Polycyclo Ring System Having The Oxazole Ring As One Of The Cyclos Patents (Class 514/379)
  • Publication number: 20130303525
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a series of substituted compounds having the general formula (I), including their stereoisomers and/or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts. (I) Wherein A, m, R1s, R2, R3, R4 are as defined herein. This invention also relates to methods of making these compounds including intermediates. The compounds of this invention are effective at the kappa (?) opioid receptor (KOR) site. Therefore, the compounds of this invention are useful as pharmaceutical agents, especially in the treatment and/or prevention of a variety of central nervous system disorders (CNS), including but not limited to acute and chronic pain, and associated disorders, particularly functioning peripherally at the CNS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicants: DR. REDDY'S LABORATORIES, INC., DR. REDDY;S LABORATORIES LTD.
    Inventors: Pradip Kumar Sasmal, Vamsee Krishna Chintakunta, Vijay Potluri, Ish Kumar Khanna, Ashok Tehim, Mahaboobi Jaleel, Thomas Hogberg, Oystein Rist, Lisbeth Elster, Thomas Michael Frimurer, Lars-Ole Gerlach
  • Publication number: 20130274256
    Abstract: Certain multi-cyclic compounds and compositions thereof are useful for reducing or inhibiting the growth of bacterial biofilms and for controlling bacterial biofilm infections. Such compounds and compositions are also useful in methods for reducing or inhibiting the growth of biofilms and for controlling bacterial biofilm infections involving biofilms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: SEQUOIA SCIENCES, INC.
    Inventor: Sequoia Sciences, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130267510
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I): Said compounds being inhibitors of Kv3 channels and of use in the prophylaxis or treatment of related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: AUTIFONY THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Giuseppe Alvaro, Paolo Dambruoso, Simona Tommasi, Anne Decor, Charles Large
  • Patent number: 8552041
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. More particularly, the invention relates to combined therapies that modulate cell stress response for treating said disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Pharnext
    Inventors: Daniel Cohen, Ilya Chumakov, Serguei Nabirochkin, Oxana Guerassimenko
  • Publication number: 20130253022
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention include fluorinated sulfamide derivatives having a disease-modifying action in the treatment of diseases associated with excitotoxicity and accompanying oxidative stress that include epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, heavy metal toxicity and any neurodegenerative disease involving glutamate toxicity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicants: FOX CHASE CHEMICAL DIVERSITY CENTER, INC., ADVANCED NEURAL DYNAMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Garry Robert Smith, Douglas E. Brenneman, Allen B. Reitz, Yan Zhang, Yanming Du
  • Publication number: 20130252962
    Abstract: This invention is directed to spiro-oxindole compounds, as stereoisomers, enantiomers, tautomers thereof or mixtures thereof; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or prodrugs thereof, for the treatment and/or prevention of sodium channel-mediated diseases or conditions, such as pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: Mikhail CHAFEEV, Sultan CHOWDHURY, Lauren FRASER, Jianmin FU, Jonathan LANGILLE, Shifeng LIU, Jianyu SUN, Shaoyi SUN, Serguei SVIRIDOV, Mark WOOD, Alla Yurevna ZENOVA, Qi JIA, Jean-Jacques Alexandre CADIEUX, Simon J. GAUTHIER, Amy Frances DOUGLAS, Tom HSIEH, Nagasree CHAKKA, Zoran CIKOJEVIC
  • Publication number: 20130245015
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula are useful for inhibiting protein tyrosine kinases. The present invention also discloses methods of making the compounds, compositions containing the compounds, and methods of treatment using the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: YUJIA DAI, STEVEN K. DAVIDSEN, ANNA M. ERICSSON, KRESNA HARTANDI, ZHIQIN JI, MICHAEL R. MICHAELIDES
  • Publication number: 20130210773
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to indole compounds, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1 (mAChR M1); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventor: Craig W. Lindsley
  • Patent number: 8492365
    Abstract: The present invention pertains, at least in part, to novel 7-substituted tetracycline compounds. These tetracycline compounds can be used to treat numerous tetracycline compound-responsive states, such as bacterial infections and neoplasms, as well as other known applications for minocycline and tetracycline compounds in general, such as blocking tetracycline efflux and modulation of gene expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignees: Trustees of Tufts College, Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark L. Nelson, Roger Frechette, Peter Viski, Mohamed Ismail, Todd Bowser, Beena Bhatia, David Messersmith, Laura McIntyre, Darrell Koza, Glen Rennie, Paul Sheahan, Paul Hawkins, Atul Verma, Tadeusz Warchol, Upul Bandarage
  • Publication number: 20130184321
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) mouse model and a screening method for a composition for the prevention and treatment of attention deficit disease. The mouse model constructed by inserting cobalt wire in the right side of the frontal lobe is very useful as the ADHD mouse model, and the said ADHD mouse model can be effectively used for the screening of an agent for the treatment of attention deficit disease since the mouse demonstrated brain wave with low frequency, hyperactivity, and cognitive impairment, which are characteristic symptoms of attention deficit disease, when ethosuximide, one of T-type calcium channel blockers, was administered. Therefore, the composition comprising a T-type calcium channel blocker was also confirmed to be effectively used for the prevention and treatment of attention deficit disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Daesoo Kim, Jeongjin Kim
  • Publication number: 20130183269
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to antiviral compounds, and more specifically directed to combinations of compounds which can inhibit the function of the NS5A protein encoded by Hepatitis C virus (HCV), compositions comprising such combinations, and methods for inhibiting the function of the NS5A protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventor: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
  • Publication number: 20130177602
    Abstract: In one embodiment a layered pharmaceutical formulation includes two or more pharmaceutical layers and an intermediate layer disposed between at least two of the two or more pharmaceutical layers, the intermediate layer configured to dissolve in vivo to thereby leave the two or more pharmaceutical layers substantially intact. In one embodiment, an active pharmaceutical ingredient in at least one of the pharmaceutical layers is selected from bupropion, zonisamide, naltrexone, topiramate, phentermine, metformin, olanzapine and fluoxetine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: OREXIGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventor: Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8440706
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or mixtures thereof that inhibit serine protease activity, particularly the activity of hepatitis C virus NS3-NS4A protease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin M. Cottrell, John Maxwell, Qing Tang, Anne-Laure Grillot, Arnaud Le Tiran, Emanuele Perola
  • Publication number: 20130116293
    Abstract: Described herein are high-throughput methods of monitoring D-serine levels in plasma. The assay involves the use of strong cation solid phase extraction (SPE) to isolate D-serine from plasma, followed by quantitation of D-serine using the D-amino acid oxidase-(DAAO-) catalyzed reaction. Also described are methods of screening for compounds that act as DAAO inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
  • Patent number: 8436023
    Abstract: The present invention comprises compounds of Formula (I). wherein: R1, R2, X, and Z are as defined in the specification. The invention also comprises a method of preventing, treating or ameliorating a syndrome, disorder or disease, wherein said syndrome, disorder or disease is type II diabetes, obesity and asthma. The invention also comprises a method of inhibiting CCR2 activity in a mammal by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of Formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Xuqing Zhang, Zhihua Sui, James C. Lanter
  • Publication number: 20130090307
    Abstract: The present invention relates to combinations and methods for the treatment of neurological disorders related to glutamate excitotoxicity and Amyloid ? toxicity. More specifically, the present invention relates to novel combinatorial therapies of Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's disease related disorder, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, neuropathic pain, alcoholic neuropathy, alcoholism or alcohol withdrawal, or spinal cord injury, based on Baclofen and Acamprosate combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: PHARNEXT
    Inventor: PHARNEXT
  • Publication number: 20130079366
    Abstract: Benzisoxazole and azabenzisoxazole compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Corey R. Hopkins, Colleen M. Niswender, Darren W. Engers
  • Patent number: 8394840
    Abstract: The invention provides novel compositions and compounds that inhibit CatSper channel activity, that preferentially inhibits sperm hyperactivity over sperm motility, or both. The compounds of the invention are useful as contraceptive agents that may be adminstered to males, females, or concurrently to both sexual partners. The invention further provides methods of conducting drug discovery business and of conducting a reproductive medicine business. The invention also provides methods of identifying compounds that modulate sperm hypermotility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Hydra Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Jayhong A. Chong, Magdalene M. Moran
  • Publication number: 20130023566
    Abstract: The invention relates to 2-(1,2-benzisoxazol-3-yl)benzylamine derivatives having the general Formula (I) wherein R1 represents the group CONR2R3 which is present at one of the positions 5-, 6- or 7- on the 1,2-benzisoxazole ring; R2 and R3 are independently H or (C1-4)alkyl; and R4 is cyclopropyl, 2-pyridyl or phenyl, optionally substituted with one or more halogens; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, as well as to the use of these derivatives for the treatment of pain, such as neuropathic pain or inflammatory pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: N.V. Organon
    Inventor: Simon James Anthony Grove
  • Patent number: 8357809
    Abstract: A compound of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: James A. Johnson, Yoon Jeon, John Lloyd, Heather Finlay
  • Publication number: 20120328569
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula (I) that are used as hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5B polymerase inhibitors, the synthesis of such compounds, and the use of such compounds for inhibiting HCV NS5B polymerase activity, for treating or preventing HCV infections and for inhibiting HCV viral replication and/or viral production in a cell-based system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Casey Cameron McComas, Nigel J. Liverton, Richard Soll, Peng Li, Xuanjia Peng, Hao Wu, Frank Narjes, Joerg Habermann, Uwe Koch, Shilan Liu
  • Publication number: 20120329800
    Abstract: Administration of a monoamine oxidase inhibitor is useful in the prevention and treatment of muscle dystrophy. Methods and compositions for inhibiting the production of reactive oxygen species in a muscle cell overproducing reactive oxygen species are provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Paolo Bonaldo, Marcella Canton, Fabio DiLisa, Sara Menazza
  • Patent number: 8318788
    Abstract: In one embodiment a layered pharmaceutical formulation includes two or more pharmaceutical layers and an intermediate layer disposed between at least two of the two or more pharmaceutical layers, the intermediate layer configured to dissolve in vivo to thereby leave the two or more pharmaceutical layers substantially intact. In one embodiment, an active pharmaceutical ingredient in at least one of the pharmaceutical layers is selected from bupropion, zonisamide, naltrexone, topiramate, phentermine, metformin, olanzapine and fluoxetine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony McKinney, Gary Tollefson, Eckard Weber, Rick Soltero
  • Publication number: 20120295897
    Abstract: This invention is directed to spiro-oxindole compounds, as stereoisomers, enantiomers, tautomers thereof or mixtures thereof; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or prodrugs thereof, for the treatment and/or prevention of sodium channel-mediated diseases or conditions, such as pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Mikhail Chafeev, Sultan Chowdhury, Lauren Fraser, Jianmin Fu, Jonathan Langille, Shifeng Liu, Jianyu Sun, Shaoyi Sun, Serguei Sviridov, Mark Wood, Alla Yurevna Zenova, Qi Jia, Jean-Jacques Cadieux, Simon J. Gauthier, Amy Frances Douglas, Tom Hsieh, Nagasree Chakka, Zoran Cikojevic
  • Patent number: 8309578
    Abstract: Bicyclic pyrazole and isoxazole derivatives of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as defined in the specification, process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are disclosed; the compounds of the invention may be useful in therapy in the treatment of diseases mediated by HSP90 protein, like cancer and neurodegenerative disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Nerviano Medical Sciences S.r.l.
    Inventors: Sergio Mantegani, Maria Gabriella Brasca, Francesco Casuscelli, Ron Ferguson, Helena Posteri, Carlo Visco, Elena Casale, Fabio Zuccotto
  • Publication number: 20120232116
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which bind to the NR1 H4 receptor (FXR) and act as agonists of the NR1 H4 receptor (FXR). The invention further relates to the use of the compounds for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of diseases and/or conditions through binding of said nuclear receptor by said compounds, and to a process for the synthesis of said compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: PHENEX PHARMACEUTICALS AG
    Inventors: Claus Kremoser, Ulrich Abel, Christoph Steeneck, Olaf Kinzel
  • Publication number: 20120214767
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I) or stereoisomers or salts thereof, wherein: X1, X2, X3, W, Q1, Q2, and G2 are defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds as selective agonists for G protein-coupled receptor S1P1, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. These compounds are useful in treating, preventing, or slowing the progression of diseases or disorders in a variety of therapeutic areas, such as autoimmune diseases and vascular disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: T.G. Murali Dhar, Hai-Yun Xiao, Scott Hunter Watterson, Soo S. Ko, Alaric J. Dyckman, Charles M. Langevine, Jagabandhu Das
  • Publication number: 20120196824
    Abstract: The invention provides a therapeutic drug for ischemic stroke. The therapeutic drug has the formula (I) wherein each symbol is as defined herein, or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof, as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Nakao, Hiroko Suzuki, Ryo Tatsumi, Tomofumi Setsuta, Maki Seki, Hiroshi Iwasaki, Minoru Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8221737
    Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: which inhibit RNA-containing virus, particularly the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Consequently, the compounds of the present invention interfere with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HCV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yat Sun Or, Xiaowen Peng, Lu Ying, Ce Wang, Yao-Ling Qiu
  • Publication number: 20120178750
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of Formula I: as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and hydrates thereof, that are useful for treating atherosclerosis, dyslipidemias and the like. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Subharekha Raghavan, Steven L. Colletti, Fa-Xiang Ding, Hong Shen, James R. Tata, Ashley Rouse Lins, Abigail Lee Smenton, Weichun Chen, Darby Rye Schmidt, George Scott Tria
  • Patent number: 8211928
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns novel compounds of Formula (I) as defined in the specification and compositions comprising such novel compounds. These compounds are useful antiviral agents, especially in inhibiting the function of the NS5A protein encoded by Hepatitis C virus (HCV). Thus, the disclosure also concerns a method of treating HCV related diseases or conditions by use of these novel compounds or a composition comprising such novel compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Rico Lavoie, Clint A. James, Edward H. Ruediger
  • Publication number: 20120148689
    Abstract: The present invention is related to the composition and methods of manufacture of orally-dissolvable, edible films as a vehicle for the non-invasive administration of active drugs through the mucosal tissues of the oral cavity. The films include a water soluble film-forming polymer such as pullulan. Methods for producing the films are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventor: Todd Maibach
  • Publication number: 20120122877
    Abstract: The present invention is antibiotic compositions having the ability to disrupt a MazEF complex in S. aureus. The compositions also have the ability to inhibit growth of S. aureus and as such are useful as antibiotic compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
    Inventors: Ambrose Cheung, Zhibiao Fu
  • Patent number: 8173679
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): in which R1, R2, R3, X, Y and A are as defined in the specification. The compounds are modulators of the estrogen receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Laboratoire Thermamex
    Inventors: Benoit Rondot, Jean Lafay, Paule Bonnet, Thierry Clerc, Igor Duc, Eric Duranti, Francois Puccio, Jacqueline Shields, Christian Blot, Philippe Maillos
  • Publication number: 20120093889
    Abstract: In one embodiment a layered pharmaceutical formulation includes two or more pharmaceutical layers and an intermediate layer disposed between at least two of the two or more pharmaceutical layers, the intermediate layer configured to dissolve in vivo to thereby leave the two or more pharmaceutical layers substantially intact. In one embodiment, an active pharmaceutical ingredient in at least one of the pharmaceutical layers is selected from bupropion, zonisamide, naltrexone, topiramate, phentermine, metformin, olanzapine and fluoxetine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: OREXIGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony McKinney, Gary Tollefson, Eckard Weber, Rick Soltero
  • Publication number: 20120094983
    Abstract: A compound of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: James A. Johnson, Yoon Jeon, John Lloyd, Heather Finlay
  • Publication number: 20120088758
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for treating a thrombotic or an inflammatory disorder administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of Formula (I) or Formula (V): or a stereoisomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate form thereof, wherein the variables A, L, Z, R3, R4, R6, R11, X1, X2, and X3 are as defined herein. The compounds of Formula (I) are useful as selective inhibitors of serine protease enzymes of the coagulation cascade and/or contact activation system; for example thrombin, factor Xa, factor XIa, factor IXa, factor VIIa and/or plasma kallikrein. In particular, it relates to compounds that are selective factor XIa inhibitors. This invention also provides compounds within the scope of Formula I and relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: Jon J. Hangeland, Mimi L. Quan, Joanne M. Smallheer, Gregory S. Bisacchi, James R. Corte, Todd J. Friends, Zhong Sun, Karen A. Rossi, Cullen L. Cavallaro
  • Publication number: 20120076755
    Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: Q-G-A-L-B-W??(I), which inhibit RNA-containing virus, particularly the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Consequently, the compounds of the present invention interfere with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HCV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Yao-Ling Qiu, Ce Wang, Xiaowen Peng, Lu Ying, Hui Cao, Yat Sun Or
  • Publication number: 20120071503
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compounds and compositions, and methods of using these compounds and compositions, as positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate subtype 2 (mGlu2) receptor, and for treating CNS disorders associated with the mGlu2 receptor including schizophrenia, anxiety, addiction, e.g. cocaine addiction, nicotine addiction, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
    Inventors: Nicholas D. P. Cosford, Dhanya Raveendra Panickar, Shyama Sidique
  • Publication number: 20120071483
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. More particularly, the invention relates to combined therapies that modulate cell stress response for treating said disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: PHARNEXT
    Inventors: Daniel Cohen, Ilya Chumakov, Serguei Nabirochkin, Oxana Guerassimenko
  • Patent number: 8133515
    Abstract: 1,3-Dipole-functional compounds (e.g., azide functional compounds) can be reacted with certain alkynes in a cyclization reaction to form heterocyclic compounds. Useful alkynes (e.g., strained, cyclic alkynes) and methods of making such alkynes are also disclosed. The reaction of 1,3-dipole-functional compounds with alkynes can be used for a wide variety of applications including the immobilization of biomolecules on a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Geert-Jan Boons, Jun Guo, Xinghai Ning, Margaretha Wolfert
  • Publication number: 20120053165
    Abstract: Compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds are disclosed, wherein the compounds have the structure of Formula (I) as defined in the specification. Corresponding pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treatment, methods of synthesis, and intermediates are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Patrick Allen, Christopher William Am Ende, Michael Aaron Brodney, Amy Beth Dounay, Douglas Scott Johnson, Martin Youngjin Pettersson, Jacob Bradley Schwartz, Tuan Phong Tran
  • Publication number: 20120053210
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which modulate the activity of store-operated calcium (SOC) channels. Also described herein are methods of using such SOC channel modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from inhibition of SOC channel activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: CalciMedica, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Whitten, Yazhong Pei, Jianguo Cao, Zhijun Wang, Evan Rogers, Brian Dyck, Jonathan Grey
  • Publication number: 20120046326
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical agents characterized by containing benzophenone derivatives represented by the general formula: wherein the each substituent is as defined in the specification, or salts thereof have suppressive effect on RANKL production, suppressive effect on OPG reduction and inhibitory effects on differentiation/activation of osteoclasts, and are extremely useful for treating, for example therapy and/or prevention, of various diseases in which differentiation/activation of osteoclast are involved, such as osteoporosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiko AIKAWA, Kimiko Morimoto, Mari Yamamoto, Shunichi Shiozawa
  • Publication number: 20120040011
    Abstract: 1,3-Dipole-functional compounds (e.g., azide functional compounds) can be reacted with certain alkynes in a cyclization reaction to form heterocyclic compounds. Useful alkynes (e.g., strained, cyclic alkynes) and methods of making such alkynes are also disclosed. The reaction of 1,3-dipole-functional compounds with alkynes can be used for a wide variety of applications including the immobilization of biomolecules on a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Geert-Jan Boons, Jun Guo, Xinghai Ning, Margaretha Wolfert
  • Publication number: 20120040985
    Abstract: The present invention comprises TGR5 agonists of structural formula I, wherein X, R1, R2, and R5 are defined herein, as well as N-oxides of them and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The invention further comprises composition comprising the compounds, N-oxides, and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The invention also comprises use of the compounds and compositions for treating diseases in which TGR5 is a mediator or is implicated. The invention also comprises use of the compounds in and for the manufacture of medicaments, particularly for treating diseases in which TGR5 is a mediator or is implicated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: EXELIXIS PATENT COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Venkataiah Bollu, Brant Clayton Boren, Jackaline Dalgard Julien, Brenton T. Flatt, Nadia Haq, Sarah Hudson, Raju Mohan, Michael Morrissey, Benjamin Pratt, Tie-Lin Wang, Richard Martin, Xiao-Hui Gu
  • Patent number: 8110572
    Abstract: Compounds that inhibit Aurora-kinases, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases using the compounds are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Yujia Dai, Zhiqin Ji, Michael R. Michaelides
  • Publication number: 20110312989
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR), activation of nAChRs, and the treatment of disease conditions associated with defective or malfunctioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially of the brain. Further, this invention relates to novel compounds for example, indoles, 1H-indazoles, 1,2-benzisoxazoles, and 1,2-benzisothiazoles, which act as ligands for the ?7 nAChR subtype, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Wenge Xie, Brian Herbert, Jianguo Ma, Truc Minh Nguyen, Richard Schumacher, Carla Maria Gauss, Ashok Tehim
  • Publication number: 20110306542
    Abstract: Compounds that bind the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1) receptor are provided including compounds which are modulators of the GLP-1 receptors and compounds which are capable of inducing a stabilizing effect on the receptor for use in structural analyses of the GLP-1 receptor. Methods of synthesis, methods of therapeutic and/or prophylactic use, and methods of use in stabilizing GLP-1 receptor in vitro for crystallization of the GLP-1 receptor of such compounds are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: Receptos, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcus F. Boehm, Esther Martinborough, Manisha Moorjani, Liming Huang, Junko Tamiya, Mark T. Griffith, Thomas Fowler, Andrew Novak, Michael Knaggs, Premji Meghani
  • Publication number: 20110293640
    Abstract: A method of treating a subject with a cytokine-mediated inflammatory disorder comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable cholinesterase inhibitor, provided that the inhibitor is not galantamine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Kevin J. Tracey, Valentin A. Pavlov