Abstract: The present invention relates generally to selected fused pyrrolocarbazoles, including pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of treating diseases therewith. The present invention is also directed to intermediates and processes for making these fused pyrrolocarbazoles.

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

Abstract: A method for purifying various nitrogen containing flavor and fragrance compounds is described. The method comprises at least one step of reverse crystallization for liquid compounds and may be followed by at least one step of forward crystallization for compounds that are solid at room temperature.

Abstract: A method for separating at least one lower polarity fluid from a mixture of fluids having varying polarity, comprising contacting at least one low polarity or non-polar polymeric membrane with the mixture of fluids under conditions such that the at least one lower polarity fluid selectively permeates through the membrane, wherein the membrane is one which has a ratio of heteroatoms chemically bonded to the carbon atoms in the membrane to the number of carbon atoms of less than about 0.2, preferably less than about 0.05.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds according to formula I and formula II and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof, having the designations provided herein and which inhibit the interaction of MDM2 protein with a p53-like peptide and have antiproliferative activity

Abstract: Asymmetric derivatives of furamidines with one of the phenyl rings of furamidine replaced with a benzimidazole have been found by quantitative footprinting analyses to bind GC containing sites on DNA more strongly than to pure AT sequences. These compounds have been shown to bind in the minor groove at specific GC containing sequences of DNA in a highly cooperative manner as a stacked dimer. Compounds of the present invention find use in selectively binding mixed sequence DNA, and may also be used in methods of regulating gene expression, methods of treating opportunistic infections and cancer, as well as in methods of detecting certain sequences of DNA.

Abstract: A compound selected from the group consisting of a compound of formula I a compound of formula II and when the compound of formula I and II comprises an amino group pharmaceutically acceptable ammonium salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, Cx, n, R3, R4, R5, Y are as defined in the specification.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds represented by Structural Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates and hydrates thereof, and methods of making, methods of using and pharmaceutical compositions having compounds represented by Structural Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates and hydrates thereof: In Structural Formula I, n is 2, 3, or 4; V is O or S; W is O, S, or SO2; R1 is H, a C1-C4 alkyl, phenyl or trifluoromethyl; R2 are each, independently, H, a C1-C6 alkyl, an aryl-C1-C6 alkyl, a cycloalkyl-C1-C4 alkyl, an aryl, a cycloalkyl, or together with the phenyl to which they are bound form naphthyl or 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthyl; R3 are each, independently, H, a C1-C6 alkyl, an aryl-C1-C6 alkyl, a cycloalkyl-C1-C4 alkyl, an aryl, or a cycloalkyl; R4 are each, independently, H, a C1-C4 alkyl, an aryl, or benzyl; R5 are each, independently, H, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or a heteroaryl, provided that at least one R5 is a substituted or u

Abstract: This invention provides substituted 2-(azetidinon-1-yl) acetic acid derivatives of Formula II for the antagonism of the vasopressin V1a receptor.

Abstract: The present invention concerns novel sugar derivatives of indolocarbazoles and pharmaceutical formulations thereof which exhibit topoisomerase-1 activity and are useful in inhibiting the proliferation of tumor cells.

Abstract: New leflunomide Form III is disclosed, along with processes for preparing it. The present invention also provides an economic process for preparing leflunomide Form II and a process for preparing leflunomide Form I from leflunomide Form III. Pharmaceutical compositions and dosage forms containing the new form and methods of using them for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention describes compounds of formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The formula I compounds are protein kinase inhibitors and are useful in the treatment of proliferative diseases, for example, cancer, inflammation and arthritis. They may also be useful in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, and cardiovascular disease.

Abstract: A compound selected from the group consisting of a compound of formula I a compound of formula II and when the compound of formula I and II comprises an amino group pharmaceutically acceptable ammonium salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, Cx, n, R3, R4, R5, Y are as defined in the specification.

Abstract: Disclosed are cathepsin S reversible inhibitory compounds of the formulas (I),(Ia) and (II),(IIa) as defined herein. The compounds are useful for treating autoimmune diseases.

Abstract: The invention is directed to physiologically active compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 represents R3—Z3—, R3—L2—R4—Z3—, R3—L3—Ar1—L4—Z3— or R3—L3—Ar1—L2—R4—Z3—; R2 represents hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy; A1 represents a straight chain C1-3alkylene linkage optionally substituted by one or more groups chosen from alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, imino, oxo, thioxo, or alkyl substituted by —ZR6, —NY1Y2, —CO2R6 or —C(═O)—NY1Y2; L1 represents a direct bond; an alkenylene, alkylene, alkynylene, cycloalkenylene, cycloalkylene, heteroaryldiyl, heterocycloalkylene or arylene linkage each optionally substituted by (a) an acidic functional group, cyano, oxo, —S(O)mR9, R3, —C(═O)—R3, —C(═O)—OR3, —N(R8)—C(═O)R9, —N(R8)—SO2—R9, —NY4Y5 or —[C

Abstract: The invention concerns novel lipoic acid derivatives, which have an inhibiting action with respect to NO-synthase enzymes producing nitrogen monoxide NO and/or are agents enabling the regeneration of antioxidants or entities trapping reactive oxygen species (ROS) and intervening in a more general manner in the redox status of thiol groups. The invention also concerns methods for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use for therapeutic purposes, particularly their use as NO-synthase inhibitors and/or as agents acting more generally in the redox status of thiol groups.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel Pyrrole-Type compounds, compositions comprising Pyrrole-Type compounds, and methods useful for treating or preventing cancer or a neoplastic disorder comprising administering a composition comprising a Pyrrole-Type compound. The compounds, compositions, and methods of the invention are also useful for inhibiting the growth of a cancer cell or neoplastic cell. The present invention also relates to novel Pyrrole-Type compounds, compositions, and methods useful for treating or preventing a viral infection. The compounds, compositions, and methods of the invention are also useful for inhibiting the replication and/or infectivity of a virus.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel active substances (coniosetin and coniosetin derivatives) of the formula I which are produced by the microorganism Coniochaeta ellipsoidea Udagawa (DSM 13856) during fermentation, wherein R, R2, R3, R4, R5, X, X2, X3 and X4 have the meanings stated in the specification, to chemical derivatives of coniosetin, to a process for their preparation and to their use as pharmaceuticals.

Abstract: There is provided compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2, Y, R3 and R4 have meanings given in the description which are useful as, or as prodrugs of, competitive inhibitors of trypsin-like proteases, such as thrombin, and in particular in the treatment of conditions where inhibition of thrombin is required (e.g. thrombosis) or as anticoagulants.

Abstract: There is provided a process for the preparation of 2-aryl-5-(perfluoroalkyl)pyrrole compounds from N-[1-chloro-1-(perfluoroalkyl)methyl]arylimidoyl chloride compounds. The 2-aryl-5-(perfluoroalkyl)pyrrole compounds are useful for the control of insect and acarid pests, and may also be used to prepare other pesticidal arylpyrrole compounds. In addition, the present invention provides compounds which are useful as intermediates in the preparation of arylpyrrole compounds.