Nitrogen Not Bonded Directly To A Ring Patents (Class 562/442)
  • Publication number: 20110104076
    Abstract: The present invention relates to amino acids, complexes, and compounds comprising deuterium and tritium isotopes preferably alpha deuterated amino acids, polypeptides, antibodies, derivatives and saccharide-amino acid complexes and conjugates. In some embodiments, the invention relates to methods of using compounds comprising deuterium for imaging biochemical concentrations and distributions in mammalian tissues using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. In some embodiments, the invention relates to the used of said amino acids derivatives and complexes in boron neutron capture therapy. In some embodiments, the present invention relates to the preparation of amino acids, polypeptides, antibodies, derivatives and saccharide complexes/conjugates comprising heavy hydrogen isotopes. In some embodiments, the invention relates to racemizing amino acids starting from compositions of any optical purity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventor: Brian Keith Shull
  • Publication number: 20110105776
    Abstract: A method of electrochemically preparing a crystalline, porous, metal-organic framework material comprising at least one at least bidentate organic compound coordinately bound to at least one metal ion, in a reaction medium comprising the at least one bidentate organic compound, wherein at least one metal ion is provided in the reaction medium by the oxidation of one anode comprising the corresponding metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Müller, Hermann Pütter, Michael Hesse, Markus Schubert, Helge Wessel, Jürgen Huff, Marcus Guzmann
  • Patent number: 7935843
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dephenolic compounds, an example of which is shown below, which are functionalized, and polymers formed from the same. Polymers formed from the functionalized diphenolics are expected to have controllable degradation profiles, enabling them to release an active component over a desired time range. The polymers are also expected to be useful in a variety of medical applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Bezwada Biomedical, LLC
    Inventor: Rao S Bezwada
  • Publication number: 20110098498
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for preparing a polymeric compound of Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention also provides useful intermediates for preparing the compound of Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: POLYMEDIX, INC.
    Inventors: Robert W. Kavash, Haizhong Tang, Carol Mulrooney, Dahui Liu
  • Publication number: 20110071224
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a novel compound that has an excellent ?-secretase inhibitory effect and specifically inhibits A? production. The present invention provides a compound of the following formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein R1 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a phenyl group; R2 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms which may be substituted by one or more phenyl or halogenophenyl groups; R3 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms which may be substituted by one or more hydroxyl groups; R4 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and the symbol “*” represents a chiral center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHA
    Inventors: Atsuhiro Abe, Hideaki Shimizu, Seigo Sawada, Hiroshi Kodaira
  • Patent number: 7902317
    Abstract: Compounds are synthesized that contain nitrogen and hindered phenol functionalities of an aromatic amine and hindered phenol for use as oxidative stabilizers for organic materials, paints, lubricants, elastomers, and in other applications. The disclosed methods can efficiently synthesize target monomers and polymers without the use of expensive catalysts. Further, the disclosed methods can scale up to industrially useful quantities. In general, the methods provide an improved, highly efficient and economical process for the synthesis of macromonomers having nitrogen containing moiety and sterically hindered phenols and their corresponding polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Polnox Corporation
    Inventors: Rajesh Kumar, Suizhou Yang, Ashok L. Cholli
  • Patent number: 7902394
    Abstract: Novel calcilytic compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions, methods of synthesis, and methods of using them are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Robert W. Marquis, Jr., Joshi M. Ramanjulu, Robert Trout
  • Patent number: 7829594
    Abstract: Novel calcilytic compounds and methods of using them are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline, LLC
    Inventors: Robert W. Marquis, Linda N. Casillas, Joshi M. Ramanjulu, James Francis Callahan
  • Publication number: 20100266503
    Abstract: A method of combating breast cancer in a mammalian individual, the method comprising administering to the individual an agent which reduces the function of the gamma secretase (GS) complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Martin Slade, Raoul Charles Coombes
  • Publication number: 20100197783
    Abstract: A method of reducing side effects of damage in a human subject exposed to radiation includes administering to the human subject carbon nanotubes in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier after or prior to exposure to radiation. A composition for reducing radical damage includes a carbon nanotube which is functionalized (1) for substantial water solubility and (2) with a radical trapping agent appended to the carbon nanotube forming a radical scavenger-carbon nanotube conjugate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: James M. Tour, Meng Lu, Rebecca Lucente-Schultz, Ashley Leonard, Condell Dewayne Doyle, Dmitry V. Kosynkin, Brandi Katherine Price
  • Publication number: 20100147564
    Abstract: Disclosed is a linear polyimide precursor having an intrinsic viscosity of not less than 0.5 dL/g and composed of a repeating unit represented by at least one formula selected from the group consisting of the general formula (1) below and the general formula (2) below. In the general formulae (1) and (2), X represents a divalent aromatic group other than a residue of 1,4-bis(4-aminophenoxy)benzene and a residue of bis(4-amino-3-methylphenyl)methane or an aliphatic group. Since this linear polyimide precursor has high glass transition temperature and high toughness, while exhibiting excellent solubility and thermoplasticity, it is suitably used as a raw material for an asymmetric polyimide which is useful as an adhesive resin for flexible printed circuits (FPC) or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: JFE CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi Hasegawa, Naoyuki Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20100144881
    Abstract: The invention provides crystalline solid forms of (S)-4-((2S,3S)-7-carbamoyl-1,1-diethyl-3-methoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalen-2-ylamino)-2-cyclohexylmethyl-butyric acid. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such crystalline solid forms, methods of using such crystalline solid forms to treat diseases associated with mu opioid receptor activity, and processes useful for preparing such crystalline solid forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Sean M. Dalziel, Miroslav Rapta
  • Publication number: 20100143391
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to hapten compounds comprising either (+)methamphetamine or (+)amphetamine conjugated to a linker. Generally speaking, hapten compounds of the invention may be used to elicit an immune response to one or more of (+)methamphetamine, (+)amphetamine, or (+)MDMA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas
    Inventors: S. Michael Owens, Melinda Gunnell, F. Ivy Carroll
  • Publication number: 20100130556
    Abstract: A compound of formula (III): or a salt, solvate and chemically protected form thereof, wherein: R5 is an optionally substituted C5-20 aryl or C4-20alkyl group; L? is a single bond, —O— or —C(?O)—; A is selected from the group consisting of: formulae (i) (ii) (iii) wherein X and Y are selected from the group consisting of: O and CR3; S and CR3; NH and CR3; NH and N; O and N; S and N; N and S; and N and O, and where the dotted lines indicate a double bond in the appropriate location, and where Q is either N or CH; D is selected from: formulae (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vii) (viii) (ix) B is selected from the group consisting of: formulae (A) (B) where RP6 is selected from fluoro and chloro; and R2 is either: (i) —CO2H; (ii) —CONH2; (iii) —CH2—OH; or (iv) tetrazol-5-yl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: ASTERAND UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Alexander William Oxford, Richard Jon Davis, Robert Alexander Coleman, Kenneth Lyle Clark, David Edward Clark, Shirley Ann Brunton, Neil Victor Harris, Garry Fenton, George Hynd, Keith Alfred James Stuttle, Jonathan Mark Sutton, Mark Richard Ashton, Edward Andrew Boyd
  • Publication number: 20100105880
    Abstract: Separating different types of nanotubes from one another includes providing a sample of heterogeneous nanotubes comprising a first and second type of carbon nanotube; providing a first type of molecule; introducing the first type of molecule to the sample; binding the first type of molecule to the first type of carbon nanotube; and separating the first type of carbon nanotube from the sample. A second type of molecule may be introduced to the sample followed by binding the second type of molecule to the second type of carbon nanotube; and separating the second type of carbon nanotube from the sample. The sample may comprise a third type of carbon nanotube. A third type of molecule may be introduced to the sample followed by binding the third type of molecule to the third type of carbon nanotube; and separating the third type of carbon nanotube from the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventor: LETHA J. SOOTER
  • Publication number: 20100087677
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of producing components of protein biosynthetic machinery that include orthogonal tRNA's, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of tRNA's/synthetases are provided. Methods for identifying these orthogonal pairs are also provided along with methods of producing proteins using these orthogonal pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: AMBRX, INC.
    Inventor: Feng TIAN
  • Publication number: 20100056799
    Abstract: The present invention herein provides, for instance, a stable isotope-labeled phenylalanine wherein a carbon atom of the phenyl group linked to an amino acid residue is 13C, 2 to 4 carbon atoms of the remaining 5 carbon atoms constituting the phenyl group are 12C atoms to which deuterium atoms are bonded, and the remaining carbon atoms are 13C atoms to which hydrogen atoms are linked, and a stable isotope-labeled tyrosine wherein a carbon atom of the phenyl group linked to an amino acid residue is 13C, the carbon atom bonded to the hydroxyl group (OH group) of the phenyl group is 12C or 13C, 2 to 4 carbon atoms of the remaining 4 carbon atoms constituting the phenyl group are 12C atoms to which deuterium atoms are bonded, and the remaining carbon atoms are 13C atoms to which hydrogen atoms are linked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Masatsune Kainosho, Tsutomu Terauchi
  • Publication number: 20100029767
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are provided, wherein X is CH?CH, CH2O wherein the oxygen atom is bound to ring B, or OCH2 wherein the oxygen atom is bound to ring A; Y is hydrogen, straight or branched C1-C6 alkyl or a pharmaceutically acceptable inorganic cation; R1 is ethyl or cyclopropyl; and R2 and R3 are the same or different and are selected from F, Cl, Br, CF3 and OCF3. The compounds are useful for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, organ transplant rejection, and malignant neoplasia. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, methods of using the compounds, and methods for preparing the compounds are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Helén Tuvesson Andersson, Ulf Vellmar, Ingrid Hallin, Leif Svensson, Ingela Fritzson
  • Patent number: 7638648
    Abstract: Compounds of formulas 1 through 17 provided in the specification specifically or selectively inhibit either the cytochrome P450RAI-1 enzyme or the cytochrome P450RAI-2 enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Allergan Inc.
    Inventors: Jayasree Vasudevan, Liming Wang, Xiaoxia Liu, Kwok Yin Tsang, Ling Li, Janet A. Takeuchi, Thong Vu, Richard Beard, Smita Bhat, Vidyasagar Vuligonda, Roshantha A. Chandraratna
  • Publication number: 20090318714
    Abstract: The invention related to a novel process, novel process steps and novel intermediates useful in the synthesis of pharmaceutically active compounds, especially renin inhibitors, such as Aliskiren. Inter alia, the invention relates to a process for the manufacture of a compound of the formula VI, or a salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3 and R? are as defined in the specification, and processes of manufacturing this compound including intermediates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: John Mykytiuk, Ludovic Bonnet, Stephen Gorsuch, Osamu Ichihara, Richard Mears, Christine Richardson
  • Publication number: 20090264487
    Abstract: This invention provides analogs of hemiasterlin, methods of synthesis of the analogs and use of the analogs as a cytotoxic anti-mitotic agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
    Inventors: Raymond ANDERSEN, Edward Piers, James Nieman, John Coleman, Michel Roberge
  • Patent number: 7592482
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a process for preparing a compound of formula (I) through a carboxymethylation reaction occurring in the presence of a suitable alkylating agent and of a base, without the need of monitoring the pH of the reaction environment. The compound of formula (I) is a useful intermediate in the preparation of diagnostic contrast agents for MRI techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Bracco Imaging S.p.A.
    Inventors: Silvia Ceragioli, Giovanni Luca Ciarciello, Luciano Castiglia
  • Patent number: 7579507
    Abstract: Crystals of a salt of 4?-{2-[(1S,2R)-2-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-methylethylamino]ethoxy}-3-isopropyl-3?,5?-dimethylbiphenyl-4-carboxylic acid. The ? type, ? type and ? type crystals produced by treating hydrochloride of 4?-{2-[(1S,2R)-2-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-methylethylamino]ethoxy}-3-isopropyl-3?,5?-dimethylbiphenyl-4-carboxylic acid with specified solvents, which can be discriminated by the characteristic diffraction peaks of powder X-ray diffractometry and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Kasai, Takehiro Ishikawa, Tetsuji Ozawa, Koji Kamata, Ritsu Suzuki, Hideki Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20090197959
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are antagonists of PGD2 receptors. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions that include the compounds described herein, and methods of using such antagonists of PGD2 receptors, alone or in combination with other compounds, for treating respiratory, cardiovascular, and other PGD2-dependent or PGD2-mediated conditions or diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: AMIRA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: John Howard HUTCHINSON, Brian Andrew STEARNS, Jill Melissa SCOTT, Yen Pham TRUONG, Jeffrey Roger ROPPE, Nicholas Simon STOCK, Jeannie M. ARRUDA, Thomas Jon SEIDERS, Bowei WANG
  • Patent number: 7569630
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are aromatic amide derivatives of the formulae: wherein X1 and X2 are independently selected from the group consisting of —OH, —OR, —OM, —NH2, and —NHR; M is a metal; and R, R1, and R2 are independently selected hydrocarbyl groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Chemtura Corporation
    Inventors: Qinggao Ma, William A. Wortman, Abuzar Syed, Paul E. Stott, John M. Wefer, David J. Sikora
  • Patent number: 7521461
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein R1 represents aryl optionally substituted by a heterocyclic group or a heterocyclic group optionally substituted by aryl wherein each aryl or heterocyclic group is optionally substituted; the group —(CH2)m-T-(CH2)n—U—(CH2)p— is attached at either the 3 or 4 position in the phenyl ring as indicated by the numbers in formula (I) and represents a group selected from one or more of the following: O(CH2)2, O(CH2)3, NC(O)NR4(CH2)2, CH2S(O2)NR5(CH2)2, CH2N(R6)C(O)CH2, (CH2)2N(R6)C(O)(CH2)2, C(O)NR7CH2, C(O)NR7(CH2)2, and CH2N(R6)C(O)CH2O; V represents O, S, NR8 or a single bond; q represents 1, 2, or 3; W represents O, S, N(R9)C(O), NR10, or a single bond; R2 represents halo, a C1-4 alkyl group which is optionally substituted by one or more fluoro, a C1-4 alkoxy group which is optionally substituted by one or more fluoro, a C1-4 acyl group, aryl, an aryl C1-4 alkyl group, CN or NO2; r represents 0, 1, 2 or 3; R3 halo, a C1-4 alkyl group which is optionally substutited by one or more
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventor: Lanna Li
  • Patent number: 7514473
    Abstract: Novel Calcilytic compounds and methods of using them are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham, Corp.
    Inventors: Robert W. Marquis, Linda N. Casillas, Joshi M. Ramanjulu, James Francis Callahan
  • Publication number: 20090068113
    Abstract: The present invention relates to amphiphilic squaraine dyes of the general formula (1) as shown below Formula (1) wherein, R1=—(CH2—CH2—O)n—CH3, n=4-8, or —(CH2)n—CO2X, n=3-6, X=H, succinamide and R2=—CH3 or —(CH2—CH2—O)n—CH3, n=4-8 and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, for use as near infrared fluorescence probes in photodynamic diagnostic and biological, biochemical and industrial applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
    Inventors: Ramaiah Danaboyina, Thazhathveetil Arun Kalliat, Kuthanapillil Jyothish
  • Patent number: 7501538
    Abstract: This invention provides aryl and heteroaryl compounds of Formula (I) as described herein, and methods of their preparation. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions made with the compounds of Formula (I) and methods for making such compositions. The compounds of Formula (I) may activate an erythropoietin receptor and thus, may be useful to induce red blood cell production. The compounds of Formula (I) and compositions including compounds of Formula (I) may be useful in a variety of applications including the management, treatment and/or control of diseases caused at least in part by deficient (or inefficient) EPO production relative to hemoglobin level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: TransTech Pharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Adnan M. M. Mjalli, Guoxiang Huang, Murty N. Arimilli, Thomas Scott Yokum, Jeff Jiqun Zhu, Muralidhar Bondlela
  • Patent number: 7491748
    Abstract: A carboxylic acid derivative of formula (I): wherein R1 is —COOH, —COOR6, etc.; A is a single bond, alkylene, etc.; R2 is alkyl, alkoxy, etc.; B is a carbocyclic ring or a heterocyclic ring; Q is alkylnene-Cyc2, etc.; D is a linking chain; and R3 is alkyl, a carbocyclic ring or a heterocyclic ring, or a non-toxic salt thereof. The compound of formula (I) binds to PGE2 receptor, especially subtypes EP3 and/or EP4 and show the antagonizing activity, are useful for the prevention and/or treatment of diseases induced pain, itch, urticaria, allergy, urinary frequency, urinary disturbance, Alzheimer's disease, cancer, dysmenorrhea, endometriosis, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kousuke Tani, Masaki Asada, Kaoru Kobayashi, Masami Narita, Mikio Ogawa
  • Patent number: 7488844
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I processes for preparing such compounds, their the utility in treating clinical conditions including lipid disorders (dyslipidemias) whether or not associated with insulin resistance, methods for their therapeutic use and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Eva-Lotte Lindstedt Alstermark, Anna Christina Olsson, Lanna Li
  • Publication number: 20090036311
    Abstract: The present invention relates to benzoyl-substituted alanines of the formula I in which the variables R1 to R12 are as defined in the description, and to their agriculturally useful salts, to processes and intermediates for their preparation, and to the use of these compounds or of compositions comprising these compounds for controlling unwanted plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias Witschel, Cyrill Zagar, Eike Hupe, Toralf Kuhn, William Karl Moberg, Liliana Parra Rapado, Frank Stelzer, Andrea Vescovi, Robert Reinhard, Bernd Sievernich, Klaus Grossmann, Thomas Ehrhardt
  • Patent number: 7485742
    Abstract: A new class of non-glycosidic and non-peptidic inhibitors of selectins with low molecular weight according to the general formula 1 is described, as well as methods for their production. These compounds represent a new class of non-toxic, in vivo anti-inflammatory effective inhibitors of selectins, and do not exhibit the disadvantages of the glycosidic inhibitor complexes, and are furthermore more potent in vitro, compared to the known drug bimosiamose. Furthermore, medicaments containing the compounds and their uses in the treatment of diseases are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
    Inventors: Gerd Dannhardt, Holger Ulbrich, Philip Prech, Andreas Luxenburger
  • Patent number: 7485694
    Abstract: Polycarbonate is prepared by reactive extrusion on a reactive extruder. A method incorporates the steps of introducing a polycarbonate oligomer, an activated carbonate residue, and a transesterification catalyst to the extruder through a feed section. The extruder has the feed section, a polycarbonate exit section, and a reaction section between the feed section and the polycarbonate exit section. The reaction section is made up of at least one conveying section, kneading sections, and venting sections. The configuration of the reaction section requires that at least one venting section be disposed between each pair of kneading sections, and that the kneading sections and venting sections are selected such that the number of venting sections minus the number of kneading sections is greater than or equal to one. The method further contains the step of extruding the reaction components at a temperature in a range between 100° C. and 500° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Peter Davis, Hans Looij
  • Publication number: 20090030082
    Abstract: LXR nuclear receptor agonists have been previously shown to increase cholesterol efflux, raise plasma HDL cholesterol, stimulate cholesterol excretion, and reduce atherosclerotic lesions. However, these agonists have also been associated with the unwanted side effect of hypertriglyeridemia. This hypertriglyeridemia appears to be mediated by the LXR? subtype rather than LXR?, which suggests that LXR?-selective agonists are attractive candidates for modulation of human lipid metabolism. The present application provides novel LXR?-selective ligands that preferably modulate LXR? over LXR?. These ligands may be used to treat a variety of diseases associated with LXR, such as for example lipid metabolism disorders, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer disease, and inflammation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventor: Barry Forman
  • Publication number: 20080249177
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds represented by general formula (I): or pharmaceutical acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1 and R2 are each hydrogen or lower alkyl; R3, R4, R5 and R6 are each hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy; R7 and R8 are each hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, halo-lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, cyano, a hydroxyl group, lower acyl, carboxy or the like; R9 is —C(O)—R10, -A1-C(O)—R10, —O-A2-C(O)—R10 or a tetrazol-5-yl group, which exhibit potent and selective ?3-adrenoceptor stimulating activities. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing said compound, and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Junichi KOBAYASHI, Tetsuya Nakamura, Ritsu Suzuki, Hideyuki Muranaka, Tomonaga Ozawa, Yuichiro Kai, Takehiro Ishikawa, Tatsuhiro Kondo, Tetsuro Tamai, Satoshi Akahane
  • Publication number: 20080248485
    Abstract: The present invention provides a radiolabeled ligand which is highly selective and potent for glutamate transporters and is usable in specifically detecting the glutamate transporter. Specifically, the present invention provides a 3-[3-(benzoylamido)benzyloxy]aspartic acid having a radioactive substituent on the benzoyl group which is represented by the following formula (1), or an ester or salt thereof: wherein X represents a substituent containing a radioactive atom(s) which is selected from a straight or branched lower aliphatic alkyl group, a hydroxyl group, a straight or branched lower aliphatic alkoxy group, an amino group, a straight or branched lower aliphatic acylamido group, a halogen atom and a straight or branched lower aliphatic haloalkyl group; and R1 and R2 each represents a hydrogen atom, a straight or branched lower aliphatic alkyl group or an acetoxymethyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Keiko Shimamoto, Hideo Saji, Yuji Kuge, Masashi Ueda, Masamichi Satoh, Takayuki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 7432388
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula where the variables have the values described in the specification are antagonists of RAR?retinoid receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Kwok Yin Tsang, Santosh Sinha, Xiaoxia Liu, Smita Bhat, Roshantha A. Chandraratna
  • Publication number: 20080227976
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel diazoketone derivatives. The invention also relates to processes for homologation of these diazoketone derivatives. The processes are useful for preparing compounds that are caspase inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATEAD
    Inventors: Michael Mortimore, Oliver Philps, John Studley
  • Publication number: 20080183010
    Abstract: Method for the preparation of asymmetric alkynylated ?-amino esters of the formula wherein R1 and R2 are independently optionally substituted alkyl cycloalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl, and Y is hydrogen or a nitrogen protecting group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Albert Sun-Chi Chan, Jianxin Ji, Jing Wu
  • Patent number: 7388105
    Abstract: Malodour formation reducing compounds alpha-N-(3-Methyl-5-phenylpentanoxycarbonyl)-L-glutamine, alpha-N-(2-Methyl-5-phenylpentanoxycarbonyl)-L-glutamine, and alpha-N-(2,4-Dimethyl-4-phenylbutanoxycarbonyl)-L-glutamine, and their salts, compositions comprising such compounds, including cosmetic products, personal care products, and deodorant products, and methods forming such products and their use. The compounds are useful to reduce the formation of human malodour resulting from bacterial degradation of compounds naturally present in sweat, in particular axilliary malodour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Givaudan S.A.
    Inventors: Andreas Natsch, Felix Flachsmann
  • Publication number: 20080132574
    Abstract: [PROBLEM] The compound that selectively binds to BLT2 and the preventive and/or therapeutic drug for BLT2-mediated disease such as skin disease are needed. [MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEMS] The present invention provides the compound with BLT2 binding activity, salt thereof, solvate thereof or prodrug thereof. Since the compound with BLT2 binding activity, particularly the compound represented by the formula (I) salt thereof, solvate thereof or prodrug thereof (symbols in formula have the same meanings as specification.) have BLT2 binding activity, it is useful for prevention and/or therapy of BLT2 mediated diseases, e.g., dermatosis, intestinal disease, HIV infection, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, rejection to transplant, transplant rejection, graft-versus-host disease, autoimmune disease, allergic disease, inflammation, infection, ulcers, lymphoma, malignant tumor, leucaemia, arterial sclerosis, hepatitis, hepatic cirrhosis or cancer, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Shinji Nakade, Tomoyuki Shouno, Takao Shimizu, Takehiko Yokomizo, Yoshiko Iizuka
  • Patent number: 7342127
    Abstract: Novel thyroid receptor ligands are provided having the general formula I wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12 and R13 are as defined herein. In addition, a method is provided for preventing, inhibiting or treating diseases or disorders associated with metabolic dysfunction or which are dependent upon the expression of a T3 regulated gene, wherein a compound as described above is administered in a therapeutically effective amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignees: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Karo Bio AB
    Inventors: William N. Washburn, Wei Meng, Denis E. Ryono, Bruce A. Ellsworth, Thomas Ericsson, Mahmoud Rahimi-Ghadim, Neeraj Garg, Johan Malm
  • Patent number: 7329777
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods for treating heart failure, thromboembolic disorders, and pulmonary fibrosis, comprising administering an effective amount of a compound of formula (I) in which the several variables are as defined in the specification and claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Harter, Michael Hahn, Claudia Hirth-Dietrich, Andreas Knorr, Elke Stahl, Johannes-Peter Stasch, Frank Wunder
  • Patent number: 7256307
    Abstract: The present invention provides the S enantiomer of a compound of formula (I); wherein R1 represents 2,4-difluorophenyl or cyclohexyl as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, crystalline forms and prodrugs thereof, to processes for preparing such compounds, to their the utility in treating clinical conditions including lipid disorders (dyslipidemias) whether or not associated with insulin resistance, to methods for their therapeutic use and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Eva-lotte Alstermark Lindstedt, Anna Christina Olsson, Lanna Li
  • Patent number: 7220876
    Abstract: Arylcycloalkyl derivatives having branched side chains, processes for their preparation and their use as pharmaceuticals The invention relates to arylcycloalkyl derivatives having branched side chains and to their physiologically acceptable salts and physiologically functional derivatives. What is described are compounds of the formula I, in which the radicals are as defined, and their physiologically acceptable salts and processes for their preparations. The compounds are suitable for the treatment and/or prevention of disorders of fatty acid metabolism and glucose utilization disorders as well as of disorders in which insulin resistence is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Stapper, Heiner Glombik, Eugen Falk, Jochen Goerlitzer, Dirk Gretzke, Stefanie Keil, Hans-Ludwig Schaefer, Wolfgang Wendler
  • Patent number: 7220880
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, compositions, and use of compounds the structural Formula (I)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Rafael Ferritto Crespo, Jose Alfredo Martin, Maria Dolores Martin-Ortega Finger, Isabel Rojo Garcia, Quanrong Shen, Alan M Warshawsky, Yanping Xu
  • Patent number: 7153997
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds, which are thyroid receptor ligands, and to methods of preparing such compounds. In addition, a method is provided for preventing, inhibiting or treating diseases or disorders associated with metabolism dysfunction or which are dependent upon the expression of a T3 regulated gene, wherein a compound as described herein is administered in a therapeutically effective amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignees: Karo Bio AB, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Neeraj Garg, Mahmoud Rahimi Ghadim, Thomas Anders Wilson Ericsson, Lars Johan Malm, Denis Evan Ryono
  • Patent number: 7071225
    Abstract: Arylaminopropane analogues are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for the lowering and controlling of normal or elevated intraocular pressure as well as a method for the treatment of glaucoma using compositions containing one or more of the compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Alcon, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark R. Hellberg, Abdelmoula Namil
  • Patent number: 7067694
    Abstract: Compounds of the general formula (I) wherein R1 represents halogen, R2 and R3 represent H or halogen, and R4 represents C3-8-cycloalkyl or optionally substituted phenyl, pharamceutical compositions containing such materials, and methods of using such materials in the treatment of various diseases are disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Härter, Michael G. Hahn, Claudia Hirth-Dietrich, Andreas Knorr, Elke Stahl, Johannes-Peter Stasch, Frank Wunder