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The present invention relates to tetrahydro-azacarboline derivatives of formula (I): having the substituents as described herein which are melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH-1) receptor antagonists. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical com

Novel MCH-1 receptor antagonists are disclosed. These compounds are used in the treatment of various disorders, including obesity, anxiety, depression, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and psychiatric disorders. Methods of making these compounds are als

Novel MCH-1 receptor antagonists are disclosed. These compounds are used in the treatment of various disorders, including obesity, anxiety, depression, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and psychiatric disorders. Methods of making these compounds are als

Novel MCH-1 receptor antagonists are disclosed. These compounds are used in the treatment of various disorders, including obesity, anxiety, depression, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and psychiatric disorders. Methods of making these compounds are als

Substituted pyridoindoles for incorporation in pharmaceutical compositions employed in the treatment of various diseases correspond to formula (I) wherein R1 is H or optionally substituted alkyl; R2, R3, R4 are

5-pyridinone substituted indazoles of the formula and methods of their use are presented.

Substituted pyridines and pyrimidines and compositions containing them, for the treatment of acute, inflammatory and neuropathic pain, dental pain, general headache, migraine, cluster headache, mixed-vascular and non-vascular syndromes, tension headache,

the present invention provides a compound of formula (I): wherein V represents NR5, O, S, SO or S(O)2; W and X each independently represent CH or N; Y represents N, CH or C-Ar2, with the proviso that at least one, but no more than two, of W, X and Y are N; Z represents CH or C-Ar2, with the proviso that when Y is N or CH then Z is C-Ar2, and with the further proviso that when Y is C-Ar2 then Z is CH; Ar1 represents a fused 9 or 10 membered heterobicyclic ring system containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, wherein at least one of the rings in said ring system is aromatic; Ar2 represents an aromatic ring selected from phenyl, pyridyl, pyrimidinyl and pyridazinyl which is optionally fused and substituted; R1 represents halogen, hydroxy, oxo, C1-6alkyl, C2-6alkenyl, C2-6alkynyl, haloC1-6alkyl, hydroxyC1-6alkyl, C1-6alkoxy, haloC1-6alkoxy, hydroxyC1-6alkoxy, C3-7cycloalkyl, C3-7cycloalkoxy, C3-5cycloalkylC1-4alkyl, cyano, nitro, SR6, SOR6, SO2R6, COR6, NR3COR6, CONR3R4, NR3SO2R6, SO2NR3R4, -(CH2)mcarboxy, esterified -(CH2)mcarboxy or -(CH2)mNR3R4; R2 represents hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, C1-6alkyl, haloC1-6alkyl, C3-7cycloalkyl, C1-6alkoxy, haloC1-6alkoxy, unsubstituted phenyl or phenyl substituted with one or two groups selected from halogen, C1-6alkyl, haloC1-6alkyl, C3-7cycloalkyl, C1-6alkoxy or haloC1-6alkoxy; R3 and R4 are each independently hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, C2-6alkenyl, C2-6alkynyl, C3-7cycloalkyl or fluoroC1-6alkyl; or R3 and R4 and the nitrogen atom to which they are attached together form a heteroaliphatic ring of 4 to 7 ring atoms, optionally substituted by one or two groups selected from hydroxy or C1-4alkoxy, which ring may optionally contain as one of the said ring atoms an oxygen or a sulfur atom, S(O), S(O)2, or NR5; R5 represents hydrogen, C1-4alkyl, hydroxyC1-4alkyl or C1-4alkoxyC1-4alkyl; R6 represents hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, fluoroC1-6alkyl, C3-7cycloalkyl, unsubstituted phenyl, or phenyl substituted with one or two groups selected from halogen, C1-6alkyl, haloC1-6alkyl, C3-7cycloalkyl, C1-6alkoxy or haloC1-6alkoxy; m is either zero or an integer from 1 to 4; n is either zero or an integer from 1 to 3; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, N-oxide or a prodrug thereof; a pharmaceutical composition comprising it; its use in methods of treatment; use of it for the manufacture of a medicament for treating VR-1 related conditions such as those in which pain and/or inflammation predominate; and methods of treatment using it.

Compounds having the general structure and compositions containing them, for the treatment of acute, inflammatory and neuropathic pain, dental pain, general headache, migraine, cluster headache, mixed-vascular and non-vascular syndromes, tension headache, general inflammation, arthritis, rheumatic diseases, osteoarthritis, inflammatory bowel disorders, inflammatory eye disorders, inflammatory or unstable bladder disorders, psoriasis, skin complaints with inflammatory components, chronic inflammatory conditions, inflammatory pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, neuropathic pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, diabetic neuropathy pain, causalgia, sympathetically maintained pain, deafferentation syndromes, asthma, epithelial tissue damage or dysfunction, herpes simplex, disturbances of visceral motility at respiratory, genitourinary, gastrointestinal or vascular regions, wounds, burns, allergic skin reactions, pruritis, vitiligo, general gastrointestinal disorders, gastric ulceration, duodenal ulcers, diarrhea, gastric lesions induced by necrotising agents, hair growth, vasomotor or allergic rhinitis, bronchial disorders or bladder disorders.