The -c(=x)- Is Part Of A -c(=x)x- Group, Wherein The X's Are The Same Or Diverse Chalcogens Patents (Class 549/71)
  • Publication number: 20090275646
    Abstract: Compounds having a structure are disclosed herein. Compositions, methods, and medicaments related to the therapeutic use of these compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: Yariv Donde, Jeremiah H. Nguyen, Mark Holoboski, Mari Posner, Robert M. Burk
  • Publication number: 20090270387
    Abstract: Compounds comprising or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof, are disclosed, wherein Y, A, and B are as described. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: Yariv Donde, Jeremiah H. Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20090270385
    Abstract: Compounds comprising or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof, are disclosed, wherein G, B, Y, and A are as described. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: David W. Old, Vinh X. Ngo
  • Publication number: 20090270386
    Abstract: Compounds comprising or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof, are disclosed, wherein G, B, D, and Y are as described. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: David W. Old, Vinh X. NGO
  • Publication number: 20090239858
    Abstract: Compounds comprising or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof, are disclosed, wherein G, E, B, Y, and A are as described. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: David W. Old, Robert M. Burk, Todd Gac
  • Patent number: 7592366
    Abstract: A compound having a formula is disclosed herein. Therapeutic methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Old, Vinh X. Ngo
  • Publication number: 20090233921
    Abstract: Compounds comprising or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof, are disclosed, wherein Y, A, and B are as described. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventor: Yariv Donde
  • Publication number: 20090227573
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds represented by the formula: Therapeutic methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Holoboski, Robert M. Burk, Mari Posner, Yariv Donde, David W. Old
  • Publication number: 20090192151
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds useful in treating glaucoma, inflammatory bowel disease, the stimulation of hair growth, and the stimulation of the conversion of vellus hair to terminal hair. The compounds themselves are herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: David W. Old, Danny T. Dinh
  • Publication number: 20090186885
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound according to one of the formulas wherein R Additionally, pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of treating disease, medicaments, and compositions related thereto, are further elaborated herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Brent A. Johnson, David W. Old, Yariv Donde, Robert M. Burk
  • Publication number: 20090143461
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds having a formula: Therapeutic methods, medicaments, and compositions related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventor: Robert M. Burk
  • Publication number: 20090137822
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a 3-substituted thiophene represented by the formula (2): wherein R represents a cyano group, a formyl group, a carboxyl group, a hydrocarbyloxycarbonyl group which may have a substituent(s) or an acyl group which may have a substituent(s), which comprises reacting a vinyl compound represented by the formula (1): RCH?CHY??(1) wherein R has the same meaning as defined above, and Y represents a leaving group, and an ?-mercaptoacetaldehyde or a multimer thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Akio Matsushita, Kiyotaka Yoshii, Mizuho Oda, Masayoshi Oue, Shuji Yamada
  • Publication number: 20090124676
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds having a formula: Therapeutic methods, medicaments, and compositions related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventor: Yariv Donde
  • Patent number: 7528274
    Abstract: Certain thiol and acylthiol compounds inhibit retrovirus growth by attacking the highly conserved zinc finger regions of essential viral proteins. These compounds, compositions containing them, and methods of using them to treat retroviral infections such as HIV are described. These compounds are also useful for preparation of vaccines comprised of inactivated retroviruses such as HIV, prevention of the transmission of such retroviruses, and detection of retroviral proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: John K. Inman, Atul Goel, Ettore Appella, Jim Turpin, Marco Schito
  • Publication number: 20090105280
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one compound of e.g. the formulas (Ie) and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier which is useful in a medicine wherein the symbols and substituents have the following meaning —X— is e.g. and Y is e.g. or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters or amides and prodrugs of the above identified compounds can be applied to modulate the in-vitro and in-vivo binding processes mediated by E-, P- or L-selectin binding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: REVOTAR BIOPHARMACEUTICALS AG
    Inventors: Ewald M. Aydt, Remo Kranich
  • Patent number: 7521473
    Abstract: Protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPases) such as PTP1B can play a role in regulating a wide variety of cellular responses such as insulin signaling. Substituted thiophene compounds such as, for example, 2-carboxyl, 3-carboxymethoxy, 5-aryl substituted thiophenes, can inhibit PTP1B and thereby induce greater insulin sensitivity. Accordingly, PTP1B inhibition can provide an alternate treatment for PTPase-mediated disorders such as diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Jinbo Lee, Zhao-Kui Wan, Douglas P. Wilson, Bruce C. Follows, Steven J. Kirincich, Michael J. Smith, Jun-Jun Wu, Kenneth W. Foreman, David V. Erbe, Yan-Ling Zhang, Weixin Xu, Steve Y. Tam
  • Publication number: 20090018168
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound having a formula therapeutic methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: David W. Old, Vinh X. Ngo
  • Publication number: 20090018104
    Abstract: Provided is a triarylcarboxylic acid derivative, or an isomer, a prodrug, a hydrate, a solvate, a polymorph, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, represented by the following general formula (I): wherein A is an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl, and B is an optionally substituted monocyclic heteroaryl; and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The triarylcarboxylic acid derivative (I) exhibits potent xanthine oxidase inhibiting action and is therefore useful as a therapeutic agent for preventing or treating hyperuricemia, gout, inflammatory bowel disease, diabetic nephropathy and diabetic retinopathy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Junji Sato, Kazuyuki Hattori, Hirokazu Kubota, Ryosuke Munakata, Toru Asano, Junko Maeda, Masakatsu Kawakami, Akio Kamikawa
  • Patent number: 7468360
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound having a structure: Therapeutic methods, compositions, and medicaments relating thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Old, Danny T. Dinh
  • Publication number: 20080312321
    Abstract: Therapeutic compounds are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: Yariv Donde, Robert M. Burk
  • Publication number: 20080300269
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of the formula or salts or bioisosteres thereof. Therapeutic methods, medicaments, and compositions related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: David W. Old, Vinh X. Ngo
  • Patent number: 7439372
    Abstract: A compound having a structure is disclosed herein. Compositions, medicaments, and therapeutic methods related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Donde Yariv, Jeremiah H. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 7427685
    Abstract: Therapeutic compounds according to one of the structures below are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Yariv Donde, Robert M. Burk
  • Publication number: 20080207741
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one compound of the formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier which is useful in a medicine wherein the symbols and substituents have the following meaning —X— is e.g. and Y being e.g. or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters or amides and prodrugs can be applied to modulate the in-vitro and in-vivo binding processes mediated by E-, P- or L-selectin binding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: REVOTAR BIOPHARMACEUTICALS AG
    Inventors: Ewald M. Aydt, Remo Kranich
  • Publication number: 20080153850
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I) pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, in which R1, A1, m and A are as defined in the specification; a process for their preparation; pharmaceutical compositions containing them; and their use in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Rhonan Ford, Barrie Martin, Toby Thompson, Nicholas Tomkinson, Paul Willis
  • Publication number: 20080015219
    Abstract: Disclosed and described herein are compounds of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a prodrug thereof. Therapeutic methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed and described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: DAVID W. OLD, VINH X. NGO
  • Publication number: 20080015231
    Abstract: A compound having a formula is disclosed herein. Therapeutic methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: David W. Old, Vinh X. Ngo
  • Patent number: 7317034
    Abstract: Substituted C-furan-2-yl-methylamine and C-thiophen-2-yl-methylamine compounds, processes for their preparation, medicaments and pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in treatment methods and in the preparation of analgesics, in the preparation of a local anaesthetic, an antiarrhythmic, an antiemetic, a nootropic agent and/or a medicament for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of cardiovascular diseases, urinary incontinence, diarrhea, pruritus and/or inflammations, and/or a medicament for the treatment of depression and/or alcohol and/or drug and/or medicament abuse, and/or a medicament for increasing vigilance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Corrina Sundermann, Michael Przewosny
  • Patent number: 7247736
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound capable of binding to the ubiquinone binding site of DHODH which contains a non-aromatic ring system as a core structure, a group capable of interacting with structural elements of subsite 2 or 3 of the ubiquinone binding site of DHODH and a group capable of interacting hydrophobically with structural elements of subsite 1 of the ubiquinone binding site of DHODH. Furthermore, the present invention provides a compound capable of binding to the ubiquinone binding site of DHODH which contains an aromatic ring system as a core structure, a group capable of interacting with residues His 56 and/or Tyr 356 of subsite 3 of the ubiquinone binding site of DHODH and a group capable of interacting hydrophobically with structural elements of subsite 1 of the ubiquinone binding site of DHODH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Johann Leban, Bernd Kramer, Roland Baumgartner, Katharina Aulinger-Fuchs, Stefan Tasler
  • Patent number: 7241795
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 2,5-bis{[alkyl (or aryl) imino]aminophenyl}furans and thiophenes of the general formula in which R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl, alkoxy, halide, and alkylhalide groups; R5 is H, alkyl or aryl; R6 is H, alkyl, aryl, or NR7R8, in which R7 and R8 are each independently selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl and aryl; and X is O, S or NR9, in which R9 is H or alkyl, and to the use of such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignees: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc., Duke University
    Inventors: David W. Boykin, Richard R. Tidwell, W. David Wilson, John R. Perfect, Chad F. Stephens
  • Patent number: 7217295
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a composition comprising at least one conductive polymer in a cosmetically acceptable medium, said polymer being in soluble form in said medium, as, or for the manufacture of, cosmetic products for giving a visual effect to human keratin fibers and more particularly the hair, and also, when said conductive polymer absorbs in the visible region, as, or for the manufacture of, cosmetic products intended to color said fibers. The invention also relates to the corresponding treatment process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventors: Henri Samain, Grégory Plos, Nathalie Mougin
  • Patent number: 7211679
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices are described that include a semiconductor layer that comprises a perfluoroether acyl oligothiophene compound, preferably an ?,?-bis-perfluoroether acyl oligothiophene compound. Additionally, methods of making semiconductor devices are described that include depositing a semiconductor layer that contains a perfluoroether acyl oligothiophene compound, preferably an ?,?-bis(2-perfluoroether acyl oligothiophene compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Christopher P. Gerlach, David A. Ender, Dennis E. Vogel
  • Patent number: 7129363
    Abstract: A conductive compound of formula (I) below, an electrode coated with the conductive compound, a sensor including the electrode, and a target molecule detection method using the sensor are provided: wherein Y is a carbonyl or —NH—; R is one of H, OH, a leaving group, and a probe group; l is an integer from 3 to 6; m is an integer from 1 to 4; and n is an integer from 0 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-im Han, Jun-hoe Cha, Geun-bae Lim
  • Patent number: 7094911
    Abstract: The present invention relates to biphenyl and biphenyl-analogous compounds, their preparation and use as pharmaceutical compositions, as integrin antagonists and in particular for the production of pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment and prophylaxis of cancer, arteriosclerosis, restenosis, osteolytic disorders such as osteoporosis and ophthalmic diseases. The compounds according to the invention have the formula (1) wherein R1, R2, U, V, A, B, W, R3, C and R4 have the meaning as defined in the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Markus Albers, Klaus Urbahns, Andrea Vaupel, Michael Härter, Delf Schmidt, Beatrix Stelte-Ludwig, Christoph Gerdes, Elke Stahl, Jörg Keldenich, Ulf Brueggemeier, Klemens Lustig
  • Patent number: 7034053
    Abstract: The present invention disclosed compounds of Formula I. The present invention also discloses beta-3 agonists of formula I and methods for treating beta-3 mediated diseases and condition using the compounds of formula I, in particular methods for treating diabetes or obesity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: David N. Deaton, Barry George Shearer, David Edward Uehling
  • Patent number: 7019024
    Abstract: The invention provides a pharmaceutical for treatment of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders comprising a compound of the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Allelix Neuroscience Inc.
    Inventors: Vassil Iliya Ognyanov, Laurence A. Borden, Stanley Charles Bell, Jing Zhang
  • Patent number: 6982279
    Abstract: Compounds of the formulae IA and Ib. in which X, R(1), R(2), R(3), R(4), R(5), R(6), R(7), R(30) and R(31) have the meanings indicated in the claims, are very particularly suitable as novel antiarrhythmic active compounds, in particular for the treatment and prophylaxis of atrial arrhythmias, e.g. atrial fibrillation (AF) or atrial flutters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Aventis Pharm Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Peukert, Joachim Brendel, Horst Hemmerle, Heinz-Werner Kleemann
  • Patent number: 6960594
    Abstract: A novel compound which inhibits certain integrins, particularly ?v integrins. Additionally, the novel compound may be used in a method of treating tumors or cancer which comprises administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of the compound to a patient. Additionally, the novel compound may be used in a method of inhibiting angiogensis. Finally, a method of producing the novel compound is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Shire BioChem Inc.
    Inventors: Denis Labrecque, Serge Lamothe, Marc Courchesne, Laval Chan, Giorgio Attardo, Karen Meerovitch
  • Patent number: 6916956
    Abstract: A compound of the formula [I] wherein R1 is optionally substituted aryl group or optionally substituted heteroaryl group; R2 is optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl group, C3-7 cycloalkyl group and the like; R3 is hydrogen atom, C1-6 alkyl group, hydroxyl group and the like; R4 is hydrogen atom, C1-6 alkyl group and the like; R5 and R6 are each C1-6 alkyl group and the like; R7 is optionally substituted aryl group or optionally substituted heteroaryl group; X1, X2 and X3 are each C1-6 alkylene group and the like; and X4 and X5 are each a single bond, methylene group and the like, a salt thereof, a solvate thereof or a prodrug thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound, particularly a calcium receptor antagonist and a therapeutic agent for osteoporosis, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuko Shinagawa, Takeo Katsushima, Takashi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 6835745
    Abstract: This invention provides estrogen receptor modulators of formula I, having the structure wherein, R1, R2, R3, X, and Y are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Richard D. Coghlan, William F. Fobare, Heather A. Harris, James C. Keith, Jr., Leo M. Albert
  • Publication number: 20040259875
    Abstract: An amine derivative, its tautomeric or stereoisomeric form, or a salt thereof which has vanilloid receptor 1 (VR1) antagonistic activity, is disclosed. The amine derivative has an excellent activity as VR1 antagonist and useful for the prophylaxis and treatment of diseases associated with VR1 activity, in particular for the treatment of urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, chronic pain, neuropathic pain, postoperative pain, rheumatoid arthritic pain, neuralgia, neuropathies, algesia, nerve injury, ischaemia, neurodegeneration, stroke, incontinence and/or inflammatory disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Takeshi Yura, Muneto Mogi, Yuka Ikegami, Tsutomu Masuda, Toshio Kokubo, Klaus Urbahns, Timothy B Lowinger, Nagahiro Yoshida, Joachim Freitag, Heinrich Meier, Reilinde Nopper, Makiko Marumo, Masahiro Shiroo, Masaomi Tajimi, Keisuke Takeshita, Toshiya Moriwaki, Yasuhiro Tsukimi
  • Publication number: 20040192758
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula (II) and salts and physiologically functional derivatives thereof, 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Johann Leban, Stefan Tasler
  • Patent number: 6790866
    Abstract: The sulfonamide or carboamide derivatives of the formula (I) and a pharmaceutical composition which comprise them as an active ingredient: (wherein A ring, B ring is carbocyclic ring, heterocyclic ring; Z1 is —COR1, —CH═CH—COR1 etc.; Z2 is H, alkyl etc.; Z3 is single bond, alkylene; Z4 is SO2, CO; Z5 is alkyl, phenyl, heterocyclic ring etc.; R2 is CONR8, O, S, NZ6, Z7-alkylene, alkylene etc.; R3 is H, alkyl, halogen, CF3 etc.; R4 is H, (substituted) alkyl etc.; n, t is 1-4). The compounds of the formula (I) can bind to receptors of PGE2 and show antagonistic activity against the action thereof or agonistic activity. Therefore, they are considered to be useful as medicine for inhibition of uterine contraction, analgesics, antidiarrheals, sleep inducers, medicine for increase of vesical capacity or medicine for uterine contraction, cathartic, suppression of gastric acid secretion, antihypertensive or diuretic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuichi Ohuchida, Yuuki Nagao
  • Patent number: 6790997
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of carbonyl compounds by the oxidation of alcohols in the presence of osmium compounds as catalysts in water or a solvent mixture containing water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Markus Eckert, Hans-Christian Militzer, Matthias Beller, Christian Döbler, Gerald Mehltretter, Uta Sundermeier
  • Publication number: 20040106672
    Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of Formula I. The present invention also discloses beta-3 agonists of formula I and methods for treating beta-3 mediated diseases and condition using the compounds of formula I, in particular methods for treating diabetes or obesity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventors: David N. Deaton, Barry George Shearer, David Edward Uehling
  • Patent number: 6734207
    Abstract: Compounds are described that bind to tubulin causing tubulin depolymerization and inhibiting tubulin polymerization. The compounds of the invention are therapeutically effective to inhibit cellular proliferation, for example, as effective anti-cancer agents. The compounds can also induce cytotoxicity in cells such as leukemia cells. The chemical structure of the compounds includes a furan, thiophene, thiazole, oxazole, or imidazole group at one end of the molecule (head) and a hydrophobic, aliphatic chain at the other end of the molecule (tail).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Parker Hughes Institute
    Inventors: Fatih M. Uckun, Shyi-Tai M. Jan
  • Publication number: 20040072871
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) selected from: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Anne-Claude Dublanchet, Delphine Compere, Philippe Cluzeau, Stephane Blais, Alexis Denis, Pierre Ducrot, Karine Courte, Sophie Descamps
  • Patent number: 6720425
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula where the symbols have the meaning described in the application, have retinoid-like or retinoid antagonist-like biological activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan T. Johnson, Min Teng, Vidyasagar Vuligonda, Richard L. Beard, Samuel J. Gillett, Tien T. Duong, Roshantha A. Chandraratna
  • Patent number: 6627652
    Abstract: Process of treatment of mammals, including humans to treat diseases or conditions of the type which are normally treated with retinoid-like compounds is disclosed, with pharmaceutical compositions containing an active compound which is a selective agonist of the RXR retinoid receptor sites in preference to the RAR retinoid receptor sites. A compound is defined to be a selective agonist of the RXR receptor site if the compound is at least approximately ten times more effective as an agonist in the RXR receptor sites than in the RAR receptor sites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventor: Roshantha A. S. Chandraratna
  • Patent number: 6566375
    Abstract: Compounds of this invention increase plasma levels of high density lipoprotein or HDL, the “good” cholesterol and as such may be useful for treating diseases such as atherosclerosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventor: Thomas J. Commons