Abstract: The present invention provides a hypoglycemic agent useful for treating diabetes or other similar diseases which has no adverse effects. Furthermore, the present invention provides a hypoglycemic agent comprising a combination of an antidiabetic drug and 2-methyl-2-[(4-{(1E)-3-[2-(4-methylbenzoyl)-1H-pyrrol-1-yl]prop-1-en-1-yl}benzyl)oxy]propanoic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to small molecule compounds and their use in the treatment of bacterial infections, in particular Tuberculosis.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds represented by general formula (I): or pharmaceutical acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1 and R2 are each hydrogen, lower acyl, lower alkoxycarbonyl or the like; R3 is lower alkyl, halo-lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heteroaryl or the like; R4 is cyano, lower alkoxycarbonyl, carboxy or the like, which exhibit potent COMT inhibitory activities. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing said compound, and uses thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, Z, and n are as defined herein or to a pharmaceutically active salt thereof. Compounds of the invention are high potential NK-3 receptor antagonists for the treatment of depression, pain, psychosis, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, anxiety and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I; a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process of forming a pyrrole compound. The process comprises contacting an ?-carbonyl oxime compound 1 and an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde 2 R1 and R2 in compound 1 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, a silyl-group, an aliphatic group, an alicyclic group, an aromatic group, an arylaliphatic group, and an arylalicyclic group. The aliphatic, alicyclic, aromatic, arylaliphatic, and arylalicyclic groups comprise 0 to about 3 heteroatoms selected from the group N, O, S, Se and Si. R3 in aldehyde 2 is selected from the group consisting of H, a silyl-group, an aliphatic group, an alicyclic group, an aromatic group, an arylaliphatic group, and an arylalicyclic group. The aliphatic, alicyclic, aromatic, arylaliphatic, and arylalicyclic groups comprise 0 to about 3 heteroatoms selected from the group N, O, S, Se and Si. The ?-carbonyl oxime compound 1 an the ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde 2 are contacted in a suitable solvent in the presence of a secondary amine.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula (I) and compositions of the present invention which are inhibitors of the sodium proton exchanger isoform-1 (NHE-I). Also disclosed are methods of using and making the same.

Abstract: The present invention is related to the preparation and pharmaceutical In use of novel haloallylamine derivatives as SSAO/VAP-1 inhibitors having the structure of Formula I, as defined in the specification:(I). The invention also relates to methods of using invention compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or derivatives thereof, for the treatment of a variety of indications, e.g., inflammatory diseases.

Abstract: A compound of the following formula (1), or its prodrug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, being useful as a diabetic medicine or preventive, or blood sugar regulator, or therapeutic agent for hyperlipemia, etc. wherein the ring Z is an optionally substituted heteroaryl, W4 is a single bond, lower alkylene, etc., Ar2 is an optionally substituted aryl, etc., W3 is a single bond, lower alkylene, etc., Ar1 is an optionally substituted arylene, etc., each of W1 and W2 is an optionally substituted lower alkylene, etc., and R1 is carboxyl, an alkoxycarbonyl.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel beta-secretase inhibitors and methods for their use, including methods of treating of Alzheimer's disease.

Abstract: The present invention relates to inhibitors of 11-? hydroxyl steroid dehydrogenase type 1, antagonists of the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR), and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The compounds of the invention can be useful in the treatment of various diseases associated with expression or activity of 11-? hydroxyl steroid dehydrogenase type 1 and/or diseases associated with aldosterone excess.

Abstract: Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR2 or CCR9 receptor. Animal testing demonstrates that these compounds are useful for treating inflammation, a hallmark disease for CCR2 and CCR9. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR2-mediated diseases, CCR9-mediated diseases, as controls in assays for the identification of CCR2 antagonists, and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR9 antagonists.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds which are inhibitors of the beta-secretase enzyme and that are useful in the treatment of diseases in which the beta-secretase enzyme is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the treatment of such diseases in which the beta-secretase enzyme is involved.

Abstract: Selected 2-arylacetic acids, their derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions that contain these compounds are useful in inhibiting chemotactic activation of neutrophils (PMN leukocytes) induced by the interaction of Interleukin-8 (IL-8) with CXCR1 and CXCR2-membrane receptors. The compounds are used for the prevention and treatment of pathologies deriving from said activation. In particular, 2(ortho)-substituted arylacetic acids or their derivatives, such as amides and sulfonamides, lack cyclo-oxygenase inhibition activity and are particularly useful in the treatment of neutrophil-dependent pathologies such as psoriasis, ulcerative colitis, melanoma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bullous pemphigoid, rheumatoid arthritis, idiopathic fibrosis, glomerulonephritis and in the prevention and treatment of damages caused by ischemia and reperfusion.

Abstract: Active compounds of Formula I are described: wherein: R1 and R2 are each independently C1-C4 alkyl; or R1 and R2 together form a C2-C7 alkylene chain; and Z is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID); along with pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrug thereof, and methods of using the same.

Abstract: Novel substituted adamantane based inhibitors, their use in therapy, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, the use of said compounds in the manufacture of medicaments, and therapeutic methods comprising the administration of said compounds are described. The present compounds modulate the activity of 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11?HSD1) and are accordingly useful in the treatment of diseases in which such a modulation is beneficial, such as the metabolic syndrome.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula I wherein Ar1, Ar2, R1, R2, R3, n, o, and p are as described herein or to a pharmaceutically active salt, to all stereoisomeric forms, including individual diastereoisomers and enantiomers as well as to racemic and non-racemic mixtures thereof. Compounds of the invention are high potential NK-3 receptor antagonists for the treatment of depression, pain, psychosis, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, anxiety and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Abstract: The invention relates to substituted phenoxyacetic acids of formula (I), where the variables are as defined in claim 1, as useful pharmaceutical compounds for treating respiratory disorders, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and processes for their preparation.

Abstract: The invention relates to substituted phenoxyacetic acids of formula (I), where the variables are as defined in claim 1, as useful pharmaceutical compounds for treating respiratory disorders, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and processes for their preparation.

Abstract: The present invention provides caffeoylquinic acid derivatives and a method of preparing for the same, and also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing caffeoylquinic acid derivatives, and uses of caffeoylquinic acid derivatives in preparation of a medicament for the treatment or prophylaxis of virus diseases, in particular, uses of respiratory syncytial virus and hepatitis B virus, which has the characteristics of safety, high effectiveness and low toxicity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of 1,4-butanediol mononitrate as intermediate for large scale preparation of high purity nitrooxybutyl ester of pharmaceutically active compounds.

Abstract: Diarylmethylpiperazine compounds are described, which are useful as mu and/or delta receptor opioid compounds, without central side effects. Pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds are variously useful for peripheral or non-centrally mediated indications, including peripherally mediated and neuropathic pain, urogenital tract disorders, overactive bladder, urinary incontinence, sexual disorders, premature ejaculation, cough, lung edema, cardiac disorders, cardioprotection, gastro-intestinal disorders, diarrhea, irritable bowl syndrome, functional distention, immuno-modulation and anti-tumor activity.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to find a novel pharmacological effect of a compound having an HDAC inhibitory effect. The compound having an HDAC inhibitory effect of the invention has an excellent effect of cell morphological change on trabecular meshwork cells and/or effect of intraocular pressure reduction, and is therefore useful as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for a disease considered to be associated with aqueous humor circulation and/or intraocular pressure, particularly as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for glaucoma or ocular hypertension.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel ketopyrroles having structure XXIV wherein R2 is independently at each occurrence a deuterium atom, a halogen, a nitro group, an amino group, a C3-C40 aromatic radical, a C1-C50 aliphatic radical, or a C3-C40 cyclcoaliphatic radical; “a” is an integer from 0 to 3; and X1 and X2 are independently at each occurrence a bromine atom, a hydroxy group, or the group OR10, and wherein the group R10 is independently at each occurrence a deuterium atom, a halogen, a nitro group, an amino group, a C3-C40 aromatic radical, a C1-C50 aliphatic radical, or a C3-C40 cyclcoaliphatic radical. Ketopyrroles XXIV are useful ligands for the preparation of Type (1) and Type (2) organic iridium compositions. In one aspect, the present invention provides deuterated analogs of XXIV. Organic iridium compositions are useful in the preparation optoelectronic devices, such as OLED devices and photovoltaic devices exhibiting enhanced performance characteristics.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds according to Formula I: wherein the variables are defined herein. Such compounds are can bind aspartic proteases to inhibit their activity. They are useful in the treatment or amelioration of diseases associated with aspartic protease activity. Also described herein are methods of antagonizing aspartic protease inhibitors in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound according to Formula I.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pyrrolidine derivatives of Formula (I), its geometrical isomers, its optically active forms as enantiomers, diastercomers, mixtures of these and its racemate forms, as well as salts thereof, wherein: R1is selected from the group comprising or consisting of H and C1-C6-alkyl; R2 is selected from the group comprising or consisting of hydrogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6 alkyl aryl, heteroaryl, C1-C6 alkyl heteroaryl, C2-C6-alkenyl, C2-C6-alkenyl aryl, C2-C6 alkenyl heteroaryl, C2-C6-alkynyl, C2-C6-alkynyl aryl, C2C6-alkynyl heteroaryl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, CI-C6-alkyl cycloallcyl, CI-C6-alkyl heterocycloalkyl, CIC6 alkyl carboxy, acyl, C1-C6-alkyl acyl, C1-C6-alkyl acyloxy, C1-C6-alkyl alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, C1-C6-alkyl alkoxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, C1-C6-alkyl aminocarbonyl, C1-C6-alkyl acylarnino, C1-C6-alkyl ureido, amino, C1-C6-alkyl amino, sulfonyloxy, C1-C6 alkyl sulfonyloxy, sulfonyl, C1-C6-alkyl sulfonyl, sulfinyl, C1-C6-alkyl sulfinyl, C1-C6alkyl sulfanyl

Abstract: A compound comprising the atom corresponding to N3 and the two or more atoms selected from N1, N2, N4 and N5, said atoms constitute the pharmacophore represented by the following formula: wherein N1 represents an atom to which a donative hydrogen atom in a hydrogen-bond donating group is bonded or a hydrogen-bond accepting atom in a hydrogen-bond accepting group; N3 represents a hydrogen-bond accepting atom in a hydrogen-bond accepting group; and N2, N4 and N5 independently represents an arbitrary carbon atom constituting a hydrophobic group and defined by the interatomic distances between N1, N2, N3, N4 and N5; and, in the optimized three-dimensional structure thereof, the distances between the atom corresponding to N3 and the two or more atoms selected from N1, N2, N4 and N5, in the optimized steric structure thereof, are the interatomic distances in a pharmacophore; or a salt thereof; inhibits the activity of transcription factor AP-1 and is useful as an agent for preventing and treating the diseases i

Abstract: The present invention relates to new compounds which are Carbamate derivatives of formula I wherein X, B, P, Q5W, R1 and R2 are defined in the description.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula I wherein Ar1, Ar2, R1, R2, R3, R4, n, o, p, and q are as defined herein and to a pharmaceutically active salt thereof, including all stereoisomeric forms, individual diastereoisomers and enantiomers of the compound of formula (I) as well as racemic and non-racemic mixtures thereof. The compounds are high potential NK-3 receptor antagonists for the treatment of depression, pain, psychosis, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, anxiety and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Abstract: The present invention relates to amide compounds useful as pharmaceuticals for treating respiratory disorders such as asthma, rhinitis and COPD.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds and to diagnostic compositions containing such compounds where the compounds are iodine containing compounds. More specifically the iodine containing compounds are chemical compounds containing an aliphatic N-heterocyclic central moiety such as pyrrolidine or piperidine heterocycles allowing for the arrangement of three iodinated phenyl groups bound thereto. The invention also relates to the use of such diagnostic compositions as contrast agents in diagnostic imaging, in particular in X-ray imaging, and to contrast media containing such compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to inhibitors of 11-? hydroxyl steroid dehydrogenase type 1, antagonists of the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR), and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The compounds of the invention can be useful in the treatment of various diseases associated with expression or activity of 11-? hydroxyl steroid dehydrogenase type 1 and/or diseases associated with aldosterone excess.

Abstract: A method of synthesis of a N-10 protected PBD compound of formula (I): via an intermediate of formula (II) or formula (V):

Abstract: A heteroaryl derivative of the formula (1): (wherein Ring Z is an optionally substituted heteroaryl, R1 is a carboxyl group or an alkoxycarbonyl group, etc., W1 and W2 are an optionally substituted lower alkylene, Ar1 is an optionally substituted arylene or an optionally substituted heteroarylene, W3 is a single bond, a lower alkylene, a lower alkenylene, etc., W4 is a single bond, —NR10—, etc., Ar2 is an optionally substituted aryl or an optionally substituted heteroaryl), or a prodrug thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) a process for their production and to their use for coloring high molecular weight organic materials, as fluorescent tracers, in solid dye lasers, EL lasers, in EL devices and lighting. The compounds of formula I show unique broadband luminescence in visible region.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (AA) (I) and (X): useful in treating Alzheimer's disease and other similar diseases. These compounds include inhibitors of the beta-secretase enzyme that are useful in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other diseases characterized by deposition of A beta peptide in a mammal. The compounds of the invention are useful in pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment to reduce A beta peptide formation.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein m, n, Ar, R1, R2, Ra and Rb are defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, methods of using, and methods of preparing the compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to substituted phenoxyacetic acids of formula (I), where the variables are as defined in claim 1, as useful pharmaceutical compounds for treating respiratory disorders, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and processes for their preparation.

Abstract: This invention is directed to N-acylpyrrolidin-2-ylalkylbenzamidine derivatives which useful for inhibiting the activity of Factor Xa, by contacting said derivatives with a composition containing Factor Xa. The present invention is also directed to compositions containing said derivatives, methods for their preparation, their use, such as in inhibiting the formation of thrombin or for treating a patient suffering from, or subject to, a disease state associated with a physiologically detrimental excess amount of thrombin.

Abstract: Certain substituted benzyl amine compounds are histamine H3 receptor and/or serotonin transporter modulators useful in the treatment of histamine H3 receptor- and/or serotonin-mediated diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to phosphate ester prodrugs of dihydropyrrole compounds that are useful for treating cellular proliferative diseases, for treating disorders associated with KSP kinesin activity, and for inhibiting KSP kinesin. The invention also related to compositions which comprise these compounds, and methods of using them to treat cancer in mammals.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, X, n, and m are as defined herein and to pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and to methods for treating neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders.

Abstract: Compounds that are derivatives of 3-aminomethyl-pyrrolidine generally containing at least one benzhydril moiety are useful in treating conditions which benefit from blocking calcium ion channels.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrrolidine derivatives useful as inhibitors of metalloproteases, e.g. zinc proteases, and which are effective in treating disease states associated with vasoconstriction.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the heterocyclic compounds as ligands for various mammalian cellular receptors, including dopamine, serotonin, or norepinephrine transporters. The compounds of the present invention will find use in the treatment of numerous ailments, conditions and diseases which afflict mammals, including but not limited to addiction, anxiety, depression, sexual dysfunction, hypertension, migraine, Alzheimer's disease, obesity, emesis, psychosis, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, Lesche-Nyhane disease, Wilson's disease, and Tourette's syndrome. An additional aspect of the present invention relates to the synthesis of combinatorial libraries of the heterocyclic compounds, and the screening of those libraries for biological activity, e.g., in assays based on dopamine transporters.

Abstract: The invention relates to a new antibiotic designated Cyan426-A, to its production by fermentation, to methods for its recovery and concentration from the crude solutions, and to a process for its purification and to semisynthetic ethers of Cyan426-A, Cyan426-A-ethers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pyrrolidine derivative of formula (I), its geometrical isomers, its optically active forms as enantiomers, diastereomers, mixtures of these and its racemate forms, as well as salts thereof, wherein R1 is selected from the group comprising or consisting of H and C1–C6-alkyl, for the prevention and/or treatment of preterm labor, premature birth or dysmenorrhea

Abstract: Diarylamines, such as 5-amide substituted diarylamines of formula (I) or formula (II) wherein A is hydroxy, C1-6 alkoxy, or NR6OR7; X is OR12, NR13R12, or NR14; inhibitors of MEK and are useful in the treatment of a variety of proliferative disease states, such as conditions related to the hyperactivity of MEK, as well as diseases modulated by the MEK cascade.

Abstract: This invention is directed to aroyl pyrrole heteroaryl methanone and methanol compounds pharmaceutically useful as agents for treating or modulating a central nervous system disorder and methods for treating or modulating a central nervous system disorder.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds useful as selective serine protease or dual-serine protease inhibitors, compositions thereof and methods for treating serine protease or dual-serine protease mediated disorders.