Unsaturated Hetero Ring Attached Indirectly To The Isoquinoline Ring System By Nonionic Bonding Patents (Class 546/148)
  • Patent number: 11731966
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to, in part, fused heteroaryl compounds and compositions useful for preventing and/or treating a disease or condition relating to aberrant function of a voltage-gated, sodium ion channel, for example, abnormal late/persistent sodium current. Methods of treating a disease or condition relating to aberrant function of a sodium ion channel including Dravet syndrome or epilepsy are also provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: PRAXIS PRECISION MEDICINES, INC.
    Inventors: Kiran Reddy, Andrew Mark Griffin, Brian Edward Marron, Gabriel Martinez Botella
  • Patent number: 11345683
    Abstract: The present invention provides dibenzylamine salt of Lifitegrast (XV), and diphenylamine salt of Lifitegrast (XVI) and the use of the above salts in the purification process of Lifitegrast (I). The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of Lifitegrast (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Aurobindo Pharma Ltd
    Inventors: Praveen Kumar Neela, Guruswamy Batthini, Vijay Kumar Gupta Gangisetty, Ravikanth Dupud, Srikanth Sai Alur, Sivakumaran Meenakshisunderam
  • Patent number: 9365555
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Compounds of the present invention are useful for inhibiting PRMT5 activity. Methods of using the compounds for treating PRMT5-mediated disorders are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Duncan, Richard Chesworth, Michael John Munchhof
  • Publication number: 20150133427
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Compounds of the present invention are useful for inhibiting PRMT5 activity. Methods of using the compounds for treating PRMT5-mediated disorders are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Epizyme, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Duncan, Richard Chesworth, Michael John Munchhof, Lei Jin
  • Publication number: 20150111921
    Abstract: The present invention relates to analogs of cortistatin A, J, K, and L, having the general formula: I and salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, n, and m are as defined herein; processes for preparing such compounds and intermediates thereto; pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods for treating a proliferative disease; methods for treating a disease associated with aberrant angiogenesis; methods for inhibiting angiogenesis; and processes for preparing cortistatin A, J, K, and L, and analogs thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Alec Nathanson Flyer, Hong Myung Lee, Andrew G. Myers, Cristina Montserrat Nieto-Oberhuber, Matthew D. Shair, Chong Si
  • Patent number: 8957089
    Abstract: The present invention relates to tetrahydroisoquinoline of the formula (I) or a physiologically tolerated salt thereof. The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such tetrahydroisoquinolines, and the use of such tetrahydroisoquinolines for therapeutic purposes. The tetrahydroisoquinolines are GlyT1 inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignees: AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelm Amberg, Michael Ochse, Udo Lange, Wilfried Braje, Berthold Behl, Wilfried Hornberger, Mario Mezler, Charles Hutchins
  • Publication number: 20140371266
    Abstract: Provided are monoquaternary ammonium compounds which are modulators of nicotinic acetylcholine 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 gastrointestinal tract disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Peter CROOKS, Linda P. DWOSKIN, Guangrong ZHENG, Sangeetha SUMITHRAN, Zhenfa ZHENG
  • Patent number: 8906904
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are as defined herein. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, processes for preparing these compounds and intermediates useful in these processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Jehrod Burnett Brenneman, John Ginn, Michael D. Lowe, Christopher Ronald Sarko, Edward S. Tasber, Zhonghua Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140336190
    Abstract: This application relates to chemical compounds which may act as inhibitors of; or which may otherwise modulate the activity of, a bromodomain-containing protein, including bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4), and to compositions and formulations containing such compounds, and methods of using and making such compounds. Compounds include compounds of Formula (I) wherein R1a, R1b, R2, R2b, R3, R4a, R4b, and R5 are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Evangelos Aktoudianakis, Gregory Chin, Britton Kenneth Corkey, Jinfa Du, Kristyna Elbel, Robert H. Jiang, Tetsuya Kobayashi, Rick Lee, Ruben Martinez, Samuel E. Metobo, Michael Mish, Manuel Munoz, Sophie Shevick, David Sperandio, Hai Yang, Jeff Zablocki
  • Patent number: 8883792
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel isoquinoline-6-sulfonamide derivative that is useful as a medicine. The present invention provides an isoquinoline-6-sulfonamide derivative represented by Formula (1), a salt thereof, or a solvate of the derivative or the salt, wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, or the like; R3 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or the like; R5 represents a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted alkyl group, an optionally substituted alkenyl group, an optionally substituted alkynyl group, an optionally substituted cycloalkyl group, an optionally substituted alkanoyl group, or the like; and A represents a linear or branched alkylene group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: D. Western Therapeutics Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Hidaka, Kengo Sumi, Kouichi Takahashi, Yoshihiro Inoue
  • Patent number: 8877759
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and methods of using the compounds in in vitro applications, such as the study of kinases in biological and pathological phenomena; the study of intracellular signal transduction pathways mediated by such kinases; and the comparative evaluation of new kinase inhibitors. The compounds of this invention have formula I: wherein the variables are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Vertex Pharnaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, David Kay, Somhairle MacCormick, Pierre-Henri Storck, Joanne Pinder, Michael Edward O'Donnell, Ronald Marcellus Alphonsus Knegtel, Stephen Clinton Young, Philip Michael Reaper, Steven John Durrant, Heather Clare Twin, Christopher John Davis
  • Patent number: 8871765
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of general formula (I), their stereoisomers, regioisomers, tautomeric forms and novel intermediates involved in their synthesis, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts. These compounds are suitable as Poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase-1 inhibitors (PARP-1 inhibitors).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Cadila Healthcare Limited
    Inventor: Brijesh Kumar Shrivastava
  • Publication number: 20140288133
    Abstract: A compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: Wherein: Het is a 5 to 10-membered heteroaromatic ring; Either X is N and Y is CR5; or X is C and Y is S; Z is selected from N and CH; R1 is selected from H and C1-2alkyl; R2 is selected from H, C1-2alkyl, OH, —CH2OH and C1-2alkoxy; Each R3 is independently selected from OH, C1-3alkyl, F, Cl, Br, NH2, and C1-3alkoxy; R4 is selected from C1-3alkyl and haloC1-3 alkyl; R5 is selected from H, C1-3alkyl and haloC1-3alkyl; R6 and R7 are either i) each independently selected from H, C1-3alkyl and C1-3alkoxy; or ii) R6 and R7 together with the ring to which they are attached form a 9-membered bicylic ring; p is 0-3; and RA is selected from H and C1-3alkyl, compositions containing them, their use in therapy, for example in the treatment of tuberculosis, and methods for the preparation of such compounds, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: GLAXO GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: JULIA CASTRO PICHEL, RAQUEL FERNANDEZ MENENDEZ, ESTHER PILAR FERNANDEZ VELANDO, SILVIA GONZALEZ DEL VALLE, ARACELI MALLO-RUBIO
  • Publication number: 20140256707
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula I or II, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that are inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium channels, in particular Nav 1.7. The compounds are useful for the treatment of diseases treatable by inhibition of channels such as pain disorders. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Dineen, Isaac E. Marx, Hanh Nho Nguyen, Matthew Weiss
  • Patent number: 8822469
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrrolopyrazines compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and methods of using the compounds in in vitro applications, such as the study of kinases in biological and pathological phenomena; the study of intracellular signal transduction pathways mediated by such kinases; and the comparative evaluation of new kinase inhibitors. The compounds of this invention have formula I: wherein the variables are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Somhairle MacCormick, Pierre-Henri Storck, Michael Paul Mortimore, Jean-Damien Charrier, Ronald Knegtel, Stephen Clinton Young, Joanne Pinder, Steven John Durrant
  • Patent number: 8809536
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I wherein X, Z, R1-R4, and m are as defined in the claims, exhibit alpha2C antagonistic activity, and are thus useful as alpha2C antagonists. Methods for the treatment of diseases and conditions of the peripheric system and the central nervous system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Orion Corporation
    Inventors: David Din Belle, Patrik Holm, Arto Karljalainen, Arto Tolvanen, Gerd Wohlfahrt, Petteri Rummakko
  • Publication number: 20140228343
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Compounds of the present invention are useful for inhibiting PRMT5 activity. Methods of using the compounds for treating PRMT5-mediated disorders are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Epizyme, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Duncan, Richard Chesworth, Michael John Munchhof, Lei Jin
  • Patent number: 8802663
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazole oxadiazoles derivatives of Formula (I), and their use for treating multiple sclerosis and other diseases, wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Serono SA
    Inventors: Anna Quattropani, Charles Baker-Glenn, Wesley Blackaby, Chris Knight
  • Publication number: 20140221351
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel bis-sulfonamide derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of chemokine receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: HAIQING YUAN, RICHARD L. BEARD, XIAOXIA LIU, JOHN E. DONELLO, VEENA VISWANATH, MICHAEL E. GARST
  • Patent number: 8741923
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula (I) for the treatment of multiple sclerosis and other diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Serono SA
    Inventors: Mathilde Muzerelle, Anna Quattropani, Cyril Montagne, Jérôme Dorbais
  • Publication number: 20140112868
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new class of compounds with high affinity and selectivity towards P-glycoprotein. The invention also relates to the utilization of such compounds in the in vivo diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases and as medicaments for use in the prevention and treatment of neurodegenerative disease involving P-glycoprotein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI BARI "ALDO MORO"
    Inventors: Nicola Antonio Colabufo, Francesco Berardi, Mariangela Cantore, Marialessandra Contino, Marcello Leopoldo, Roberto Perrone
  • Publication number: 20140100213
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of triazolone derivatives for the modulation, notably the inhibition of the activity or function of fatty acid synthase (FAS). Suitably, the present invention relates to the use of triazolones in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas David Adams, Christopher Joseph Aquino, Amita M. Chaudhari, Jonathan Michael Chergurovich, Terence John Kiesow, Cynthia Ann Parrish, Alexander Joseph Reif, Kenneth Wiggall
  • Patent number: 8680277
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a method for preparing tetrazole methanesulfonic acid salts comprises an acylation reaction using a novel 4-iodine-4H-chromene-2-carbothionic acid S-benzothiazole-2-yl ester. The method of the present invention can shorten a reaction time and improve safety as compared to conventional methods, and can prepare high-purity tetrazole methanesulfonic acid salts at a high yield rate without using a column chromatography method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Hanmi Science Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Keuk Chan Bang, Bum Woo Park, Jong Won Choi, Jae Chul Lee, Yong Hoon An, Young Gil Ahn, Maeng Sup Kim
  • Publication number: 20140073629
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are as defined herein. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, processes for preparing these compounds and intermediates useful in these processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Jehrod Burnett BRENNEMAN, John GINN, Michael D. LOWE, Christopher Ronald SARKO, Edward S. TASBER, Zhonghua ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20140045795
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of structural formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, clathrate, and prodrug thereof, wherein Ra, Rb, and R2 are defined herein. These compounds inhibit tubulin polymerization and/or target vasculature and are useful for treating proliferative disorders, such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: SYNTA PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lijun Sun, Christopher Borella, Hao Li, Jun Jiang, Shoujun Chen, Keizo Koya, Takayo Inoue, Zhenjian Du, Kevin Foley, Yaming Wu, Mei Zhang, Weiwen Ying
  • Publication number: 20140038965
    Abstract: 5- and 6-membered heterocyclic compounds which are inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 10 are described as are processes, pharmaceutical compositions, pharmaceutical preparations and pharmaceutical use of the compounds in the treatment of mammals, including human(s) for central nervous system (CNS) disorders and other disorders which may affect CNS function. Also described is the treatment of neurological, neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders including but not limited to those comparing cognitive deficits or schizophrenic symptoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: EnVivo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy RIPKA, Gideon SHAPIRO, Richard CHESWORTH
  • Publication number: 20130324552
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to chemokine CXCR4 receptor modulators and uses related thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds disclosed herein or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof. In certain embodiments, the compositions disclosed herein are used for managing CXCR4 related conditions, typically prevention or treatment of viral infections such as HIV or for managing cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Emory University
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Wilson, John Wiseman, Dennis C. Liotta, Michael G. Natchus
  • Patent number: 8598353
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to benzazole compounds that inhibit ?-site amyloid precursor protein-cleaving enzyme (BACE) and that may be useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which BACE is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which BACE is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: High Point Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Adnan M. M. Mjalli, David R. Jones, Devi Reddy Gohimukkula, Guoxiang Huang, Jeff J. Zhu, Mohan Rao, Robert C. Andrews, Tan Ren
  • Patent number: 8575176
    Abstract: Polyaromatic sodium channel blockers represented by the formula: are provided where the structural variables are defined herein. The invention also includes a variety of compositions, combinations and methods of treatment using these inventive sodium channel blockers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Parion Sciences, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Ross Johnson
  • Publication number: 20130274471
    Abstract: A compound for an organic photoelectric device, an organic photoelectric device including the same, and a display device including the same the compound being represented by the following Chemical Formula 1:
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Kyu-Yeon IN, Myeong-Soon KANG, Ho-Kuk JUNG, Nam-Soo KIM, Eui-Su KANG, Mi-Young CHAE, Jin-Seong PARK
  • Publication number: 20130274269
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel isoquinoline-6-sulfonamide derivative that is useful as a medicine. The present invention provides an isoquinoline-6-sulfonamide derivative represented by Formula (1), a salt thereof, or a solvate of the derivative or the salt, wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, or the like; R3 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or the like; R5 represents a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted alkyl group, an optionally substituted alkenyl group, an optionally substituted alkynyl group, an optionally substituted cycloalkyl group, an optionally substituted alkanoyl group, or the like; and A represents a linear or branched alkylene group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: D. Western Therapeutics Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Hidaka, Kengo Sumi, Kouichi Takahashi, Yoshihiro Inoue
  • Patent number: 8536175
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein the substituens are as defined in the specification, in free form or in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, ester, N-oxide thereof; processes for the preparation thereof; to pharmaceuticals containing such compounds, in particular for the use in one or more Protein tyrosine kinase mediated diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Pascal Furet, Diana Graus Porta, Vito Guagnano
  • Patent number: 8524700
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to tetrahydroisoquinoline sulfonamide compounds of formula I: wherein R1, R2, n and B are as defined in the disclosure, their preparation and their use in therapies for the treatment of central nervous system diseases such as vigilance and sleep disorders, narcolepsy, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, Parkinson's disease, attention disorders in hyperkinetic children, memory and learning disorders, epilepsy, schizophrenia, moderate cognitive disorders, depression, anxiety, sexual dysfunction, dizziness and travel sickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Juan Antonio Diaz Martin, Maria Dolores Jimenez Bargueno
  • Patent number: 8518945
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of novel pyrrolopyrazine derivatives of Formula I, wherein the variables n, p, q, Q, X, X? and Y are defined as described herein, which inhibit JAK and SYK and are useful for the treatment of auto-immune and inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Than Hendricks, Johannes Hermann, Rama Kondru, Yan Lou, Stephen M. Lynch, Timothy D. Owens, Michael Soth
  • Patent number: 8507523
    Abstract: Disclosed are therapeutic tetrahydroisoquinoline compositions for the treatment of cancer, these compositions having selectivity for cancer cells while demonstrating few, if any, deleterious side effects on normal cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Inventors: Renukadevi Patil, Charles Ryan Yates, Duane D. Miller, Eldon E. Geisert
  • Publication number: 20130203756
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to isoindolinone compounds which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 10 (PDE10). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventors: Jamie L. Bunda, Christopher D. Cox, Vadim Y. Dudkin, Hannah D. Fiji, Michael J. Kelly, Mark E. Layton, Joseph E. Pero, William D. Shipe, Justin T. Sheen
  • Publication number: 20130203749
    Abstract: The present invention relates to tetrahydroisoquinoline of the formula (I) or a physiologically tolerated salt thereof. The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such tetrahydroisoquinolines, and the use of such tetrahydroisoquinolines for therapeutic purposes. The tetrahydroisoquinolines are GlyT1 inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicants: ABBVIE INC., ABBVIE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Wilhelm Amberg, Michael Ochse, Udo Lange, Wilfried Braje, Berthold Behl, Wilfried Hornberger, Mario Mezler, Charles Hutchins
  • Patent number: 8492549
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I wherein X, Z, R1-R4, and m are as defined in the claims, exhibit alpha2C antagonistic activity, and are thus useful as alpha2C antagonists. Methods for the treatment of diseases and conditions of the peripheric system and the central nervous system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Orion Corporation
    Inventors: David Din Belle, Patrik Holm, Arto Karljalainen, Arto Tolvanen, Gerd Wohlfahrt, Petteri Rummakko
  • Publication number: 20130178458
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted (1-(methylsulfonyl)azetidin-3-yl)(heterocycloalkyl)methanone analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as antagonists of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1 (mAChR M1); synthesis methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: Vanderbilt University
    Inventor: Vanderbilt University
  • Patent number: 8455513
    Abstract: 6-Amino isoquinoline compounds are provided that influence, inhibit or reduce the action of a kinase. Pharmaceutical compositions including therapeutically effective amounts of the 6-aminoisoquinoline compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable carriers are also provided. Various methods using the compounds and/or compositions to affect disease states or conditions such as cancer, obesity and glaucoma are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitchell A. deLong, Susan M. Royalty, Jill Marie Sturdivant, Geoffrey Richard Heintzelman
  • Patent number: 8455647
    Abstract: 6-Amino isoquinoline compounds are provided that influence, inhibit or reduce the action of a kinase. Pharmaceutical compositions including therapeutically effective amounts of the 6-aminoisoquinoline compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable carriers are also provided. Various methods using the compounds and/or compositions to affect disease states or conditions such as cancer, obesity and glaucoma are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitchell A. deLong, Jill Marie Sturdivant, Geoffrey Richard Heintzelman, Susan M. Royalty
  • Patent number: 8440674
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a new class of compounds capable of modulating Raf kinase and, accordingly, useful for treatment of Raf kinase mediated diseases, including melanomas, tumors and other cancer-related conditions. The compounds have a general Formula I wherein R1 is and A1, A2, A3, A4, X, Z, Z?, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are defined herein. The invention further comprises pharmaceutical compositions, methods for treatment of Raf kinase mediated diseases, and intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Frenel F. De Morin, Jian J. Chen, Elizabeth M. Doherty, Stephen A. Hitchcock, Qi Huang, Joseph L. Kim, Gang Liu, Thomas Nixey, Nick A. Paras, Jeffrey Petkus, Daniel Martin Retz, Adrian Leonard Smith, Jiawang Zhu
  • Publication number: 20130085157
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of various disorders. In particular, the disclosure relates to thiazolotriazole and thiazoloimidazole compounds which agonize the activity of the protein TGR5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Inventors: Emilie D. Smith, Mark E. Fitzgerald, Rong Jiang, Robert N. Atkinson, James M. Veal, Kenneth H. Huang
  • Publication number: 20130085148
    Abstract: The present application provides novel pyridine compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof. Also provided are methods for preparing these compounds. These compounds are useful in inhibiting CYP17 activity by administering a therapeutically effective amount of one or more of the compounds to a patient. By doing so, these compounds are effective in treating conditions associated with CPY17 activity. A variety of conditions can be treated using these compounds and include diseases which are characterized by abnormal cellular proliferation. In one embodiment, the disease is cancer, such as prostate cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
    Inventor: Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.
  • Patent number: 8399465
    Abstract: Compounds with two fused bicyclic heteroaryl moieties and their pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using them as leukotriene A4 hydrolase (LTA4H) modulators and for the treatment of diseases, disorders and conditions mediated by LTA4H.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Genesis Bacani, Christa C. Chrovian, Wendy Eccles, Anne M. Fourie, Laurent Gomez, Cheryl A. Grice, Aaron M. Kearney, Adrienne M. Landry-Bayle, Alice Lee-Dutra, Alejandro Santillán, Jr., Virginia M. Tanis, John J. M. Wiener
  • Patent number: 8399435
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of structural formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, clathrate, and prodrug thereof, wherein Ra, Rb, and R2 are defined herein. These compounds inhibit tubulin polymerization and/or target vasculature and are useful for treating proliferative disorders, such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Lijun Sun, Jun Jiang, Christopher Borella, Shoujun Chen, Keizo Koya
  • Publication number: 20130065901
    Abstract: Provided are compounds that are useful in the treatment and/or prevention of diseases mediated by deficient levels of glucokinase activity, such as diabetes mellitus. Also provided are methods of treating or preventing diseases and disorders characterized by underactivity of glucokinase or which can be treated by activating glucokinase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: ARRAY BIOPHARMA INC.
    Inventor: Array BioPharma Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130065893
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the variables R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R7 and p are defined herein. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Robert Sun, Lauren G. Monovich, Sylvie Chamoin, John Westbrook
  • Publication number: 20130065918
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, A and B are as defined herein. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, processes for preparing these compounds and intermediates useful in these processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Jehrod Burnett Brenneman, John D. Huber, Brian Christopher Raudenbush, Christopher Ronald Sarko
  • Patent number: 8394826
    Abstract: Provided are compounds that are inhibitors of both rho kinase and of a monoamine transporter (MAT) act to improve the disease state or condition. Further provided are compositions comprising the compounds. Further provided are methods for treating diseases or conditions, the methods comprising administering compounds according to the invention. One such disease may be glaucoma for which, among other beneficial effects, a marked reduction in intraocular pressure (IOP) may be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitchell A. deLong, Jill Marie Sturdivant, Susan M. Royalty