Nitrogen Or -c(=x)-, Wherein X Is Chalcogen, Bonded Directly To The Hetero Ring Patents (Class 548/953)
  • Publication number: 20100168079
    Abstract: The present invention relates to biaryl-benzylamine compounds, to processes for their production, to their use as pharmaceuticals and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Daniela Angst, Birgit Bollbuck, Philipp Janser, Jean Quancard
  • Patent number: 7745643
    Abstract: The present invention provides cyclic nitro compounds, pharmaceutical compositions of cyclic nitro compounds and methods of using cyclic nitro compounds and/or pharmaceutical compositions thereof to treat or prevent diseases or disorders characterized by abnormal cell proliferation, such as cancer, inflammation, cardiovascular disease and autoimmune disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Alliant Techsystems Inc.
    Inventors: Louis F. Cannizzo, Kirstin F. Warner, Robert B. Wardle, Stephen P. Velarde
  • Publication number: 20100160285
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Timothy Jon Luker, Timothy Nicholas Birkinshaw, Rukhsana Tasneem Mohammed
  • Patent number: 7737135
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Timothy Jon Luker, Timothy Nicholas Birkinshaw, Rukhsana Tasneem Mohammed
  • Patent number: 7727978
    Abstract: Novel compounds are provided which are 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type I inhibitors. 11-Beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type I inhibitors are useful in treating, preventing, or slowing the progression of diseases requiring 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type I inhibitor therapy. These novel compounds have the structure: enantiomers, diastereomers, solvates, or salts thereof, wherein A, W, X and Z are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Xiang-Yang Ye, Jeffrey A. Robl
  • Publication number: 20100130469
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel organic compounds comprising a naphthyridine which may be mediators of a selective subset of kinases belonging to the AGC kinase family, such as for example PKC, PKD, PKN-1/2, CDK-9, MRCK-beat, PASK, PRKX, ROCK-I/II or mediators of other kinases, the selectivity of which would be depending on the structural variation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Maurice van Eis, Walter Schuler, Anette Von Matt, Nicolas Soldermann, Lauren G. Monovich, Christoph Gaul
  • Patent number: 7718704
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel class of cyclic oximes of Formula I: wherein A, X, Y, Z, W, R1, R2, R3 and n are as described in the summary of the invention; useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases or disorders mediated by lymphocyte interactions, particularly diseases associated with EDG receptor mediated signal transduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: IRM LLC
    Inventors: Shifeng Pan, Wenqi Gao, Nathanael Schiander Gray, Yuan Mi
  • Publication number: 20100105651
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are found to be antagonists of SNS sodium channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: VERNALIS (R&D) LIMITED
    Inventors: Richard Hamlyn, David Callis, Christopher Geoffrey Earnshaw, Harry Finch, Mike Huckstep, Rosemary Lynch, Sarah Mellor
  • Patent number: 7700582
    Abstract: An oral pharmaceutical formulation comprising iota-carrageenan, one or more neutral gelling polymers and a basic pharmaceutically active ingredient; which formulation inhibits the release of the basic pharmaceutically active ingredient from the formulation at acidic pH; a process for the manufacture of said formulation; and the use of said formulation in medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Cynthia Gaik-Lim Khoo, Helena Gustafsson
  • Publication number: 20100093694
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compounds of formula I, including their salts, as well as compositions and methods of using the compounds. The compounds have activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV) and may be useful in treating those infected with HCV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Kap-Sun Yeung, Kyle E. Parcella, John A. Bender, Brett R. Beno, Katharine A. Grant-Young, Ying Han, Piyasena Hewawasam, John F. Kadow, Andrew Nickel
  • Patent number: 7687491
    Abstract: A compound having immunosuppressive activity with low toxicity or a pharmacological salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takahide Nishi, Tsuyoshi Nakamura, Yukiko Sekiguchi, Yumiko Mizuno, Takaichi Shimozato, Futoshi Nara
  • Publication number: 20100075946
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel thiophene derivatives, their preparation and their use as pharmaceutically active compounds. Said compounds particularly act as immunosuppressive agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Martin Bolli, David Lehmann, Boris Mathys, Claus Mueller, Jörg Velker
  • Patent number: 7678785
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel aniline derivatives and their use in therapy, in particular their use in the treatment of fungal infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: UCB Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: Andrew David Carr, Judi Charlotte Neuss, Michael Glen Orchard, David William Porter
  • Publication number: 20100029609
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug ester thereof: wherein the groups R1-R5, R10 and X1-X7 are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Frederic Berst, Philipp Grosche, Philipp Janser, Frederic Zecri, Birgit Bollbuck
  • Patent number: 7652020
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or isomer thereof, which can be useful for the treatment of diseases or conditions mediated by MMPs, ADAMs, TACE, TNF-? or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Zhuyan Guo, Peter Orth, Zhaoning Zhu, Robert D. Mazzola, Tin-Yau Chan, Henry A. Vaccaro, Brian McKittrick, Joseph A. Kozlowski, Brian J. Lavey, Guowei Zhou, Sunil Paliwal, Shing-Chun Wong, Neng-Yang Shih, Pauline C. Ting, Kristin E. Rosner, Gerald W. Shipps, Jr., M. Arshad Siddiqui, David B. Belanger, Chaoyang Dai, Dansu Li, Vinay M. Girijavallabhan, Janeta Popovici-Muller, Wensheng Yu, Lianyun Zhao
  • Patent number: 7645751
    Abstract: There is provided a compound of formula (I) wherein Ra, R1, R2, Y and R3 have meanings given in the description and pharmaceutically-acceptable derivatives (including prodrugs) thereof, which compounds and derivatives are useful as, or are useful as prodrugs of, competitive inhibitors of trypsin-like proteases, such as thrombin, and thus, in particular, in the treatment of conditions where inhibition of thrombin is required (e.g., thrombosis) or as anticoagulants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: AstraZeneca
    Inventor: Tord Inghardt
  • Patent number: 7638513
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or isomer thereof, which can be useful for the treatment of diseases or conditions mediated by MMPs, aggrecanase, ADMP, LpxC, ADAMs, TACE, TNF-? or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: M. Arshad Siddiqui, Umar Faruk Mansoor, Panduranga A. Reddy, Vincent S. Madison
  • Publication number: 20090306042
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) in which n, y, X1, X2, A, B, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the specification, a process for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Mark Furber, Christopher Andrew Luckhurst, Hitesh Jayantilal Sanganee, Linda Anne Stein, Peter Alan Cage
  • Publication number: 20090299079
    Abstract: Disclosed is a 1-glycidyl-3,3-dinitroazetidine(GDNAZ) of Formula I wherein dinitroazetidine group which is a high energy group having unit structure of explosive moiety is incorporated to a monomer, and the method thereof. By using the GDNAZ of the present invention in the synthesis of energetic binder for high-performance insensitive explosive, an energetic binder with enhanced thermal and storing stability and explosive power can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT
    Inventors: Young-Hwan KOWN, Jin-Seuk KIM, Hyoun-Soo KIM
  • Patent number: 7598236
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I pharmaceutical compositions of these compounds, and use of said compositions to control synaptic transmission in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Michael R. Schrimpf, Karin R. Tietje, Richard B. Toupence, Jianguo Ji, Anwer Basha, William H. Bunnelle, Jerome F. Daanen, Jennifer M. Frost, Kevin B. Sippy
  • Publication number: 20090197857
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel substituted amino-azetidines that are useful as cannabinoid receptor antagonists/inverse agonists and pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of using the same for treating obesity, diabetes, dyslipidemias, cardiovascular disorders, hepatic disorders, and a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: JENRIN DISCOVERY
    Inventors: John F. McElroy, Robert J. Chorvat
  • Publication number: 20090197861
    Abstract: Novel compounds inhibiting the integrin ?2?1/GPIa-IIa receptor are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, as well as methods of their therapeutic use. The compounds disclosed are useful, inter alia, as inhibitors of integrin ?2?1/GPIa-IIa-mediated activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: William F. DeGrado, Seth E. Snyder, Meredith W. Miller, Sandeep Basra, Joel S. Bennett, Sungwook Choi
  • Publication number: 20090181939
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and their use in therapy, particularly for the treatment of a disorder mediated by CB1 receptors, such as obesity, wherein: R1 is aryl or heteroaryl; R2 is alkyl, aryl or heteroaryl; R3 is alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, NR9R10, OR15, or NR16C(O)R17; Y is C?O, C?S, SO2, or (CR7R8)p; m=1 or 2; n=1 or 2; and p=1, 2, 3 or 4, R7 to R17 being as defined in the specification; wherein if —Y—R3 is C(O)NH(alkyl) then: R1 and/or R2 is selected from heteroaryl; and/or m and/or n is 2; and/or R11 and/or R12 is lower alkyl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: VERNALIS RESEARCH LIMITED.
    Inventors: James Edward Paul Davidson, Jonathan Mark Bentley, Claire Elizabeth Dawson, Kerry Harrison, Howard Langham Mansell, Alan Leslie Pither, Robert Mark Pratt, Jonathan Richard Anthony Roffey, Victoria Jane Ruston
  • Publication number: 20090163466
    Abstract: The present invention provides cyclic nitro compound, pharmaceutical compositions of cyclic nitro compounds and methods of using cyclic nitro compounds and/or pharmaceutical compositions thereof to treat or prevent diseases or disorders characterized by abnormal cell proliferation, such as cancer, inflammation, cardiovascular disease and autoimmune disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicants: RadioRx, Inc., Alliant Techsystems Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Bednarski, Lynn M. Oehler, Susan Knox, Louis Cannizzo, Kirstin Warner, Robert Wardle, Stephen Velarde, Shoucheng Ning
  • Publication number: 20090118160
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula provide pharmacological agents which are potent agonists of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (PPARs). Accordingly, the compounds of the instant invention are useful for the treatment of conditions mediated by the PPAR receptor activity in mammals. Such conditions include dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesteremia, atherosclerosis, hypertriglyceridemia, heart failure, myocardial infarction, vascular diseases, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, obesity, inflammation, arthritis, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, skin disorders, respiratory diseases, ophthalmic disorders, inflammatory bowel diseases, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. The compounds of the present invention are particularly useful in mammals as hypoglycemic agents for the treatment and prevention of conditions in which impaired glucose tolerance, hyperglycemia and insulin resistance are implicated, such as type-1 and type-2 diabetes, and Syndrome X.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas Bach, Prasad Koteswara Kapa, George Tien-San Lee, Eric M. Loeser, Michael Lloyd Sabio, James Lawrence Stanton, Thalaththani Ralalage Vedananda
  • Publication number: 20090093644
    Abstract: The present invention provides cyclic nitro compounds, pharmaceutical compositions of cyclic nitro compounds and methods of using cyclic nitro compounds and/or pharmaceutical compositions thereof to treat or prevent diseases or disorders characterized by abnormal cell proliferation, such as cancer, inflammation, cardiovascular disease and autoimmune disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Louis F. Cannizzo, Kirstin F. Warner, Robert B. Wardle, Stephen P. Velarde
  • Patent number: 7511159
    Abstract: It is intended to provide compounds having EDG-5 antagonism. Because of having EDG-5 antagonism, compounds of the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the description; salts thereof, N-oxides thereof, solvates thereof or prodrugs thereof are useful as preventive and/or therapeutic agent for EDG-5 mediated diseases, for example, diseases caused by blood vessel contraction (e.g. cerebrovascular spasms disease, cardiovascular spasms diseases, coronary artery spasms disease, hypertension, pulmonary hypertension, renal diseases, myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, arrhythmia, portal hypertension, varicosity and the like), arteriosclerosis, pulmonary fibrosis, hepatic fibrosis, renal fibrosis, respiratory diseases (e.g. bronchial asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and the like), nephropathy, diabetes, hyperlipemia and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromu Habashita, Haruto Kurata, Shinji Nakade, Takeji Ono
  • Publication number: 20090082331
    Abstract: The present invention relates to amides that have activity as SIP receptor modulating agents and the use of such compounds to treat diseases associated with inappropriate S1P receptor activity. The compounds may be used as immunomodulators, e.g., for treating or preventing diseases such as autoimmune and related immune disorders including systemic lupus erythematosus, inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, type I diabetes, uveitis, psoriasis, myasthenia gravis, rheumatoid arthritis, non-glomerular nephrosis, hepatitis, Behçet's disease, glomerulonephritis, chronic thrombocytopenic purpura, hemolytic anemia, hepatitis and Wegner's granuloma; and for treating other conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Susana C. Neira, Xiang Yu
  • Patent number: 7504522
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and their use in therapy, particularly for the treatment of a disorder mediated by CB1 receptors such as obesity: Formula (I) wherein: R1 and R2 are independently selected from aryl; and R3 is hydrogen or alkyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, wherein at least one of R1 and R2 has a non-hydrogen substituent in the ortho-position(s) thereof relative to the point of attachment to the [—CH—O—] group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Vernalis Research Limited
    Inventors: James Edward Paul Davidson, Claire Elizabeth Dawson, Kerry Harrison, Howard Langham Mansell, Robert Mark Pratt, Sukhjit Sohal, Victoria Jane Ruston
  • Publication number: 20090069287
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted azacycloalka?e compounds useful in treating conditions of the Central Nervous System (CNS); a pharmaceutical composition comprising same; a method of treating such conditions and of treating conditions in which inhibition of beta-secretase is indicated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: James Gorham Boyd, Todd William Butler, Brian Thomas O'Neill
  • Publication number: 20090054396
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds having the structural formula (I) and to their pharmaceutical salts, compositions and methods of use. These novel compounds provide a treatment or prophylaxis of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Susan Ashwell, Thomas Gero, Stephanos Ioannidis, James Janetka, Paul Lyne, Vibha Oza, Mei Su, Dingwei Yu, Stephanie Springer
  • Patent number: 7494988
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that are useful as protease inhibitors, particularly as serine protease inhibitors, and more particularly as hepatitis C NS3 protease inhibitors. As such, they act by interfering with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of this invention are particularly well suited for inhibiting HCV NS3 protease activity and consequently, may be advantageously used as therapeutic agents against the hepatitis C virus and other viruses that are dependent upon a serine protease for proliferation. This invention also relates to methods for inhibiting the activity of proteases, including hepatitis C virus NS3 protease and other serine proteases, using the compounds of this invention and related compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Perni, John Court, Ethan O'Malley, Govinda Rao Bhisetti
  • Publication number: 20090048226
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel classes of compounds which are caspase inhibitors, in particular interleukin-1? converting enzyme (“ICE”) inhibitors. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of this invention are particularly well suited for inhibiting caspase activity and consequently, may be advantageously used as agents against interleukin-1-(“IL-1”), apoptosis-, interferon-? inducing factor-(IGIF), or interferon-?-(“IFN-?”) mediated diseases, including inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, destructive bone disorders, proliferative disorders, infectious diseases, and degenerative diseases. This invention also relates to methods for inhibiting caspase activity and decreasing IGIF production and IFN-? production and methods for treating interleukin-1, apoptosis-, and interferon-?-mediated diseases using the compounds and compositions of this invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Marion W. Wannamaker, Guy W. Bemis, Paul S. Charifson, David J. Lauffer, Michael D. Mullican, Mark A. Murcko, Keith P. Wilson, James W. Janetka, Robert J. Davies, Anne-Laure Grillot, Zhan Shi, Cornelia J. Forster
  • Publication number: 20090042851
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound of formula (I): wherein Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, R1 and T are as defined herein, its preparation, pharmaceutical composition and uses as orexin 2 receptor antagonist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: Pierre DESPEYROUX, Evelyne Fontaine, Gilles Courtemanche, Pierrick Rochard, Claudine Serradeil-Le Gal
  • Publication number: 20090036423
    Abstract: The present invention relates to immunosuppressant, process for their production, their uses and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The invention provides a novel class of compounds useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases or disorders mediated by lymphocyte interactions, particularly diseases associated with EDG receptor mediated signal transduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Shifeng Pan, Wenqi Gao, Nathanael S. Gray, Yuan Mi, Yi Fan
  • Publication number: 20090029947
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel, potent, and selective agents, which are agonists or antagonists of the one or more of the individual receptors of the S1P receptor family. The compounds of the invention are useful as therapeutics for treating medical conditions associated with agonism or antagonism of the individual receptors of the S1P receptor family.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Grier A. Wallace, Eric C. Breinlinger, Kevin P. Cusack, Shannon R. Fix-Stenzel, Thomas D. Gordon, Adrian D. Hobson, Martin E. Hayes, Graham K. Ansell, Pintipa Grongsaard
  • Patent number: 7482335
    Abstract: The present application describes modulators of MCP-1 of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, useful for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, atherosclerosis and asthma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Percy H. Carter, Robert J. Cherney, Douglas G. Batt, John V. Duncia, Daniel S. Gardner, Soo S. Ko, Anurag S. Srivastava, Michael G. Yang
  • Patent number: 7479504
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of Formula 1: as well as the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and hydrates thereof. The compounds are useful for treating immune mediated diseases and conditions, such as bone marrow, organ and tissue transplant rejection. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Bugianesi, George A. Doherty, Amy Gentry, Jeffrey J. Hale, Christopher L. Lynch, Sander G. Mills, William E. Neway, III
  • Publication number: 20080319206
    Abstract: A process for preparing a protected amidine group of formula (I): wherein R6 represents, for example, C1-10 alkyl (optionally substituted), aryl, C1-3 alkylaryl or C1-3 alkyloxyaryl; which comprises reacting a nitrile containing compound with an oxyamine of formula (II): R6ONH2 wherein R6 is as defined above for (I); in the presence of a thio-keto activating agent of formula (III): HS—Ry, —C(O)-Z wherein Z is -(1-4C)alkyl, —OH, —O-(1-4C)alkyl, —SH, —S(1-4C)alkyl, —NH2, —NH(1-4C)alkyl or —N[(1-4C)alkyl]2; Ry is (1-2C)alkyl (optionally substituted); or Z and Ry are linked so as to form a 5- or 6-membered ring of formula (IV): wherein X is —CH2—, —O—, —NH— or —N(1-4C)alkyl; p is 1 or 2; m is 1 or 2 and Rz is independently selected from H, (1-4C)alkyl, halo and amino.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Firas Al-Saffar, Stefan Berlin, Tibor Musil, Sivaprasad Sivadasan
  • Publication number: 20080312207
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) wherein: R1 is methyl; R2 is selected from —C (O) NR4R5, SO2NR4R5, S (O) pR4 and HET-2; HET-1 is a 5- or 6-membered, optionally substituted C-linked heteroaryl ring; HET-2 is a 4-, 5- or 6-membered, C- or N-linked optionally substituted heterocyclyl ring; R3 is selected from halo, fluoromethyl, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, methyl, methoxy and cyano; R4 is selected from for example hydrogen, optionally substituted (1-4C) alkyl and HET-2; R5 is hydrogen or (1-4C) alkyl; or R4 and R5 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached may form a heterocyclyl ring system as defined by HET-3; HET-3 is for example an optionally substituted N-linked, 4, 5 or 6 membered, saturated or partially unsaturated heterocyclyl ring; p is (independently at each occurrence) 0, 1 or 2; m is 0 or 1; n is 0, 1 or 2; provided that when m is 0, then n is 1 or 2; or a salt, pro drug or solvate thereof, are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Craig Johnstone, Darren McKerrecher, Kurt Gordon Pike
  • Publication number: 20080287413
    Abstract: There are provided crystalline forms of the compounds Ph(3-Cl)(5-OCHF2)—(R)CH(OH)C(O)-Aze-Pab(OMe) and Ph(3-Cl)(5-OCHF2)—(R)CH(OH)C(O)-Aze-Pab(OH), pharmaceutical compositions containing them, processes for obtaining them and their use in medical treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Bengt Leonard Aslund, Stefan Bengtsson, Gudrun Anita Bergman, Ursula Renata Maria Hohlneicher, Bo Ingvar Ymen
  • Publication number: 20080280877
    Abstract: The invention relates to EP2 antagonist azetidines of formula (I) wherein Ar, R1, X, and Z are as defined herein, to their use in medicine, particularly in the treatment of endometriosis and/or uterine fibroids, to intermediates useful in their synthesis, and to compositions containing them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Kevin Neil Dack, Sarah Elizabeth Skerratt, Siew Kuen Yeap
  • Publication number: 20080269190
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula: in salt or zwitterionic form or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1-6, a, Z and Q are as defined in the specification. These compounds are muscarinic receptor antagonists. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes for preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds to, for example, treat pulmonary disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Craig Husfeld, YuHua Ji, Rick Lee, Li Li, YongQi Mu, Cameron Smith, Johnny Uy
  • Publication number: 20080242874
    Abstract: In some aspects, the present invention provides a method of preparing a compound of the formula (I) comprising reacting a mesylate compound of the formula (II) by direct aminolysis with a reagent comprising ammonia. The reaction is preferably carried out in a solvent, such as an alcohol, and is preferably carried out in a sealed vessel such as a Parr reactor or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventor: Zhengong Bryan Li
  • Patent number: 7429668
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel method for the synthesis of N-{1-[bis(4-chlorophenyl)methyl]azetidin-3-yl}-N-(3,5-difluorophenyl)methylsulfonamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis
    Inventors: Philippe Boffelli, Michel Delthil, Luc Grondard, Maxime Lampilas, Joel Malpart, Stephane Mutti, Lahlou Nait-Bouda, Joerg Rieke-Zapp
  • Publication number: 20080200444
    Abstract: Disclosed are urea compounds of formula I, stereoisomer, or pharmaceutical acceptable salts thereof, and compositions that inhibit soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH), methods for preparing the compounds and compositions, and methods for treating patients with such compounds and compositions. The compounds, compositions, and methods are useful for treating a variety of sEH mediated diseases, including hypertensive, cardiovascular, inflammatory, pulmonary, and diabetic-related diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Richard D. Gless, Sampath Kumar Anandan
  • Publication number: 20080194537
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds capable of inhibiting binding of the Smac protein to Inhibitors of apoptosis (IAPs). Such compounds are preferably capable of inhibiting IAP and thus may promote apoptosis or sensitize cells for apoptosis. The compounds may be used in the treatment of proliferative diseases, such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Ole Thastrup, Jens Chr. Norrild
  • Publication number: 20080194536
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by the following formula: (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate thereof, or a combination thereof, wherein Ro, R1, R1?, R2, R2?, R3 and n are defined herein. The present invention further relates to a method of treating a patient from endometreosis or uterine fibroids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Marlys Hammond, David G. Jones, Istvan Kaldor, Lara S. Kallander, Xi Lang, Scott Kevin Thompson, Philip Stewart Turnbull, David G. Washburn
  • Publication number: 20080167288
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the formula: its enantiomers, diastereomers, racemic mixtures thereof, prodrugs, crystalline forms, non-crystalline forms, amorphous forms thereof, solvates thereof, metabolites thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein the ring A substituent groups are fully defined in the following disclosure. The compounds of formula are inhibitors of metalloproteases such as matrix metalloproteases and sheddases, and are useful in treating diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, neoplastic diseases, allergies and all those diseases wherein inhibition of MMPs is desirable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: Lncyte Corporation
    Inventors: Yun Long Li, Jincong Zhuo, David Burns, Wanqing Yao, Ravi Kumar Jalluri
  • Publication number: 20080132480
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Timothy Jon Luker, Timothy Nicholas Birkinshaw, Rukhsana Tasneem Mohammed