Patents Examined by Janet Andres
  • Patent number: 8530648
    Abstract: The invention relates to compound of the formula (I), in which the substituents are as defined in the specification; in free form or in salt form; to its preparation, to its use as medicament and to medicaments comprising it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Sangamesh Badiger, Dirk Behnke, Claudia Betschart, Vinod Chaudhari, Simona Cotesta, Jürgen Hans-Hermann Hinrichs, Silvio Ofner, Chetan Pandit, Jürgen Wagner
  • Patent number: 8530665
    Abstract: The present invention provides crystalline (R)-(E)-2-(4-(2-(5-(1-(3,5 -dichloropyridin-4-yl)ethoxy)-1H-indazol-3-yl)vinyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)ethanol useful in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventor: Benjamin Alan Diseroad
  • Patent number: 8530674
    Abstract: The present invention provides (S)-methylhydroxylaminopropanol compound as an intermediate in preparation of (S)-(+)-N-methyl-3-(1-naphthyloxy)-3-(2-thienyl)propylamine. The present invention also provides a process for preparing (S)-(+)-N-methyl-3-(1-naphthyloxy)-3-(2-thienyl)propylamine with higher yield and lower cost by using the (S)-methylhydroxylaminopropanol compound as an intermediate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: SCI Pharmtech, Inc.
    Inventors: Bo-Fong Chen, Feng-Ju Lu, Jinun-Ban Yeh, Wei-chyun Wong
  • Patent number: 8524894
    Abstract: The compounds of formula (I) are derived from perhydroquinoline and perhydroisoquinoline and are useful as active pharmaceutical ingredients for the prophylaxis or treatment of diseases caused by 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11-beta-HSD1) enzyme-associated disorders, such as glaucoma, elevated ocular pressure, metabolic disorders, obesity, metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, hypertension, diabetes, atherosclerosis, Cushing's syndrome, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, cognitive disorders, Alzheimer's disease or neurodegeneration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Laboratorios Salvat, S.A.
    Inventors: Juan Lorenzo Catena Ruiz, Carme Serra Comas, Oscar Rey Puiggros, Albert Antolin Hernandez, Esther Monlleo Mas
  • Patent number: 8524910
    Abstract: The present invention relates to modulators of Formula I and the accompanying definitions herein of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”), compositions thereof, and methods therewith. The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases such as cystic fibrosis using such modulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Sara Hadida Ruah, Mark Miller, Jinglan Zhou, Brian Bear, Peter Grootenhuis
  • Patent number: 8519137
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Pramod Joshi, Paul Krenitsky, Andreas Termin, Dean Wilson
  • Patent number: 8519140
    Abstract: A process for synthesizing pirfenidone from bromobenzene having less than about 0.15% by weight dibromobenze is disclosed. Also disclosed are processes of synthesizing pirfenidone without using ethyl acetate or n-butanol, and pirfenidone having controlled levels of ethyl acetate, n-butanol, di(5-methyl-2-pyridinone)benzenes, and other impurities having specified retention times. Also disclosed are formulated dosage forms including the disclosed pirfenidone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Intermune, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramachandran Radhakrishnan, Michael Cyr, Sabine M. Pyles
  • Patent number: 8519124
    Abstract: A compound represented by general formula (I): a salt thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof wherein all symbols are as defined in the specification has an antagonistic activity against CXCR4 and is therefore useful as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for CXCR4-mediated diseases, for example, inflammatory and immune diseases (for example, rheumatoid arthritis, arthritis, systemic erythematosus, retinopathy, macular degeneration, pulmonary fibrosis, transplanted organ rejection, etc.), allergic diseases, infections (for example, human immunodeficiency virus infection, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, etc.), psychoneurotic diseases, cerebral diseases, cardiac/vascular disease (for example, arteriosclerosis, myocardial infarction, stenocardia, cerebral infarction, chronic arterial occlusive disease, etc.), metabolic diseases, and cancerous diseases (for example, cancer, cancer metastasis, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaya Kokubo, Hiroshi Ochiai, Yoshikazu Takaoka, Shiro Shibayama
  • Patent number: 8519145
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound as a peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR) activator and a hydrate, a solvate, a stereoisomer and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition, a cosmetic composition, a muscle strengthening agent, a memory improving agent, a therapeutic agent for dementia and Parkinson's disease, a functional food and a feed composition containing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Seoul National University Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Heonjoong Kang, Jungwook Chin, Jaehwan Lee
  • Patent number: 8518913
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel phosphorous derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of chemokine receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Haiqing Yuan, Richard I. Beard, Xiaoxia Liu, John E. Donello, Veena Viswanath, Michael E. Garst
  • Patent number: 8518916
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds having selective affinity for the mGlu5 subtype of metabotropic receptors, pharmaceutical compositions thereof and uses for such compounds and compositions in the treatment of lower urinary tract disorders, such as neuromuscular dysfunction of the lower urinary tract, and in the treatment of migraine and gastroesophagael reflux disease (GERD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Recordati Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Amedeo Leonardi, Gianni Motta, Carlo Riva, Elena Poggesi, Davide Graziani, Matteo Longhi
  • Patent number: 8513273
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ethynyl compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2, R2?, R3, R3?, R4, R4?, U, V, W, Y, m, and n are as defined herein and to a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts, to a racemic mixtures, or to its corresponding enantiomers and/or optical isomers and/or stereoisomers thereof. Compounds of formula I are allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc.
    Inventors: Luke Green, Wolfgang Guba, Georg Jaeschke, Synese Jolidon, Lothar Lindemann, Antonio Ricci, Daniel Rueher, Heinz Stadler, Eric Vieira
  • Patent number: 8513418
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel substituted bicyclic methyl amine derivatives which are useful as sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors modulators and useful for treating a wide variety of disorders associated with modulation of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Janet A. Takeuchi, Ling Li, Wha Bin Im
  • Patent number: 8513424
    Abstract: Novel compounds are provided which are GPR119 G protein-coupled receptor modulators. GPR119 G protein-coupled receptor modulators are useful in treating, preventing, or slowing the progression of diseases requiring GPR119 G protein-coupled receptor modulator therapy. These novel compounds have the structure Formula I or Formula IA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Dean A. Wacker, Karen A. Rossi, Ying Wang
  • Patent number: 8513420
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new compounds having an amino-naphthyridine group. In particular, the present invention relates to new compounds, its stereoisomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof having a first unit (moiety) selected from the group of a phenyl derivative, a biphenyl derivative or a diphenyl alkane derivative and at least one amino-naphthyridine group linked with the first unit via a linking group. In specific embodiments, the present invention relates to compounds having a phenyl derivative unit and three amino-naphthyridine groups bound to the phenyl derivative unit via a linking group as well as salts or solvates thereof, in particular, pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof. Further, the present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. The compounds are particularly useful for treating or preventing infections, like viral infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Inventor: Monika Mazik
  • Patent number: 8513419
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel N-(imidazolidin-2-ylidene)-heterocyclopenta[b]pyridine derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Santosh C. Sinha, Liming Wang, Ken Chow, Mohammed I. Dibas, Michael E. Garst
  • Patent number: 8507687
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a substantially a solid form of 3-(6-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)cyclopropanecarboxamido)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl)benzoic acid (Compound 1, Solvate Form A and Compound 1, HCl Salt Form A), processes for making such forms, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treatment therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Ali Keshavarz-Shokri, Beili Zhang, Mariusz Krawiec
  • Patent number: 8507685
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel phenyl bicyclic methyl azetidine derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Janet A. Takeuchi, Ling Li, Wha Bin Im
  • Patent number: 8507686
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel substituted bicyclic methyl azetidine derivatives which are useful as sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors modulators and useful for treating a wide variety of disorders associated with modulation of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Janet A. Takeuchi, Ling Li, Wha Bin Im
  • Patent number: 8507696
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and intermediates useful in the preparation of macrolides, e.g., compounds of formula (IV), wherein R1-R12 are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Francis G. Fang, Xiang Niu, Matthew J. Schnaderbeck