Indole Ring System (including Hydrogenated) Attached Directly Or Indirectly To The Piperazine Ring By Nonionic Bonding Patents (Class 514/254.09)
  • Publication number: 20110294824
    Abstract: The invention relates to new crystalline modifications of the hydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine, crystalline modification of the dihydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine and amorphous 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine hydrochloride which are suitable in particular for the preparation of solid medicaments for the treatment or prevention of depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, mania, dementia, substance-related disorders, sexual dysfunctions, eating disorders, obesity, fibromyalgia, sleeping disorders, psychiatric disorders, cerebral infarct, tension, for the therapy of side-effects in the treatment of hypogonadism, secondary amenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome and undesired puerperal lactation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Patentgesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas BATHE, Bernd HELFERT, Steffen NEUENFELD, Heike KNIEL, Matthias BARTELS, Susanne RUDOLPH, Henning BÖTTCHER
  • Publication number: 20110294825
    Abstract: The invention relates to new crystalline modifications of the hydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine, crystalline modification of the dihydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine and amorphous 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine hydrochloride which are suitable in particular for the preparation of solid medicaments for the treatment or prevention of depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, mania, dementia, substance-related disorders, sexual dysfunctions, eating disorders, obesity, fibromyalgia, sleeping disorders, psychiatric disorders, cerebral infarct, tension, for the therapy of side-effects in the treatment of hypogonadism, secondary amenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome and undesired puerperal lactation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Patentgesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Bathe, Bernd Helfert, Steffen Neuenfeld, Heike Kniel, Matthias Bartels, Susanne Rudolph, Henning Böttcher
  • Publication number: 20110281849
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel aryl indolyl sulfonamide compounds of the formula (I), their tautomeric forms, their stereoisomers, their polymorphs, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, their pharmaceutically acceptable solvates described herein and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions containing them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: SUVEN LIFE SCIENCES LIMITED
    Inventors: Ramakrishna Nirogi, Rama Sastri Kambhampati, Anil Karbhari Shinde, Ishtiyaque Ahmad, Nagaraj Vishwottam Kandikere, Venkateswarlu Jasti
  • Patent number: 8058269
    Abstract: There is provided compounds of the formula wherein R6, V, W, X, Y, Q and n are as described. The compounds exhibit activity as anticancer agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Li Chen, Song Yang, Jing Zhang, Zhuming Zhang
  • Patent number: 8058277
    Abstract: Substituted indoles of the formula (I) and physiologically acceptable derivatives and salts thereof, in which R1, D, E, R12, p, X1, E, G, X2 and Z are as defined in Claim 1, exhibit particular actions on the central nervous system, especially 5HT reuptake-inhibiting and 5 HTx-agonistic and/or -antagonistic actions and in particular serotonin-agonistic and -antagonistic properties and can be employed as antipsychotics, neuroleptics, antidepressants, anxiolyties and/or antihypertonics. They can furthermore be employed as excitatory amino acid antagonists for combating neurodegenerative diseases, including cerebrovascular diseases, epilepsy, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, cerebral ischaemia, infarction or psychoses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Schadt, Henning Böttcher, Joachim Leibrock, Kai Schiemann, Timo Heinrich, Günter Hölzemann, Christoph van Amsterdam, Gerd Bartoszyk, Christoph Seyfried
  • Publication number: 20110269768
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a compound of Formula (I): and forms thereof, wherein A, B, E, G, X and L2 are as defined herein and their use as urotensin II receptor antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: William A. Kinney, Edward C. Lawson, Shyamali Ghosh, Diane K. Luci, David F. McComsey
  • Publication number: 20110269737
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds according to general formula (I) which are proposed for the treatment of respiratory complaints, particularly asthma and COPD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Wagner, Birgit Jung, Frank Himmelsbach, Rolf Goeggel, Georg Dahmann
  • Publication number: 20110263599
    Abstract: Compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Mcl-1 protein, compositions containing the compounds, and methods of treating diseases involving overexpressed or unregulated Mcl-1 protein are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Xiaohong Song, Hong Ding, Steven W. Elmore, Milan Bruncko, David J. Madar, Andrew J. Souers, Cheol-Min Park, Zhi-Fu Tao, Xilu Wang, Aaron R. Kunzer
  • Publication number: 20110250135
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I, their synthesis and their use, in particular for detecting amyloid deposits in a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Bayer Schering Pharma Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heribert Schmitt-Willich, Ulrike Röhn, Matthias Friebe, Lutz Lehmann, Ansgar Fitzner, Sabine Krause, Damian Brockschnieder, Thomas Dyrks, Andrea Thiele, Ulf Bömer, Ursula Mönning, Tobias Heinrich
  • Publication number: 20110251212
    Abstract: A compound which specifically binds to a receptor of NR1/NR2B, and is used as a NR2B receptor antagonist is provided. It has been found out that a piperazine derivative represented by the formula (I) binds specifically to a receptor of NR1/NR2B, and is used as a NR2B receptor antagonist. A compound represented by: wherein R1 is each independently C1-C3 alkyl or the like, m is an integer of 0 to 4, X is —N(R4)—C(?O)—C(?O)—, —N(R4)—(CR5R6)p—C(?O)—, —N(R4)—C(?O)—(CR7R8)q— or —C(?O)—N(R4)—(CR7R8)q—, p and q are each independently an integer of 1 to 3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are each independently a hydrogen atom or lower alkyl, A1 is benzoxazolinone or the like, and A2 is optionally substituted phenyl or the like, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a solvate thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: SHIONOGI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moriyasu Masui, Minoru Tomida, Naotake Kobayashi, Kousuke Anan, Aya Tazawa, Kayoko Hata
  • Publication number: 20110212078
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the following Formula (I); or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, ester or isomer thereof, which is useful for the treatment of diseases or conditions mediated by LpxC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Panduranga Adulla P. Reddy, Umar Faruk Mansoor, M. Arshad Siddiqui
  • Patent number: 7998963
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Ar is indolyl, indazolyl or dihydroindolyl, and R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, methods of using the compounds in the treatment of depressive, anxiolytic and other disorders associated with inhibition of the reuptake of norepinephrine, serotonin, and dopamine, and methods of preparing the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: David Scott Carter, Matthew C. Lucas, Ryan Craig Schoenfeld, Robert James Weikert
  • Publication number: 20110195976
    Abstract: The present invention describes a series of derivatives of 2-(3-methylenedioxy)-benzoyl indol, their mixtures, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, their enantiomers, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, processes for preparing them, use in the prophylactic and/or curative treatment of sexual dysfunction. More specifically, the invention describes derivatives (R)-3-((2-(benzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-carbonyl)-1H-indol-3-yl)methyl)-1-methylpiperazine-2,5-dione, and S)-3-((2-(benzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-carbonyl)-1H-indol-3-yl)methyl)-1-methylpiperazine-2,5-dione.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: Biolab Sanus Farmaceutica Ltda.
    Inventors: Sérgio Luiz Sacurai, Carlos Eduardo Da Costa Touzarim, Marcio Henrique Zaim
  • Publication number: 20110190315
    Abstract: The subject invention concerns methods and compounds for inhibiting Shp2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Jie Wu, Nicholas J. Lawrence, Said M. Sebti
  • Publication number: 20110190317
    Abstract: The invention relates to new crystalline modifications of the hydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine, crystalline modification of the dihydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine and amorphous 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine hydrochloride which are suitable in particular for the preparation of solid medicaments for the treatment or prevention of depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, mania, dementia, substance-related disorders, sexual dysfunctions, eating disorders, obesity, fibromyalgia, sleeping disorders, psychiatric disorders, cerebral infarct, tension, for the therapy of side-effects in the treatment of hypogonadism, secondary amenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome and undesired puerperal lactation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Andreas Bathe, Bernd Helfert, Steffen Neuenfeld, Heike Kniel, Matthias Bartels, Susanne Rudolph, Henning Böttcher
  • Publication number: 20110190318
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical dosage form delivering an immediate release profile containing the active substance 3-Z-[1-(4-(N-((4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-methylcarbonyl)-N-methyl-amino)-anilino)-1-phenyl-methylene]-6-methoxycarbonyl-2-indolinone-monoethanesulphonate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Roman Messerschmid, Peter Lach, Torsten Sokoliess, Peter Stopfer, Dirk Trommeshauser
  • Publication number: 20110183964
    Abstract: The present teachings relate to compounds of Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, esters, and prodrugs thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, Y, Z, and are as defined herein. The present teachings also provide methods of preparing compounds of Formula I and methods of using compounds of Formula I in treating, inhibiting, or preventing pathologic conditions or disorders mediated wholly or in part by deacetylases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Michael SHULTZ, Christine Hiu-Tung CHEN, Young Shin CHO, Lei JIANG, Jianmei FAN, Gang LIU, Dyuti MAJUMDAR, Jianke LI
  • Publication number: 20110183991
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds having pharmacological activity towards the 5-HT7 receptor, especially as agonists, identified by using a pharmacophore and a descriptor's profile filter as well as to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them. These compounds are useful in therapy in particular for the treatment and or prophylaxis of a disease in which 5-HT7 is involved, such as CNS disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: LABORATORIOS DEL DR. ESTEVE, S.A.
    Inventors: Rosalia Pascual-Ramon, Helmut H. Buschmann
  • Publication number: 20110183994
    Abstract: The invention relates to new crystalline Modifications of the hydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoin-dol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine, crystalline modification of the dihydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoin-dol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine and amorphous 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2 -carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine hydrochloride which are suitable in particular for the preparation of solid medicaments for the treatment or prevention of depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, mania, dementia, substance-related disorders, sexual dysfunctions, eating disorders, obesity, fibromyalgia, sleeping disorders, psychiatric disorders, cerebral infarct, tension, for the therapy of side-effects in the treatment of hypogonadism, secondary amenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome and undesired puerperal lactation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Andreas Bathe, Bernd Helfert, Steffen Neuenfeld, Heike Kniel, Matthias Bartels, Susanne Rudolph, Henning Böttcher
  • Publication number: 20110178099
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical combination which may be useful for the treatment of diseases which involve cell proliferation, which involve migration or apoptosis of myeloma cells, which involve angiogenesis or which involve fibrosis. The invention also relates to a method for the treatment of said diseases, comprising simultaneous, separate or sequential administration of effective amounts of specific active compounds and/or co-treatment with radiation therapy, in a ratio which provides an additive and synergistic effect, and to the combined use of these specific compounds and/or radiotherapy for the manufacture of corresponding pharmaceutical combination preparations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Friedrich Stefanic, Frank Hilberg, Rolf Kaiser, David Shapiro
  • Patent number: 7981894
    Abstract: The invention relates to new crystalline modifications of the hydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl) butyl]-4-(2-carbomyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine, crystaline modification of the dihydrochloride of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl) butyl]-4-(2-carbomyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine and amorphous 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine hydrochloride which are suitable in particular for the preparation of solid medicaments for the treatment or prevention of depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, mania, dementia, substance-related disorders, sexual dysfunctions, eating disorders, obesity, fibromyalgia, sleeping disorders, psychiatric disorders, cerebral infarct, tension, for the therapy of side-effects in the treatment of hypogonadism, secondary amenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome and undesired puerperal lactation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patentgesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Bathe, Bernd Helfert, Steffen Neuenfeld, Heike Kniel, Matthias Bartels, Susanne Rudolph, Henning Böttcher
  • Patent number: 7981897
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hitherto unknown crystal form B of (3-cyano-1H-indol-7-yl)-[4-(4-fluorophenethyl)-piperazin-1-yl]methanone, hydrochloride, to a process for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof for the preparation of a medicament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Bathe, Bernd Helfert, Ralf Knierieme, Christoph Saal, Ronald Keiner
  • Publication number: 20110172244
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds, of Formula I: pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with the activity of GPR119.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: IRM LLC
    Inventors: Phillip B. Alper, Robert Epple, Pierre-Yves Michellys, Daniel Mutnick, Victor Nikulin
  • Publication number: 20110172242
    Abstract: A method of treating exposure to organophosphate agents through the use of compounds comprising tetrahydroindolone and arylpiperazine moieties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: David HELTON, David FICK
  • Publication number: 20110172206
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions, kits and methods for treating conditions related to neurodegeneration or ocular disease, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Donald Jeffrey Zack, Zhiyong Yang, Cynthia Berlinicke, Harry Quigley
  • Publication number: 20110171289
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical combination for the treatment of diseases which involves cell proliferation, migration or apoptosis of myeloma cells, or angiogenesis. The invention also relates to a method for the treatment of said diseases, comprising co-administration of effective amounts of specific active compounds and/or co-treatment with radiation therapy, in a ratio which provides an additive and synergistic effect, and to the combined use of these specific compounds and/or radiotherapy for the manufacture of corresponding pharmaceutical combination preparations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Friedrich STEFANIC, Frank HILBERG, Gerd MUNZERT, Flavio SOLCA, Anke BAUM, Jacobus C.A. van MEEL
  • Publication number: 20110172230
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a compound which can be used for the treatment of a disease associated with fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), particularly urinary frequency, urinary incontinence and/or overactive bladder. [Means for solution] It is confirmed that a urea compound chemical-structurally characterized by having a piperidine or piperazine ring or a salt thereof has an excellent FAAH-inhibitory activity, and thus the present invention is completed. The urea compound or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the present invention can increase the effective bladder capacity and ameliorate the state of urinary frequency, and is therefore useful as an agent for treating urinary frequency, urinary incontinence and/or overactive bladder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Takahiro Ishii, Takashi Sugane, Akio Kakefuda, Tatsuhisa Takahashi, Tokatoshi Kanayama, Kentaro Sato, Ikumi Kuriwaki, Chika Kitada, Jotaro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20110166136
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (1), salts and pro-drugs wherein: R1, R2, R3 and R4 are hydrogen, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, halogen, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, carboxyl, hydroxyl, nitro, amino, monalkylamino, dialkylamino, acylamino, alkoxycarbonylamino, alkylsulphonyl, arylsulphonyl, alkylsulphonylamino, arylsulphonylamino, aminosulphonyl or cyano, or any two of R1 to R4 that are adjacent on the ring may together represent the moiety —O—(CH2)n—O— wherein n is 1 to 3; R5 is hydrogen or alkyl; R6 is hydrogen or alkyl; and X is selected from the group consisting of: (a) groups of formula OR7 wherein R7 is hydrogen or alkyl which is optionally substituted with a substituent selected from alkylsulfonylalkyl, saturated or partially unsaturated heterocyclic, alkoxy, carboxyl, nitro, amino, monalkylamino, dialkylamino, halogen, and alkoxycarbonyl, provided that when R7 is hydrogen or ethyl, then R1, R2, R3 and R4 cannot be selected from hydrogen, halogen and alkyl; and (b) groups of formula NR8R9 wherein R8
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: LECTUS THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Nawaz Mohammed Khan, Svenja Burckhardt, Julie Elaine Cansfield, Ngoc-Tri Vo, Richard Edward Armer, Raymond John Boffey
  • Publication number: 20110160197
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel substituted indoles, to the use thereof in the form of pharmacological composition substances and to use of said composition for producing medicinal preparations used for preventing and treating viral diseases, in particular caused by viruses of infectious hepatitis (HCV, HBV), human immune deficiency (HIV), atypical pneumonia (SARS) and bird flu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Andrey Alexandrovich Ivashchenko, Sergey Yevgenievich Tkachenko, Alexander Viktorovich Khvat, Oleg Dmitrievich Mitkin, Ilya Matusovich Okun, Alexandr Sergeevich Kyselvev, Volodymyr Mikhailovich Kysil, Nikolay Filippovich Savchuk, Alexander Vasilievich Ivachtchenko
  • Patent number: 7968551
    Abstract: Chromenoneindole derivatives of the formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3, R, A and B are as defined in Claim 1, and pharmaceutically usable prodrugs, derivatives, solvates, stereoisomers and salts thereof, exhibit particular actions on the central nervous system, in particular 5-HT reuptake-inhibiting and 5-HTx-agonistic and/or -antagonistic actions. They are distinguished by particularly high bioavailability and particularly high inhibition of 5-HT reuptake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Schiemann, Henning Böttcher, Timo Heinrich, Günter Hölzemann, Christoph Van Amsterdam, Gerd Bartoszyk, Joachim Leibrock, Christoph Seyfried
  • Publication number: 20110152172
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of treating or preventing a pulmonary disease or disorder in a subject, the methods comprising administering an effective amount of an compound that inhibits Calmodulin Kinase II (CaMKII) activity, either directly or indirectly, thereby treating or preventing the pulmonary disease or disorder in the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Mark E. Anderson, Isabella M. Grumbach, Joel N. Kline
  • Patent number: 7964601
    Abstract: A melanocortin receptor-specific compound of the general formula of structure I: where X, R1, R2a, R2b, R3, R4a, R4b, R5a and R5b are as defined in the specification, which compound binds with high affinity to one or more melanocortin receptors and is optionally an agonist, an antagonist, an inverse agonist or an antagonist of an inverse agonist, and may be employed for treatment of one or melanocortin receptor-associated conditions or disorders, and methods for the use of the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Palatin Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shubh D. Sharma, Yi-Qun Shi, Ramesh Rajpurohit, Zhijun Wu, Papireddy Purma, Annette M. Shadiack, Kevin D. Burris
  • Publication number: 20110144106
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I) as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 to R4 have the significance given in claim 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Li Chen, Lichun Feng, Yun He, Mengwei Huang, Hongying Yun
  • Publication number: 20110144074
    Abstract: This invention provides caspase inhibitors of formula I: wherein Z is oxygen or sulfur; R1 is hydrogen, —CHN2, R, CH2OR, CH2SR, or —CH2Y; between R3 and R4 represents a single or double bond; Y is an electronegative leaving group; R2 is CO2H, CH2CO2H, or esters, amides or isosteres thereof; R3 is a group capable of fitting into the S2 subsite of a caspase enzyme; R4 is a hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl or R3 and R4 taken together form a ring; Ring A and Ring B are each heterocyclic rings, and R and R5 are as described in the specification. The compounds are effective inhibitors of apoptosis and IL-1? secretion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Michael Mortimore, Andrew Miller, John Studley, Jean-Damien Charrier
  • Publication number: 20110144090
    Abstract: Indole compounds are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for using the compounds to treat human and animal disease, pharmaceutical compositions of the compounds, and kits including the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Amy Elder, Geraldine Harriman, Silvana Leit, Jie Li, Howard Sard, Yiliang Zhang, Doug Wilson
  • Patent number: 7960385
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1-3, R5-7, a, X, Y, Y?, Y?, and Z are as defined in the specification. These compounds are muscarinic receptor antagonists. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes for preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds to, for example, treat pulmonary disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Theravance, Inc.
    Inventors: YuHua Ji, Craig Husfeld, YongQi Mu, Rick Lee, Li Li
  • Publication number: 20110135594
    Abstract: A compound of general Formula (I) having histone deacetylase (HDAC) and/or CDK inhibitory activity, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, and a method useful to treat diseases using the compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Michael Graupe, Chandrasekar Venkataramani
  • Publication number: 20110136807
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds and methods for modulating one or more components of a kinase cascade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: Kinex Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventor: David G. Hangauer, JR.
  • Publication number: 20110136826
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical combination for the treatment of diseases which involves cell proliferation, migration or apoptosis of myeloma cells, or angiogenesis. The invention also relates to a method for the treatment of said diseases, comprising co-administration of effective amounts of specific active compounds and/or co-treatment with radiation therapy, in a ratio which provides an additive and synergistic effect, and to the combined use of these specific compounds and/or radiotherapy for the manufacture of corresponding pharmaceutical combination preparations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Frank HILBERG, Flavio SOLCA, Anke BAUM, Jacobus C.A. van MEEL
  • Publication number: 20110136808
    Abstract: Indirubin derivatives of formula (I) wherein R represents -(A)n- R1 or —CO—N(R2,R3) with •A being C1-C5 alkylene group, optionally substituted by one or several A1 radical, A1 being an halogen Br, OH, OR4 or NH2, R4 being C1-C5 alkyl; —R1 being halogen, OH, N(R2, R3); R2 and R3, identical or different, being C1-C5 alkyl, optionally substituted by A1 such as above defined, or R2 and R3 are part of a cycle with 5 or 6 elements optionally comprising another heteroatom such as O or N; •n=1?5. It also relates to the biological application thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Laurent Meijer, Leandros Skaltsounis, Emmanuel Mikros, Prokopios Magiatis, Carl Johnson
  • Publication number: 20110124657
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds having pharmacological activity towards the 5-HT7 receptor; to a method for identifying them as 5-HT7 ligands, especially as agonists, by using a pharmacophore and a descriptor's profile filter; to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them; and to their use in therapy, in particular for the treatment and or prophylaxis of a disease in which 5-HT7 is involved, such as CNS disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: LABORATORIOS DEL DR. ESTEVE, S.A.
    Inventors: Rosalia Pascual-Ramon, H. Helmut Buschmann
  • 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: 20110118280
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-disubstituted indol-2-one derivatives, to their preparation and to their therapeutic application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS
    Inventors: Marco BARONI, Letizia PULEO
  • Publication number: 20110105423
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that modulate the replication of negative-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses, such as influenza virus, and the use of such compounds. The invention relates to methods for increasing the titer of negative-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses, such as influenza virus, in substrates for virus propagation (e.g., tissue culture). The invention also relates to the use of compounds that decrease virus replication as antiviral agents. The invention further relates to methods for identifying compounds that modulate the replication of negative-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses, in particular, influenza virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Megan L Shaw, Hans-Heinrich Hoffmann, Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, Peter Palese
  • Publication number: 20110076324
    Abstract: The present invention includes methods for the inhibition of post-operative adhesion formation between tissue surfaces in a body cavity having been subjected to a surgical procedure, which methods involve administering a histamine H4 receptor antagonist, systemically, directly to tissue surfaces in the body cavity, or both, and to delivery vehicles and compositions suitable for use for local, non-systemic administration of a drug to the body and directly to tissue within a body cavity having been subjected to a surgical procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA NV
    Inventors: Robin L. Thurmond, Scott A. Wadsworth
  • Patent number: 7915253
    Abstract: Compounds as modulators of peroxisome proliferator activated receptors, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and methods of treating disease using the same are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Kalypsys, Inc
    Inventors: Stewart A. Noble, Guy Oshiro, James W. Malecha, Cunxiang Zhao, Carmen K. Robinson, Sergio G. Duron, Michael Sertic, Andrew K. Lindstrom, Andrew K. Shiau, Christopher D. Bayne, Mehmet Kahraman, Boliang Lou, Steve P. Govek
  • Publication number: 20110071132
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel oxindol derivative of general formula (I), wherein substituents R1, R2, A, B and Y are such as defined in a claim 1. Drugs containing said derivatives and the use thereof for preventing and/or treating vassopress- and/or oxytocin-dependent-diseases are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thorsten Oost, Wilfried Lubisch, Wolfgang Wernet, Andrea Hager-Wernet, Wilfried Hornberger, Liliane Unger
  • Patent number: 7910591
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with new indol-2-one derivatives of Formula (I), which have favorable activity profile for the prophylaxis and treatment of disorders in the central nervous or in the cadiovascular system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: EGIS Gyogyszergyar NYRT.
    Inventors: Balázs Volk, József Barkóczy, Gyula Simig, Tibor Mezei, Rita Kapillerné Dezsöfi, István Gacsályi, Katalin Pallagi, Gábor Gigler, György Lévay, Krisztina Móricz, Csilla Leveleki, Nóra Sziray, Gábor Szenasi, András Egyed, László Gábor Hársing
  • Publication number: 20110065691
    Abstract: The invention includes a compound of formula I: wherein R1, Y, A, n, R4 and Z have any of the values described herein, as well as salts of such compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and therapeutic methods that comprise the administration of such compounds. The compounds are inhibitors of PDE4 function and are useful for improving cognitive function and/or treating cognitive disorders or impairment, traumatic and/or ischemic injuries of the central and peripheral nervous system and/or psychiatric disorders in animals, especially humans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Alan P. Kaplan, Terence P. Keenan, Michael I. Weinhouse, Mark E. Wilson, Andrew K. Lindstrom, William C. Ripka, Mi Chen
  • Publication number: 20110065661
    Abstract: This application relates to methods of identifying pharmacoperone agents that can restore function to a misfolded protein, such as a misfolded protein that causes disease. Also disclosed are methods of using such pharmacoperone agents to treat a disease or disorder that results from the misfolded protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventor: P. MICHAEL CONN