Patents Assigned to Emisphere Technologies, Inc.
  • Patent number: 7939494
    Abstract: The invention relates to formulations that demonstrate the feasibility of oral absorption comprising glucose-like peptide-1 compounds and specified delivery agents, and to methods of stimulating GLP-1 receptor in a subject in need of such stimulation, by administration of the formulation of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Emisphere Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammed Amin Khan, Bryan Edward Jones, John McNeill McGill
  • Patent number: 7915314
    Abstract: The inventors have discovered that the disodium salt of certain delivery agents has surprisingly greater efficacy for delivering active agents than the corresponding monosodium salt. Furthermore, the inventors have discovered that the disodium salts of these delivery agents form solvates with ethanol and hydrates with water. The delivery agents have the formula wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are independently hydrogen, halogen, C1-C4 alkyl, or C1-C4 alkoxy; and R5 is a substituted or unsubstituted C2-C16 alkylene, substituted or unsubstituted C2-C16 alkenylene, substituted or unsubstituted C1-C12 alkyl(arylene), or substituted or unsubstituted aryl(C1-C12 alkylene). The hydrates and solvates of present invention also have surprisingly greater efficacy for delivering active agents, such as heparin and calcitonin, than their corresponding monosodium salts and free acids. The present invention provides an alcohol solvate, such as ethanol solvate, of a disodium salt of a delivery agent of the formula above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignees: Emisphere Technologies, Inc., Novartis AG
    Inventors: William Elliot Bay, Rajesh K. Agarwal, Kiran Chaudhary, Michael M. Goldberg, JoAnne P. Corvino, Shingai Majura, Moise Azria, Joseph Ault, Simon D. Bateman, Subash Patel, Joseph Sikora, Rebecca F. Yang, Joseph Zielinski
  • Publication number: 20110046050
    Abstract: The present invention provides phenylalkylcarboxylic acid compounds and compositions containing such compounds which facilitate the delivery of biologically active agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: Emisphere Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Gschneidner, Stephen V. Pusztay
  • Patent number: 7893297
    Abstract: The present invention relates to amorphous and polymorphic forms of sodium 4-[(4-chloro-2-hydroxybenzoyl)amino]butanoate and their use for facilitating the delivery of active agents, such as insulin, to a target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Emisphere Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Satej Bhandarkar, Shingai Majuru, Halina Leuchyk
  • Publication number: 20110039930
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical formulations containing Naproxen and a delivery agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: Emisphere Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Novinski, Patrick Osinski, Nicholas Hart
  • Publication number: 20100239658
    Abstract: The present invention relates to stable pharmaceutical formulations that include a delivery agent and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: Emisphere Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shingai Majuru, Moses O. Oyewumi, Mehmet Tahir Gurler
  • Patent number: 7744910
    Abstract: Compounds and compositions for the delivery of active agents are provided. Methods of administration and preparation are provided as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Emisphere Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Gschneidner, Andrea Leone-Bay, Eric Wang, Lynn Errigo, Koc-Kan Ho, Jeffrey Bruce Press, Nai Fang Wang, Pingwah Tang
  • Publication number: 20100151009
    Abstract: Oral insulin formulations and processes for preparing oral insulin formulations are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: Emisphere Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Halina Levchik
  • Patent number: 7727558
    Abstract: Polymeric delivery agents, delivery agent compounds and compositions comprising them which are useful in the delivery of active agents are provided. Methods of administration and preparation are provided as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignees: Emisphere Technologies, Inc., Virginia Commonwealth University
    Inventors: Sam J. Milstein, Eugene N. Barantsevitch, Nai Fang Wang, Jun Liao, John Smart, Richard Conticello, Raphael Ottenbrite
  • Publication number: 20100120876
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds, methods, and formulations useful for the oral delivery of a GLP-1 compound or an MC4 agonist peptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: EMISPHERE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Jason HERR, Louis Nickolaus JUNGHEIM, John McNeill MCGILL, III, Kenneth Jeff THRASHER, Muralikrishna VALLURI
  • Publication number: 20100105604
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compounds for delivering active agents, such as biologically or chemically active agents, to a target. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one delivery agent compound of the present invention and at least one active agent, and unit dosage forms comprising such compositions. Methods for the preparation and administration of the pharmaceutical compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: Emisphere Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jianfeng Song
  • Publication number: 20100099621
    Abstract: The inventors have discovered that the disodium salt of certain delivery agents has surprisingly greater efficacy for delivering active agents than the corresponding monosodium salt. Furthermore, the inventors have discovered that the disodium salts of these delivery agents form solvates with ethanol and hydrates with water. The delivery agents have the formula wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are independently hydrogen, halogen, C1-C4 alkyl, or C1-C4 alkoxy; and R5 is a substituted or unsubstituted C2-C16 alkylene, substituted or unsubstituted C2-C16 alkenylene, substituted or unsubstituted C1-C12 alkyl(arylene), or substituted or unsubstituted aryl(C1-C12 alkylene). The hydrates and solvates of present invention also have surprisingly greater efficacy for delivering active agents, such as heparin and calcitonin, than their corresponding monosodium salts and free acids. The present invention provides an alcohol solvate, such as ethanol solvate, of a disodium salt of a delivery agent of the formula above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicants: EMISPHERE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: William E. Bay, Rajesh K. Agarwal, Kiran Chaudhary, Shingai Majuru, Michael M. Goldberg, JoAnne P. Corvino, Moise Azria, Joseph M. Ault, Simon D. Bateman, Subash Patel, Joseph Sikora, Rebecca F. Yang, Joseph L. Zielinski
  • Patent number: 7700775
    Abstract: Compounds and compositions for the delivery of active agents are provided. Methods of administration and preparation are provided as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Emisphere Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Liao, David Gschneidner, John J. Weidner, Nai Fang Wang
  • Publication number: 20100074861
    Abstract: Compounds comprising cyclic moiety and compositions for the delivery of active agents are provided. Methods of administration and preparation are provided as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: Emisphere Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Pingwah Tang, Steven Dinh
  • Publication number: 20100069410
    Abstract: The present invention relates to acyclovir formulations having improved bioavailability resulting in better efficacy and/or requiring less frequent administration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: Emisphere Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Shingai Majuru, Moses Oyewumi
  • Publication number: 20100062970
    Abstract: The present invention provides propyl phenoxy ether compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions containing the same and one or more active agents, and methods of administering active agents with the same. The delivery agents of the present invention are well suited for forming non-covalent mixtures with active agents for oral, intracolonic, pulmonary, and other routes of administration to animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: Emisphere Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Jianfeng Song
  • Publication number: 20100055194
    Abstract: This invention relates to microparticles and/or nanoparticles containing a delivery agent and/or an active agent. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical formulations and solid dosage forms, including controlled release solid dosage forms of active agent and a delivery agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: Emisphere Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shingai Majuru, Puchun Liu, Steven Dinh, Jun Liao, Jongbin Lee, Ehud Arbit, Nikhil Dhoot, Halina Levchik, George Klein, Jamila Harris, Nai Fang Wang
  • Publication number: 20100048454
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical dosage forms, comprising insulin, a delivery agent that facilitates insulin transport in a therapeutically effective amount to the bloodstream and a biguanide, such as metformin, are disclosed for oral administration to a patient for the treatment of diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: Emisphere Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ehud Arbit, Steven Dinh, Michael Goldberg
  • Patent number: 7662771
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds, methods, and formulations useful for the oral delivery of a GLP-1 compound or an MC4 agonist peptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Emisphere Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Jason Herr, Louis Nickolaus Jungheim, John McNeill McGill, III, Kenneth Jeff Thrasher, Muralikrishna Valluri
  • Publication number: 20100016255
    Abstract: A novel method and composition for treating vitamin B12 deficiency mammals that fail to respond to oral vitamin B12 therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: Emisphere Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Cristina Castelli, Laura Kragie