One Of The Two Rings Which Form The Spiro Is Part Of A Polycyclo Ring System Patents (Class 548/301.1)
  • Publication number: 20120226031
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to inhibitors of thioredoxin. Certain embodiments relate to palmarumycin based compounds and methods of using the same. Such compounds may be useful in inhibiting the overexpression of thioredoxin, inhibiting tumor growth and treating cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: GARTH POWIS, PETER WIPF
  • Publication number: 20120202856
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to benzimidazole derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of disorders and conditions modulated by TRP M8, including for example, inflammatory pain, inflammatory hyperalgesia, inflammatory hypersensitivity condition, neuropathic pain, neuropathic cold allodynia, inflammatory somatic hyperalgesia, inflammatory visceral hyperalgesia, cardiovascular disease aggravated by cold and pulmonary disease aggravated by cold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Mark R. PLAYER, Raul CALVO, Jinsheng CHEN, Carl ILLIG, Sanath MEEGALLA, Daniel PARKS, William PARSONS
  • Publication number: 20120165347
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) and their pharmaceutical compositions. In addition, the present invention relates to therapeutic methods for the treatment and/or prevention of A?-related pathologies such as Down's syndrome, ?-amyloid angiopathy such as but not limited to cerebral amyloid angiopathy or hereditary cerebral hemorrhage, disorders associated with cognitive impairment such as but not limited to MCI (“mild cognitive impairment”), Alzheimer's disease, memory loss, attention deficit symptoms associated with Alzheimer's disease, neurodegeneration associated with diseases such as Alzheimer's disease or dementia including dementia of mixed vascular and degenerative origin, pre-senile dementia, senile dementia and dementia associated with Parkinson's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy or cortical basal degeneration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Gabor Csjernyik, Sofia Karlström, Annika Kers, Karin Kolmodin, Martin Nylöf, Liselotte Öhberg, Laszlo Rakos, Lars Sandberg, Fernando Sehgelmeble, Peter Söderman, Britt-Marie Swahn, Stefan Von Berg
  • Publication number: 20120115841
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bridged spiro[2.4]heptane derivatives of formula (I), wherein W, Y, Z, R1 and R2 are as defined in the description, their preparation and their use as pharmaceutically active compounds as ALX receptor and/or FPRL2 agonists for the treatment of inflammatory and obstructive airways diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel Bur, Olivier Corminboeuf, Sylvaine Cren, Corinna Grisostomi, Xavier Leroy, Sylvia Richard-Bildstein
  • Publication number: 20120115895
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) for use as pharmaceutical active compounds, as well as pharmaceutical formulations containing the same, for the treatment of allergic diseases. The compounds according to Formula (I) are suitable as modulators of CRTH2. The invention provides Spiro derivatives according to Formula (I) and related formulae that are useful in the treatment and/or prevention of diseases selected from allergic diseases such as allergic asthma, allergic rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis, and inflammatory dermatoses such as atopic dermatitis, contact hypersensitivity, allergic contact dermatitis, chronic urticaria/chronic idiopathic/autoimmune urticaria, drag-induced exanthems (e.g., toxic epidermal necrolysis or Lyell's syndrome/Stevens-Johnson syndrome/drug hypersensitivity syndrome), photodermatosis or polymorphous light emption (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Serono S.A.
    Inventors: Stefano Crosignani, Catherine Jorand-Lebrun, Tania Grippi-Vallotton
  • Publication number: 20120083501
    Abstract: The invention provides novel tricyclic compounds of Formula I? that inhibit ?-secretase cleavage of APP and are useful as therapeutic agents for treating neurodegenerative diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Kevin W. Hunt, Tony P. Tang, Allen A. Thomas
  • Patent number: 8148390
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of Formula I: (where variables A1, A2, B, J, K, m, n, R4, R5a, R5b and R5c are as defined herein) useful as antagonists of CGRP receptors and useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the CGRP is involved, such as headache, migraine and cluster headache. 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 CGRP is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Merck, Sharp & Dohme, Corp.
    Inventors: Craig A. Stump, Ian M. Bell, Harold G. Selnick
  • Publication number: 20120071499
    Abstract: There are provided compounds of the formula wherein X, Y, R1, R1?, R2, R2?, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as described herein and enantiomers or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof. The compounds are useful as anticancer agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Xin-Jie Chu, Qingjie Ding, Nan Jiang, Jin-Jun Liu, Jing Zhang, Zhuming Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120065195
    Abstract: The invention provides novel spirotetrahydronaphthalene compounds of Formula ? that inhibit ?-secretase cleavage of APP and are useful as therapeutic agents for treating neurodegenerative diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Christopher T. Clark, Adam Cook, Indrani W. Gunawardana, Kevin W. Hunt, Nicholas C. Kallan, Michael Siu, Allen A. Thomas, Matthew Volgraf
  • Publication number: 20120040962
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and combination therapies for treatment of hepatitis C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: PRESIDIO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Leping Li, Min Zhong
  • Patent number: 8080670
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of 2-butyl-3-[[2?-(1H-tetrazol-5-yl)[1,1?-biphenyl]-4-yl]-1,3-diazaspiro[4,4]non-1-en-4-one by reaction of the corresponding nitrile with sodium azide and piperazine or its acid salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Divi's Laboratories, Ltd.
    Inventors: Murali Krishna Prasad Divi, Mysore Aswatha Narayana Rao, Surendra Kalyan Nuthi, Yugandar Phaniram Bandaru
  • Publication number: 20110306626
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to imidazolinone derivatives which are antagonists of CGRP receptors and useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which CGRP is involved, such as migraine. 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 CGRP is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Harold G. Selnick, Michael R. Wood, Melody McWherter, Ivory D. Hills, Craig A. Stump
  • Publication number: 20110288077
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the Formula (I)-(IX):, as defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or ester thereof, which can be useful for the treatment of diseases or conditions mediated by MMPs, ADAMs, TACE, aggrecanase, TNF-? combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: SCHERING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael K.C. Wong, Wensheng Yu, Ling Tong, Brian J. Lavey, Bandarpalle B. Shankar, Joseph A. Kozlowski, Seong Heon Kim, Guowei Zhou, De-Yi Yang, Razia K. Rizvi, Lei Chen, Aneta Maria Kosinski, Kristen E. Rosner, Luke Fire, Judson E. Richard, Dansu Li
  • Publication number: 20110251207
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of biaryi spiroaminooxazoline analogues as modulators of ?2C adrenergic receptor agonists, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more conditions associated with the ?2C adrenergic receptors using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Kevin D. McCormick, Li Dong, Christopher W. Boyce, Manuel de Lera Ruiz, Salem Fevrier, Jie Wu, Junying Zheng, Younong Yu, Jianhua Chao, Walter S. Won, Ashwin U. Rao, Rongze Kuang, Pauline C. Ting, Xianhai Huang, Ning Shao, Adandan Palani, Michael Y. Berlin, Robert G. Aslanian
  • Publication number: 20110218192
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound represented by the following structural formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound represented by Structural Formula (I) and method of use of these compound for inhibiting BACE activity in a subject in need of such treatment are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: VITAE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Lawrence W. Dillard, Jing Yuan, Lanqi Jia, Yajun Zheng
  • Patent number: 8003792
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of Formula I: (where variables A1, A2, B, J, K, m, n, R4, R5a, R5b and R5c are as defined herein) useful as antagonists of CGRP receptors and useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the CGRP is involved, such as headache, migraine and cluster headache. 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 CGRP is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Ian M. Bell, Cory R. Theberge, Craig A. Stump, Xufang Zhang, Steven N. Gallicchio, C. Blair Zartman
  • Publication number: 20110190329
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel non-amidic linkers with branched termini derivatives which are antagonists of CGRP receptors and useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which CGRP is involved, such as migraine. 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 CGRP is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Michael R. Wood, June J. Kim, Harold G. Selnick, Shawn J. Stachel
  • Publication number: 20110144106
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I) as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 to R4 have the significance given in claim 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Li Chen, Lichun Feng, Yun He, Mengwei Huang, Hongying Yun
  • Publication number: 20110118250
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a new class of compounds useful for the modulation of Beta-secretase enzyme activity and for the treatment of Beta-secretase mediated diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related conditions. In one embodiment, the compounds have a general Formula I wherein A, B, R3, R4, R5, i and j are defined herein. The invention also comprises pharmaceutical compositions including one or more compounds of Formula I, methods of use for these compounds, including treatment of AD and related diseases, by administering the compound(s) of Formula I, or compositions including them, to a subject. The invention also comprises further embodiments of Formulas II and III, intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Brian K. Albrecht, Denise Lyn Andersen, Michael Bartberger, James Brown, Ryan Brown, Stuart C. Chaffee, Yuan Cheng, Michael Croghan, Russell Graceffa, Scott Harried, Stephen Hitchcock, Randall Hungate, Ted Judd, Matthew Kaller, Charles Kreiman, Daniel La, Patricia Lopez, Craig Masse, Holger Monenschein, Thomas Nguyen, Thomas Nixey, Vinod F. Patel, Lewis Pennington, Matthew Weiss, Qiufen Xue, Bryant Yang, Wenge Zhong
  • Publication number: 20110082143
    Abstract: Bicyclic heteroaryl compounds of formula (I) shown below are disclosed. Each variable in formula (I) is defined in the specification. Also disclosed is treatment of cancer with these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Chung-Ming Sun, Min-Liang Kuo
  • Publication number: 20110071126
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound represented by the following structural formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions and method of use of the compounds are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Salvacion CACATIAN, David A. CLAREMON, Lawrence W. DILLARD, Klaus FUCHS, Niklas HEINE, Lanqi JIA, Katerina LEFTHERIS, Brian McKEEVER, Angel MORALES-RAMOS, Suresh B. SINGH, Shankar VENKATRAMAN, Guosheng WU, Zhongren WU, Zhenrong XU, Jing YUAN, Yajun ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20110060006
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of heterocyclic derivatives as a2C adrenergic receptor agonists, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more conditions associated with the a2C adrenergic receptors using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: Schering Plough Corporation
    Inventors: Junying Zheng, Jianhua Chao, Kevin D. McCormick, Robert G. Aslanian, Mwangi W. Muthai, Christopher W. Boyce, Walter S. Won
  • Patent number: 7902245
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical formulations and methods including an immune response modifier (IRM) compound and an oleic acid component are provided where stability is improved by using oleic acid have low polar impurities such as peroxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Alexis S. Statham, Robert J. Nelson
  • Publication number: 20110053936
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to new inhibitors of the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase having the general formula (I), processes for preparation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Paul Robert Eastwood, Jacob Gonzalez Rodriguez, Bernat Vidal Juan, Nuria Aguilar Izquierdo
  • Patent number: 7868181
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new compounds of formula I, where R1 and R2 are independently halo or C1-3haloalkyl, X is ethenyl or ethynyl, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Carmen Leung, Miroslaw Tomaszewski, Simon Woo
  • Publication number: 20100317704
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and salts thereof are provided: wherein the groups are as defined in the specification. Uses of the compounds as medicaments, and in the manufacture of medicament for treating neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders, in particular psychoses, dementia or attention deficit disorder are also disclosed. The invention further comprises processes to make these compounds and pharmaceutical formulations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Richard Blunt, David Gwyn Cooper, Roderick Alan Porter, Paul Adrian Wyman
  • Publication number: 20100317661
    Abstract: The invention relates to small molecules which function as inhibitors of the interaction between p53 and MDM2. The invention also relates to the use of these compounds for inhibiting cell growth, inducing cell death, inducing cell cycle arrest and/or sensitizing cells to additional agent(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Shaomeng Wang, Dongguang Qin, Jianyong Chen, Shanghai Yu
  • Publication number: 20100210699
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): wherein X is O or S, R1 is acyl, aldehyde, cycloalkyl, an optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl, R2 is H, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl; substituted alkyl; alkylcarbonyl; R3 and R4 are H, halogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxyl, alkylthio, hydroxyalkyl, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, or haloalkynyl; or R3 and R4 form an, optionally aromatic or heterocyclic, optionally substituted ring, R5 is H, halogen, trifluoromethyl, —CN, or —NO2; not all of R3, R4, and R5 being H, R6 and R9 are H, halogen, OH; alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyl, thioalkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl; R7 and R8 are H, halogen, OH, SH; alkoxyl or alkylthio optionally substituted by OH and/or halogen; one of R7 and R8 not being H or halogen; or one of R7 and R8 is a pharmaceutically acceptable ester or thioester grouping, or R6 is C1-3-alkyl or, together with either R1 or R2, represents C1-3 alkylene or alkenylene linking group, optionally substituted by methyl, trifluoromethyl, OH, or
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Francois NIQUE, Catherine Jagerschmidt, Philippe Clement-Lacroix
  • Publication number: 20100168195
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of chroman compounds of formula I as ?2C adrenergic receptor agonists, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of prepaxing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more conditions associated with the ?2C adrenergic receptors using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Junying Zheng, Kevin D. McCormick, Jianhua Chao, Christopher W. Boyce, Robert G. Aslanian, Younong Yu
  • Publication number: 20100152216
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of Formula I: (where variables A1, A2, B, J, K, m, n, R4, R5a, R5b and R5c are as defined herein) useful as antagonists of CGRP receptors and useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the CGRP is involved, such as headache, migraine and cluster headache. 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 CGRP is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Craig A. Stump, Ian M. Bell, Harold G. Selnick
  • Publication number: 20100144774
    Abstract: The patent application relates to new heterocyclic compounds of the general formula (I), in which R, R1, R2, Q, T, n and p have the definitions elucidated in more detail in the description, to a process for preparing them and to the use of these compounds as medicaments, particularly as aldosterone synthase inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Peter Herold, Robert Mah, Stefan Stutz, Vincenzo Tschinke, Aleksandar Stojanovic, Nathalie Jotterand, Bibia Bennacer
  • Publication number: 20100119475
    Abstract: Compounds of general formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X and Y are as defined herein are inhibitors of glutaminyl cyclase and are therefore useful in treating conditions that can be treated by modulation of glutaminyl cyclase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: PROBIODRUG AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Heiser, Robert Sommer, Ulf-Torsten Gaertner, Antje Hamann, Michael Almstetter, Michael Thormann, Andreas Treml, Hans-Ulrich Demuth, Torsten Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20100048656
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) or a salt thereof are provided: wherein R6, R7, R8, R9, X, Ar, n, and m are as defined in the description. Uses of the compounds as medicaments, and in the manufacture of medicament for treating neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders, in particular psychoses, dementia or attention deficit disorder are also disclosed. The invention further discloses pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Nadia Mamoona Ahmad, Daniele Andreotti, Albert Andrzej Jaxa-Chamiec, Justine Yeun Quai Lai
  • Publication number: 20100010015
    Abstract: The patent application relates to new heterocyclic compounds of the general formula (I) in which A, R, R1, R2, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, n and p have the definitions elucidated in more detail in the description, to a process for preparing them and to the use of these compounds as medicaments, particularly as aldosterone synthase inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Peter Herold, Robert Mah, Vincenzo Tschinke, Aleksandar Stojanovic, Christiane Marti, Nathalie Jotterand, Christoph Schumacher, Michael Quirmbach
  • Publication number: 20090286990
    Abstract: A process for preparing irbesartan comprises pentanoylation of cycloleucine in the presence of sodium hydroxide to form n-pentanoyl cycloleucine, condensing this product with 2-(4-aminomethyl phenyl) benzonitrile using dicyclohexyl carbodiimide and 1-hydroxy benzotriazole as a catalyst to form the 4-(&quest-N-pentanoyl amino) cyclopentamido methyl-2?-cyano biphenyl compound, and then cyclizing using trifluoroacetic acid in the presence of an aromatic solvent to form cyano irbesartan. Cyano irbesartan is converted to irbesartan by reaction with tributyltin chloride and sodium azide in the presence of an aromatic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: Reguri Buchi Reddy, Sunkari Sudhakar, Chaganti Sridhar, Somisetti Narender Rao, Sundaram Venkataraman, Padi Pratap Reddy, Bollikonda Satyanarayana
  • Patent number: 7582667
    Abstract: The present invention provides a 10,11-dihydrospiro[dibenzo[a,d][7]annulene -5,4?-imidazol]-5?(1?H)-one compound of formula I Also provided are methods and compositions for the inhibition of ?-secretase (BACE) and the treatment of ?-amyloid deposits and neurofibrillary tangles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Dominick Anthony Quagliato, Patrick Michael Andrae, Yi Fan
  • Publication number: 20090186882
    Abstract: The present invention relates to CGRP receptor antagonists, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods therewith for treating CGRP receptor-mediated diseases and conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Corey Don Anderson, Andreas P. Termin, Pramod Joshi, Sara S. Hadida Ruah, Daniele Bergeron, Sanghee Yoo
  • Publication number: 20090182007
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I): said compound is inhibitor of aldosterone synthase, and thus can be employed for the treatment of a disorder or disease mediated by aldosterone synthase. Accordingly, the compound of formula I can be used in treatment of hypokalemia, hypertension, congestive heart failure, renal failure, in particular, chronic renal failure, restenosis, atherosderosis, syndrome X, obesity, nephropathy, post-myocardial infarction, coronary heart diseases, increased formation of collagen, cardiac fibrosis and remodeling following hypertension and endothelial dysfunction. Finally, the present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Christopher Adams, Julien Papillon, Gary Michael Ksander
  • Publication number: 20090176851
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new use of spiro-hydantoin derivatives of formula (I), or salts, solvates or solvated salts thereof, as well as to new compounds, a process for their preparation and new intermediates used in the preparation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing said therapeutically active compounds and to the use of said active compounds in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Lucy Horoszok, Carmen Leung, Miroslaw Tomaszewski, Christopher Walpole
  • Publication number: 20090137650
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new compounds of formula I, where R1 and R2 are independently halo or C1-3haloalkyl, X is ethenyl or ethynyl, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Carmen Leung, Miroslaw Tomaszewski, Simon Woo
  • Publication number: 20090076049
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new compounds of formula (I), wherein R1 to R9 and X are as defined as in formula I, or salts, solvates or solvated salts thereof, processes for their preparation and to new intermediates used in the preparation thereof, pharmaceutical formulations containing said compounds and to the use of said compounds in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Lucy Horoszok, Carmen Leung, Miroslaw Tomaszewski, Christopher Walpole
  • Publication number: 20090036478
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a new class of compounds useful for the modulation of Beta-secretase enzyme activity and for the treatment of Beta-secretase mediated diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related conditions. In one embodiment, the compounds have a general Formula I wherein R1a, R1b, R1c, B, W, R3, R4 and R5 are defined herein. In another embodiment, the invention provides compounds of general Formula II wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, R1a, R1b, R1c, R2, R4, R5, W, X and Z are defined herein. The invention also includes use of these compounds in pharmaceutical compositions for treatment, prophylactic or therapeutic, of disorders and conditions related to the activity of beta-secretase protein. Such disorders include, for example, Alzheimer's Disease (AD), cognitive deficits and impairment, schizophrenia and other similar central nervous system conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Wenge Zhong, Stephen Hitchcock, Vinod F. Patel, Michael Croghan, Thomas Dineen, Daniel Horne, Matthew Kaller, Charles Kreiman, Patricia Lopez, Holger Monenschein, Thomas Nguyen, Lewis Pennington, Qiufen Xue, Bryant Yang, Yuan Cheng
  • Publication number: 20090030056
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel phenyloin derivative compounds and the use of such compounds as sodium channel blockers. Such compositions have utility as anti-cancer agents and can be used to limit or prevent PCa growth and/or metastasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventor: Milton L. Brown
  • Publication number: 20080221185
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula (I) or a solvate thereof: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and n are as defined in the specification, and uses of such compounds. The compounds inhibit GlyT1 transporters and are useful in the treatment of certain neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Anthony William Dean, Roderick Alan Porter
  • Patent number: 7329759
    Abstract: The present invention provides illudin analogs of the general formula (I): where R1 is (CH2)n—X—Y or H; n is 0 to 4; X is O or S or N or absent; and Y is an optionally substituted (C1-C8)alkyl, (C6-C10)aryl, (C6-C10)aryl(C1-C4)alkyl or cyclo(C3-C6)alkyl optionally comprising one or more heteroatoms; a monosaccharide, an amino acid residue, or H when n is 2-4; R2 is absent; or R1 and R2 together comprise a 5-7 membered cyclic ring; R3 is (C1-C4)alkyl or H; R4 is H, SCH2CO2(C1-C4)alkyl, O—(C5-C12)aryl or —S—(C5-C12)aryl; R5 is H, OH or absent; R6 is (C1-C4)alkyl or absent; R7 is OH or OSi((C1-C4)alkyl)3; or R6 and R7 together are ethylenedioxy; R8 is optionally substituted (C1-C4)alkyl; and the bonds represented by ----- are individually present or absent. The invention further provides dimers comprising analogs of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Trevor C. McMorris, Michael J. Kelner
  • Patent number: 7309787
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic molecules capable of modulating tyrosine kinase signal transduction in order to regulate, modulate and/or inhibit abnormal cell proliferation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventor: Julie A. Wurster
  • Publication number: 20070259850
    Abstract: The invention encompasses constrained bicyclic and tricyclic CGRP-receptor antagonists, methods for identifying them, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and methods for their use in therapy for treatment of migraine and other headaches, neurogenic vasodilation, neurogenic inflammation, thermal injury, circulatory shock, flushing associated with menopause, airway inflammatory diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and other conditions the treatment of which can be effected by the antagonism of CGRP-receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Stephen E. Mercer, Prasad V. Chaturvedula
  • Patent number: 7288559
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds that are antagonists of CGRP receptors and that are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the CGRP is involved, such as headache, migraine and cluster headache. 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 CGRP is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Merck + Co, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian M. Bell, Steven N. Gallicchio, Craig A. Stump, C. Blair Zartman
  • Publication number: 20070203116
    Abstract: The present invention provides a 10,11-dihydrospiro[dibenzo[a,d][7]annulene-5,4?-imidazol]-5?(1?H)-one compound of formula I Also provided are methods and compositions for the inhibition of ?-secretase (BACE) and the treatment of ?-amyloid deposits and neurofibrillary tangles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: Wyeth
    Inventors: Dominick Anthony Quagliato, Patrick Michael Andrae, Yi Fan
  • Patent number: 7220866
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds having the formula (1): wherein R1 is hydrogen, fluoro or methoxyl, R1 being in position 2, 3, 4 or 5 of the aromatic carbocycle; R2 is hydrogen or methyl; R3 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; and their pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts, hydrates of their pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts as well as the isomers and the tautomers thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Pierre Fabre Medicament
    Inventors: Bernard Vacher, Bernard Bonnaud, Marc Marien, Peter Pauwels