Basf Aktiengesellschaft

Knoll Gmbh

Kevin James Doyle

Lee Daniel Arnold

Paul Rafferty

Robert W Steele

David J Wilkins

Anna M Ericsson

John Paul Watts

Frank Kerrigan

Michael Hockley

Allyson Turner

Nobuhiko Iwasaki

Nobuo Ogawa

The present invention relates to certain novel substituted dihydroimidazo[2,1-b]thiazole and dihydro-5H-thiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidine compounds including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which have an affinity for 5-HTreceptors and which inhibit neuronal reuptake of 5-hydroxytryptamine and/or noradrenaline, to processes for their preparation, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to their use in the treatment of depression, anxiety, psychoses including schizophrenia, tardive dyskinesia, obesity, drug addiction, drug abuse, cognitive disorders, Alzheimer's disease, obsessive-compulsive behaviour, panic attacks, social phobias, eating disorders such as bulimia, anorexia, snaking and binge eating, non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, hyperglycaemia, hyperlipidaemia, stress, as an aid to smoking cessation and in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of seizures, neurological disorders such as epilepsy and/or in which there is neurological damage such as stroke, brain trauma, cerebral ischaemia, head injuries and haemorrhage.

Dihydroimidazo[2,1-b]thiazole and dihydro-5h-thiazolo[3,2-A]pyrimidines as antidepressant agents

This invention relates to certain 3-aryl or 3-heteroaryl pyrazoles with 4,5(3,4)-bicyclic ring fusion which are inhibitors of protein kinase activity, of which some are novel compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions containing these pyrazoles and to processes for preparing these pyrazoles.

Tricyclic pyrazole derivatives

This invention realtes to compounds formula I

Therapeutic agents

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