Hetero Ring Is Six-membered Consisting Of Two Nitrogens And Four Carbon Atoms (e.g., Pyridazines, Etc.) Patents (Class 514/247)
  • Patent number: 9376426
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) in which D, R1, R2, R3, R4 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are inhibitors of tyrosine kinases, in particular of Met kinase, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of tumors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Dorsch, Oliver Schadt, Frank Stieber, Andree Blaukat
  • Patent number: 9333203
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of female sexual dysfunction. It specifically relates to the influence of the combination of testosterone or an analog thereof and tadalafil on sexual health in female subjects with Female Sexual Dysfunction (such as Female Sexual Arousal Disorder (FSAD) or Female Sexual Desire Disorder (FSDD)). It further relates to the influence of the combination of testosterone or an analog thereof and a compound capable of at least in part inhibiting smooth muscle constriction, for example a compound capable of at least in part inhibiting the adrenergic tone. The invention further discloses other combinatorial therapies in the treatment of Female Sexual Dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: EB IP LYBRIDO B.V.
    Inventors: Jan J. A. Tuiten, Johannes M. M. Bloemers
  • Patent number: 9273011
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula I, (I) wherein: R represents a cyclic group selected from phenyl, heteroaryl, heterocyclyl and C 3-6 cycloalkyl; 10 wherein each cyclic group is optionally substituted with from 1 to 3 substituents selected from halo, C -6 alkyl optionally substituted with 1-3 halogen atoms, phenyl, C -6 alkoxy optionally substituted with 1-3 halogen atoms, cyano, heteroaryl 1a and heterocyclyl 1a; and wherein each cyclic group is optionally fused to a benzene ring or a 5- or 16-membered heteroaromatic or heterocyclic ring each containing from 1 to 3 heteroatoms (selected from N, O and S); and when the group is substituted the substitution may occur anywhere on the optionally fused ring system as a whole; and wherein heterocyclyl and heterocyclyl 1a may additionally be substituted with ?O; 20 X represents a bond or C -6 alkylene (which may be straight or branched); R 2 represents H or C -6 alkyl; R 3 represents H or C -6 alkyl; Y represents a bond or C -6 alkylene (which may be stra
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Inhibitaxin Limited
    Inventors: Karl Richard Gibson, Dafydd Rhys Owen
  • Patent number: 9238019
    Abstract: The antitussive and bronchodilator use for an enaminone ester relates to the use of ethyl 4-[(4-chlorophenyl)amino]-6-methyl-2-oxocyclohex-3-en-1-oate (also referred to as “enaminone E121”) for treatment of respiratory conditions, and particularly to use of the ester as the active ingredient in a cough suppressant for nonproductive cough. The ester may be used to achieve an antitussive effect, a bronchodilator effect, or both in a patient in need thereof. The ester may be formulated in any desired delivery form (such as a tablet, a capsule, a time-release capsule, a syrup, a liquid, an injection, a spray, or an inhalant), and be combined with any suitable pharmaceutical carrier, vehicles, binders, fillers, disintegrators, lubricants, solubilizers, emulsifiers, surfactants, and other excipients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF KUWAIT
    Inventors: Ahmed Z. El-Hashim, Ivan O. Edafiogho, Samuel B. Kombian, Mariam H. Yousif
  • Patent number: 9238643
    Abstract: A compound represented by formula (I) and the pharmaceutical acceptable salt thereof are disclosed, wherein, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and Ar are defined as those in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Wenhui Hu, Guifa Zhong, Ling Yang, Hongjiang Xu
  • Patent number: 9221806
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 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: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Dorsch, Oliver Schadt, Andree Blaukat, Frank Stieber
  • Patent number: 9192623
    Abstract: The present invention discloses ophthalmic and otic compositions of facially amphiphilic antimicrobial polymers and oligomers and their uses, including their use in methods for treating and preventing ophthalmic infections and otic infections in humans and animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Cellceutix Corporation
    Inventor: Richard W. Scott
  • Patent number: 9150588
    Abstract: A compound having PDE inhibitory represented by formula (1), W1-W2 (1), wherein (i) W1 is and W2 is (ii) W1 is and W2 is or (iii) W1 is and W2 is or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and a method of treating or preventing schizophrenia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Takahiko Taniguchi, Masato Yoshikawa, Tomoaki Hasui, Makoto Fushimi, Jun Kunitomo
  • Patent number: 9150520
    Abstract: Processes for the preparation of 4-amino-1-((1S,4R,5S)-2-fluoro-4,5-dihydroxy-3-hydroxymethyl-cyclopent-2-enyl)-1H-pyrimidin-2-one (13, RX-3117) and its intermediates are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Haifeng Yin, Deog J. Kim, Eliezer Falb, Leigh A. Pearcey, Jonathan Cummins, Petra Dieterich, Jean-Francois Carniaux, Yi Wang, Vikram Chandrakant Purohit
  • Patent number: 9056109
    Abstract: The invention described herein pertains to the treatment of multiple sclerosis. In particular, the invention described herein pertains to the treatment of multiple sclerosis using compounds that modulate the action of acrolein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventor: Riyi Shi
  • Patent number: 9040457
    Abstract: New phenylamidines are described, having general formula (I): and their use for the control of phytopathogenic fungi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: ISAGRO S.P.A.
    Inventors: Marilena Gusmeroli, Lucio Filippini, Franco Pellacini, Paolo Bravini, Alexia Elmini, Matteo Santino Vazzola, Christian Badaracco
  • Patent number: 9023850
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein Z is O or S; A1, A2, A3 and A4 are independently N or CR1, provided that only one of A1, A2, A3 and A4 is N; and R1, R2, R3 and Q are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling a parasitic nematode comprising contacting the parasitic nematode or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: George Philip Lahm, Thomas Francis Pahutski, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20150119397
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to compositions and methods for treating cancer and neoplastic disease. Provided herein are substituted amidopyridine or amidopyridazine derivative compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for inhibition histone demethylase. Furthermore, the subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of cancer, such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer, lung cancer and/or melanoma and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Young K. Chen, Toufike Kanouni, Zhe Nie, Jeffrey Alan Stafford, James Marvin Veal, Michael Brennan Wallace
  • Patent number: 9018207
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods and agents that are useful in the prevention and amelioration of signs and symptoms associated with neuropathic conditions. More particularly, the present invention discloses the use of angiotensin II receptor 2 (AT2 receptor) antagonists for the treatment, prophylaxis, reversal and/or symptomatic relief of neuropathic pain, including mechanical hyperalgesia, thermal or mechanical allodynia, diabetic pain and entrapment pain, in vertebrate animals and particularly in human subjects. The AT2 receptor antagonists may be provided alone or in combination with other compounds such as those that are useful in the control of neuropathic conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Spinifex Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Maree Therese Smith, Bruce Douglas Wyse
  • Patent number: 9006431
    Abstract: There is provided a hemihydrate form of the sodium salt of pemirolast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: RSPR Pharma AB
    Inventors: Anett Perlberg, Martin Viertelhaus, Ulrika Rosenström, Karol Horvath
  • Publication number: 20150099758
    Abstract: The present application is related to compounds represented by Formula I, which are novel positive allosteric modulators of al nAChRs. The application also discloses the treatment of disorders that are responsive to enhancement of acetylcholine action on al nAChRs in a mammal by administering an effective amount of a compound of Formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Anvyl LLC
    Inventors: David Putnam, Olivier Dasse
  • Patent number: 8999984
    Abstract: Methods of inhibiting one or more biological activities of Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) polypeptides are provided using an MIF inhibitory compound. The methods include therapeutic methods for treating cancers and inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Mitchell, John O. Trent, Jason B. Meier
  • Patent number: 9000031
    Abstract: The present specification provides compositions comprising a thioxanthone-based autophagy inhibitor and/or a cancer therapeutic autophagy inducing compound, pharmaceutical kits comprising these compositions, and methods of treating cancer using such compounds, compositions and kits. Additionally, the present specification provides methods of treating cancer using a thioxanthone-based autophagy inhibitor and a radiotherapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Steffan Nawrocki, Jennifer Carew, Guru Reddy
  • Patent number: 8993509
    Abstract: The present invention relates to agents, and methods for identifying compounds, which agents and compounds are effective in the treatment, and more particularly, that inhibit cachexia, and its associated or related disorders and conditions. In addition, the invention relates to compositions and methods for the use thereof in treating conditions that are characterized by cachexia, and its associated or related disorders and conditions and/or cachexia, and its associated or related disorders and conditions, such as for example, cancer cachexia and cachexia associated with AIDS, autoimmune disorders, drug addiction, alcoholism, chronic inflammatory disorders, cirrhosis of the liver, anorexia and neurodegenerative disease. In particular, the diagnostic marker and drug target of the invention is the ATGL Lipase, which can be inhibited by e.g. siRNAs and compounds with any of the following structures (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Inventors: Robert Zimmerman, Rudolf Zechner, Günther Haemmerle, Gerald Höfler, Suman Das, Achim Lass
  • Patent number: 8993569
    Abstract: The present invention relates to diarylpyridazinone derivatives that block the potassium Kv channels (specifically the Kv1.5, Kv4.3, and Kv11.1 channels) and to the use thereof for the treatment of humans. Said compounds have the general formula (I), where R1 and R2 are simultaneously or independently one or more groupings such as: halogen, such as F, Br, Cl, a straight or branched C1-C4 alkyl, hydroxy, a straight or branched C1-C4 alkoxy, arylsulfonamido, in which the aryl is optionally replaced with a straight or branched C1-C4 alkyl, or nitrile, as well as the various enantiomers and the mixtures thereof in any proportion, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Pierre Fabre Medicament
    Inventors: Elisabeth Dupont-Passelaigue, Isabelle Le Roy, Samuel Mialhe, Christophe Pignier
  • Patent number: 8993595
    Abstract: Provided herein are macrocyclic serine protease inhibitor compounds, for example, of Formula Ia or Ib, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and processes of preparation thereof. Also provided are methods of their use for the treatment of an HCV infection in a host in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Christophe Claude Parsy, Francois-Rene Alexandre, Michel Derock, Frederic Leroy, Jean-Christophe Meillon, Thierry Convard, Dominique Surleraux
  • Patent number: 8987266
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mutations in Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) and methods of detecting such mutations as well as prognostic methods method for identifying a tumors that are susceptible to anticancer therapy such as chemotherapy and/or kinase inhibitor treatment. The methods involve determining the presence of a mutated EGFR gene or mutated EGFR protein in a tumor sample whereby the presence of a mutated EGFR gene or protein indicates the tumor is susceptible to treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventor: Somasekar Seshagiri
  • Patent number: 8980884
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions for treating Alzheimer's disease are disclosed. The pharmaceutical compositions include a compound having the general formula: and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Methods for treating Alzheimer's disease, inhibiting ATase I and/or ATase 2, reducing the activity of BACE1, reducing the level of amyloid ?-peptide (A?), and/or reducing the level of APP intracellular domain peptide (AICD) by administering such compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventor: Luigi Puglielli
  • Patent number: 8980894
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a phosphodiesterase type III (PDE III) inhibitor or Ca2+-sensitizing agent or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof for the preparation of a medication for the prolongation of time until onset of clinical symptoms in patients having an asymptomatic (occult) heart failure or for the reduction of heart size in patients having symptomatic or asymptomatic (occult) heart failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Daemmgen, Olaf Joens, Rainer Kleemann, Christian Troetschel, Andrea Vollmar
  • Publication number: 20150065517
    Abstract: The present invention provides organic compounds of the following structure; A-L1-B-C-D-L2-E that are useful for treating or preventing conditions or disorders associated with DGAT1 activity in animals, particularly humans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Michael H. SERRANO-WU, Young-shin KWAK, Wenming LIU
  • Publication number: 20150065471
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pharmaceutically acceptable crystalline addition salt of 5-[(1R)-2-({2-[4-({4-(2,2-difluoro-2-phenylethoxy)phenyl]ethyl}amino)-1-hydroxyethyl]-8-hydroxyquinolin-2(1H)-one, and (ii) a dicarboxylic acid, a sulfonic acid or a sulfimide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Carlos Puig Duran, Francesc Carrera Carrera, Juan Bautista Pérez Garcia, Enrique Moyes Valles, Iolanda Marchueta Hereu
  • Patent number: 8969347
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds and methods for treating inflammatory and fibrotic disorders, including methods of modulating a stress activated protein kinase (SAPK) system with an active compound, wherein the active compound exhibits low potency for inhibition of the p38 MAPK; and wherein the contacting is conducted at a SAPK-modulating concentration that is at a low percentage inhibitory concentration for inhibition of the p38 MAPK by the compound. Also disclosed are derivatives and analogs of pirfenidone, useful for modulating a stress activated protein kinase (SAPK) system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Inventors: Karl Kossen, Scott D. Seiwert, Vladimir Serebryany, Donald Ruhrmund, Leonid Beigelman, Luca Francesco Mario Raveglia, Stefania Vallese, Ivana Bianchi, Tao Hu
  • Patent number: 8969348
    Abstract: Disclosed are small molecule inhibitors which are useful in treating various diseases and conditions involving chymase. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions, methods of using and making the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Asitha Abeywardane, Ming-Hong Hao, Steven John Taylor
  • Patent number: 8969346
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, X and m are as defined herein. Also provided is a pharmaceutically acceptable composition comprising a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided are methods of using a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Cytokinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Luke W. Ashcraft, Gustave Bergnes, Scott Collibee, Chihyuan Chuang, Jeff Gardina, Bradley P. Morgan, Alex R. Muci, Xiangping Qian, Jeffrey M Warrington, Zhe Yang, Pu-Ping Lu, Antonio Romero
  • Publication number: 20150057233
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a calcineurin inhibitor for use in the treatment of a lesional vestibular disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventor: Jonas Dyhrfjeld-Johnsen
  • Patent number: 8962640
    Abstract: The invention relates to medicine, in particular to gastroenterology, and lies in the field of treatment of liver diseases of various origins. For this purpose, the hepatoprotective agent that is introduced to the patient is embodied as derivatives of bis(2-thio-4,6-dioxo-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexahydropyrimidine-5-yl)arylmethanes. The method provides reduction of the manifestations of cytolysis under the influence of damaging agents and a statistically significant reduction of dysproteinemia, it accelerates restoration of detoxifying processes of the liver, increases induction of endogenic interferon alfa and, consequently, makes the protection of liver cells during hepatitides of various origins more effective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Inventors: Georgy Viktorovich Tets, Viktor Veniaminovich Tets, Konstantin Andreevich Krasnov
  • Patent number: 8962625
    Abstract: A pyridazinone compound represented by the formula (I) has excellent effect on weed control and is useful as an active ingredient of herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kiji, Takafumi Fusaka
  • Patent number: 8952010
    Abstract: A compound represented by the following formula (I) or a salt thereof: wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, or a halogen atom Ar1 represents a bicyclic heterocyclic group represented by the following formula: ?and Ar2 represents a bicyclic heterocyclic group represented by the following formulae:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroaki Inagaki, Tetsunori Fujisawa, Masao Itoh, Aki Yokomizo, Toshifumi Tsuda, Saito Higuchi, Biswajit Das, Rita Katoch, Dilip J. Upadhyay
  • Publication number: 20150038328
    Abstract: A composition for controlling plant diseases, containing a pyridazine compound represented by Formula (I) and ethaboxam, exhibits an excellent control effect against plant diseases. The present invention provides a composition for controlling plant diseases, containing the pyridazine compound represented by Formula (I) and ethaboxam, and a method for controlling plant diseases, including a step of applying an effective amount of the pyridazine compound represented by Formula (I) and ethaboxam to a plant or soil for cultivating a plant. [In the formula, R1 represents a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, a cyano group, or a methyl group, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventor: Yuichi Matsuzaki
  • Publication number: 20150038327
    Abstract: A composition for controlling plant diseases containing a pyridazine compound represented by Formula (I) and one or more compounds selected from a group (A) exhibits an excellent control effect against plant diseases. The present invention provides a composition for controlling plant diseases containing the pyridazine compound represented by Formula (I) and one or more compounds selected from a group (A), and a method for controlling plant diseases containing a step of applying an effective amount of the pyridazine compound represented by Formula (I) and one or more compounds selected from a group (A) to a plant or soil for cultivating a plant. Group (A): a group consisting of chlorantraniliprole and cyantraniliprole. [In the formula, R1 represents a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, cyano group, or a methyl group, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventor: Yuichi Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 8946219
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using combination therapies containing [4-(6-fluoro-7-methylamino-2,4-dioxo-1,4-dihydro-2H-quinazolin-3-yl)-phenyl]-5-chloro-thiophen-2-yl-sulfonylurea, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for the treatment of thrombosis diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Pamela B. Conley, Patrick Andre, Uma Sinha
  • Patent number: 8946220
    Abstract: Hydrazinopyridazines, fused hydrazinopyridazines, phenylethylhydrazines, or combinations thereof, compositions comprising hydrazinopyridazines, fused hydrazinopyridazines, phenylethylhydrazines, or combinations thereof, and methods for using them for the treatment of pain are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventor: Riyi Shi
  • Publication number: 20150030704
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1 and R2 are as defined in the specification, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: William Farnaby, Charlotte Fieldhouse, Katherine Hazel, Catrina Kerr, Natasha Kinsella, David Livermore, Kevin Merchant, David Miller
  • Patent number: 8940740
    Abstract: Certain compounds are provided that can selectively inhibit motile bacteria such as V. cholerae motility. These compounds can indirectly diminish production of cholera toxin and other major virulence required by the cholera bacterium to cause disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Southern Research Institute
    Inventors: Ashish K. Pathak, Jorge A. Benitez, Anisia J. Silva-Benitez
  • Patent number: 8940741
    Abstract: This application discloses 6-(2-Hydroxymethyl-phenyl)-2-methyl-2H-pyridazin-3-one derivatives according to generic Formula I: wherein, variables X, R, and Y4, are defined as described herein, which inhibit Btk. The compounds disclosed herein are useful to modulate the activity of Btk and treat diseases associated with excessive Btk activity. The compounds are further useful to treat inflammatory and auto immune diseases associated with aberrant B-cell proliferation, such as rheumatoid arthritis. Also disclosed are compositions containing compounds of Formula I and at least one carrier, diluent or excipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Joseph Berthel, Roland Joseph Billedeau, Christine E. Brotherton-Pleiss, Fariborz Firooznia, Stephen Deems Gabriel, Xiaochun Han, Ramona Hilgenkamp, Saul Jaime-Figueroa, Buelent Kocer, Francisco Javier Lopez-Tapia, Yan Lou, Lucja Orzechowski, Timothy D. Owens, Jenny Tan, Peter Michael Wovkulich
  • Publication number: 20150025061
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of enhancing visual acuity in a subject, comprising intravitreally administering to the subject in need of such enhancement, a therapeutically effective amount of an extrasynaptic GABAA receptor antagonist. The present invention is also directed to an ocular implant comprising a therapeutically effective amount of the extrasynaptic GABAA receptor antagonist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventor: Movses H. Karakossian
  • Patent number: 8933076
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel chemical compounds, compositions and methods of making and using the same. In particular, the invention provides pyridazine compounds and/or related heterocyclic derivatives, compositions comprising the same, and methods of making and using pyridazine compounds and/or related heterocyclic derivatives and compositions comprising the same, for modulation of cellular pathways (e.g., signal transduction pathways), for treatment or prevention of inflammatory diseases (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), for, research, drug screening, and therapeutic applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Northwestern University, Universite de Strasbourg
    Inventors: D. Martin Watterson, Linda Van Eldik, Jacques Haiech, Marcel Hibert, Jean-Jacques Bourguignon, Anastasia Velentza, Wenhui Hu, Magdalena Zasadzki
  • Patent number: 8933084
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein ring A, ring B, W, m, D, R2, R2a, R3, R3a, and Z are as defined herein, are inhibitors of Trk kinases and are useful in the treatment of pain, cancer, inflammation, neurodegenerative diseases and certain infectious diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Array BioPharma Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Wade Andrews, Kevin Ronald Condroski, Julia Haas, Yutong Jiang, Gabrielle R. Kolakowski, Jeongbeob Seo, HongWoon Yang, Qian Zhao
  • Patent number: 8927549
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide adamantyl benzamide derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions comprising adamantyl benzamide derivatives. Methods of use of such compounds and compositions to modulate the activity of 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11?HSD1) in a subject are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: High Point Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Dharma Rao Polisetti, Suparna Gupta, Soren Ebdrup
  • Patent number: 8921365
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a pharmaceutical composition for the local treatment or prevention of a tissue infection at an infection site, the pharmaceutical composition comprising at least two different antibiotics of group A or pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, or an antibiotic of group A and at least one antibiotic of group B or pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof. Group A comprises primarily intracellular active antibiotics working as inhibitor of bacterial RNA polymerase; as inhibitor of gyrase; or as inhibitor of bacterial protein synthesis. Group B comprises primarily extracellular active antibiotics working as inhibitor of bacterial cell wall synthesis; or inhibitor of bacterial protein synthesis; or by direct destabilization or rupture of the bacterial cell wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Biomet Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Nicole Duewelhenke
  • Publication number: 20140378494
    Abstract: The invention relates to pesticidal mixtures comprising as active compounds 1) at least one cyanosulfoximine compound I of the formula I wherein R1, R2 and G are defined in the description; and 2) at least one active compound II selected from a group A comprising acteylcholine esterase inhibitors, GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, sodium channel modulators, nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists/antagonists, chloride channel activators, juvenile hormone mimics, compounds affecting the oxidative phosphorylation, inhibitors of the chitin biosynthesis, moulting disruptors, inhibitors of the MET, voltage-dependent sodium channel blockers, inhibitors of the lipid synthesis and other compounds as defined in the description, in synergistically effective amounts. The invention relates further to methods and use of these mixtures for combating insects, arachnids or nematodes in and on plants, and for protecting such plants being infested with pests and also for protecting seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Delphine BREUNINGER, Henricus Maria Martinus BASTIAANS, Wolfgang VON DEYN, Juergen LANGEWALD
  • Publication number: 20140378461
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), in which the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as nematicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Anthony Cornelius O'Sullivan, Olivier Loiseleur, Daniel Stierli, Torsten Luksch, Thomas Pitterna
  • Publication number: 20140378301
    Abstract: A composition for controlling plant diseases, containing a pyridazine compound represented by Formula (I) and one or more compounds selected from a group (A), exhibits an excellent control effect against plant diseases. The present invention provides a composition for controlling plant diseases, containing the pyridazine compound represented by Formula (I) and one or more compounds selected from a group (A), and a method for controlling plant diseases, including a step of applying an effective amount of the pyridazine compound represented by Formula (I) and one or more compounds selected from a group (A) to a plant or soil for cultivating a plant. Group (A): a group consisting of acetamiprid, clothianidin, dinotefuran, imidacloprid, nitenpyram, thiacloprid, and thiamethoxam. [In the formula, R1 represents a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, a cyano group, or a methyl group, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventor: Yuichi Matsuzaki
  • Publication number: 20140378302
    Abstract: A composition for controlling plant diseases, containing a pyridazine compound represented by Formula (I) and one or more compounds selected from a group (A), exhibits an excellent control effect against plant diseases. The present invent ion provides a composition for controlling plant diseases, containing the pyridazine compound represented by Formula (I) and one or more compounds selected from a group (A), and a method for controlling plant diseases, including a step of applying an effective amount of the pyridazine compound represented by Formula (I) and one or more compounds selected from a group (A) to a plant or soil for cultivating a plant. Group (A): a group consisting of metalaxyl, mefenoxam (metalaxyl-M), benalaxyl, and kiralaxyl (benalaxyl-M). [In the formula, R1 represents a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, a cyano group, or a methyl group, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventor: Yuichi Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: RE46024
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds of the formula (I): as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the substituents are as those disclosed in the specification. These compounds, and the pharmaceutical compositions containing them, are useful for the treatment of diseases such as obesity, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia and diabetes and other related disorders and diseases, and may be useful for other diseases such as NASH, atherosclerosis, cardiovascular diseases, hypothyroidism, thyroid cancer and other disorders and diseases related thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Nancy-Ellen Haynes, Denis J. Kertesz, Sherrie Lynn Pietranico-Cole, Yimin Qian, Nathan Robert Scott, Sung-Sau So, Kshitij Chhabilbhai Thakkar, Jefferson Wright Tilley