The Polycyclo Ring System Is Quinazoline (including Hydrogenated) Patents (Class 514/252.17)
  • Publication number: 20120114600
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I): wherein the variables are defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, that are inhibitors of replication of the hepatitis C virus. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods of using such compounds to treat hepatitis C viral infections, and processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: THERAVANCE, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Murray McKINNELL, Daniel D. LONG, Lori Jean VAN ORDEN, Lan JIANG, Mandy LOO, Daisuke Roland SAITO, Shella ZIPFEL, Eric L. Stangeland, Kassandra Lepack, Gavin Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20120115825
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cyclohexyloxy-substituted heterocycles of general formula (I) the tautomers, the stereoisomers, the mixtures thereof and the salts thereof, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof with inorganic or organic acids, which have valuable pharmacological properties, particularly an inhibitory effect on signal transduction mediated by tyrosine kinases, the use thereof for the treatment of diseases, particularly tumoral diseases as well as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), diseases of the lungs and airways and the preparation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventor: Frank Himmelsbach
  • Publication number: 20120083447
    Abstract: Methods of treating hypertension, pain, and resuscitative hemorrhagic shock using an adrenergic agent, like centhaquin, are disclosed. The methods treat mammals, including humans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Anil Gulati
  • Publication number: 20120070410
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the activity of receptor kinases and for the treatment, prevention, or amelioration of one or more symptoms of disease or disorder mediated by receptor kinases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Julius L. Apuy, Darren E. Insko, Joyce J. James
  • Publication number: 20120059002
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of regulating interleukin-6 (IL-6) and/or vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) and methods of treating and/or preventing cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases and related disease states, such as, for example, atherosclerosis, asthma, arthritis, cancer, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, and inflammatory bowel diseases, and autoimmune disease(s) by administering a naturally occurring or synthetic quinazolone derivative. The invention provides novel synthetic quinazolone compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising those compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Henrik C. Hansen, Gregory S. Wagner, Sarah C. Attwell, Kevin G. McLure, Ewelina B. Kulikowski
  • Publication number: 20120058950
    Abstract: Diagnostic assessment and therapeutic treatment of pelvic pain disorders, including bladder disorders, bowel disorders, and/or reproductive tissue or organ disorders that are characterized by increased expression of the neuropeptides CGRP and/or PACAP. Additionally, applicants have developed a transgenic non-human model for pelvic pain disorders, where the transgenic animal expresses in bladder sensory neurons a recombinant neuropeptide implicated in the pelvic pain disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicants: University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
    Inventors: Ronald W. Wood, Jay Reeder, Edward M. Schwarz, Edward M. Messing, Susan R. Schoen, Margaret A. Vizzard, Ian Dickerson
  • Publication number: 20120058987
    Abstract: The subject matter of the present invention is the use of compounds of formula (I) in the form of a base, a hydrate or a solvate, or of mixtures thereof, as a medicament or for preparing a medicament intended for the treatment and/or prevention of disorders associated with the central nervous system (abbreviated to CNS) and/or associated with the peripheral nervous system (abbreviated to PNS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: SANOFI
    Inventors: Gilbert Marciniak, Jean-Francois Nave, Fabrice Viviani
  • Publication number: 20120053184
    Abstract: The invention provides acid addition salts of 3-(1.H.-indol-3-yl)-4-[2-(4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-quinazolin-4-yl]-pyrrole-2,5-dione, crystalline forms thereof, processes for the preparation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and uses thereof in therapeutic treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Piotr Karpinski, Dimitris Papoutsakis, Guy Yowell
  • Publication number: 20120053183
    Abstract: The invention provides novel compounds based on piperazinylpyrimidine derivatives to be used as protein kinase inhibitors. The compounds may be useful in treating or preventing different cellular proliferation disorders, such as cancer. The present invention also provides methods of preparing these compounds, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: University of the Pacific
    Inventors: Wade A. RUSSU, Hassan M. Shallal
  • Publication number: 20120046300
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I: wherein: ring C is an 8, 9, 10, 12 or 13-membered bicyclic or tricyclic moiety which moiety may be saturated or unsaturated, which may be aromatic or non-aromatic, and which optionally may contain 1-3 heteroatoms selected independently from O, N and S; is —O— —NH— or —S—; is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; is 0, 1, 2 or 3; and R2 and R1 are as defined herein; and salts thereof; their use in the manufacture of a medicament for use in the production of an antiangiogenic and/or vascular permeability reducing effect in warm-blooded animals; processes for the preparation of such compounds; pharmaceutical compositions containing a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and methods of treating disease states involving angiogenesis by administering a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventor: Laurent Francois Andre Hennequin
  • Publication number: 20120046269
    Abstract: The invention provides novel substituted amino azaheterocyclic carboxamide compounds according to Formula (I), their manufacture and use for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Amanda E. Sutton, Ruoxi Lan, Thomas E. Richardson, David Perrey, Harold George Vandeveer, Bayard R. Huck, Srinivasa R. Karra, Xiaoling Chen, Lesley Liu-Bujalski, Andreas Goutopoulos, Frank Steiber, Brian L. Hodous, Hui Qiu, Reinaldo C. Jones, Brian H. Heasley
  • Publication number: 20120040954
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel compounds that are useful in regulating the expression of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and/or vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1), and their use in the treatment and/or prevention of cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases and related disease states, such as, for example, atherosclerosis, asthma, arthritis, cancer, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, and inflammatory bowel diseases, and autoimmune disease(s). Also, disclosed are compositions comprising the novel compounds, as well as methods for their preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventor: Henrik C. Hansen
  • Publication number: 20120040980
    Abstract: The present invention relates to quinazolinone compounds, processes for their preparation and their use as pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD). The quinazolinone compounds are of general formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: PRANA BIOTECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Penelope Jane Huggins, Jack Gordon Parsons
  • Publication number: 20120040935
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean M. Wilson, Andreas P. Termin, Timothy D. Neubert, Jian Wang, Yulian Zhang, Jesus E. Gonzalez, III, Esther Martinborough, Nicole Zimmerman
  • Publication number: 20120028931
    Abstract: Compounds I (R1 is an optionally substituted C1-C13 heteromonocyclic, heterobicyclic or heterotricyclic group containing from 1 to 5 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S; R2 is H, an optionally substituted monocyclic aromatic group, or a C1-C5 heteroaromatic group containing from 1 to 4 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S; R3 is an optionally substituted C1-C13 heteromonocyclic, heterobicyclic or heterotricyclic group containing from 1 to 5 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S; an optionally substituted mono-, bi- or tricyclic C6-C14 aryl group, an optionally substituted C3-C6 cycloalkyl group, or an optionally substituted C3-C6 cycloalkenyl group; each R4, independently for each position capable of substitution, is H or C1-C6 alkyl; R5 is H, halogen or C1-C6 alkyl; m is 0, 1 or 2; n is 0, 1 or 2; p is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6; and is an optional double bond) and their enantiomers, diastereomers, N-oxides and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them, are useful f
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: RECORDATI IRELAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Amedeo Leonardi, Carlo Riva, Luciano Guarneri, Davide Graziani, Fabio Marinoni, Gianni Motta, Ilaria Bettinelli
  • Publication number: 20120028920
    Abstract: A heterocyclic compound or a salt thereof represented by the formula (1): where R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; A represents a lower alkylene group or lower alkenylene group; and R1 represents an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group. The compound of the present invention has a wide treatment spectrum for mental disorders including central nervous system disorders, no side effects and high safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Hiroshi YAMASHITA, Hideaki Kuroda, Nobuaki Ito, Shin Miyamura, Kunio Oshima, Jun Matsubara, Haruka Takahashi, Tae Fukushima, Satoshi Shimizu, Kazumi Kondo, Yohji Sakurai, Takeshi Kuroda, Shinichi Taira, Motohiro Itotani, Tatsuyoshi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20120015905
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds, which are useful for regulating the expression of apolipoprotein A-I (ApoA-I), and their use for treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease and related disease states, including cholesterol- or lipid-related disorders, such as, for example, atherosclerosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventor: Henrik C. Hansen
  • Publication number: 20120015953
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising an antagonist of the histamine H1 receptor and a compatible antagonist of the histamine H4 receptor. The antagonist compounds are selected to prevent the H4 receptor antagonist from interfering with the H1 receptor antagonist's suppression of acute phase allergic responses in a patient. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising a mast cell stabilizer and a compatible antagonist of the histamine H4 receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Clay Beauregard, Peter G. Klimko, John M. Yanni, Daniel A. Gamache
  • Publication number: 20120010125
    Abstract: Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds having formula I are provided: where R1, R2a, R2b, R3, R4, and R5 are as defined herein. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are useful for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including anxiety and mood disorders such as depression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Eric A. Stone, Yan Lin, David Quartermain, Yasmeen Sarfraz
  • Patent number: 8067436
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds for modulating protein kinase enzymatic activity for modulating cellular activities such as proliferation, differentiation, programmed cell death, migration and chemoinvasion. More specifically, the invention provides quinazolines and quinolines which inhibit, regulate, and/or modulate kinase receptor, particularly c-Met, KDF, c-Kit, flt-3 and flt-4, signal transduction pathways related to the changes in cellular activities as mentioned above, compositions which contain these compounds, and methods of using them to treat kinase-dependent diseases and conditions. The present invention also provides methods for making compounds as mentioned above, and compositions which contain these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Exelixis, Inc.
    Inventors: Lynne Canne Bannen, Diva Sze-Ming Chan, Jeff Chen, Lisa Esther Dalrymple, Timothy Patrick Forsyth, Tai Phat Huynh, Vasu Jammalamadaka, Richard George Khoury, James William Leahy, Morrisson B. Mac, Grace Mann, Larry W. Mann, John M. Nuss, Jason Jevious Parks, Craig Stacy Takeuchi, Yong Wang, Wie Xu
  • Publication number: 20110288086
    Abstract: At least one active pharmaceutical ingredient is chosen from polycyclic quinazolines of formula V, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and hydrates of the pharmaceutically acceptable salts. The active pharmaceutical ingredients disclosed may be inhibitors of protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors and/or aurora kinase. The active pharmaceutical ingredients can be used for treating cancers susceptible to treatment with protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors and/or aurora kinase inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Jianqi Li, Zixue Zhang, Peng Xie, Qingwei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20110281860
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of quinazoline derivatives, which show EGFR inhibitory activity, for the prevention and/or treatment of virus-induced diseases, preferably virus induced respiratory diseases and exacerbation in chronic airway diseases such as COPD or asthma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventor: Birgit Jung
  • Publication number: 20110269772
    Abstract: Axl kinase inhibitory compounds are disclosed, as well as compositions and methods of using the same in the treatment of cancer and other conditions mediated by and/or associated with Axl kinase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: SUPERGEN, INC.
    Inventors: David J. BEARSS, Hariprasad VANKAYALAPATI, Yong XU
  • Publication number: 20110250129
    Abstract: A bioluminescence imaging-based high-throughput assay for inhibitors of ABCG2 is described. Compositions of inhibitors of ABCG2 and methods of using ABCG2 inhibitors are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Martin Gilbert Pomper, Yimao Zhang, John Laterra
  • Publication number: 20110251203
    Abstract: The present invention pertains “to the use of a PKC inhibitor in the manufacture of a medicament in the treatment or prevention of diabetic complications, where in the PKC inhibitor is one of 3-(1.H.-indol-3-yl)-4-[2-(4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-quinazolin-4-yl]-pyrrole-2,5-dione, 3-(1.H.-indol-3-yl)-4-[2-(piperazin-1-yl)-quinazolin-4-yl]-pyrrole-2,5-dione, 3-[3-(4,7-Diaza-spiro [2.5]oct-7-yl)-isoquinolin-1-yl]-4-(7-methyl-1H-indol-3-yl)-pyrrole-2,5-dione or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Jürgen Wagner, Jean-Pierre Evenou
  • Publication number: 20110245225
    Abstract: Novel quinazolinamide derivatives of the formula (I), in which R1-R5 and X have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are HSP90 inhibitors and can be used for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of diseases in which the inhibition, regulation and/or modulation of HSP90 plays a role.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTING
    Inventors: Hans-Michael Eggenweiler, Christian Sirrenberg, Hans-Peter Buchstaller
  • Publication number: 20110245256
    Abstract: The present invention demonstrates that chronic active BCR signaling through CD79A/B confers a strong dependence on downstream PKCb kinase signaling. Hence, provided herein is a method for inhibiting the growth of B-cell lymphoma having chronic active B-cell-receptor signaling, or inhibiting the growth of cancers with molecular lesions that lead to chronic active BCR signaling, by administering to a patient in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of a PKC inhibitor or a use of a PKC inhibitor to inhibit the growth of B-cell lymphoma having chronic active B-cell-receptor signaling or to inhibit the growth of cancers with molecular lesions that lead to chronic active BCR signaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Walter SCHULER, Frank P. STEGMEIER, Markus WARMUTH
  • Patent number: 8022071
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which have inhibitory activity on the phosphorylation of kinases, which inhibits the activity of such kinases. The invention is also related to a method of inhibiting kinases and treating disease states in a mammal by inhibiting the phosphorylation of kinases. In a particular aspect the present invention provides nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which inhibit phosphorylation of a PDGF receptor to hinder abnormal cell growth and cell wandering, and a method for preventing or treating cell-proliferative diseases such as arteriosclerosis, vascular reobstruction, cancer and glomerulosclerosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Anjali Pandey, Robert M. Scarborough, Kenji Matsuno, Michio Ichimura, Yuji Nomoto, Shinichi Ide, Eiji Tsukuda, Junko Sasaki, Shoji Oda
  • Publication number: 20110224222
    Abstract: The invention provides a low molecular weight ATP-competitive CDK inhibitor for use in the treatment of mesothelioma. The compound can be administered together with one or more cytotoxic or cytostatic agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: NERVIANO MEDICAL SCIENCES S.R.L.
    Inventors: Marina Ciomei, Angela Scaburri
  • Publication number: 20110207741
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating a medical condition in which RAS activation is increased. The method comprises the step of administering to a subject a c-Src inhibitor in an amount effective to treat the medical condition. The invention also provides a method of treating or preventing a cardiac arrhythmia. The method comprises the step of administering to the subject a c-Src inhibitor in an amount effective to treat or prevent the cardiac arrhythmia. The invention additionally provides a method of delaying the onset of sudden cardiac death. The method comprises the step of administering to the subject a c-Src inhibitor in an amount effective to delay the onset of SCD. Methods of augmenting gap junction function and methods of increasing Connexin 43 levels in a subject in need thereof are further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    Inventor: Samuel Dudley
  • Publication number: 20110206781
    Abstract: Described herein are methods, compositions and kits related to manipulating hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) and more particularly to methods, compositions and kits related to increasing the number of hematopoietic stem cells in vitro, ex vivo and/or in vivo. Also described are methods, compositions and kits related to making an expanded population of HSC and methods, compositions and kits related to using the expanded population of HSC. For example, HSC growth may be enhanced by contacting the nascent stem cells or HSC with an agent that stimulates the nitric oxide signaling pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Leonard I. Zon, Trista E. North, Wolfram Goessling
  • Publication number: 20110195974
    Abstract: A method of treating inflammation and joint deterioration in mammals includes administering a therapeutically effective dose of alpha 1A receptor antagonists alone or in combination with a beta 2 adrenergic antagonists or beta 2 adrenergic antagonists and beta 2 adrenergic agonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventor: Rekha Bansal
  • Publication number: 20110190248
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cyclohexyloxy-substituted heterocycles of general formula (I) the tautomers, the stereoisomers, the mixtures thereof and the salts thereof, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof with inorganic or organic acids, which have valuable pharmacological properties, particularly an inhibitory effect on signal transduction mediated by tyrosine kinases, the use thereof for the treatment of diseases, particularly tumoral diseases as well as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), diseases of the lungs and airways and the preparation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Himmelsbach, Birgit Jung, Ralf Lotz
  • Publication number: 20110177999
    Abstract: The present invention relates to therapeutic combinations and kits useful in treating CFTR-related diseases, such as cystic fibrosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Ashvani Singh, Jennings Franklin Worley, Gregor Zlokamik
  • Publication number: 20110172241
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formulas (I), (Ia) and (II) and salts and physiologically functional derivatives thereof, wherein the substituents —Y are attached to the 5- or 6-position of the benzazole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Thomas HERZ, Rolf KRAUSS, Michael KUBBUTAT, Martin LANG, Christoph SCHAECHTELE, Stefan TASLER, Frank TOTZKE
  • Publication number: 20110171272
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, urological medical devices are provided, which comprise a prostatically beneficial agent selected from alpha-adrenergic blockers, antispasmodic agents, anticholinergic/antimuscarinic agents, calcium channel blockers, anti-inflammatory agents, hormone affecting agents, anti-cancer agents, and combinations thereof, among others. The urological medical devices are adapted for implantation or insertion into a subject's urinary tract, whereupon at least a portion of the prostatically beneficial agent is released into the subject's prostatic urethra. The release profile of the prostatically beneficial agent is effective to treat a prostatic disorder, for example, benign prostate hypertrophy, prostate cancer or prostatitis, among others. Other aspects of the invention are directed to treating prostatic disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jianmin Li, Min-Shyan Sheu, Weenna Bucay-Couto
  • Publication number: 20110165118
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-Heterocyclic Substituted Indole Derivatives, compositions comprising at least one 3-Heterocyclic Substituted Indole Derivative, and methods of using the 3-Heterocyclic Substituted Indole Derivatives for treating or preventing a viral infection or a virus-related disorder in a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Tin-Yau Chan, Jose S. Duca, Liwu Hong, Charles A. Lesburg, Brian A. McKittrick, Haiyan Pu, Li Wang, Henry M. Vaccaro
  • Publication number: 20110165259
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] The purpose of present invention is to provide a medicine which has low contamination with a fine-pulverizing medium, is safe and has improved bioavailability. [Solution] A method for producing a composite organic compound powder for medical use is used which comprises: mixing a poorly water-soluble and crystalline organic compound powder, a physiologically acceptable salt, a physiologically acceptable polyol, and a carboxyvinyl polymer and fine-pulverizing the organic compound powder; and removing at least the salt and the polyol during or after fine-pulverizing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: ACTIVUS PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Hirokawa, Takahiro Tada, Jun Nihira
  • Patent number: 7968545
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Dean M. Wilson, Andreas P. Termin, Timothy D. Neubert, Jian Wang, Yulian Zhang, Jesus E. Gonzalez, III, Esther Martinborough, Nicole Zimmerman
  • Publication number: 20110150775
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems for developing and/or testing therapies for prenatal diseases and conditions including Down Syndrome. The present invention also provides diagnostic methods for Down Syndrome involving, in some embodiments, gene expression analyses of fetal RNA and/or detection of expression of particular genes involved in Down Syndrome. Also provided are microarrays and kits useful in prenatal diagnostic applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Donna Slonim, Kirby Johnson, Diana Bianchi
  • Publication number: 20110152243
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of Formula (I) pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pro-drugs, biologically active metabolites, stereoisomers and isomers thereof wherein the variable are defined herein. The compounds of the invention are useful for treating immunological and oncological conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Neil Wishart, Theresa Dunstan, Jeremy J. Edmunds, Anna M. Ericsson, Catherine R. Ferenz, Adrian D. Hobson, David C. Ihle, Kent D. Stewart, Lei Wang, Lu Wang
  • Patent number: 7960387
    Abstract: The invention relates to dihydroquinazolines and methods for the production thereof, the use thereof in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in addition to the use thereof in the production of medicaments in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, especially for use as anti-viral agents, especially against cytomegalo viruses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Bayer Schering Pharma Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tobias Wunberg, Judith Baumeister, Ulrich Betz, Mario Jeske, Gerald Kleymann, Thomas Lampe, Susanne Nikolic, Jürgen Reefschläger, Rudolf Schohe-Loop, Frank Süβmeier, Holger Zimmermann, Rolf Grosser, Kerstin Henninger, Guy Hewlett, Jörg Keldenich, Thomas Krämer, Peter Nell, Tse-I Lin
  • Publication number: 20110136805
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bicyclic heterocycles of general formula the tautomers, the stereoisomers, the mixtures and the salts thereof, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof with inorganic or organic acids which have valuable pharmacological properties, particularly an inhibitory effect on signal transduction mediated by tyrosine kinases, the use thereof for treating diseases, particularly tumoral diseases, as well as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract, and the preparation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2007
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Himmelsbach, Birgit Jung
  • Publication number: 20110136766
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are Aurora kinase Inhibitors represented by Structural Formula (I): Values for the variables in Structural Formula (I) are defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Linghang Zhuang, David A. Claremon, Suresh B. Singh, Lingling Shen, Yajun Zheng, John David Lawson
  • Publication number: 20110124628
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which is expressed anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Milan Bruncko, Hong Ding, George A. Doherty, Steven W. Elmore, Lisa A. Hasvold, Laura Hexamer, Aaron R. Kunzer, Xiaohong Song, Andrew J. Souers, Gerard M. Sullivan, Zhi-Fu Tao, Gary T. Wang, Le Wang, Xilu Wang, Michael D. Wendt, Robert Mantei, Todd M. Hansen
  • Publication number: 20110124656
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the treatment or prevention of symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress disorder, and related pharmaceutical compositions. Of particular interest are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a very low dose of cyclobenzaprine, alone, or in combination with an alpha-1-adrenergic receptor antagonist, a beta-adrenergic antagonist, an anticonvulsant, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor or a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: TONIX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Lederman Seth, Harris Herbert
  • Publication number: 20110123486
    Abstract: Erastin analogs are useful in treating various cancers, particularly multiple myeloma. Erastin analogs are also useful in treating cancers that are resistant to other anticancer agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: Prolexys Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul B Robbins, Sudhir R. Sahasrabudhe
  • Publication number: 20110124649
    Abstract: Described herein are novel pyrimidine-pyridine compounds, methods of inhibiting methionine aminopeptidase and treating disorders (or symptoms thereof) associated with methionine aminopeptidase, wherein a compound of the invention is administered to a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jun O. Liu, Xiaoyi Hu, Xiaochun Chen, Dawei Ma, Shridhar Bhat
  • Publication number: 20110118245
    Abstract: Compounds according to formula (I), compositions and methods are provided for modulating the activity of RAF kinases, including BRAF kinase and for the treatment, prevention, or amelioration of one or more symptoms of disease or disorder mediated by RAF kinases. Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, clathrate of hydrate thereof, wherein X is O or S(O)t; Ra is O or S.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Sunny Abraham, Shripad S. Bhagwat, Brian T. Campbell, Qi Chao, Raffaella Faraoni, Mark W. Holladay, Andiliy G. Lai, Martin W. Rowbottom, Eduardo Setti, Kelly G. Sprankle
  • Patent number: RE43098
    Abstract: The present invention provides nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and a process for making thereof. The compounds have inhibitory activity on the phosphorylation of kinases, which inhibits the activity of such kinases. The invention also provides intermediate compounds useful in the process, as well as final products produced by the process, and salts or prodrugs thereof. The invention further provides a method of inhibiting kinases and treating disease states in a mammal by inhibiting the phosphorylation of kinases comprising administering an effective amount of a compound according to the invention to a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: James Kanter, Anjali Pandey, James Robinson, Robert M. Scarborough, Carroll Scarborough, legal representative