The Bicyclo Ring System Consists Of The Five-membered Hetero Ring And A Benzene Ring (e.g., Indole, Etc.) Patents (Class 548/469)
  • Patent number: 8734818
    Abstract: The present specification discloses tetrahydroindolone derivatives or analogues and methods for treating cognitive/attention deficit disorders using such tetrahydroindolone derivatives and analogues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Alvin J. Glasky, David B. Fick, David R. Helton
  • Patent number: 8735432
    Abstract: The invention concerns compounds of general formula (I), wherein n, X1, X2, X3, X4, Y and W are as defined herein. The invention also concerns a method for preparing said compounds and their therapeutic use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Laurent Dubois, Yannick Evanno, Andre Malanda
  • Publication number: 20140142147
    Abstract: Cyanines which selectively bind to G-quadruplex DNA complexes, particularly quadruplexes expressed in cancer cells, and methods of making and using thereof are described herein. The cyanine can be a symmetrical or unsymmetrical streptocyanine, hemicyanine, closed chain cyanine, or combinations thereof. The cyanine is preferably substituted with one or more groups that minimize or prevent aggregation of the cyanine and/or inhibit binding of the cyanine to duplex DNA. One or more of the cyanines can be formulated with one or more pharmaceutical excipients and/or carrier to prepare pharmaceutical compositions suitable for administration to a patient, particular a human patient. The compounds and compositions described herein can be used to treat diseases or disorders characterized by the expression of G-quadruplex DNA, such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Maged Henary, W. David Wilson
  • Publication number: 20140128408
    Abstract: Histone deacetylases inhibitors (HDACIs) and compositions containing the same are disclosed. Methods of treating diseases and conditions wherein inhibition of HDAC provides a benefit, like a cancer, a neurodegenerative disorder, a peripheral neuropathy, a neurological disease, traumatic brain injury, stroke, hypertension, malaria, an autoimmune disease, autism, autism spectrum disorders, and inflammation, also are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    Inventors: Alan Kozikowski, Jay H. Kalin, Kyle V. Butier, Joel Bergman, Wayne W. Hancock
  • Patent number: 8716527
    Abstract: Methods of treating or suppressing oxidative stress diseases including mitochondrial diseases, impaired energy processing disorders, neurodegenerative diseases and diseases of aging are disclosed, as well as compounds useful in the methods of the invention, such as 2- substituted-p-quinone derivatives as disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Edison Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew W. Hinman, Kieron E. Wesson, Orion D. Jankowski, Paul Mollard, William D. Shrader, Christopher R. Cornell
  • Patent number: 8703808
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of derivatives of indoles having a general formula (I) as follow: for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition intended for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Catherine Guillou, Frank Kozielski, Christophe Labriere, Francoise Gueritte, Sergey Tcherniuk, Dimitrios Skoufias, Claude Thal, Henri-Philippe Husson
  • Patent number: 8697730
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for the synthesis of 3-[5-(pyridin-2-ylmethoxy)-3-(2-methyl-2-propylthio)-1-[4-(2-methoxypyridin-5-yl)benzyl]-indol-2-yl]-2,2-dimethyl-propionic acid, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutically acceptable solvates thereof. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions suitable for oral administration to a mammal that include, as well as methods of using such oral pharmaceutical compositions for treating respiratory conditions or diseases, as well as other leukotriene-dependent or leukotriene mediated conditions or diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Panmira Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Melissa Virginia Rewolinski, Kevin Murray Schaab, Christopher David King, Nicholas Simon Stock
  • Patent number: 8697123
    Abstract: The invention relates to medicine and chemico-pharmaceutical industry. A medication for treating human hyperplastic and inflammatory diseases containing 3,3?-diindolylmethane as an active agent and a carrier containing a mixture of cod-liver oil and at least one polysorbate at the following proportions of the components in mass %: 3,3?-diindolylmethane ?1-20 cod-liver oil 10-20 polysorbate the balance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Zakrytoye akstionernoye obschestvo “VELES FARMA”
    Inventor: Vsevolod Ivanovich Kiselev
  • Patent number: 8680159
    Abstract: Substituted benzamide compounds corresponding to formula (I) in which R5, R6, R7, R8, a, b, c, d, t, D and X have defined meanings, a process for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and a method of using such compounds to treat pain and other conditions mediated at least in part via the bradykinin 1 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Melanie Reich, Stefan Schunk, Ruth Jostock, Jean De Vry, Christa Kneip, Tieno Germann, Michael Engels
  • Publication number: 20140081017
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods to selectively treat fungal infection. More particularly, the invention relates to compounds, compositions thereof, and methods for selectively enhancing fungal sensitivity to antifungal compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: METHYLGENE INC.
    Inventor: METHYLGENE INC.
  • Patent number: 8664261
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of formula (I) wherein m is 0, 1 or 2; R1 is a mono- or bicyclic heterocyclic ring system including one, two or three heteroatoms selected from nitrogen, sulphur and oxygen; R2 is selected from hydrogen, methyl and ethyl; I) R3 is hydrogen, methyl, or ethyl; and R4 and R5 are independently selected from ethyl and isopropyl; and R3, R4 and R5 together have at least 6 carbon atoms; or II) any two or all of R3, R4 and R5 form together with the carbon atom to which they are attached 3-para-menthyl, bornyl, or adamantyl; having cooling properties, their use as cooling agent and compositions including them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Givaudan S.A.
    Inventor: Stefan Michael Furrer
  • Publication number: 20140058106
    Abstract: Described herein are fluorinated organic compounds and methods of making fluorinated organic compounds, for example, using palladium complexes. Also described herein are compositions and kits containing compounds and palladium complexes described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventors: Tobias Ritter, Takeru Furuya, Hanns M. Kaiser
  • Patent number: 8658794
    Abstract: The present invention provides 8-methyl-1-phenyl-imidazo[1,5-a]pyrazine derivatives according to formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds of the current invention show inhibitory activity against Lck and can be used for the treatment of Lck-mediated diseases or Lck-mediated conditions such as inflammatory disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V.
    Inventors: Adrianus Petrus Antonius de Man, Johannes Bernardus Maria Rewinkel, Christiaan Gerardus Johannes Maria Jans, Hans Cornelis Andreas Raaijmakers, Jacobus Cornelis Henricus Maria Wijkmans
  • Patent number: 8652363
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel boron compound that has a maximum absorption wavelength in the near-infrared light range and has low absorption in the visible ray range, and thus is excellent as a near-infrared absorber, and a near-infrared absorber and a near-infrared absorbing synthetic resin composition using the compound. The present invention specifically provides a boron compound represented by the following general formula (1), preferably a boron compound wherein R1 to R16 in the general formula (1) each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and a near-infrared absorbing synthetic resin composition containing the boron compound as a near-infrared absorber In the above-mentioned general formula (1), R1 to R16 each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, a cyano group, an amino group, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms optionally having substituents, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Adeka Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Ueda, Kazukiyo Nomura
  • Patent number: 8637521
    Abstract: The present invention discloses multifunctional bioactive compounds of formula (I) constituted of an immunoregulatory portion linked to a stabilizer moiety and pharmaceutical compositions thereof useful in the treatment of immune disorders and hemopoietic disorders such as immune cytopema, multiple myeloma, chronic lymphoid leucosis, lymphocytic lymphomas, lymphosarcomas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Manus Pharmaceuticals (Canada) Ltd.
    Inventor: Vladislav I. Deigin
  • Publication number: 20140012004
    Abstract: The invention relates to palladium(0) tris{tri-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)-phenyl]-phosphine} complex of formula (I), as well as to its preparation and use. This compound is outstandingly stable, and can be used as catalyst with excellent results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: H4SEP KFT
    Inventors: Zoltán Daliczek, Tibor Soós, Zoltán Finta, Géza Timári, Gábor Vlád
  • Patent number: 8623593
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method of determining a test compound's ability to modify the biological activity of a GPR17. Said method comprises, among others, the step of contacting the test compound with a GPR17, or a functional GPR17 fragment in the presence of a suitable amount of a GPR17 agonist of formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
    Inventors: Evi Kostenis, Andreas Spinrath, Stephanie Hennen, Lucas Peters, Christa E. Muller, Rhalid Akkari, Younis Baqi, Kirsten Ritter
  • Patent number: 8598181
    Abstract: Compounds of the present invention and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”). The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Sara S. Hadida Ruah, Peter D. J. Grootenhuis, Fredrick Van Goor, Jinglan Zhou, Brian Bear, Mark T. Miller, Jason McCartney, Mehdi Michel Jamel Numa, Xiaoqing Yang
  • Patent number: 8598078
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I wherein the substituents are as defined in Claim 1, and the agrochemically acceptable salts and all stereoisomers and tautomeric forms of the compounds of formula I can be used as agrochemical active ingredients and can be prepared in a manner known per se.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC
    Inventors: Olivier Loiseleur, Roger Graham Hall, André Denis Stoller, Gerald Wayne Craig, André Jeanguenat, Andrew Edmunds
  • Patent number: 8586754
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 or Bcl-xL proteins, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which are expressed anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Milan Bruncko, Hong Ding, George A. Doherty, Steven W. Elmore, Lisa Hasvold, Laura Hexamer, Aaron R. Kunzer, Robert A. Mantei, William J. McClellan, Chang H. Park, Cheol-Min Park, Andrew M. Petros, Xiaohong Song, Andrew J. Souers, Gerard M. Sullivan, Zhi-Fu Tao, Gary T. Wang, Le Wang, Xilu Wang, Michael D. Wendt, Todd M. Hansen
  • Patent number: 8575193
    Abstract: Compounds of a certain formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, X, Y, r, s, t, u and v have the meanings as defined in the specification, and the salts, solvates and hydrates thereof are novel effective HDAC 6 inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Thomas Maier, Christian Hesslinger, Barbara Beckers
  • Patent number: 8575210
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound derived from indole, especially a therapeutically useful compound, characterized in that it is selected from compounds of formula (I) in which R1 represents a halogen or a trifluoromethyl group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C4 alkyl group, R3 represents an isopropyl (1-methylethyl) group or a tert-butyl (1,1-dimethylethyl) group and n=3 or 4 and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of said compounds of formula (I). Application: Treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and more particularly of Parkinson's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Laboratoires Fournier SA
    Inventors: Benaïssa Boubia, Johannes Bernard Van Vliet, Joseph Antonius Jacobus Den Hartog, Andrew McCreary, Mireille Tallandier, Petronella Johanna Maria Van Dongen, Olivia Poupardin-Olivier
  • Patent number: 8575183
    Abstract: Substituted bicyclic heteroaryls and compositions containing them, for the treatment of general inflammation, arthritis, rheumatic diseases, osteoarthritis, inflammatory bowel disorders, inflammatory eye disorders, inflammatory or unstable bladder disorders, psoriasis, skin complaints with inflammatory components, chronic inflammatory conditions, including but not restricted to autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE), myestenia gravis, rheumatoid arthritis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, multiples sclerosis, Sjoegren's syndrome and autoimmune hemolytic anemia, allergic conditions including all forms of hypersensitivity, The present invention also enables methods for treating cancers that are mediated, dependent on or associated with p110? activity, including but not restricted to leukemias, such as Acute Myeloid leukaemia (AML) Myelo-dysplastic syndrome (MDS) myelo-proliferative diseases (MPD) Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) T-cell Acute Lympho
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy David Cushing, Jason A. Duquette, Xiao He, Julia Lohman, Youngsook Shin
  • Publication number: 20130281700
    Abstract: The invention relates to palladium(0)-tris{tri-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)-phenyl]-phosphine} complex of formula (I), as well as to its preparation and use. This compound is outstandingly stable, and can be used as catalyst with excellent results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicants: CHINOIN GYOGYSZER-ES VEGYESZETI TER-MEKEK GYARA ZRT, H4SEP KFT
    Inventors: Zoltán DALICZEK, Tibor SOÓS, Zoltán FINTA, Géza Timári, Gábor Vlád
  • Patent number: 8563763
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isonitrile compounds, methods of synthesis, and uses in a variety of fields. In one aspect, the present invention includes sulfinyl methyl isonitriles and methods for their preparation. In another aspect, the present invention includes the use of sulfinyl methyl isonitriles to prepare various other isonitrile compounds and derivatives thereof. In yet another aspect, the present invention includes a relatively simple and routine synthesis of sulfinyl methyl isonitrile compounds, other isonitrile compounds and derivatives thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Duquesne University of the Holy Ghost
    Inventors: Fraser Ferguson Fleming, Bhaskar Reddy Pitta
  • Patent number: 8563594
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating pain using S1P3 receptor inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: John E. Donello, Richard L. Beard, Fabien J. Schweighoffer
  • Publication number: 20130263390
    Abstract: The invention relates to 4-aminoindole derivatives of formula (I), and the addition salts thereof, mesomers thereof, isomers thereof and solvates thereof: and to their use for the oxidation dyeing of keratin fibres, and in particular of human keratin fibres such as the hair. The present invention makes it possible to achieve dark shades, natural shades and dark natural shades. The present invention also makes it possible to obtain powerful, chromatic, aesthetic, sparingly selective coloration of keratin fibres in varied shades, which is resistant to the various attacking factors to which the hair may be subjected. In particular, when the 4-aminoindole derivatives are combined with one or more heterocyclic oxidation bases, they make it possible to obtain a wide range of colours and coloration of keratin fibres that shows good chromaticity and good selectivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Aziz Fadli, Fatima Makhlouf
  • Patent number: 8541450
    Abstract: The invention relates to enantiomerically pure 3-(phthalimido)piperidines and processes for preparing enantiomerically pure 3-(phthalimido)piperidines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Waldemar Pfrengle, Thorsten Pachur
  • Patent number: 8536221
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel amide derivatives that are PAMs of neuronal nicotinic receptors, compositions comprising the same, processes for preparing such compounds, and methods for using such compounds and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Kathleen H. Mortell, Diana L. Nersesian, Michael R. Schrimpf, Chih-Hung Lee, Murali Gopalakrishnan
  • Publication number: 20130231333
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are estrogen receptor modulators. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the compounds described herein, as well methods of using such estrogen receptor modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that are mediated or dependent upon estrogen receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: ARAGON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. Smith, Mehmet Kahraman, Steven P. Govek, Johnny Y. Nagasawa, Andiliy G. Lai, Jackaline D. Julien, Mark R. Herbert, Celine Bonnefous, Karensa L. Douglas
  • Publication number: 20130231604
    Abstract: Halo-organic heterocyclic compounds are described, in which at least two halogen atoms are bound to a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic terminal moiety of the compound, with at least one of such halogen atoms being iodine or bromine. Also described are polymethine dyes based on these heterocyclic compounds, and dendrimeric compounds and conjugates of such polymethine dyes. The polymethine dyes are characterized by enhanced properties, e.g., brightness, photostability, sensitivity and/or selective affinity that make them useful to target cancer cells, pathogenic microorganisms, and/or other biological materials, in applications such as photodynamic therapy, photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT), cancer treatment, selective removal or attachment of biological materials, antimicrobial coating materials, and other diagnostic, theranostic, spectrum shifting, deposition/growth, and analytic applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: NANOQUANTUM SCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Gary W. Jones, Anatoliy L. Tatarets, Leonid D. Patsenker
  • Publication number: 20130225815
    Abstract: A method of forming a fluorinated molecular entity includes reacting in a reaction mixture an aromatic halide, copper, a fluoroalkyl group, and a ligand. The aromatic halide includes an aromatic group and a halogen substituent bonded to the aromatic group. The ligand includes at least one group-V donor selected from phosphorus and an amine. The overall molar ratio of copper to aromatic halide in the reaction mixture is from 0.2 to 3. The method further includes forming a fluoroalkylarene including the aromatic group and the fluoroalkyl group bonded to the aromatic group. A composition, which may be used in the method, consists essentially of copper, the fluoroalkyl group, and the ligand, where the molar ratio of copper to the fluoroalkyl group is approximately 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: John F. Hartwig, Hiroyuki Morimoto, Patrick Fier
  • Patent number: 8518945
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of novel pyrrolopyrazine derivatives of Formula I, wherein the variables n, p, q, Q, X, X? and Y are defined as described herein, which inhibit JAK and SYK and are useful for the treatment of auto-immune and inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Than Hendricks, Johannes Hermann, Rama Kondru, Yan Lou, Stephen M. Lynch, Timothy D. Owens, Michael Soth
  • Patent number: 8501780
    Abstract: The invention is directed to novel indazole carboxamide derivatives. Specifically, the invention is directed to compounds according to Formula I: wherein R1 and Z are defined below, and to pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof. The compounds of the invention are inhibitors of IKK2 and can be useful in the treatment of disorders associated with inappropriate IKK2 (also known as IKK?) activity, such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, and COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). Accordingly, the invention is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of the invention. The invention is still further directed to methods of inhibiting IKK2 activity and treatment of disorders associated therewith using a compound of the invention or a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey K. Kerns, Christine Edwards
  • Patent number: 8501946
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein A is hydrogen, C1-4alkyl, C3-6cycloalkyl, C1-3alkoxy, C1-3alkoxy C1-4alkyl, C1-2fluoroalkyl, halogen, NR6R7, optionally substituted heteroaryl (Het), or optionally substituted phenyl, and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are as defined in the description. The compounds or salts are thought to modulate P2X7 receptor function and to be capable of antagonizing the effects of ATP at the P2X7 receptor. The invention also provides the use of the compound or salt in the treatment or prophylaxis of, for example, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, visceral pain, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis or neurodegenerative disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: David Kenneth Dean, Jorge Munoz-Muriedas, Mairi Sime, Jon Graham Anthony Steadman, Rachel Elizabeth Anne Thewlis, Giancarlo Trani, Daryl Simon Walter
  • Patent number: 8492560
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of compounds of formula (I) and salts thereof, in the manufacture of a medicament for use in the production of an antiangiogenic and/or vascular permeability reducing effect in warm-blooded animals, processes for the preparation of such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as active ingredient and compounds of formula I. The compounds of formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof inhibit the effects of VEGF, a property of value in the treatment of a number of disease states including cancer and rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Elaine S E Stokes, Darren Mckerrecher, Laurent F A Hennequin, Patrick Ple
  • Publication number: 20130184463
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound, that is a 1-({halo-2-[(2-hydrocarbyl or substituted hydrocarbyl)oxy]phenyl}methyl)-(fused bicyclic nitrogen heteroaryl) carboxylic acid or an ester or sulfonamide thereof. The compound may be represented by the following formula Wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 A, X, W, Z and Y are as defined in the specification. The compounds may be administered to treat DP, FP, EP1, TP and/or EP4 receptor-mediated diseases or conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventor: ALLERGAN, INC.
  • Publication number: 20130158269
    Abstract: An (aza)indole derivative substituted in position 5, of formula (I) in which X, Y, Z, G1, G2, G3, R1, W, and R2 have the meanings given in the description, a pharmaceutical composition comprising it, and also intermediate compounds and a preparation process therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: AZIENDE CHIMICHE RIUNITE ANGELIN FRANCESCO A.C.R.A.F. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Aziende Chimiche Riunite Angelin Francesco A.C.R.A.F S.P.A.
  • Publication number: 20130143910
    Abstract: A method and composition for treating cancer cells that targets fructose-1,6-biphosphataseenzymes (FBPs, type 1 and type 2) and/or their respective pathways. In one embodiment, inhibitors of FBPs or FBPs pathways are administered to a patient to treat brain cancer metastasis. In another embodiment, the present invention is particularly well suited for treating cancer cells that generally survive under glucose-independent conditions, or any other condition where cancer cells produce glucose via FBPs mediated pathways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventor: Zhang Weihua
  • Patent number: 8455516
    Abstract: A new series of HIV-1 fusion inhibitors and methods of use are disclosed. The compounds are based on a substituted indole, benzimidazole, indoline or isoindoline fragment. The compounds find use in inhibiting or preventing HIV fusion from occurring, thus inhibiting or preventing entry of viral RNA into host cells. The compounds may be useful towards other biological targets involving protein-protein interactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Touro University
    Inventors: Miriam Gochin, Guangyan Zhou
  • Patent number: 8455536
    Abstract: Stereomerically pure (+)-2-[1-(3-Ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-2-methylsulfonylethyl]-4-acetylaminoisoindoline-1,3-dione, substantially free of its (?) isomer, and prodrugs, metabolites, polymorphs, salts, solvates, hydrates, and clathrates thereof are discussed. Also discussed are methods of using and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the (+) enantiomer of 2-[1-(3-Ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-2-methylsulfonylethyl]-4-acetylaminoisoindoline-1,3-dione are disclosed. The methods include methods of treating and/or preventing disorders ameliorated by the reduction of levels of TNF-? or the inhibition of PDE4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Celgene Corporation
    Inventors: George W. Muller, Peter H. Schafer, Hon-Wah Man, Chuansheng Ge
  • Publication number: 20130137686
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of Formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, n, Q1, Q2, Q3, Y, and X1-X4 are as defined herein. Compounds of Formula I are useful in the treatment of diseases and/or conditions related to cell proliferation, such as cancer, inflammation, arthritis, angiogenesis, or the like. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the invention and methods of treating the aforementioned conditions using such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Inventor: Esanex, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8445697
    Abstract: The present invention relates to squarylium dyes including an anchoring group, to a method of synthesis of such dye, to an electronic device comprising such dye, and to uses of such dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Gerda Fuhrmann, Gabriele Nelles, Ameneh Bamedi Zilai, Akio Yasuda
  • Patent number: 8440840
    Abstract: A dye including an anchoring group in its molecular structure, said anchoring group allowing a covalent coupling of said dye to a surface, for example a surface of a nanoporous semiconductor layer, said anchoring group being represented by formula 1 wherein attachment of said anchoring group within said molecular structure of said dye is at the terminal carbon marked with an asterisk in above formula, wherein G is selected from —COOH, —SO3H, —PO3H2, —BO2H2, —SH, —OH, —NH2, preferably —COOH, wherein A is selected from the group comprising H, —CN, —NO2, —COOR, —COSR, —COR, —CSR, —NCS, —CF3, —CONR2-OCF3, C6H5-mFm, wherein m=1-5, R being H or any straight or branched alkyl chain of general formula —CnH2n+I, n=O-12, preferably 0-4, or any substituted or non-substituted phenyl or biphenyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Gerda Fuhrmann, Gabriele Nelles, Ameneh Bamedi Zilai, Akio Yasuda
  • Patent number: 8440667
    Abstract: Certain imidazopyrazines of Formula (I): and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are provided herein. Methods of treating patients responsive to the inhibition of Syk activity, which comprises administering to such patients an amount of at least one chemical entity of Formula (I) effective to reduce signs or symptoms of the disease or disorder are provided. Also provided are methods for determining the presence or absence of Syk kinase in a sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Gilead Connecticut, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A. Mitchell, Kevin S. Currie, Peter A. Blomgren, Jeffrey E. Kropf, Seung H. Lee, Jianjun Xu, Douglas G. Stafford
  • Patent number: 8440674
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a new class of compounds capable of modulating Raf kinase and, accordingly, useful for treatment of Raf kinase mediated diseases, including melanomas, tumors and other cancer-related conditions. The compounds have a general Formula I wherein R1 is and A1, A2, A3, A4, X, Z, Z?, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are defined herein. The invention further comprises pharmaceutical compositions, methods for treatment of Raf kinase mediated diseases, and intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Frenel F. De Morin, Jian J. Chen, Elizabeth M. Doherty, Stephen A. Hitchcock, Qi Huang, Joseph L. Kim, Gang Liu, Thomas Nixey, Nick A. Paras, Jeffrey Petkus, Daniel Martin Retz, Adrian Leonard Smith, Jiawang Zhu
  • Publication number: 20130112948
    Abstract: A heterocyclic compound represented by Formula 1A below and an organic light-emitting diode including the same: at least one of R1 to R7 is a group represented by Formula 1B below. in Formulae 1A and 1B, R1 to R9, Ar1, Ar2, A, B, a and b are the same as described in the detailed description section of the present application. The organic light-emitting diode including an organic layer including the heterocyclic compound has a low driving voltage, high luminescence efficiency, and a long lifetime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hye-Jin Jung, Seok-Hwan Hwang, Young-Kook Kim, Jin-O Lim, Sang-Hyun Han, Soo-Yon Kim, Jin-Young Yun, Jong-Hyuk Lee
  • Patent number: 8436040
    Abstract: Indole compounds corresponding to the formula (I): as defined in the claims, pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts of such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, the process for their preparation, and their use as pharmacologically active substances, especially in the treatment of hypertriglyceridemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, endothelial dysfunction, cardiovascular disease, inflammatory disease and neurodegeneration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Laboratoires Fournier S.A.
    Inventors: Jean Binet, Benaiessa Boubia, Pierre Dodey, Christiane Legendre, Martine Barth, Olivia Poupardin-Olivier
  • Publication number: 20130102609
    Abstract: The present invention provides biaryl oxyacetic acid compounds which may be useful for treating inflammatory disorders, including disorders affecting the respiratory system and skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
    Inventor: Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc.
  • Patent number: 8426636
    Abstract: A sterically bulky stabilizer that is associated non-covalently with a benzimidazolone pigment. The sterically bulky stabilizer compound includes an aromatic acid derivative, and the presence of the sterically bulky stabilizer limits an extent of particle growth and aggregation, to afford nanoscale pigment particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignees: Xerox Corporation, National Research Council of Canada
    Inventors: Rina Carlini, Darren Andrew Makeiff