogen-containing heterocycle of the nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group is 10 or less and that 2H-Indazole ring is excluded; Q? represents cyano or the like; and A? represents substituted phenyl or the like].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Miyashita, Koichi Kutose, Kazuyuki Tomida, Shigeo Yamada
  • Patent number: 8202999
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of structural formulas (I), (VII) and (XI): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, clathrate, or prodrug thereof, wherein X1, X2, X3, Y, Z, L, R1, R2, R3, R18 and n are defined herein. These compounds are useful as immunosuppressive agents and for treating and preventing inflammatory conditions, allergic disorders, and immune disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Lijun Sun, Shoujun Chen, Zhi-Qiang Xia, Jun Jiang, Yu Xie, Junyi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120142732
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds of formula IA or IB: wherein HY, R1, R2, and G1, are as described in the specification. The compounds are inhibitors of VPS34 and/or PI3K and are thus useful for treating proliferative, inflammatory, or cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Courtney A. Cullis, Krista E. Granger, Jianping Guo, Masaaki Hirose, Gang Li, Miho Mizutani, Tricia J. Vos
  • Publication number: 20120136027
    Abstract: Inhibitors of HCV replication of formula I including stereochemically isomeric forms, and salts, hydrates, solvates thereof, wherein R and R* have the meaning defined in the claims. The present invention also relates to processes for preparing said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use, alone or in combination with other HCV inhibitors, in the treatment or prophylaxis of HCV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: David Mc Gowan, Samuel Dominique Demin, Stefaan Julien Last, Koen Vandyck, Pierre Jean-Marie Bernard Raboisson
  • Publication number: 20120136029
    Abstract: A 2-aryl-pyridylazole compound and derivatives useful in slowing the growth of cancer cells are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of synthesizing the compound, methods of using pharmaceutical compositions containing the compound as an ingredient to slow the growth of cancer cells, and methods of treating cancer patients with pharmaceutical compositions containing the compound as an ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, THE TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Robert Dorr, Gary Flynn, Haiyong Han, Laurence Hurley
  • Patent number: 8183383
    Abstract: PTP1B inhibitors with the following structure (formula I). Experiments indicate that these inhibitors can effectively inhibit the activity of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B). They can be used as insulin sensitisers. They can be used to prevent, delay or treat diseases which are related to insulin antagonism mediated by PTP1B, especially diabetes type II and obesity. The invention also provides methods for preparing these inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Fajun Nan, Jia Li, Yi Wei, Wei Zhang, Jingya Li, Lei Shi
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8168663
    Abstract: Kinetic stabilization of the native state of transthyretin is an effective mechanism for preventing protein misfolding. Because transthyretin misfolding plays an important role in transthyretin amyloid diseases, inhibiting such misfolding can be used as an effective treatment or prophylaxis for such diseases. Treatment methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Jeffery W. Kelly, Evan T. Powers, Hossein Razavi
  • Publication number: 20120101138
    Abstract: The invention relates to fluorinated aminotriazole derivatives of formula (I), wherein A, R1 and R2 are as defined in the description, their preparation and their use as pharmaceutically active compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Daniel Bur, Olivier Corminboeuf, Sylvaine Cren, Corinna Grisostomi, Xavier Leroy, Sylvia Richard-Bildstein
  • 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: 8153644
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds of the formula (I): as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the substituents are as those disclosed in the specification. These compounds, and the pharmaceutical compositions containing them, are useful for the treatment of diseases such as, for example, obesity, type II diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: David Robert Bolin, Adrian Wai-Hing Cheung, Fariborz Firooznia, Matthew Michael Hamilton, Lee Aopstle McDermott, Yimin Qian, Jenny Tan, Weiya Yun
  • Publication number: 20120077858
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, that are N-alkyl-2-(1-(5-substituted-2-(3-oxo-3-(trifluoromethylsulfonamido)propyl)benzyl)pyrrolidin-2-yl)oxazole-4-carboxamide wherein the 5 substituent is selected from the group consisting of halo and alkyloxy radicals. The compound may be represented by the following formula wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of CO2R7 and CON(R7)SO2R7 wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R7 are as defined in the specification. The compounds may be administered to treat DP1, FP, EP1, EP3, TP and/or EP4 receptor mediated diseases or conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: Jose L. Martos, William R. Carling, David F. Woodward, Jenny W. Wang, Jussi J. Kangasmetsa
  • Publication number: 20120077854
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for modulating retinol binding to retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4). In particular, the present invention provides compounds having Formula (1) or (2) (Formulae (1), (2)); wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4 and m are as defined above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Hank Michael James Petrassi, David C. Tully, Brian T. Masick, Bao Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20120071524
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds having anti-cancer activity, methods of making these compounds, and their use for treating cancer and drug-resistant tumors, e.g. melanoma, metastatic melanoma, drug resistant melanoma, prostate cancer and drug resistant prostate cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Yan Lu, Chien-Ming Li, Zhao Wang, Jianjun Chen, Wei Li, James T. DALTON, Duane D. Miller, Charles Duke, Sunjoo Ahn
  • Publication number: 20120065206
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds represented by structural formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a transition metal chelate, coordinate or complex thereof or a transition metal chelate, coordinate or complex of a deprotonated form of the compound. Pharmaceutical composition and method of use for these compounds are also included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: SYNTA PHARMACEUTICALS CORP.
    Inventors: Jun Jiang, Teresa Kowalczyk-Przewloka, Stefan M. Schweizer, Zhi-Qiang Xia, Shoujun Chen, Christopher Borella, Lijun Sun
  • Publication number: 20120045509
    Abstract: The present invention refers to pharmaceutical composition comprising a DPP-IV inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Bernd Michael Loeffler, Alexander MacDonald, Cynthia Rocha, Eric Worth
  • Publication number: 20120040826
    Abstract: Bicyclic dione compounds, and derivatives thereof, which are suitable for use as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: SYNGENTA LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephane André Marie Jeanmart, Christopher John Mathews, John Benjamin Taylor, Steve Smith
  • Publication number: 20120035122
    Abstract: This invention recites isoxazoline substituted azetidine derivatives of Formula (1) stereoisomers thereof, veterinarily acceptable salts thereof, compositions thereof, and their use as a parasiticide in mammals and birds. R1a, R1b, R1c, R2, R3, R4, R6, and n are as described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Valerie A. Vaillancourt, Nathan Anthony Logan Chubb, Michael Curtis, William Howson, Graham M. Kyne, Sanjay Menon, Susan M. K. Sheehan, Donald J. Skalitzky, John A. Wendt
  • Publication number: 20120034678
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: including any possible stereoisomers thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or solvate thereof, as well as pharmaceutical formulations and the use of compounds of formula I as HCV inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Samuel Dominique Demin, David Mc Gowan, Stefaan Julien Last, Pierre Jean-Marie Bernard Raboisson
  • Publication number: 20120022067
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein, R1 is a group of formula A or formula B, and X, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Ra and Rb are as defined herein. Also provided are methods of using the compounds for treating diseases mediated by a P2X3 and/or a P2X2/3 receptor antagonist and methods of making the subject compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Li Chen, Michael Patrick Dillon, Lichun Feng, Ronald Charles Hawley, Minmin Yang
  • Publication number: 20120015932
    Abstract: Indazole compounds, processes for their preparation, intermediates usable in these processes, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and their use in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Heather Hobbs, Simon Teanby Hodgson, Yannick Maurice LaCroix, Deborah Needham, Nigel James Parr, Panayiotis Alexandrou Procopiou, Timothy John Ritchie, Michael David Woodrow
  • Publication number: 20120010219
    Abstract: The invention features salvinorin compositions that are selective for kappa opioid receptors; methods of treating mania by using a selective kappa receptor agonist; and methods of treating mood disorders, such as depressive disorders and manic disorders, using salvinorin compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: The McLean Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Cecile Beguin, Justin Stephen Potuzak, Thomas Anthony Munro, Katherine K. Duncan, William A. Carlezon, Bruce M. Cohen, Lee-yuan Liu Chen
  • Publication number: 20120009141
    Abstract: A compound of Formula 1: or a salt thereof, and methods for the use thereof, especially as an IAP inhibitor, as well as related compounds, compositions, and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: PHARMASCIENCE INC.
    Inventors: Alain Laurent, Melanie Proulx, James B. Jaquith, Irina Denissova
  • Publication number: 20120004196
    Abstract: Compounds effective in inhibiting replication of Hepatitis C virus (“HCV”) are described. This invention also relates to processes of making such compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat HCV infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABAORATORIES
    Inventors: David A. DeGoey, Warren M. Kati, Charles W. Hutchins, Pamela L. Donner, Allan C. Krueger, John T. Randolph, Christopher E. Motter, Lissa T. Nelson, Sachin V. Patel, Mark A. Matulenko, Ryan G. Keddy, Tammie K. Jinkerson, Yi Gao, Dachun Liu, John K. Pratt, Todd W. Rockway, Clarence J. Maring, Douglas K. Hutchinson, Charles A. Flentge, Rolf Wagner, Michael D. Tufano, David A. Betebenner, Kathy Sarris, Kevin R. Woller, Seble H. Wagaw, Jean C. Califano, Wenke Li, Daniel D. Caspi, Mary E. Bellizzi, William A. Carroll
  • Patent number: 8088791
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) have antibacterial activity: wherein R represents hydrogen or 1, 2 or 3 optional substituents; W is ?C(R1)— or ?N—; R1 is hydrogen or an optional substituent and R2 is hydrogen, methyl, or fluorine; or R1 and R2 taken together are —CH2—, —CH2CH2—, —O—, or, in either orientation, —O—CH2— or —OCH2CH2—; R3 is a radical of formula -(Alk1)m-(Z)p-(Alk2)n-Q wherein m, p and n are independently 0 or 1, provided that at least one of m, p and n is 1, Z is —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O2)—, —NH—, —N(CH3)—, —N(CH2CH3)—, —C(?O)—, —O—(C?O)—, —C(?O)—O—, or an optionally substituted divalent monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic radical having 3 to 6 ring atoms; or an optionally substituted divalent bicyclic heterocyclic radical having 5 to 10 ring atoms; Alk1 and Alk2 are optionally substituted C1-C6 alkylene, C2-C6 alkenylene, or C2-C6 alkynylene radicals, which may optionally terminate with or be interrupted by —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O2)—, —NH—, —N(CH3)—, or —N(CH2CH3)—; and Q is hydrogen, halogen, nit
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Biots Scientific Management Pty Ltd
    Inventors: David Ryall Brown, Ian Collins, Lloyd George Czaplewski, David John Haydon
  • Publication number: 20110312989
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR), activation of nAChRs, and the treatment of disease conditions associated with defective or malfunctioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially of the brain. Further, this invention relates to novel compounds for example, indoles, 1H-indazoles, 1,2-benzisoxazoles, and 1,2-benzisothiazoles, which act as ligands for the ?7 nAChR subtype, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Wenge Xie, Brian Herbert, Jianguo Ma, Truc Minh Nguyen, Richard Schumacher, Carla Maria Gauss, Ashok Tehim
  • Publication number: 20110312953
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel anthranilic acid derivatives of the general formula (I) in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, Qx, A, Qy and n have the meanings given in the description, to their use as insecticides and acaricides for controlling animal pests, also in combination with other agents for activity boosting, and to a plurality of processes for their preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Rùdiger FISCHER, Christoph GRONDAL, Markus HEIL, Heinz-Juergen WROBLOWSKY, Ernst Rudolf GESING, Arnd VOERSTE, Ulrich GÖGENS
  • Publication number: 20110306611
    Abstract: Substituted benzoimidazole compounds useful as anti-infectives that decrease resistance, virulence, or growth of microbes are provided. Methods of making and using substituted benzoimidazole compounds, as well as pharmaceutical preparations thereof, in, e.g., reducing antibiotic resistance and inhibiting biofilms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael N. Alekshun, Victor Amoo, Oak K. Kim, Atul K. Verma
  • Publication number: 20110306542
    Abstract: Compounds that bind the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1) receptor are provided including compounds which are modulators of the GLP-1 receptors and compounds which are capable of inducing a stabilizing effect on the receptor for use in structural analyses of the GLP-1 receptor. Methods of synthesis, methods of therapeutic and/or prophylactic use, and methods of use in stabilizing GLP-1 receptor in vitro for crystallization of the GLP-1 receptor of such compounds are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: Receptos, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcus F. Boehm, Esther Martinborough, Manisha Moorjani, Liming Huang, Junko Tamiya, Mark T. Griffith, Thomas Fowler, Andrew Novak, Michael Knaggs, Premji Meghani
  • Publication number: 20110301355
    Abstract: Novel amidine compounds which may be active ingredients in herbicides that are reliably effective at a lesser dose and highly safe, and herbicides containing these compounds as active ingredients are provided. Amidine compounds represented by a formula (1?) and herbicides containing at least one kind of these compounds as active ingredients, [wherein G is an optionally substituted nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group represented by a formula (2?) with a proviso that the number of carbons constituting the nitrogen-containing heterocycle of the nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group is 10 or less and that 2H-Indazole ring is excluded; Q? represents cyano or the like; and A? represents substituted phenyl or the like].
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Miyashita, Koichi Kutose, Kazuyuki Tomida, Shigeo Yamada
  • Publication number: 20110294819
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to antiviral compounds, and more specifically directed to compounds which can inhibit the function of the NS5A protein encoded by Hepatitis C virus (HCV), compositions comprising such compounds, and methods for inhibiting the function of the NS5A protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Omar D. Lopez, Denis R. St. Laurent, Jason Goodrich, Jeffrey Lee Romine, Michael Serrano-Wu, Fukang Yang, Ramesh Kakarla, Xuejie Yang, Yuping Qiu, Lawrence B. Snyder
  • Patent number: 8063082
    Abstract: Chemical entities that modulate smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Cytokinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiangping Qian, Jeffrey T. Finer, Pu-Ping Lu, Chihyuan (Grace) Chuang, Bradley P. Morgan, David J. Morgans, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20110281879
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds that are inhibitors of cysteine proteases, in particular, cathepsins B, K, L, F, and S and are therefore useful in treating diseases mediated by these proteases. The present invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and processes for preparing them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: ViroBay, Inc.
    Inventor: Craig Mossman
  • Publication number: 20110281910
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns novel compounds of Formula (I) or as defined in the specification and compositions comprising such novel compounds. These compounds are useful antiviral agents, especially in inhibiting the function of the NS5A protein encoded by Hepatitis C virus (HCV). Thus, the disclosure also concerns a method of treating HCV related diseases or conditions by use of these novel compounds or a composition comprising such novel compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Rico Lavoie, John A. Bender, Jeffrey Lee Romine, Edward H. Ruediger, Carol Bachand, Omar D. Lopez, Qi Chen, Makonen Belema, John F. Kadow, Lawrence G. Hamann