Piperazines (i.e., Fully Hydrogenated 1,4-diazines) Patents (Class 514/252.12)
  • Patent number: 11793807
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of treatment of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) using modified forms of trimetazidine, such as CV-8972 and CV-8814.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: IMBRIA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Jaikrishna Patel, Paul Chamberlin
  • Patent number: 11729047
    Abstract: A method for SCell BFR performed by a BS is provided. The method includes: receiving, from a UE, a BFR MAC CE that includes a cell index of an SCell for which a beam failure is detected, and a reference signal index for the SCell, the BFR MAC CE is transmitted, by the UE, via a UL transmission associated with a HARQ process having a HARQ process ID; and transmitting, to the UE, DCI that schedules a PUSCH transmission with the HARQ process ID of the HARQ process that is used for the UL transmission of the BFR MAC CE, the DCI indicating a toggled NDI value, wherein the UE is configured to: determine, upon receiving the DCI, that the SCell BFR procedure is successfully completed; and monitor, on the SCell, a PDCCH using antenna port quasi-colocation parameters associated with the reference signal index after receiving the DCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Chia-Hao Yu, Chia-Hung Wei, Yu-Hsin Cheng, Tsung-Hua Tsai
  • Patent number: 11590125
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein include methods and formulations for treating viruses and diseases that are exacerbated by inflammatory responses in the body. The methods and formulations include, but are not limited to, methods and formulations for delivering effective concentrations of levocetirizine and montelukast to a patient in need. The methods and formulations can comprise conventional and/or modified-release elements, providing for drug delivery to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: IRR, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Chandler May
  • Patent number: 11319293
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses crystal forms A, B, and C of trans-N-{4-[2-[4-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)-piperazine-1-yl]-ethyl]-cyclohexyl}-N?,N?-dimethylurea hydrochloride, a preparation method, and a medicinal use thereof. Compared to the existing crystalline forms, the new crystalline forms have clear advantages with respect to solubility, stability, and the preparation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAI BEGREAT PHARMATECH
    Inventor: Xiaoming Meng
  • Patent number: 11273156
    Abstract: The present invention relates to stabilized pharmaceutical formulations comprising therapeutically effective amount of Cariprazine premix/solid dispersion, or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, hydrates and solvates thereof, at least one diluent which is not having low water activity and optionally one or more excipients selected from lubricant, disintegrant and buffering agent or combinations thereof. The present invention further relates to process for preparation and method of using such stable formulations comprising Cariprazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Aurobindo Pharma Ltd
    Inventors: Ankit Anand Kharia, Sunil Chowdary Koduri, Jaikishore Palepu, Nagaprasad Vishnubhotla, Sivakumaran Meenakshisunderam
  • Patent number: 11129830
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for the induction of cancer cell death. The compositions and methods of using them include use of compositions in therapy for the treatment of cancer and for the selective induction of apoptosis in cancer cells. The drug combinations described herein can be synergistic and can have lower neurotoxicity effects than the same amounts of other compounds and combinations of compounds and can be effective when a particular cancer has become resistant to previously administered therapies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Paul J. Hergenrother, Jessie Peh
  • Patent number: 11123345
    Abstract: Methods are provided for preventing, reducing, and/or treating contrast-induced acute kidney injury which include administering an inhibitor of fatty acid oxidation to a patient in need thereof. Also provided are methods involving use of trimetazidine or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof for the prevention and/or treatment of contrast-induced acute kidney injury. Methods are also provided for preventing and/or treating contrast-induced acute kidney injury which include administration of one or more of trimetazidine, etomoxir, oxfenicine, perhexiline, mildronate, or ranolazine, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of any of the preceding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SAGHMOS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Anna Kazanchyan, Shalini Cornelio
  • Patent number: 10973815
    Abstract: The present invention provides for compositions and methods for the treatment of Parkinson's disease comprising a compound of formula (i): or a pharmaceutically effective salt or ester thereof alone or in combination with L-DOPA to provide a synergistic effect, thereby providing methods of (1) treating patients with Parkinson's Disease for whom L-DOPA is no longer effective, (2) treating patients with Parkinson's Disease who developed dyskinesia due to L-DOPA, (3) treating patients with Parkinson's Disease who have are receiving deep brain stimulation and (4) treating patients with Parkinson's Disease whose symptoms interfere with activities of daily living.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: VERSI GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Ebrahim Versi, Bruce Reidenberg
  • Patent number: 10946011
    Abstract: Disclosed is a stable oral liquid pharmaceutical composition of trimetazidine having a pH of about pH 4 to about pH 8, comprising a therapeutically effective amount of trimetazidine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, one or more orally acceptable buffers, and one or more orally acceptable preservatives that is effective in said pH range. Also disclosed are methods of treating patients with stable oral liquid pharmaceutical composition. The pharmaceutical composition is particularly suitable for treating a patient having a condition treatable by trimetazidine, such as cirrhosis and renal deficiency, and who has a decreased tolerance for acidic or highly basic oral solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Martin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas MacAllister
  • Patent number: 10905687
    Abstract: Described herein are retinoic acid related-related orphan nuclear receptor (ROR) modulators of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of utilizing these ROR? modulators in the treatment of dermal diseases, disorders or conditions: Amendment to the abstract of disclosure showing mark-up: Described herein are retinoic acid related-related orphan nuclear receptor (ROR) modulators of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of utilizing these ROR? modulators in the treatment of dermal diseases, disorders or conditions:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: ESCALIER BIOSCIENCES B.V.
    Inventors: Raju Mohan, John Nuss, Jason Harris
  • Patent number: 10888560
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for the induction of cell death, for example, cancer cell death. Combinations of compounds and related methods of use are disclosed, including the use of compounds in therapy for the treatment of cancer and selective induction of apoptosis in cells. The disclosed drug combinations can have lower neurotoxicity effects than other compounds and combinations of compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Vanquish Oncology, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul J. Hergenrother, Rachel C. Botham, Timothy M. Fan, Mark J. Gilbert, Michael K. Handley, Howard S. Roth, Theodore M. Tarasow
  • Patent number: 10875851
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing thromboses, embolisms, hypercoagulability or fibrotic changes. The compounds are selective Factor XIIa inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Ashwin U. Rao, Brian Alexander McKittrick, Matthew Lombardo, Jacqueline D. Hicks, Amy Bittner McCracken, Hong Dong Chu, Sung-Sau So, Peter Orth, Zhicai Wu, Ping Lan, John S. Debenham, Brent R. Whitehead, Jerry A. Taylor, Zhongxiang Sun, Revathi Reddy Katipally, Jonathan E. Gable, Markus K. Dahlgren, Sathesh P. Bhat
  • Patent number: 10792281
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein include methods and formulations for treating viruses and diseases that are exacerbated by inflammatory responses in the body. The methods and formulations include, but are not limited to, methods and formulations for delivering effective concentrations of levocetirizine and montelukast to a patient in need. The methods and formulations can comprise conventional and/or modified-release elements, providing for drug delivery to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: IRR, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Chandler May
  • Patent number: 10792280
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating diabetes, and controlling a side effect from peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-gamma) activation, wherein the pharmaceutical composition comprises (a) an amodiaquine compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and (b) an antidiabetic drug as active ingredients. Specifically, the composition prevents or treats simultaneously one or more selected from the group consisting of type 2 diabetes reactive to PPAR-gamma activation, and obesity, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular diseases, and fatty cirrhosis reactive to peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha (PPAR-alpha) activation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignees: NOVMETAPHARMA CO., LTD., POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Kyong Tai Kim, Hoe Yune Jung, Heon Jong Lee
  • Patent number: 10787426
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating autism spectrum disorder, which includes piperazine-1-carboxamidine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. In particular, the piperazine-1-carboxamidine of the present invention exhibits, in valproic acid-induced autism rat models, an effect of improving the degrees of social interaction and social preference, reducing repetitive or restricted behaviors, hyperactivity, and impulsive behaviors, and also enhancing electroshock-induced seizure threshold susceptibility, and thus the piperazine-1-carboxamidine of the present invention may be used as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating direct causative symptoms, such as hyperactivity, lack of sociability, and epileptic convulsions of autism spectrum disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: NEUROVENTI
    Inventor: Chan Young Shin
  • Patent number: 10774056
    Abstract: Provided herein are substituted piperazine compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat diseases or disorders associated with HDAC1 and/or HDAC2 activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: REGENACY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: John H. van Duzer, Ralph Mazitschek
  • Patent number: 10525056
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds and compositions useful for the modulation of certain enzymes. The compounds and compositions can induce of cell death, particularly cancer cell death. The invention also provides methods for the synthesis and use of the compounds and compositions, including the use of compounds and compositions in therapy for the treatment of cancer and selective induction of apoptosis in cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventor: Paul J. Hergenrother
  • Patent number: 10493023
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of treatment of a disease associated with abnormal protein aggregation comprising parenterally administering pharmaceutical formulations comprising trehalose. Also disclosed is an injectable aqueous pharmaceutical formulation comprising a therapeutically effective amount of trehalose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Seelos Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventor: Dalia Megiddo
  • Patent number: 10350207
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for the induction of cancer cell death. The compositions and methods of using them include use of compositions in therapy for the treatment of cancer and for the selective induction of apoptosis in cancer cells. The drug combinations described herein can be synergistic and can have lower neurotoxicity effects than the same amounts of other compounds and combinations of compounds, and can be effective when a particular cancer has become resistant to previously administered therapies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Paul J. Hergenrother, Jessie Peh
  • Patent number: 10195193
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein include methods and formulations for treating viruses and diseases that are exacerbated by inflammatory responses in the body. The methods and formulations include, but are not limited to, methods and formulations for delivering effective concentrations of levocetirizine and montelukast to a patient in need. The methods and formulations can comprise conventional and/or modified-release elements, providing for drug delivery to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: IRR, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Chandler May
  • Patent number: 10166229
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are disclosed in embodiments relating to induction of cell death such as in cancer cells. Compounds and related methods for synthesis and use thereof, including the use of compounds in therapy for the treatment of cancer and selective induction of apoptosis in cells are disclosed. Compounds are disclosed in connection with modification of procaspases such as procaspase-3. In embodiments, compositions are capable of activation of procaspase-3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Paul J. Hergenrother, Karson S. Putt, Quinn P. Peterson, Valerie Fako
  • Patent number: 10085977
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for the induction of cell death, for example, cancer cell death. Combinations of compounds and related methods of use are disclosed, including the use of compounds in therapy for the treatment of cancer and selective induction of apoptosis in cells. The disclosed drug combinations can have lower neurotoxicity effects than other compounds and combinations of compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the Univerity of Illinois, Vanquish Oncology, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul J. Hergenrother, Rachel C. Botham, Timothy M. Fan, Mark J. Gilbert, Michael K. Handley, Howard S. Roth, Theodore M. Tarasow
  • Patent number: 10085978
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for the induction of cell death, for example, cancer cell death. Combinations of compounds and related methods of use are disclosed, including the use of compounds in therapy for the treatment of cancer and selective induction of apoptosis in cells. The disclosed drug combinations can have lower neurotoxicity effects than other compounds and combinations of compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Vanquish Oncology, Inc., The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Paul J. Hergenrother, Rachel C. Botham, Timothy M. Fan, Mark J. Gilbert, Michael K. Handley, Avadhut Joshi, Gregory J. Riggins, Theodore M. Tarasow
  • Patent number: 10048272
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel methods and assays for high-throughput screening of combinatorial libraries to identify FPR1 and/or FPR2 ligands (e.g., agonists and/or antagonists), preferably FPR1 agonists and/or FPR2 antagonists, by positional scanning deconvolution. The invention also provides novel FPR1 and FPR2 ligands (e.g, agonists and antagonists), related pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating FPR1 and FPR2-related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: STC.UNM, Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies
    Inventors: Bruce S. Edwards, Larry A. Sklar, Clemencia Pinilla, Richard A. Houghten, Jon R. Appel, Marc A. Giulianotti, Jose Medina-Franco
  • Patent number: 10004727
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel use of a composition containing, as an active ingredient, an amodiaquine compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and specifically, to a metabolic disease prevention, alleviation or treatment use of a composition containing, as an active ingredient, an amodiaquine compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, the composition activating both peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-?) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha (PPAR-?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignees: POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION, NOVMETAPHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyong Tai Kim, Hoe Yune Jung
  • Patent number: 9801876
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a complex granule formulation comprising a first granular part comprising levocetirizine or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, cyclodextrin or its derivative, and an alkalinizing agent; and a second granular part comprising montelukast or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, cyclodextrin or its derivative, and an alkalinizing agent. This formulation can effectively inhibit the production of related compounds of levocetirizine and montelukast by allowing levocetirizine and montelukast to form clathrate complexes with cyclodextrin, and using an alkalinizing agent. This formulation not only shows increased stability and bioavailability, but also improves patient compliance owing to its effective masking of bitter taste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: HANMI PHARM. CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ho Taek Im, Taek Kwan Kwon, Yong Il Kim, Jae Hyun Park, Jong Soo Woo
  • Patent number: 9777333
    Abstract: The disclosure provides gene fusion variants and novel associations with disease states, as well as kits, probes, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Rhodes, Seth Sadis, Peter Wyngaard, Armand Bankhead, Dinesh Cyanam, Nikolay Khazanov
  • Patent number: 9572806
    Abstract: The invention provides a solid preparation which does not undergo the delay of elution of the active ingredient even after long-term storage. The solid preparation independently contains a teneligliptin-containing part containing teneligliptin or a salt thereof, or a solvate of teneligliptin or the salt thereof, in an amount 1.5- to 10-fold larger than that desired for the solid preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuaki Obayashi, Shinichiro Yasui, Hidaka Abe
  • Patent number: 9556142
    Abstract: A method of preparing (R,S)-nicotine, comprising reacting a nicotinate ester with N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidinone in the presence of a base and a solvent to form a first mixture, combining the first mixture with an acid to form a second mixture comprising an aqueous layer, separating the aqueous layer from second mixture, combining the separated aqueous layer with an acid to form a third mixture, combining the third mixture with a base to form a fourth mixture comprising myosamine, reducing myosamine to nornicotine using a reducing agent, and methylating the nornicotine to yield R,S-nicotine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: NEXT GENERATION LABS, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Arnold
  • Patent number: 9522901
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are disclosed in embodiments relating to induction of cell death such as in cancer cells. Compounds and related methods for synthesis and use thereof, including the use of compounds in therapy for the treatment of cancer and selective induction of apoptosis in cells are disclosed. Compounds are disclosed in connection with modification of procaspases such as procaspase-3. In embodiments, compositions are capable of activation of procaspase-3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Paul J. Hergenrother, Karson S. Putt, Quinn P. Peterson, Valerie Fako
  • Patent number: 9464062
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention comprise disubstituted oxazolidin-2-ones derivatives having a disease-modifying action in the treatment of diseases associated with dysregulation of 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 2b activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: TEMPLE UNIVERSITY—OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
    Inventors: Daniel J. Canney, Richie R. Bhandare, Benjamin E. Blass, Magid Abou-Gharbia
  • Patent number: 9421202
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for the induction of cell death, for example, cancer cell death. Combinations of compounds and related methods of use are disclosed, including the use of compounds in therapy for the treatment of cancer and selective induction of apoptosis in cells. The disclosed drug combinations can have lower neurotoxicity effects than other compounds and combinations of compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Vanquish Oncology, Inc., The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Paul J. Hergenrother, Rachel C. Botham, Timothy M. Fan, Mark J. Gilbert, Michael J. Handley, Avadhut Joshi, Gregory J. Riggins, Theodore M. Tarasow
  • Patent number: 9365529
    Abstract: Benzenesulfonamide compounds having a structure of formula (I) are described. Also described, are methods for synthesizing the compounds and to the use thereof in pharmaceutical compositions for human or veterinary medicine and in cosmetic compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: GALDERMA RESEARCH & DEVLOPMENT
    Inventors: Laurence Clary, Sandrine Chambon, Laurent Chantalat, Carine Rosignoli, Olivier Roye, Jean-Claude Pascal, Marlene Schuppli-Nollet
  • Patent number: 9199968
    Abstract: Compounds and compositions comprising compounds that modulate pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) are described herein. Also described herein are methods of using the compounds that modulate PKM2 in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: AGIOS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Francesco G. Salituro, Jeffrey O. Saunders, Shunqi Yan
  • Patent number: 9095581
    Abstract: This invention concerns combinations of inhibitors of MEK, Raf protein kinases, and other kinases including VEGFR1-3 and PDGFR-?. This invention also concerns pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds described herein and methods of use of the compounds and compositions described herein, including the use in the treatment and/or prevention of cancer and other hyperproliferative disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Ardea Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey N. Miner, Mark S. Chapman, Barry Quart, Alex Adjei, Chunrong Yu
  • Patent number: 9056108
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the treatment or prevention of atrial fibrillation and/or atrial flutter comprising coadministration of a synergistically therapeutic amount of dronedarone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or salts thereof and a synergistically therapeutic amount of ranolazine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or salts thereof. Also provided are methods for modulating ventricular and atrial rhythm and rate. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical formulations that are suitable for such combined administration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Antzelevitch, Luiz Belardinelli, Alexander Burashnikov, John Shryock, Dewan Zeng
  • Patent number: 9051255
    Abstract: To find a therapeutic and/or prophylactic agent for gastrointestinal disorders and so on, the agent having excellent activity and high safety. A compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. In the formula, A represents an optionally substituted phenylene group; B represents an optionally substituted 4- to 10-membered heterocyclic group, an optionally substituted C6-C10 aryl group, or an optionally substituted C3-C10 cycloalkyl group; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C3 alkyl group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C3 alkyl group; R3 represents a C1-C6 alkyl group, a C3-C10 cycloalkyl group, a C1-C3 alkoxy C1-C3 alkyl group, or a C1-C3 hydroxyalkyl group; R4 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl group, or a halogen atom; n represents an integer of 1 to 4; and X represents methylene, —O—, —NH—, —N(C1-C3 alkyl)-, —C(?O)—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O2)—, or a single bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Narihiro Toda, Rieko Takano, Takeshi Shida, Takahiro Katagiri, Mitsuhiro Iwamoto, Shinji Ashida, Mami Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20150148318
    Abstract: A method of inhibiting the growth of cancer cells is disclosed in which cancer cells that contain an enhanced amount relative to non-cancerous cells of one or more of phosphorylated mTOR, Akt1, ERK2 and serine2152-phosphorylated filamin A are contacted with an FLNA-binding effective amount of a compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof that binds to the pentapeptide of filamin A (FLNA) of SEQ ID NO: 1 and exhibits at least about 60 percent of the FITC-labeled naloxone binding amount when present at a 10 ?M concentration and using unlabeled naloxone as the control inhibitor at the same concentration. A compound that binds to the FLNA pentapeptide preferably also contains at least four of the six pharmacophores of FIGS. 19-24.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Hoau-Yan Wang, Lindsay Burns Barbier
  • Patent number: 9040539
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a chiral compound, in particular posaconazole, wherein the process comprises mixing and reacting the compounds of formula (I) Y3—NH2; of formula (IIa) 0=C?N—Y0 and/or of formula (IIb) and of formula (III) in a solvent in any order to obtain a reaction mixture containing a chiral compound of formula (IV) and/or formula (V).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: SANDOZ AG
    Inventors: Michael Oberhuber, Joerg Salchenegger, Dominic De Souza, Martin Albert, Thorsten Wilhelm, Martin Langner, Hubert Sturm, Hans-Peter Spitzenstaetter
  • Patent number: 9034878
    Abstract: The invention provides (i) a method of treating metabolic syndrome in an animal, (ii) a method of suppressing the appetite of an animal, (iii) a method of treating obesity in an animal, (iv) a method of reducing the weight of an animal in need thereof, (v) a method of reducing a blood lipid level in an animal in need thereof, (vi) a method of treating non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in an animal, and (vii) a method of inhibiting adipogenesis. The methods comprise administering an effective amount of an active ingredient, wherein the active ingredient comprises a diketopiperazine, a prodrug of a diketopiperazine or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt of either of them to the animal. The invention also provides a kit comprising a container holding a diketopiperazine, a prodrug of a diketopiperazine or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt of either of them; and instructions for administration. The diketopiperazines have the formula given in the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: David Bar-Or
  • Publication number: 20150126518
    Abstract: The present invention relates to biguanide compounds and use thereof, more particularly, to biguanide derivatives exhibiting excellent effects for inhibition of cancer cell proliferation and inhibition of cancer metastasis and recurrence, a method for preparing the same, a pharmaceutical composition containing the same as an active ingredient, and a method of prevention or treatment of cancer comprising the step of administering an effective amount of the composition to a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: HANALL BIOPHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Woo KIM, Ji Sun LEE, Hye Jin HEO, Hong Bum LEE, Jae Kap JEONG, Ji Hyun PARK, Seo-il KIM, Young Woo LEE
  • Patent number: 9012453
    Abstract: The present invention relates to deuterated 1-piperazino-3-phenyl-indanes and salts thereof with activity at dopamine receptors D1 and D2 as well as the 5HT2 receptors in the central nervous system, to medicaments comprising such compounds as active ingredients, to the use of such compounds in the treatment of diseases in the central nervous system, and to methods of treatment comprising administration of such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: H. Lundbeck A/S
    Inventors: Morten Jorgensen, Peter Hongaard Andersen, Klaus Gjervig Jensen
  • Patent number: 9012452
    Abstract: Presented herein are processes for making cyclopropyl amide derivatives of formula I, and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and intermediates associated therewith. At least one cyclopropyl amide derivative of formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is useful to treat at least one histamine H3 receptor associated condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventor: Robert Stranne
  • Publication number: 20150099759
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for the induction of cell death, for example, cancer cell death. Combinations of compounds and related methods the use are disclosed, including the use of compounds in therapy for the treatment of cancer and selective induction of apoptosis in cells. The disclosed drug combinations can have lower neurotoxicity effects than other compounds and combinations of compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicants: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Vanquish Oncology, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul J. Hergenrother, Rachel C. Botham, Timothy M. Fan, Mark J. Gilbert, Michael K. Handley, Theodore M. Tarasow
  • Publication number: 20150093365
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions containing photoactivatable caged tamoxifen and tamoxifen derivative molecules. Also provided are kits containing one of these compositions and a light source. Also provided are methods of optically inducing nuclear translocation of a fusion protein containing a mammalian estrogen receptor ligand binding domain in a eukaryotic cell and methods of optically inducing recombination in a eukaryotic cell that include contacting a eukaryotic cell with at least one of these compositions. Also provided are methods of treating breast cancer in a subject that include administering a photoactivatable caged tamoxifen or tamoxifen derivative molecule to a subject having breast cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Xin Lu, Sarit S. Agasti, Ronald A. DePinho, Ralph Weissleder
  • Publication number: 20150094314
    Abstract: A method of modulating ribonucleotide reductase activity in a neoplastic cell includes administering to the cell an amount of a ribonucleotide reductase allosteric modulator (RRAmod), the amount being effective to inhibit neoplastic cell growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Chris Dealwis
  • Patent number: 8993779
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to benzimidazolone derivatives which are positive allosteric modulators of the mGluR2 receptor, useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR2 receptor is involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved, such as schizophrenia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Vadim Y. Dudkin, Mark E. Fraley, Kenneth L. Arrington, Mark E. Layton, Alexander J. Reif, Kevin J. Rodzinak, Joseph E. Pero
  • Publication number: 20150087642
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of utilizing bile acid transport inhibitors and/or enteroendocrine peptide enhancing agents for the treatment of obesity, diabetes, and inflammatory gastrointestinal conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Bronislava GEDULIN, Andrew A. YOUNG, Howard E. GREENE
  • Patent number: 8987263
    Abstract: Basic esters of fatty alcohols of the general formula: R1-O—CO-A or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1 is C12-C24 alkyl or C10-C24 alkenyl, and A is a residue containing at least one acyclic or cyclic amino group and/or at least one heteroaromatic ring containing a tertiary or quaternary nitrogen atom, are anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory agents, useful in the treatment of immunologically-mediated inflammation, as adjuvants for antigens involved in both cellular and humoral responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventors: Meir Shinitzky, Irun R. Cohen, Raanan Margalit, Yaacov Herzig, Jeffrey Sterling, Gyorgy Toth, Istvan Miskolczi, Ferenc Rantal, Tivadar Tamas
  • Patent number: 8980897
    Abstract: Benzenesulfonamide compounds having a structure of formula (I) are described. Also described, are methods for synthesizing the compounds and to the use thereof in pharmaceutical compositions for human or veterinary medicine and in cosmetic compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Galderma Research & Development
    Inventors: Laurence Clary, Sandrine Chambon, Laurent Chantalat, Carine Rosignoli, Olivier Roye, Jean-Claude Pascal, Marlene Schuppli-Nollet