Abstract: 2-Phenylethylamino substituted carboxamide derivatives and their use as sodium and/or calcium channel modulators useful in preventing, alleviating and curing a wide range of pathologies are presented.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which activate the p53 response, and find use in, for example, hyperproliferative diseases such as cancer treatment and potentially other diseases/conditions (involving sirtuin function).

Abstract: The invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds of the formula in which all of the variables are as defined in the specification, in free form or in salt form, to their preparation, to their medical use and to medicaments comprising them.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of sulfonyl-substituted 2-sulfonylaminobenzoic acid N-phenylamides of the formula I, wherein A and R1 to R6 have the meanings indicated in the claims, for treating pain and for manufacturing a medicament for the treatment of pain.

Abstract: Methods and compounds for treating neurodegenerative and other disorders. Included is the administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a compound having binding specificity for a p75NTR receptor molecule. Enhanced survival of neural and other cells has been observed.

Abstract: The invention concerns a compound of the formula (I) wherein Ring A is heterocyclyl; m is 0-4 and each R1 is a group such as hydroxy, halo, trifluoromethyl and cyano; R2 is halo and n is 0-2; and each R4 is a group such as hydroxy, halo, trifluoromethyl and cyano; p is 0-4; and R3 is amino or hydroxy; or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts or in-vivo-hydrolysable ester or amide thereof; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of diseases or medical condions mediated by histone deacetylase.

Abstract: Aminoalcohol lipidoids are prepared by reacting an amine with an epoxide-terminated compound are described. Methods of preparing aminoalcohol lipidoids from commercially available starting materials are also provided. Aminoalcohol lipidoids may be prepared from racemic or stereochemically pure epoxides. Aminoalcohol lipidoids or salts forms thereof are preferably biodegradable and biocompatible and may be used in a variety of drug delivery systems. Given the amino moiety of these aminoalcohol lipidoid compounds, they are particularly suited for the delivery of polynucleotides. Complexes, micelles, liposomes or particles containing the inventive lipidoids and polynucleotide have been prepared. The inventive lipidoids may also be used in preparing microparticles for drug delivery. They are particularly useful in delivering labile agents given their ability to buffer the pH of their surroundings.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of 4-carboxybenzylamino derivatives. The 4-carboxybenzylamino compounds can be used to treat cancer. The 4-carboxybenzylamino compounds can also inhibit histone deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing terminal differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. The compounds of the invention may also be useful in the prevention and treatment of TRX-mediated diseases, such as autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases, and in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), such as neurodegenerative diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which are inhibitors of the 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase Type 1 enzyme. The present invention further relates to the use of inhibitors of 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase Type 1 enzyme for the treatment of non-insulin dependent type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, obesity, lipid disorders, metabolic syndrome and other diseases and conditions that are mediated by excessive glucocorticoid action.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of general Formula (I) having histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitory activity, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, and a method useful to treat diseases using the compound.

Abstract: A method of treating polycystic kidney disease in a subject comprises administering to the subject an effective amount of a compound represented by Structural Formula (1): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods for identifying an anti-fibrotic or anti-inflammatory agent comprising determining cathepsin S expression in activated hepatic stellate cells which have been exposed to a test compound and comparing expression to non-exposed hepatic stellate cells. The invention also relates to methods for treating a disorder characterised or caused by hepatic fibrosis or inflammation, comprising administering a cathepsin S inhibitor to a subject.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to novel therapeutic compounds and more particularly to novel compounds, their use as GPR40 agonists, processes for their manufacture, and intermediates useful in their preparation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new prop-2-yn-1-amine inhibitors of monoamine oxidase type B activity, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.

Abstract: A compound, composition and method are disclosed that can provide analgesia. A contemplated compound has a structure that corresponds to Formula A, wherein A, B, X, R1, R2, R7 and R8, and the dashed lines are defined within.

Abstract: Methods and compounds for treating neurodegenerative and other disorders. Included is the administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a compound having binding specificity for a p75NTR receptor molecule. Enhanced survival of neural and other cells has been observed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to morpholine and thiomorpholine derivatives of the general formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and their use.

Abstract: Certain substituted butyl and butynyl benzyl amine compounds are histamine H3 receptor and/or serotonin transporter modulators useful in the treatment of histamine H3 receptor- and/or serotonin-mediated diseases.

Abstract: Methods for treating an allergic or inflammatory disease or other Syk-mediated disease or Syk-mediated condition characterized by administering a composition which contains a therapeutically effective amount of a 5-substituted 2-aminopyridine compound.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds of the general formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, processes for the manufacture of these novel compounds and medicaments containing such compounds. The compounds of the present invention show anti-proliferative and differentiation-inducing activity, which results in inhibition of tumor cell proliferation, induction of apoptosis and inhibition of invasion. The invention also covers the use of such compounds for the treatment of diseases such as cancer and for the manufacture of corresponding medicaments.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which are inhibitors of the 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase Type 1 enzyme. The present invention further relates to the use of inhibitors of 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase Type 1 enzyme for the treatment of non-insulin dependent type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, obesity, lipid disorders, metabolic syndrome, and other diseases and conditions that are mediated by excessive glucocorticoid action.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of N-hydroxy-naphthalene dicarboxamide and N-hydroxy-biphenyl-dicarboxamide derivatives. The N-hydroxy-naphthalene dicarboxamide and N-hydroxy-biphenyl-dicarboxamide compounds can be used to treat cancer. The N-hydroxy-naphthalene dicarboxamide and N-hydroxy-biphenyl-dicarboxamide compounds can also inhibit histone deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing terminal differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. The compounds of the invention may also be useful in the prevention and treatment of TRX-mediated diseases, such as autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases, and in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), such as neurodegenerative diseases.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound which is an inhibitor of sphingolipid biosynthesis for use in the treatment of a disease which has a secondary Niemann-Pick type C disease like cellular phenotype.

Abstract: Certain substituted butyl and butynyl benzyl amine compounds are histamine H3 receptor and/or serotonin transporter modulators useful in the treatment of histamine H3 receptor- and/or serotonin-mediated diseases.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of treating a patient suffering from a cognitive disorder using the following compounds (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII).

Abstract: Antibacterial compounds of formula (I) are provided: as well as stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, and prodrugs thereof; pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of treating bacterial infections by the administration of such compounds; and processes for the preparation of such compounds.

Abstract: This present invention relates to novel compounds, isomer thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as vanilloid receptor (Vanilloid Receptor 1; VR1; TRRPV1) antagonist; and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same. The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating a disease such as pain, migraine, arthralgia, neuralgia, neuropathies, nerve injury, skin disorder, urinary bladder hypersensitiveness, irritable bowel syndrome, fecal urgency, a respiratory disorder, irritation of skin, eye or mucous membrane, stomach-duodenal ulcer, inflammatory diseases, ear disease, and heart disease.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new substituted hydroxyphenylamine based modulators of hormone and/or pigment levels, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) in which R is selected from halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, aryl and heteroaryl; R1 is selected from 2-hydroxyethyl, 2,3-dihydroxypropyl, 3-hydroxypropyl, 2,2-dihydroxyethyl, 3,3-dihydroxypropyl, 1,3-dioxolane-ethyl, 1,3-dioxane-methyl, 1,3-dioxolane-methyl, 1,3-dioxane-ethyl, 3-fluoro-2-hydroxypropyl, 3-carboxy-2-hydroxy-propyl, 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl, 2-hydroxypropyl, 2-hydroxy-propen-2-yl, morpholinoethyl, piperazinoethyl, hydroxymethyl, benzyl, 4-(hydroxymethyl)benzyl, 4-chlorobenzyl, 4-fluorobenzyl, and 4-hydroxybenzyl. R2 is te/t-butyl or trifluoromethyl; R3 is independently selected from hydrogen, carboxy, cyano, alkyl or hydroxyalkyl, The compounds of formula (I) can be used for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for the therapy of inflammatory states, such as chronic neuropathic pain, over-active bladder syndrome, tumor pain, hemorrhoids, inflammatory hyperalgesia, post-intervention pain, dental extraction, airway and gastro-intestinal diseases.

Abstract: The present invention provides BACE inhibitors of Formula (I); methods for their use and preparation, and intermediates useful for their preparation.

Abstract: The present invention embraces compounds selected for interacting with the Fingers-Palm pocket of telomerase and use thereof for modulating the activity of telomerase and preventing or treating diseases or conditions associated with telomerase.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new pyrrolidinone inhibitors of PDE-4 activity, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new benzisoxazole modulators of D2 receptors and/or 5-HT2A receptors, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.

Abstract: Substituted cinnamoyl anthranilate compounds exhibiting anti-fibrotic activity; or derivatives thereof, analogues thereof, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and metabolites thereof; with the proviso that the compound is not Tranilast.

Abstract: Substituted sulphonamides having the general formula (I) and salts, hydrates and solvates thereof were prepared and described, wherein R1 is CO or SO2 and R2 is NH or O and where R represents linear or cyclic aliphatic chain and n represents number of linking aliphatic chain carbons (n can be 0, 1, 2 or 3), which are useful in the manufacture of the medicaments due to the carboanhydrase inhibition. These compounds are prepared by nucleophilic reaction of an amine with 4-sulfamoylbenzenesulphonyl chloride in the presence of triethylamine excess in tetrahydrofurane or in ether at temperature 0 to 20° C. The compounds show an antiglaucomatic activity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new 3H-benzooxazol-2-one modulators of D2 receptors and/or 5-HT1A receptors, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new benzisoxazole modulators of D2 receptors and/or 5-HT2A receptors, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of treating a patient suffering from a cognitive disorder using compounds of the following formula, Formula (2), wherein the variables have the meaning defined in the specification.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new sulfonamide derivatives of formula (I) wherein R1-R8 and Z are as defined in the claims, and optical antipodes or racemates and/or salts and/or hydrates and/or solvates thereof, which are selective antagonists of bradykinin B1, to processes for producing these same compounds, pharmacological compositions containing them and to their use in therapy or prevention of painful and inflammatory conditions.

Abstract: The present embodiments are related to the compound of Formula 1 or Formula 2 below and pharmaceutical formulations thereof as well as treatments for a wide variety of Central Nervous System disorders with the pharmaceutical formulations. Some embodiments include the use of a variety of the instant compounds which surprisingly and advantageously exhibit improved pharmacokinetic and therapeutic profiles in comparison to pivagabine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new phenylpropanone modulators of dopamine receptors, serotonin receptors, and/or nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound of formula I, and processes for the manufacture of said compounds as well as medicaments containing said compound. The compounds according to this invention show anti-proliferative and differentiation-inducing activity and are thus useful for the treatment of diseases such as cancer in humans or animals.

Abstract: The present invention relates to morpholine and thiomorpholine derivatives of the general formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and their use.

Abstract: Compounds of Formula I and Formula II are useful as inhibitors of HIF prolyl hydroxylases. Compounds of Formula I and Formula II have the following structures: where the definitions of the variables are provided herein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I, in which at least one of R5, R6 and R7 is SR12, S(O)R12 or S(O)2R12 group where R12 is a C1-6haloalkyl group, that act, as chemical uncouplers. Compounds of the invention are useful in the treatment, including prevention, of obesity, diabetes and a number of diseases or conditions associated therewith.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods of using soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) inhibitors for treating diseases related to cardiovascular disease.

Abstract: The instant disclosure describes methods for treating diseases and conditions of the central and peripheral nervous system by stimulating or increasing neurogenesis. The disclosure includes compositions and methods based on use of a 5HTR agent, in combination with one or more other neurogenic agents, or anti-astrogenic agent, to stimulate or activate the formation of new nerve cells.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): or a stereoisomer, tautomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate form thereof, wherein the variables A, L, Z, R3, and ring B are as defined herein. The compounds of Formula (I) are useful as selective inhibitors of serine protease enzymes of the coagulation cascade and/or contact activation system; for example thrombin, factor Xa, factor XIa, factor IXa, factor VIIa and/or plasma kallikrein. In particular, it relates to compounds that are selective factor XIa inhibitors. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and methods of treating thromboembolic and/or inflammatory disorders using the same.

Abstract: The instant disclosure describes methods for treating diseases and conditions of the central and peripheral nervous system by stimulating or increasing neurogenesis. The disclosure includes compositions and methods based on use of a 5HTR agent, optionally in combination with one or more other neurogenic agents, to stimulate or activate the formation of new nerve cells.

Abstract: Compounds of Formula I and Formula II are useful as inhibitors of HIF prolyl hydroxylases. Compounds of Formula I and Formula II have the following structures: where the definitions of the variables are provided herein.