Halogen Patents (Class 562/449)
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Patent number: 6709679Abstract: Conjugates of transferrin, albumin and polyethylence glycol consisting of native or thiolated transferrin or albumin or of polyethylene glycol (MW between approximately 5,000 and 20,0000) with at least one HS—, HO— or H2N group and cytostatic compounds derived through maleinimide or N-hydroxysuccinimide ester compounds, such as doxorubicin, daunorubicin, epirubicin, idarubicin, mitoxandrone, chloroambucil, melphalan, 5-fluorouracyl, 5′-desoxy-5-fluorouridine, thioguanine, methotrexate, paclitaxel, docetaxel, topotecan, 9-aminocamptothecin, etoposide, teniposide, mitopodoside, vinblastine, vincristine, vindesine, vinorelbine or a compound of general formula A, B, C or D, where n=0-6, X=—NH2, —OH, —COOH, —O—CO—R—COR*, —NH—CO—R—COR*, where R is an aliphatic carbon chain with 1-6 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene group and R*H, phenyl, alkyl with 1-6 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2001Date of Patent: March 23, 2004Inventor: Felix Kratz
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Publication number: 20040037778Abstract: Iodinated and/or brominated derivatives of aromatic dihydroxy monomers are prepared and polymerized to form radio-opaque polymers. The monomers may also be copolymerized with other dihydroxy monomers. The iodinated and brominated aromatic dihydroxy monomers can be employed as radio-opacifying, biocompatible non-toxic additives for other polymeric biomaterials. Radio-opaque medical implants and drug delivery devices for implantation prepared from the polymers of the present invention are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2002Publication date: February 26, 2004Inventors: Joachim B. Kohn, Durgadas Bolikal, Sanyog M. Pendharkar
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Patent number: 6664291Abstract: The present invention relates to novel thyroid receptor ligands and, more particularly, relates to malonamic acids and derivatives thereof of Formula I, which are useful in the treatment of obesity, overweight condition, hyperlipidemia, glaucoma, cardiac arrhythmias, skin disorders, thyroid disease, hypothyroidism, thyroid cancer and related disorders and diseases such as diabetes mellitus, atherosclerosis, hypertension, coronary heart disease, congestive heart failure, hypercholesteremia, depression, osteoporosis and hair loss. The present invention also provides methods, pharmaceutical compositions and kits for treating such diseases and disorders.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2001Date of Patent: December 16, 2003Assignee: Pfizer, Inc.Inventors: Yuan-Ching P. Chiang, Gary E. Aspnes, Kimberly G. Estep
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Publication number: 20030176721Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of trifluoroethoxy-substituted benzoic acids, by reaction of a corresponding halogenated benzoic acid with trifluoroethanol in the solvent tetrahydrofuran, in the presence of a base and a copper salt, followed by an acidic work-up.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2002Publication date: September 18, 2003Inventors: Kai Fabian, Steffen Enke, Herbert Tilly
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Publication number: 20030166726Abstract: A method for reducing the particle size of amino acid crystals using ultrasound is discussed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2003Publication date: September 4, 2003Inventors: Siegfried Bechtel, Matthias Rauls, Richard Van Gelder, Seth C. Simpson
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Patent number: 6610710Abstract: Phenylalanine derivatives of the following formula and analogues thereof have an antagonistic activity to &agr;4&bgr;7 integrin and a selectivity toward &agr;4&bgr;1 integrin. They are used as therapeutic agents for various diseases to which &agr;4&bgr;7 integrin relates.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2002Date of Patent: August 26, 2003Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.Inventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Toshihiko Yoshimura, Chieko Ejima, Mitsuhiko Kojima, Eiji Nakanishi, Hiroyuki Izawa, Yuko Satake, Nobuyasu Suzuki, Manabu Suzuki, Masahiro Murata
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Patent number: 6579987Abstract: Provided, among other things, is a compound of Formula I: wherein: Ar1 and Ar2 are independently selected aryl groups, optionally substituted with up to five substituents independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkoxy, cycloalkyl, cycloalkyloxy, heterocycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyloxy, alkanoyl, thioalkyl, aralkyl, aralkyloxy, aryloxyalkyl, aryloxyalkoxy, cycloalkyl-substituted alkyl, cycloalkyloxy-substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl-substituted alkoxy, cycloalkyloxy-substituted alkoxy, heterocycloalkyl-substituted alkyl, heterocycloalkyloxy-substituted alkyl, heterocycloalkyl-substituted alkoxy, heterocycloalkyloxy-substituted alkoxy, thioaryl, aralkylthio, thioaryl-alkyl, aralkylthioalkyl, halo, NO2, CF3, CN, OH, alkylenedioxy, SO2NRR′, NRR′, CO2R (where R and R′ are independently selected from the group consisting of H and alkyl), and a second aryl group, which may be substituted as above; R1 is selected from the group consisting of H and alkyl; R2 is seleType: GrantFiled: December 20, 2002Date of Patent: June 17, 2003Assignee: NPS Allelix CorporationInventors: Ian Egle, Jennifer Frey, Methvin Isaac
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Patent number: 6469210Abstract: A process for producing a phenylalkanoic acid amide of the formula [3] by reacting a carboxylic acid of the formula [1] with a dehydrating agent to produce an oxazolinone compound of the formula [2] and then reacting the oxazolinone compound with methyllithium or a methylmagnesium halide and an intermediate for producing the phenylalkanoic acid compound.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2000Date of Patent: October 22, 2002Assignee: Ihara Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shuji Taniguchi, Hidetaka Hiyoshi, Katsunori Matsumoto
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Patent number: 6426364Abstract: Provided, among other things, is a compound of Formula I: wherein: Ar1 and Ar2 are independently selected aryl groups, optionally substituted with up to five substituents independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkoxy, cycloalkyl, cycloalkyloxy, heterocycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyloxy, alkanoyl, thioalkyl, aralkyl, aralkyloxy, aryloxyalkyl, aryloxyalkoxy, cycloalkyl-substituted alkyl, cycloalkyloxy-substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl-substituted alkoxy, cycloalkyloxy-substituted alkoxy, heterocycloalkyl-substituted alkyl, heterocycloalkyloxy-substituted alkyl, heterocycloalkyl-substituted alkoxy, heterocycloalkyloxy-substituted alkoxy, thioaryl, aralkylthio, thioarylalkyl, aralkylthioalkyl, halo, NO2, CF3, CN, OH, alkylenedioxy, SO2NRR′, NRR′, CO2R (where R and R′ are independently selected from the group consisting of H and alkyl), and a second aryl group, which may be substituted as above; R1 is selected from the group consisting of H and alkyl; R2 is selecType: GrantFiled: November 1, 2000Date of Patent: July 30, 2002Assignee: NPS Allelix Corp.Inventors: Ian Egle, Jennifer Frey, Methvin Isaac
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Patent number: 6395784Abstract: New thyroid receptor ligands are provided which have the general formula in which: X is —O—, —S—, —CH2—, —CO—, or —NH—; R1 is halogen, trifluoromethyl, or alkyl of 1 to 6 carbons or cycloalkyl of 3 to 7 carbons; R2 and R3 are the same or different and are hydrogen, halogen, alkyl of 1 to 4 carbons or cycloalkyl of 3 to 6 carbons, at least one of R2 and R3 being other than hydrogen; R4 is methyl, ethyl, n-propyl or trifluoromethyl; R5 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; R6 is carboxylic acid, or esters or prodrugs; R7 is hydrogen or an alkanoyl or an aroyl. In addition, a method is provided for preventing, inhibiting or treating a disease associated with metabolism dysfunction or which is dependent upon the expression of a T3 regulated gene, wherein a compound as described above is administered in a therapeutically effective amount.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2001Date of Patent: May 28, 2002Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyInventor: Denis E. Ryono
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Patent number: 6344590Abstract: An adamantanemethanol derivative of the invention is represented by the following formula (1), wherein Ra is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group; Rb is a hydrocarbon group having a carbon atom, to which carbon atom at least one hydrogen atom is bonded, at a bonding site with the adjacent carbon atom; Rc, Rd and Re are each a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group which may be protected by a protective group or the like; provided that a hydroxyl group protected by a protective group or the like is bonded to at least one carbon atom constituting the adamantane skeleton when Ra is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and Rb is a methyl group; and at least one substituent, in addition to the HO—C(Ra)(Rb)— group indicated in the formula (1), is bonded to the adamantane ring when one of Ra and Rb is a methyl group and the other is an ethyl group.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 1999Date of Patent: February 5, 2002Assignee: Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Nakano, Hiroshi Shimojitosyo
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Patent number: 6339170Abstract: Optically active N-(S-2-acetylthiomethyl-1-oxo-3-phenylpropyl)-glycine benzyl ester useful as an enkephalin inhibitory agent or ACE inhibitory agent can be produced at low cost in an industrial manner, by a method comprising subjecting optically active 2-hydroxymethyl-3-phenylpropionic acid and glycine benzyl ester to condensation to subsequently convert the hydroxyl group into an elimination group, and substituting the elimination group with an acetylthio group.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2001Date of Patent: January 15, 2002Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.Inventors: Takayuki Suzuki, Takayuki Hamada, Kunisuke Izawa
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Publication number: 20020004608Abstract: N-(4-carbamimidoyl-phenyl)-glycine derivatives have the formula: 1Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2001Publication date: January 10, 2002Inventors: Leo Alig, Katrin G. Zbinden, Kurt Hilpert, Holger Kuehne, Ulrike Obst, Hans Peter Wessl
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Patent number: 6331640Abstract: A compound of formula 1a which is useful for treating reperfusion injury, and salts, prodrugs, and related compounds.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1999Date of Patent: December 18, 2001Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Nader Fotouhi, Paul Gillespie, Robert William Guthrie, Sherrie Lynn Pietranico-Cole, Weiya Yun
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Patent number: 6274762Abstract: The invention provides an improved process for the preparation of a compound containing a 2,4,6-triiodinated benzene ring, said process comprising reacting a 2,4,6-unsubstituted 5-amino-benzoic acid or derivative there of with an iodine halide iodinating agent in an aqueous reaction medium, characterised in that the iodinating agent is added to an aqueous medium containing the 5-amino-benzoic acid or derivative at two different temperature ranges: (A) one or more primary portions of the agent are added at a temperature in the range 40 to 70° C. and then one or more secondary portions of the agent are added at a temperature in the range 75 to 95° C. or (B) one or more primary portions of the agent are added at a temperature in the range 75 to 95° C. and then one or more secondary portions of the agent are added at a temperature of 60 to 70° C.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 1999Date of Patent: August 14, 2001Assignee: Nycomed Imaging ASInventors: Dick Malthe-Sorenssen, Ole Magne Homestad, Britt Sterud
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Publication number: 20010008947Abstract: Use in the prevention and/or in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases of 2-amino-4-phenyl-4-oxo-butyric acid derivatives which act as kynureninase enzyme inhibitors and/or kynurenine-3-hydroxylase enzyme inhibitors.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 1997Publication date: July 19, 2001Inventors: MARIO VARASI, ANTONIO GIORDANI, CARMELA SPECIALE, MASSIMO CINI, ALBERTO BIANCHETTI
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Patent number: 6242607Abstract: The invention relates to glutarimides of formula (I): in which Ar represents a phenyl non substituted or substituted one or more times with one of the substituents selected from a halogen atom, a hydroxyl, a (C1-C4)alkoxy, a trifluoromethyl, a (C1-C4)alkyl, said substituents being identical or different; a pyridyl group; a thienyl group and X is methylene or ethylene, their salts and their enantiomers, as well as their method of preparation and their use for the preparation of the corresponding 3,3-disubstituted piperidines.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 1999Date of Patent: June 5, 2001Assignee: Sanofi-SynthelaboInventors: Philippe Camus, Marcel Descamps, Joël Radisson
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Patent number: 6235929Abstract: A novel class of tripeptide &agr;-ketoamides useful for selectively inhibiting serine proteases, selectively inhibiting cysteine proteases, generally inhibiting all serine proteases, and generally inhibiting all cysteine proteases, having the formula M1—AA—AA—AA—CO—NR3R4.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 1996Date of Patent: May 22, 2001Assignee: Georgia Tech Research CorporationInventor: James C Powers
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Patent number: 6229011Abstract: Compounds of the formula: are disclosed which have activity as inhibitors of binding between VCAM-1 and cells expressing VLA-4. Such compounds are useful for treating diseases whose symptoms and/or damage are related to the binding of VCAM-1 to cells expressing VLA-4.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 1998Date of Patent: May 8, 2001Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Li Chen, Robert William Guthrie, Tai-Nang Huang, Achyutharao Sidduri, Jefferson Wright Tilley, Kenneth Gregory Hull
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Patent number: 6153591Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel dipeptides represented by the general Formula I: ##STR1## where R.sub.1 -R.sub.2 and AA are defined herein. The present invention relates to the discovery that compounds having Formula I are potent inhibitors of caspases and apoptotic cell death. Therefore, the inhibitors of this invention can retard or block cell death in a variety of clinical conditions in which the loss of cells, tissues or entire organs occurs.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 1999Date of Patent: November 28, 2000Assignee: Cytovia, Inc.Inventors: Sui Xiong Cai, John Drewe, Yan Wang, Eckard Weber
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Patent number: 6121491Abstract: Process for the preparation of cericlamine which consists: i) in arylating methacrylic acid with the diazonium chloride of 3,4-dichloroaniline, to obtain (+/-)2-chloro-3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-methylpropionic acid, ii) in aminating the acid with dimethylamine, to obtain (+/-)3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-dimethylamino-2-methylpropionic acid, or an alkaline metal salt thereof, iii) in esterifying the amino-acid or its salt, then, iv) in reducing the ester by a metal or organometal hydride to obtain (+/-)3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-dimethylamino-2-methyl-propan-1-ol.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1999Date of Patent: September 19, 2000Assignee: Warner-Lambert CompanyInventors: Marc Nicolas, Blandine Laboue, Dominique Depernet
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Patent number: 6071510Abstract: The present invention provides modified amino acids for delivering active agents, and particularly biologically or chemically active agents. The preferred modified amino acids of the present invention include N-acylated or sulfonated amino acids. These modified amino acids are used as carriers to facilitate the delivery of a cargo to a target. Such modified amino acids are well suited to form non-covalent mixtures with biologically-active agents for oral administration to animals. Methods for the preparation and administration of the modified amino acids and compositions including the same are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1997Date of Patent: June 6, 2000Assignee: Emisphere Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Andrea Leone-Bay, Koc-Kan Ho, Jeffery Bruce Press, Nai-Fang Wang
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Patent number: 6046235Abstract: A sulfur-containing amino acid compound having a high inhibitory activity on LTA.sub.4 hydrolase which is represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents H, alkyl, optionally substituted phenyl alkyl, alkanoyl or optionally substituted benzoyl; R.sup.2 represents ester, amide or carboxyl; R.sup.3 represents hydroxyl, alkyl, halogenoalkyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkoxy, alkylthio, optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted phenoxy, optionally substituted phenylthio, halogen atom, alkylsulfonyl, halogenoalkylsulfonyl, nitro or cyano; R.sup.4 represents alkyl; A.sup.1 represents alkylene; and A.sup.2 represents alkylene.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 1999Date of Patent: April 4, 2000Assignee: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masato Horiuchi, Kenichi Fujimura, Hiroshi Suhara
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Patent number: 6034266Abstract: The present invention refers to novel gem-difluoro compounds of formula: ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.1 can be hydrogen, acyl or acyl substituted; R.sub.2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkyl substituted, nitro, halogen, methylenedioxy, trifluoromethyl or OR';Y is oxygen, sulfur or NR";R.sub.3 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkyl substituted, phenyl, aryl group substituted or metal selected of the group consisting of sodium, potassium, clcium, magnesium, zinc or aluminum;R' and R" are hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkyl substituted, phenyl or aryl substituted; and(a) in the group C.sub.1 -C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 1996Date of Patent: March 7, 2000Assignee: Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz-FiocruzInventors: Nubia Boechat, Angelo Da Cunha Pinto
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Patent number: 6017956Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Ar.sup.1, Ar.sup.2, Ar.sup.3 and Ar.sup.4 represent an aryl group or a heteroaromatic ring group; A represents a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted; X and Y represent an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a carbonyl group or a group of the formula --CHR.sup.a -- (wherein R.sup.a is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group) or --NR.sup.b -- (wherein R.sup.b is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group), or X and Y together represent a vinylene group or an ethynylene group; R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxy group; R.sup.4 and R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 1998Date of Patent: January 25, 2000Assignee: Banyu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshikazu Iwasawa, Tetsuya Aoyama, Kumiko Kawakami, Sachie Arai, Toshihiko Satoh, Yoshiaki Monden
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Patent number: 6018050Abstract: The invention relates to a new process for the preparation of optically active amino acids and amino acid derivatives of the general formula (I), wherein *, X and R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 have the meaning given in the description. Starting from commercially obtainable (-)-menthol or (+)-menthol, the enantiomerically pure compounds of the formula (I) are obtained in high yields. The method is particularly suitable for the preparation of sterically demanding amino acids and amino acid derivatives.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1998Date of Patent: January 25, 2000Assignee: Degussa AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans-Josef Altenbach, Matthias Kottenhahn, Annegret Vogt, Mike Matthaus, Andreas Grundler, Michael Hahn
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Patent number: 5981794Abstract: The present invention provides an economically advantageous and efficient process for producing an optically active homophenylalanine derivative of the general formula (IV), and an intermediate therefor and a process for producing it. The present invention relates to a process for producing homophenylalanine derivative of the general formula (IV) which comprises reacting a .beta.-benzoylacrylic acid derivative of the general formula (II) with a 1-arylethylamine derivative of the general formula (III) and reducing the resultant .gamma.-oxo-homophenylalanine derivative of the general formula (I).Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 1998Date of Patent: November 9, 1999Assignee: Kaneka CorporationInventors: Masahiko Yamada, Nobuo Nagashima, Junzo Hasegawa
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Patent number: 5973006Abstract: A fluoro-substituted benzoylpropionic acid compound of formula (I) either as a single optical isomer or as a mixture of optical isomers ##STR1## wherein R is hydroxy, amino, hydroxylamine, --OR', --NHR', N(R').sub.2 or --NHOR' in which R' is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or benzyl;or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 1998Date of Patent: October 26, 1999Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn S.p.A.Inventors: Mario Varasi, Antonio Giordani, Carmela Speciale, Massimo Cini, Alberto Bianchetti
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Patent number: 5919786Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Ar.sup.1, Ar.sup.2, Ar.sup.3 and Ar.sup.4 represent an aryl group or a heteroaromatic ring group; A represents a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted; X and Y represent an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a carbonyl group or a group of the formula --CHR.sup.a -- (wherein R.sup.a is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group) or --NR.sup.b -- (wherein R.sup.b is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group), or X and Y together represent a vinylene group or an ethynylene group; R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxy group; R.sup.4 and R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 1998Date of Patent: July 6, 1999Assignee: Banyu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshikazu Iwasawa, Tetsuya Aoyama, Kumiko Kawakami, Sachie Arai, Toshihiko Satoh, Yoshiaki Monden
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Patent number: 5907043Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrrolidine derivatives, and more particularly to the compound (S)-1-?(S)-2-(4-methoxybenzamido)-3-methylbutyryl!-N-?(S)-2-methyl-1-(trif luoroacetyl)propyl!pyrrolidine-2-carboxamide, shown by formula I, and solvates thereof. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions, intermediates and methods of preparation of the compound. The compound of formula I is an inhibitor of human neutrophil elastase and is useful in the treatment of diseases in which the enzyme is implicated, such as, for example, emphysema and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 1998Date of Patent: May 25, 1999Assignee: Zeneca LimitedInventors: Stephen John Pegg, George Joseph Sependa, Elwyn Peter Davies, Chris Allan Veale
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Patent number: 5905127Abstract: Mesogens are provided based on substituted unsaturated carboxylic acids such as acrylic and methacrylic acid. Substitution of a variety of hydrophobic tails onto the carboxylic acid or acid derivative via the vinyl carbon proximal to the carbonyl of the carboxylic acid results in mesogens that are capable of forming thermotropic and single-phase lyotropic mesophases over a broad range of compositions. The mesophases can be polymerized to lock in the ordered phases.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 1997Date of Patent: May 18, 1999Assignee: The University of Southern MississippiInventors: Robert Y Lochhead, Lon J Mathias
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Patent number: 5871755Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of dehydroalanine derivatives of formula (I) ##STR1## with R.sub.1 : H or linear- or branched-chain C.sub.1 C.sub.4 alkyl, ##STR2## or linear- or branched-chain C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl where X.sub.1, X.sub.2, X.sub.3, X.sub.4 and X.sub.5 =H, halogen, hydroxyl, linear-or branched-chain C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or alkoxy, ##STR3## and n=2, 3 or 4, for protecting the skin, the mucous membranes and/or the hair against oxidative stress and to the cosmetic and dermatological compositions containing such compounds and to new dehydroalanine derivatives.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 1995Date of Patent: February 16, 1999Assignee: L'OrealInventors: Sylvie Genard, Jean Baptiste Galey, Michel Hocquaux
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Patent number: 5863947Abstract: A pharmaceutical compound of the formula: ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is hydrogen, hydroxy or C.sub.1-6 alkoxy, R.sup.2 is hydrogen, carboxy, tetrazolyl, --SO.sub.2 H, --SO.sub.3 H, --OSO.sub.3 H, --CONHOH, or --P(OH)OR', --PO(OH)OR', --OP(OH)OR' or --OPO(OH)OR' where R' is hydrogen, C.sub.1-6 alkyl, C.sub.2-6 alkenyl or aryl C.sub.1-6 alkyl,R.sup.3 is hydrogen, hydroxy or C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, andR.sup.4 is fluoro, trifluoromethyl, nitro, C.sub.1-6 alkyl, C.sub.3-7 cycloalkyl, C.sub.2-6 alkenyl, C.sub.2-6 alkynyl, C.sub.1-6 alkylthio, heteroaryl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted aryl C.sub.1-6 alkyl, optionally substituted aryl C.sub.2-6 alkenyl, optionally substituted aryl C.sub.2-6 alkynyl, optionally substituted aryloxy, optionally substituted aryl C.sub.1-6 alkoxy, optionally substituted arylthio, optionally substituted aryl C.sub.1-6 alkylthio or --CONR"R'", --SO.sub.2 NR"R"", --NR"R'", --OCONR"R"' or --SONR"R'" where R" and R'" are each hydrogen, C.sub.1-6 alkyl or aryl C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 1997Date of Patent: January 26, 1999Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company LimitedInventors: Stephen Richard Baker, Barry Peter Clark, John Goldsworthy, John Richard Harris
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Patent number: 5804581Abstract: Matrix metalloprotease inhibiting compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof and a method of disease treatment using such compounds are presented. The compounds of the invention have the generalized formula: ##STR1## wherein T is a substituent and R.sup.24 is a substituted amide moiety. These compounds are useful for inhibiting matrix metalloproteases and, therefore, combating conditions to which MMP's contribute, such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, septic arthritis, periodontal disease, corneal ulceration, proteinuria, aneurysmal aortic disease, dystrophobic epidermolysis, bullosa, conditions leading to inflammatory responses, osteopenias mediated by MMP activity, tempera mandibular joint disease, demyelating diseases of the nervous system, tumor metastasis or degenerative cartilage loss following traumatic joint injury, and coronary thrombosis from athrosclerotic plaque rupture. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating such conditions.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 1997Date of Patent: September 8, 1998Assignee: Bayer CorporationInventor: Donald J. Wolanin
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Patent number: 5783735Abstract: A process for preparing polymeric amides is disclosed. The process comprises sequentially reacting a hydrocarbon polymer functionalized (e.g., via the Koch reaction) to contain acid, ester, thioacid and/or thioester groups with a heavy polyamine to form a partially derivatized product in which at least about 85% of the functional groups are converted to heavy (thio)amide groups, and then reacting the partially derivatized product with an excess of light amine to complete the derivatization by converting substantially all of the remaining functional groups to light (thio)amide groups. Products of the foregoing process are also disclosed, which products are useful as additives in fuels and in lubricants.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 1995Date of Patent: July 21, 1998Assignee: Exxon Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Jacob I. Emert, Joseph V. Cusumano, David C. Dankworth, William D. Diana, William B. Eckstrom, Keith R. Gorda, Antonio Gutierrez, Jon E. Stanat, Warren A. Thaler, Stephen Zushma
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Patent number: 5719306Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the formula Ar.sup.1 --Q--Ar.sup.2 --Y--R--Z and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein Ar.sup.1 and Ar.sup.2 are optionally substituted aryl moieties, Z is an optionally substituted nitrogen-containing moiety which may be an acyclic, cyclic or bicyclic amine or an optionally substituted monocyclic or bicyclic nitrogen-containing heteroaromatic moiety; Q is a linking group capable of linking two aryl groups; R is an alkylene moiety; Y is a linking moiety capable of linking an aryl group to an alkylene moiety and wherein Z is bonded to R through a nitrogen atom. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases which are mediated by LTB.sub.4 production, such as psoriasis, ulcerative colitis, IBD and asthma.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: February 17, 1998Assignee: G.D. Searle & Co.Inventors: Nizal Samuel Chandrakumar, Barbara Baosheng Chen, Michael Clare, Bipinchandra Nanubhai Desai, Stevan Wakefield Djuric, Stephen Hermann Docter, Alan Frank Gasiecki, Richard Arthur Haack, Chi-Dean Liang, Julie Marion Miyashiro, Thomas Dale Penning, Mark Andrew Russell, Stella Siu-tzyy Yu
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Patent number: 5703095Abstract: N-arylmethylene ethylenediaminetriacetate, N-arylmethylene iminodiacetate or N,N'-diarylmethylene ethylenediaminediacetate type compounds and their use in combatting oxidative stress, and pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions comprising said compounds. The invention also concerns a process for the preparation of said compounds.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 1995Date of Patent: December 30, 1997Assignee: L'OrealInventors: Jean Baptiste Galey, Jacqueline Dumats
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Patent number: 5643957Abstract: Modified amino acid compounds useful in the delivery of active agents are provided. Methods of administration and preparation are provided as well.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 1994Date of Patent: July 1, 1997Assignee: Emisphere Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Andrea Leone-Bay, Duncan R. Paton, Koc-Kan Ho, Frenel DeMorin
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Patent number: 5643958Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Ar.sup.1, Ar.sup.2 and Ar.sup.3 represent an aryl group or a heteroaromatic ring group; A represents a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted; Q represents a group of the formula --(CH.sub.2).sub.m -- (m is an integer of from 1 to 6) or --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --W--(CH.sub.2).sub.p -- (W is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a vinylene group or an ethynylene group; n and p are a integer of from 0 to 3); R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, an aryl or heteroaromatic ring group which may be substituted; R.sup.2, R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxy group; R.sup.3 and R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 1996Date of Patent: July 1, 1997Assignee: Banyu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshikazu Iwasawa, Tetsuya Aoyama, Kumiko Kawakami, Sachie Arai, Toshihiko Satoh, Yoshiaki Monden
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Patent number: 5643552Abstract: This invention relates to methods of x-ray diagnostic imaging the blood pool, liver, spleen, and/or lymph system of a mammal comprising administering a contrast effective amount of a mixed carbonic anhydride as a contrast agent having the structure ##STR1## X is H, NR.sup.1 R.sup.2 or CONR.sup.1 R.sup.3, R.sup.1 is H or alkylR.sup.2 is COR.sup.3R.sup.3 is H, alkyl, hydroxyl-substituted alkyl, aryl or a steroidially derived moietyY is NR.sup.1 R.sup.2 or CONR.sup.1 R.sup.3 and ##STR2## Z is OR.sup.3 or This invention further relates to novel mixed carbonic anhydride contrast agents having the above structure and to x-ray contrast compositions comprising such agents, and to methods of x-ray diagnostic imaging utilizing such agents.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 1995Date of Patent: July 1, 1997Assignee: NanoSystems L.L.C.Inventor: Carl R. Illig
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Patent number: 5629436Abstract: N-arylmethylene ethylenediaminetriacetate, N-arylmethylene iminodiacetate or N,N'-diarylmethylene ethylenediaminediacetate type compounds and their use in combatting oxidative stress, and pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions comprising said compounds. The invention also concerns a process for the preparation of said compounds.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: May 13, 1997Assignee: L'OrealInventors: Jean-Baptiste Galey, Jacqueline Dumats
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Patent number: 5594106Abstract: Compounds and methods are disclosed that are useful in inhibiting the TNF-.alpha. converting enzyme (TACE) responsible for cleavage of TNF-.alpha. precursor to provide biologically active TNF-.alpha.. The compounds employed in the invention are peptidyl derivatives having active groups capable of inhibiting TACE such as, hydroxamates, thiols, phosphoryls and carboxyls.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 1994Date of Patent: January 14, 1997Assignee: Immunex CorporationInventors: Roy A. Black, Jeffrey N. Fitzner, Paul R. Sleath
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Patent number: 5538986Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula I: ##STR1## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein: R.sup.3 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, alkaryl, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, acyloxymethyl, alkoxy, alkoxymethyl, or alkyl substituted with cycloalkyl;R.sup.4 is H, alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, or --OH.Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of Formula I, methods for inhibiting tumor necrosis factor-.alpha. and methods for treating septic shock, inflammation, or allergic disease by administering a compound of Formula I.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 1993Date of Patent: July 23, 1996Assignee: Schering CorporationInventors: Pauline C. Ting, Daniel M. Solomon, Richard J. Friary, Frank J. Villani, John J. Piwinski, Joe F. Lee, Dhiru B. Vashi
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Patent number: 5510507Abstract: A process and catalyst composition are provided for the highly efficient enantioselective hydrogenation of dehydroamino acid derivatives. The catalyst composition comprises rhodium or iridium and a diphosphinite carbohydrate ligand, wherein the phosphorous atoms are attached to aromatic groups substituted with electron-donating substituents. Also provided is a means to selectively produce .alpha. amino acids in either the L or the D form, based upon use of a sugar in the ligand with phosphinites attached in an absolute Right-Left or Left-Right configuration, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 1995Date of Patent: April 23, 1996Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Timothy A. Ayers, Thaliyil V. Rajanbabu
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Patent number: 5495044Abstract: The present invention provides inhibitors of kynureninase having the formula ##STR1## where X is CO or CHOH; R.sub.A and R.sub.B, independently of one another, are H, a halogen, a halovinyl group, or a small alkyl or haloalkyl group having one to three carbon atoms; A is a H or an acetyl group; R.sub.1 is H, NH.sub.2, NR.sub.6 R.sub.7, NO.sub.2, halogen, CF.sub.3 or a small alkyl group having from one to three carbon atoms, wherein: R.sub.6 and R.sub.7, independently of one another, are H, a formyl group or a small alkyl group having from one to three carbon atoms with the exception that only one of R.sub.6 or R.sub.7 can be a formyl group; R.sub.2 is OH, H, halogen, CF.sub.3 or a small alkyl group having from one to three carbon atoms; and R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5, independently of one another, are H, halogen, CF.sub.3, NO.sub.2, NH.sub.2, or small alkyl group having from one to three carbon atoms, and with the proviso that when X=CO, neither R.sub.A nor R.sub.B can be CF.sub.3.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 1993Date of Patent: February 27, 1996Assignee: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Robert S. Phillips, Lakshmi V. Cyr
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Patent number: 5488149Abstract: A compound of the formula (I) or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester: ##STR1## wherein each of the substituents are herein defined.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: January 30, 1996Assignee: Banyu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Nomoto, Masahiro Hayashi, Jun Shibata, Yoshikazu Iwasawa, Morihiro Mitsuya, Yoshiaki Iida, Katsumasa Nonoshita, Yasufumi Nagata
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Patent number: 5482942Abstract: This invention relates to novel 4-(3,4-dioxocyclobuten-1-yl)chromenes and dihydronaphthalenones and 3-(3,4-dioxocyclobuten-1-yl)indenes and salts thereof having smooth muscle relaxing activity, to their use in the treatment of hypertension as well as for treatment of peripheral vascular disease, congestive heart failure, disorders involving excessive smooth muscle contraction of the urinary tract such as incontinence or of the gastrointestinal tract such as irritable bowel syndrome, asthma, and hair loss and to pharmaceutical compositions containing an invention compound. The present invention discloses compounds represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, independent from each other, are selected from the following: C.sub.1-6 perfluoroalkoxy, C.sub.1-6 perfluoroalkyl, C.sub.1-6 alkyl, C.sub.1-6 alkoxy, hydroxyl, C.sub.1-6 alkoxycarbonyl, nitro, cyano, halogen, C.sub.1-6 alkylsulfonamido, C.sub.1-6 perfluoroalkylsulfonamido, amino, C.sub.1-6 acylamino, C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 1994Date of Patent: January 9, 1996Assignee: American Home Products CorporationInventors: Richard M. Soll, Paul J. Dollings
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Patent number: 5472683Abstract: This invention relates to methods of x-ray diagnostic imaging the blood pool, liver, spleen, and/or lymph system of a mammal comprising administering a contrast effective amount of a mixed carbamic anhydride as a contrast agent having the structure ##STR1## X is H, NR.sup.1 R.sup.2 or CONR.sup.1 R.sup.3, R.sup.1 is H or alkylR.sup.2 is COR.sup.3R.sup.3 is H, alkyl or arylY is NR.sup.1 R.sup.2 or CONR.sup.1 R.sup.3 andN is NR.sup.1 R.sup.4 andR.sup.4 is H, alkyl, aryl or CH(R.sup.5)CO.sub.2 R.sup.1.This invention further relates to novel mixed carbamic anhydride contrast agents having the above structure to x-ray contrast compositions comprising such agents, and to methods of x-ray diagnostic imaging utilizing such agents.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 1995Date of Patent: December 5, 1995Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: Carl R. Illig
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Patent number: 5436343Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## in which: R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, which may be identical or different, represent a linear or branched (C.sub.1 C.sub.6) alkyl radical, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl radical, a pyridyl radical or a thienyl radical, or, with the carbon atom to which they are attached, a substituted or unsubstituted (C.sub.4 -C.sub.7) cycloalkyl ring,R.sub.3 representsa substituted or unsubstituted phenylsulfonyl radical,a linear or branched (C.sub.1 -C.sub.6) alkyl radical,an alkylaminocarbonyl radical,or a linear or branched (C.sub.1 -C.sub.6) acyl radical,R.sub.4 represents any one of the radicals:--CH.dbd.CH--(CH.sub.2).sub.p --CO.sub.2 H or --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --(CH.sub.2)p--CO.sub.2 Hin which p is equal to 0, 1, 2 or 3, n and m, which may be identical or different, represent 0, 1 or 2,their isomers, enantiomers, diastereoisomers and epimers as well as their addition salts with a pharmaceutically acceptable acid or base.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 1993Date of Patent: July 25, 1995Assignee: Adir et CompagnieInventors: Gilbert Lavielle, Patrick Hautefaye, Michel Laubie, Tony Verbeuren
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Patent number: 5391574Abstract: There are described optically active derivatives of (R) 5-pentylamino-5-oxopentanoic acid and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, having antagonistic activity towards cholecystokinin, and with the formula: ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is selected from the groups 2-naphthyl, 3,4-dichlorophenyl and 3,4-dimethylphenyl and R.sub.2 is a pentyl group or an alkoxyalkyl group with 4 carbon atoms, and in which the substituents on the central chiral group (marked with an asterisk in Formula (I)), have the R (rectus) conformation.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 1993Date of Patent: February 21, 1995Assignee: Rotta Research Laboratorium S.p.A.Inventors: Francesco Makovec, Rolando Chiste, Walter Peris, Luigi Rovati