Patents Examined by Kevin E. Weddington
  • Patent number: 11931362
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a long term storage stable multi-dose ready-to use or ready-to dilute pharmaceutical liquid formulation comprising pemetrexed or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, an antioxidant, a preservative, a buffering agent, and a pharmaceutically acceptable fluid. The invention also relates to a process of preparing the formulation, a kit and a method of treatment of patients having lung cancer by administering the pharmaceutical formulation to a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Cipla Limited
    Inventors: Sarabjit Singh, Alagumurugan Alagarswamy, Madhusudhan Malladi, Sandip Gite
  • Patent number: 11931366
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally compositions and methods of using the same for the treatment of proteinopathies (e.g. Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, and Huntington's disease) with one or more proteotoxicity reducing agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Washington University
    Inventors: Stephen Pak, David Perlmutter, Gary Silverman
  • Patent number: 11925653
    Abstract: Novel antimicrobial compositions comprise at least a form of a fosfomycin (or suitable analogs, or derivatives thereof), and at least one sulfonamide (or suitable analogs, or derivatives thereof), and/or at least one diaminopyridine (or suitable analogs, or derivatives thereof). Said antimicrobial compositions generally include two or more of said components as a novel combination, provided in a single combination or formulation, or provided independently with overlapping exposures of the two or more components. These novel compositions, when provided as the two or more components, are effective against susceptible microorganisms, and are effective against susceptible drug-resistant microorganisms (e.g., bacteria, parasites), including multi-drug resistant bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: FLEURIR ABX, LLC
    Inventors: John Lee Pace, Marc Edwin Wiles, Stacy Michelle Adams, Elizabeth Hussey
  • Patent number: 11918690
    Abstract: Compositions for the immediate release of one or more cannabinoids, in which the compositions comprise a population of particles. Each particle may comprise the one or more cannabinoids and one or more intra-granule excipients. Alternatively, each particle may comprise the one or more cannabinoids and a porous bead core. The composition may be prepared by a method that involves combining the one or more cannabinoids with the one or more intra-granule excipients, and then granulating the combination, such as through fluid bed granulation, shear-induced wet granulation, or spray granulation. The composition may also be prepared by a method that involves mixing the one or more cannabinoids with a population of porous bead cores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Glatt GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhard Nowak, Zafar Iqbal, Mohammed Taleb
  • Patent number: 11903940
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method of administering levoketoconazole, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to a subject in need thereof, wherein the subject is also being administered a multidrug and toxin extrusion transporter 1 (MATE1) substrate or an organic cation transporter 2 (OCT2) substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Strongbridge Dublin Limited
    Inventor: Fredric Cohen
  • Patent number: 11903927
    Abstract: The present invention relates to treatment of cancer, in particular to methods of sensitising cancer cells to an anti-cancer therapy by administering an effective amount of a modulator of Volume Regulated Anion Channels, i.e. a VRAC modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Scandion Oncology A/S
    Inventors: Nils Aage Brünner, Palle Christophersen, Jan Stenvang, Jens Lichtenberg, Annemette Thougaard
  • Patent number: 11896563
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method of treating depression and/or reducing risk of suicide, comprising administering a combination of about 90 mg to about 120 mg of bupropion hydrochloride, or a molar equivalent amount of another form of bupropion, and about 40 mg to about 50 mg of dextromethorphan hydrobromide, or a molar equivalent amount of another form of dextromethorphan. The combination may be administered twice a day to a human being suffering from major depressive disorder and having a score of 3 or greater on the Suicidality Item of the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS-SI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Antecip Bioventures II LLC
    Inventor: Herriot Tabuteau
  • Patent number: 11896582
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new compositions and methods to enable the safe administration of pyridostigmine to mammalian subjects, including those with myasthenic syndromes including Myasthenia Gravis, with said compositions comprising combinations, including fixed-dose combinations, of an antagonist of the 5-hydroxytryptamine subtype-3 receptor (“5HT3-antagonist”) with an effective dose of pyridostigmine. The compositions and methods of the present invention provide for an increase in the tolerable dose of pyridostigmine over that of pyridostigmine when administered alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: DAS-MG, INC.
    Inventor: Kathleen E. Clarence-Smith
  • Patent number: 11898155
    Abstract: Provided is a method for introducing a selected molecule, including: an inhibitor treatment step of allowing a target cell or a target tissue to internalizing an inhibitor of vesicular transport or lysosomal membrane fusion; and an introduction step of contacting an introduction liquid containing a selected molecule with the target cell or the target tissue to introduce the selected molecule into the target cell or the target tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: PEARL KOGYO CO., LTD., I-GENE CORPORATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION EHIME UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Masafumi Jinno, Yuki Isozaki, Yuto Kikuchi, Yugo Kido, Susumu Satoh
  • Patent number: 11890329
    Abstract: A co-therapeutic regimen comprising AAV9-mediated intrathecal/intracisternal and/or systemic delivery of an expression cassette containing a hIDUA gene and two or more immunosuppressants is provided herein. Also provided are methods useful for treating hIDUA deficiency (MPSI) and the symptoms associated with Hurler, Hurler-Scheie and Scheie syndromes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Christian Hinderer, James M. Wilson
  • Patent number: 11883373
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to administration of a combination of: 1) about 100-110 mg, about 104-106 mg, or about 105 mg of bupropion hydrochloride, or a molar equivalent amount of a free base form or another salt form of bupropion; and 2) about 40-50 mg, about 44-46 mg, or about 45 mg of dextromethorphan hydrobromide, or a molar equivalent amount of a free base form or another salt form of dextromethorphan in certain patient populations, such as patients having moderate renal impairment, patients receiving a concomitant strong CYP2D6 inhibitor, patients who are known CYP2D6 poor metabolizers, those in need of an NMDA antagonist that does not cause dissociation, and those at risk of QT prologation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: ANTECIP BIOVENTURES II LLC
    Inventor: Herriot Tabuteau
  • Patent number: 11883385
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating Tourette Syndrome in a subject in need thereof by administering to the subject compositions comprising a PDE10 inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Noema Pharma AG
    Inventor: George Garibaldi
  • Patent number: 11878045
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of inducing cell death by hyperactivation of motility networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Peter Devreotes, Huaqing Cai, Marc Edwards, Jun Liu, Thomas Lampert, Yu Long
  • Patent number: 11878961
    Abstract: Procedures for inhibiting hormone receptor activation include administering to a subject in need of hormone receptor inhibition a compound having a chemical structure of a molecule that, when docked in the PPIase pocket, could disrupt proline-rich loop conformation and interactions. Procedures for treating prostate cancer or breast cancer include administering to a subject having prostate cancer or breast cancer a compound having a chemical structure of a molecule that, when docked in the PPIase pocket, could disrupt proline-rich loop conformation and interactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, The University of British Columbia
    Inventors: Marc Cox, Artem Cherkasov, Fuqiang Ban
  • Patent number: 11877997
    Abstract: A regimen is described for providing early onset of action in the therapeutic treatment of rosacea including topically applying a pharmaceutical composition to the skin of a subject in need of said treatment. The pharmaceutical composition includes about 1% to about 10% benzoyl peroxide as the only active ingredient, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient. The pharmaceutical composition is applied once daily for a period of at least about 2, 4, 8 or 12 weeks. Based on early onset of action, a primary measure of success is at least about 9%, primary measure of success being defined as a 2-grade improvement in IGA of clear or almost clear; and a secondary measure of success is at least about 40%, secondary measure of success being defined as mean inflammatory lesion count percent reduction from baseline, after at least about 2 weeks of treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Sol-Gel Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Ofer Toledano, Ofra Levy-Hacham, Ori Nov, Vered Ram
  • Patent number: 11865107
    Abstract: A composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of at least one alkaloid combined with one or more non-alkaloid components, wherein the composition is configured to be administered to a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventors: Gary Kompothecras, Michael Mullan, Daniel Paris
  • Patent number: 11865117
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions comprising an NSAID such as meloxicam and/or rizatriptan in combination with a cyclodextrin and/or a carbonate or a bicarbonate. These compositions may be orally administered, for example, to improve the bioavailability or pharmacokinetics of the NSAID for the treatment of pain such as migraine, arthritis, and other conditions. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating pain, such as migraine, comprising administering meloxicam and rizatriptan to a human being suffering from pain, such as migraine. For migraine, these methods may be particularly useful when the meloxicam and rizatriptan are administered while the human being is suffering from an acute attack of migraine pain or migraine aura. In some embodiments, the combination of meloxicam and rizatriptan may be administered in a manner that results in a Tmax of meloxicam of 3 hours or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: AXSOME THERAPEUTICS, INC
    Inventor: Herriot Tabuteau
  • Patent number: 11865100
    Abstract: A regimen for the therapeutic treatment of rosacea in subjects aged 65 years and older, the regimen comprising topically applying to the skin of a subject aged 65 years and older in need of said treatment a pharmaceutical composition, the pharmaceutical composition comprising about 1% w/w to about 10% w/w benzoyl peroxide as an active ingredient, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient, wherein the benzoyl peroxide is the only active ingredient in said pharmaceutical composition, wherein said pharmaceutical composition is applied once daily for a period of at least about 2 weeks, to achieve, in a group of such subjects, a success rate of at least about 15%, wherein the success rate is defined as the number of subjects achieving clear or almost clear skin on the investor global assessment (IGA) scale after treatment with the pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Sol-Gel Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Ofer Toledano, Ofra Levy-Hacham, Ori Nov, Vered Ram
  • Patent number: 11857541
    Abstract: Provided herein are combination therapies for the treatment of progeroid diseases and conditions, cellular aging, bone diseases, and cardiovascular diseases. The provided combination therapies target the aberrant farnesylation of the mutant lamin A protein progerin and increase progerin clearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventors: Leslie B. Gordon, Mark W. Kieran, Monica E. Kleinman
  • Patent number: 11844804
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating a subject in need of treatment with testosterone, including introducing testosterone into the subject subcutaneously, intradermally, or intramuscularly, from a needle assisted jet injection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Antares Pharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul K. Wotton, Hermanus L. Jooste, Kaushik J. Dave, Jonathan Jaffe