The Polycyclo Ring System Contains Nitrogen As The Only Ring Hetero Atom Patents (Class 548/364.7)
  • Publication number: 20120157432
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and method of using the same in the treatment or prevention of diseases mediated by the activation of ?3-adrenoceptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme, Corp.
    Inventors: Scott D. Edmondson, Richard Berger, Lehua Chang, Vincent j. Colandrea, Jeffrey J. Hale, Bart Harper, Nam Fung Kar, Bing Li, Greg J. Morriello, Christopher R. Moyes, Deyou Sha, Dong-Ming Shen, Liping Wang, Harvey Wendt, Cheng Zhu
  • Publication number: 20120142705
    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 metabolic diseases and disorders such as, for example, type II diabetes mellitus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventor: Robert Francis Kester
  • Patent number: 8183241
    Abstract: The present invention concerns 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: UCB Pharma, S.A.
    Inventors: Benoît Kenda, Yannick Quesnel, Ali Ates, Philippe Michel, Laurent Turet, Joël Mercier
  • Publication number: 20120122842
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of NAMPT, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which NAMPT is expressed. Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of ROCK, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which ROCK is expressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Michael L. Curtin, Bryan K. Sorensen, Howard R. Heyman, Richard F. Clark, Kevin R. Woller, Omar J. Shah, Michael Michaelides, Chris Tse, Anil Vasudevan, Helmut Mack, Todd M. Hansen, Ramzi Sweis, Marina A. Pliushchev
  • Publication number: 20120115903
    Abstract: Substituted heteroaromatic carboxamide and urea compounds corresponding to formula (i) processes for the preparation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and also a method of using these compounds in pharmaceutical compositions for treating or inhibiting pain and other conditions mediated at least in part via the vanilloid receptor 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Frank, Thomas Christoph, Bernhard Lesch, Jeewoo Lee
  • Publication number: 20120115893
    Abstract: Substituted bicyclic carboxamide and urea compounds corresponding to formula (I) processes for the preparation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and a method of using these compounds for the treatment and/or inhibition of pain and other conditions mediated at least in part via the vanilloid receptor 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Robert FRANK, Thomas CHRISTOPH, Sven FRORMANN
  • Publication number: 20120094995
    Abstract: This invention relates to 2-aza-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane compounds (and salts thereof), the process for making such a compound and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such a compound. The invention also relates to the use of the compounds for modulating the glycine transporter 1 (GlyT1) and for the treatment of psychosis, cognitive disorders, bipolar disorders, depression disorders, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorders and pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Albert, Donald Andisik, Cristobal Alhambra, Todd Andrew Brugel, Glen E Ernst, William Frietze, Lindsay Hinkley, Jeffrey Gilbert Varnes, Xia Wang, Hui Xiong
  • Publication number: 20120083488
    Abstract: A compound represented by the general Formula (I) below, or a salt or solvate thereof, which is useful as an ALK inhibitor, and is useful for prophylaxis or treatment of a disease accompanied by abnormality in ALK, for example, cancer, cancer metastasis, depression or cognitive function disorder: (meanings of the symbols that are included in the formula are as given in the specification).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Kazutomo Kinoshita, Kohsuke Asoh, Noriyuki Furuichi, Toshiya Ito, Hatsuo Kawada, Nobuya Ishii, Hiroshi Sakamoto, WooSang Hong, MinJeong Park, Yoshiyuki Ono, Yashuharu Kato, Kenji Morikami, Takashi Emura, Nobuhiro Oikawa
  • Publication number: 20120083475
    Abstract: This invention provides novel compounds and the novel compounds for use as a medicine, more in particular for the prevention or treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, more specifically certain neurological disorders, such as disorders collectively known as tauopathies, and disorders characterised by cytotoxic ?-synuclein amyloidogenesis. The present invention also relates to the use of said novel compounds for the manufacture of medicaments useful for treating such neurodegenerative disorders. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions including said novel compounds and to methods for the preparation of said novel compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Gerard Griffioen, Tom Van Dooren, Veronica Rojas De La Parra, Arnaud Marchand, Sara Allasia, Amuri Kilonda, Patrick Chaltin
  • Patent number: 8143424
    Abstract: A novel thyroid like compounds of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and Z are as defined in the specification, method for its preparation, composition and use thereof. Further, compounds of formula (I) has significantly low binding affinity to thyroid receptors and thus considerably devoid of thyrotoxic effects. The invention also relates to the use of the compound of formula (I) for the preparation of a medicament for treating various disease conditions including obesity, dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome and co-morbidities associated with metabolic syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Laxmikant Chhipa, Shitalkumar Pukharaj Zambad, Ramesh Gupta, Davinder Tuli, Ashok Kasundra, Siralee Munshi, M. Amir Siddiqui, Subrat Kumar Bhattamisra, Chaitanya Dutt, Vijay Chauthaiwale
  • Publication number: 20120046474
    Abstract: Problem Provided is a novel cyanine dye derivative having high fluorescence intensity in a short wavelength region, a structure where a pyrazole skeleton and an indole skeleton are bound to a polymethine chain, and also a controllable migration velocity by further introducing a quaternary ammonium cation into a molecule having said structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: WAKO PURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Yamamoto, Tatsuo Kurosawa, Satoshi Hasaba, Matsuhiro Date
  • Patent number: 8106086
    Abstract: A compound represented by the general formula (I-a): [wherein R1a and R2a each means hydrogen, lower cycloalkyl, lower alkyl, etc.; R3a means hydrogen, lower cycloalkyl, lower alkyl, etc.; R4a and R5a each means lower alkyl, lower cycloalkyl, etc. or R4a and R5a are bonded to each other to form lower cycloalkylidene; and R6a means lower alkyl, lower haloalkyl, etc.]. This compound functions as an LCE inhibitor and is useful as a therapeutic agent for various circulatory diseases, nervous diseases, metabolic diseases, reproductive diseases, digestive tract diseases, neoplasm, infectious diseases, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: MSD K.K.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Nagase, Nagaaki Sato
  • Publication number: 20120015966
    Abstract: Compounds are described that are active on at least one of PPAR?, PPAR?, and PPAR?, which are useful for therapeutic and/or prophylactic methods involving modulation of at least one of PPAR?, PPAR?, and PPAR?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Jack Lin, Byunghun Lee, Shenghua Shi, Chao Zhang, Dean R. Artis, Prabha N. Ibrahim, Weiru Wang, Rebecca Zuckerman
  • Publication number: 20110319460
    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: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: Julie A. Wurster, Richard C. Yee
  • Publication number: 20110306624
    Abstract: Glucagon receptor antagonist compounds are disclosed. The compounds are useful for treating type 2 diabetes and related conditions. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment are also included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Songnian Lin, Xibin Liao, Edward Metzger, Emma R. Parmee, Sheryl D. Debenham
  • Publication number: 20110263565
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of general formula (1), wherein R1 to R4 are defined as in claim 1, which are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterised by excessive or abnormal cell proliferation, and their use for preparing a medicament having the above-mentioned properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Treu, Thomas Karner, Ulrich Reiser
  • Publication number: 20110263614
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted indoles useful as pharmaceutical compounds for treating respiratory disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Roger Bonnert, Rukhsana Mohammed, Mark Robert Dickinson
  • Publication number: 20110263599
    Abstract: Compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Mcl-1 protein, compositions containing the compounds, and methods of treating diseases involving overexpressed or unregulated Mcl-1 protein are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Xiaohong Song, Hong Ding, Steven W. Elmore, Milan Bruncko, David J. Madar, Andrew J. Souers, Cheol-Min Park, Zhi-Fu Tao, Xilu Wang, Aaron R. Kunzer
  • Publication number: 20110243850
    Abstract: Provided is a novel probe for a biological specimen for labelling by itself and clearly visualizing one of a specific cell and a specific cell organ in a living body, the probe having excellent spectral characteristics and exhibiting excellent storage stability. The probe for a biological specimen contains, as an active agent, at least one kind of compound represented by a general formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taichi Shintou, Takeshi Miyazaki, Masashi Hirose, Taketoshi Okubo, Kohei Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Nomoto, Toshio Tanaka, Yuhei Nishimura, Yasuhito Shimada, Norihiro Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20110237559
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention relates to a novel class of 6-substituted sulfonyl-1,3,3-trialkyl-6-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane compounds useful to inhibit 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type-I, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more conditions associated with the expression of 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type-I using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Craig D. Boyle, Samuel Chackalamannil, Unmesh Shah, Claire M. Lankin
  • Publication number: 20110201555
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable ester, amide, solvate or salt thereof, including a salt of such an ester or amide, and a solvate of such an ester, amide or salt. The invention also provides also provides the use of such compounds in the treatment or prophylaxis of a condition associated with a disease or disorder associated with estrogen receptor activity. wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 , R10 and R11 are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Patrik Rhönnstad, Theresa Apelqvist, Mattias Wennerstål, Aiping Cheng, Sandra Gordon
  • Publication number: 20110195986
    Abstract: The present application provides compounds, including all stereoisomers, solvates, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable forms thereof according to Formula I wherein R1, R4, R5, R3, R3a, W, D, R2a, R2b and R2c are defined herein. Additionally, the present application provides pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one compound according to Formula I and optionally at least one additional therapeutic agent. Finally, the present application provides methods for treating a patient suffering from an MCHR-1 modulated disease or disorder such as, for example, obesity, diabetes, depression, anxiety or intestinal inflammation, by administration of a therapeutically effective dose of a compound according to Formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Guohua Zhao, William N. Washburn, James J. Mignone
  • Publication number: 20110190294
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable ester, amide, carbamate, solvate or salt thereof, including a salt of such an ester, amide or carbamate, and a solvate of such an ester, amide, carbamate or salt. The invention also provides also provides the use of such compounds in the treatment or prophylaxis of a condition associated with a disease or disorder associated with estrogen receptor activity, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Patrik Rhönnstad, Elisabet Kallin, Theresa Apelqvist, Mattias Wennerstål, Aiping Cheng
  • Publication number: 20110160243
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain substituted tricyclic acid derivatives of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which exhibit useful pharmacological properties, for example, as agonists of the S1P1 receptor. Also provided by the present invention are pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of the invention, and methods of using the compounds and compositions of the invention in the treatment of S1P1-associated disorders, for example, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, transplant rejection, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, ulcerative colitis, type I diabetes, acne, myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury, hypertensive nephropathy, glomerulosclerosis, gastritis, polymyositis, thyroiditis, vitiligo, hepatitis, biliary cirrhosis, microbial infections and associated diseases, viral infections and associated diseases, diseases and disorders mediated by lymphocytes, auto immune diseases, inflammatory diseases, and cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: Arena Pharmaceuticals ,Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Jones, Daniel J. Buzard, Andrew M. Kawasaki, Sun Hee Kim, Lars Thoresen, Juerg Lehmann, Xiuwen Zhu
  • Publication number: 20110144332
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of formula (I) and methods of inhibiting Hsp90 in a cell, treating or preventing a proliferation disorder in a mammal and treating cancer in a mammal comprising administering a compound of formula (I) to a patient or a cell. Variable R5 is an optionally substituted heteroaryl; an optionally substituted 6 to 14-membered aryl; a bicyclic 9-member heterocycle optionally substituted at any substitutable nitrogen or carbon atoms; or a substituent R18, defined herein. Ring A is an aryl or a heteroaryl optionally further substituted with one or more substituents in addition to R3. Substituent R3 is defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Weiwen Ying, Shijie Zhang, Zhenjian Du, Kevin Foley
  • Publication number: 20110136860
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I): Or its salts or pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof wherein: A represents a chemical moiety with the general formula (II): X and Y are independently selected from a group consisting of CH2, CH(R5) or C(R5)(R6); R1 is selected from the group consisting of optionally substituted arylalkyl, and optionally substituted heteroarylalkyl; R2 is selected from the group consisting of optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl or NR7R8; R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 and R8 are as defined herein, n=0, 1, 2 or 3; o=0, 1 or 2, with the proviso that when o=0, then n is 1, 2 or 3 and when o=1, then n is 1 or 2 is provided. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds are also provided. These compounds are useful in the treatment of various disorders including arrhythmia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: Xention Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard John Hamlyn, Mushtaq Mulla, David Madge
  • Publication number: 20110136807
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds and methods for modulating one or more components of a kinase cascade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: Kinex Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventor: David G. Hangauer, JR.
  • Publication number: 20110129455
    Abstract: Invented are novel pyrrole compounds, the use of such compounds as inhibitors of protein kinase B activity and in the treatment of cancer and arthritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Hong Lin, Meagan B. Rouse, Mark A. Seefeld, Dennis S. Yamashita, Ren Xie
  • Patent number: 7943607
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), wherein R1, R4, HET-1 and HET-2 are as described in the specification, and their salts and pro-drugs, are activators of glucokinase (GLK) and are thereby useful in the treatment of, for example, type 2 diabetes. Processes for preparing compounds of formula (I) are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Darren McKerrecher, Kurt Gordon Pike, Michael James Waring
  • Publication number: 20110112058
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel calcium release-activated calcium (CRAC) channel inhibitors, methods for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of treatment using them. The present disclosure also relates to methods for treating non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with CRAC inhibitors, and to methods for identifying therapeutics for treating and of diagnosing cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicants: Incozen Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd., Rhizen Pharmaceuticals SA
    Inventors: MEYYAPPAN MUTHUPPALANIAPPAN, Srikant Viswanadha, Kanthikiran V. Varanasi, Gayatri S. Merikapudi, Swaroop Kumar V.S. Vakkalanka
  • Patent number: 7935708
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of a general formula (I): wherein Ar1 is an optionally-substituted aryl or heteroaromatic group; R1 is an optionally-substituted lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl or cyclo-lower alkyl group, or is an aryl, aralkyl or heteroaromatic group optionally having a substituent; R2 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkenyl group or a lower alkynyl group, or is an aryl, aralkyl or heteroaromatic group optionally having a substituent; R3 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R4 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a lower alkyl group or a group of —N(R1k)R1m; T and U are a nitrogen atom or a methine group, etc. The compounds of the invention have excellent Weel kinase-inhibitory effect and are therefore useful in the field of medicines, especially treatment of various cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: MSD K.K.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sagara, Sachie Otsuki, Satoshi Sunami, Toshihiro Sakamoto, Kenji Niiyama, Fuyuki Yamamoto, Takashi Yoshizumi, Hidetomo Furuyama, Yasuhiro Goto, Makoto Bamba, Keiji Takahashi, Hiroshi Hirai, Toshihide Nishibata
  • Publication number: 20110071150
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of making the compounds and using the compounds for treatment of diseases associated with calcium release-activated calcium channels (CRAC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Muzaffar Alam, Daisy Joe Du Bois, Ronald Charles Hawley, Joshua Kennedy-Smith, Ana Elena Minatti, Wylie Solang Palmer, Tania Silva, Robert Stephen Wilhelm
  • Publication number: 20110059964
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the orexin receptor antagonists compounds of the general formula (I) as well as to their isomers, salts and solvates, to the pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to the therapeutic application thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: sanofi-aventis
    Inventors: Michel Aletru, Peter Aranyi, Maria Balogh, Sandor Batori, Judit Bence, Philippe Bovy, Zoltan Kapui, Endre Mikus, Claudie Namane, Christophe Philippo, Tibor Szabo, Zsuzsanna Tomoskozi, Katalin Urban-Szabo
  • Publication number: 20110046171
    Abstract: This invention concerns arylsulfonyl pyrazoline carboxamidine derivatives as antagonists of 5-ht6 receptors, to methods for the preparation of these compounds and to novel intermediates useful for their synthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Arnold Van Loevezijn, Wouter I. Iwema Bakker, Axel Stoit, Agatha A.M. Rensink, Jennifer Venhorst, Martina A.W. Van Der Neut, Martin De Haan, Cornelis G. Kruse
  • Publication number: 20110028486
    Abstract: The present invention relates to modulation of the ?7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) by a compound of List A or a salt thereof, which may be represented, but is not limited to the compound N-[(2-Trifluoromethyl-1H-indol-5-yl)methyl]-5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-pyrimidinecarboxamide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Kevin Dinnell, Andrew P. Lightfoot, Howard Robert Marshall
  • Publication number: 20110009384
    Abstract: The present invention provides an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes, which has a superior hypoglycemic action, and is associated with a fewer side effects such as body weight gain and the like. The resent invention relates an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes, which comprises a compound represented by wherein each symbol is as defined in the description, or a salt thereof or a prodrug thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Taisuke Tawaraishi, Hiroshi Imoto, Nobuo Cho
  • Patent number: 7863310
    Abstract: The present invention provides kinase inhibitors of Formula I:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Rosanne Bonjouklian, Robert Dean Dally, Alfonso de Dios, Mirian Filadelfa del Prado Catalina, Carmen Dominguez-Fernandez, Carlos Jaramillo Aguado, Beatriz Lopez de Uralde-Garmendia, Timothy Alan Shepherd
  • Publication number: 20100331346
    Abstract: Novel heterocyclic compounds of the formula I in which R1, R2, R2?, R2?, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are activators of glucokinase and can be used for the prevention and/or treatment of Diabetes Typ 1 and 2, obesity, neuropathy and/or nephropathy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Stefan Bender, Lars Thore Burgdorf, Ulrich Emde, Norbert Beier, Johannes Gleitz, Christine Charon
  • Publication number: 20100317100
    Abstract: The present invention embraces compositions and methods for establishing and maintaining stem cells and inhibiting stem cell differentiation using a selective Protein Kinase C (PKC) inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Soumen Paul, Debasree Dutta, Soma Ray, Jeffrey Aube, Frank John Schoenen
  • Patent number: 7851500
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The formula (I) compounds inhibit tyrosine kinase activity thereby making them useful as anticancer agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Marco Dodier, Claude A. Quesnelle, Anne Marinier
  • Publication number: 20100305100
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using such compounds or compositions for treating infection by a virus, or for affecting viral IRES activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Gary Mitchell Karp, Peter Seongwoo Hwang, James J. Takasugi, Hongyu Ren, Richard Gerald Wilde, Anthony Turpoff, Alexander Arefolov, Guangming Chen, Jeffrey Allen Campbell, Chunshi Li, Steven Paget, Nanjing Zhang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Jin Zhu
  • Publication number: 20100292190
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of general formula (I) as tublin polymerisation inhibitors and methods for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: Bionomics Limited
    Inventors: Jason Hugh Chaplin, Gurmit Singh Gill, Damian Wojciech Grobelny, Bernard Luke Flynn
  • Publication number: 20100292187
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using such compounds or compositions for treating infection by a virus, or for affecting viral IRES activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Gary M. Karp, Peter Seongwoo Hwang, James J. Takasugi, Hongyu Ren, Richard Gerald Wilde, Anthony A. Turpoff, Alexander Arefolov, Guangming Chen, Jeffrey A. Campbell, Chunshi Li, Steven Paget, Nanjing Zhang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Jin Zhu
  • Patent number: 7829581
    Abstract: The present invention relates to prodrugs of pyrazoline compounds of formula I, methods for their preparation, medicaments comprising these compounds as well as their use for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of humans and animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Laboratorios Del Dr. Esteve, S.A.
    Inventors: Antonio Torrens Jover, Susana Yenes-Minguez
  • Patent number: 7825155
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compound represented by the formula (1) below, a prodrug thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of either, which is useful as a therapeutic, preventive or ameliorating agent for diabetes and the like. (In the formula, R3 represents an optionally substituted carbamoyl group or the like; X represents a hydroxyl group or the like; W1 and W2 independently represent a single bond or methylene; R7 and R8 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted alkyl group or the like; and Ar represents an optionally substituted aryl group or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruhisa Tokunaga, Tsuyoshi Takasaki, Kozo Yoshida, Ryu Nagata
  • Publication number: 20100244672
    Abstract: An object is to provide a novel heterocyclic compound having a bipolar property. Another object is to provide a light-emitting element, a light-emitting device, and an electronic appliance each having high emission efficiency. A heterocyclic compound represented by a general formula (G1), a light-emitting element, a light-emitting device, and an electronic appliance each formed using the heterocyclic compound represented by the general formula (G1) are provided. By use of the heterocyclic compound represented by the general formula (G1) to a light-emitting element, a light-emitting device, and an electronic appliance, the light-emitting element, the light-emitting device, and the electronic appliance can each have high emission efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Hiroko NOMURA, Hiroshi KADOMA, Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20100243959
    Abstract: A derivative with a heteroaromatic ring represented by General Formula (G1) is provided. R11 to R20 in the formula independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms in a ring. J represents a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms in a ring. Note that ? and ? may be bonded to each other to form a carbazole skeleton. Het is a substituent represented by General Formula (S1-1) or (S1-2). In General Formulae (S1-1) and (S1-2), Ar1 to Ar4 are independently a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms in a ring. R1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms in a ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroko NOMURA, Hiroshi KADOMA, Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Satoshi SEO
  • Patent number: 7803799
    Abstract: This invention relates to selenophene compounds of formula (I) shown below. Each variable in formula (I) is defined in the specification. These compounds can be used to treat cannabinoid-receptor mediated disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: National Health Research Institutes
    Inventors: Kak-Shan Shia, Jing-Po Tsao, Chia-Liang Tai, Wan-Ping Hsieh, Ming-Shiu Hung, Jen-Shin Song, Yu-Sheng Chao
  • Patent number: 7799933
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with novel sulfonamide derivatives of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, X and Y are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts and esters thereof. These compounds inhibit L-CPT1 and can be used as medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Simona M. Ceccarelli, Odile Chomienne, Patrizio Mattei, Ulrike Obst Sander
  • Publication number: 20100168110
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a novel thyroid like compounds of formula (I), wherein R1 R2, R3, R4 and Z are as defined in the specification, method for its preparation, composition containing such compounds and use of such compounds and composition as medicament. Further, compounds of formula (I) has significantly low binding affinity to thyroid receptors and thus considerably devoid of thyrotoxic effects. The invention also relates to the use of the compound of formula (I) for the preparation of a medicament for treating various disease conditions such as obesity, dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome and co-morbidities associated with metabolic syndrome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: TORRENT PHARMACEUTICALS LTD.
    Inventors: Laxmikant Chhipa, Shitalkumar Zambad, Ramesh Gupta, Davinder Tuli, Ashok Kasundra, Siralee Munshi, M. Amir Siddiqui, Subrat Kumar Bhattamisra, C. Dutt, Vijay Chauthaiwale