Patents by Inventor Marco A. Ciufolini

Marco A. Ciufolini 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: 8110591
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds selected from 2-aminoaryloxazoles that selectively modulate, regulate, and/or inhibit signal transduction mediated by certain native and/or mutant tyrosine kinases implicated in a variety of human and animal diseases such as cell proliferative, metabolic, allergic and degenerative disorders. More particularly, these compounds are potent and selective c-kit, bcr-abl, FGFR3 and/or Flt-3 inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignees: AB Science, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Curie
    Inventors: Alain Moussy, Camille Wermuth, David Grierson, Abdellah Benjahad, Martine Croisy, Marco Ciufolini, Bruno Giethlen
  • Publication number: 20110256175
    Abstract: The present invention provides superior compositions and methods for the delivery of therapeutic agents to cells. In particular, these include novel lipids and nucleic acid-lipid particles that provide efficient encapsulation of nucleic acids and efficient delivery of the encapsulated nucleic acid to cells in vivo. The compositions of the present invention are highly potent, thereby allowing effective knock-down of specific target proteins at relatively low doses. In addition, the compositions and methods of the present invention are less toxic and provide a greater therapeutic index compared to compositions and methods previously known in the art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, TEKMIRA PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael J. Hope, Sean C. Semple, Jianxin Chen, Thomas D. Madden, Pieter R. Cullis, Marco A. Ciufolini, Barbara Low Shoud Mui
  • Publication number: 20110201620
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of masitinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and in particular of masitinib mesylate, for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of GIST, to the use of this therapy for the treatment of GIST, and a method of treating mammals, including humans, suffering from GIST by administering to said mammal in need of such treatment an effective dose of masitinib, and in particular masitinib mesylate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: AB SCIENCE
    Inventors: Marco Ciufolini, Camille Wermuth, Bruno Giethlen, Alain Moussy, Jean-Pierre Kinet
  • Publication number: 20110195985
    Abstract: A method of treating a lysosomal storage disease comprises administering a pyrimethamine derivative to a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN
    Inventors: Don MAHURAN, Michael TROPAK, Marco CIUFOLINI
  • Publication number: 20110117125
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for the delivery of therapeutic agents to cells. In particular, these include novel lipids and nucleic acid-lipid particles that provide efficient encapsulation of nucleic acids and efficient delivery of the encapsulated nucleic acid to cells in vivo. The compositions of the present invention are highly potent, thereby allowing effective knock-down of specific target protein at relatively low doses. In addition, the compositions and methods of the present invention are less toxic and provide a greater therapeutic index compared to compositions and methods previously known in the art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicants: TEKMIRA PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS
    Inventors: Michael J. Hope, Sean C. Semple, Jianxin Chen, Thomas D. Madden, Barbara Mui, Pieter R. Cullis, Marco A. Ciufolini, Kim F. Wong, Muthiah Manoharan, Rajeev G. Kallanthottathil
  • Publication number: 20110097720
    Abstract: The invention features a method of identifying therapeutically relevant compositions which include a therapeutic agent and 2,2-Dilinoley 1-4-dimethylaminomethyl-[1,3]-dioxolane by screening for an effect of the agent on the liver of a model subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Marco A. Ciufolini, Thomas D. Madden, Michael J. Hope, Barbara Mui, De Fougerolles Antonin, Tatiana Novobrantseva, Anna Borodovsky, Akin Akinc, Mark Tracy, Pieter Rutter Cullis
  • Patent number: 7816520
    Abstract: The invention relates to 5,6-diphenyl-1,2,4-triazinic compounds of general formula (I), wherein identical or different R1, R2, R3 and R4 represent a hydrogen, fluoride, chloride or bromine atom, C1 to C12 linear or branched alkyl, C1 A C18 linear or branched hydroxy, alkoxy poly(ethoxy)-alkoxy with a C1 to C4 alkyl fragment and an ethoxy number ranging from 1 to 4, amino or mono or di-alkylamino with a C1 to C4 alkyl fragment group, X is ortho-, meta- or paraphenylene, 4,4?-biphenylene, 2,4- or 2,6- or 3,4- or 3,5-pyridinylene, 2,2?-bipyridinylene, meta- or paraphenylenediamino, ethylenediamine, 2,2?-piperazinylene, diacyl of formula -(R4CO)2-, wherein r represents a phenyl radical, a 3 to 10 carbon, phenanthrene or anthracene atoms alkyl chain except 1,4-bis(5,6-diphenyl-1,2,4-triazin-3-yl)benzene of 2,4-bis(5,6-diphenyl-1,2,4-triazin-3-yl)pyridine and of 2,6-bis(5,6-diphenyl-1,2,4-triazin-3-yl)pyridine, to cosmetic compositions containing said compounds and to the use thereof in the form of sun filters or l
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignees: Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmetique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1
    Inventors: Willy Picoul, Marco Ciufolini, Pascal Bordat, Roger Tarroux
  • Patent number: 7718676
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds selected from 2-aminoaryloxazoles of formula I that selectively modulate, regulate, and/or inhibit signal transduction mediated by certain native and/or mutant tyrosine kinases implicated in a variety of human and animal diseases such as cell proliferative, metabolic, allergic, and degenerative disorders. More particularly, these compounds are potent and selective c-kit, bcr-abl, FGFR3 and/or Flt-3 inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignees: AB Science, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Curie
    Inventors: Alain Moussy, Camille Wermuth, David Grierson, Abdellah Benjahad, Martine Croisy, Marco Ciufolini, Bruno Giethlen
  • Publication number: 20100113471
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds selected from 2-aminoaryloxazoles that selectively modulate, regulate, and/or inhibit signal transduction mediated by certain native and/or mutant tyrosine kinases implicated in a variety of human and animal diseases such as cell proliferative, metabolic, allergic and degenerative disorders. More particularly, these compounds are potent and selective c-kit, bcr-abl, FGFR3 and/or Flt-3 inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Alain Moussy, Camille Wermuth, David Grierson, Abdellah Benjahad, Martine Croisy, Marco Ciufolini, Bruno Giethlen
  • Publication number: 20080267892
    Abstract: The invention relates to 5,6-diphenyl-1,2,4-triazinic compounds of general formula (I), wherein identical or different R1, R2, R3 and R4 represent a hydrogen, fluoride, chloride or bromine atom, C1 to C12 linear or branched alkyl, C1 A C18 linear or branched hydroxy, alkoxy poly(ethoxy)-alkoxy with a C1 to C4 alkyl fragment and an ethoxy number ranging from 1 to 4, amino or mono or di-alkylamino with a C1 to C4 alkyl fragment group, X is ortho-, meta- or paraphenylene, 4,4?-biphenylene, 2,4- or 2,6- or 3,4- or 3,5-pyridinylene, 2,2?-bipyridinylene, meta- or paraphenylenediamino, ethylenediamine, 2,2?-piperazinylene, diacyl of formula -(R4CO)2-, wherein r represents a phenyl radical, a 3 to 10 carbon, phenanthrene or anthracene atoms alkyl chain except 1,4-bis(5,6-diphenyl-1,2,4-triazin-3-yl)benzene of 2,4-bis(5,6-diphenyl-1,2,4-triazin-3-yl)pyridine and of 2,6-bis(5,6-diphenyl-1,2,4-triazin-3-yl)pyridine, to cosmetic compositions containing said compounds and to the use thereof in the form of sun filters or l
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmetique
    Inventors: Willy Picoul, Marco Ciufolini, Pascal Bordat, Roger Tarroux
  • Publication number: 20080255141
    Abstract: Novel compounds selected from 2-(3-aminoaryl)amino-4-aryl-thiazoles of formula (I) that selectively modulate, regulate, and/or inhibit signal transductions mediated by certain native and/or mutant tyrosine kinases implicated in a variety of human and animal diseases such as cell proliferation metabolic, allergic and degenerative disorders. More particularly, these compounds are potent and selective c-kit inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Marco Ciufolini, Camille Wermuth, Bruno Gielthen, Alain Moussy
  • Patent number: 7423055
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds selected from 2-(3-aminoaryl)amino-4-aryl-thiazoles that selectively modulate, regulate, and/or inhibit signal transduction mediated by certain native and/or mutant tyrosine kinases implicated in a variety of human and animal diseases such as cell proliferative, metabolic, allergic, and degenerative disorders. More particularly, these compounds are potent and selective c-kit inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: AB Science
    Inventors: Marco Ciufolini, Camille Wermuth, Bruno Gielthen, Alain Moussy
  • Publication number: 20080039466
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds selected from 2-(3substitutedaryl)amino-4-aryl-thiazoles that selectively modulate, regulate, and/or inhibit signal transduction mediated by certain native and/or mutant tyrosine kinases implicated in a variety of human and animal diseases such as cell proliferative, metabolic, allergic, and degenerative disorders. More particularly, these compounds are potent and selective c-kit inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Alain Moussy, Marco Ciufolini, Camille Wermuth, Bruno Giethlen
  • Publication number: 20070142390
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds selected from 2-aminoaryloxazoles of formula I that selectively modulate, regulate, and/or inhibit signal transduction mediated by certain native and/or mutant tyrosine kinases implicated in a variety of human and animal diseases such as cell proliferative, metabolic, allergic, and degenerative disorders. More particularly, these compounds are potent and selective c-kit, bcr-abl, FGFR3 and/or Flt-3 inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Alain Moussy, Camille Wermuth, David Grierson, Abdellah Benjahad, Martine Croisy, Marco Ciufolini, Bruno Giethlen
  • Publication number: 20050239852
    Abstract: Novel compounds selected from 2-(3-aminoaryl) amino-4-aryl-thiazoles of formula (I) that selectively modulate, regulate, and/or inhibit signal transductions mediated by certain native and/or mutant tyrosine kinases implicated in a variety of human and animal diseases such as cell proliferative, metabolic, allergic and degenerative disorders. More particularly, these compounds are potent and selective c-kit inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Applicant: AB Science
    Inventors: Marco Ciufolini, Camille Wermuth, Bruno Gielthen, Alain Moussy
  • Publication number: 20040110810
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds selected from 2-(3-aminoaryl)amino-4-aryl-thiazoles that selectively modulate, regulate, and/or inhibit signal transduction mediated by certain native and/or mutant tyrosine kinases implicated in a variety of human and animal diseases such as cell proliferative, metabolic, allergic, and degenerative disorders. More particularly, these compounds are potent and selective c-kit inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Applicant: AB Science
    Inventors: Marco Ciufolini, Camille Georges Wermuth, Bruno Gielthen, Alain Moussy
  • Patent number: 6218540
    Abstract: A process for preparing the anti-cancer drug camptothecin (CPT) and certain derivatives thereof. The process includes the reacting of three base reagents and a five-step process for synthesizing optically pure CPT in high overall yield from inexpensive starting materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: BioNumerik Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Marco Ciufolini, Frank Roschangar