The Aryl Ring Or Aryl Ring System Is Bonded Directly To Another Ring Or Ring System Patents (Class 514/650)
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Publication number: 20120093929Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition, comprising (i) a matrix made of polymeric nanofibers, and (ii) an opioid agonist within the matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2009Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: Euro-Celtique S.A.Inventors: Alexander Oksche, Kevin J. Smith, Derek Prater, Malcolm Walden, Will Heath, Bernard Kennedy, Vanessa Addison, Hassan Mohammad
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Patent number: 8138226Abstract: Chemical syntheses and medical uses of novel inhibitors of the uptake of monoamine neurotransmitters and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, for the treatment and/or management of psychotropic disorders, anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, hot flashes, senile dementia, migraine, hepatopulmonary syndrome, chronic pain, nociceptive pain, neuropathic pain, painful diabetic retinopathy, bipolar depression, obstructive sleep apnea, psychiatric disorders, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, social phobia, social anxiety disorder, urinary incontinence, anorexia, bulimia nervosa, obesity, ischemia, head injury, calcium overload in brain cells, drug dependence, and/or premature ejaculation are described.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Auspex PharmaceuticalsInventors: Thomas G. Gant, Sepehr Sarshar
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Patent number: 8101666Abstract: The invention provides methods for detection of medical disorders, associated with cellular oxidative stress, cell degeneration and/or cell death. The invention further relates to compounds comprising a thiol (—SH) group, for detecting cells undergoing oxidative stress, degeneration and/or a death process. The invention further provides methods for utilizing the compounds in medical practice, for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2005Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Aposense Ltd.Inventors: Ilan Ziv, Anat Shirvan
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Patent number: 8093299Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for treating bowel disorders using calcimimetics.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2008Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignees: Amgen Inc., Yale UniversityInventors: John Peter Geibel, Steven Charles Hebert, Patricia Hebert, legal representative, David Martin, Deborah A. Russell
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Publication number: 20110301244Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing Naratriptan, a compound selected from the group consisting of 2-HPOD, 2-HPHM, 4-PPED, 4-BPED and 2-PPED, and optionally, a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: Emisphere Technologies, Inc.Inventor: David GSCHNEIDNER
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Publication number: 20110287094Abstract: The invention provides a delivery device for the delayed release of an active agent in the gastrointestinal tract comprising a core, comprising an active agent; a first outer coating, comprising a relatively hydrophobic substantially water insoluble polymer having substantially water insoluble hydrophilic particles embedded therein; and a first inner coating layer, comprising an agent that can cause the dissolution of at least one of the water insoluble components of the outer coating, and optionally a water soluble polymer, such that the insoluble particles in the outer coating, upon absorption of liquid, form channels leading to the inner coating layer, thus enabling the dissolution thereof, whereby the agents contained therein are released to cause the dissolution and/or degradation (destruction) of the outer coating, and the release of the pharmaceutically acceptable active agent from the core of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Inventors: Adel PENHASI, Mila GOMBERG, Maxim GOMBERG
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Publication number: 20110263658Abstract: The present invention relates to biphenyl-based renin inhibitor compounds having amino-terminal groups, and their use in treating cardiovascular events and renal insufficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2008Publication date: October 27, 2011Inventors: Helene Juteau, Michel Gallant, Daniel Dube, Patrick Roy, Renee Aspiotis, Rejean Fortin, Patrick Lacombe, Daniel McKay, Tom Yao-Hsiang Wu
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Publication number: 20110201690Abstract: The present application describes deuterium-enriched dapoxetine, pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, and methods of treating using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2010Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicant: PROTIA, LLCInventor: Anthony W. Czarnik
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Patent number: 7947743Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of agomelatine, or N-[2-(7-methoxy-1-naphthyl)ethyl]acetamide, on its own or in association, in obtaining medicaments intended for the treatment of bipolar disorders, especially bipolar disorders of types I and II, and more especially bipolar disorders of type I.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2005Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: Les Laboratories ServierInventors: Christian De Bodinat, Elisabeth Mocaer
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Publication number: 20110110870Abstract: Skin care compositions comprising certain phenoxyalkylamines, which are particularly beneficial for skin lightening and achieving evenness of color, especially for face and underarm skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2009Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVERInventors: Jose Guillermo ROSA, Bijan HARICHIAN, John Steven BAJOR, Carol Annette BOSKO, Diana Jean DRENNAN, John Chun-Sing NIP
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Publication number: 20110112166Abstract: Compounds comprising formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, are disclosed, wherein B, Y, and A are as described in claims 1-10. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed, for treating baldness, glaucoma or inflammatory bowel diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2009Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: ALLERGAN, INCInventors: Yariv Donde, Jeremiah H. Nguyen
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Publication number: 20110065718Abstract: An antifungal product is comprised of at least three dosages forms, each of which has a different release profile, with the Cmax for the antifungal product being reached in less than about twelve hours. In one embodiment, there is an immediate release dosage form, as well as two or more delayed release dosage forms, with each of the dosage forms having a different release profile, wherein each reaches a Cmax at different times.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2010Publication date: March 17, 2011Applicant: Victory Pharma, Inc.Inventors: Edward M. Rudnic, James D. Isbister, Donald J. Treacy, JR., Sandra E. Wassink
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Publication number: 20110053914Abstract: A pharmaceutical combination comprising: (a) at least one 6-dimethylaminomethyl-1-(3-methoxy-phenyl)-cyclohexane-1,3-diol component and/or at least one 6-dimethylaminomethyl-1-(3-hydroxy-phenyl)-cyclohexane-1,3-diol component, and (b) at least one antiepileptic; a pharmaceutical composition comprising said combination, a medicament comprising such a combination, a kit containing the ingredients of such a combination, and a method of treating pain in which components (a) and (b) are administered simultaneously or sequentially, whereby component (a) may be administered before or after component (b), and in which components (a) and (b) are administered either via the same or a different pathway of administration.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: Gruenenthal GmbHInventors: Klaus SCHIENE, Petra Bloms-Funke
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Patent number: 7897173Abstract: A sustained-release, oral pharmaceutical formulation of tramadol comprising a compound formed in situ of tramadol or a tramadol salt and a pharmaceutically acceptable acidic substance. The compound formed in situ has a desired water solubility. Also provided are methods of treatment using the pharmaceutical formulations. Method for preparing such formulations are also provided. The preparation method comprises repeatedly mixing tramadol or its salt with the acidic substance, and moistening the mixture and formulating the mixture under an energy input, such as heat or pressure. Optionally, drying, repeated granulating, extrudation and pelleting may also be included.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2004Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Gruenenthal GmbHInventors: Iris Ziegler, Johannes Bartholomaeus
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Patent number: 7893050Abstract: Preferred embodiments of the present invention are related to novel therapeutic drug combinations and methods for treating and/or preventing pulmonary arterial hypertension and/or stable angina. More particularly, aspects of the present invention are related to therapeutic combinations comprising a Rho-kinase inhibitor, such as fasudil, and one or more additional compounds selected from the group consisting of prostacyclins, such as iloprost, endothelin receptor antagonists, PDE inhibitors, calcium channel blockers, 5-HT2A antagonists, such as sarpogrelate, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, such as fluoxetine, statins, and vascular remodeling modulators, such as Gleevec.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2006Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Asahi Kasei Pharma CorporationInventor: Benson M. Fong
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Publication number: 20100331424Abstract: The use of axomadol for the treatment of pain in arthrosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: Gruenenthal GmbHInventors: Klaus Schiene, Petra Bloms-Funke, John Bothmer, Claudia Lefeber
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Publication number: 20100310599Abstract: The present invention is embodied by a composition capable inducing weight loss in a patient in need thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2010Publication date: December 9, 2010Inventors: W. Blair GEHO, John R. LAU
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Patent number: 7834062Abstract: The present invention relates to Mannich base antimalarial aminoalkylphenol compounds and their use against protozoa of the genus Plasmodium, particularly emerging strains of drug-resistant Plasmodia. This invention further relates to compositions containing such compounds and a process for making the compounds. This and other aspects of the invention are realized upon review of the entire specification.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2009Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Conrad P. Dorn, Mary Ann Powles, Thomas F. Walsh, Matthew J. Wyvratt
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Patent number: 7825104Abstract: Phenylboronic acid and water soluble derivatives thereof and related boronic acid compounds are used for treating fungal and bacterial infections.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2002Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: Ramot at Tel Aviv University Ltd.Inventors: Amihay Freeman, Rina Segal, Yael Dror
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Publication number: 20100273745Abstract: Polyamine, polyamine/guanidino, and polyamine/biguanide compounds are disclosed. The compounds are useful as anti-cancer and anti-parasitic treatments. The compounds are also useful as inhibitors of the enzyme lysine-specific demethylase-1.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2010Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicants: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITYInventors: Patrick M. Woster, Tracey Boncher, Robert Casero
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Patent number: 7786160Abstract: Combinations of certain analgesics with certain COX-II inhibitors, related pharmaceutical compositions, including advantageous galenical forms containing these combinations, and to the use thereof in methods of treatment, in particular for the treatment of pain.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2005Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Gruenenthal GmbHInventors: Klaus Schiene, Guenter Haase, Babette-Yvonne Koegel, Elmar Friderichs, Ulrich Jahnel
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Publication number: 20100215710Abstract: Methods for increasing rate of healing of wounds in epithelial tissues by administration of beta-2 adrenergic receptor antagonists to target patients are provided. Methods for decreasing cell growth around implanted devices and methods for decreasing wound contraction by administration of beta-2 adrenergic receptor agonists are also provided. Pharmaceutical compositions and kits including beta-2 adrenergic receptor agonists and antagonists are described, as are devices coated with beta-2 adrenergic receptor agonists.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2006Publication date: August 26, 2010Inventors: Roslyn Rivkah Isseroff, Christine E. Pullar
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Publication number: 20100189698Abstract: A method for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of a neurological and/or neuropsychiatric disorder associated with altered dopamine function comprising administering to the eye of a patient in need thereof an effective amount of an agent that modulates neurotransmitter production or function.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2008Publication date: July 29, 2010Applicant: CLARENCEW PTY LTDInventor: Gregory Lynn Willis
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Publication number: 20100152252Abstract: The present invention relates to heterocyclyl-substituted-ethylamino-phenyl compounds of general formula (I), wherein K-L-M-N, Z and R1, R2, R3, R4 are as described in the claims methods for their preparation, medicaments comprising these compounds as well as their use for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of humans or animals.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2007Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: LABORATORIOS DEL DR. ESTEVE,S.A.Inventors: Mónica Garcia-López, Antonio Torrens-Jover, Luz Romero-Alonso, Helmut H. Buschmann
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Patent number: 7714170Abstract: Bis- and tris-dihydroxyaryl compounds and their methylenedioxy analogs and pharmaceutically acceptable esters, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in the treatment of amyloid diseases, especially A? amyloidosis, such as observed in Alzheimer's disease, use in the reduction of A? peptide in vivo, use in modulating APP processing, and use in modulating the activity of APP secretase.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2008Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Proteotech, Inc.Inventors: Alan D. Snow, Qubai Hu, Judy A. Cam
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Publication number: 20100076489Abstract: Articles are provided having no orientation or a multi-directional orientation. Such articles may be in the form of films, ribbons, sheets, and/or tapes and may be utilized as buttresses with a surgical stapling apparatus or as reinforcing means for suture lines. The articles may be produced with a polymeric material having an agent, such as a chemotherapeutic agent or a radiotherapeutic agent, incorporated therein or applied as a coating thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2009Publication date: March 25, 2010Inventors: Joshua Stopek, Amin Elachchabi, Roland Ostapoff, Brian Nentwick, Richard Stevenson
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Patent number: 7645419Abstract: Described are a method of killing microorganisms in aqueous industrial systems or products for industrial applications based on water by adding from 0.001 to 5% by weight of a water-soluble or water-dispersible polymer containing from 30 to 100 mol % of styrenesulfonic acid, from 0 to 40 mol % of an N-vinyllactam and/or N-vinylamine, and from 0 to 30 mol % of further free-radically polymerizable monomers as biocidal additive, and a method of protecting articles by applying an antimicrobial aqueous composition comprising such an additive.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2003Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Frank Dietsche, Nathalie Bouillo, Karl Kolter, Christoph Hamers
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Publication number: 20100004341Abstract: Pharmaceutical formulations of [2-(3-methoxyphenyl)-cyclohexylmethyl]-dimethylamine and the metabolites thereof suitable for treating fibromyalgia or chronic pain due to fibromyalgia, and related methods of treating fibromyalgia or chronic pain due to fibromyalgia are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2009Publication date: January 7, 2010Applicant: Gruenenthal GmbHInventors: Petra Bloms-Funke, Werner Englberger, Hagen-Heinrich Hennies
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Publication number: 20090311235Abstract: Methods of enabling or improving the ability of a hydrogel to swell in the stomach of an animal and/or increasing the amount of time said hydrogel remains swollen in the stomach are described herein. In one embodiment, a polymer is administered in combination with one or more pH modifying agents which raise and maintain the pH of the micro environment of the polymer and/or the stomach in order inducing swelling in the polymer. The polymer can be a homopolymer, a copolymer, or a polymer blend or composite. In one embodiment, the polymer is a superabsorbent polymer (“SAP”). The polymers can also be administered with one or more active agents, such as appetite suppressants. The pH modifying agent and/or the active agent can be administered simultaneously with the polymer in the same dosage form, simultaneously with the polymer in separate dosage forms, or sequentially. The compositions are formulated for oral administration.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2009Publication date: December 17, 2009Inventors: Eric Elenko, Eyal S. Ron, Yishai Zohar
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Patent number: 7632843Abstract: The present invention belongs to the field of pharmaceutical industry and relates to a new method for the treatment of psychostimulant addiction, in particular cocaine addiction, or pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof, with a therapeutically effective amount of 9,10-didehydro-N-methyl-N-(2-propy-nyl)-6-methyl-8?-aminomethylergo-line in the form of free base or in the form of pharmaceutically acceptable addition salt, in particular the bimaleate salt, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing said compound. In literature, the compound is also known under code LEK-8829. More particularly, present invention relates to a novel method of treatment for reduction of abstinence symptoms after cocaine withdrawal and for suppression the symptoms of craving for cocaine withdrawal and for suppression the symptoms of craving for cocaine reinforcement, and to the use of said active substance for the preparation of the pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of cocaine addiction.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2003Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: Lek Pharmaceuticals d.d.Inventors: Igor Krisch, Marko Zivin, Natasa Milivojevic, Rudolf Rucman, Breda Bole-Vunduk, Uros Urleb
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Patent number: 7611730Abstract: The invention relates to a medicament containing the racemate of tramadol in a retarded form and the (+)-enantiomer of tramadol in a non-retarded form.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2003Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: Grunenthal GmbHInventors: Johannes Bartholomäus, Elmar Josef Friderichs
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Publication number: 20090269402Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified release composition of at least one form of venlafaxine, which is a delayed controlled release composition. The composition comprises a core comprising at least one form of venlafaxine selected from the group consisting of venlafaxine, an active metabolite of venlafaxine, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of venlafaxine, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of an active metabolite of venlafaxine, and combinations thereof, less than 10% of a gelling agent and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. The composition further comprises a modified release coating which substantially, surrounds the core which provides a delayed controlled release of the at least one form of venlafaxine.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2009Publication date: October 29, 2009Applicant: BIOVAIL LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL S.R.L.Inventors: Fang ZHOU, Werner Oberegger, Paul Maes
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Patent number: 7601876Abstract: Bis- and tris-dihydroxyaryl compounds and their methylenedioxy analogs and pharmaceutically acceptable esters, their synthesis, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in the treatment of amyloid diseases, especially A? amyloidosis, such as observed in Alzheimer's disease, IAPP amyloidosis, such as observed in type 2 diabetes, AA/SAA amyloidosis, such as observed in systemic AA amyloidosis and synucleinopathies, such as observed in Parkinson's disease, and the manufacture of medicaments for such treatment.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2007Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Proteotech, Inc.Inventors: Alan D. Snow, Beth P. Nguyen, Gerardo M. Castillo, Virginia J. Sanders, Thomas P. Lake, Lesley Larsen, Rex T. Weavers, Stephen D. Lorimer, David S. Larsen, David L. Coffen, Charlotte Coffen, legal representative
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Publication number: 20090246255Abstract: The present invention provides compositions containing (i) a pharmaceutically active agent selected from a group consisting of an arylcycloalkyamine or a derivative, analogue or pharmaceutically active salt thereof, and (ii) a biocompatible polymer or a combination of biocompatible polymers. These compositions or medicaments containing these compositions may be used for the prevention and/or treatment of inner ear diseases, e.g. tinnitus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2005Publication date: October 1, 2009Inventor: Thomas Meyer
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Patent number: 7589127Abstract: The present invention relates to Mannich base antimalarial aminoalkylphenol compounds and their use against protozoa of the genus Plasmodium, particularly emerging strains of drug-resistant Plasmodia. This invention further relates to compositions containing such compounds and a process for making the compounds. This and other aspects of the invention are realized upon review of the entire specification.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2003Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: Conrad P. Dorn, Mary Ann Powles, Thomas F. Walsh, Matthew J. Wyvratt
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Publication number: 20090203738Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of bulimia in which a cholinesterase inhibitor is combined with at least one member selected from the group consisting of sibutramine, a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, an active metabolite thereof, a prodrug thereof and a solvate thereof. The pharmaceutical composition is useful in treating bulimia and depression arising from bulimia.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2006Publication date: August 13, 2009Applicant: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kazuo Sakai
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Patent number: 7553858Abstract: The subject of the present invention is to provide a combination of two centrally acting analgesics, flupirtine and tramadol, or their respective pharmaceutically acceptable salts for the treament of pain.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2004Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: MEDA Pharma GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Istvan Szelenyi, Joachim Maus, Peter J. Cnota
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Publication number: 20090082311Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound having few side effects such as bradycardia and the like and having superior peripheral blood lymphocyte-decreasing effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2007Publication date: March 26, 2009Applicant: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma CorporationInventors: Masatoshi Kiuchi, Mitsuharu Nakamura, Maiko Hamada, Kunio Sugahara
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Publication number: 20090076113Abstract: Novel biphenylcarboxamides of the formula (I) There is further provided a plurality of processes for preparing these compounds and their use for controlling unwanted microorganisms, and also novel intermediates and their preparation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2006Publication date: March 19, 2009Applicant: Bayer CropScience AGInventors: Ralf Dunkel, Hans-Ludwig Elbe, Jorg Nico Greul, Herbert Gayer, Arnd Voerste, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann, Peter Dahmen
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Publication number: 20090076163Abstract: The present application describes deuterium-enriched dapoxetine, pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, and methods of treating using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2008Publication date: March 19, 2009Applicant: PROTIA, LLCInventor: Anthony W. Czarnik
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Patent number: 7501453Abstract: Disclosed are aromatic cyclopropane compounds with CNS activity. These compounds can be used for alleviating symptoms of CNS disorders.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2007Date of Patent: March 10, 2009Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New YorkInventors: Huw M. L. Davies, Timothy Gregg
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Publication number: 20090028824Abstract: A patch pump device generally includes at least one fluid source, a fluid communicator, and an electrochemical actuator. The fluid communicator is in fluid communication with the fluid source. The electrochemical actuator is operative to cause fluid to be delivered from the fluid source into the fluid communicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2008Publication date: January 29, 2009Applicant: ENTRA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.Inventors: Yet-Ming Chiang, Michael J. Cima, J. Richard Gyory, Glenn R. Booma
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Publication number: 20090029947Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel, potent, and selective agents, which are agonists or antagonists of the one or more of the individual receptors of the S1P receptor family. The compounds of the invention are useful as therapeutics for treating medical conditions associated with agonism or antagonism of the individual receptors of the S1P receptor family.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2008Publication date: January 29, 2009Inventors: Grier A. Wallace, Eric C. Breinlinger, Kevin P. Cusack, Shannon R. Fix-Stenzel, Thomas D. Gordon, Adrian D. Hobson, Martin E. Hayes, Graham K. Ansell, Pintipa Grongsaard
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Publication number: 20090005456Abstract: Phenyl-substituted cyclohexylamine derivatives and method for their synthesis and characterization are disclosed. Use of these compounds to treat/prevent neurological disorders as well as methods for their synthesis are set forth herein. Exemplary compounds of the invention inhibit reuptake of endogenous monoamines, such as dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine (e.g., from the synaptic cleft) and modulate one or more monoamine transporter. Pharmaceutical formulations incorporating compounds of the invention are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2008Publication date: January 1, 2009Applicant: SEPRACOR INC.Inventors: Liming Shao, Fengjiang Wang, Scott Christopher Malcolm, Michael Charles Hewitt, Jianguo Ma, Seth Ribe, Mark A. Varney, Una Campbell, Sharon Rae Engel, Larry Wendell Hardy, Patrick Koch, Rudy Schreiber, Kerry L. Spear
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Publication number: 20080261926Abstract: This invention relates to novel calcimimetic compounds, their derivatives, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and hydrates thereof. This invention also provides compositions comprising a compound of this invention and the use of such compositions in methods of treating diseases and conditions that are beneficially treated by binding to, and modulating the sensitivity of, calcium receptors on the parathyroid gland.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2008Publication date: October 23, 2008Inventors: Julie F. Liu, Jillian Imagire
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Publication number: 20080255084Abstract: The invention relates to a combination, such as a combined preparation or a pharmaceutical composition, respectively comprising a renin inhibitor, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and at least one therapeutic agent selected from the group consisting of (a) a specific anti-dyslipidemic agent and (b) a specific anti-obesity agent or, in each case, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2006Publication date: October 16, 2008Inventor: Randy Lee Webb
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Patent number: 7429679Abstract: Disclosed is a novel sulphonic acid salt of sibutramine, which has good physicochemical properties. Also disclosed are a method of preparing the compound and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2006Date of Patent: September 30, 2008Assignee: CJ CorporationInventors: Dong Kwon Lim, Eun Young Yang, Jae Kyoung Ko, Kwang Do Choi, Yong Sik Youn, Hea Ran Suh, Chang Ju Kim
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Patent number: 7417169Abstract: The present invention provides compounds represented by general formula (I): a prodrug thereof, or pharmaceutical acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; each of R2 and R3 is independently hydrogen or lower alkyl; each of R4, R5 and R6 is independently hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy; R7 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; R8 is hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, etc; R9 is —COR10, -A1-COR10, —O-A2-COR10, etc; Ar is optionally substituted phenyl or heteroaryl; and A is a bond, —OCH2—, etc, which exhibit potent and selective ?3-adrenoceptor stimulating activities. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing said compound, and uses thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2004Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignee: Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junichi Kobayashi, Tetsuya Nakamura, Hideyuki Muranaka, Takehiro Ishikawa, Tetsuro Tamai, Satoshi Akahane
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Patent number: 7407990Abstract: Substituted cycloalkyl compounds with 3 to 6 carbon atoms in the ring, one carbon linked to each of two side groups R and R?, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in which R is phenyl optionally substituted by one or more halo substituents or R is naphthyl; and R? is —[X—Y—S(O)m-Z-N—R1—R2], wherein X is carbonyl or a carbon directly linked to each of a hydroxyl group and R5 in which R5 is H or alkyl, Y is an alkylene chain optionally substituted by one or more alkyl groups, m can be 0, 1 or 2, Z is an alkylene chain containing 2 to 5 carbon atoms optionally substituted by one or more alkyl groups, and R1 and R2, which are the same or different, are H, alkyl, or arylalkyl, provided that when R1 is benzyl, R2 is H or methyl; have utility in the treatment of drug misuse or other addictive disorders.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2007Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Knoll GmbHInventors: Graham Paul Luscombe, Patricia Lesley Needham
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Patent number: 7342133Abstract: The invention relates to substituted amino compounds, to processes for their preparation, to pharmaceutical formulations containing these compounds and to the use of these substances in the preparation of pharmaceutical formulations, especially for the treatment or inhibition of depression, anxiety, pain and urinary incontinence, and to related methods of treating or inhibiting these disorders.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2007Date of Patent: March 11, 2008Assignee: Gruenenthal GmbHInventors: Petra Bloms-Funke, Elmar Friderichs, Ivars Graudums, Hagen-Heinrich Hennies, Achim Kless, Klaus Schiene, Oswald Zimmer