Nitrogen Attached Directly Or Indirectly To The Tricyclo Ring System By Nonionic Bonding Patents (Class 546/87)
  • Patent number: 8486961
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: methods of their use, processes for their preparation and isolated actinomycetes strains capable of preparing pyrrolo[4,3,2-de]quinolin-8-amine compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Wyeth LLC
    Inventors: Min He, Jeffrey Edwin Janso, Ker Yu, Leonard Alexander McDonald, Laurel Rita Barbieri, Ariamala Gopalsamy
  • Publication number: 20130172292
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound which has the effect of PDE 10A inhibition, and which is useful as a medicament for preventing or treating schizophrenia or so on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Joseph Raker, Takahiko Taniguchi, Masato Yoshikawa, Tomoaki Hasui, Jun Kunitomo
  • Publication number: 20130172330
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, tautomers, stereoisomers, and/or esters thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: ALTIRIS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventor: Altiris Therapeutics, Inc
  • Publication number: 20130172320
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to pyrido[4,3-b]indole and pyrido[3,4-b]indole derivatives. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds are also provided, as are methods of using the compounds in a variety of therapeutic applications, including the treatment of a cognitive disorder, psychotic disorder, neurotransmitter-mediated disorder and/or a neuronal disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: Sarvajit Chakravarty, Barry Patrick Hart, Rajendra Parasmal Jain
  • Publication number: 20130137705
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to new heterocyclic compounds that may be used to modulate a histamine receptor in an individual. Pyrido[3,4-b]indoles are described, as are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and methods of using the compounds in a variety of therapeutic applications, including the treatment of a cognitive disorder, psychotic disorder, neurotransmitter-mediated disorder and/or a neuronal disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Inventor: Sarvajit Chakravarty
  • Publication number: 20130119360
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescence element comprising an anode, a cathode and a plurality of organic compound layers between the anode and the cathode, provided that one of the organic compound layers is a light emitting layer containing a phosphorescence emitting compound, wherein at least one of the organic compound layers contains a compound represented by Formula (1), wherein, X represents O or S; Y1 to Y3 each represents a hydrogen atom, a substituent or a group represented by Formula (A) disclosed un the specification, provided that at least two of Y1 to Y3 are groups represented by Formula (A), not all of Y1 to Y3 are the same group, and at least one of the groups represented by Formula (A) has Ar of a carbazolyl group, or an azacarbazolyl group containing 2 to 5 nitrogen atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Rie KATAKURA, Shuichi SUGITA, Eisaku KATOH, Motoaki SUGINO, Rie FUJISAWA
  • Publication number: 20130123277
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to new heterocyclic compounds that may be used to modulate a histamine receptor in an individual. Pyrido[3,4-b]indoles are described, as are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and methods of using the compounds in the variety of therapeutic application, including the treatment of a cognitive disorder, psychotic disorder, neurotransmitter-mediated disorder and/or neuronal disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: Medivation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Medivation Technologies, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8431569
    Abstract: The instant invention provides for compounds that inhibit the four known mammalian JAK kinases (JAK1, JAK2, JAK3 and TYK2) and PDK1. The invention also provides for compositions comprising such inhibitory compounds and methods of inhibiting the activity of JAK1, JAK2, JAK3 TYK2 and PDK1 by administering the compound to a patient in need of treatment for myeloproliferative disorders or cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Jonathan R. Young, Jongwon Lim, Michelle R. Machacek, Brandon Mitsuo Taoka, Ryan D. Otte
  • Publication number: 20130096105
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I): said compound is inhibitor of MMP-2, and/or MMP-8, and/or MMP-9, and/or MMP-12 and/or MMP-13, and thus can be employed for the treatment of a disorder or disease characterized by abnormal activity of MMP-2, and/or MMP-8, and/or MMP-9, and/or MMP-12 and/or MMP-13. Accordingly, the compound of formula (I) can be used in treatment of disorders or diseases mediated by MMP-2, and/or MMP-8, and/or MMP-9, and/or MMP-12, and/or MMP-13. Finally, the present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventor: NOVARTIS AG
  • Publication number: 20130096118
    Abstract: Compounds having formula (I), and enantiomers, and diastereomers, stereoisomers, pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, formula (I) are useful as kinase modulators, including Btk modulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Chunjian Liu, James Lin, George V. DeLucca, Batt G. Douglas, Qingjie Liu
  • Publication number: 20130079352
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to new heterocyclic compounds that may be used to modulate a histamine receptor in an individual. Pyrido[3,4-b]indoles are described, as are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and methods of using the compounds in a variety of therapeutic applications, including the treatment of a cognitive disorder, psychotic disorder, neurotransmitter-mediated disorder and/or a neuronal disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Medivation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Medivation Technologies, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130079306
    Abstract: A novel heterocyclic compound or a salt thereof useful for selectively inhibiting the degradation of p27Kip1 is provided. The compound or the salt thereof is represented by the following formula (1): wherein A represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, the group A may have a substituent; the ring B represents a 5- to 8-membered monocyclic heterocyclic ring or a condensed ring containing the monocyclic heterocyclic ring, the ring B may have a substituent; the ring C represents an aromatic ring, the ring C may have a substituent; L represents a linker comprising a main chain having 3 to 5 atoms selected from the group consisting of a carbon atom, a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom and a sulfur atom, wherein at least one atom in the main chain is a hetero atom selected from the group consisting of a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom and a sulfur atom, the linker L may have a substituent; and n is 0 or 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Hiroshi Uchida, Akira Asagarasu, Teruaki Matsui
  • Publication number: 20130053363
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a compound useful as medicine having PDE4B inhibitory activity, in particular, as an active ingredient of a composition for treating or preventing schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, dementia, depression and the like. [Measures for Solution] The present inventors examined compounds having PDE4B inhibitory activity and found that a tricyclic or tetracyclic imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine derivative or salts thereof had a superior PDE4B inhibitory activity, thereby completing the present invention. The imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine derivative can be used as an agent for treating or preventing schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, dementia, depression and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventor: Astellas Pharma Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130046097
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for the preparation of substituted heterocycle fused gamma-carbolines, intermediates useful in producing them and methods for producing such intermediates and such heterocycle fused gamma-carbolines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: John Charles TOMESCH, Peng LI, Wei YAO, Qiang ZHANG, James David Beard, Andrew S. Thompson, Hua Cheng
  • Publication number: 20130040977
    Abstract: This technology relates generally to compounds and methods for stimulating neurogenesis (e.g., post-natal neurogenesis, including post-natal hippocampal and hypothalamic neurogenesis) and/or protecting neuronal cell from cell death. Various compounds are disclosed herein. In vivo activity tests suggest that these compounds may have therapeutic benefits in neuropsychiatric and/or neurodegenerative diseases such as schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder, normal aging, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Down syndrome, spinocerebellar ataxia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, stroke, radiation therapy, chronic stress, abuse of a neuro-active drug, retinal degeneration, spinal cord injury, peripheral nerve injury, physiological weight loss associated with various conditions, as well as cognitive decline associated with normal aging, chemotherapy, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Steven L. McKnight, Andrew A. Pieper, Joseph M. Ready, Jef K. De Brabander
  • Patent number: 8367224
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescence element comprising an anode, a cathode and a plurality of organic compound layers between the anode and the cathode, provided that one of the organic compound layers is a light emitting layer containing a phosphorescence emitting compound, wherein at least one of the organic compound layers contains a compound represented by Formula (1), wherein, X represents O or S; Y1 to Y3 each represents a hydrogen atom, a substituent or a group represented by Formula (A) disclosed in the specification, provided that at least two of Y1 to Y3 are groups represented by Formula (A), not all of Y1 to Y3 are the same group, and at least one of the groups represented by Formula (A) has Ar of a carbazolyl group, or an azacarbazolyl group containing 2 to 5 nitrogen atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Rie Katakura, Shuichi Sugita, Eisaku Katoh, Motoaki Sugino, Rie Fujisawa
  • Publication number: 20130028958
    Abstract: The present invention is directed at ?-carbolines, preferred 9-alkyl-?-carbolines (9-alkyl-?-BC), their manufacture as well as their use in prophylaxis and treatment of hearing damages, tinnitus, acute acoustic trauma, vertigo and vestibular disorder as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing theses ?-carbolines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventor: Hans Rommelspacher
  • Publication number: 20120302755
    Abstract: Disclosed here in are compounds and methods of diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease or a predisposition thereto in a mammal, the method comprising administering to the mammal a diagnostically effective amount of a radiolabeled compound, wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of radiolabeled carbazoles and derivatives thereof and triazoles derivatives, allowing the compound to distribute into the brain tissue, and imaging the brain tissue, wherein an increase in binding of the compound to the brain tissue compared to a normal control level of binding indicates that the mammal is suffering from or is at risk of developing Alzheimer's Disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Anna Katrin Szardenings, Hartmuth C. Kolb, Joseph C. Walsh, Gang Chen, Umesh B. Gangadharmath, Dhanalakshmi Kasi, Changhui Liu, Anjana Sinha, Eric Wang, Chul Yu, Wei Zhang, Kai Chen, Vani P. Mocharla, Peter J.H. Scott
  • Publication number: 20120280221
    Abstract: A material for an organic photoelectric device, the material including a compound including a pyridine ( ) moiety, the compound being a bipolar organic compound including both a hole transporting unit and an electron transporting unit, the compound being represented by the following Formula 1:
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Eun-Sun YU, Nam-Soo KIM, Young-Hoon KIM, Mi-Young CHAE, Eui-Su KANG
  • Publication number: 20120283282
    Abstract: We have found that exposure of an aqueous tryptophan solution to window sunlight results in the production of multiple tryptophan photoproducts that have the capability of activating the aryl hydrocarbon receptor and increasing the production of AhR target genes and proteins in hepatocytes. We have isolated three of those photoproducts not previously identified as AhR activators, their chemical identification and synthesis and the demonstration that all three have biologic activities as novel AhR activators. Further, one of the three is a completely novel, not previously described, chemical compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Arleen Rifkind, Silvia Diani-Moore, J. David Warren, Erin Hall, Yuliang Ma
  • Publication number: 20120264777
    Abstract: Beta-carboline derivatives of structural formula I are selective antagonists of the somatostatin sub-type receptor 3 (SSTR3) and are useful for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus and of conditions that are often associated with this disease, including hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, obesity, lipid disorders, and hypertension. The compounds are also useful for the treatment of depression and anxiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Liangqin Guo, William K. Hagmann, Shuwen He, Zhong Lai, Jian Liu, Ravi P. Nargund, Shrenik K. Shah, Quang T. Truong
  • Patent number: 8288406
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds which have an affinity for the ? opioid receptor and the ORL1 receptor, processes for the preparation thereof, medicaments containing these compounds and the use of these compounds for the preparation of medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Frormann, Saskia Zemolka, Klaus Linz, Werner Englberger, Fritz Theil
  • Publication number: 20120256169
    Abstract: Novel compounds containing substituted oligoazacarbazole chains are provided. These compounds are useful in organic light emitting devices, in particular as hosts in the emissive layer of such devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Alexey Dyatkin, Lichang Zeng
  • Publication number: 20120252740
    Abstract: Histone deacetylases inhibitors (HDACIs) and compositions containing the same are disclosed. Methods of treating diseases and conditions wherein inhibition of HDAC provides a benefit, like a cancer, a neurodegenerative disorder, a neurological disease, traumatic brain injury, stroke, malaria, an autoimmune disease, autism, and inflammation, also are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Alan Kozikowski, Kyle V. Butler, Jay H. Kalin
  • Patent number: 8263609
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new tetrahydro-?-carbolin-sulfonamide derivatives of general formula (I), optionally in form of one of their stereoisomers, preferably enantiomers or diastereomers, their racemates or in form of a mixture of at least two of their stereoisomers, preferably enantiomers or diastereomers, in any mixing ratio, or corresponding physiologically acceptable salts or corresponding solvates. These compounds are suitable as pharmacologically active agents in a medicament for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of disorders or diseases related to 5-HT6 receptors. The invention also relates to two different methods for obtaining the mentioned compounds and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Laboratorios Del Dr. Esteve, S.A.
    Inventors: José Luis Díaz-Fernández, Ramón Mercé-Vidal, Joerg Holenz
  • Publication number: 20120202763
    Abstract: Compounds that selectively inhibit pathological production of human vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and compositions comprising such Compounds are described. Compounds that inhibit viral replication or the production of viral RNA or DNA or viral protein and compositions comprising such Compounds are described. Also described are methods of reducing VEGF using such Compounds and methods for treating cancer and non-neoplastic conditions involving the administration of such Compounds. Further described are methods of inhibiting viral replication or the production of viral RNA or DNA or viral protein using such Compounds and methods for treating viral infections involving the administration of such Compounds. The Compounds may be administered as a single agent therapy or in combination with one or more additional therapies to a human in need of such treatments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC
    Inventors: Neil Almstead, Tamil Arasu, Soongyu Choi, Liangxian Cao, Jeffrey Allen Campbelll, Donald Corson, Thomas W. Davis, Jason D. Graci, Zhengxian Gu, Peter Seong Woo Hwang, William Lennox, Harry H. Miao, Langdon Miller, Young-Choon Moon, Hongyan Qi, Christopher Trotta, Marla L. Weetall
  • Publication number: 20120175599
    Abstract: [Problem] An organic compound of excellent characteristics is provided that exhibits excellent hole-injecting/transporting performance with electron blocking ability, and that has high stability in the thin-film state and high luminous efficiency, the organic compound being provided as material for an organic electroluminescent device having high efficiency and high durability. The invention also provides a high-efficient, high-durable organic electroluminescent device using the compound. [Means for Resolution] The compound is of the following general formula having a carbazole ring structure. The organic electroluminescent device includes a pair of electrodes, and one or more organic layers sandwiched between the pair of electrodes, and the compound is used as a constituent material of at least one organic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimasa Yokoyama, Makoto Nagaoka, Kazunori Togashi, Shigeru Kusano
  • Publication number: 20120172377
    Abstract: New heterocyclic compounds that may be used to modulate a histamine receptor in an individual are described. Pyrido[4,3-b]indoles are described, as are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and methods of using the compounds in a variety of therapeutic applications, including the treatment of a cognitive disorder, psychotic disorder, neurotransmitter-mediated disorder and/or a neuronal disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Rajendra Parasmal Jain, Sarvajit Chakravarty
  • Patent number: 8202881
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The formula I compounds inhibit tyrosine kinase activity of JAK2, thereby making them useful as antiproliferative agents for the treatment of cancer and other diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Bristol-Meyers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Ashok V. Purandare, James W. Grebinski, Amy Hart, Jennifer Inghrim, Gretchen Schroeder, Honghe Wan
  • Publication number: 20120135089
    Abstract: The present invention provides, e.g., compounds having the structure of formula (I): The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions that include such compounds, and methods for modulating murine double minute 2 protein (Mdm2) E3 ligase activity, particularly the Mdm2-MdmX hetero-complex E3 ligase activity, using such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Brent R. Stockwell, Ariel Herman
  • Publication number: 20120136008
    Abstract: New heterocyclic compounds that may be used to modulate a histamine receptor in an individual are described. Pyrido[4,3-b]indoles are described, as are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and methods of using the compounds in a variety of therapeutic applications, including the treatment of a cognitive disorder, psychotic disorder, neurotransmitter-mediated disorder and/or a neuronal disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Rajendra Parasmal Jain, Sarvajit Chakravarty
  • Publication number: 20120122914
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sustained-release composition containing 2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-2,8-dimethyl-5-[2-(6-methyl-3-pyridyl)ethyl]-1H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient, preparation thereof and the compound. The composition is suitable for oral administration by one time per day, and achieves the peak plasma concentration at 1.0 to 3 hours after oral administration. The composition is suitable for manufacturing a medicament for treatment of cognitive dysfunction syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, or senile dementia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY ACADEMY OF MILITARY MEDICAL SCIENCE P.L.A.CHINA
    Inventors: Song Li, Wu Zhong, Zhibing Zheng, Junhai Xiao, Bing Li, Yunde Xie, Xinbo Zhou
  • Publication number: 20120108606
    Abstract: Disclosed are carboxamide, sulfonamide and amine compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use. One embodiment is a compound having the structure in which R1, R2, R4, D, E, J, T, p, q and x are as described herein. In certain embodiments, a compound disclosed herein activates the AMPK pathway, and can be used to treat metabolism-related disorders and conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Ihab S. Darwish, Jiaxin Yu, Hui Hong, Rajinder Singh, Sambaiah Thota, Xiang Xu
  • Publication number: 20120104371
    Abstract: A phosphorescent compound is represented by following Formula:
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Hyoung-Yun OH, In-Bum SONG, Sung-Hee PARK
  • Publication number: 20120101121
    Abstract: Compositions based on hydrogenated pyrido[4,3-b]indoles (variants) of formula (1) or formula (2): are provided, as are methods and kits using those compositions for the treatment of anxiety or mood disorders characterized by stresses, anxiety, neuroses, obsessive fears and their consequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Sergey Olegovich BACHURIN, Taisiya Leonovna GARIBOVA, Tatiana Alexandrovna VORONINA, Vladimir Viktorovich CRIGORIEV
  • Publication number: 20120085997
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element which is characterized in that constituent layers including at least a phosphorescent light-emitting layer are provided between a pair of electrodes, and at least one of the constituent layers contains a compound represented by general formula (1). (In the formula, A1, A2 and A3 each represents a substituent; n1 and n2 each represents an integer of 0-3; X1 and X2 each represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, an alkylene group, an imino group, a carbonyl group, a sulfoxide group or a sulfonyl group, or alternatively X2 represents a bonding hand; and Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 each represents an optionally substituted aromatic heterocyclic ring or an aromatic hydrocarbon ring, provided that all of the Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 are not aromatic hydrocarbon rings at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Shuichi Sugita, Eisaku Katoh, Motoaki Sugino, Rie Katakura
  • Publication number: 20120068164
    Abstract: A material for organic electroluminescence devices for use as a host material in combination with at least one phosphorescent metal complex, which comprises a compound having a specific heterocyclic structure, is described. Also described is an organic electroluminescence device having an anode, a cathode and an organic thin film layer having one or more layers. The organic thin film layer is interposed between the anode and cathode and has a light emitting layer containing a host material in combination with at least one phosphorescent metal complex. At least one layer of the organic thin film layer contains the material for organic electroluminescence devices. The material for organic electroluminescence devices provides an organic electroluminescence device which has a high emitting efficiency, causes little pixel defects, is excellent in heat resistance, and show a long lifetime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Iwakuma, Jun Endo, Masaki Numata, Kenichi Fukuoka
  • Patent number: 8129390
    Abstract: Disclosed are carboxamide, sulfonamide and amine compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use. One embodiment is a compound having the structure in which R1, R2, R4, D, E, J, T, p, q and x are as described herein. In certain embodiments, a compound disclosed herein activates the AMPK pathway, and can be used to treat metabolism-related disorders and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ihab S. Darwish, Jiaxin Yu, Hui Hong, Rajinder Singh, Sambaiah Thota, Xiang Xu
  • Publication number: 20110318345
    Abstract: substances and the nasal administration thereof, in particular as one of a liquid, as a suspension or solution, or a powder, to the nasal airway of a subject, in particular the posterior region of the nasal airway, and in particular the upper posterior region of the nasal airway, which includes the olfactory bulb, in particular in the treatment of neurological conditions and disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: OptiNose AS
    Inventor: Per Gisle Djupesland
  • Publication number: 20110301168
    Abstract: Described herein are antagonists of PGD2 receptors. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the compounds described herein, as well as methods of using such antagonists of PGD2 receptors, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating respiratory, cardiovascular, and other PGD2-dependent or PGD2-mediated conditions or diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: AMIRA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: John Howard Hutchinson, Brian Andrew Stearns, Jill Melissa Scott, Yen Pham Truong
  • Patent number: 8067598
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined herein and hetaryl is a one or two ring-membered heteroaromatic ring system, connected to the carbon atoms of the piperidine group selected from the group consisting of or to pharmaceutically suitable acid addition salts, optically pure enantiomers, racemates or diastereomeric mixtures thereof. These compounds are orexin receptor antagonists and may be useful in the treatment of disorders in which orexin pathways are involved, like sleep disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Luca Gobbi, Henner Knust, Parichehr Malherbe, Matthias Nettekoven, Emmanuel Pinard, Olivier Roche, Mark Rogers-Evans
  • Publication number: 20110280808
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds that can be employed in the treatment of a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with amyloid protein, such as Alzheimer's disease, and of diseases or conditions associated with amyloid-like proteins. The compounds of the present invention can also be used in the treatment of ocular diseases associated with pathological abnormalities/changes in the tissues of the visual system. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to the use of these compounds for the preparation of medicaments for treating or preventing diseases or conditions associated with amyloid and/or amyloid-like proteins. A method of treating or preventing diseases or conditions associated with amyloid and/or amyloid-like proteins is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: AC Immune, S.A.
    Inventors: Heiko Kroth, Cotinica Hamel, Pascal Benderitter, Wolfgang Froestl, Nampally Sreenivasachary, Andreas Muhs
  • Publication number: 20110282063
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel diazafluorene compound for manufacturing a 4,5-diazafluorene derivative. The diazafluorene compound is represented by the general formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, and may be the same or different from each other; and X1 and X2 each represent a halogen atom, and may be the same or different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Ohrui, Akihiro Senoo, Tetsuya Kosuge
  • Publication number: 20110281862
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the description, to their pharmaceutical compositions and use thereof for the treatment of cancer expressing oncogenic ALK protein, particularly anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours (IMT) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicants: Universita' Degli Studi di Milano - Bicocca, Universite' Claude Bernard de Lyon 1, Universite' de Geneve
    Inventors: Carlo Gambacorti Passerini, Luca Mologni, Leonardo Scapozza, Shaheen Ahmed, Peter G. Goekjian, David Gueyrard, Florence Popowycz, Benoit Joseph, Cedric Schneider, Pierre Garcia
  • Publication number: 20110256064
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds that can be employed in the treatment of a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with amyloid protein, such as Alzheimer's disease, and of diseases or conditions associated with amyloid-like proteins. The compounds of the present invention can also be used in the treatment of ocular diseases associated with pathological abnormalities/changes in the tissues of the visual system. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to the use of these compounds for the preparation of medicaments for treating or preventing diseases or conditions associated with amyloid and/or amyloid-like proteins. A method of treating or preventing diseases or conditions associated with amyloid and/or amyloid-like proteins is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: AC Immune, S.A.
    Inventors: Heiko Kroth, Cotinica Hamel, Pascal Benderitter, Wolfgang Froestl, Nampally Sreenivasachary, Andreas Muhs
  • Patent number: 8034826
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are antagonists of PGD2 receptors. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions that include the compounds described herein, and methods of using such antagonists of PGD2 receptors, alone or in combination with other compounds, for treating respiratory, cardiovascular, and other PGD2-dependent or PGD2-mediated conditions or diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Panmira Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: John Howard Hutchinson, Brian Andrew Stearns, Jill Melissa Scott
  • Publication number: 20110245504
    Abstract: The present invention pertains generally to methods of preparing certain 9-(arylalkyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-?-carboline compounds and their analogues, and especially to methods of preparing dimebon. The present invention also pertains to methods of preparing certain intermediate compounds which find use in the synthesis of the 9-(arylalkyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-?-carboline compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Craig Williamson, John Mervyn David Storey
  • Publication number: 20110230517
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to novel calcimimetic compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them. The invention also relates to methods of treating of diseases or disorders related to the function of the calcium sensing receptor using the compounds represented in Formula (I). Where Cy1 is pyridinonyl, pyridinyl, quinolinyl or 9-ethyl-9H-beta-carbolinyl, each of which optionally substituted and where Cy2 is phenyl naphthyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Christopher Fotsch, Paul Harrington
  • Publication number: 20110189089
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 18F radio-chemistry and in particular to a method for synthesising radiofluorinated amides and amines. The method of the invention has particular application in the radiosynthesis of a variety of 18F-labelled positron emission tomography (PET) tracers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Robert James Domett Nairne, Erik Arstad, Matthias Eberhard Glaser
  • Publication number: 20110184176
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a nitrogen-containing condensed heterocyclic compound containing the step of: reacting a compound represented by Formula (1a) or Formula (1b) with a compound represented by Formula (2) under existence of cupper or a cupper ion, and a ligand to produce a nitrogen-containing condensed heterocyclic compound represented by Formula (3a) or Formula (3b):
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Shuichi SUGITA, Eisaku KATOH, Rie FUJISAWA