Patents by Inventor Gary H. Posner

Gary H. Posner 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).

  • Publication number: 20190060456
    Abstract: This present disclosure is directed to novel prodrugs of activated vitamin D3 compounds. The prodrugs can be designed to have one or more beneficial properties, such as selective inhibition of the enzyme CYP24, low calcemic activity, and anti-proliferative activity. Specifically, these prodrugs are 1-deoxy prohormones of active Vitamin D analogs, e.g. analogs of calcitriol. This disclosure is also directed to pharmaceutical and diagnostic compositions containing the prodrugs of the invention, and to their medical use, particularly as prodrugs in the treatment and/or prevention of diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Gary H. Posner, Lindsey C. Hess, Alvin S. Kalinda, Rachel D. Slack, Uttam Saha, P. Martin Petkovich
  • Publication number: 20180117156
    Abstract: This present disclosure is directed to novel prodrugs of activated vitamin D3 compounds. The prodrugs can be designed to have one or more beneficial properties, such as selective inhibition of the enzyme CYP24, low calcemic activity, and anti-proliferative activity. Specifically, these prodrugs are 1-deoxy prohormones of active Vitamin D analogs, e.g. analogs of calcitriol. This disclosure is also directed to pharmaceutical and diagnostic compositions containing the prodrugs of the invention, and to their medical use, particularly as prodrugs in the treatment and/or prevention of diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Gary H. Posner, Lindsey C. Hess, Alvin S. Kalinda, Rachel D. Slack, Uttam Saha, P. Martin Petkovich
  • Patent number: 9775903
    Abstract: This present disclosure is directed to novel prodrugs of activated vitamin D3 compounds. The prodrugs can be designed to have one or more beneficial properties, such as selective inhibition of the enzyme CYP24, low calcemic activity, and anti-proliferative activity. Specifically, these prodrugs are 1-deoxy prohormones of active Vitamin D analogs, e.g. analogs of calcitriol. This disclosure is also directed to pharmaceutical and diagnostic compositions containing the prodrugs of the invention, and to their medical use, particularly as prodrugs in the treatment and/or prevention of diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignees: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, OPKO IRELAND GLOBAL HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventors: Gary H. Posner, Lindsey C. Hess, Alvin S. Kalinda, Rachel D. Slack, Uttam Saha, P. Martin Petkovich
  • Publication number: 20170114013
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compounds, compositions and methods using these compounds and compositions to stimulate the differentiation of cells and inhibit excessive cell proliferation of certain cells, including cancer cells and skin cells, which may be useful in the treatment of diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation and/or cell differentiation such as leukemia, myelofibrosis and psoriasis without the well known effect on calcium metabolism, which gives rise to hypercalcemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Gary H. Posner, Kimberly S. Petersen, Lindsey C. Hess, Douglas T. Genna, Scott Borella
  • Patent number: 9611273
    Abstract: Monomeric and dimeric trioxane thioacetals and methods of their use for treating subjects infected with malaria or other parasitic infectious diseases including, but not limited to, toxoplasmic infection; subjects afflicted with psychiatric conditions associated with toxoplasmic infection; and subjects afflicted with cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Gary H. Posner, Alexander M. Jacobine, Rachel D. Slack, Jennifer R. Mazzone
  • Patent number: 9493480
    Abstract: Anilide derivatives of the natural trioxane artemisinin were prepared and evaluated for antimalarial efficacy in Plasmodium berghei-infected mice. Selected anilides derivatives administered orally as one single-digit dose combined with mefloquine hydrochloride were completely curative, i.e., all 5 of the mice in the particular treatment group had no detectable parasitemia on day 30 post infection, gained as much weight by day 30 post infection as the control mice (no infection), and behaved normally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Gary H. Posner, Rachel D. Slack
  • Patent number: 9487538
    Abstract: Two-carbon linked artemisinin-derived trioxane dimers and methods of their use for treating subjects infected with malaria or other parasitic infectious diseases including, but not limited to, toxoplasmic infection; subjects afflicted with psychiatric conditions associated with toxoplasmic infection; and subjects afflicted with cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Gary H. Posner, Bryan T. Mott
  • Patent number: 9481646
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compounds, compositions and methods using these compounds and compositions to stimulate the differentiation of cells and inhibit excessive cell proliferation of certain cells, including cancer cells and skin cells, which may be useful in the treatment of diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation and/or cell differentiation such as leukemia, myelofibrosis and psoriasis without the well known effect on calcium metabolism, which gives rise to hypercalcemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Gary H. Posner, Kimberly S. Petersen, Lindsey C. Hess, Douglas T. Genna, Scott Borella
  • Publication number: 20150361088
    Abstract: Two-carbon linked artemisinin-derived trioxane dimers and methods of their use for treating subjects infected with malaria or other parasitic infectious diseases including, but not limited to, toxoplasmic infection; subjects afflicted with psychiatric conditions associated with toxoplasmic infection; and subjects afflicted with cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: GARY H. POSNER, BRYAN T. MOTT
  • Publication number: 20150183798
    Abstract: Anilide derivatives of the natural trioxane artemisinin were prepared and evaluated for antimalarial efficacy in Plasmodium berghei-infected mice. Selected anilides derivatives administered orally as one single-digit dose combined with mefloquine hydrochloride were completely curative, i.e., all 5 of the mice in the particular treatment group had no detectable parasitemia on day 30 post infection, gained as much weight by day 30 post infection as the control mice (no infection), and behaved normally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Gary H. Posner, Rachel D. Slack
  • Publication number: 20150031677
    Abstract: Monomeric and dimeric trioxane thioacetals and methods of their use for treating subjects infected with malaria or other parasitic infectious diseases including, but not limited to, toxoplasmic infection; subjects afflicted with psychiatric conditions associated with toxoplasmic infection; and subjects afflicted with cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Gary H. Posner, Alexander M. Jacobine, Rachel D. Slack, Jennifer R. Mazzone
  • Patent number: 8906888
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel 16,23-diene 25-oxime ether analogs of 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3, compositions comprising these compounds and methods of using these compounds as inhibitors of CYP24. In particular, the novel compound of the invention are useful for treating diseases which benefit from a modulation of the levels of 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3, for example, cell-proliferative disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignees: Cytochroma Inc., Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Uttam Saha, Gary H. Posner, Mehmet Kahraman
  • Patent number: 8884032
    Abstract: Monomeric and dimeric trioxane fluoroaryl amides, 5-carbon-linked, C-10 non-acetal trioxane dimer esters; trioxane silylamides; and trioxane dimer orthoesters and methods of their use for treating subjects infected with malaria or other parasitic infectious diseases including, but not limited to, toxoplasmic infection; subjects afflicted with psychiatric conditions associated with toxoplasmic infection; and subjects afflicted with cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Gary H. Posner, Lauren E. Woodard, David R. Levine, Deuk Kyu Moon, Bryan T. Mott
  • Patent number: 8592611
    Abstract: The disclosure provides novel trioxane sulfur dimers having Formula I: methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and methods for treating cancer, proliferative disorders, and/or malaria using these compounds and/or compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Gary H. Posner, Andrew S. Rosenthal
  • Publication number: 20130157987
    Abstract: This present disclosure is directed to novel prodrugs of activated vitamin D3 compounds. The prodrugs can be designed to have one or more beneficial properties, such as selective inhibition of the enzyme CYP24, low calcemic activity, and anti-proliferative activity. Specifically, these prodrugs are 1-deoxy prohormones of active Vitamin D analogs, e.g. analogs of calcitriol. This disclosure is also directed to pharmaceutical and diagnostic compositions containing the prodrugs of the invention, and to their medical use, particularly as prodrugs in the treatment and/or prevention of diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicants: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, CYTOCHROMA INC.
    Inventors: Gary H. Posner, Lindsey C. Hess, Alvin S. Kalinda, Rachel D. Slack, Uttam Saha, P. Martin Petkovich
  • Patent number: 8431611
    Abstract: This disclosure provides improved derivatives of artemisinin; pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds; methods for preparing these compounds and compositions; methods of using these compounds and compositions for preventing, controlling or treating infectious diseases including but not limited to parasitic infectious diseases such as T. gondii infection, trypanosome parasite infection, plasmodia parasite infection, and cryptosporidium parasite infection; methods for preventing, controlling or treating toxoplasma infection; and methods for treating psychiatric disorders associated with toxoplasma infection including but not limited to schizophrenia using the disclosed compounds and compositions alone or in combination with one or more antipsychotic drugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Lorraine V. Brando, Gary H. Posner, John G. D'Angelo, Robert H. Yolken, Christopher P. Hencken, Lauren Woodard
  • Publication number: 20120108545
    Abstract: Monomeric and dimeric trioxane fluoroaryl amides, 5-carbon-linked, C-10 non-acetal trioxane dimer esters; trioxane silylamides; and trioxane dimer orthoesters and methods of their use for treating subjects infected with malaria or other parasitic infectious diseases including, but not limited to, toxoplasmic infection; subjects afflicted with psychiatric conditions associated with toxoplasmic infection; and subjects afflicted with cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Gary H. Posner, Lauren E. Woodard, David R. Levine, Deuk Kyu Moon, Bryan T. Mott
  • Patent number: 8106035
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel D-ring and side-chain analogs of 1?,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, compositions comprising these compounds and methods of using these compounds as selective inhibitors of CYP24. In particular, the compounds of the invention are useful for treating diseases which benefit from a modulation of the levels of 1?,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, for example, cell-proliferative disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Cytochroma Inc.
    Inventors: Gary H. Posner, Jae Kyoo Lee, Qiang Wang, Kenneth R. Crawford, Hong Woon Yang, Steven M. Silverman, Byung-Chul Suh, Jay A. White, Glenville Jones, Uttam Saha, Heung Bae Jeon
  • Publication number: 20110124603
    Abstract: The disclosure provides novel trioxane sulfur dimers having Formula I: methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and methods for treating cancer, proliferative disorders, and/or malaria using these compounds and/or compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Gary H. Posner, Andrew S. Rosenthal
  • Publication number: 20100137262
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compounds, compositions and methods using these compounds and compositions to stimulate the differentiation of cells and inhibit excessive cell proliferation of certain cells, including cancer cells and skin cells, which may be useful in the treatment of diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation and/or cell differentiation such as leukemia, myelofibrosis and psoriasis without the well known effect on calcium metabolism, which gives rise to hypercalcemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Gary H. Posner, Kimberly S. Petersen, Lindsey C. Hess, Douglas T. Genna, Scott Borella