1,2-diazoles Patents (Class 514/403)
  • Patent number: 8324258
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a family of guanidine-based F1F0-ATPase inhibitors, e.g., mitochondrial F1F0-ATPase inhibitors, methods for their discovery, and their use as therapeutic agents for treating certain disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Gary D. Glick, Gina Ney
  • Patent number: 8324262
    Abstract: The present invention features compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for treating trauma, ischemia, stroke, degenerative diseases associated with cellular necrosis, and other conditions. Screening assays for identifying compounds useful for treating these conditions are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignees: The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Junying Yuan, Alexei Degterev, Junichi Hitomi, Gregory D. Cuny, Prakash Jagtap
  • Publication number: 20120302609
    Abstract: The invention relates to pyrazoline substituted compounds and methods for activating PKM2. The compounds and methods are useful in treating or preventing a disease or disorder selected from cancer, cell proliferative disorder, inflammatory disorder, metabolic disorder, and immune system disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Dynamix Pharmaceuticals LTD.
    Inventors: Oren M. Becker, Alina Shitrit, Nili Schutz, Efrat Ben-Zeev, Avihai Yacovan, Rachel Ozeri, Daniel Sherman, Vered Behar, Osnat Kashtan, Alexander Konson
  • Patent number: 8318771
    Abstract: Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus is treated with statins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Universita' Degli Studi di Bari
    Inventors: Giuseppe Procino, Maria Svelto, Giovanna Valenti, Monica Carmosino
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8309548
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of Formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, n, Q1, Q2, Q3, Y, and X1-X4 are as defined herein. Compounds of Formula I are useful in the treatment of diseases and/or conditions related to cell proliferation, such as cancer, inflammation, arthritis, angiogenesis, or the like. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the invention and methods of treating the aforementioned conditions using such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Serenex, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth He Huang, Jeron Eaves, Gunnar Hanson, James Veal, Thomas Barta, Lifeng Geng, Lindsay Hinkley
  • Patent number: 8299253
    Abstract: Provided are tris-quaternary ammonium compounds which are modulators of nicotinic acetylocholine receptors. Also provided are methods of using the compounds for modulating the function of a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, and for the prevention and/or treatment of central nervous system disorders, substance use and/or abuse and or gastrointestinal tract disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Peter Crooks, Linda Dwoskin, Roger Papke, Guangrong Zheng, Sangeetha P Sumithran
  • Publication number: 20120270902
    Abstract: The invention provides N-substituted benzenesulfonamides for use in treating or preventing cognitive disorders, such as Alzheimer's Disease. Compounds of particular interest are defined by Formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R3?, are as described in the specification. The invention also encompasses pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula (I) as well as methods of treating cognitive disorders, including Alzheimer's disease using compounds of Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: ELAN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Neitzel, Jennifer Marugg
  • Patent number: 8293738
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) or pharmaceutical acceptable salts, wherein A1, A2, A3 and L are defined in the description. The present invention relates also to methods of making said compounds, and compositions containing said compounds which are useful for inhibiting kinases such as aurora and KDR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Michael R. Michaelides, James H. Holms, Douglas H. Steinman
  • Publication number: 20120264754
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel pyrazolines that are useful as cannabinoid receptor blockers and pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of using the same for treating obesity, diabetes, inflammatory disorders, cardiometabolic disorders, hepatic disorders, and/or cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: JENRIN DISCOVERY
    Inventors: John F. McElroy, Robert J. Chorvat
  • Publication number: 20120264797
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel pyrazoles that are useful as cannabinoid receptor antagonists and pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of using the same for treating obesity, diabetes, hepatic disorders, and/or cardiometabolic disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: JENRIN DISCOVERY
    Inventors: John F. McElroy, Robert J. Chorvat
  • Patent number: 8283351
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating a disease in an animal, which disease is responsive to inhibiting of the functional cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) polypeptide by administering to a mammal in need thereof an effective amount of a cyclic or acyclic hydrazine derivative including those of formulas II or III: or compositions thereof, thereby treating the disease. The present invention particularly, relates to a method of treating diarrhea and polycystic kidney disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Institute for OneWorld Health
    Inventors: Michael Geoffrey Neil Russell, Huw David Vater, Jacqueline Anne Macritchie, Kevin James Doyle, David Brown, Joanne Peach
  • Publication number: 20120252770
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): The present invention relates to novel indazolyl ester or amide derivatives, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives, to processes for preparing such novel derivatives and to the use of such derivatives as medicaments
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Markus Berger, Jan Dahmén, Karl Edman, Anders Eriksson, Balint Gabos, Thomas Hansson, Martin Hemmerling, Krister Henriksson, Svetlana Ivanova, Matti Lepistö, Darren McKerrencher, Magnus Munck af Rosenschöld, Stinabritt Nilsson, Hartmut Rehwinkel, Camilla Taflin
  • Patent number: 8258168
    Abstract: Compounds corresponding to the formula (I) as defined in the disclosure, as well as methods for making such compounds, intermediates employed in such methods, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of the invention, and methods of treatment using them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Laurent Dubois, Yannick Evanno, Christian Maloizel, Mireille Sevrin
  • Patent number: 8236845
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclyl-substituted-tetrahydro-naphthalen-amine compounds of general formula (I) and compositions thereof, methods for their preparation, and the use of said compounds for the treatment or prophylaxis of various disorders of humans or animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Laboratorios del Dr. Esteve, S.A.
    Inventors: Monica Garcia-Lopez, Antonio Torrens-Jover, Helmut H. Buschmann
  • Patent number: 8236821
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel pyrazolines that are useful as cannabinoid receptor antagonists/inverse agonists and pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of using the same for treating obesity, diabetes, dyslipidemias, cardiovascular disorders, hepatic disorders, and a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Jenrin Discovery, Inc.
    Inventors: John F. McElroy, Robert J. Chorvat
  • Patent number: 8232307
    Abstract: The present invention relates to indane-amine compounds of general formula (I) and compositions thereof, methods for their preparation, and the use of said compounds for the treatment of humans or animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Laboratorios del Dr. Esteve, S.A.
    Inventors: Monica Garcia-Lopez, Antonio Torrens-Jover
  • Patent number: 8232308
    Abstract: A method for treating a disease in which Rho kinase is involved. The method is carried out by administering to a patient in need thereof a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound of the following formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein the ring X is a benzene ring or a pyridine ring; R1 and R2 are hydrogen or alkyl or together form a cycloalkene ring; R3 is hydrogen, substituted alkyl, unsubstituted alkenyl, carboxyl or an ester or an amide thereof, amino or a cyano; R4 is hydrogen, hydroxyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy, unsubstituted alkenyloxy, unsubstituted cycloalkyloxy substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, unsubstituted alkenyl, unsubstituted cycloalkyl, amino, substituted or unsubstituted alkylamino, nitro, cyano or a monocyclic heterocycle; and R5 is a halogen atom or a hydrogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignees: UBE Industries, Ltd., Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Hagihara, Ken-ichi Komori, Hidetoshi Sunamoto, Hiroshi Nishida, Takeshi Matsugi, Tadashi Nakajima, Masakazu Hatano, Kazutaka Kido, Hideaki Hara
  • Patent number: 8217038
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel pyrazolines that are useful as cannabinoid receptor blockers and pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of using the same for treating obesity, diabetes, inflammatory disorders, cardiometabolic disorders, hepatic disorders, and/or cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Jenrin Discovery, Inc.
    Inventors: John F. McElroy, Robert J. Chorvat
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8211930
    Abstract: A compound of formula Ia: The present invention relates to novel indazolyl derivatives, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives, to processes for preparing such novel derivatives and to the use of such derivatives as medicaments
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignees: AstraZeneca AB, Bayer Schering Pharma AG
    Inventors: Markus Berger, Hartmut Rehwinkel, Jan Dahmén, Anders Eriksson, Thomas Hansson, Nafizal Hossain, Per Tomas Klingstedt, Matti Lepistö, Stinabritt Nilsson, Martin Hemmerling, Karl Edman
  • Patent number: 8211929
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds and methods for inhibition of kinases, more specifically IGF 1 R kinases. The invention also provides compounds and methods for inhibition of wildtype Abl. The invention provides compounds for modulating protein kinase enzymatic activity for modulating cellular activities such as proliferation, differentiation, programmed cell death, migration and chemoinvasion. Compounds of the invention inhibit, regulate and/or modulate kinase receptor signal transduction pathways related to the changes in cellular activities as mentioned above, and the invention includes compositions which contain these compounds, and methods of using them to treat kinase-dependent diseases and conditions. A compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, or prodrug thereof, wherein, V is NR1R1a, or O—R1, wherein X is H, halo, C1-C6 alkyl, NO2, mono-, di-, or tri-halo substituted methyl, NR13R,14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Exelixis, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Chen, Lisa Esther Dalrymple Meyr, Sergey Epshteyn, Timothy Patrick Forsyth, Tai Phat Huynh, Mohamed Abdulkader Ibrahim, James W. Leahy, Gary Lee Lewis, Grace Mann, Larry W. Mann, Robin Tammie Noguchi, Brian Hugh Ridgway, Joan Cruz Sangalang, Kevin Luke Schnepp, Xian Shi, Craig Stacy Takeuchi, Matthew Alan Williams, John Nuss, Atwood K. Cheung
  • Patent number: 8207195
    Abstract: This invention is directed to methods of preventing or treating neurological or neuropathic diseases or conditions associated with excessive inflammation, neurodegeneration, neuro-remodeling, and axonal/neurite retraction. Particularly, this invention relates to methods treating neurological or neuropathic diseases such as cerebral ischemia, stroke, neuropathic pain, spinal cord injury, Alzheimer's disease, and multiple sclerosis, using novel rho kinase inhibitor compounds. The method comprises identifying a subject in need of the treatment, and administering to the subject an effective amount of a novel rho kinase inhibitor compound to treat the disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomas Navratil, John W. Lampe, Emilee H. Fulcher, Ward M. Peterson
  • Publication number: 20120157414
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel pyrazolines that are useful as cannabinoid receptor blockers and pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of using the same for treating obesity, diabetes, inflammatory disorders, cardiometabolic disorders, hepatic disorders, and/or cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: JENRIN DISCOVERY
    Inventors: John F. McElroy, Robert J. Chorvat
  • Patent number: 8202875
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of selective insecticidal compositions, characterized in that they comprise an effective amount of an active compound combination comprising (a) at least one compound of the formula (I) in which CKE, W, X, Y and Z are as defined in the description, and (b) at least one crop plant compatibility-improving compound, from the group of compounds mentioned in the description, for controlling insects and/or arachnids, and to a method for controlling insects and/or arachnids using the compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Reiner Fischer, Udo Reckmann, Christopher Hugh Rosinger, Erich Sanwald, Christian Arnold
  • Publication number: 20120149686
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a compound represented by the following structural formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: Compounds represented by this structural formula are kinase inhibitors and are therefore disclosed herein for the treatment of cancer. Definitions for the variables in the structural formula are provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: University Health Networks
    Inventors: Peter B. Sampson, Yong liu, Sze-Wan Le, Brian T. Forrest, Heinz W. Pauls, Louise G. Edwards, Miklos Feher, Narendra Kumar B. Patel, Guohua Pan
  • Patent number: 8198310
    Abstract: Use of a compound of formula (I) in which R, R? and R? have the meanings given in the description, optionally in the form of a salt thereof with a pharmaceutically acceptable organic or mineral base, to prepare a pharmaceutical composition for reducing the blood triglyceride, cholesterol and glucose levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Aziende Chimiche Riunite Angelini Francesco A.C.R.A.F.S.p.A.
    Inventors: Angelo Guglielmotti, Giuseppe Biondi
  • Patent number: 8188135
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cannabinoid receptor ligands of formula (I) wherein A1, A5, Rx, X4, and z are as defined in the specification. Compositions comprising such compounds, and methods for treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: William A. Carroll, Michael J. Dart, Jennifer M. Frost, Steven P. Latshaw, Teodozyj Kolasa, Tongmei Li, Sridhar Peddi, Bo Liu, Arturo Perez-Medrano, Meena Patel, Xueqing Wang, Derek W. Nelson
  • Patent number: 8183241
    Abstract: The present invention concerns 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: UCB Pharma, S.A.
    Inventors: Benoît Kenda, Yannick Quesnel, Ali Ates, Philippe Michel, Laurent Turet, Joël Mercier
  • Patent number: 8168566
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 4-biphenyl-substituted pyrazolidine-3,5-dione derivatives of the formula (I) in which A, D, G, W, X, Y and Z are as defined above, to a plurality of processes for the preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides and/or microbicides. Moreover, the invention relates to selective herbicidal compositions comprising both the 4-biphenyl-substituted pyrazolidine-3,5-dione derivatives of the formula (I) and a crop plant compatibility-improving compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Reiner Fischer, Thomas Bretschneider, Ernst Rudolf F. Gesing, Dieter Feucht, Karl-Heinz Kuck, Peter Lösel, Olga Malsam, Christian Arnold, Thomas Auler, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Heinz Kehne
  • Publication number: 20120095055
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of Formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or hydrates thereof, which are useful as selective glucocorticoid receptor ligands for treating a variety of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases or conditions. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme, Corp.
    Inventors: Helen J. Mitchell, Danielle M. Hurzy, Mildred K. Kaufman
  • Patent number: 8138119
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel alkoxyalkyl spirocyclic tetramic and tetronic acids of the formula (I), in which A, B, D, Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, G, W, X, Y and Z are as defined above, to a plurality of processes and intermediates for their preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides and/or microbicides, and also to selective herbicidal compositions comprising, firstly, the alkoxyalkyl spirocyclic tetramic and tetronic acids and, secondly, at least one crop plant compatibility-improving compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Reiner Fischer, Oliver Gaertzen, Stefan Lehr, Dieter Feucht, Olga Malsam, Mark Wilhelm Drewes, Eva-Maria Franken, Christian Arnold, Thomas Auler, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Heinz Kehne, Chris Hugh Rosinger, Thomas Bretschneider, Guido Bojack, Jan Dittgen
  • Patent number: 8138216
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel pyrazoles that are useful as cannabinoid receptor antagonists and pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of using the same for treating obesity, diabetes, hepatic disorders, and/or cardiometabolic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Jenrin Discovery, Inc.
    Inventors: John F. McElroy, Robert J. Chorvat
  • Publication number: 20120065225
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein m, n, Ar, R1, R2, Ra and Rb are defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, methods of using, and methods of preparing the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Pravin Iyer, Clara Jeou Jen Lin, Stephen M. Lynch, Matthew C. Lucas, Ann Marie Madera, Kerem Erol Ozboya, Robert James Weikert, Ryan Craig Schoenfeld
  • Publication number: 20120045459
    Abstract: Methods for treating autophagy-related disorders with agents which modulate expression of the gene encoding tyrosine phosphatase receptor type sigma (PTPRS) or which modulate the biological activity of the PTPRS gene product (PTPsigma). Methods for modulating autophagy in a cell with agents which modulate expression of PTPRS or which modulate the biological activity of PTPsigma; and related diagnostic methods, screening methods, and agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: Van Andel Research Institute
    Inventors: Jeffrey Paul MacKeigan, Katie Martin, Huaqiang Eric Xu, Yong Xu
  • Patent number: 8119566
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 4-biphenyl-substituted pyrazolidine-3,5-dione derivatives of the formula (I) in which A, D, G, W, X, Y and Z are as defined above, to a plurality of processes for the preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides and/or microbicides. Moreover, the invention relates to selective herbicidal compositions comprising both the 4-biphenyl-substituted pyrazolidine-3,5-dione derivatives of the formula (I) and a crop plant compatibility-improving compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Reiner Fischer, Thomas Bretschneider, Ernst Rudolf F. Gesing, Dieter Feucht, Karl-Heinz Kuck, Peter Lösel, Olga Malsam, Christian Arnold, Thomas Auler, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Heinz Kehne
  • Publication number: 20120035154
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds having formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, wherein R1-R4, n, p, A, B, D, E, L and AR1 are as described generally and in classes and subclasses herein, and additionally provides pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for the use thereof for the treatment of disorders mediated by the CD11/CD18 family of cellular adhesion molecules (e.g., LFA-1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: SARcode Bioscience, Inc.
    Inventors: Wang SHEN, Kenneth BARR, Johan D. OSLOB, Min ZHONG
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8106218
    Abstract: Tricyclic pyrazole derivatives of the following formula (I) having affinity for the cannabinoidergic CB1 and/or CB2 receptors: wherein: A represents a group selected from one of the following: (CH2)t—, —(CH2)—S(O)z—, or —S(O)z—(CH2)—, B is a heteroaryl, optionally substituted; R is a group selected from the following: alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl or arylalkenyl, not substituted or having from one to four substituents, equal to or different from each other; R? is a group selected from the following: an ether group of formula —(CH2)—O—(CH2)v—R?, a ketonic group of formula —C(O)—Z?, wherein Z? is as defined below; a substituent having an hydroxyl function of formula —CH(OH)—Z?; an amide substituent of formula —C(O)—NH-T?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Neuroscienze Pharmaness S.C. A R.L.
    Inventors: Paolo Lazzari, Stefania Ruiu, Gerard Aime Pinna, Gabriele Murineddu
  • Patent number: 8106085
    Abstract: The present invention relates to indoline-substituted pyrazoline compounds of formula (I), methods for their preparation, medicaments comprising these compounds as well as their use for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of humans and animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Laboratorios Del Dr. Esteve, S.A.
    Inventors: Antonio Torrens Jover, Susana Yenes Minguez
  • Publication number: 20120015932
    Abstract: Indazole compounds, processes for their preparation, intermediates usable in these processes, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and their use in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Heather Hobbs, Simon Teanby Hodgson, Yannick Maurice LaCroix, Deborah Needham, Nigel James Parr, Panayiotis Alexandrou Procopiou, Timothy John Ritchie, Michael David Woodrow
  • Patent number: 8093281
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I): wherein A1 represents 2,3-dihydro-1-benzofuran-7-yl, 5-fluoro-2-methoxy-phenyl or 5-fluoro-2-hydroxy-phenyl; X represents —C(R3)— or nitrogen; when X represents —C(R3)—, R2 represents hydrogen and R1 represents fluorine, R3 represents hydrogen or fluorine, when X represents —C(R3)— and R2 and R1 each represent hydrogen, R3 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, methoxy or fluorine, when X represents —C(R3)— and R2 represents hydroxy, methoxy, —CO2CH3 or —CO2CH2CH3, R1 and R3 each represent hydrogen, when X represents nitrogen, R1 and R2 each represent hydrogen; and Y represents H or methyl; or a physiologically functional derivative thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Colin David Eldred, David House, Graham George Adam Inglis, Simon John Fawcett MacDonald, Philip Alan Skone
  • Publication number: 20120004274
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for lowering IOP and/or providing neuroprotection are disclosed. The compositions and methods are particularly directed to the use inhibitors of Jun N-terminal kinases (JNK) to lower IOP and/or provide neuroprotection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Debra L. Fleenor, Iok-Hou Pang
  • Patent number: 8088811
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel heterocycle derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of disorders and conditions modulated by the androgen receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Xuqing Zhang, Xiaojie Li, Zhihua Sui
  • Patent number: 8088809
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel pyrazoles that are useful as cannabinoid receptor antagonists and pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of using the same for treating obesity, diabetes, and/or cardiometabolic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Jenrin Discovery, Inc.
    Inventors: John F. McElroy, Robert J. Chorvat
  • Patent number: 8088810
    Abstract: A metal extractant comprising Formula (1) wherein R5, R6, R7 and R8 each independently are hydrogen, an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group, an electron withdrawing group, an electron donating group, or one or more of R5 & R6, R6 & R7, R7 & R8 are linked in such way as to form an optionally substituted ring; Y is N or CR9 wherein R9 is hydrogen, an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl, optionally substituted hydrocarbyloxy, optionally substituted hydrocarbyloxycarbonyl, optionally substituted hydrocarbylcarbonyloxy group, optionally substituted optionally substituted mono or dihydrocarbylaminocarbonyl group; Z is N or CR10 wherein R10 is hydrogen, an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl, optionally substituted hydrocarbyloxy, optionally substituted hydrocarbyloxycarbonyl, optionally substituted hydrocarbylcarbonyloxy group, optionally substituted optionally substituted mono or dihydrocarbylaminocarbonyl group; and tautomers or salts thereof, with the proviso that both Y and Z could be N provided
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Cytec Technology Corp.
    Inventors: John Campbell, Ronald Matthys Swart, Lucy Emeleus, Susan Owens
  • Patent number: 8084486
    Abstract: This invention relates to a combination product comprising a compound of formula I wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R9 are as described herein, and one or more further biologically active compounds as described herein, particularly anti-parasitic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Pfizer Limited
    Inventors: Denis Billen, Nathan Anthony Logan Chubb, David Morris Gethin, Kim Thomas Hall, Lee Richard Roberts, Nigel Derek Arthur Walshe
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8080574
    Abstract: Use of a new class of phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1 (PDK-1) inhibitors of formula I for inducing apoptosis in unwanted rapidly proliferating cells, for treating, inhibiting, or delaying the onset of cancer, and for preventing restenosis in a subject that has undergone an angioplasty or stent: wherein X is selected from the group consisting of alkyl and haloalkyl; Ar is an aryl radical selected from the group consisting of phenyl, biphenyl, naphthyl, anthryl, phenanthryl, and fluorenyl; and wherein Ar is optionally substituted with one or more radicals selected from the group consisting of halo, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 haloalkyl, azido, C1-C4 azidoalkyl, aryl, akylaryl, haloaryl, haloalkylaryl, and combinations thereof; and R is selected from the group consisting of nitrile, acetonitrile, ethylnitrile, propylnitrile, carboxamide, amidine, tetrazole, oxime, hydrazone, acetamidine, aminoacetamide, guanidine, and urea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: The Ohio State University Research Foundation
    Inventor: Ching-Shih Chen
  • Publication number: 20110294840
    Abstract: There is provided a hydrazide compound having a controlling effect on pests represented by the formula (1): wherein, G is a 5-membered heterocyclic group, M is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 is independently a nitrogen atom, etc., m is an integer of 0 to 5, R2 is an optionally halogenated C1-C6 alkyl group, etc., R5 and R6 are independently an optionally substituted C1-C12 chain hydrocarbon group, etc., and R4 is an optionally substituted C1-C12 chain hydrocarbon group, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Hideki Ihara, Koji Kumamoto