Patents by Inventor Dan M. Niculescu-Duvaz

Dan M. Niculescu-Duvaz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7235585
    Abstract: This invention pertains to certain enzyme (CPG2) activated self-immolative nitrogen mustard prodrugs, which are useful in enzyme prodrug therapy (EPT), such as ADEPT and GDEPT, for the treatment of proliferative conditions, such as cancer, and which have the following formula: wherein: RN is independently C1-7alkyl; X1 is independently —I, —Br, or —Cl; X2 is independently —I, —Br, or —Cl; the group —N(CH2CH2X1)(CH2CH2X2) is independently attached at the 2-position or at the 4-position; each RG is independently —H or an ester substituent; n is independently an integer from 0 to 4; each RP, if present, is independently a phenyl substituent; m is independently an integer from 0 to 4; each RM, if present, is independently a mustard substituent; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, amides, and esters thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Caroline J. Springer, Ion Niculescu-Duvaz, Dan M. Niculescu-Duvaz