Polycyclo Ring System Having The Oxazole Ring As One Of The Cyclos Patents (Class 514/379)
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Publication number: 20130303525Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2011Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicants: 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
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Publication number: 20130274256Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2012Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: SEQUOIA SCIENCES, INC.Inventor: Sequoia Sciences, Inc.
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Publication number: 20130267510Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2011Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: AUTIFONY THERAPEUTICS LIMITEDInventors: Giuseppe Alvaro, Paolo Dambruoso, Simona Tommasi, Anne Decor, Charles Large
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Patent number: 8552041Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 29, 2010Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: PharnextInventors: Daniel Cohen, Ilya Chumakov, Serguei Nabirochkin, Oxana Guerassimenko
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Publication number: 20130253022Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2011Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicants: FOX CHASE CHEMICAL DIVERSITY CENTER, INC., ADVANCED NEURAL DYNAMICS, INC.Inventors: Garry Robert Smith, Douglas E. Brenneman, Allen B. Reitz, Yan Zhang, Yanming Du
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Publication number: 20130252962Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Inventors: 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
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Publication number: 20130245015Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Inventors: YUJIA DAI, STEVEN K. DAVIDSEN, ANNA M. ERICSSON, KRESNA HARTANDI, ZHIQIN JI, MICHAEL R. MICHAELIDES
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Publication number: 20130210773Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Inventor: Craig W. Lindsley
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Patent number: 8492365Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 9, 2009Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignees: 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
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Publication number: 20130184321Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2011Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Daesoo Kim, Jeongjin Kim
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Publication number: 20130183269Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2013Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyInventor: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
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Publication number: 20130177602Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2012Publication date: July 11, 2013Applicant: OREXIGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC.Inventor: Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc.
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Patent number: 8440706Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 28, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals IncorporatedInventors: Kevin M. Cottrell, John Maxwell, Qing Tang, Anne-Laure Grillot, Arnaud Le Tiran, Emanuele Perola
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Publication number: 20130116293Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2012Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYInventor: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
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Patent number: 8436023Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 9, 2011Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.Inventors: Xuqing Zhang, Zhihua Sui, James C. Lanter
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Publication number: 20130090307Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2012Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: PHARNEXTInventor: PHARNEXT
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Publication number: 20130079366Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2011Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITYInventors: P. Jeffrey Conn, Craig W. Lindsley, Corey R. Hopkins, Colleen M. Niswender, Darren W. Engers
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Patent number: 8394840Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 15, 2006Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Hydra Biosciences, Inc.Inventors: Jayhong A. Chong, Magdalene M. Moran
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Publication number: 20130023566Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2010Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: N.V. OrganonInventor: Simon James Anthony Grove
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Patent number: 8357809Abstract: A compound of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are described herein.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2011Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyInventors: James A. Johnson, Yoon Jeon, John Lloyd, Heather Finlay
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Publication number: 20120328569Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2011Publication date: December 27, 2012Inventors: Casey Cameron McComas, Nigel J. Liverton, Richard Soll, Peng Li, Xuanjia Peng, Hao Wu, Frank Narjes, Joerg Habermann, Uwe Koch, Shilan Liu
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Publication number: 20120329800Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2011Publication date: December 27, 2012Inventors: Paolo Bonaldo, Marcella Canton, Fabio DiLisa, Sara Menazza
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Patent number: 8318788Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 19, 2011Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc.Inventors: Anthony McKinney, Gary Tollefson, Eckard Weber, Rick Soltero
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Publication number: 20120295897Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: 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
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Patent number: 8309578Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 19, 2009Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Nerviano Medical Sciences S.r.l.Inventors: Sergio Mantegani, Maria Gabriella Brasca, Francesco Casuscelli, Ron Ferguson, Helena Posteri, Carlo Visco, Elena Casale, Fabio Zuccotto
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Publication number: 20120232116Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2010Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: PHENEX PHARMACEUTICALS AGInventors: Claus Kremoser, Ulrich Abel, Christoph Steeneck, Olaf Kinzel
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Publication number: 20120214767Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2010Publication date: August 23, 2012Inventors: T.G. Murali Dhar, Hai-Yun Xiao, Scott Hunter Watterson, Soo S. Ko, Alaric J. Dyckman, Charles M. Langevine, Jagabandhu Das
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Publication number: 20120196824Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2010Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA CORPORATIONInventors: Akira Nakao, Hiroko Suzuki, Ryo Tatsumi, Tomofumi Setsuta, Maki Seki, Hiroshi Iwasaki, Minoru Tanaka
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Patent number: 8221737Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 15, 2010Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Yat Sun Or, Xiaowen Peng, Lu Ying, Ce Wang, Yao-Ling Qiu
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Publication number: 20120178750Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: 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
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Patent number: 8211928Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 24, 2010Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyInventors: Rico Lavoie, Clint A. James, Edward H. Ruediger
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Publication number: 20120148689Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2012Publication date: June 14, 2012Inventor: Todd Maibach
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Publication number: 20120122877Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGEInventors: Ambrose Cheung, Zhibiao Fu
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Patent number: 8173679Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 3, 2011Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Laboratoire ThermamexInventors: Benoit Rondot, Jean Lafay, Paule Bonnet, Thierry Clerc, Igor Duc, Eric Duranti, Francois Puccio, Jacqueline Shields, Christian Blot, Philippe Maillos
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Publication number: 20120093889Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: OREXIGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC.Inventors: Anthony McKinney, Gary Tollefson, Eckard Weber, Rick Soltero
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Publication number: 20120094983Abstract: A compound of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Inventors: James A. Johnson, Yoon Jeon, John Lloyd, Heather Finlay
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Publication number: 20120088758Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2011Publication date: April 12, 2012Inventors: 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
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Publication number: 20120076755Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Inventors: Yao-Ling Qiu, Ce Wang, Xiaowen Peng, Lu Ying, Hui Cao, Yat Sun Or
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Publication number: 20120071503Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: Sanford-Burnham Medical Research InstituteInventors: Nicholas D. P. Cosford, Dhanya Raveendra Panickar, Shyama Sidique
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Publication number: 20120071483Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2010Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: PHARNEXTInventors: Daniel Cohen, Ilya Chumakov, Serguei Nabirochkin, Oxana Guerassimenko
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Patent number: 8133515Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Geert-Jan Boons, Jun Guo, Xinghai Ning, Margaretha Wolfert
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Publication number: 20120053165Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: 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
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Publication number: 20120053210Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2011Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: CalciMedica, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey P. Whitten, Yazhong Pei, Jianguo Cao, Zhijun Wang, Evan Rogers, Brian Dyck, Jonathan Grey
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Publication number: 20120046326Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2011Publication date: February 23, 2012Applicant: Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukihiko AIKAWA, Kimiko Morimoto, Mari Yamamoto, Shunichi Shiozawa
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Publication number: 20120040011Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2008Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Geert-Jan Boons, Jun Guo, Xinghai Ning, Margaretha Wolfert
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TRIAZOLE AND IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVES FOR USE AS TGR5 AGONISTS IN THE TREATMENT OF DIABETES AND OBESITY
Publication number: 20120040985Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2010Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: EXELIXIS PATENT COMPANY LLCInventors: 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: 8110572Abstract: Compounds that inhibit Aurora-kinases, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases using the compounds are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2008Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Abbott LaboratoriesInventors: Yujia Dai, Zhiqin Ji, Michael R. Michaelides
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Publication number: 20110312989Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2011Publication date: December 22, 2011Inventors: Wenge Xie, Brian Herbert, Jianguo Ma, Truc Minh Nguyen, Richard Schumacher, Carla Maria Gauss, Ashok Tehim
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Publication number: 20110306542Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2011Publication date: December 15, 2011Applicant: 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
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Publication number: 20110293640Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventors: Kevin J. Tracey, Valentin A. Pavlov