The Ring Nitrogens Are Bonded Directly To Each Other (e.g., Pyridazine, Etc.) Patents (Class 514/236.5)
  • Patent number: 9056853
    Abstract: N-Thio-anthranilamid compounds of formula (I) wherein A is A1 wherein the variables and the indices are as defined per the description, processes for preparing the compounds I, pesticidal compositions comprising compounds I, use of compounds I for the control of insects, acarids or nematodes, and methods for treating, controlling, preventing or protecting animals against infestation or infection by parasites by use of compounds of formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Schmidt, Michael Puhl, Joachim Dickhaut, Henricus Maria Martinus Bastiaans, Michael Rack, Deborah L. Culbertson, Douglas D. Anspaugh, Franz-Josef Braun, Toni Bucci, Henry Van Tuyl Cotter, David G. Kuhn, Hassan Oloumi-Sadeghi
  • Patent number: 9051313
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I): Wherein variables are as defined above. The compounds have apoptosis signal-regulating kinase (“ASK1”) inhibitory activity, and are thus useful in the treatment of ASK1-mediated conditions, including autoimmune disorders, inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, diabetic nephropathy, cardio-renal diseases, including kidney disease, fibrotic diseases, respiratory diseases, COPD, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, acute lung injury, acute and chronic liver diseases, and neurodegenerative diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Gildead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory Notte
  • Patent number: 9040516
    Abstract: The present invention provides: an uracil derivative represented by general formula (I) or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof (in the formula, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-10 alkyl group, a C2-6 alkene group or a 3- to 6-membered saturated or 4- to 6-membered unsaturated aliphatic ring group which may contain 1 to 2 hetero atoms independently selected from the group consisting of N, O and S; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, —NRcRd, —N?CHN(CH3)2, or an C1-3 alkyl group; Ar1 and Ar2 independently represent a 5- to 6-membered aromatic ring group which may contain 1 to 3 hetero atoms independently selected from the group consisting of N, O and S; and L represents a 6-membered aromatic ring group which may contain 1 to 4 nitrogen atoms, a pyrazole group, a triazole group, or an imidazole group); and a therapeutic agent or prophylactic agent for various inflammatory diseases associated with elastase, comprises the compound or the like as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: SUMITOMO DAINIPPON PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya Shiro, Masanori Tobe, Katsumi Kubota, Yosuke Takanashi, Tomoaki Nakamura, Toshihiko Sone
  • Publication number: 20150133452
    Abstract: Compounds selected from the group according to claim 1 are inhibitors of tyrosine kinases, in particular of Met kinase, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of tumours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Oliver SCHADT, Dieter DORSCH, Frank STIEBER, Andree BLAUKAT
  • Publication number: 20150133451
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound having an IRAK-4 inhibitory action, which is useful for the prophylaxis or treatment of inflammatory disease, autoimmune disease, osteoarticular degenerative disease, neoplastic disease and the like, and a medicament containing thereof. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Masato Yoshida, Kazuaki TAKAMI, Yusuke TOMINARI, Zenyu SHIOKAWA, Akito SHIBUYA, Yusuke SASAKI, Tony GIBSON, Terufumi TAKAGI
  • Publication number: 20150126485
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): in which Y, Y, R, R 2, R 3 and R 4 are defined in the Summary of the Invention; capable of inhibiting the tyrosine kinase enzymatic activity of the Abelson protein (ABL1), the Abelson-related protein (ABL2) and related chimeric proteins, in particular BCR-ABL1. The invention further provides a process for the preparation of compounds of the invention, pharmaceutical preparations comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Pascal Furet, Robert Martin Grotzfeld, Wolfgang Jahnke, Darryl Brynley Jones, Paul William Manley, Andreas Marzinzik, Xavier Francois Andre Pelle, Bahaa Salem, Joseph Schoepfer
  • Publication number: 20150126364
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein Q is and Z1, Z2, J1, J2, M, R1a, R1b, R2a, R2b, R2c, R2d, R14 and R14a are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: E I Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Thomas Francis Pahutski, JR., Matthew James Campbell, Dominic Ming-Tak Chan, Jeffrey Keith Long, Thomas Martin Stevenson
  • Publication number: 20150105389
    Abstract: Provided herein are 3,5-diaminopyrazoles, for example, compounds of Formula IA, that are useful for modulating regulated-in-COPD kinase activity, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also provided herein are methods of their use for treating, preventing, or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a RC kinase-mediated disorder, disease, or condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Erik Dean RAAUM, Garrett Thomas POTTER, Tai Wei LY
  • Publication number: 20150105388
    Abstract: This invention relates to new carboxamide-substituted heteroaryl-pyrazoles, method for their production, their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, as well as their use for the production of pharmaceutical agents for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular retroviral diseases, in humans and/or animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: AICURIS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Steffen Wildum, Burkhard Klenke, Astrid Wendt
  • Publication number: 20150105390
    Abstract: The invention provides novel pyrimidine and pyridine derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for using such compounds. For example, the pyrimidine and pyridine derivatives of the invention may be used to treat, ameliorate or prevent a condition which responds to inhibition of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) activity, focal adhesion kinase (FAK), zeta-chain-associated protein kinase 70 (ZAP-70), insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1R), or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: IRM LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company
    Inventors: Pierre-Yves Michellys, Wei Pei, Thomas H. Marsilje, III, Wenshuo Lu, Bei Chen, Tetsuo Uno, Yunho Jin, Tao Jiang
  • Publication number: 20150080375
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: wherein R2, W, A, Y and R1 are as defined in the specification, are p38 MAPK inhibitors, and are useful as anti-inflammatory agents in the treatment of, inter alia, diseases of the respiratory tract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: CHIESI FARMACEUTICI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Monique Bodil Van Niel, Nicholas Charles Ray, Lilian Alcaraz, Terry Aaron Panchal, Andrew Stephen Robert Jennings, Elisabetta Armani, Andrew Peter Cridland, Christopher Hurley
  • Publication number: 20150080398
    Abstract: Provided herein are 3,5-diaminopyrazoles, for example, compounds of Formula IA, that are useful for modulating regulated-in-COPD kinase activity, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also provided herein are methods of their use for treating, preventing, or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a RC kinase-mediated disorder, disease, or condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Erik Dean RAAUM, Garrett Thomas POTTER, Tai Wei LY
  • Publication number: 20150080397
    Abstract: Provided herein are pharmaceutically acceptable salts of 3,5-diaminopyrazoles, for example, pharmaceutically acceptable salts of compounds of Formula IA, that are useful for modulating regulated-in-COPD kinase activity, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also provided herein are methods of their use for treating, preventing, or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a RC kinase-mediated disorder, disease, or condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Tai Wei LY, Erik Dean RAAUM
  • Patent number: 8980891
    Abstract: Provided are certain solvates of 3-methoxy-N-[3-(2-methyl-2H-pyrazol-3-yl)-4-(2-morpholin-4-yl-ethoxy)-phenyl]-benzamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising such solvates and methods for their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Stirn, Edward A. Lally
  • Publication number: 20150072980
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, their synthesis, and their use as antagonists, inverse agonists, modulators and or inhibitors of the Retinoic acid-related orphan nuclear receptor ?t (ROR?t)/ROR?. The compounds of the present invention are useful for modulating ROR?t)/ROR? activity and for treating diseases or conditions mediated by ROR?t)/ROR? such as for example, disease states associated with immunopathology of human autoimmune diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Inflammatory Colitis, Psoriasis, COPD, Pain, Obesity, Diabetes, Dyslipidemia, Osteoporosis, Asthma, Neurodegenerative diseases and Cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Hariprasad Vankayalapati, Venkatakrishnareddy Yerramreddy
  • Patent number: 8975254
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The present disclosure also relates to compositions and methods of treating comprising compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Orion Corporation
    Inventors: Gerd Wohlfahrt, Olli Törmäkangas, Harri Salo, Iisa Höglund, Arja Karjalainen, Pia Knuuttila, Patrik Holm, Sirpa Rasku, Anniina Vesalainen
  • Publication number: 20150065477
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel carboxamide compounds and their use for the manufacture of a medicament. The carboxamide compounds are inhibitors of calpain (calcium dependant cysteine proteases). The invention therefore also relates to the use of these carboxamide compounds for treating a disorder associated with an elevated calpain activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Andreas Kling, Katja Jantos, Helmut Mack, Achim Möller, Wilfried Hornberger, Gisela Backfisch, Yanbin Lao, Marjoleen Nijsen
  • Patent number: 8969335
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I, in which R1, R2, X and Y have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are inhibitors of TBK1 and IKK? and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Hoelzemann, Dieter Dorsch, Hans-Michael Eggenweiler
  • Patent number: 8962608
    Abstract: The instant invention provides compounds of formula I which are JAK inhibitors, and as such are useful for the treatment of JAK-mediated diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, COPD and cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Jason Brubaker, Christopher Dinsmore, Dawn Marie Hoffman, Joon Jung, Duan Liu, Scott Peterson, Tony Siu, Luis E. Torres, Hongjun Zhang, Zhongyong Wei, Feng Shi
  • Patent number: 8962845
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and X are defined herein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and methods related to use of these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: National Health Research Institutes
    Inventors: Kak-Shan Shia, Chun-Ping Chang, Yu-Sheng Chao
  • Patent number: 8962623
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I): wherein all symbols have the same meanings as defined in the specification; a salt thereof, a solvate thereof, an N-oxide thereof, or a prodrug thereof, has an Itk inhibitory activity, and is useful as a method for preventing and/or treating atopic dermatitis, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Locus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Rupa S. Shetty, Martha J. Kelly, Bin Liu, Jinming Zou, Kristofer K. Moffett, Younghee Lee, Dora Do-York Wong
  • Publication number: 20150050239
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel substituted pyrazolone compounds, pharmaceutical acceptable salts and formulations thereof useful in modulating the protein tyrosine kinase activity, and in modulating cellular activities such as proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, migration and invasion. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of hyperproliferative disorders in mammals, especially humans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicants: Calitor Sciences, LLC, Sunshine Lake Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ning Xi, Yanjun Wu, Min Liao, Yanming Feng
  • Publication number: 20150045359
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula wherein R1 and R2 are as described herein. Compounds of the invention are useful in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases associated with TAAR modulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
    Inventors: Guido Galley, Annick Goergler, Roger Norcross, Philippe Pflieger
  • Publication number: 20150018353
    Abstract: Compound of Table I are described. They are useful as stimulators of sGC, particularly NO-independent, heme-dependent stimulators. These compounds may be useful for treating, preventing or managing various disorders that are herein disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Charles Kim, Takashi Nakai, Joel Moore, Nicholas Robert Perl, G-yoon Jamie Im, Timothy Claude Barden, Rajesh R. Iyengar, Daniel P. Zimmer, Angelika Fretzen, Paul Allan Renhowe
  • Publication number: 20150018354
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a group of sigma receptor ligands of formula (I) for the potentiation of the analgesic effect of opioids and opiates and at the same time for decreasing the dependency induced by them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Helmut Heinrich Buschmann, Jose Miguel Vela-Hernandez, Daniel Zamanillo-Castanedo
  • Publication number: 20150011534
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R4? have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are inhibitors of tyrosine kinases, in particular Met kinase, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of tumours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Dieter DORSCH, Frank STIEBER, Oliver SCHADT, Andree BLAUKAT
  • Publication number: 20150011552
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound which enhances the production of erythropoietin. The present invention provides, for example, a compound represented by the formula (1) wherein R1: -Q1, -Q1-X-Q2, or -Q1-X-Q2-Y-Q3: a monocyclic or bicyclic aromatic heterocyclic group; Q2, Q3: an aromatic hydrocarbon ring group or a monocyclic aromatic heterocyclic group; X: —CONH—, —CONHCH2—, —CH2OCH2—, —NHCH2CH2—, or the like; Y: a single bond, —O—, —(CH2)n—, or —O—(CH2)n—; m, n: an integer from 1 to 3; R2: H or an alkyl group; and R3: H, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a carboxy group, an aromatic hydrocarbon ring group, or a monocyclic aromatic heterocyclic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Atsunobu SAKAMOTO, Naoki TANAKA, Takeshi FUKUDA
  • Patent number: 8927540
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R4?, have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are inhibitors of tyrosine kinases, in particular Met kinase, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of tumors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Dorsch, Frank Stieber, Oliver Schadt, Andree Blaukat
  • Publication number: 20150005281
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein X, R, Y0, T0A, T0B have the meaning as cited in the description and the claims. Said compounds are useful as JAK inhibitors for the treatment or prophylaxis of immunological, inflammatory, autoimmune, allergic disorders, and immunologically-mediated diseases. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions including said compounds and their use as medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Andrew Hobson, Glynn Addison, Nigel Ramsden, John Harrison
  • Publication number: 20150005275
    Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds according to Formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, L, and the subscript m are as defined herein. The present invention relates to compounds and their use in the treatment of cystic fibrosis, methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment using the same, for the treatment of cystic fibrosis by administering a compound of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Steven Emiel Van der Plas, Oscar Mammoliti, Christel Jeanne Marie Menet, Giovanni Alessandro Tricarico, Ann De De Blieck, Caroline Martine Andrée Marie Joannesse, Hans Kelgtermans, Tom Roger Lisette De Munck
  • Publication number: 20150005293
    Abstract: 5-Membered heterocyclic amides and related compounds are provided, of the Formula: wherein variables are as described herein. Such compounds are ligands that may be used to modulate specific receptor activity in vivo or in vitro, and are particularly useful in the treatment of conditions associated with pathological receptor activation in humans, domesticated companion animals and livestock animals. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for using such compounds to treat such disorders are provided, as are methods for using such ligands for receptor localization studies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Hongbin Li, Jun Yuan, Rajagopal Bakthavatchalam, Kevin J. Hodgetts, Qin Guo, Scott M. Capitosti, Jianmin Mao, David J. Wustrow
  • Publication number: 20150004134
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds and pharmaceutical preparations thereof. The invention further relates to methods of treating or preventing cancer using the novel heterocyclic compounds of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: CALITHERA BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Mark K. Bennett, Matthew I. Gross, Susan D. Bromley, Jim Li, Lijing Chen, Bindu Goyal, Guy Laidig, Timothy Friend Stanton, Eric Brian Sjogren
  • Patent number: 8921357
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R4? have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are inhibitors of tyrosine kinases, in particular Met kinase, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of tumors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Dorsch, Frank Stieber, Oliver Schadt, Andree Blaukat
  • Publication number: 20140378458
    Abstract: N-Thio-anthranilamid compounds of formula (I) wherein A is A1 wherein the variables and the indices are as defined per the description, processes for preparing the compounds I, pesticidal compositions comprising compounds I, use of compounds I for the control of insects, acarids or nematodes, and methods for treating, controlling, preventing or protecting animals against infestation or infection by parasites by use of compounds of formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas SCHMIDT, Michael PUHL, Joachim DICKHAUT, Henricus Maria Martinus BASTIAANS, Michael RACK, Deborah L. CULBERTSON, Douglas D. ANSPAUGH, Franz-Josef BRAUN, Toni BUCCI, Henry Van Tuyl COTTER, David G. KUHN, Hassan OLOUMI-SADEGHI
  • Patent number: 8916555
    Abstract: Provided herein are 3,5-diaminopyrazoles, for example, compounds of Formula IA, that are useful for modulating regulated-in-COPD kinase activity, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also provided herein are methods of their use for treating, preventing, or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a RC kinase-mediated disorder, disease, or condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Axikin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Dean Raaum, Garrett Thomas Potter, Tai Wei Ly
  • Publication number: 20140371213
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (0) or salts or tautomers or N-oxides or solvates thereof for use in the prophylaxis or treatment of disease states and conditions such as cancers mediated by cyclin-dependent kinase and glycogen synthase kinase-3. In formula (0): X is a group R1-A-NR4— or a 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; A is a bond, SO2, C?O, NRg(C?O) or O(C?O) wherein Rg is hydrogen or C1-4 hydrocarbyl optionally substituted by hydroxy or C1-4 alkoxy; Y is a bond or an alkylene chain of 1, 2 or 3 carbon atoms in length; R1 is hydrogen; a carbocyclic or heterocyclic group having from 3 to 12 ring members; or a C1-8 hydrocarbyl group optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from halogen (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS, LTD.
    Inventors: Valerio BERDINI, Michael Alistair O'BRIEN, Maria Grazia CARR, Theresa Rachel EARLY, Adrian Liam GILL, Gary TREWARTHA, Alison Jo-Anne WOOLFORD, Andrew James WOODHEAD, Paul Graham WYATT
  • Patent number: 8912183
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds having histamine H3 antagonist activity, as well as methods of their use and preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Cephalon, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Hudkins, Lars J. S. Knutsen, Catherine P. Prouty, Babu G. Sundar, Kevin J. Wells-Knecht
  • Patent number: 8912184
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of treating diseases, particularly cancers, that respond favorably to the inhibition of Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (Nampt); it also relates to therapeutic methods that utilize Nampt inhibitors in combination with NAD biosynthesis precursors to intentionally kill cancer cells while limiting or minimizing toxicity to normal host cells; and it relates to methods of identifying cancers that will be most responsive to treatment with Nampt inhibitors, particularly when administered in combination with nicotinic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Alzheimer's Institute of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Tracey C. Fleischer, Daniel M. Cimbora, Jeffrey S. Flick, Andrew D. Gassman, Vijay R. Baichwal, Damon I. Papac
  • Publication number: 20140364433
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds that modulate the bioactivity of an orexin receptor such as OX1 or OX2, or both; to pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising a compound of the invention; to methods of treatment of malconditions in patients wherein modulation of an orexin receptor is medically indicated; and to methods of preparation of compounds of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Theodore M. KAMENECKA, Yuanjun HE, Rong JIANG, William NGUYEN, Xinyi SONG
  • Publication number: 20140364432
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds that modulate the bioactivity of an orexin receptor such as OX1 or OX2, or both; to pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising a compound of the invention; to methods of treatment of malconditions in patients wherein modulation of an orexin receptor is medically indicated; and to methods of preparation of compounds of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Theodore M. KAMENECKA, Yuanjun HE, William NGUYEN, Rong Jiang, Xinyi Song
  • Publication number: 20140329817
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to antiviral compounds disclosed herein and uses related thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions. Typically, the pharmaceutical composition comprises a compound of formula I: Formula I, or salt, prodrug, or ester thereof wherein X, Y, and R1 and R10 to R13 are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicants: CHILDREN'S HEATLHCARE OF ATLANTA, INC., EMORY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Richard K. Plemper, James P. Snyder, Aiming Sun
  • Publication number: 20140329674
    Abstract: The present specification discloses honeybee repellents exhibiting repellent properties similar to 2-heptanone, compositions comprising such repellents, uses to repel a honeybee from a mammal, location, plant, structure treated of such repellents, and methods of treating a mammal, location, plant, structure by applying such repellents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: INSCENT, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel F. Woods, Spiros Dimitratos, Robin W. Justice
  • Patent number: 8877753
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a group of sigma receptor ligands of formula (I) for the potentiation of the analgesic effect of opioids and opiates and at the same time for decreasing the dependency induced by them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Laboratorios Del Dr. Esteve, S.A.
    Inventors: Helmut Heinrich Buschmann, Jose Miguel Vela Hernandez, Daniel Zamanillo-Castanedo
  • Publication number: 20140323485
    Abstract: A compound of Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, Ra, A, B, D and E are all as defined herein. The compounds modulate the activity of CFTR and are useful in the treatment of inflammatory or obstructive airways diseases or mucosal hydration, including, for example cystic fibrosis. Pharmaceutical compositions that contain the compounds and processes for preparing the compounds are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Kamlesh Jagdis Bala, Emma Budd, Lee Edwards, Catherine Howsham, Darren Mark LeGrand, Roger John Taylor
  • Publication number: 20140323470
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: wherein R2, W, A, Y and R1 are as defined in the specification, are p38 MAPK inhibitors, and are useful as anti-inflammatory agents in the treatment of, inter alia, diseases of the respiratory tract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: CHIESI FARMACEUTICI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Monique Bodil VAN NIEL, Nicholas Charles Ray, Lilian Alcaraz, Terry Aaron Panchal, Andrew Stephen Robert Jennings, Elisabetta Armani, Andrew Peter Cridland, Christopher Hurley
  • Publication number: 20140315904
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Compounds described herein are useful for inhibiting arginine methyltransferase activity. Methods of using the compounds for treating arginine methyltransferase-mediated disorders are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Epizyme, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Chesworth, Lorna Helen Mitchell, Gideon Shapiro
  • Patent number: 8865712
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds of the formula in which all of the variables are as defined in the specification, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, combinations thereof, and their use as medicaments, particularly for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease or diabetes via inhibition of BACE-1 or BACE-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Sangamesh Badiger, Murali Chebrolu, Konstanze Hurth, Sebastien Jacquier, Rainer Martin Lueoend, Rainer Machauer, Heinrich Rueeger, Marina Tintelnot-Blomley, Siem Jacob Veenstra, Markus Voegtle
  • Publication number: 20140309227
    Abstract: The present invention provides quinoline carboxamide and quinoline carbonitrile compounds of formula (I) wherein ring A, RQ, -L-, R1, n, R2, and R3 are as defined herein. The compounds of the invention are useful as non-competitive mGluR2 antagonists, or mGluR2 negative allosteric modulators (NAMs), and in methods of treating a patient (preferably a human) for diseases or disorders in which the mGluR2-NAM receptor is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease, cognitive impairment, schizophrenia and other mood disorders, pain disorders and sleep disorders, by administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Christopher James Bungard, Antonella Converso, Pablo De Leon, Barbara Hanney, Timothy John Hartingh, Jesse Josef Manikowski, Peter J. Manley, Robert Meissner, Zhaoyang Meng, James J. Perkins, Michael T. Rudd, Youheng Shu
  • Patent number: 8859547
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R4? have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are inhibitors of tyrosine kinases, in particular Met kinase, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of tumors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Dorsch, Oliver Schadt, Frank Stieber, Andree Blaukat
  • Publication number: 20140303157
    Abstract: The instant invention describes compounds having metalloenzyme modulating activity, and methods of treating diseases, disorders or symptoms thereof mediated by such metalloenzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: William J. Hoekstra, Robert J. Schotzinger