Patents Represented by Attorney John A. Wichtowski
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Patent number: 8338374Abstract: The present invention is directed to stable liquid growth hormone formulations that remain stable after physical agitation, and after exposure to one or more freeze-thaw events. Formulations of the present invention can be stored long term at a variety of temperatures, even frozen. In the present invention, a combination of buffer and stabilizing agents, including a non-ionic surfactant (e.g., polysorbate 20), a polymer stabilizer (e.g., polyethylene glycol), and other optional stabilizers combine to provide unexpected stability to aqueous formulations of a growth hormone (e.g., human growth hormone).Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2004Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Pharmacia CorporationInventors: Manpreet S Wadhwa, Sandeep Nema, Advait Badkar
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Patent number: 8324198Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 as defined herein. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating bacterial infections using compounds of formula (I).Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2012Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Steven Joseph Brickner, Mark Edward Flanagan, Manjinder Singh Lall
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Patent number: 8318762Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of said compound, wherein R1, R2, and R3 are as described herein; pharmaceutical compositions thereof; and the use thereof in treating diseases, conditions or disorders modulated by the inhibition of acetyl-CoA carboxylase enzyme(s) in an animal.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2009Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey W. Corbett, Richard Elliott, Kevin Freeman-Cook, David A. Griffith, Dennis P. Phillion
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Patent number: 8314139Abstract: The present invention is directed to the tosylate salt of trans-N-ethyl-3- fluoro-3-[3-fluoro-4-(pyrrolidin-1-ylmethyl)-phenyl]-cyclobutanecarboxamide (1): to solvates (e.g., hydrates) thereof, to polymorphs thereof, to pharmaceutical compositions thereof and to a method of treating depression, mood disorders, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, cognitive disorders, Alzheimer's disease, attention-deficit disorder (ADD), attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), psychotic disorders, sleep disorders, obesity, dizziness, epilepsy, motion sickness, respiratory diseases, allergy, allergy-induced airway responses, allergic rhinitis, nasal congestion, allergic congestion, congestion, hypotension, cardiovascular disease, diseases of the GI tract, hyper- and hypo-motility and acidic secretion of the gastro-intestinal tract comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2008Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Todd W Butler, Travis T Wager
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Patent number: 8252782Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 as defined herein. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating bacterial infections using compounds of formula (I).Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2009Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Steven Joseph Brickner, Mark Edward Flanagan, Manjinder Singh Lall
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Patent number: 8207198Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted triazoles of formula (I), uses thereof, processes for the preparation thereof and compositions containing said compounds. These inhibitors have utility in a variety of therapeutic areas including sexual dysfunction.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2009Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Alan Daniel Brown, Andrew Antony Calabrese, David Ellis
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Patent number: 8119624Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein: Ring A is (4-12)-membered heterocyclyl; Ring B is a fused benzene ring selected from the group consisting of: Ring A, ring B, ring C, R1, R1a, R2, R3, R4, L2, n, t, w, and z are as defined in the specification. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I) and methods of treating a condition that is mediated by the modulation of glucokinase, the method comprising administering to a mammal an effective amount of a compound of formula (I).Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2010Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Hao Bai, Simon Bailey, Dilip Ramakant Bhumralkar, Feng C. Bi, Fengli Guo, Mingying He, Paul Stuart Humphries, Anthony Lai Ling, Jihong Lou, Seiji Nukui, Ru Zhou
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Patent number: 8071606Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I) that act as glucokinase activators; pharmaceutical compositions thereof; and methods of treating diseases, disorders, or conditions mediated by glucokinase. The variables R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as described herein.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2010Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: John William Benbow, Jeffrey Allen Pfefferkorn
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Patent number: 6953791Abstract: This invention is directed to compounds of the formula and the pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, where the substituents are as defined in the Specification, which are growth hormone secretogogues and which increase the level of endogenous growth hormone. The compounds of this invention are useful for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis and/or frailty, congestive heart failure, frailty associated with aging, obesity; accelerating bone fracture repair, attenuating protein catabolic response after a major operation, reducing cachexia and protein loss due to chronic illness, accelerating wound healing, or accelerating the recovery of burn patients or patients having undergone major surgery; improving muscle strength, mobility, maintenance of skin thickness, metabolic homeostasis or renal homeostasis.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2003Date of Patent: October 11, 2005Assignee: Pfizer, Inc.Inventors: Philip Albert Carpino, David Andrew Griffith, Bruce Allen Lefker
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Patent number: 6951850Abstract: This invention is directed to compounds of the formula and the pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, where the substituents are as defined in the Specification, which are growth hormone secretogogues and which increase the level of endogenous growth hormone. The compounds of this invention are useful for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis and/or frailty, congestive heart failure, frailty associated with aging, obesity; accelerating bone fracture repair, attenuating protein catabolic response after a major operation, reducing cachexia and protein loss due to chronic illness, accelerating wound healing, or accelerating the recovery of burn patients or patients having undergone major surgery; improving muscle strength, mobility, maintenance of skin thickness, metabolic homeostasis or renal homeostasis.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2003Date of Patent: October 4, 2005Assignee: Pfizer, Inc.Inventors: Philip Albert Carpino, David Andrew Griffith, Bruce Allen Lefker
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Patent number: 6924280Abstract: This invention is directed to compounds of the formula and the pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, where the substituents are as defined in the Specification, which are growth hormone secretogogues and which increase the level of endogenous growth hormone. The compounds of this invention are useful for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis and/or frailty, congestive heart failure, frailty associated with aging, obesity; accelerating bone fracture repair, attenuating protein catabolic response after a major operation, reducing cachexia and protein loss due to chronic illness, accelerating wound healing, or accelerating the recovery of burn patients or patients having undergone major surgery; improving muscle strength, mobility, maintenance of skin thickness, metabolic homeostasis or renal homeostasis.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2003Date of Patent: August 2, 2005Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Philip Albert Carpino, David Andrew Griffith, Bruce Allen Lefker
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Patent number: 6867202Abstract: This invention is directed to methods of treating insulin resistance in a mammal which comprise administering an effective amount of a compound of formula I, where the variables are defined in the specification, or the stereoisomeric mixtures, diastereomerically enriched, diastereomerically pure, enantiomerically enriched or enantiomerically pure isomers, or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof to said mammal. The compounds of formula I are growth hormone secretagogues and as such are useful for increasing the level of endogenous growth hormone. In another aspect this invention provides certain intermediates which are useful in the synthesis of the foregoing compounds and certain processes useful for the synthesis of said intermediates and th compounds of formula I. This invention is further directed to methods comprising administering to a human or other animal a combination of a functional somatostatin antagonist such as an alpha-2 adrenergic agonist and a compound of formula I.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2003Date of Patent: March 15, 2005Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Philip Albert Carpino, Charles Kwok-Fung Chiu, Lydia Codetta Pan, Bruce Allen Lefker, Judith Lee Treadway, Michael Paul Zawistoski
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Patent number: 6852722Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for stimulating the motility of the gastrointestinal system in a patient which comprises administering a growth hormone secretagogue, a prodrug thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of said secretagogue or said prodrug. More particularly, the present invention provides methods for stimulating the motility of the gastrointestinal system in a patient which comprises administering a compound of Formula I: a prodrug thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of said secretagogue or said prodrug.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2003Date of Patent: February 8, 2005Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventor: John Hakkinen
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Patent number: 6828134Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing 5-substitued-6-cyclic-5,6,7,8-tetrahydronaphthalen-2-ol compounds useful as an estrogen agonist.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2001Date of Patent: December 7, 2004Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventor: Kevin K. Liu
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Patent number: 6821989Abstract: The present invention provides methods of treating cancer of the liver, ovarian cancer, a desmoid tumor, glioma, pancreatic cancer, or renal cell carcinoma using an estrogen agonist/antagonist. The present invention also provides kits that contain an estrogen agonist/antagonist for treating cancer of the liver, ovarian cancer, a desmoid tumor, glioma, pancreatic cancer, or renal cell carcinoma.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2002Date of Patent: November 23, 2004Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventor: Robert L. Rosati
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Patent number: 6777424Abstract: The present invention provides methods and kits for treating osteoarthritis using an estrogen agonist/antagonist.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2001Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventor: Bruce H. Littman
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Patent number: 6756401Abstract: This invention relates to methods, pharmaceutical compositions and kits useful in promoting bone formation and/or preventing bone loss and lowering blood cholesterol. The compositions are comprised of an estrogen agonist/antagonist as a first active component and a statin as a second active component and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle, carrier or diluent. The compositions and methods of treatment are effective while substantially reducing the concomitant liability of adverse effects associated with estrogen administration.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2001Date of Patent: June 29, 2004Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Wesley W. Day, Andrew G. Lee, David D. Thompson
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Patent number: 6747054Abstract: This invention is directed to EP4 receptor selective prostaglandin agonists of the Formula I, wherein R2, X, Z and Q are as defined in the specification. This invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions containing those compounds. This invention is also directed to methods of treating conditions which present with low bone mass, particularly osteoporosis, frailty, an osteoporotic fracture, a bone defect, childhood idiopathic bone loss, alveolar bone loss, mandibular bone loss, bone fracture, osteotomy, bone loss associated with periodontitis, or prosthetic ingrowth in a mammal comprising administering those compounds.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2002Date of Patent: June 8, 2004Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Kimberly O. Cameron, Bruce A. Lefker
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Patent number: 6737437Abstract: This invention is directed to methods of treating conditions which present with low bone mass, particularly osteoporosis, frailty, an osteoporotic fracture, a bone defect, childhood idiopathic bone loss, alveolar bone loss, mandibular bone loss, bone fracture, osteotomy, bone loss associated with periodontitis, or prosthetic ingrowth comprising administering prostaglandin agonists which are EP4 receptor selective prostaglandin agonists. This invention is especially directed to those methods wherein the EP4 receptor selective agonist is a compound of Formula I: wherein the variables are as defined in the specification.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2000Date of Patent: May 18, 2004Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Kimberly O. Cameron, HuaZhu Ke, Bruce A. Lefker, David D. Thompson
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Patent number: RE38524Abstract: This invention is directed to compounds of the formula and the pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, where the substituents are as defined in the Specification, which are growth hormone secretogogues and which increase the level of endogenous growth hormone. The compounds of this invention are useful for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis and/or frailty, congestive heart failure, frailty associated with aging, obesity; accelerating bone fracture repair, attenuating protein catabolic response after a major operation, reducing cachexia and protein loss due to chronic illness, accelerating wound healing, or accelerating the recovery of burn patients or patients having undergone major surgery; improving muscle strength, mobility, maintenance of skin thickness, metabolic homeostasis or renal homeostasis.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2002Date of Patent: June 1, 2004Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Philip Albert Carpino, David Andrew Griffith, Bruce Allen Lefker