The Chalcogen, X, Is In A -c(=x)- Group Patents (Class 548/253)
  • Patent number: 6316634
    Abstract: A method for preparation of a cycloheptimidazole compound having formula (5), wherein: R4 is a lower alkyl group, comprising reacting a compound of formula (1), with an alkylamidine hydrochloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Kotobuki Pharmaceutical Co Ltd
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Tomiyama, Akira Tomiyama, Naoto Ueyama, Akira Ohno
  • Patent number: 6303620
    Abstract: Disclosed are 4,4-disubstituted and 3,3-disubstituted piperidine compounds of formula I wherein D, E, G, J, R1, a, b, c, and d are defined in the specification, compositions containing them, and their use for treating medical disorders resulting from a deficiency in growth hormone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Kruse Hansen, Michael Ankersen
  • Patent number: 6297261
    Abstract: A compound having the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof where the variables are defined in the specification are useful in the treatment of sickle-cell anemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Neurosearch A/S
    Inventors: Palle Christophersen, Ove Pedersen
  • Patent number: 6291507
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition which comprises a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester or amide thereof, which is an inhibitor of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, and wherein A and B form an optionally substituted alkylene chain so as to form a ring with the carbon atoms to which they are attached; X is CH2 or SO2, R1 is an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl ring; R2 is a specified organic group such as carboxy, and R3 is hydrogen or a specified organic group; in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Certain compounds of formula (I) are novel and are claimed as such.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Astrazeneca UK Limited
    Inventors: Alan W Faull, Andrew J Barker, Jason G Kettle
  • Patent number: 6291530
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula (I) wherein W is CH or N; R is (mono- or di cabocyclic or heterocyclic aryl)-lower alkyl; R1 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; R2 and R3 are hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy-lower alkyl or aryl-lower alkyl; or R2 and R3 joined together represent lower alkylene optionally interrupted by O, NH, N-lower alkyl or S so as to form a ring with the amide nitrogen; X is O, S, SO, S2 or a direct bond; X1 is O, S, SO, SO2 or a direct bond; Y is a direct bond, lower alkylene or lower alkylidene; and Z is carboxyl, 5-tetrazolyl,, hydroxymethyl or carboxyl derivatized in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable ester, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; which arm useful as LTB-4 antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Paul David Greenspan, Roger Aki Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 6277998
    Abstract: There are disclosed an industrially favorable process for producing a tetrazole compound of general formula (1): characterized in that a nitrile of general formula (2): R1CN  (2) is reacted with hydrazine or a salt thereof in the presence of a catalyst, followed by reaction with a nitrous acid compound of general formula (3): ANO2  (3) or a nitrile of general formula (2) is reacted with hydrogen sulfide, followed by reaction with an alkyl halide of general formula (4): R4J  (4) with hydrazine or a salt thereof, and then with a nitrous acid compound of general formula (3); and an intermediate of general formula (5): R1C(═R5)R6  (5) which is useful for the production of the tetrazole compound (in which R1 to R6, A and J in the above formulas are as defined in the specification).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hideki Ushio, Takayuki Higashii, Masayoshi Minai, Akihiko Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6274604
    Abstract: A tachykinin antagonist is useful, alone or in conjunction with other agents, for altering circadian rhythmicity and alleviating circadian rhythm disorders and for enhancing and improving the quality of sleep.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Carl Mendel
  • Patent number: 6271375
    Abstract: A process of direct metalation of phenyltetrazoles useful for preparing compounds of formula (II) intermediates for the synthesis of angiotensin II antagonists is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Zambon Group S.p.A.
    Inventors: Marco Villa, Pietro Allegrini, Katiuscia Arrighi, Maurizio Paiocchi
  • Patent number: 6271261
    Abstract: Novel IL-8 receptor antagonists and methods of using them are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventor: Katherine L Widdowson
  • Patent number: 6262103
    Abstract: A pharamceutical composition comprises a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein A is C1-6alkyl, C2-6alkenyl, C2-6-alkynyl, C3-6-cycloalkyl, arylC1-6alkyl, aryl, S(O)pR1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
    Inventors: Howard Barff Broughton, Mark Stewart Chambers, Sarah Christine Hobbs, Angus Murray MacLeod, Austin John Reeve
  • Patent number: 6252084
    Abstract: A class of novel 1H-indole-3-acetamides is disclosed together with the use of such indole compounds for inhibiting sPLA2 mediated release of fatty acids for treatment of conditions such as septic shock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Bach, Robert D. Dillard, Susan E. Draheim, Robert B. Hermann, Richard W. Schevitz
  • Patent number: 6248770
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new benzimidazoles of general formula wherein Ra to Rc, A, Ar and B are defined as in claim 1, the tautomers, the stereoisomers, the mixtures thereof the prodrugs, the derivatives thereof which contain a group which is negatively charged under physiological conditions, instead of a carboxy group, and the salts thereof, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof with inorganic or organic acids or bases, which have valuable properties. The compounds of the above general formula I wherein Rc denotes a cyano group are valuable intermediates for preparing the other compounds of general formula I, and the compounds of the above general formula I wherein Rc denotes one of the amidino groups mentioned in claim 1 which have valuable pharmacological properties, particularly an antithrombotic activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma KG
    Inventors: Uwe Ries, Iris Kauffmann, Norbert Hauel, Henning Priepke, Herbert Nar, Jean Marie Stassen, Wolfgang Wienen
  • Patent number: 6239284
    Abstract: The invention concerns aromatic tetralcyclic compounds of the retinoid type of general formula (I). The invention also concerns the method for preparing them and the pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one of said compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Centre Europeen de Bioprospective-CEB
    Inventors: Bertrand Leblond, Abdallah Deyine, Alain-René Schoofs, Pierre Germain, Bernard Pourrias
  • Patent number: 6232334
    Abstract: Benzimidazole derivatives of the formula (I): wherein the ring A is a benzene ring which may optionally contain substitution in addition to the R′ group; R1 is hydrogen or an optionally substituted hydrocarbon residue; R2 is a group capable of forming an anion or a group convertible thereinto; X is a direct bond or a spacer having an atomic length of two or less between the phenylene group and the phenyl group; R′ is carboxyl, an ester thereof, an amide thereof or a group capable of forming an anion or convertible to an anion; Y is —O—, —S(O)m— or —N(R4)— wherein m is an integer of 0, 1 or 2 and R4 is hydrogen or an optionally substituted alkyl group; and n is an integer of 1 or 2; and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, have potent angiotensin II antagonistic activity and antihypertensive activity, thus being useful as therapeutic agents for treating circulatory system diseases such as hypertensive diseases, heart diseases, strokes,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiko Naka, Kohei Nishikawa, Takeshi Kato
  • Patent number: 6225288
    Abstract: Compounds represented by formula I: as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters and hydrates thereof are disclosed along with pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of caspase-3, which is implicated in modulating apoptosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Merk Frosst Canada & Co.
    Inventors: Yongxin Han, Andre Giroux, Erich Grimm, Renee Aspiotis, Sebastien Francoeur, Robert Zamboni, Petpiboon Prasit, Christopher Bayly, Dan McKay, Cameron Black
  • Patent number: 6174883
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel 3-substituted-2-oxindole derivatives of the formula and the phamaceutically-accepted salts thereof which are inhibitors of prostaglandin H2 synthase, 5-lipoxygenase and interleukin-1 biosynthesis. The compounds of the invention are useful as inhibitors of prostaglandin H2 synthase and interleukin-1 biosynthesis, per se, and as analgesic, antiinflammatory and antiarthritic agents in the treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said 3-substituted-2-oxindole derivatives; to methods of inhibiting prostaglandin H2 synthase and biosynthesis of interleukin-1; and to treating chronic inflammatory diseases in a mammal with said compounds. Further, this invention relates to certain novel carboxylic acids useful as intermediates in the preparation of the 3-substituted-2-oxindole derivatives of this invention and to a process for the preparation of the 3-substituted-2-oxindole derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick J. Ehrgott, Carl J. Goddard, Gary R. Schulte
  • Patent number: 6156774
    Abstract: Mercapto amino acid derivatives of formula (I), wherein R is hydrogen, a salt-forming cation of a in vivo hydrolysable ester-forming group; R.sub.1 is selected from (a) and (b) in which A is a monocyclic aryl or heteroaryl ring and B is a monocyclic aryl, alicyclic or heterocyclic ring, C and D are independently --Z.sub.p --(CR.sub.8 CR.sub.9).sub.q -- or --(CR.sub.8 CR.sub.9).sub.q --Z.sub.p -- where p is 0 or 1, q is 0 to 3 provided that p+q in C is not 0, R.sub.8 and R.sub.9 are independently hydrogen or (C.sub.1-6)alkyl or together represent oxo and Z is O, NR.sub.10 or S(O).sub.x where R.sub.10 is hydrogen, (C.sub.1-6)alkyl or aryl(C.sub.1-6)alkyl and x is 0-2, and wherein C and D are linked ortho to one another on each of the rings A and B in formula (b); R.sub.2 is hydrogen, (C.sub.1-6)alkyl or aryl(C.sub.1-6)alkyl; R.sub.3 is hydrogen, (C.sub.1-6)alkyl optionally substituted by up to three halogen atoms, (C.sub.3-7)cycloalkyl, fused aryl(C.sub.3-7)cycloalkyl, (C.sub.3-7)cycloalkyl(C.sub.2-6)alkyl, (C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham P.L.C.
    Inventors: John Hargreaves Bateson, Desmond John Best, Brian Peter Clarke, Martin Leonard Gilpin, David Witty
  • Patent number: 6143774
    Abstract: The invention relates to the new products of formula (I): ##STR1## in which: R.sub.1 represents alkyl, optionally substituted or cycloalkyl optionally interrupted by heteroatoms,R.sub.2 ; R.sub.3 both represent or carry an acid function or an acid isosteric function,and Y represents phenyl substituted in particular by a dioxol radical,these products being in all the isomeric forms and the salts, as medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Hoechst Marion Roussel
    Inventors: Bertrand Heckmann, Simone Jouquey, Jean-Paul Vevert, Jidong Zhang
  • Patent number: 6143776
    Abstract: Tosylproline analogs of formula I, methods of making them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods for their use. The compounds are thymidylate synthase inhibitors; and are useful as anti-tumor agents and as anti-parasitics, anti-bacterials, anti-fungals, and anti-virals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel A. Erlanson
  • Patent number: 6136834
    Abstract: A tetrazole derivative of formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R is H, alkyl, alkoxy, carbocyclic ring, alkyl or alkoxy substituted by carbocyclic ring;AA.sup.1 and AA.sup.2 is a bond or ##STR2## and ##STR3## respectively, or AA.sup.1 and AA.sup.2, together, may have the formula (a); ##STR4## and Y is formula (b) ##STR5## wherein the Tet ring is tetrazole; Z is alkylene, alkenylene, O, S, SO, SO.sub.2, NR.sup.26, methylene in alkylene replaced by O, S, --SO--, --SO.sub.2 -- or --NR.sup.26 --; and E is H, alkyl, or COOR.sup.27.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Ohmoto, Makoto Tanaka, Tohru Miyazaki, Hiroyuki Ohno
  • Patent number: 6133302
    Abstract: 5-(3-phenyl-3-oxo-propyl)-1H-tetrazole derivatives of formula (I) wherein each of R and R.sub.1, being the same or different, is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, trifluoromethyl, cyano, nitro, phenyl, benzyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylthio, SOR.sub.4 or SO.sub.2 R.sub.4 wherein R.sub.4 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, --N(R.sub.5 R.sub.6) in which each of R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 is, independently, hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, formyl or C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 acyl; R.sub.2 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy, benzyl, phenyl; R.sub.3 is hydrogen, hydroxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy, benzyl, phenyl or a group --N(R.sub.7 R.sub.8) in which each of R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 is, independently, hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, benzyl, phenyl, or one of R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 is hydrogen and the other is COR.sub.9 wherein R.sub.9 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, phenyl or a group --N(R.sub.10 R.sub.11) in which R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn SpA
    Inventors: Paolo Pevarello, Antonio Giordani, Manuela Villa, Carmela Speciale, Mario Varasi
  • Patent number: 6077864
    Abstract: A compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein n, X, Y and Ar are as defined herein, useful in the treatment of a condition selected from the group consisting of arthritis, cancer, tissue ulceration, macular degeneration, restenosis, periodontal disease, epidermolysis bullosa, scleritis, and other diseases characterized by matrix metalloproteinase activity, AIDS, sepsis, septic shock and other diseases involving the production of TNF. In addition, the compounds of the present invention may be used in combination therapy with standard non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID'S) and analgesics, and in combination with cytotoxic drugs such as adriamycin, daunomycin, cis-platinum, etoposide, taxol, taxotere and other alkaloids, such as vincristine, in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Laurence Edward Burgess, James Patrick Rizzi
  • Patent number: 6069257
    Abstract: A process for preparing certain substituted benzopyran compounds of formula (I) ##STR1## is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham p.l.c.
    Inventors: Robert Gordon Giles, Norman John Lewis, Paul Oxley, John Kirby Quick
  • Patent number: 6060492
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of medicine, particularly in the treatment of Type II diabetes and obesity. More specifically, the present invention relates to selective .beta.3 adrenergic receptor agonists useful in the treatment of Type II diabetes and obesity. The invention provides compounds and method of treating type II diabetes, comprising administering to a mammal in need thereof compounds of the Formula II: ##STR1## The variables in Formula II are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Michael Gregory Bell, Thomas Alan Crowell, Donald Paul Matthews, John Hampton McDonald, III, David Andrew Neel, Anthony John Shuker, Mark Alan Winter
  • Patent number: 6054457
    Abstract: This invention relates to new benzamide derivatives having a vasopressin antagonistic activity, etc, and represented by general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is aryl optionally substituted with lower alkoxy, etc., R.sup.2 is lower alkyl, etc.,R.sup.3 is hydrogen, etc.,R.sup.4 is lower alkoxy, etc.,R.sup.5 is hydrogen, etc.,A is NH, etc.,E is ##STR2## etc., X is --CH.dbd.CH--, --CH.dbd.N--, or S, andY is CH or N,and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, to processes for preparation thereof and to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Setoi, Takehiko Ohkawa, Tatsuya Zenkoh, Hitoshi Sawada, Kentaro Sato, Hirokazu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6048984
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): and to their use as herbicides, and to intermediates useful in their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Agriculture Limited
    Inventors: Kouichi Araki, Takako Brett, Kei Domom, Atsushi Go, Masahito Ito, Hideshi Mukaida, Yukiko Oe
  • Patent number: 6048983
    Abstract: A process for preparing certain substituted benzopyran compounds is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham pl.c
    Inventors: Robert Gordon Giles, Paul Oxley
  • Patent number: 6046227
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of medicine, particularly in the treatment of Type II diabetes and obesity. More specifically, the present invention relates to selective .beta..sub.3 receptor agonists useful in the treatment of Type II diabetes and obesity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Thomas Alan Crowell, Charles David Jones, Anthony John Shuker
  • Patent number: 6040454
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for preparing a 5-substituted tetrazole, the process comprising the step of reacting a nitrile with an inorganic azide salt in an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent in the presence of an amine salt. According to the invention, a 5-substituted tetrazole can be produced in a high yield with ease and safety using inexpensive raw materials while the reaction is easily controlled to inhibit a side reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Toyo Kasei Kogyo Company Limited
    Inventors: Kiyoto Koguro, Toshikazu Oga, Norihito Tokunaga, Sunao Mitsui, Ryozo Orita
  • Patent number: 6037367
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein: R.sub.1 is --(CR.sub.4 R.sub.5).sub.n C(O)O(CR.sub.4 R.sub.5).sub.m R.sub.6, --(CR.sub.4 R.sub.5).sub.n C(O)NR.sub.4 (CR.sub.4 R.sub.5).sub.m R.sub.6, (CR.sub.4 R.sub.5).sub.n O(CR.sub.4 R.sub.5).sub.m R.sub.6, or --(CR.sub.4 R.sub.5).sub.r R.sub.6 : W is alkynyl or 2 carbon atoms; R.sub.3 is H or R.sub.7 ; Z is C(O)R.sub.13, (CH.sub.2).sub.0-1 C(O)OR.sub.13, (CH.sub.2).sub.0-1 C(O)NR.sub.10 R.sub.13, (CH.sub.2).sub.0-1 C(R.sub.8 R.sub.8)OR.sub.8, --NHC(O)R.sub.7, (CH.sub.2).sub.0-1 NR.sub.10 R.sub.13, NH[C(O)C(O)OR.sub.8 ], CH.sub.2 NH[C(O)CNR.sub.10 R.sub.13 ], CH.sub.2 S(O).sub.q R.sub.7, CH[S(O).sub.q R.sub.7 ].sub.2, dithiolane, (tetrazol-5-yl), thiazol-2-yl, [1,2,4]thiadiazol-5-yl, [1,3,4]oxadiazol-2-yl, imidazol-2-yl, oxazol-2-yl, or (3- or 5-oxadiazolyl[1,2,4]; R.sub.7 is --(CR.sub.4 R.sub.5).sub.q R.sub.11 or C.sub.1-6 alkyl wherein the R.sub.11 or C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Siegfried B. Christensen, IV, Joseph M. Karpinski, James S. Frazee
  • Patent number: 6034248
    Abstract: The present invention provides an azole compound represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Ar is an optionally substituted phenyl group; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, the same or different, are a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may combine together to form a lower alkylene group; R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom or an acyl group; X is a nitrogen atom or a methine group; A is Y.dbd.Z (Y and Z, the same or different, are a nitrogen atom or a methine group optionally substituted with a lower alkyl group) or an ethylene group optionally substituted with a lower alkyl group; n is an integer from 0 to 2; and Az is an optionally substituted azolyl group, or its salt, which is useful for a prevention and therapy of a fungal infection of a mammal as a antifungal agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Itoh, Kenji Okonogi, Akihiro Tasaka
  • Patent number: 6034105
    Abstract: A tachykinin antagonist is useful, alone or in conjunction with other agents, for altering circadian rhythmicity and alleviating circadian rhythm disorders and for enhancing and improving the quality of sleep.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Carl M. Mendel
  • Patent number: 6034249
    Abstract: This invention relates to an organomercapto Au(I) complex having the formula ##STR1## wherein M is a cationic counterion;SOL is a solubilizing group;A is a substituted or unsubstituted divalent organic linking group;and n is 1 to 4 and wherein the compound is symmetrical.It further relates to a method of manufacturing an organomercapto Au(I) complex comprising reacting an Au(I) complex with an organomercapto ligand and isolating the resulting organomercapto Au(I) complex from the reaction mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Roger Lok, Weimar W. White, Brian P. Cleary
  • Patent number: 6028092
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel formulations of salts of certain benzopyran compounds, to compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of certain disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham p.l.c
    Inventors: Christopher John Banton, Phillip Christopher Buxton
  • Patent number: 6025380
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of an angiotensin II receptor antagonist in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of macular degeneration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham plc
    Inventor: James Hill
  • Patent number: 6020357
    Abstract: The present application describes nitrogen containing heteroaromatics and derivatives thereof of formula I: ##STR1## or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug forms thereof, wherein J is N or NH and D may be C(.dbd.NH)NH.sub.2, which are useful as inhibitors of factor Xa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company
    Inventors: Donald Joseph Phillip Pinto, James Russell Pruitt, Joseph Cacciola, John Matthew Fevig, Qi Han, Michael James Orwat, Mimi Lifen Quan, Karen Anita Rossi
  • Patent number: 6008368
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound selected from a class of N-substituted (.alpha.-imidazolyl-toluyl)pyrrole compounds are described for use in treatment of circulatory disorders. Compositions of particular interest comprise angiotensin II antagonist compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein m is one; wherein R.sup.0 is selected from CH.sub.2 OH, CO.sub.2 H, CHO, CO.sub.2 CH.sub.3, CO.sub.2 C.sub.2 H.sub.5, CH.sub.2 OCH.sub.3, CH.sub.2 OCHOCH.sub.3 and CH.sub.2 --CO.sub.2 C.sub.2 H.sub.5 ; wherein R.sup.1 is selected from Cl, CF.sub.3, CHO, n-butyl, cyano, CO.sub.2 CH.sub.3 and CO.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.3 ; wherein R.sup.2 is selected from methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, sec-butyl, isobutyl, tert-butyl, n-pentyl, isopentyl, neopentyl, phenyl, benzyl, phenethyl, cyclohexyl, cyclohexylmethyl, cyclohexylethyl, propylthio, butylthio and hydroxyalkyl; wherein each of R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, R.sup.9 and R.sup.10 is hydrido; wherein each of R.sup.5 and R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: G. D. Searle & Co.
    Inventors: Philippe R. Bovy, Joe T. Collins, Robert E. Manning
  • Patent number: 6004989
    Abstract: Benzimidazole derivatives of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein the ring A is a benzene ring which may optionally contain substitution in addition to the R' group; R.sup.1 is hydrogen or an optionally substituted hydrocarbon residue; R.sup.2 is a group capable of forming an anion or a group convertible thereinto; X is a direct bond or a spacer having an atomic length of two or less between the phenylene group and the phenyl group; R' is carboxyl, an ester thereof, an amide thereof or a group capable of forming an anion or convertible to an anion; Y is --O--, --S(O).sub.m -- or --N(R.sup.4)-- wherein m is an integer of 0, 1 or 2 and R.sup.4 is hydrogen or an optionally substituted alkyl group; and n is an integer of 1 or 2; and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, have potent angiotensin II antagonistic activity and antihypertensive activity, thus being useful as therapeutic agents for treating circulatory system diseases such as hypertensive diseases, heart diseases (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiko Naka, Kohei Nishikawa, Takeshi Kato
  • Patent number: 6001823
    Abstract: Novel methods for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases caused by tissue-adhering bacteria are disclosed. By interacting with periplasmic molecular chaperones it is achieved that the assembly of pili is prevented or inhibited and thereby the infectivity of the bacteria is diminished. Also disclosed are methods for screening for drugs as well as methods for the de novo design of such drugs, methods which rely on novel computer drug modelling methods involving an approximative calculation of binding free energy between macromolecules. Finally, novel pyranosides which are believed to be capable of interacting with periplasmic molecular chaperones are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Inventors: Scott Hultgren, Meta Kuehn, Zheng Xu, Derek Ogg, Mark Harris, Matti Lepisto, Jan Kihlberg, Charles Hal Jones
  • Patent number: 5990142
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 4-oxo-4H-1-benzopyran compounds containing benzyloxymethyl, 3-phenylpropyl, or other araliphatic substituents in their 8-position. These compounds show a leukotriene-antagonistic activity. The compounds are characterized by good oral adsorption. The compounds of the present invention may be used as anti-inflammatory and antiallergic medicaments, and in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Laboratorios Menarini S.A.
    Inventors: Germano Carganico, David Mauleon Casellas, Jaime Pascual Avellana, M. Luisa Garcia Perez, Albert Palomer Benet
  • Patent number: 5981580
    Abstract: Novel derivatives of fatty acid analogs that have from one to three heteroatoms in the fatty acid moiety which can be oxygen, sulfur or nitrogen, are disclosed in which the carboxy-terminus has been modified to form various amides, esters, ketones, alcohols, alcohol esters and nitrites thereof, and are useful as substrates for N-myristoyltransferase (NMT) and/or its acyl coenzyme, as anti-viral and anti-fungal agents or pro-drugs of such agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: G. D. Searle & Co.
    Inventors: Sean T. Nugent, Richard A. Mueller
  • Patent number: 5977124
    Abstract: .beta.-adrenergic agonists for the treatment of diseases/conditions such as obesity and diabetes. The compounds have formula (I), wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, W, X, Y and Z are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventor: Robert L. Dow
  • Patent number: 5977117
    Abstract: Methods, compositions, and compounds for modulating the activity of an endothelin peptide are provided. The methods use compositions that contain compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## where X and Y are selected from groups that include O, S, and NH; and Ar.sup.1, Ar.sup.2 and Ar.sup.3 are independently selected from substituted or unsubstituted groups that include 5 to 6 membered aryl groups and heteraryl groups that contain one or two heteroatom(s). The methods are effected by contacting endothelin receptors with one or more of the compounds or with compositions containing one or more of the compounds prior to, simultaneously with, or subsequent to contacting the receptors with an endothelin peptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Texas Biotechnology Corporation
    Inventors: Ming Fai Chan, Vitukudi Narayanaiyengar Balaji, Rosario Silvestre Castillo, Adam Kois, Bore Gowda Raju, Chengde Wu
  • Patent number: 5977376
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## and to their use as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Agriculture Limited
    Inventors: Kouichi Araki, Takako Brett, Kei Domom, Atsushi Go, Masahito Ito, Hideshi Mukaida, Yukiko Oe
  • Patent number: 5965565
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to certain piperidines, pyrrolidines, and hexahydro-1H-azepines of the general structural formula: ##STR1## wherein B is selected from: ##STR2## and R.sup.1, R.sup.1a, R.sup.2a, R.sup.3a, R.sup.3b, R.sup.4, R.sup.4a, R.sup.4b, R.sup.4c, R.sup.5, D, X, Y, n, x and y are as defined herein. These compounds promote the release of growth hormone in humans and animals. This property can be utilized to promote the growth of food animals to render the production of edible meat products more efficient, and in humans, to treat physiological or medical conditions characterized by a deficiency in growth hormone secretion, such as short stature in growth hormone deficient children, and to treat medical conditions which are improved by the anabolic effects of growth hormone. Growth hormone releasing compositions containing such compounds as the active ingredient thereof are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Meng H. Chen, Zhijian Lu, Ravi Nargund, Arthur A. Patchett, James R. Tata, Lihu Yang, Mu Tsu Wu
  • Patent number: 5965592
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## and their salts, in which R.sub.1, is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 aliphatic hydrocarbon radical; X.sub.1 is --CO; X.sub.2 is a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon radical which comprises an ethyl group and an alkylene of 2 to 6 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 is hydroxy, carboxy or alkoxycarbonyl in which alkoxy is from 1 to 7 carbon atoms; X.sub.3 is a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon; R.sub.3 is carboxyl or 5-tetrazolyl; and the rings A and B independently of one another are otherwise unsubstituted; can be prepared in a known manner and may be used as active ingredients for medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Novartis Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Buhlmayer, Franz Ostermayer, Tibur Schmidlin
  • Patent number: 5962491
    Abstract: Benzimidazole derivatives of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein the ring A is a benzene ring which may optionally contain substitution in addition to the R' group; R.sup.1 is hydrogen or an optionally substituted hydrocarbon residue; R.sup.2 is a group capable of forming an anion or a group convertible thereinto; X is a direct bond or a spacer having an atomic length of two or less between the phenylene group and the phenyl group; R' is carboxyl, an ester thereof, an amide thereof or a group capable of forming an anion or convertible to an anion; Y is --O--, --S(O).sub.m -- or --N(R.sup.4)-- wherein m is an integer of 0, 1 or 2 and R.sup.4 is hydrogen or an optionally substituted alkyl group; and n is an integer of 1 or 2; and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, have potent angiotensin II antagonistic activity and antihypertensive activity, thus being useful as therapeutic agents for treating circulatory system diseases such as hypertensive diseases, heart diseases (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiko Naka, Kohei Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 5959120
    Abstract: The present invention provides an acetate ester compound of formula (III), ##STR1## a process for synthesizing compound (III), and a process for using that compound to prepare a pyrazolone compound, where the substituent definitions are as defined in the Summary of the Invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Jared B. Mooberry, Thomas E. Gompf, Brian H. Johnston
  • Patent number: 5955487
    Abstract: The invention relates to N-acyl-N-heterocyclylalkylamino acids of the formula ##STR1## R.sub.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 alkyl that is unsubstituted or substituted by halogen or by hydroxy, or is C.sub.2 -C.sub.7 -alkenyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 cycloalkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 cycloalkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 alkoxy or C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 cycloalkyl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 alkoxy;R.sub.2 is 1H-tetrazol-5-yl, carboxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 alkoxycarbonyl, SO.sub.3 H, PO.sub.2 H.sub.2, PO.sub.3 H.sub.2 or halo-C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 alkanesulfonylamino;R.sub.3 is 1H-tetrazol-5-yl, hydroxymethyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 alkoxymethyl, formyl, carboxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 alkoxycarbonyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 alkoxy-C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 alkoxycarbonyl, phenyl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxycarbonyl or carbamoyl, the amino group of which is unsubstituted or mono-substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 alkenyl or by phenyl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 alkyl or di-substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 alkenyl or by phenyl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Tibur Schmidlin, Paul Zbinden, Peter Buhlmayer
  • Patent number: 5952377
    Abstract: Novel derivatives of fatty acid analogs that have from one to three heteroatoms in the fatty acid moiety which can be oxygen, sulfur or nitrogen, are disclosed in which the carboxy-terminus has been modified to form various amides, esters, ketones, alcohols, alcohol esters and nitriles thereof, and are useful as substrates for N-myristoyltransferase (NMT) and/or its acyl coenzyme, as anti-viral and anti-fungal agents or pro-drugs of such agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: G. D. Searle & Co.
    Inventors: Sean T. Nugent, Richard A. Mueller