Patents Assigned to Mankind Corporation
  • Patent number: 9192675
    Abstract: A breath-powered, dry powder inhaler, a cartridge, and a pulmonary drug delivery system are provided. The dry powder inhaler can be provided with or without a unit dose cartridge for using with the inhaler. The inhaler and/or cartridge can be provided with a drug delivery formulation comprising, for example, a diketopiperazine and an active ingredient, including, peptides and proteins such as insulin and glucagon-like peptide 1 for the treatment of diabetes and/or obesity. The dry powder inhaler is compact; can be provided in various shapes and sizes, colors, and comprises a housing, a mouthpiece, a cartridge placement area, and a mechanism for opening and closing the medicament cartridge. The device is easy to manufacture, provides a pre-metered single unit dose, it is relatively easy to use, and can be reusable or disposable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: ManKind Corporation
    Inventors: Chad C. Smutney, P. Spencer Kinsey, Carl R. Sahi, Benoit Adamo, John M. Polidoro, Scott McLean, Dennis Overfield, Kelly S. Kraft, Karla Somerville
  • Patent number: 8674081
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating cancer by providing to a subject in need thereof an immunogenic composition comprising a nucleic acid construct encoding a polypeptide comprising CTL epitopes PSMA288-297 and PRAME425-433, or a cross-reactive analogue. In embodiments of the present invention there is provided methods and compositions for inducing, entraining, and/or amplifying the immune response to MHC class-I restricted epitopes of carcinoma antigens to generate an effective anti-cancer immune response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Mankind Corporation
    Inventors: Zhiyong Qiu, Adrian Ion Bot
  • Patent number: 8653085
    Abstract: Drug delivery systems have been developed based on the formation of diketopiperazine carboxylate salts and microparticles containing the same. The systems may further comprise a bioactive agent. Related methods for making and using the biologically active agent delivery compositions are also provided. In certain embodiments, the pharmaceutically acceptable salts described can be formed by removal of solvent by methods including distillation, evaporation, spray drying or lyophilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Mankind Corporation
    Inventors: Andrea Leone-Bay, Destardi Moye-Sherman, Bryan R. Wilson