Disclosed are compounds of formula (I):

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and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds of the invention are BDII-selective inhibitors of BET proteins, and have therapeutic potential for treating cancer, acute kidney disease, and viral infections, among other diseases.

The present invention concerns a compound of formula (I):

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or one of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, especially for use as inhibitors of the ERK kinase activity, in particular ERK2 activity.

Disclosed herein are methods for inducing insulin secretion in a glucose-dependent manner and compounds for use in these methods. The compounds may have the structure of formula I(a): ##STR00001##
wherein the substituents are as described in the description;
or a pharmaceutically acceptable form thereof.

Glucosylceramide synthase inhibitors and compositions containing the same are disclosed. Methods of using the glucosylceramide synthase inhibitors in the treatment of diseases and conditions wherein inhibition of glucosylceramide synthase provides a benefit, like Gaucher disease and Fabry disease, also are disclosed.

Glucosylceramide synthase inhibitors and compositions containing the same are disclosed. Methods of using the glucosylceramide synthase inhibitors in the treatment of diseases and conditions wherein inhibition of glucosylceramide synthase provides a benefit, like Gaucher disease and Fabry disease, also are disclosed.

Novel p62 ligand compounds, or a stereoisomer, a solvate, a hydrate, or a prodrug thereof are disclosed. The novel compounds, stereoisomer, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug activates selective autophagy in cells to selectively remove proteins, organelles, and coagulations in the body, and thus can be advantageously used as a pharmaceutical composition for preventing, ameliorating, or treating various proteinopathies. Compositions such as pharmaceutical composition or food compositions containing the novel p62 ligand compounds, stereoisomer, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof as well as uses thereof are disclosed.

Novel p62 ligand compounds, or a stereoisomer, a solvate, a hydrate, or a prodrug thereof are disclosed. The novel compounds, stereoisomer, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug activates selective autophagy in cells to selectively remove proteins, organelles, and coagulations in the body, and thus can be advantageously used as a pharmaceutical composition for preventing, ameliorating, or treating various proteinopathies. Compositions such as pharmaceutical composition or food compositions containing the novel p62 ligand compounds, stereoisomer, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof as well as uses thereof are disclosed.

Provide herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions suitable as modulators of hemoglobin, methods and intermediates for their preparation, and methods for their use in treating disorders mediated by hemoglobin and disorders that would benefit from tissue and/or cellular oxygenation.

Provide herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions suitable as modulators of hemoglobin, methods and intermediates for their preparation, and methods for their use in treating disorders mediated by hemoglobin and disorders that would benefit from tissue and/or cellular oxygenation.

The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): wherein Q is selected from O or S; R.sup.1 is a saturated or unsaturated, optionally substituted C.sub.1-C.sub.15 hydrocarbyl group, wherein the atom of R.sup.1 which is attached to the sulfur atom of the sulfonylurea group is not a ring atom of a cyclic group; and R.sup.2 is a cyclic group substituted at the α-position, wherein R.sup.2 may optionally be further substituted. The present invention further relates to salts, solvates and prodrugs of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and to the use of such compounds in the treatment and prevention of medical disorders and diseases, most especially by the inhibition of NLRP.sub.3. ##STR00001##