Patents Assigned to DMI Acquisition Corp.
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Publication number: 20130345238Abstract: The invention provides a method of inhibiting the effects of platelet activating factor (PAF). For instance, a disease or condition mediated by PAF (particularly inflammation) can be treated or platelet aggregation can be inhibited. The invention also provides a method of inhibiting the production and/or release of interleukin 8 (IL-8) by cells. The effects of PAF and the production and/or release of IL-8 are inhibited according to the invention by a compound of the formula: wherein R1 and R2 are defined in the application, or a physiologically-acceptable salt thereof. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: DMI Acquisition Corp.Inventors: David Bar-Or, C. Gerald Curtis, Nagaraja K.R. Rao, Greg Thomas
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Patent number: 8551953Abstract: The invention provides a method of treating T-cell mediated diseases and a method of inhibiting the activation of T-cells using certain diketopiperazines. The invention also provides methods of synthesizing diketopiperazines and pharmaceutical compositions comprising certain diketopiperazines. The invention further provides methods of making improved pharmaceutical compositions of proteins and peptides by either increasing or decreasing the content of diketopiperazines in the compositions and the resultant improved pharmaceutical compositions.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2012Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: DMI Acquisition Corp.Inventors: David Bar-Or, Raphael Bar-Or, Richard Shimonkevitz
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Patent number: 8513196Abstract: The invention provides a method of treating T-cell mediated diseases and a method of inhibiting the activation of T-cells using certain diketopiperazines. The invention also provides methods of synthesizing diketopiperazines and pharmaceutical compositions comprising certain diketopiperazines. The invention further provides methods of making improved pharmaceutical compositions of proteins and peptides by either increasing or decreasing the content of diketopiperazines in the compositions and the resultant improved pharmaceutical compositions.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2012Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: DMI Acquisition Corp.Inventors: David Bar-Or, Raphael Bar-Or, Richard Shimonkevitz
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Patent number: 8507651Abstract: The invention provides methods for the treatment of diseases and conditions mediated by increased phosphorylation, such as inflammation and cancer. The invention also provides methods for the inhibition of increased phosphorylation in cells, tissues and organs. The methods utilize a phosphate acceptor compound (PAC). The invention also provides products comprising a PAC.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2011Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: DMI Acquisition Corp.Inventor: David Bar-Or
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Patent number: 8507496Abstract: The invention provides (i) a method of treating metabolic syndrome in an animal, (ii) a method of suppressing the appetite of an animal, (iii) a method of treating obesity in an animal, (iv) a method of reducing the weight of an animal in need thereof, (v) a method of reducing a blood lipid level in an animal in need thereof, (vi) a method of treating non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in an animal, and (vii) a method of inhibiting adipogenesis. The methods comprise administering an effective amount of an active ingredient, wherein the active ingredient comprises a diketopiperazine, a prodrug of a diketopiperazine or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt of either of them to the animal. The invention also provides a kit comprising a container holding a diketopiperazine, a prodrug of a diketopiperazine or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt of either of them; and instructions for administration. The diketopiperazines have the formula given in the application.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2011Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: DMI Acquisition Corp.Inventor: David Bar-Or
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Patent number: 8455517Abstract: The invention provides a method of inhibiting the effects of platelet activating factor (PAF). For instance, a disease or condition mediated by PAF (particularly inflammation) can be treated or platelet aggregation can be inhibited. The invention also provides a method of inhibiting the production and/or release of interleukin 8 (IL-8) by cells. The effects of PAF and the production and/or release of IL-8 are inhibited according to the invention by a compound of the formula: wherein R1 and R2 are defined in the application, or a physiologically-acceptable salt thereof. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2003Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: DMI Acquisition Corp.Inventors: David Bar-Or, C. Gerald Curtis, Nagaraja K. R. Rao, Greg Thomas
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Patent number: 8440696Abstract: The invention provides a method of inhibiting the effects of platelet activating factor (PAF). For instance, a disease or condition mediated by PAF (particularly inflammation) can be treated or platelet aggregation can be inhibited. The invention also provides a method of inhibiting the production and/or release of interleukin 8 (IL-8) by cells. The effects of PAF and the production and/or release of IL-8 are inhibited according to the invention by a compound of the formula: wherein R1 and R2 are defined in the application, or a physiologically-acceptable salt thereof. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: DMI Acquisition Corp.Inventors: David Bar-Or, C. Gerald Curtis, Nagaraja K. R. Rao, Greg Thomas
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Publication number: 20130005699Abstract: The invention provides a method of treating a disease or condition mediated by vascular hyperpermeability in an animal. The method comprises administering an amount of a danazol compound effective to inhibit vascular hyperpermeability and an amount of a second drug effective to treat the disease or condition. The invention further provides a method of inhibiting vascular hyperpermeability when it is a side effect caused by administration of a drug to, or another treatment of, an animal. The method comprises administration of an amount of a danazol compound effective to inhibit the vascular hyperpermeability. The invention also provides a method of modulating the cytoskeleton of endothelial cells in an animal comprising administering an amount of a danazol compound and an amount of a second drug effective to modulate the cytoskeleton. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising a danazol compound and a second drug.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: DMI ACQUISITION CORP.Inventor: David Bar-Or
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Patent number: 8227457Abstract: The invention provides a method of inhibiting vascular hyperpermeability in an animal in need thereof. The method comprises administering a vascular-hyperpermeability-inhibiting amount of a danazol compound to the animal. The invention also provides a method of modulating the cytoskeleton of an endothelial cell in an animal. The method comprises administering an effective amount of a danazol compound to the animal.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2011Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: DMI Acquisition Corp.Inventor: David Bar-Or
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Patent number: 8217047Abstract: The invention provides diketopiperazines of formula I. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the diketopiperazines, or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof, as the active ingredient. The invention further provides therapeutic treatments that utilize the diketopiperazines of formula I, including inhibition of a proliferative disease or condition, inhibition of angiogenesis, treatment of an angiogenic disease or condition, treatment of cancer and precancerous conditions, treatment of a fibrotic disorder, treatment of a viral infection, treatment of an Akt-mediated disease or condition, inhibition of the production, release or both of matrix metalloproteinase-9, and inhibition of Akt activation.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2009Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: DMI Acquisition Corp.Inventor: David Bar-Or
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Publication number: 20120172294Abstract: The invention provides (i) a method of treating metabolic syndrome in an animal, (ii) a method of suppressing the appetite of an animal, (iii) a method of treating obesity in an animal, (iv) a method of reducing the weight of an animal in need thereof, (v) a method of reducing a blood lipid level in an animal in need thereof, (vi) a method of treating non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in an animal, and (vii) a method of inhibiting adipogenesis. The methods comprise administering an effective amount of an active ingredient, wherein the active ingredient comprises a diketopiperazine, a prodrug of a diketopiperazine or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt of either of them to the animal. The invention also provides a kit comprising a container holding a diketopiperazine, a prodrug of a diketopiperazine or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt of either of them; and instructions for administration. The diketopiperazines have the formula given in the application.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2011Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: DMI ACQUISITION CORP.Inventor: David Bar-Or
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Publication number: 20120157473Abstract: The invention provides diketopiperazines of formula I. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the diketopiperazines, or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof, as the active ingredient. The invention further provides therapeutic treatments that utilize the diketopiperazines of formula I, including inhibition of a proliferative disease or condition, inhibition of angiogenesis, treatment of an angiogenic disease or condition, treatment of cancer and precancerous conditions, treatment of a fibrotic disorder, treatment of a viral infection, treatment of an Akt-mediated disease or condition, inhibition of the production, release or both of matrix metalloproteinase-9, and inhibition of Akt activation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2012Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: DMI ACQUISITION CORP.Inventor: David Bar-Or
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Publication number: 20120077789Abstract: The invention provides a method of inhibiting vascular hyperpermeability in an animal in need thereof. The method comprises administering a vascular-hyperpermeability-inhibiting amount of a danazol compound to the animal. The invention also provides a method of modulating the cytoskeleton of an endothelial cell in an animal. The method comprises administering an effective amount of a danazol compound to the animal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: DMI ACQUISITION CORP.Inventor: David Bar-Or
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Publication number: 20120058934Abstract: The invention provides a method of inhibiting vascular hyperpermeability in an animal in need thereof. The method comprises administering an effective amount of a diketopiperazine, a prodrug of a diketopiperazine or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt of either of them to the animal, wherein the diketopiperazine has the formula set forth in the specification. The invention also provides a method of modulating the cytoskeleton of an endothelial cell in an animal. The method comprises administering an effective amount of a diketopiperazine, a prodrug of a diketopiperazine or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt of either of them to the animal, wherein the diketopiperazine has the formula set forth in the specification. The invention further provides a kit. The kit comprises a diketopiperazine, a prodrug of a diketopiperazine or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt of either of them to the animal, wherein the diketopiperazine has the formula set forth in the specification.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2011Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: DMI ACQUISITION CORP.Inventor: David Bar-Or
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Publication number: 20120035147Abstract: The invention provides a method of inhibiting vascular hyperpermeability in an animal in need thereof. The method comprises administering a vascular-hyperpermeability-inhibiting amount of a danazol compound to the animal. The invention also provides a method of modulating the cytoskeleton of an endothelial cell in an animal. The method comprises administering an effective amount of a danazol compound to the animal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2011Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: DMI ACQUISITION CORP.Inventor: David Bar-Or
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Publication number: 20100324005Abstract: The invention provides a method of inhibiting vascular hyperpermeability in an animal in need thereof. The method comprises administering a vascular-hyperpermeability-inhibiting amount of a danazol compound to the animal. The invention also provides a method of modulating the cytoskeleton of an endothelial cell in an animal. The method comprises administering an effective amount of a danazol compound to the animal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: DMI ACQUISITION CORP.Inventor: David Bar-Or
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Publication number: 20100323991Abstract: The invention provides a method of treating a disease or condition mediated by vascular hyperpermeability in an animal. The method comprises administering an amount of a danazol compound effective to inhibit vascular hyperpermeability and an amount of a second drug effective to treat the disease or condition. The invention further provides a method of inhibiting vascular hyperpermeability when it is a side effect caused by administration of a drug to, or another treatment of, an animal. The method comprises administration of an amount of a danazol compound effective to inhibit the vascular hyperpermeability. The invention also provides a method of modulating the cytoskeleton of endothelial cells in an animal comprising administering an amount of a danazol compound and an amount of a second drug effective to modulate the cytoskeleton. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising a danazol compound and a second drug.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: DMI ACQUISITION CORP.Inventor: David Bar-Or